World Archery Congress June 2013
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World Archery Congress June 2013 Registration WA CONGRESS Registration & Candidates Registration forms for the Congress 2013 – Belek Antalya on 27 FUTURE EVENTS Link Address Change and 28 September 2013 are now released. Member Associations World Cup Final 2013 can send their registration form to World Archery until Friday, 6 World Championships 2013 September 2013. Proxies must be submitted by 28 August 2013. Nanjing 2014 YOG PAST EVENTS List of Candidates Antalya World Cup Stage 2 Mediterranean Games 2013 World Archery has published the first list of candidates for the RULES Congress. Following the World Archery Constitution and the 50m Rounds & Bylaws passing of the deadline of 29 June 2013, World Archery has COMMITTEES published the list of candidatures for the elections at the Congress Information on Safety Issues that will be held on 27-28 September in Belek Antalya (TUR). JUDGES International Seminar PRESIDENT (1 position) 2013 WA Conference TUR / COL / RUS / USA / ITA / JPN / CAN / ARG / CUB / Ugur ERDENER TUR DEVELOPMENT PUR / DOM / SUI / GER / PAR TIZOCATA Event in Niger VICE PRESIDENT (2 positions for 4 years / 1 position for 2 years) Malaysian Training Camp Philippe BOUCLET FRA FRA Benin School Championship COL / CUB / DOM / ARG / ESA / CAN / VEN / ITA / PUR / Pakistani Universities Maria Emma GAVIRIA COL PAR Judges Course in Paraguay Sanguan KOSAVINTA THA THA / JPN / TPE / MYA / BAN / LAO Calendar 2013 EXECUTIVE BOARD (3 positions) ATHLETES Philippe BOUCLET FRA FRA Alison WILLIAMSON (GBR) USA / TUR / CAN / COL / VEN / DOM / ITA / SUI / PUR / MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS Greg EASTON USA PAR MKD, LAT, RSA Vladimir ESHEEV RUS RUS Contact Updates Vittorio FRANGILLI CIV CIV PERFORMANCES Aladin GABR EGY EGY World Records Maria Emma GAVIRIA COL COL / TRI / BAR / CUB / DOM / ARG / CAN / USA / PAR Hilda GIBSON GBR GBR Susanne WOMERSLEY AUS AUS Calendar Highlights TECHNICAL (5 positions) Page 10 Ping-Kun CHIU TPE TPE / THA Olivier GRILLAT FRA FRA Don RABSKA USA USA Jonathan R. SHALES GBR GBR Partners & Associates Page 11 TARGET ARCHERY (3 positions) Tim JACKSON GBR GBR Christian LAFOREST FRA FRA Eun Kyung LEE KOR KOR Andreas LORENZ GER GER CAN / RSA / TRI / BAR / CUB / ARG / USA / MLT / PAR / Allan R. WILLS CAN PUR MSSC (5 positions) Martin BAUER GER GER Emin ERGEN TUR TUR World Archery Carlos HERMES GUA GUA / DOM / ARG / VEN / USA / ESA / PUR / PAR World Archery Federation Nancy LITTKE CAN CAN Maison du Sport International Varin TANSUPHARISI THA THA Avenue de Rhodanie 54 1007 Lausanne - Switzerland PARA -ARCHERY (4 positions) Phone: +41 (0)21 614 30 50 Helen GEORGE GBR GBR Fax: +41 (0)21 614 30 55 Carole HICKS NZL NZL Dominique OHLMANN FRA FRA Email: [email protected] Sheri RHODES USA USA Website: www.worldarchery.org June 2013 World Archery Newsletter Page 2 Under the Constitution further candidatures can still be received up until 6 September, but these candidatures will not be distributed to the voting delegates before the start of the Congress. We ask our Member Associations to inform us before 9 July if for any reason a candidature they have submitted (before 29 June) is not listed on the list above and to send proof of such submission. Any candidature received after 29 June will be included in the documents distributed to the Congress delegates. As was the case for the 2011 Congress all documents will only be made available in electronic format. Future Events Link Address Change We would like to inform/remind our Member Associations that the admin link for registration to events has changed to http://register.worldarchery.org/ . This link can also be found in the Member Associations section at the bottom of our homepage. World Cup Final 2013 On 27 June 2013, the French Archery Federation (FFTA) presented the World Cup Finals that will be held on 21 -22 September in the Troca dero Esplanade in Paris. The press conference took place at the French capital Aquarium, close by the Finals venue. During the competition, the Aquarium will also welcome and provide the catering for athletes and guests. Journalists, guests and sponsors a ttended the presentation, preceded by a diving demonstration made by Céline BEZAULT, member of the French team and biologist -groomer of the Aquarium. The Finals presentation was conducted by the FFTA and its President, Philippe BOUCLET; Laurence FRERE, Communication Director; Benoît DUPIN, National technical Director; Marc DELLENBACH, Recurve National Coach; and Benoît BINON, Compound national coach. World Archery was represented by Marcos LORENZO, Communication Manager; and Alexis L. POWILEWICZ, Chairman and General Manager of the Paris Aquarium, was the host of the event. Cyrielle COTRY, Gaël PREVOST, Thomas FAUCHERON and Jean-Charles VALLADONT accompanied Céline BEZAULT as members of the French recurve team. All information concerning the Finals can be found in the FFTA webpage . Also visit the Paris Aquarium webpage, and view the demonstration of Céline BEZAULT in our Facebook page. Book your seat – NOW! For all information regarding tickets reservation, please use the following email address: [email protected] . Individual booking can be made through the event's website using this link: http://paris2013.ffta.fr/en/node/110#webform-client-form-110 . Complete and validate the form clicking on "Submit". Make sure you specify the stands you want in your reservation before validating the form. You will then be redirected towards PayPal to make your payment. When you have entered in your payment details, you will then need to click on the link "Revenir sur le site marchand" (go back to the online shop) in order to finalise and confirm your booking. June 2013 World Archery Newsletter Page 3 You will then receive your validation confirmation during the Summer period. You will need to bring and present your confirmation on the day of the event otherwise you will not be allowed to enter the venue. Repayment terms: 100% refund granted 14 days after the purchase. No refunds will be given after 1 September 2013. World Archery Championships 2013 The invitation package for the World Archery Championships to be held from 29 September to 6 October in Belek – Antalya (Turkey) is now available. Deadline for the preliminary entries is 1 July 2013. All information and deadlines at www.worldarchery.org We inform our Member Associations that the email address on the invitation package for Belek was incorrect. The correct address of the Organising Committee is [email protected] . Please send all forms to this address. Nanjing 2014 – Young Reporters Programme Thirty young reporters, aged from 18 to 24, from the five continents, Africa, Americas, Asia, Oceania and Europe, will have the opportunity to participate in the IOC's Young Reporter Programme to be conducted during the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games in August next year. The IOC announced that the second cycle for the IOC Young Reporters Programme, a sports journalism training programme, will be run during the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games. The Young Reporters’ initiative will bring 30 young reporters from the five continents to the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, which will be held from 16 to 28 August 2014, offering them homes in the Youth Olympic Village alongside the athletes, access to all the sports, and specialised media training from senior sports journalists. The official announcement of this programme with detailed information is available at www.olympic.org . The IOC NOC Relations Department also officially communicated this to all NOCs. Past Events Antalya World Cup Stage 2 The second stage of the Archery World Cup 2013 was held in Antalya, Turkey from 10-16 June. The beautiful beach of Konyaalti once again hosted exciting finals. All results at www.worldarchery.org In compound Team Denmark finally upset USA after a long chase on the men’s side, while the Colombian women achieved an historic first World Cup gold medal. After Italy won the mixed team title, new individual gold medallists emerges: Patrick LAURSEN and Sara LOPEZ (photo, World Archery) added a second gold medal to the team titles they both won this morning. On the recurve side, Korea won double gold in the team events, defeating Japan in both the men’s and women’s finals. The recurve individual and mixed team finals concluded the Antalya World Cup stage. China’s CUI Yuanyuan was the star of the day with two gold medals, in the women’s individual and the mixed team events, and Olympic champion OH Jin Hyek from Korea confirmed his supremacy over the men’s category. After Antalya, Braden GELLENTHIEN (USA) and SEOK Ji Hyun (KOR) remain on top of the Longines Prize for Precision 2013. They had won the Shanghai first stage in May. June 2013 World Archery Newsletter Page 4 Mediterranean Games 2013 On 20 June 2013, the Olympic Stadium of Mersin, Turkey hosted the Opening Ceremony of the 17th Mediterranean Games that ran until 30 June. The Games were officially inaugurated by the Turkish Prime Minister and by the International Olympic Committee's President, Dr Jacques ROGGE, with 25,000 spectators. The archery competitions started on Saturday, 22 June with the individual qualification and elimination rounds. The team events was featured on Sunday, 23 June, whereas the individual medals were awarded on Monday, 24. As for the Olympic Games, the recurve bow integrates the Mediterranean Games programme. The University of Mersin received the 65 archers (41 men and 24 women) coming from 15 countries. Egypt in the men’s category and Italy in the women’s won the first gold medals at the Mersin Mediterran ean Games. In the men’s category, Egypt, led by Youth Olympic Champion Ibrahim SABRY, got down to business right away. They edged out the Italian favourites in the semi -finals, before upsetting Spain in the final by one point 211 -210.