Sports federation's officers discuss future activities in North America
by Roman Pyndus
EAST HANOVER, N.J. - The newly elected officers of the Ukrainian Sports Federation of the U.S.A. and Canada (USCAK) met on June 26 at the Ramada Hotel to discuss plans for future sports activity.
The meeting was opened by USCAK President Myron Stebelsky, who enumerated the re-elected and the newly elected members of the USCAK governing board, stressing the addition of recent arrivals from Ukraine, both as individual board members and as clubs that joined the federation.
On behalf of the soccer director, Eugene Chyzowych, the plans for soccer activity were presented by Omelan Twardowsky, the press officer. The main new idea is to have the winner of the annual Great Lakes Soccer Tournament, in which Ukrainian teams from the Midwest and Canada participate, play the winner of the traditional summer soccer tournament at Verkhovyna, in which Ukrainian teams from the Eastern U.S. participate, for the title of USCAK champion.
Two new factors are likely to produce a revival of USCAK soccer activity: the lifting of the ban on the participation of non-Ukrainian players, provided they play regularly on a Ukrainian team, and the arrival of many new soccer players from Ukraine.
The newly elected volleyball director, Orest Fedash, said he plans to revive that once popular sport by contacting all those officers of Ukrainian American clubs that have a background in volleyball. Mr. Fedash hopes to activate volleyball championships in men's, women's and old-boys' categories. His ability to provide meeting space at the Ramada Hotel should facilitate the work of the volleyball section as well as other USCAK activities.
Mr. Fedash also spoke on behalf of Severyn Palydovych, the skiing director. The Carpathian Ski Club (KLK) is planning to hold the USCAK skiing championship next winter in the Hunter area, expecting some 60 to 100 competitors.
George Sawczak, the tennis director, and Marika Bokalo, the swimming director, were not present, but informed the meeting of the upcoming annual USCAK championships in their respective sports at Soyuzivka during Labor Day Weekend.
Dr. Orest Popovych, the chess director, spoke of tentative plans to hold the USCAK chess championship in the beginning of October. Mr. Fedash volunteered to offer playing quarters for the chess tournament at the Ramada Hotel.
Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, July 27, 2003, No. 30, Vol. LXXI
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