UNF Sport Club Members Elected to USCAK

by Steve Mazur & Ihor Duda

Members of the Ukrainian National Federation (Toronto Branch) and its affiliated sports groups USC Karpaty and Shotokan Karate Club were elected to the Board of Directors of the Ukrainian Sports Federation of USA and Canada (USCAK).

USCAK held their Annual General Meeting at Soyuzivka in Kerhonkson, N.Y. over the weekend of November 6 and 7th. Elected to the Board of Directors were UNF members: Wlodko Arendacz (President, USC Karpaty) - Vice President (Canada); Mykola Shishko (Head of UNF Shotokan Karate) - Director, Karate; and Steve Mazur (Administrator, USC Karpaty) to the Audit Committee. Other Canadian directors elected were: Ihor Duda (Secretary, USC Karpaty) - Media (Canada); Slawko Marchuk (USC Karpaty) - Table Tennis/Ping Pong;  Dr. George Fotiy - Skiing/Snowboarding; and Bob Kushnir - Golf.

In the mandate given to him, Wlodko Arendacz is firstly, to revive USCAK in Canada and co-ordinate tournaments. Secondly, to actively bring back organizations and clubs into the fold while adding newly created ones, and thirdly, to establish and actively solicit interested people to co-ordinate new sports disciplines currently not under the USCAK central umbrella.

“We have a huge job ahead of us. The first order of business is to create a Canadian Board of Directors that will be reflective of sport across Canada”, stated Arendacz. He added that: “A primary project in 2011 will be the International Ukrainian Football Tournament 2011 to be held in Toronto, August 13 – 21.”

Anyone interested in starting a sports discipline or fielding players or teams not yet covered under USCAK, please contact Wlodko Arendacz at 416-807-0988 or Steve Mazur at smazur@live.com