E&A Disabled Council

IWWF E&A Disabled Council Minutes of the meeting held in Paris, France 13th – 14th November 2010

1. Attendance Philippe Turchet President Dany De Bakker Secretary Ivar Fosse Treasurer Paul Goossens Carmen Ferrer Paul Airey Dario Rossi

2. Apologies Christophe Fasel Athlete Representative

3. Agenda Approved

4. A.O.B. Philippe: Award for 3UP Paul A: List of obligations for titled events

5. Correspondence - Claire Ellis – Email in relation to a new factoring system for calculating overall points. - Lill Fitzpatrick – Confirmation from the World Classification Team that Emmanuel Senin has to be classified a further two times. - Jamie McDonald – Asking for promotional DVD, or content that their Region can use for the promotion of disabled water skiing. – PT to contact Jamie. - Des Burke-Kennedy – Requested a DVD from the 2010 Europeans and 2009 World Championships. Philippe will send DVD from Europeans, no DVD available from the Worlds.

6. Approval of the minutes of the September meeting Approved by all

7. Matters from the September meeting Reimbursement of the Rome hotel fees for Paul A & Paul G. All matters are up to date.

8. Matters from the Skiers Meeting Shortening rope at 55kph: It was asked if + 35 skiers could be given the option to shorten the rope at 55kph. We discussed this and agreed that if this option is made available we should also take U14 skiers into account, and provide the same option. We will add this proposal to the IWWF agenda for 2011 as this would need to be changed at World level if it is introduced.

Clinic for Skiers: A request was made to have a clinic for advanced skiers and new competitive skiers. The Council like the idea and are currently trying to organise something for the beginning of the 2011 season.

The word ‘Disabled’: The Council discussed the possibility of replacing the word ‘Disabled’ when referring to our sport, however it was felt that the word ‘Disabled’ is an accurate representation of our sport, and there is no other that we could find that would work globally. Therefore nothing will change.

Factor: We discussed Claire Ellis’ and Daniele Cassioli’s proposal to look at changing the factors used for each category. The proposal to have a fixed high factor that does not change year on year. As much deliberation we could not find a fairer way than the one currently used, especially when performances improve within certain categories. This would also have to be agreed by the World Council. We will continue to investigate, as the Council are happy to look at all possibilities that provide a consistent fair system for all skiers.

1 or 3 Divisions for E&A Championships: Most of the skiers seemed to prefer the idea of 3 divisions, however we feel that we should evaluate the 2011 World Championships where they will use 3 divisions to see how it works. Especially as currently the World Council are looking to eventually move to 1 division. A final decision for the E&A Championships will be made at the November 2011 Council Meeting.

9. Calendar Evaluation of the 2010 EuroTour: There were 5 EuroTour stops, and a EuroTour Final. A total of 34 skiers competed at the various events. This is an increase on 2009, highlighting the success of the 2010 EuroTour.

Evaluation of the E&A Championships 2010: - Good organisation - DVD promotional video produced and broadcast on Italian national television - The schools were invited to come and watch the tournament which provided a great atmosphere - There were issues with the Internet connection on the tower. Fortunately we were still able to produce live results.

Date Event Name Venue Country 06-11/06/2011 Cable Wakeboard Camp KRK Cable Site Croatia Tbc ??? July EuroTour Stop ??? Norway Tbc 22-28/08/2011 2011 World Cincinnati, Ohio USA Tbc Championships 10-11/09/2011 EuroTour Stop Recetto Italy

Paul G. will liase with The Netherlands regarding organising a EuroTour stop. Paul A. will liase with the UK & Ireland regarding organising a EuroTour stop. Philippe will liase with France regarding organising a EuroTour stop.

Congress The 2011 Congress will take place in Ǻrhus, Denmark on the 29th January. The Council members are finding the travel to the Congress expensive due to location, and the time required for transfers. Paul G. will not be able to attend due to the high costs in travel and accommodation.

10. Seminar This will be in Opio, France on 1-3 April 2011 Paul A. to liase with the Tournament Council for meeting rooms, times and invitation.

We propose an Introduction to Water Ski for Disabled on the Friday immediately following the TC presentation. On the Saturday we will combine a Rules update, Bat Blaster set up, the development of the All Buoy Timing Bat Blaster and Disabled Tricks. Philippe and Ivar will create a DVD to demonstrate how the Disabled Tricks should be scored.

11. Standing List & Records Paul G. has created the 2010 Standing List, Paul A. to validate and publish to the website.

Records were reviewed:

World records:

EuroTour #4, Schoten, Belgium 1. Daniele Cassioli – ITA; V1 M; tricks; 1380 pts 2. Sven Van De Velde – BEL; V2/3 M; tricks; 2180 pts

E&A Championships, Recetto, Italy 1. Sven Van De Velde – BEL; V2/3 M; tricks; 2440 pts 2. Daniele Cassioli – ITA; V1 M; tricks; 1400 pts 3. Delphine Le Sausse – FRA; MP3 W; tricks; 1260 pts 4. Delphine Le Sausse – FRA; MP3 W; slalom; 2,00/46kph/18.25m (outer) 5. Delphine Le Sausse – FRA; MP3 W; tricks; 1300 pts 6. Daniele Cassioli – ITA; V1 M; Jump; 20.7m

E&A records:

Eurotour #2, Milan, Italy 1. Daniele Cassioli – ITA; V1 M; slalom; 0,00/58kph/13.00m

EuroTour #4, Schoten, Belgium 1. Daniele Cassioli – ITA; V1 M; slalom; 2,00/58kph/13.00m 2. Sven Van De Velde – BEL V2/3 M; slalom; 0,5/58kph/11,25m

E&A Championships, Recetto, Italy 1. Christian Lanthaler – ITA; L M; jump; 21.9m 2. Christian Lanthaler – ITA; L M; jump; 22.0m

Philippe will send the World records to Jim Grew and the E&A records to the E&A office. 12. Athlete of the Year After voting the Council nominated: Female: Delphine Le Sausse - FRA Male: Daniele Cassioli - ITA

Philippe will send the names to E&A and IWWF.

13. Rules Rules discussed and updates agreed. Ivar to update the rules Paul A. will provide updated record appendices Dany informed us of the IWWF Rule updates

Discussion of the influence of the V skier guide in the Jump event. It was agreed that the rules wouldn’t be changed after discussing how the jump switch works.

14. Officials Exams All exams marked, and officials and Federations notified of the results. Paul A. to update list of officials and send to E&A Office.

15. Archives Philippe received all of the archived results from Luciana, 2009 and 2010 to be added.

16. Budget Ivar presented to 2010 accounts to the Council.

17. Development Paul G. updated the Council on the Bat Blaster and provided documentation on how it will work. Testing on the water scheduled for March 2011, with a demonstration planned for the 2011 World Championships. The Council looked at the possibility of applying for the Scientific Prize. It was agreed to wait until it is fully operational.

International Brochure for Water Ski for Disabled. This will include the following items: Standing List Calendar Results History Equipment Categories Information for new skiers Competition Website Photos

18. Matters from/to Admincom Dany provided all document listed below to Admincom Voting powers Homologation fees: Fees charged to KRK and Recetto No charge will be made for Ravenna due to the organiser providing assistance by hosting the event at short notice. Meeting allowances List of travel grants for officials

Medals at the E&A Championship engraved incorrectly, Dany will raise with Admincom.

19. Matters from/to IWWF Disabled Council Philippe to send names of Athletes of Year and the E&A World Records to IWWF Proposal for L & LP Categories. (see previous minutes) – The proposal was voted against by the World Council members as a result the rule will not change.

20. WWW We need to try and advertise that the website http://www.waterskidisabled.eu/ is available to all skiers and Federations. Philippe will email his list of skiers.

21. A.O.B. The Council agreed to write to 3UP to show their appreciation of the development of new equipment.

22. Date and place of next meeting Århus, Denmark – Sunday 30th January 2011 – 09.00-12.00

During the meeting the Council was visited by Alain Amade, Sid Adriaensen and Dominique Lakens Douwes and the following was discussed.

Skier of the Year 2011 World Championships Travel grant Bat Blaster development budget Congress Scientific prize.

Dany De Bakker Secretary

November 2010