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Karpackie Towarzystwo Narciarzy we Lwowie

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Kapłon J.

Góry, Literatura, Kultura

2018

vol. 12

251-276

Very few people interested in the history of Polish skiing realise that it began in the second half of the 19th century in Galicia. It was first in the Eastern Carpathians that skis began to be used by foresters wanting to move more easily in their work and slightly later by tourists in their highland treks. In the late 19th century skiers appeared in Lviv, where in the early 20th century the sport began to be promoted by the Popular Entertainment Society. This was also where various institutions dealing with skiing were established, institutions like the Skiing Section of the Czarni Sports Club and, above all, the Carpathian Skiing Society (founded in early 1907), the first Polish association seeking to popularise skiing as its main objective. The society’s founders included Kazimierz Panek, Maksymilian Dudryk, Zygmunt Klemensiewicz, Roman Kordys and Eugeniusz Romer, i.e. well-known mountaineers, tourists or even skiers. In addition to popularising skiing, e.g. by conducting training courses and publishing various manuals, the Society soon brought about a construction of a hostel in Sławsko. The resort became a favourite among Lviv skiers because of the excellent skiing conditions and good railway connection to Lviv. Burned during the war in May 1915, it was quickly rebuilt after the war and faithfully served tourists throughout the interwar period. On the day of its reopening, 11 March 1923, the Polish Skiing Association organised the 4th Polish Skiing Championship in Sławsko. By establishing its regional branches, the Carpathian Skiing Society promoted tourism in the Carpathians, initially in Galicia, and then throughout the Carpathian region in the Second Polish Republic. Kraków was the seat of a branch of the Society, which gave rise to another association, another important contributor to the development of Polish skiing — the Tatra Skiing Society. In 1919 the two organisations, together with three others, founded the Polish Skiing Association. Initially, the Society was active both in sport and tourism; later, given the easier access to Alps-type mountains with better snow conditions (the Tatras) for skiers from Zakopane, skiers from the region achieved much better results than their Lviv counterparts. The most important sporting achievements that should be noted include the successes of Janina Loteczkowa, who for several years in the second half of the 1920s had no equals in Europe. The Society was represented at the St. Moritz Olympics by Franciszek Kawa. In addition, the Society was instrumental in the construction of a professional ski jumping hill in Lviv. The 1930s were marked by a clear turn towards tourism, resulting in the construction and opening, in 1936, of a mountain hostel on Maryszewska. It is worth stressing, therefore, that such a relatively small organisation (its membership never exceeded 400 in one year) could do so much for the development of skiing in Poland.

Sekcja Narciarska „Watra” Oddziału Polskiego Towarzystwa Tatrzańskiego „Beskid Śląski” w Cieszynie w latach 1920(1921)–1950

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Kapłon J.

Prace Naukowe Akademii im. Jana Długosza w Częstochowie Kultura Fizyczna

2014

vol. 13

issue 2

71-94

Powstałe w 1873 roku Galicyjskie TT, w kilka miesięcy po powstaniu przemianowane na To-warzystwo Tatrzańskie, a po uzyskaniu przez Polskę niepodległości – na Polskie Towarzystw Ta-trzańskie, już na początku XX wieku w sposób zorganizowany zajęło się propagowaniem narciar-stwa, tworząc w 1907 roku Zakopiański Oddział Narciarzy, który w 1911 roku stał się Sekcją Nar-ciarską Towarzystwa Tatrzańskiego. W niedługim czasie zaczęły powstawać sekcje narciarskie przy lokalnych oddziałach Towarzystwa. W roku 1920 zarząd jednego z nich – Oddziału „Beskid Śląski” z siedzibą w Cieszynie – powołał do życia swoją Sekcję Narciarską, nadając jej nazwę „Watra”. Sekcja działała w ramach tego oddziału do 1950 roku, a następnie kontynuowała swoją działalność w strukturach Oddziału PTTK „Beskid Śląski” w Cieszynie. W czasie funkcjonowania w strukturach Polskiego Towarzystwa Tatrzańskiego działacze Sekcji przeprowadzili niezliczoną ilość kursów, szkoleń i wycieczek, dzięki czemu SN „Watra” stała się jedną z najważniejszych sekcji w tym Towarzystwie. Zajmowała się nie tylko propagowaniem turystyki narciarskiej w górach, podejmowała także działania zmierzające do rozwoju narciarstwa sportowego. Szkolenie kolejnych pokoleń narciarzy, uczestnictwo i organizacja licznych zawodów narciarskich oraz budowa skoczni narciarskich i jednej z pierwszych narciarskich tras zjazdowych (z Czantorii w Beskidzie Śląskim) stanowią trwały dorobek polskiego narciarstwa. Wśród zawodników SN największe sukcesy osiągnął Leopold Tajner, olimpijczyk, wielokrotny mistrz Polski w różnych kategoriach wiekowych w biegach i skokach narciarskich.

Established in 1873 the Galician Tatra Society, a few months later adopted name the Tatra So-ciety, and finally, after the creation of independent Polish state – the Polish Tatra Society, at the beginning of the twentieth century formally organized Polish skiing movement, in 1907 forming the Zakopane Skiing Branch, which in 1911 became the Ski Section of the Tatra Society. In a short time ski sections of local branches of the Tatra Society began to emerge. In 1920, the board of one of them – the “Beskid Śląski” Branch from Cieszyn, brought to life its skiing section called the "Watra”. This section was active within the scope of the “Beskid Śląski” Branch until 1950, and is still active as a part of the Polish Tourist and Sightseeing Society in Cieszyn. Members of the “Watra” conducted countless activities: courses, seminars and excursions, making this ski sections one of the most important between ski sections of the Polish Tatra Society. It was not only promot-ing ski tourism in the mountains, but also has taken measures to develop competitive skiing. Training successive generations of skiers, participation in and organization of numerous ski competitions and construction of ski jumps and also one of the first downhill ski slopes (Czantoria in the Silesian Beskid) is the lasting achievement of “Watra”. Among its accomplished members is Leopold Tajner, multiple champion in different age categories in cross-country and ski jumping and Winter Olimpics participant.

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