INTRODUCTION, Slávka Ročňáková Chairwoman of SV ČAS 

Veteran Athletics Newsletter No. 1 pdf in the complete version

We are on the threshold of a new athletic season, which, as always, begins with indoor races. We will meet on Saturday, March 9, at the Czech Championships in the Jablonec Hall, where we will also announce the results of the Veteran of the Year 2018 competition.

This year marks the beginning of a new four-year term of office of the Board of Directors of our association, the composition of which you decided in last year's elections - see VA 3/2018. This team is now preparing more detailed plans for its activities in the future, focusing on effective management, securing financial resources, stronger promotion of veteran athletics and good cooperation with the Czech Athletic Association.

In the list of important events of the coming year, I do not want to repeat our entire term here. Nevertheless, I would like to highlight some of the top events. These include, in particular, the organization of the European Hill Climb Championship, which will take place in May under the baton of Karel Šklíba and the TJ Marathon Úpice in Janské Lázně. We wish the organizers that this event - their fourth European championship in the last 25 years - will meet again with success! And to our competitors - good luck!

The highlight of our veteran athletics season will be the June Championship at the stadium in Svitavy. A month later - in July - the European Masters Games will take place again after four years, this time in more than thirty sports! They will be organized by Torino, Italy. And we will go to Italy twice more in September - at the European Championships on the track in the Venice region and the World Championships in the hill climb in Caglia-no del Capo. I believe that the medals of the members of our Association of Veterans ČAS will ring at all foreign starts.

In the summer, the interstate six-meeting will take place again, this time in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary. Will we finally be able to leave second place and fight for victory? Read the new nomination criteria.

Take care of your health! May you succeed both at domestic championships and in the national team! I wish you to kneel well in the blocks of 2019. Successful start!