We are very pleased to share with you the information that
the two European Armsport Federations are close to merging. The following
letter will give you the basic information. The two groups have been
meeting for some time via email and in person to attempt to unify the European
teams which are the backbone of our sport. WAF will meet in Poland in
December to discuss this and the attempt to unify the sport on an International
basis. There will be many obstacles but all fair minded armwrestlers must
agree unity in our sport is our first goal. It will allow us bargaining power to
have more money tournaments, more television coverage and a real shot at the
Olympics. Please help in anyway you can.
Agreement
between the two European Armsport Federations.
Mr. Assen Hadjitodorov
President and Mr. Marat Goussov President
Dear EAF members,
I hope that everything with you is
just perfect and you train hard for the Worlds in Poland. After a nearly 3-week
waiting yesterday I have received a fax from Mr. Marat Goussov, signed and
stamped the agreements that we have reached up to at our meeting in Italy,
concerning the next common European championship in Czech republic. I send you
attached our agreements in English as the document that I have obtained from him is in Russian and it will
appear meaningless to the majority of you. Right now there is still just one
more question to be solved - that is the weight classes that have to be the
championship in Czech republic to be handled. According the program prepared by
the host of the Czech federation and that I have received from them at our meeting in Germany during the OVER THE TOP
championship they have decided that the championship will be handled with the
normal weight classes that have been on all the championships up to now. BUT the
other EAF have had an agreement that from 2002 on they will have their
championships in new weight classes - 9 for men, 6 for women, 7
for boys and 6 for girls. I send you forwarded their mail that they propose the
weight classes for the championship in Czech republic to be. I'll contact Mr.
Milan Svoboda - President of the Czech federation in order to discuss the weight
classes matter. If you have any questions on the mail that I send to you please,
write to me. I wait for your proposal concerning the agenda of our meeting in
Poland, if you have any proposals, please let me know not later than November 25
so that they could be included in the agenda meeting. I wait for your e-mails.
Best regards,
Assen Hadjitodorov,
President of EAF
