The Polish Post Day is celebrated with a major sporting event
On October 18th, Poczta Polska celebrates its 463rd anniversary. This important day for all postal workers is marked this year by the Great Sports Triad. All sports enthusiasts and healthy competition enthusiasts from across Poland can participate in the three-discipline competition – running, walking, and cycling. Additionally, participants will have the opportunity to support local sports clubs that have been impacted by the pandemic.
Polish Post Day, celebrated on October 18th, is linked to events from 1558. On that day, King Sigismund II Augustus established a permanent postal link between Kraków and Venice via Vienna. The new institution was established to gain independence from the imperial post and the Fugger family's Augsburg trading post. The monarch also desired to create a permanent information corridor for diplomatic and trade contacts with other European countries. Sigismund II Augustus justified his decision as follows: "Keeping in mind our own convenience and that of our subjects, we and they should be able to send letters to Italy and conduct other business there."
"While we don't forget our glorious past, we also have our eyes on the present and future. Our company has entered a transformation process that will ultimately lead us to a place where the Polish Post, based on the experience and trust of Poles, will offer customers the highest level of world-class services that our customers expect from us today – in an era of new technology development and the growing trend of e-substitution," emphasizes Tomasz Zdzikot, CEO of Poczta Polska.
This year, the Postal Service is celebrating its holiday with a sporty twist, encouraging others to do the same. The company, together with its partners from the Company's Capital Group, invites all healthy lifestyle enthusiasts to participate in the Virtual Sports Triad, which takes place from October 16th to 31st of this year. Following the success of last year's edition, which featured nearly 1,500 runners competing against each other, the company expanded the event to include new disciplines – walking and cycling. The inaugural event of the Virtual Sports Triad was the in-person Polish Post Cup Run, which took place on October 16th in Szymanowski Park in Warsaw. The competition was sponsored by the Mayor of the capital city of Wola, where the competitors competed. This was not the only race held that day as part of the Virtual Sports Triad. Postal Service employees and healthy lifestyle enthusiasts competed in many other cities and towns across the country. There was no shortage of healthy competition and positive, sporting excitement everywhere. In total, the Triad was initiated by several hundred people in Poland.
The Virtual Sports Triad will last two weeks – from October 16 to 31.
The event partners are companies from the Poczta Polska Capital Group: Envelo, Postdata, Bank Pocztowy, Poczta Polska Dystrybucja and Pocztylion – Arka PTE.
It's worth noting that participants in the Virtual Sports Triad will support those under the care of the "Pocztowy Dar" Foundation (with 5 PLN donated to charity from each starter pack purchased). The money will go to, among others, small, local sports clubs that bring together young (and not only) talented sports enthusiasts.
You can register to participate in the Poczta Polska Virtual Sports Triad via the website until the last day of the event.
We cordially invite you to celebrate Postal Workers' Day with a sports competition!