Open Water Swimming Junior Championships Piombino 2016

Junior Championships Open Water Swimming

Piombino 2016 9-11 September

TO TALIANA NUO FEDERAZIONE I Comune Junior di Piombino local organizing committee

Partner Information Bullettin n°1 Welcome to Piombino - Tuscany Etruscan Coast

Stretched out on the sea, on a promontory facing the islands of the Tuscan Archipelago, rich in history and with a preserved and protected natural environment, Piombino is, in the Etruscan coast, one of the places where you can discover charm and beauty. An Etruscan motherland, preserving splen- did examples of it in the Archaeological Park of Ba- ratti - Populonia, and an important Medieval and Renaissance location, for a certain time governed by Elisa Bonaparte, Napoleon·s sister, Piombino is the place where ancient traditions coexist with the

Wonderful is the context that hosts it: kilometers of coast on a crystalline sea, nature parks, a cam- paign full of products, where the Wine Road of the Etruscan coast runs and where the Val di Cornia DOC was born. Here you can practice all water sports and travel routes in the nature, ideal for walking, cycling and horse riding. The seafood and of this land. Hotels, campsites, holiday cottages of- fer a hospitable and full of warmth welcome all year round.

Piombino 2016 9-11 2 Junior September European Open Water Swimming Junior Championships Piombino 2016

The FIN (Italian Swimming Federation), the town of Piombino, and the SNP (Swimming Company of Piombino) are proud to invite all LEN member federations to participate to the next LEN European Junior Open Water Championships which will take place 9 • 11 September in Piombino - Tuscany, Italy.

The schedule of the event is as followed (times will be announced in next bulletin):

Days Events

Tuesday 6 Team Arrivals

Wednesday 7 Team Arrivals

Thursday 8 Opening show

Friday 9 - Morning 5 Km

Friday 9 - Afternoon 7, 5 Km

Saturday 10 - Morning 10 Km

Saturday 10 - Afternoon Rest

Relay Race 4 x 1,250 Km Sunday 11 - Morning Closing Championships

Monday 12 Team Departures

Piombino 2012 E 12-16 C Piombino 2016 Open Water 9-11 September Junior Swimming September 3 Organizing Committee

The Organizing Committee is composed by:

The FIN (Italian Swimming Federation) with the Open Water Sector, and all the technical facilities activated.

The town of Piombino with the Department of Sport and all the technical facilities activated with the help of Police and the Departments of Tourism - Productive Activities and Public Works.

The Department of Sport is composed by: Mayor and Councillor: Massimo Giuliani Director of Persons Services: Alessandro Bezzini Head of Service: Stefano Ceccarelli Administrative assistant: Fabrizio Di Rosa

The SNP (Swimming Company of Piombino) with all the management staff chaired by the Presi- dent, Alessandro Bagiardi and by the technical staff of coaches - instructors and lifeguards.

The Italian Naval League, The Centro Velico Piombinese (Sailing Center), the Yachting Club Marina di Salivoli and the Water Fishing Clubs (Porticciolo, Baratti, Stellino, Pontedoro) with their services directly from the Organizing Committee.

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Preliminary Entry Form

LEN and Local Organizing Committee remind you that each participating swimmer must be personally assistedby his/her coach or another member of his/her delegation during each race.

Junior

Federation: Federation Code:

Address: e-mail: -

Contact person: phone: Fax: Piombino 2016 9-11 September

Ligue Européenne de Natation [email protected] Competitors Relay Race Team Staff Fax: +41 22 552 99 89 Switzerland Male Female MIxed Male Female

YES or NO

FEDERAZIONE ITALIANA NUOTO

Comune di Piombino Name of President or General Secretary: Federation Stamp

Società Nuoto Piombino: [email protected] Fax +39 0565 48 770 Piombino (LI) - ITALY

Signature Date

Please, fill in this form and send a copy, not later than June 15th to Local Organizing Committee and put in copy LEN Office ([email protected]) – Fax : +41 22 552 99 89 Piombino 2012 E 12-16 Società Nuoto Piombino - [email protected] Fa x +39 0565 48 770 Open Water September Swimming 5 Ligue Européenne de Natation - [email protected] - Fax: +41 22 552 99 89 Race Village

The Race Village is set up in piazza Bovio with pre- fabricated structures

LOGISTICS – ORGANIZATIONAL PART: availability of best accommodation for the hosting of the delegations. Availability of training spaces both in two 25 meters outdoor pool at Tourist Resort Orizzonte, and in a 25 meters pool (indoor) at Società Nuoto Piombino Swimming Pool, and in the sea. Shuttle service for delegations from arrival at the airport to the accommodation, to the place of trai ning and competition. Warranty of the service at sea with equipped boats for the purposes given by the type of the event.

Piombino 2012 E 12-16 C Piombino 2016 Open Water September 9-11 Swimming 6 Junior September The Racetrack

The departure, arrival and the Race Village will be located in piazza Bovio and the Racetrack will be fully visible from the coast with a unique setting.

Attached to this, and indicative only, there are the images of the area affected, while in the ·2UPHJJLR Ph. Coop. L

For your information please find below the images of the competition area

Piombino 2012 E 12-16 C Piombino 2016 Open Water 9-11 September Junior Swimming September 7 Piombino and its Sea An indissoluble bond

Piombino, a small purely industrial town until recent times, is diversifying its economy for a better maintenance of the land and of the environment. To learn more about the town, it is necessary to understand the close relationship between the town with its territory and the sea. This is underlined by the old town overlooking Piazza Bovio, from which a view of crystal blue waters, the Canal of Piombino, opens until Elba island and the little islands of the archipelago, bordering the horizon and hugging the coast from the town center to the Gulf of Baratti (nominated by the Municipality of Piom- bino, for the inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage list). Everything through a pristine landscape of fragrant mediterranean wood and a series of coves and beaches hidden between the rocks. Towards the East, however, the view is lost in the other beautiful beaches that since 2008, have achieved recognition by the FEE Blue Flag. There are many reminders of its illustrious past with Appiani family (who called at their court artists

Napoleon·s sister, Elisa Bonaparte, who gave the town a period of great splendor (enough to merit

Kingdom of Italy. To learn more about this town, walk down the old town, starting with the oldest monument (built in 1212), the “Torrione” with its “Rivellino”, the only evidence remained of the communal age.

Piombino 2012 E 12-16 C Piombino 2016 Open Water September 9-11 Swimming 8 Junior September Then, crossing Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, we arrive at the Town Hall, (www.comune.piombino. it), a twentieth-century restoration of the ancient “Palazzo dei Priori” that preserves its grandeur, turismopiombino.it). Here we are at the “Castle”, a beautiful Medicean fortress built between the thirteenth and the nineteenth century, restored in 2001, to host the “Museo del Castello e della Cit- tà” (“Castle and town Museum”), which tells its story through a didactic way. In the old stables and accommodation of the Court of Appiani, was opened, also in 2001, the “Archaeological Museum of Populonia” (the only Etruscan city born near the sea), where are preserved more than 2,000 - man settlements in the territory, from prehistory to the Etruscan period to the late-antique Roman.

Piombino 2012 E 12-16 C Piombino 2016 Open Water 9-11 September Junior Swimming September 9 VAL DI CORNIA - Tuscany Etruscan Coast A fascinating effect of light and colours

The Val di Cornia area is located in the upper Maremma, south of Livorno province and covers an area of approximately 460 square miles, which has not undergone real changes. It came down to us intact, so that it has often been called “Gardens of Tuscany” for its fertile plains, its pleasant hills, and the presence of a clean sea. It includes: Piombino, the ancient capital of the ancient Prin- cipality, situated on a promontory stretching directly to the sea with its piazza Bovio, and bound strongly to the history of the Etruscans. San Vincenzo, a modern sea resort, Campiglia Marittima, Suvereto (Orange Flag TCI) and Sassetta, ancient medieval villages placed on the hills, offering the visitor a nearly intact view, with its ancient walls and narrow and dark streets, memory and pride of their ancient history. Different places, but united in the philosophy of the true quality of life, tourist destinations for those who usually prefers the tranquillity and contact with history and traditions. A each other in an exciting and harmonious play of light. An extensive line of hills framing the valley from north to east, characterized by soft, rounded forms. - ding towards the valley, often leaving room for the cultivation of olive groves and vineyards. To the southwest, isolated along the coast and extended toward the islands of the Tuscan Archipelago just as to recall its geological origins, the promontory of Piombino, connected to the mainland by a wide

Piombino 2012 E 12-16 C Piombino 2016 Open Water September 9-11 Swimming 10 Junior September The plain extends from the Colline Metallifere (Metalliferous Hills) to the coast, from San Vin- cenzo to Vignale-Riotorto. This landscape is the result of a synergy between man and nature, as the recent drainage works have favoured the development of both urban and agricultural exploitation. The spontaneous vegetation co- ver is very low here, and gave way to pastures and crops, including the predominating arable crops, and particularly cereals, and vegetables (artichokes, spinaches, tomatoes and melons). Everything is framed by the sea, whose waters are crystal clear and largely unspoiled, and of- fer beautiful shades of colours, from emerald green to deep blue. With the exception of the section corresponding to the promontory of Piombino, high and rocky, the coast is mainly characterized by the presence of long stretches to the action of waves and sea currents. The vegetation of the rocky coast is that of the typical Mediterranean scrub, well adapted to the climate of the coast, especially to the heat and aridity of summer. The coastal bands, more or less extensive, are wider at the outlet areas of the rivers and are surrounded by beautiful pine forests, introduced by man as a defense from the strong westerly winds, high in salt, alterna- ting with thick woods of fragrant Mediterranean vegetation.

Piombino 2012 E 12-16 C Piombino 2016 Open Water 9-11 September Junior Swimming September 11 TOURIST RESORT “ORIZZONTE” (Accommodation of the National teams)

The tourist resort “Orizzonte”, an excellence of Val di Cornia and Piombino east coast, is an accommodation open all year round , include a huge area (100.000 mq) with buildings, lots of green spaces, parking and sports equipments. In this natural oasis, there are 200 two-room apartments ( made with typical tuscan architecture), a restaurant, a hash house, a market and a café. For guest entertainment, there are three pools (two of them 25 x 12,5 metres) a recreation area, two tennis court and two beach volley fields

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But the most thing is the proximity of the sea at 900 m from the resort accessible also with two shuttle bus. The beach has a beautiful white sand and the water is so clear that is possible to see the sea bottom for several metres of depth.

Prices for full board in the apartment and services single room € 130,00 double-triple-quadruple room € 100,00

Prices are per day, per person.

The price includes: Full board with breakfast Transfer from the resort to the competition area Transfer from/to Pisa and Florence airports for athletes

We inform all the international delegations about the fact that the placement chosen to place host to the team of athletes and tech- nicals is available to host the same sport team also in the time preceding the Euro- pean Swimming Championships·start to a affordable price.Please, for any eventual booking You have to contact: Organizing Committee Piombino 2016 European Swimming Junior Championship Società Nuoto Piombino Fax. +39 0565 48 770 [email protected]

Piombino 2012 E 12-16 C Piombino 2016 Open Water 9-11 September Junior Swimming September 13 Piscina Comunale M. Balestri - Piombino Managed by SNP

The Communal swimming pool, available for training of participants during the European Junior Championships 2016, is managed by SNP, present in the area for over thirty-five years. its athletes participate in the National Swimming Championships and Interregional Waterpolo. Also widespread activity in the open water amongst these is the classic 10 Km “Marathon of the Etruscans”- or seven

Event Logo Piombino and its Sea

The symbolic embrace between the sea and the man in the stylized logo of the event is Junior the indissoluble bond that since the time of the Etruscans (Ed Populonia only Etruscan city on the sea) binds the in - habitants of this territory to their sea.

Piombino 2012 E 12-16 C Piombino 2016 Open Water September 9-11 Swimming 14 Junior September How to get to Piombino

From the North: AIRPORTS: PISA “Galileo Galilei” FIRENZE Peretola “Amerigo Vespucci”

From FIRENZE: SSC FI-PI-LI in direction of Li- vorno, then Autostrada E12, direction Roma/ Grosseto From Pisa: Highway A12 Direction Roma/Grosse- to – EXIT at Rosignano Marittimo

Continue on “Variante” SS1 Aurelia Exit Piombino - Isola G·Elba - SSC 398 in direction of Piombino

Distances: Pisa – Piombino: 100 km Firenze – Piombino 150 km

From the South: AIRPORT: ROMA Fiumicino “Leonardo da Vinci” HIGHWAY A12 until Civitavecchia SS1 until Grosseto Variante SS1 Aurelia Exit Piombino Isola G·Elba -SC 398 direction Piombino

Distances: Roma – Piombino: 250 km

Please note: the cost of bus transportation to and from the Pisa and Firenze airports are included in the price of participation in the European Championships. The cost of transportation to and from other airports (which are to be agreed with the Organizing Committee) shall be borne by individual delegations.

th with Final Form to be returned by July 15th

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FEDERAZIONE ITALIANA NUOTO Comune di Piombino Partner local organizing committee

Local Organizing Committee: 16 : 16 Società Nuoto Piombino [email protected]

Fax +39 0565 48770