Archery TV Clean Sport February 2011
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Archery TV February 2011 Five Millions Views ARCHERY TV Thanks to the several thousands of views on the recent Nimes Five Millions Views Indoor European Tournament and first leg of the 2011 Archery CLEAN SPORT World Cup Indoor Challenge, the Archery TV on You Tube has just World Anti-Doping Code passed the 5,000,000 views! Communication of Sanction MEMBERS ASSOCIATIONS Benin, New Zealand, Panama FITA’s archery videos were launched on You Tube at the end of ATHLETES COMMITTEE 2007.One million views were already surpassed in October 2008, Elections Procedure two million in June 2009 and four million in August 2010. Now it is CONSTITUTION & RULES a new milestone as www.archery.tv has broken through the 5- Greek Translation million barrier! Moreover, Archery TV on You Tube has now nearly OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY 5'000 subscribers! London 2012 Scholarship COACHES Current statistics of the You Tube Archery Channel: OS Technical Course Level 3 Coaching Course Level 1-2 Training Camp Videos Uploaded: 770 Channel Views: 1,206,186 JUDGES COMMITTEE Video Views: 5,030,332 Subscribers: 4,983 International Judge Candidates Information No. 10 Archery TV on You Tube joined the SportAccord Sport Hub. This is DEVELOPMENT a multisport video platform developed with the objective to Calendar 2011 improve the visibility and profile of the international sports PARA-ARCHERY federations. Featuring a series of sub-channels organised by sport Classifiers Conference and categories, such as ball, racket or target sports, it is a unique Classification Seminar Qualification Tournaments and comprehensive environment where sports fans around the Parapan American Games world can turn to for a single access point to all sports. EVENTS Event Organisers Certification Archery TV on You Tube will soon also develop a version for mobile PAST EVENTS phones. World Cup Indoor Challenge World Archery Indoor Festival 1st Asian Grand Prix 2011 FUTURE EVENTS Clean Sport AAE Arizona Cup 2011 World Anti-Doping Code 3rd Asian Grand Prix 2011 South African Nationals 2011 On 18 February 2011 World Archery was informed by the World Archery World Cup Stage 3 Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) that their anti-doping programme World Championships 2011 was in full compliance with the World Anti-Doping Code. World Outdoor Festival TIZOCATA Tournament 2011 On 20-21 November 2010, WADA submitted to its Executive Olympic Games 2012 Committee and Foundation Board an interim report on the Mediterranean Games 2013 compliance of anti-doping organisations with the World Anti- PERFORMANCES Doping Code. In accordance with its reporting responsibilities, World Records WADA had to submit an official report on Code compliance to its DIRECTORY UPDATES Member Associations Executive Committee and Foundation Board in November 2011. In the lead-up to this official report, WADA consider the World Calendar Highlights Archery anti-doping programme to be currently in line with the Page 15 Code. World Archery has received congratulations for the results achieved and encouraged to sustain efforts in order to further Partners & Associates develop the programme. Page 16 February 2011 World Archery Newsletter Page 2 Communication of Sanction following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation The athlete Mrs Vanessa ALAMO TORRES (ESP) has been sanctioned by the Spanish Archery Federation (RFETA), as follows: 2 years sanction, as of 27 December 2010. This decision has led to Stage 1 the disqualification of the results of the athlete in the competition 2-7 May 2011 where she was tested that took place in Talavera de la Reina (ESP) on 4 September 2010. Member Associations Stage 2 Benin 6-12 June 2011 Twenty-three Physical Education Teachers from the Coast district and the city of Abomey Calavi were trained in Cotonou, Benin from 21-23 February 2011. They learnt how to make arrows, targets, strings, and they received instruction to animate their club in schools. The same training is currently under progress in Lome, Togo. FITA Congress 1-2 July 2011 3-10 July 2011 10-17 July 2011 Stage 3 1-6 August 2011 New Zealand FITA President, FITA Council, FITA Secretary General, FITA staff and the whole World Archery family send their condolences and sympathy to all members of Archery New Zealand and their families for the victims of the earthquake that stroke near Christchurch on 21 February 2011. We hope that as many as possible of the still missing people can 12-23 August 2011 be found and that the injured people can recover as quickly as possible. Panama In December 2010 Dr Alberto E. SANCHEZ RUIZ was re-elected as President of the National Archery Association of Panama (ANTAP) for the 2010-214 period. Ms Melva R. MONG F remains as the Secretary General. 22-28 August 2011 February 2011 World Archery Newsletter Page 3 Athletes Committee Elections Procedure and Application Form The FITA Athletes Committee—first elected in Leipzig in 2007—will be re-elected in Turin on the occasion of the World Archery 31 August-3 September 2011 Championships (WAC) taking place on 3-10 July 2011. For the first time, in addition to the four members elected at WAC, there will be one member elected at the World Archery Para Championships (WAPC)* on 10-17 July pending acceptance of the motion at the Congress. Stage 4 The deadline for candidates to apply through their Member 5-10 September 2011 Association (MA) is 3 June 2011. The Nomination Form can be found on www.worldarchery.org , section Congress > Elections. The Role of the Athletes Committee is to: Advise Council and Permanent Committees on matters 24-25 September 2011 they, as athletes, consider as requiring urgent attention subject to article 1.17.7 Assist Council in improving the quality of FITA competitions Advise Council on a code of conduct for athletes Assist the Technical Committee in the testing of new equipment or new rules There will four Committee Members voted for at the World Archery Championships 2011, one Committee Member voted for at the Pan American Games 14-30 October 2011 World Archery Para Championships 2011 and one Committee Member voted for at the World Archery Field Championships in the World Archery Olympic year (2012). International Archery Federation Maison du Sport International The five Members who are voted for at the World Archery Avenue de Rhodanie 54 Championships and World Archery Para Championships will consist 1007 Lausanne - Switzerland Phone: +41 (0)21 614 30 50 of one Member from each of the categories—Recurve Men, Fax: +41 (0)21 614 30 55 Recurve Women, Compound Men, Compound Women—and on Email: [email protected] Para-Archery representative who can be from either gender and Website: www.worldarchery.org from any category. The term of office is four years. Nominees do not have to be present at the World Championships. There will be only one nomination per Member Association. Nominees must: Be endorsed by a Member Association Have represented their Member Association in the past four years The working language of the Committee will be English. Therefore, a good command of English is highly recommended. An elected nominee not being able to communicate in English will have to arrange for a translator/interpreter at his/her own cost. Declare which category they wish to represent at the time of nomination (except for Para and Field Athletes) Be a minimum of 18 years of age at the time of election The rules applying to all Permanent Committees as listed in articles 1.16, 1.17 and 1.18 apply to the Athletes' Committee. Only archers participating in WAC and WAPC are eligible to vote. For elections during the WAC, voting will take place from 4 July 2011 until 6 July 2011. For elections during the WAPC, voting will take place from 11 July 2011 until 12 July 2011. Archers will receive voting information during Equipment Inspection. A voting booth will be available and manned by a FITA Staff Member. There will be no proxy votes. Each archer will vote for the representative from their category and gender, i.e. compound women archers can only vote for compound women candidates and para-archers can only vote for para- archers. Archers will receive their voting slip when they go to vote at the Voting Booth and they will receive a souvenir once they have cast their vote. February 2011 World Archery Newsletter Page 4 There will be a minimum of two candidates per category if there is only one candidate then they have to receive more than 50% of the votes cast including abstentions from that category. If the candidate receives less than 50%, then the first non-elected candidate with the highest percentage of votes from all the other categories will be elected. Votes will be counted by a commission composed of a FITA Staff Member and a Council Member. If there is a tie in the elections then a re-vote may be organised by the Election Committee in consultation with the tied candidates. The results of elections will be announced at the Closing Ceremonies. The final Committee Member will be voted for by the archers participating at the World Archery Field Championships 2012. *This election will only take place if the Motion #4 regarding the addition of one Para-Archery Athlete in the Athletes Committee is approved by Congress on 1-2 July 2011. Constitution and Rules Greek Translation FITA International Judge Petros PETROU (CYP) has translated into Greek the complete Books 2 and 3 and part of Book 1 (only points regarding the judges) of the FITA Constitution and Rules. This is not an official translation and only the French and English versions are official, but it can be helpful for Greek speaking people involved in archery.