Baltic Open Championships in Estonia set for August; Yanks, too?
A week after the Eurovets hold their WMA regional in Aarhus, Denmark, the Estonians (no relation) plan an open masters meet in Pärnu. The event is August 12-13, and info is here. “This will be a good possibility to improve the results in less formal atmosphere – have good food and beer after competition, walk in warm summer nights on sandy Pärnu beach, have a disco dancing in the Saturday evening and meet friends and competitors once again,” the Eurovets say of the Baltic Open Championships. “Pärnu is a nice resort city 125 km from Tallinn and about 200 km from Riga. All information about competition you will find in our web-page kjveteranid.ee.” LOC is Estonian Masters Athletics, or EstMA. (In Estonian, it’s Eesti.) Spelled out, it’s esti Kergejõustikuveteranide Assotsiatsioon. Maybe some Yanks can infiltrate the meet and report back.
Pärnu (population 40,000) might be an exotic locale for a summer track trip.
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It would be fun at compete there (my mom was from Estonia, my dad was from Lithuania). But, Ken, don’t let autocorrect trick you: the Baltics are not the same as the Balkans.
Ed is correct – not Balkans. But, I did participate in the Olympic Movement of Third Age of Serbia last October.
http://masterstrack.com/dave-ortmans-serbian-adventure-ix-olympiad-for-the-third-age/
It is quite a walk from the Balkan to Estonia, as Ed noted already.
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Good catch, ladies and gents! I’ve fixed headline from Balkans to Baltics. Just a silly slip. But keep being my dedicated corps of unpaid copy editors. Backstopping always appreciated!
And my original comment would have benefited from copyediting: I meant “to compete,” not “at compete.”
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