4TH WORLD DEAF VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS 23 September - 02 October 2021 - BULLETIN 1

Comune di Chiusi Dear Athletes and parcipang countries, as President of the Organizing Commiee I am glad to work on the organizaon of the 4 ͭ ͪedion of the Deaf World Volleyball Championship. I want to give all of you my warm welcome to this wonderful event of sport, culture and tourism in the charming region of , in the “hot thermal water” of the TOMMASO GRAZIOSI cies of Chianciano Terme and Chiusi. OC President We want to thank the instuons and the municipality of Chianciano Terme and Chiusi, they showed us their sensivity since our very first meeng. I am sure that this will lead our Championship to a very high level, where the union between sport and culture will be enhanced. I wish all the parcipants good luck, and I am sure that the true values of sport will win all the compeons.

Comune di Chiusi Dear Athletes, TDs and Delegates from all over the deaf sport world, the FSSI – Italian Federaon of Deaf Sports and the CIP – Italian Paralympic Commiee, the Municipality of Chianciano Terme and Chiusi with the Organizing Commiee, accepted this big challenge to organize the 4 ͭ ͪ World Deaf Volleyball Championship , to give to the athletes a big opportunity. We decided to preserve the right of deaf athletes to represent their country: they’ll take part in this event they have been waing for four years, aer sacrifice, hard training and pride. With this event we want to give a signal: the SPORT is ALIVE beyond this pandemic really puts us to the test. I am sure that you will parcipate with joy and enthusiasm, beyond victories or defeats, on behalf of the sporng spirit. GUIDO ZANECCHIA Thanks to the Italian Paralympic Commiee and its President, Luca Pancalli, the event has FSSI President been included in the list of sporng events of pre-eminent naonal interest, making this difficult challenge, proposed to Italy by ICSD to avoid another cancellaon, possible. I hope that the 2021 edion will show the high level of compeon of the Deaf athletes, which can reach very high quality performances. At least, I want to thank FSSI board members for their moral support, the federal offices for their efforts supporng the event and the OC members, that in such a delicate moment accepted the challenge of not stopping the sport!

Comune di Chiusi We are very proud to host the World Deaf Volleyball Championship: we will try to welcome all those that will come to Chianciano Terme with warmth. Being the protagonists in a moment of sport is important, for the economic outcome and for the universal value of sport, which means parcipaon and social development, that our city has been experiencing for a long me. The compeve effect, in this event, leaves space to parcipaon and to communies that coexist, honoring our city of Chianciano Terme.

ANDREA MARCHETTI The love for sport has always fascinated me and I have learned that when you go on the field, like Mayor of Chianciano Terme Pope Francis would say, “You can find beauty, gratuitousness and camaraderie. If a match is missing these elements, it loses strength, even if the team wins. There is no place for individualism, but everything means coordinaon for the team”. I want to thank all those people that, on different levels, with commitment and passion contributed to the realizaon of this edion of the World Championship. A huge “good luck” to all the athletes and greengs to all the fans that will come to see the compeons, hoping that this sport event could also be an opportunity to stay together discovering the natural, arsc and cultural beaues of our territory.

Comune di Chiusi In September our city and the whole territory will have the honor of hosng the Deaf Volleyball World Championships, an extraordinary event that we will experience with great enthusiasm and parcipaon. The event will certainly be engaging and we are sure that we will see breathtaking matches that will keep us in suspense unl the end. As the City of Chiusi we are really proud to have been chosen as one of the venues for the event because volleyball represents a discipline that has wrien the history of our town with hundreds of children who have pracced and connue to pracce this sport. In addion to this, as an Administraon we have always paid great aenon trying to promote the JURI BETTOLLINI posive values that sport is able to transmit to the younger generaons and we are convinced that Mayor of Chiusi an event of this level will be full of examples of fair play, not only as a pracce of respect for opponents, but also just like custom and lifestyle. A sincere thanks is due to all those who are working so that the World Championships can be carried out without problems and, of course, our greatest wishes go to all the athletes involved, to be able to realize the dream of becoming world champions.

Comune di Chiusi Our hope is to have the opportunity to show the beaues of our territory to all the people involved and above all to be able to get excited in the presence of the athlec deeds that we will see in our sports hall. It would be the best way to celebrate the tle of 2020 European Town of Sport.

Comune di Chiusi CHIANCIANO TERME - CHIUSI CITY MAP

Palazzetto dello Sport Chianciano Terme

Hotel LE FONTI and CAPITOL Palasport loc. Pania Chiusi

Comune di Chiusi Chianciano Terme Dear Traveller, if you look up and you admire our land carefully you will understand that these places have been the cradle of a cultural path which concides with the evoluon of human history and his wisdom. Here you will be able to meet hospitable people, experience the culture, find out more about culvaon and our lifestyle… Here the landscape have been shaped by human acvies expertly developing the ancient wine and oil tradion. These places has been used today as filming locaon and a stage for many Oscar winning movies and for famous Tv adversing. Here you will be able to go back in me, to walk down the “Tagliate Etrusche” (long Etruscan Corridors) in Rossellana area, to rest next to the water springs where the Etruscans stood their vove temples and admire their magnificent pediments. Here in this beauful landscape you will find wonderful Romanesque churches that allowed the flowering of western civilizaon. Here you can touch the uniqueness of the Fourteenth century Madonnes by Ambrogio Lorenze and the glazed artefacts by the school of Della Robbia. Here you can relive the atmosphere of the Renaissance Period walking through the narrow streets of “the Ideal City” brainchild of a great humanist. Here you can live the Ninenteenth century Modernity of “Aque Hortus” the Metaphysical City of health and good living thanks to its healthy climate achieved through the reclamaon of ’s area. Here now we want you can choose to live according to your real passions! Let’s do it together!!! In the meanme live the daily life of this area, get on the Chianciano Express train to discover the meaning of “pleasant place” and at each stop you will find a wellness, regeneraon and a good life surprise. Get off and stop at the Thermal Pool Theia here you will be enveloped by the vapors of the warm waters. t off and relax a bit in one of our old parks geng lost in a good book. Get off and awaken your senses with the paths of “Terme Sensoriali”. Get off and visit our medieval village where you will enjoy breathtaking views like painngs over Val Di Chiana and Mount Amiata. In the serene quiet of this village dedicate to the local culinary tradions. Get off and stop at the “Museo delle Acque” here you can admire the largest collecon of Etruscan Canopus and you will be able to say that you have known the true culture of this place. hps://www.visiuscany.com/it/localita/chianciano-terme/

Comune di Chiusi Chiusi, The Etruscan city: Located in the south of the province of , bordering with the region of and near the region of Lazio, Chiusi is the perfect place for those who want to plunge into history and to enjoy tradions and anecdotes, as well as tasng the genuine flavor of a simple but generous land. The first selements in Chiusi dated to the late II millennium B.C., when villages of shepherds and farmers rose on the hills of the area. Chiusi, called Clevsin in ancient mes, became one of the most important Etruscan cies, thanks to its very ferle alluvial soil and to its excellent land and water communicaon lines. The city had its most flourishing period during the reign of Porsenna, the King who, at the end of the VI century B.C., besieged Rome for a short period of me. When the inhabitants of Chiusi got the Roman cizenship in 89 B.C., the city was fully embodied in the sphere of influence of Rome. Its prosperity connued in the Imperial Age as well, when Chiusi, known as Clusium, remained a strategic passageway along the Roman consular road Cassia and the river Clanis which was navigable to the river . From the beginning of the III century A.D., Chiusi became an important site for the expanding Chrisan faith, as proved by the presence of the Catacombs St. Musola and St. Catherine and the St. Secondiano Cathedral. During the following years, the city was a Lombard dukedom, which ended with a period of decline, and reached its worst decay when the region of Val di Chiana became a marsh. The complete reclamaon of the area, during the XIX century, brought Chiusi back to its previous relevance. hps://visitchiusi.it/

Comune di Chiusi VENUE

Palazzetto dello Sport - Chianciano Terme Palasport loc. Pania - Chiusi

Comune di Chiusi Grand Hotel Le Fon in the center of Chianciano Terme

The Grand Hotel Le Fon awaits you in the heart of Chianciano, halfway between the amazing Val di Chiana and Val d’Orcia, some of the authenc wonders of Tuscany. Among the hotels in the center of Chianciano Terme, the Grand Hotel le Fon is an ideal place to take care of your own well-being – thanks to the presence of the spa – and to discover the historical villages of Tuscan countryside.

A classy stay with a lot of services available

The Hotel Le Fon is a gorgeous palazzo along the town’s main street overlooking Piazza Italia and has been enrely refurbished and restyled with great aenon to detail. Located along the main street and overlooking the central Piazza Italia, the hotel offers conference rooms, restaurant, bar, private parking and shule WEBSITE - http://lefontigrandhotel.com/en/ service for its guests.

Comune di Chiusi Grand Hotel Capitol

The hotel is located a short distance from the art cies of Tuscany, unique in terms of culture and history. Our staff will ensure you a pleasant and relaxing stay, with a discreet welcome and full of small but fundamental aenons, for a holiday dedicated to relaxaon and wellbeing. At the recepon, maps, brochures and informaon are available for access to thermal treatments, the UPMC Internaonal Center of High Specializaon, the Sensory Salon and the THEIA Thermal Pools, as well as all the surroundings and the most important archaeological sites, with valuable suggesons for both cultural and food and wine tours. The landscape alternates parcular chromac effects, with green undulang hills and sterile white clay hills, "the badlands", solitary cypresses, ruffled woods defending fortresses or small medieval villages and evidence of ancient civilizaons. WEBSITE - http://www.capitolchianciano.it

Comune di Chiusi The countries that need a visa must fill the aached «visa form» (See annex 1 «Visa form WD Volleyball 2021”).

Interested countries must send the completed form in word and in pdf by mail to [email protected]

Despite visa you will need a medical insurance for each parcipant. It is also available at the italian embassy in your country.

The form visa must be sent by July 20th, 2021

Comune di Chiusi CONTACT AND SOCIAL

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.fssi.it/wdvcchianciano-chiusi2021/

For video-call: OC President Tommaso Graziosi +39 339 6041833

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Comune di Chiusi ORGANIZING COMMETTEE

OC President Vice President Secretary Councillor: Councillor: Tommaso Graziosi Beniamino Bruno Emanuele Bianca Filippo Luciani Alessandro Bernardini

FSSI External consultant ICSD T.D. Volleyball

Giuseppe Pignataro Stefano Bottini Cathy Schelvis

Comune di Chiusi