Eurovets give in to trend, becoming Euromasters
Another “veterans” association is biting the dust. According to the German masters site run by Annette and Robert Koop, the EVAA (European Veterans Athletic Asociation) is gonna switch handles to European Masters Association, or somesuch. This follows the lead of WMA (formerly the World Association of Veteran Athletes) and the British veterans organization, now calling itself the British Masters Athletic Federation (but retaining BVAF in its URL.)
Here’s a very rough Google-ized translation from the German announcement:
Masters! EVAA stands before name changes which on “Annettes side” from the outset was already salonable, now also with Europe Seniorenleichtathleten will happen: the EVAA will change its names.
“Veteran” have retired. The term of “masters” became generally accepted. That must officially still the EVAA general assembly with before the standing EM in Polish floats in the next summer decide, but has on its conference on weekend in same place in addition the crucial step done the presidency of the EVAA.
Initiatitor was by the way the IAAF, which recognizes the meaning of the seniors contrary to individual national federations increasingly within the leichtathletik. IAAF Secretary-General Istvan Guylai had put renaming in a discussion with EVAA responsible person close.
With overwhelming majority the Council of the EVAA agreed anyhow the idea of the change of name: the “V” for “veteran” exchanged against “M” for masters. Still the abbreviation is discussed. EUMA is thereby only one of several possibilities.
Thus it becomes in the future world-wide – of the world union, which WMA, up to the regional federations – uniform “masters” is called, up to the South American federation, which continues to hold to the “Veteranos”. (01.11.05)
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Personally I prefer veterans to masters. BTW the british masters athletics federation webpage is also at http://www.bmaf.org.uk, not just at http://www.bvaf.org.uk.
tony….
For a review on why it makes sense to abandon the term “veterns” see my April 2001 False Start NMN column posted below:
http://www.geocities.com/ortmanmarchand/fs11.html
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