2024-07-15 16:42:01
For the past few years, the management of the “Pieno szvejdažiai” club has faced great challenges in inviting competitive players to Pasvali, and this problem has been reflected in the club’s recent sporting results.
“We spent 13 years in the Lithuanian Basketball League, we tried as much as we could, but the time comes when you realize that you need to make such a decision.
Of course, it is a pity that there will be no top-level basketball in Pasvaly, but you have to understand that it is a very small town, often you want to do something, but you hit the wall. You don’t want to play just for the sake of playing, and it’s very difficult to get into the top eight.
The task is too small, it is difficult to collect the necessary budget, it is difficult to invite players, for whom just finding a better apartment to live in is already a big challenge. We simply cannot compete anymore”, said team director Arūnas Burkevičius.
“We regret that the Pasvalis club made such a difficult decision. However, only the city of Pasvalis together with the long-time manager of the Club, Arūnas Burkevičius, are worthy of words of thanks.
From 2011-2012 The team that took part in the “Betsafe-LKL” championship of the season was a regular participant in the playoffs and stayed outside the playoffs only for the last three years.
For all these 13 seasons, a small Lithuanian town has demonstrated that even teams from small towns can fight honorably against the strongest men’s basketball clubs on basketball courts. We thank everyone for their high goals, for their great ambitions to have an LKL team in their city, to everyone who put in a lot of effort and resources, to everyone who cared about the Pasvali “Milk Stars” team and who in one way or another contributed to the long and honorable history of this team”, – LKL General Director Rasa Liuimienė spoke.
The club’s best achievement was recorded in 2014-2015. in the season when the team coached by Mantos Šerniaus took fourth place in the regular season.
An extraordinary meeting of the LKL Board will be convened in the near future, where the Board will discuss the format of the 10-team 4-round “Betsafe-LKL” championship.
2024-07-15 16:42:01