Publications
A.T.F.S. ANNUAL
The A.T.F.S. Annual — current edition entitled
"ATHLETICS 2009" — is published by
SportsBooks Ltd.
P.O. Box 422
Cheltenham, GL50 2YN
United Kingdom
Fax: (44) (0) 1242 254694
E-mail: randall@sportsbooks.ltd.uk
History
The first edition of the Annual was published in Lugano, Switzerland, and entitled “The 1951 A.T.F.S. International Athletic Annual.” The joint editors were Fulvio Regli and Dr. Roberto Quercetani.
A full roster of editors and publishers follows:
Years Editors Publishers
1951-52
Regli/Quercetani
Tipografia "La Commerciale" S.A.,
Lugano
1953-55
ditto
"World Sports"
magazine, London
1956-69
Roberto
Quercetani
ditto
1970-72
Rooney
Magnusson
ditto
1973-74
Vladimir Visek
Bartels & Wernitz, West Berlin
1975-78
Don Potts
“Track
& Field
News,” Los Altos, CA
1979-83
Nejat Kök
Palle Lassen,
København
1984
Richard Hymans
ditto
1985-90
Peter Matthews
Sports World, London
1991-92
ditto
Burlington
Publishing, London
1993-94
ditto
Harmsworth
Active, London
1995-2009
ditto
SportsBooks,
Worcester/Cheltenham
Availability
1995-2009 editions can be obtained from SportsBooks, as listed above.
Virtually all editions prior to 1980 are out of stock. Some subsequent editions may be obtainable from the A.T.F.S. Secretary General, Scott Davis. Note that the 1975-1978 editions did not include any Women's lists. The best source for these was "START" magazine, the quarterly bulletin of the Czech Group. START 2/75, 2/76, 3/77 and 3/78 were the relevant issues.
OTHER A.T.F.S. PUBLICATIONS
"The ATFS Golden Jubilee Book"
Published in August 2000 to mark the 50th Anniversary of the organisation, this book contains a diverse series of articles contributed by 41 members from 20 countries. The material has been collated and edited by Roberto Quercetani and Bob Phillips.
Price US $10 (cash or postal order payable to ATFS), and obtainable from ssd@aol.com.
"Track and Field Performances Through The Years"
Work has been under way since the late 1960s to produce annual lists for the years prior to the founding of the A.T.F.S. The results are contained in a series of volumes covering (1) 1929-1936; (2) 1937-1944; (3) 1945-1950 and (4) 1921-1928. The fifth volume will cover the pre-1921 period, and is planned for publication in late 2010.
Principal compilers have been Roberto Quercetani, Rooney Magnusson, Donald Potts and Nejat Kök, with assistance from Eric Cowe, Scott Davis, Wally Donovan, Palle Lassen, Luigi Mengoni, Fulvio Regli and Otto Verhoeven.
Information about the availability of the published volumes may be obtained from the Treasurer; email info@atfs.org.