An Invitation to Participate in 3rd Fazaa International Archery Competition 25-31 January 2017

Dear NPC / Federation members / Chairman Associations: Please forward this invitation to the relevant personnel in regard to Disability Archery within your country.

To whom it may concern:

The Dubai Club for The Disabled is organizing the 3rd Fazaa International Archery Competition.

Kindly fill in the enclosed forms identifying your intention to participate and return it to the Dubai Club for The Disabled before the deadline of 15\12\2016 DEADLINES:

1st Entry by number Deadline: 1st DECEMBER 2016

BY NAME & WITH PAYMENT – DEADLINE 15th DECEMBER 2016

Classification – “For countries which have athletes needing to be classified for the first time or who have “Review” status which requires a further classification, please complete the classification application form and medical intake form for each person (https://worldarchery.org/Para-Archery) and send to World Archery attention Mr. Jaekyung Lee, not later than 15 December 2016.”

Preliminary Schedule:

Wednesday 25 January 2017: Arrivals, training

Thursday 26 January 2017: Classification + official training + captain´s meeting

Friday 27 January 2017: Qualification

Saturday 28 January 2017: Elimination

Sunday 29 January 2017: Elimination, Team matches

Monday 30 January 2017: Individual medal matches

Tuesday 31 January 2017: Departures

Entry fees: There is no entry fees for all participants and officials

Chairman Thani Juma Berregad

Dubai Club for Special Sports

Tel: 00971 4 2988205

Fax: 00971 4 2988459

P.O.BOX : 20990 - DUBAI

UNITED ARAB

Email: [email protected]

Introduction:

The Local Organizing Committee and in cooperation with Fazaa Office would like to invite you to the 3rd Fazaa International Archery Competition from 25-31 January 2017 at Dubai Club for the Disabled in Dubai, .

We are very proud to host this prestigious event that will help develop the legacy within the sport and further develop our athletes international competition experiences, which we hope will be the first of several Archery International championship events to be hosted within the Emirate in the future.

Through the continued support of the government entities, national sports governing bodies, private and public sector partners, we are very pleased that this competition is hosted in the United Arab Emirates; where we are sure your Archers will experience our fantastic Emirati hospitality and face elite competition.

Local Organizing Committee

Dubai Club for the Disabled

Organizer: Dubai Club for The Disabled

Chairman: Thani Juma Berregad

Date: 25 – 31 January 2017

Venue: Dubai Club for The Disabled

Rules: Word Para Archery Rules will apply

Classes: Male/ Female: W1, OPEN.

Division: Recurve Bow, Compound Bow.

Format: tbd

Prices and awards: Valuable prizes and medals will be attributed to the first three in each class and division contested.

Host City - Dubai:

Dubai enjoys, without a doubt, one of the best locations on the planet. Situated halfway between Europe and Asia, few destinations take more than 8 hours direct flying time to or from Dubai. Just overnight from London, four hours from Nairobi, three hours from Mumbai, 8 hours from Hong Kong and a direct flight from the United States or Australia.

Dubai is one of the few cities in that has undergone such a rapid transformation - from a humble beginning as a pearl-diving centre - to one of the fastest growing cities on earth. Dubai today is a tourism, trade and logistics hub and has earned itself the reputation of being the

‘Gateway between the east and the west.’ It is also considered as the dynamic nucleus of the Arabian Gulf region.

Home to just over 2 million people from more than 200 nationalities, Dubai is one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world. Dubai has a lot to offer. It is safe, politically stable, centrally located, and has a good education system and healthcare facilities, modern infrastructure and much more. The sun shines almost every day, the shopping and leisure facilities are impressive.

Dubai is exciting, something new and different happens every so often. Just when you think you’ve seen it all, a new project is announced, whether it is the launch of a sports stadium, a mega commercial tower, a residential enclave or yet another shopping mall! Dubai is constantly on the move, striving for greater heights and more facilities and comfort for its residents and visitors.

Tourist attractions in and around Dubai:

Burj AL Arab:

Is a luxury hotel located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates At 321 m (1,053 ft), it is the fourth tallest hotel in the world. stands on an artificial island 280 m (920 ft) from and is connected to the mainland by a private curving bridge. The shape of the structure is designed to mimic the sail of a ship. Sometimes referred to as "the world's only 7-Star hotel".

Burj Khalifa:

World's tallest building, a living wonder, stunning work of art, incomparable feat of engineering, is all that, in concept and execution, Burj Khalifa has no peer.

More than just the world's tallest building, Burj Khalifa is an unprecedented example of international cooperation, symbolic beacon of progress, and an emblem of the new, dynamic and prosperous Middle East.

The Dubai Fountain designed by WET Design, can spray

22,000 gallons (83,000 liters) of water in the air at any moment. More than 6,600 lights and 25 color projectors have been installed

The Dubai Fountains project water in the air in many different combinations and patterns. The beam of light shining upward from the fountain can be seen from over

20 miles away. The fountain lake fills the gap between , The palace hotel, Souk Al Bahar and The Burj Dubai.

Palm Island Dubai Palm Island Dubai (Jumeirah Palm Island) is one of the most ambitious real- estate developments on earth, heralded as the 8th wonder of the world as it can be seen from space along with another major landmark, The Great Wall of China.

Atlantis Dubai Atlantis Dubai is a huge tourist hotel complex is located in Dubai, opened in impressive and huge ceremony at a cost of U.S. $ 20 million on November 20, 2008, a project of the South African entrepreneur Sol Cairns. The hotel is located on the at the checkpoint north of the island; it can be reached through an underwater tunnel on the railway line. The hotel costs up to 1,200 million.

The hotel is a form two towers connected by a bridge, the hotel has 1,539 rooms, the most expensive suite dining table with 18 seats, located above the central arch of the building cost approximately $ 25,000 per day. Most restaurants carry Michelin stars. It also includes a water basin and a variety of other recreational amenities, guests can swim with dolphins training. Treasures, debris, and other things (artificial) belonging to the legendary continent of Atlantis can be seen from the sunken under water through roads and yards behind the glass, which is a tunnel and underground passage.

Ski Dubai is the first INDOOR ski resort to open in the Middle East. The resort is located at the heart of , a famous shopping center in Dubai’s central part of the city. The Ski Dubai arena boasts a mountain-themed 22,500 square-meter space of skiing, snowboarding and tobogganing. If you just want to hang around and enjoy the nice temperature which is around 3 degrees Celsius. There is also the 3,000 square-meter Snow Park dedicated to people who just want to play in the snow with some nice slides.

Dubai Marina Walk you are in the perfect position to make the most of everything has to offer. This 7 km long pedestrian walkway runs around from the start till the end of Dubai Marina, with a string of cafés & restaurants along the waterfront and dozens of luxury yachts and fancy speedboats moored up alongside. The Dubai Marina community often holds events such as the Marina Market and artist’s performances at Marina Walk.

Metro Dubai driverless fully automated metro rail network in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai. The and are operational, with three further lines planned. These first two lines run underground in the city center and on elevated viaducts elsewhere (elevated railway). All trains and stations are air conditioned with platform edge doors to make this possible.

Dubai

The Dubai Tram (previously the Al Sufouh Tram) system was designed to be an integral part of the Dubai transport network, linking the and the Palm Monorail and running along Al Sufouh Road and Jumeirah Beach Road from Mall of the Emirates at one end to the Dubai Marina. After initially being planned for completion in 2009, when the first phase of the Dubai Metro was completed, it was first delayed until 2012, and it was subsequently announced that the Dubai Tram System was being delayed by another 2 years and will now be ready in 2014 due to the downturn in the global economic climate. In 2013 Sheikh Mohammed officially unveiled the designs for the interiors of the trains and of the stations and plans were made to up the tempo of the development of the Dubai Tram so that it would indeed be ready by 2014.

Competition Venue:

The Venue will be at the Dubai Club for the Disabled

Training Area:

The training area will be located in the Dubai Club for the Disabled you will be able to reach it with accessible buses.

Hotel:

Al Bustan Center & Residence Hotel located in AlNahda Road, AlTowar, Dubai. The type of rooms and Suites include studios, one bedrooms, two bedrooms, three and quadruple bedrooms.

Free Internet at the Lobby Gymnasium

Accessible Swimming Pool

Rooms:

Apartment “Triple room” (1 single room + 1 double room and 2 bathrooms).

Accessible bathrooms Single room

3rd Fazaa International Archery Competition Dubai, UAE 25 – 31 January 2017 Accommodation Form

DEADLINE 15 December 2016

NPC

Remark: Wheelchair users A can not walk at all Wheelchair users B can walk at least from bedroom to bathroom

Number of rooms Price US DOLLAR Total US DOLLAR

Single room 150 US dollar Double room 260 US dollar Triple room 360 US dollar Quadruple room 440 US dollar

SINGLE ROOM Gender Wheelchair Wheelchair Rooms Family Name Given Name Standing F or M user A user B Room 1 Room 2 Room 3 Total

DOUBLE ROOM Gender Wheelchair Wheelchair Rooms Family Name Given Name Standing F or M user A user B

Room 1

Room 2

Room 3

Room 4

Total

TRIPLE ROOM Gender Wheelchair Wheelchair Rooms Family Name Given Name Standing F or M user A user B

Room 1

Room 2

Room 3

Total

Quadruple ROOM Gender Wheelchair Wheelchair Rooms Family Name Given Name Standing F or M user A user B

Room 1

Room 2

Room 3

Total

ALL ROOM RATES ARE PER ROOM PER NIGHT

The hotel cost includes 3 meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner), if the competition schedule will not allow teams to get lunch at the hotel, the LOC will provide lunch packet at the venue but only for lunch, this will be decide after the competition schedule will be published officially.

3rd Fazaa International Archery Competition

Dubai, UAE 25-31 January 2017 VISA FORM

DEADLINE: 1 December 2016

INSTRUCTIONS

In order to issue your Visa Invitation Letter please follow the next steps:

1) Fill out all the information needed in the Application Form.

2) Attach a copy of the passport and one picture of everyone in the Visa Application Form.

3) Send the application form, copy of the passports and the pictures to the following email [email protected]

Kind regards,

A minimum validity of (06) months of the passport is required

VISA APPLICATION FORM

Nationality Nationality

Name Name

Surname Surname

Gender Gender

Position Position

Date of Birth Date of Birth

Passport No. Passport No.

Passport Passport

issue date issue date

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expiry date expiry date

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http://www.dnrd.gov.ae/en

Is the official government website where they can get information concerning the visa and they can get back to LOC for assistance and help.

3rd Fazaa International Archery Competition Dubai, UAE 25 – 31January 2017

TRAVEL INFORMATION

DEADLINE 15 December 2016

NPC

ARRIVAL Departure Departure Flight Number Arrival Arrival From To Airport/Terminal Day Time Airline day Time

DEPARTURE Flight Departure Number Departure Time Airport/Terminal Day Airline

ENTRY FORM (BY 15 DECEMBER 2016)

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ARCHERS:

N (New) Para- Wheelchair Name Surname Gender Class Archery Division R ( Review) User Y/ N P(Permanent) License

TEAM OFFICIALS:

Name Surname M/ F Position Wheelchair User Y/ N