ŽRK Pelister

ŽRK Pelister 2012 (WHC Pelister 2012) (Macedonian: ЖРК Пелистер 2012) is a Macedonian women's handball club from Bitola, Republic of Macedonia.[1][2] The team was rebuilt after 15 years in 2014-15 season.[3] The team currently competes in the Macedonian women's First League of Handball. ŽRK Pelister 2012 has participated twice in the EHF Challenge Cup.[4]

ЖРК Пелистер 2012

WHC Pelister 2012
Full nameЖенски ракометен клуб Пелистер 2012 (Ženski rakometen klub Pelister 2012)
ArenaSports Hall Mladost
Capacity5000
PresidentJovan Vasilev
Head coachViktorija Blazhevska
LeagueSkopsko Super League
2017-20184th
Home
Away
Website
Official site

CHURLEVSKI Arena
Arena Churlevski

Sports hall "Mladost" (Macedonian: Спортска сала „Младост“) is a multi-purpose sports arena located in Bitola, North Macedonia. It was built in 1975 by the citizens of Bitola and is mainly used for handball by RK Pelister and RK Bitola, and for basketball by KK Pelister. There is also room for bowling and table tennis plus it has been used for concerts. The Arena hosted the 2007 Macedonian Basketball Cup. This sports hall was the largest on the territory of North Macedonia before the construction of the Boris Trajkovski Sports Center in Skopje.

On 21 July 2009, the arena is undergoing renovation. A new parquet floor will be installed along with new seats. The locker rooms will also be updated to meet EHF standards. Total cost of the project is about €30,000.

In January 2017, renovation of interior of the hall started. The renovation covered the floor, the stands, a new score board and a new heating system. The first match in the renovated arena was played on April 6, 2017 with the match between RK Pelister and RK Metalurg in the second round of the handball Super League play-off.

At the end of July 2018, the name of the hall was changed to "Boro Churlevski", in honor of the late Boro Churlevski, a former handball player from Bitola.Churlevski Arena has a capacity of 4000 sits.

European record
Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2015–16 EHF Challenge Cup R3 KHF Shqiponja 22–38[5] 39–35 57–77
2018–19 EHF Challenge Cup R3 La Salle HC 20–27 24–30 44–57
L16 HC Naisa Niš[6] 26–33 24–34 50–67

Team

Current squad
Squad for the 2018–19 season[7][8]

Transfers
Transfers for the 2018–19 season

References
  1. "Club history". WHC pelister homepage.
  2. Club info
  3. "По 15 години повторно прволигашки женски ракомет во Битола". Tip.com.mk.
  4. "ŽRK Pelister 2012 - Bitola statistics". European Handball Federation.
  5. "Гостинките пресилни, Шкипоња убедливо славеше во Битола" (in Macedonian). Tera tv. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  6. "ЖРК Пелистер патува во Ниш, Наиса е новата пречка во Челинџ Купот" (in Macedonian). Gol.mk. 2018-11-22. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  7. "ЖРК Пелистер ги претстави засилувањата и големите амбиции". Gol.mk (in Macedonian).
  8. Player list for 2018–19 Season
  9. "Најдобриот стрелец на ЖРК Пелистер потпиша за француски тим" (in Macedonian). Sport.mk. 2018-06-29. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
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