1000

My thousandth blip entry in a row. I'll enter this one on the go from the Tammela school's sports hall. EuroBasket mascot and Finland's national basketball team mascot (Susi) kindly came here to celebrate my special day. They even carved the trophy.

Emma's team is currently playing against Taiwan's team and Emma has massive amount of our relatives and friends cheering for her and for her team.

Jymy - Pyrintö 29 - 37
Pyrintö - Taiwan 46 - 41


In the evening we are going to see men's Finland - France basketball game.
(Edit: Finland won France 76 - 67!!!!!. It was awesome.)

The EuroBasket winners' trophy is touring Europe and visits Tampere today.


The current trophy is the second version which was fabricated by German goldsmith Günter Schoebel in Bad Kreuznach, Germany in 1995. Following Germany's surprise triumph in 1993, former German Basketball Federation President Manfred Ströher convinced his fellow FIBA board members that the original trophy, used until 1993, did not fit the representative standards of a European Championship trophy anymore and a remake was urgently needed.

Goldsmith Günter Schoebel was entrusted to create a new version of the storied trophy, using only the finest materials. He created a masterpiece of gold and sterling silver combined with jewels. The upper rim is decorated with 24 jewels. The stones, of which each one was used four times, are garnet, amethyst, agate stone, malachite, yellow quartz and rock crystal.


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