The 10th athletics race, “Days of Remembrance from Škabrnja to Vukovar”, will be held in Škabrnja on Saturday, 14 November. The sports-educational event will bring together more than 500 participants for its jubilee edition, accompanied by parents, coaches and other guests.
The race organisers are HAK Sv. Ante Poličnik, the Athletics Association of Zadar County and UHDDR Škabrnja. The programme begins at 09:00 with the departure of a bus from Zadar from the large car park above the Krešimir Ćosić Hall. At 10:30, athletes are scheduled to assemble in front of the monument to Dr Franjo Tuđman.
Following the assembly, participants will walk along the path towards the memorial to the mass grave, where they will light candles and lay a wreath. This is followed by a lecture on the civilian and defender casualties of 1991, to be delivered by Marko Miljanić, commander of the Independent Škabrnja Platoon.
Guests are scheduled to address the athletes at 11:00, with children’s races starting ten minutes later. The announcement of the best performers in the children’s categories is planned for 11:50. The start of the five-kilometre race is set for 12:20, while the return bus to Zadar is scheduled to depart between 13:45 and 14:00. Lunch is provided for all participants.
The race director is Brigadier General Mladen Mikolčević, and the Mayor of Škabrnja Municipality is Ivan Škara. The “Days of Remembrance from Škabrnja to Vukovar” athletics races link sports competition with paying tribute to the victims of the Homeland War and educating young people about the events of 1991.
