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Stanisław Zaborniak
Department of History and Physical Culture,
Faculty of Physical Education, University of Rzeszow (Poland)
THE PLACE OF ATHLETICS IN THE SCHEDULE OF RIFLEMAN’S
ASSOCIATION “RIFLEMAN” (STRZELEC) IN THE II REPUBLIC OF
POLAND (1919-1939)2
Key words: II Republic of Poland, Rifleman’s Association “Rifleman”, rifleman, sport,
athletics
Summary
The Rifleman’s Association “Rifleman” (“Strzelec”) acting as a social education
organization came into existence in 1910 in Lwow on the initiative of illegally working
Active Combat Club. The club was operating legally on the basis of a statute approved by
Austria’s authorities. The first authorities in Rifleman’s Association “Rifleman” were ;
Wladyslaw Sikorski (chairman), Gustaw Danilowski, Medard Downarowicz, Hoser,
Konopacki, Aleksander Litwinowicz, Ostrowski, Rysiewicz, Kazimierz Sosnkowski i Hipolit
Śliwiński. Since 1912 Active Combat Club transformed into the main headquarters, into the
real leadership of rifling organizations with the head office located in Lwow and with the
police commandant Józef Pilsudzki and a chief Sosnkowski Kazimierz. From 1910-1914, the
organization was a base for building a structure for polish legions, and next for the military
structure of II Republic of Poland.
The organization that was affiliated to military circles after the world war I, was a
paramilitary Rifleman’s Association „Rifleman” which was registered in 1919. Its first
authorities after 1919 were; T. Gałecki, M. Kuhnke, K. Pawłowicz, W. Sieroszewski, A.
Skwarczyński, S. Staniszewski, A. Śliwiński and W. Tokarzewski. The Rifleman’s
Association “Rifleman” in its agenda put a great importance on sport, physical education and
military training. Thanks to its activists, that came from the legions stream of J. Pilsudski it
was an organization which cooperating with had a very favorable conditions for developing
and running the sport activities including athletics.
S. Downarowicz the minister MSW in his letter to governors addressed a request issue
appropriate regulation to subordinate offices not to interfere in the work of the company
Rifleman’s Association “Rifleman” within the approved statute.
Rifleman’s Association “Rifleman” which had over 180 sections functioning to carry
out a program about the character of physical education and military training put into use the
utilitarian capability created by various athletics exercises.
For its members the Rifleman’s Association “Rifleman” mandatory norms for its
award of “Rifleman” which included the pentathlon (races for garnet throw, shot-put, high
jump). Around 1000 competitors won this award. The competitors from this association were
specialized in long race, cross country race, obstacle race and race walking. From the
sportsman circles of “Rifleman” originated the obstacle race polish champions; Marian Flis i
Jan Kramek and in walking race Roman Czech, Maksymilian Krzyczkowski, Jan Powierza
and Jan Śliwiński3.
2
This work was accomplished within the statut activity of Department of Physical Education, Rzeszów
University – project URWWF/S/07/001 financed by Ministry of Science and Higher Education. There are
24 353 spaces bars and footnotes.
3
T. Jurek: Lekkoatletyka…, ibid., p. 24.
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The Rifleman’s Association “Rifleman” sport traditions were also being developed
after 1919. In its agenda “Rifleman”
“Rifleman adapted physical exercises entwined with military
exercises such as obstacle race, race with armament, walking races, garnet throw, etc.
The statute of “Rifleman”
“Rifleman directed the attention of its instructors on citizen education,
military training and physical
al education. Majority of “Rifleman” sport events had a mass
character in which the main disciplines apart from rifling were athletics exercises, the most
popular marches and military multi discipline contest.
Since 1920 patrol marches appeared in the agenda
agenda of the events being organized by
“Rifleman”.. From the “Rifleman”
“Rifleman club circles came runners for unusually long distances.
Members of Rifleman’s Association “Rifleman” during mass marching
competition. March 17th, 1924.
In the development of sport walking
walking in the middle war period in Poland, the mass
marching events that were being organized played a great role. The most important of all was
the event organized for the first time in 1924 and later repeated year after year on August 6-8,
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in the form of long-distance
distance “Kadrowka route march”
march up until the year 1939.
Year 1924, the first winner of “Kadrowka Route March”–
March Bronisław
Kopias, Przemyśl.
This idea was born with the organizational participation of Rifleman’s Association in
the impulse to celebrate the
he 10th anniversary of the departure of first company of division of
soldiers from Krakow to Kielce on the distance 122 km4.
4
Marsz szlakiem „Kadrówki”, „Stadion
Stadion”, 1924 № 32, p. 15; The Rifleman’s Association “Rifleman”
“Rifleman organized
the marches. The statute expected to complete the distance in 3 laps; Krakow-Miechow,
Krakow Miechow, Miechow-Jędrzejow
Miechow
and
Jędrzejow-Kielce. The
he first two laps were supposed be done marching in a group of 13 people, where running
and jumping was prohibited, but in the third lap running was allowed.
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The first “Kadrowka Route March”
March organized in 6-88 august 1924 collected 7 teams,
13 people each (91 people) and 4 teams beyond the competition. The march started at 4
o’clock am. and lasted till 2-5
2 5 o’clock pm. The march was completed by 6 teams and 2
beyond the competition.
1924, „Katowice” team on “Kadrowka Route March”
Scores:
I lap Kraków – Miechów 44 km as a team 1. Przemyśl – 9.20,0 h.,., 2. Katowice – 9.50,0 h.
3. Kraków II – 10.00,0 h.
II lap Miechów – Jędrzejów
drzejów 40 km as team 1. Przemyśl – 8.53,0 h. 2. Kraków I – 9.33,0 h.
3. Katowice – 9.53,0 h.
III lap Jędrzejów – Kielce 38 km as team 1. Przemyśl – 5.53,0 h. 3. Katowice – 6.54,0 h.
Final stores after three laps:
Przemyśl – 24.06,0 h.
Katowice – 26.40,0 h.
Kraków – 29.34,0 h.
Wieliczka – 30.20,0 h.
Warszawa – 32.36,0 h.
Bochnia – 31.26,0 h. and 81 penalty points.
1924 r. Bronisław Kopias „Rifleman” Przemyśl, The winner of
the first “Kadrowka Route March”
In the first “Kadrowka Route March”
March individually the winner was Bronisław Kopias
from Przemysl, who at the last distance of 38 km. achieved the time 5.09,0 h and outran Józef
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Petz from Krakow – 5.07,0 h., 3. Br. Kuchnik – Bochnia – 5.09,0 h. 4. M. Piotrowicz – Bochnia
– 5.14,0 h., 5. A. Gaweł – Katowice – 5.18,0 h. 6. R. Michalik – Katowice – 5.25,0 h5.
Warsaw team during first “Kadrowka Route March”
March (during meal break)
The second vital goal of marches were utilitarian
utilitarian actions of this operation in which
participated most of youth paramilitary organizations. Apart from this event yearly mass
marching competitions were taking places on the 85,50,40, and shorter, in which the most
significant was „Zadworzanski
Zadworzanski march”
mar
– 85 km with 1000 participants, march distance of 27
km. Warsaw-Sulejówek
Sulejówek with the participation of around 800 competitors6, Szczypiórno-Łódź
on the distance of 127 km with the participation of about 2 200 competitors and many more7.
1926, Rifleman Gawlik, who has walked 400 km from Krakow to Sulejówek in 5 days reporting marshal
Piłsudski doubling rifleman’s ranks in Krakow. “Stadjon” 1926, № 13, p. 1.
5
Ibid.
Strzelecki marsz do Sulejówka,, “Stadjon”
“Stadjon 1926, № 13, p. 9.
7
Before the “Kadrowka Routee March”.
March “Stadion” 1927, № 30, p. 5.
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In the commemoration of the Upper Silesia revolt, marches on the 104 km distance
were organized. In 1928, rifleman team Krakow had won at 14.19,15 h. before 3 rebel’s Baon
from Katowice 14.34,00 h., 2 Baon from
f om Rybnik 15.15,00 h., and a Police
Po
team from
8
Katowice 15.17,30 h. In this march 34 teams took part . At various occasions marches on
shorter distances were being organized. For
For example in Tarnobrzeg in 1928, apart from
rifleman competitions a team march was organized on the 5 km distance
dista
in which the
regiment team Gymnasium of Tarnobrzeg achieving the time 28.12,00 min9.
1927, departure of rifleman from Sulejowek to Belveder
1927, „Rifleman”” during the march to Belveder on the Poniatowski bridge.
In teams marches also participated
participate the members of TG “Sokół” and representatives of
village youth organizations.
Every year Warsaw garrison was organizing about 30 km march „Around Warsaw”.
In 1927, 63 participants took part in it. The route of the march run from Cytadela through
Żoliborz,
z, to Marymont, through Powązki,
Pow zki, Okopowa, Leszno, Młynarska, Wolska through
8
9
The Rebel’s march on Upper Silesia. “Stadjon” 1928, № 34, p. 16.
W Tarnobrzegu. “Stadjon” 1928, № 41, p. 16.
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Czerniakowska along Powiślee, through Stare Miasto and back to Cytadela10.
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Chełmska,
3.05.1927, Team TG “Sokół”
“Sokół in Jarosław, right before the start of the
race on the 5 km distance.
Warsaw 12.08.1927,
12.08.1927 The end of the march „Around Warsaw”.
Awards for the victory in march granted in 1926–1933.
The women united in international suffragette conference after the end of World War
I, many times
imes were holding talks with International Amateur Federation of Athletics and with
the International Committee of Sport Olympics about their presence in the sport national and
international competition. Both organizations did not allow
allow women to participate and register
records hence in many countries feminist organizations were organizing number of sport
events exclusively for women. In 1919 in Zurich women marching competition
etition took place on
25 km distance. Reluctance accompanied every
eve women action, which had to do with a
prevailing at that time, different vision of the place of women in social life.
10
Rifleman march “Around Warsaw”.
Warsaw” “Stadjon” 1927, № 50, p. 6.
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For the first time Polish women took part in marching competitions in 1926. Although
in the first start it was a very small group of women,
women, but taking part in the competition they
broke the female unwillingness for long-term
term sport efforts. Initially it was a participation of
unprepared teams practicing occasionally under the supervision of Pawłowiczowna.
1927, First women teams on the distance of 122 km
In 1927, women marching section organized by rifling instruktor Kobrynowicz again
took part in “Kadrowka Route March”
March on 122 km distance. Although two weaker teams
ended two first laps on the 84 km route Kraków-Miechów
Kraków
and Miechów-Jędrzejów,
Miechów
two
teams continued the competition with men on the third lap Jędrzejów-Kielce
Kielce (38 km), and on
the finishing line they defeated some of them. Eventually on 342 participants women
individually
vidually occupied 166, 172, 184 and 240 place. The participation of women in such long
and strenuous march (big difference in altitude, sharp rocky surface ) at that time aroused
admiration among the many people gathered on that route. Among marching women there
were contestants
ntestants who practiced cycling,
cycling athletics and swimming on everyday basis11.
1927, Women’s teams on the Warsaw-Sulejówek
Warsaw
route.
What deserves a special attention is the participation of 13 – people teams (military
team!) in the sport events cooperating with each other on the Krakow-Jędrzejow
Krakow ędrzejow route, from
where participants were marching individually. During these marches, on first two stages
sport walking techniques requirements were obeyed. Apart from “Kadrowka Route March”
March
11
I. Szydłowska: Kobiety w marszu „Szlakiem Kadrówki”, „Stadjon” 1927, № 34, p. 5.
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being organized yearly from 6-8
6 August, “Rifleman” was organizing in its own 16 districts
marching competitions on distances from 35 do 55 km. They were elimination competitions
to “Kadrowka Route March”.. Apart from that, in the structures of that organization on the
occasion
on of national or party holidays, committee districts put marching competitions in the
events agenda12. Rifleman’s Association by organizing such events contributed greatly to the
development and popularization of walking in13.
Created after 1919, military training
training detachments were organized in districts, province
and national structures. In districts propaganda activity made a constant raise in their numbers.
For example in 1926, in Oszmian
Oszmia district the number of military training detachments in 3
months raised
sed from 14 to 25, 6 school detachments, 16 units of rifling club, 1 unit of fire
brigade, 1 unit of non-commissioned
commissioned officers of reserve and 1 unit of sport team in Oszmian.
There were 583 members of the detachments all together. Apart from paramilitary activity
a
members of the detachment were participating in physical education, in which the permanent
element was athletics. During the test in Oszmian detachment in the 100 m run produced
following scores; 12,0 s; in high jump – 1,55 m, in long jump – 5,20 m and in shot-put–
shot
7,69
m14.
1926, Sport team by the military training detachment in Boruny.
Together with members on the photo there are discus, javelin and
pole vault „Stadjon
Stadjon” 1926, № 33, p. 14.
Taking under account that in all districts at that time, there was a similar
organizational structure, it can be concluded that athletics prevailed in military training
detachments.
Since 1927 in the organization of “Rifleman”,
“Rifleman there was an arranged
ranged sport training for
women. Among other things, arranged group courses were organized, where the lectures were
given by famous athletics.
12
Marsze długodystansowe. „Stadjon
Stadjon” 1927, № 51-52.
52. Long distance competitions were also organized by:
Boyscouts, TG „Sokół”,, Police and rebels organizations. According to „Stadjon” statistics only in 1927 r. in
“Rifleman” marches on distances from 35 to 122 km, participated about 5000 competitors. Including competitors
of other organizations marches, altogether about 6 500 competitors took part in.
13
Długodystansowe Zawody Piesze Związku
Zwi
Strzeleckiego. Marsz szlakiem Kadrówki, „Stadion
Stadion” 1924, № 30, p.
11.
14
Military training,
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1927, Organizational course “Rifleman”
“Rifleman a group of girls practicing low start, „Stadjon
Stadjon” 1927, № 14, p. 6.
In 1927, Rifleman’s Association “Rifleman”
“Rifleman issued “Sport medal”,, which was granted
for participation in the athletic pentathlon including: run 100 m, shot-put,
put, high jump,
jump and run
1500 m (according to medal regulations order)15. Sport competitions could be carried
carri even in
primitive conditions what created possibilities for wider availability to participate in try-outs.
try
In spite of instant efforts, the program of “Sport medal “ did not become popular, only 1000
people won the medal16.
1925, run on 100 m, members of rifling camp
„Przeglą
Przegląd Sportowy” 1925, № 30, p. 5.
Acting in a village environment forced this organization to prefer athletics as the most
affordable in terms of costs. Rifleman’s Association “Rifleman”
“Rifleman marches played a great role
in popularizing athletics.
tics. Since 1927, attempts had been made to include athletics Olympics
competitions through Rifleman’s Association Sport Olympics to the sport idea. Athletics for
the first time was introduced in games of ZS w 1927. At that time 150 people from all around
Poland participated in athletics competitions. The competitions showed a very low level
lev of
mastery of competitors, successes were made by riflemen from Warsaw, Wilno and Wołyń,
Woły
and among women – riflewomen from Katowice, Krakow, Pruszkow and Warsaw17.
15
Sport w Związku Strzeleckim, „Stadjon
Stadjon” 1927, № 51-52, p. 12.
Sport wśród Strzelców, „Przegląd
ąd Sportowy
Sportowy” 1929, № 10, p. 5.
17
Zawody sportowe policji i strzelca,
strzelca „Stadjon” 1927, № 37, p. 8-9.
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After the introduction of general sport medal (POS) by PUWF and PW, the medal for
5-battle has been recalled. In order to take part in next competitions, such as marches and
cross country races, to what a member of „Riflemen” was obliged by the statute, one had to
be in a possession of a medal. In spite of the primitive conditions in which the try-outs for the
medal had been carried out, it gained considerable popularity in the rifling circles together
with marches and cross country races. The members of “Rifleman”
“Rifleman winning the medal always
appointed on days when there were national holidays or political
political events. They were
participants of national cross country races, marches along east frontier, and holidays of
PUWF and PW, physical education holidays. In 1928 Rifleman’s Association “Rifleman”
“Rifleman
organized 150 athletics events.
1927, high jump during
dur
Olympic games of
Rifleman’s Association “Rifleman”
“Rifleman „Stadjon” 1927,
№ 37, p. 9.
In 1928, during VII Rifleman’s Association championships, I championships of
Rifleman’s Association in games, athletics and swimming were held for the first time. The
competition took place in the AZS Warsaw stadium, in Sobieski’s Park, with the
th participation
of 100 riflemen and 56 riflewoman. The men reached the following scores: Borkowski Wilno
100 m – 11,7 s, relay race 800 + 400 + 200 + 100 m Wilno – 2.49,6 min., Alfek Nowy Dwór
5 km cross country race – 15.31,4 min., Makuła Lublin high jump – 147 cm, Żardzin Wilno
long jump – 6,07 m, Badowski Wilno pole jump – 2,85 m, Żardzin
ardzin II Wilno shot put – 19 m
(right – 10,57 m, left – 8,43 m) and discus throw – 58,58 m (right– 33,70 m, left – 24,88 m),
javelin throw – 41,00 m, grenade – 84,86 m18.
18
VII Mistrzostwa Związku
zku Strzeleckiego,
Strzeleckiego „Stadjon” 1928, № 39, p. 15.
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1928,
928, I Championships of Rifleman’s Association, on a start to relay race,
“Stadjon” 1928, № 39, p. 15.
Women champions of Rifleman’s Association in athletics were the following
riflewomen: Morawska (Pruszków) 60 m – 9,0 s, Kraśnicka
nicka (Nowogródek) 800 m – 2.58,6
min., long jump – 4,16 m, kula – 7,87 m, discus throw – 25,79 m, Pruszków 4x60 m – 36,1 s,
Zemralska (Pruszków) high jump – 1,20 m, Abramek (Lublin) pole – 18,64 m, Stachowicz
(Górny Śląsk) ball trow – 22,50 m19.
1928, Abramek – Rifleman’s Association Lublin –
champion of Rifleman’s Association in pole throw,
“Stadjon 1928, № 39, p. 15.
“Stadjon”
Thanks to extensive training, the sport stores of athletics united in Rifleman’s
Association have greatly improved. In 1929, the summary made on the occassion of 10th
unniversary of Republic of Poland, has shown the following records of the members of
19
Ibid.
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Rifleman’s Association in Poland, men: 100 m Kowalski – 11,7 s, 800 m Milicz – 2.11,9
min., 4 x 100 m – Rifleman’s Association Skawina – 47,6 s, 4 x 400 m Rifleman’s
Association Kraków – 3.49,2 min., high jump and long jump Balosek respectively–
respectively 1,64 m i
6,33 m, pole Porzyński – 2,90 m, shot put and pentathlon Żardzin
ardzin Rifleman’s Association
respectively – 11,04 m and 360,16 p., javelin throw Granadzki – 46,63 m20.
Women: 60 m, 800 m, long jump, shot put and discus throw Kraśnicka
Kraśnicka respectively –
8,6 s, 2.58,6 min., 4,72 m, 8,39 m and 30,68 m; high jump Mirosławska – 1,26 m, 4 x 75 m
Rifleman’s Association Grodno, 4 x 100 m Rifleman’s Association Warsaw–
Warsaw 61,7 s.21.
The IV Rifleman’s
man’s Association Athletics Championships was organized in 1930, in
Wilno by the district in Grodno. Over 280 competitors from all over Poland gathered, and
they represented the following districts: Brześć,
Brze , Grodno, Krakow, Lublin, Lwow, Łuck,
Przemyśl and Warsaw. The competition was carried in team system, every team had 7
competitors. The grading scale was different for women and for men. Almost every
participant was equipped with athletics spikes and athletic garment. The winning scores
during this competition
ition were much higher than in the Poznań
Pozna Olympics in 1929.
The scores in each discipline were granted individually and as a team. Among men in
the 100 m race as a team the winner was Grodno and individually Buczek Kraków – 11,8 s. In
the 500 m run as a team
eam Kraków, and individually Łozowski Grodno – 2.10,8 min. 3 000 m as
a team Grodno, individually Łozowski Grodno – 9.46,2 min. 4 x 100 m Grodno. Long run, as
team Grodno, individually, Balosek Grodno – 6,27 m and high jump – 1,70 m, pole, W.
Harper Krakow – 2,95 m. Shot-put
Shot put as team Grodno, individually, Wieliczko Grodno – 10,94
m, discus throw as a team Grodno, individually – Wasilewski Wilno – 31,34 m, javelin, as a
team Grodno, individually Lebert Łódź
Łód – 45,91 m. Among women playing as a team apart
from shot-put
put all competitions ended in the victory of Krakow. In total men classification the
victory went to Grodno district, 2) Krakow, 3) Lublin, 4) Łódź,
Łód , 5) Warsaw, 6) Brześć.
Brze Among
women playing as a team victory went to Krakow, 2) Łódź,
Łód , 3) Grodno, 4) Przemyśl
Prz
5) Lwow,
6) Warsaw, 7) Lublin. The competitions gathered 1000 audience22.
1930, Grodno, The IV Rifleman’s Association Athletics
Championships Shot put, Mrozowski Grodno, „Stadjon”, 1930 № 38, p. 9.
20
Lekka atletyka w Związku
zku Strzeleckim…,
Strzeleckim
“Stadjon” 1929, № 51, p. 12.
Ibid.
22
Mistrzostwa Związku
zku Strzeleckiego,
Strzeleckiego “Stadjon” 1930, № 38, p. 9.
21
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In 1933 in PZLA, there were 184 athletics section functioning. The association had its
own athletics charts and its own championships and grading scale of the section. In 1934 r. in
the “Rifleman” competition Upper Silesia district was first before Lublin district23.
The athletics from Rifleman’s Association
Associati „Rifleman” specialized mainly in marches,
sport walking, cross country races, obstacle races and marathon race. In many cases
„Rifleman” athletic units competed with success with public sport clubs, e.g.: Rifleman’s
Association „Rifleman” gen. S. Małachowskiego in Łodz, in athletics unit class A, in 1933
has won the master title. In 1933 during Rifleman’s Association „Rifleman
Rifleman” Olympics,
athletics unit of Rifleman’s Association „Rifleman” Lublin had won as a team. Lublin
riflemen had won 11,
1, first places and 6 second, and numerous places individually. During the
Olympics, Bierygowoj-Bieregowski
Bieregowski had set a new Polish record in 3 000 m walking24.
Members of Rifleman’s Association, at the start of the 100 m run for the POS medal,
medal
“Raz Dwa Trzy” 1934 № 42, p. 5.
The athletics in the program of Rifleman’s Association training, apart from playing a
role of overall preparation to serve as a soldier, was also a form of preparing members of the
association to participate in sport competitions. The level of athletics preparation was checked
during the Rifleman’s Association athletics competitions, and also in the form of national
competitions of the importance of Rifleman’s Association Olympics. In 1934, such
Rifleman’s Association Olympics took place on 15-16
15
September, in Przemyśl.
Przemy
23
M. Kurletto: Wychowanie fizyczne
fizyc
i sportowe w Związku Strzeleckim, „Przewodnik
Przewodnik Sportowy 1933”,
1933
Warszawa 1934, p. 208-211; Dział informacyjny Polskiego Związku
Zwi zku Lekkoatletycznego,
Lekkoatletycznego „Rocznik Sportowy
1934”, Warszawa 1935, p. 410-419.
419.
24
Jak pracuje sportowy Lublin, “Raz
Raz Dwa Trzy”
Trzy 1934, № 1, p. 13.
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1934, Women’s representation of Silesia’s „Rifleman”,, that won the Rifleman’s
Association, “Rifleman”
“Rifleman Athletics Championships in Przemyśl,
l, standing in the
middle captain Kurletto, “Raz Dwa Trzy” 1934.
At the opening of the competition there were many people present: association
commandant,, colonel Frydrych, Przemysl headman, Remiszewski and the president of the
city, Chrzanowski. There was a rivalry about individual and team dominance between the
strongest disticts of „Rifleman
Rifleman” Silesia’s andd Lublin’s representation. Eventually in overall
grading stores the representation of Silesia has won.
On the initiative of some activists from sport circles, in 1934 in Łódz, athletic section
of Rifleman’s Association, was brought into existence. On the day of the appointment many
people connected with army entered into the section.
1934, discharge of competitors
mpetitors from Rifleman’s Association, “Rifleman”
“Rifleman Championships
on the stadium in Kołomyja, „Raz Dwa Trzy” 1934, № 43, p. 3.
Athletics was one of the basic sport disciplines being realized in the program of
“Rifleman”.. In every district of Rifleman’s Association,
Association, every year athletic Olympics of
Rifleman’s Association” Rifleman”
Rifleman were being organized. Champion competition of
Rifleman’s Association “Rifleman”,
“Rifleman , district VI, was held in 1935 in Lwow.
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The members of the athletic section „Rifleman” appointed in 1934 in Łódź,
Łódź „Raz Dwa
Trzy” 1934, № 42, p. 5.
Athletics, apart from being practiced in a professional form, it was also included in the
program agenda of this association to programs of physical education, that the association was
implementing. Members of „Rifleman”
„
had a lot to do with athletics when achieving the
norms for POS, where athletics was a core of all tests. Members of “Rifleman”
“Rifleman in 1931
achieved – 1026, in 1932 – 20150, 1933 – 47 500, 1934 – about 75000 medals POS. In 1934,
499 Rifleman’s Association „Rifleman”
„
sport clubs were functioning, 25 of the clubs with
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996 competitors were united in PZLA .
1935, Lwów, participants of athletic Olimpics Rifleman’s Association “Rifleman”,
“Rifleman
district VI. The third from the left is the best athletic woman
woman of the competition – Batiuk,
„Raz Dwa Trzy” 1935, № 42, p. 4.
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Zestawienie wyszkolonych instruktorów i nauczycieli wychowania fizycznego,
fizycznego „Raz
Raz Dwa Trzy”
Trzy 1935, № 4, p.
13.
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In autumn, in the sport structures of Rifleman’s Association, district Olympics in cross
country race was being organized. During the V districts Rifleman’s Association Olimpics in
Krakow, which
ich took place on 13 October, 1935, in the race on 4 300 m distance participated
24 members of “Rifleman” from Bielsko, Dąbrowa,
D browa, Gorlice, Krakow, Limanowa, Mielec,
Ropczyce and Skawina. On a difficult route the winner was Jurczyk, Rifleman’s Association
“Rifleman”, Krakow city – 16.52,8 min., 2) Indyk, Rifleman’s Association “Rifleman”,
“Rifleman
Mielec – 17.17,0 min, 3) J. Bochaczyk, Rifleman’s Association “Rifleman”,
“Rifleman Limanowa –
17.18,0 min., 4) Zimmer, Rifleman’s Association “Rifleman”,
“Rifleman , Limanowa, 5) Klosz,
Rifleman’s
’s Association “Rifleman”,
“Rifleman Mielec.
1935 Athletics of Rifleman’s Association “Rifleman”
“Rifleman Lublin, „Raz Dwa Trzy” 1935,
1935 № 22, p. 4.
The winners of the cross country Olympics V district of Rifleman’s Association were;
Rifleman’s Association “Rifleman”,
“Rifleman Limanowa,
wa, 2) Rifleman’s Association “Rifleman”,
“Rifleman
Mielec, 3) Rifleman’s Association “Rifleman”,
“Rifleman , Gorlice, 4) Rifleman’s Association
“Rifleman”, Dąbrowa,
browa, 5) Rifleman’s Association “Rifleman”,
“Rifleman , Krakow city, 6) Rifleman’s
Association “Rifleman”,, Krakow district. After the competition the awards were handed on
by the delegate of Rifleman’s Association – Żak26.
In the thirties of XX century in Poland mostly young people belonged to Rifleman’s
Association “Rifleman”.. Most of their members left to newly created at that time “Reservist
Association”27.
From “Rifleman” ranks many polish champions were derived in the following athletic
competitions: Szczepan Soduła “Rifleman” Łódź
Łód – marathon and walk on 35 km, Jan
Powierza “Rifleman” Warsaw – walk on 50 km, Maksymilian Krzyczkowski
Krzyczkows “Rifleman”
Warszawa – walk on 80 km, Marian Flis “Rifleman” Lublin – 3 km with obstacles, Jan
Kramek “Rifleman” Gdynia – 3 km with obstacles, Roman Czech “Rifleman” Katowice –
walk on 10 km and Jan Śliwiński
liwiński “Rifleman” Ostrów walk on 50 km.
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Cross country race for the championship of Rifleman’s Association V district,
district „Raz
Raz Dwa Trzy”
Trzy 1935, № 42,p.
15.
27
WAPK, UWK, sygn. 2720,
0, Sprawozdanie z życia polskich legalnych stowarzyszeńń i związków
zwi
1931–1935,
sprawozdanie kwartalne wojewody kieleckiego z dnia 27.04.1934 r. p. 2.
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k, the member of Rifleman’s Association “Rifleman”,
“Rifleman ,
Mielec, II place in cross country race for the championship of
Rifleman’s Association V district in Krakow, „Raz Dwa Trzy”,,
1935 № 43, p. 5.
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