INTHISISSUE

窑ASFAAWorkPlanfor20083 窑GreetingMessage4 窑The10thASFAACongress5 窑Mr.FengJianzhongVisitedGermanyandFrance6 窑The4thBusanTAFISAWorldSportForALLGames8 窑The3rdTAFISALeadershipCourseinChineseMacau 13 窑NationwideFitnessActivitiesCelebratingthe100-dayCountdowntotheOlympics15 窑150,000ChildrenAcrossAustraliaGetPhysicallyActiveintheAASCProgram18 窑NewGameGetsNewZealandKidsMoreActive19 窑Nation-wideMovementLaunchedtoGetSingAporeanstoEnjoySportsinAllWays 20 窑Over1,200TurnUpforOlympicDayRunattheDoha'sAspireZone22 窑TraditionalChineseSports23 窑ASFAAChronology27 窑ASFAABoardofDirectors28

2 ASFAAWorkPlanfor2008

I.10thASFAACongress

ProvideassistancetotheBusanOrganizingCommitteeinpreparationfortheASFAA Congress,theGeneralAssembly,andtheBoardMeetingheldinSeptember,2008,in ,.

II.RevisionoftheConstitution

CompletethefinalrevisionoftheConstitutiononthebasisofproposalsfromthePres- identandmemberorganizations.OnceapprovedattheASFAAGeneralAssembly,the revisedConstitutionwillbeissued.

III.Activities

1.ActivelypromoteChallengeDay. 2.ActivelypromoteWorldWalkingDay. 3.Participateinthe4thTAFISAWorldFestivalofTraditionalSports.

IV.PublicityWork

1.MaintainandupdateASFAAofficialwebsite. 2.EditandpublishASFAANewsletter. 3.EditandpublishASFAAJournalin2008.

V.Exchanges

1.StrengthenthecontactwiththeNational(orRegional)OlympicCommitteesand governmentsportsorganizations,andrecruitnewmembers. 2.FurtherenhancethecooperationwithTAFISA.

3 GreetingMessage

he4thBusanTAFISAWorldSportforAllGamesaswellasthe T 10thASFAACongressandthe6thIOCWorldForumon Sports,EducationandCulturewillbeheldinBusaninSeptem- ber-October,2008.Onthisoccasion,Iwouldlike,onbehalfof theASFAA,toexpressourwarmcongratulationsonthecon- veningoftheseevents.

Withthe2008OlympicGamesheldinBeijing,theSportforAll GameswillbeanothersportgalaheldinAsiathisyear.Itwill Mr.FengJianzhong beaplatformtoshowcasethevarioustraditionalsportsinAsia PresidentofASFAA andfurtherstrengthentheexchangesinthefieldoftraditional sportsamongdifferentcountriesandregions.

Duringthe4thBusanTAFISAWorldSportforAllGames,the10thASFAACongressandthe6th IOCWorldForumonSports,EducationandCulturewillalsobeheld,withtheparticipationof morethan1,000delegatesfrom150countriesandregions.Theywillsharetheirideasandex- changetheirviewsonthephysicaleducationalandsportculture.Theaboveeventswillhelp enhancetheunderstandingandfriendshipamongpeopleallovertheworld,especiallyin theAsiaandOceaniaregion.OnbehalfoftheASFAA,Iwouldliketoexpressourwarmwel- cometoallthedelegatescomingafartoBusanfortheASFAACongressandsharewithus yourvaluablecommentsonthedevelopmentofsportsforallintheAsiaandOceaniaregion.

OneWorld,OneDream.Peoplesharethecommonidealandunitetogetherundertheban- nerofsport.Thisyear,AsiawillseethehappygatheringoftheOlympiccommunityinBeijing andtheexcitingget-togetherofsportforallfamilyinBusan.Itissuchagreathonorforus,as Asianpeople,tosharethehonorofhostingthesetwogreatevents.

Finally,pleaseallowme,onbehalfoftheASFAAtoexpressoursinceregratitudetotheOrga- nizersandpeopleinBusanwhomakegreateffortstostagetheseeventssuccessfully.

LookingforwardtoseeingyouinBusan!

Mr.FengJianzhong PresidentofASFAA

4 The10thASFAACongress

Summary

Period:Sep.28~Oct.1[4days] Place:Busan,RepublicofKorea Sponsor:ASFAA(AsianiaSportForAllAssociation) Organizer:The4thBusanTAFISAWorldSportForAllGamesOrganizingCommittee MainTheme -Health,Education,AndCultureThroughPhysicalActivityandGames SubThemes -Childhood&Adolescence -WorkCulture&Ethics -SeniorCitizens -HealthyandOrganizedEnvironmentoftheCity -Nutrition,GamesandNextGeneration

Program 9.28(Sun) 9.29(Mon) 9.30(Tue) 10.1(Wed)

窑AcademicSessions 窑Registration 窑GeneralAssembly 窑BoardMeeting 窑AcademicSessions 窑WatchtheTreX-Games 窑Departure 窑OpeningCeremony 窑WatchtheTreX-Games 窑BoardMeeting 窑WelcomeDinne 窑FarewellDinner

Venue

5 Mr.FengJianzhong VisitedGermanyandFrance

AttheinvitationofTAFISA,ASFAAPresidentFengJianzhongandhisdelegationvisitedTAFISAheadquartersinGermany,and werepresentattheTAFISABoardMeetinginFrancefromMay25thtoJune2nd,2008.

I.TheVisittoTAFISAHeadquarters

Mr.FengJianzhongvisitedTAFISAheadquartersonMay26th.HemetwithMr.WolfgangBaumann,SecretaryGeneralofTAFISA, andMr.BrianDixon,TreasurerofTAFISA.Mr.BaumanngaveabriefintroductionofTAFISAandtheyexchangedopinionsaboutthe cooperationandcommunicationbetweenTAFISAandASFAA.

Mr.BaumannsaidthatTAFISAhasapermanentheadquarterwithafull-timeSecretaryGeneralinFrankfurtsince2006.TAFISAis growingconstantlywiththefollowingthreeaspectsinthepasttwoyears.

1.RecruitingMoreMembers SincetheArgentinaCongressinOctober,2007,TAFISAhasrecruited38newmembersandreceived15membershipapplications. Atpresent,TAFISAhasatotalof210memberorganizationsfrom125countries/regions.

2.EstablishingContactwithInternationalSports,CultureandScienceOrganizations TAFISAhassignedacooperationagreementwithIOC.AsanIOCrecognizedinternationalsportsorganization,TAFISAhasactively promoteditscooperationwithotherinternationalsports,cultureandhealthorganizations.Ithasestablishedthemechanismofregular communicationandcoordinationwithIOC,UNESCOandWHO.

3.ActivelyOrganizingVariousEvents TheregularprogramsofTAFISAincludeInternationalChallengeDay,WorldWalkingDay,andFestivalofTraditionalSports.TAFISA haslaunchedaCertifiedLeadershipCoursesincelastyearandregularlyholdsCertifiedLeadershipCoursesworldwide.OnJan. 23rd,2008,the3rdTAFISACertifiedLeadershipCoursewasheldinChineseMacau.ThenextCertifiedLeadershipCourseswillbe heldinSouthAfricaandTanzania.TAFISAhasplannedtopromotetheprogramofActiveCitiesoftheWorldinnearfuturetocarry outtheappraisalforthecities,communitiesandcollegesactivelypromotingsportforall.

DuringhisvisitinGermany,Mr.FengJianzhongmetwithMr.MichaelVesper,DirectorGeneralofGermanOlympicSportFedera- tion.Mr.VesperexpressedhiswarmwelcometotheChinesedelegation,andexpressedsympathytoWenchuanearthquakevictims onbehalfofMr.ThomasBach,PresidentofGermanOlympicSportFederation.Heappreciatedtheeffortsmadeinthepreparation forthe2008BeijingOlympicGames,especiallyintheOlympicvenueconstruction.

6 OnMay27th,Mr.FengJianzhongmetwithMr.WaltherTroger,ChairmanoftheIOCSportforAllCommission.Mr.Walthermadean introductionaboutthedevelopmentofsportforallinGermany.Thereare90,000publicclubsinGermany,with1/3ofthepopulation astheirmembers.Theyusesportfacilitiesincommunitiesandcitiesataverylowcostorforfree.Besides,therearemanynon-pub- licclubsinGermanywhichmakefitnessprogrammesfortargetgroups.

Mr.FengJianzhongalsomadeanintroductionaboutthedevelopmentofsportforallinChina.TheBeijingOlympicGamesen- hancedChinesepeople'senthusiasminsportforall.Moreover,ChinesesportsorganizationsdevelopedtheprogramofSportforAll GoesHandinHandwiththeOlympicGamesandheldmorethan70nationwideeventseveryyear.

II.TheVisittoFrance

1.AttendingtheTAFISABoardMeeting AttheinvitationofTAFISA,Mr.FengJianzhongwaspresentattheTAFISABoardMeeting,andmadeanintroductionaboutsportfor allinAsian-OceaniaRegionaswellasthedevelopmentofASFAA.Inhisspeech,hestressedthefollowingcharacteristicsofsport forallinAsian-OceaniaRegion:moreactivitiesandmoreparticipants;thecoordinateddevelopmentbetweentheOlympicGames andsportforall;moreattentiontosportforallpaidbymoregovernmentdepartmentsandnon-governmentorganizationswiththe rapiddevelopmentofeconomyandpeople'slivingstandards.

Mr.JoelRaynaud,PresidentofESFAN,andMr.RodolfoValgoni,PresidentofPanAmericanSportforAllAssociationrespectively madeanintroductionaboutsportforallintheirregions.ESFANwasfoundedinNovember,2005andhad26memberorganizations. PanAmericanSportforAllAssociationwasfoundedinArgentinaonSeptember27th,2007andhad14memberorganizations.To attractmoremembers,PanAmericanSportforAllAssociationhasplannedtoestablishthedatabaseofsportforallorganizations, andregularlyholdworkshopsandevents.

2.OrganizinganInformalMeeting Amongtotally12ASFAAboardmembers,halfofthemarealsoTAFISAboardmembers.DuringhisstayfortheTAFISABoard Meeting,Mr.FengJianzhonghostedaninformalASFAAmeetingstodiscussaboutthechangesofthestatuteandtheelections,with thepresenceofMr.SarjitSingh,VicePresident,Mr.BrianDixon,SecretaryGeneral,Mr.HerzelHagay,Dr.ThomasTaChou Huang,Mr.LiuGuoyong,andofficialsfromBusanOrganizingCommitteeofASFAACongress.

7 The4thBusanTAFISAWorld SportForALLGames 26.Sep~02.Oct.2008

Summary

窑TitleThe4thBusanTAFISAWorldSportforAllGames 窑ThemeHarmonyinTraditionandFutureforWorldPeaceandProsperity 窑PeriodSeptember26toOctober2,2008(7days) 窑PlaceBusan,RepublicofKorea 窑EstimatedParticipants -ParticipatingCountries/Regions:100 -Players窑Officials:10,000(4,000fromoverseas,6,000domestic) -Spectators:3Millionlocalcitizensandguests

Emblem/Mascot

窑SymbolMarks Symbolizestheimagesofthebird(crane)'swing,alsothisbirdisthesymbolofgoodhealthand longlife.Itis,therefore,expressingthetraditionandthefutureharmonywithunionofhuman throughtheTreX-Games.5fromthecenteristhesymbolizingandindicatingthepeaceofhand whichisextendingthemessageofthepeacefromsportscityofBusan. 窑 EmblemConcept -Theimageofthebird'swingisthesymbolofgoodhealthandlonglife. -Thepeacehandextendsthemessageofpeace -Theoneunitedhumanharmonywiththetraditionandthefuture. -Thesportsparadigmshowustheunificationthroughthetraditionandthefuture.

8 窑The5Colourfulstrokes Thesymbolof5oceans,6continentsandvariouskindsofhappinesstogetherwithfestival Balckthespritofsports,specificityoffestival Yellowthemessageofthepublicprosperityandworldwidehope Redthedecisionandthepassionreborntotheglobalfestival Greensymbolofglobalequality&combinations Bluesestablishingthereliabilityofthefestivalandinitiatingforcombiningthetradition andthefuture

窑Mascotmeaning Harmonizedwithnaturalbeautyandartputintotheimage&motionsofthecraneswithelegant andtraditionalrhythm,uniquetraditionaldancewithrhythmicalmovementsofthebird.Theshape oftheparticularcostumerepresentsandgivesthenobleeffectofmancalledHanryangalong withthegentlemen'srobeandthehatwovenwithhorsehair.

窑Concept Dongraecranedanceharmonizedwithnaturalbeautyandart,estimateditsvaluebasedonthe creativity,extemporaneousandsymbolism. Motivederivedfromtheactionofwingsofacraneasasymbolofhealthandlonglife,alsosym- bolizingacombinedstretchofhumanbeingwherethetraditionandfutureareharmonized. Thisdanceputtheactionsintotheimageandofthecranewithelegantandtraditionalrhythm whichharmonizedwithnaturalbeauty. TheshapeoftheparticularcostumerepresentsandgivesthenobleeffectofmancalledHanryang alongwiththegentlemen'srobeandthehatwovenwithhorsehair.

9 Program

窑TraditionalSports

窑Playersintheirtraditionalcostumewilldemonstratetra- Archery ditionalarcheryandparticipateinanarcherycompetition.

窑Avarietyoffolkdancesfromaroundtheworldwillbe displayedinoneplace;teamswillbecategorizedbyconti- FolkDance nent.

窑Gate-ballcompetitionwillbeheldbySportForAllmem- bersfrommanycountries;itismainlyconsideredasa Gate-ball sportfortheaged.

窑Theworld'sbestDanishgymnasticteamwillpresent acombinationofgymnasticsincludingdance,rhythmical Gymnastics dance,vaulting,tumbling,etc.

窑KiteFlyingconsistsofdemonstrationandcompetition formats.Bothplayersandgeneralparticipantsareableto KiteFlying enjoykiteflyingandkitefightingwithdiversekitesfrom allovertheworld.

窑TheoriginofLawn-bowlsistheUnitedKingdomandit aimstoplaceaweightedballascloseaspossibletothe Lawn-bowls designatedtarget.Itisopentoboththeableanddis- abled.

10 窑MartialArts&Sportsshowcasestraditionalmartialartsand MartialArts sportsfromparticipatingcountriesalongwithfolkdanceperfor- &Sports mances.

窑MuayThaiisthetraditionalmartialartofThailandand600play- ersfrom50nationsareexpectedtoparticipateinthecompeti- MuayThai tion.

窑QigongistheChinesetraditionalhealth-caretreatmentthatdis- Qigong ciplinesbodyandsoulthroughbreathingandpostureexercises.

窑SamboisaformofRussianwrestlingthatcombinesseveral uniquemartialartsfromtheformerSovietUnionandwas recognizedasanofficialsportbytheUSSRAll-UnionSports Committee.ThecurrentPrideheavyweightchampionFedor Emelianenkoisalsotheworldsamboopenweightchampion.

窑Ssireumisdesignedtoshowthemanyverydifferenttraditional Ssireum& ssireummethodsfromvariouscountries.Koreanssireumcompe- Belt titionwillbeshowninanexhibitiongame.

窑Tango,Argentinetraditionaldance,isexpectedtohavepartici- Tango pantsfrom40countries.

窑Wushu,aChinesetraditionalmartialart,requiresplayerstoper- forthecompetitioninChinesetraditionalcostume.Playersfrom Wushu 34countrieswillparticipate.

11 窑FortheexhibitionofYoga,world-renownedyogaprofessionals fromIndiawillprovidethepublicwithYogadisplaysandsample Yoga classes.

窑ZurkhanehistheIraniantraditionalsportforphysicalandspiri- tualtraining.Playersperformatthecenterofanoctagonalshape Zurkhaneh inthegymnasiumperformingshieldlifting,whirling,westlingand othertasks.

窑NewSports

窑Severalon-linegameswillbeplayedcompetitivelye.g.Star- e-Sports craft,Warcraft,SpecialForceetc.

窑B3isageneraltermforbicycle,skateboardandin-lineskating. Thesenewgenerationsportsactivistswillshowvariousskillson B3 specially-designedstructures.

窑Playersridingcustomdesignedmotorcycleswilldisplayvarious Motocross skillsonunpavedroadsandartificialsurfaces.

窑Playersclimbspeciallydesignedartificialrockwallsthat Sports aregradedbyspeedordegreeofdifficulty. Climbing

窑SpecialEvent

窑Thisworldwideone-dayeventaimstoraisefundsforchildren World fromallovertheworldunderthepatronageofUNICEF. 10Million EventDate:10A.M.,28thSep.2008 WalkingDay

12 The3rdTAFISALeadership CourseinChineseMacau

nJan.23rd,the3rdTAFISACertifiedLeadershipCoursewasheldinChinese O Macau.Mr.LiuGuoyong,TreasurerofASFAA(alsoDeputyDirector-General ofSportforAllDepartmentofGeneralAdministrationofSportofChina),andMr. MengYazheng,memberofASFAAsecretariattookpartinthecourse.Entrusted byMr.FengJianzhong,PresidentofASFAA,theyhadameetingwithMr.Wolf- gangBaumann,SecretaryGeneralofTAFISA,andMr.BrianDixon,SecretaryGen- eralofASFAA.

DuetothegreathospitalityoftheChineseMacauSportDevelopmentBoardthe thirdcourseafterIranandNigeriatookplaceinthewonderfulcityofChinese Macauattractingdelegatesfrom12countries/regions,includingNepal,Vietnam, Thailand,Malaysia,PhilippinesandChina.OnJanuary22to29afullprogramof lecturers,workshopsetc.wasofferedandattheend40participantspassedthe finalexamandreceivedtheTAFISAcertificate.

Itwasinterestingtonotethatmorethanhalfoftheparticipantswerefemales. LecturesincludingProf.YamaguchifromJapanandProf.KapustinfromGermany focusedonleadershipandmanagementskillsinSportforAll.Duringtheofficial openingceremonytheSecretaryforSocialAffairsandCulture,Dr.FernandoChui SaiOn,personallywelcomedtheforeignguestsandunderlinedthesignificance oftheevent.Moreover,ActingPresidentVongIaoLekfromthehostorganization madeitclearthattheCourseiswellinlinewiththeemphasisMacauisputting onthepromotionofSportforAllandphysicalactivity.

Duringthefour-daycourse,thesubjectsmainlyfocusedonphilosophicalthink- ingandpoliticalfactorsinsportforall,volunteerismandtargetgroupsinsport forall,sportandhealth,sportandsocialcapital,theestablishmentofsportfor alldevelopmentstrategy,andthedevelopmentofinternationalsportforall.The programalsoincludedTaijilessonseverymorning,sightseeingopportunities andvisitsofvarioussportfacilitiesandtheChineseMacauDayofSport.Inshort, manyparticipantswillcomebackagainbecauseoftheirenjoyablestayinthis beautifulcity.

13 Throughthelearningandcommunicationsamongparticipants,thecoursepro videdanopportunityforthecountriesandregionsinEastAsiatounderstand thedevelopmentofinternationalsportforall,especiallysportforallintheirre- gions,learnscientificstrategies,andspreadadvancedsportforallconcepts. Meanwhile,thecoursespreadtheexperiencesofpromotingthedevelopmentof sportforallinEastAsia.

14 Ì Beijing

InthemorningofApril30th,theMarathon celebratingthe100-daycountdowntotheBeijing OlympicGamesand2008BeijingInternationalLong DistanceRunningFestivalwaslaunchedinBeijing OlympicCenter.TheBeijingInternationalLong DistanceRunningFestivalofthisyearincludedtwo parts:SportforAllmarathonrelayandafitnessrun. About1,000peopleparticipatedinthemassmarathon relayrace,whileover10,000peopletookpartinthe massrunning.

Ì Qingdao

OnApril30th,only100daysawayfromthe2008 BeijingOlympicGames,Qingdao,asaco-hostcityof theGames,organizedsplendidcelebration-"As NationwideExercises,TenThousandPeopleWalk alongwiththeOlympics"throughtheSailing Committee(Qingdao)oftheBeijingOrganizing CommitteefortheGames.Almost10,000 representativesfromvariousinstitutionsandminorities cheeredforthe2008Olympicsbythemeansofgetting closetonatureandmassparticipation,andadvocating healthylivingstyle.

15 Ì ChineseHongKong

OnApril29th,tocelebratethe100-daycountdownto theBeijingOlympicGames,therewasa"Dominofor Olympics"activityheldinChineseHongKong,in which120middleschoolstudentsandnearlyone thousandcitizensfinisheddominolayoutin3days. SincebeingselectedintothefilmforBeijing2008 OlympicGamesBidin2000,the"Dominofor Olympics"activitywhichhaslastedfor8yearshas beenheldover20timesrespectivelyinBeijing, Shanghai,Guangzhou,Lhasa,etc.Thistimeitarrived atChineseHongKongonthespecialdayof100-day countdown,inthehopethattheamazingvisualeffect ofDominocanshowChinesepeople'ssincerityof supportingtheBeijingOlympicstothewholeworld.

Ì Shanghai

IntheeveningofApril,29th,aneveningparty welcomingthe100-daycountdownofthe2008Beijing OlympicGameswasheldinShanghaiLuwan Gymnasium,wherepeoplewereinhighspiritsand wavingthefive-starredflag,thefiveringOlympicflag andtheBeijingOlympicflagtocheerfortheOlympic Games.Thevolunteersvowedsolemnly:weareready tofinishourvolunteeringworksuccessfully.

16 Ì Tianjin

OnApril30th,the2008"Walkingalongwiththe Olympics,Making1.3BillionPeopleHealthy" campaignwaslaunchedinTianjin.10,000people witnessedthishistoricmomentof"100-day Countdowntothe2008Games".Thewalking campaignconsistedofthreeparts:thelaunching ceremony,tenthousandpeoplewalkingandlive performance.Thetenthousandpeoplewalkingteam setofffromtheXingchenPlazaofYinheParkand walked4.5kilometerstoadvocateandprayforthe Olympics.

Ì Shenyang

Inordertocelebratethe100-daycountdowntothe 2008Games,Shenyangorganizedareadingand practicingactivitywiththethemeof"Understanding theOlympicKnowledge,WeBringHonortoOur Hometown".Theopeningceremonyof"Shenyangand theOlympics"alsotookplaceinthemorningofApril, 30th.ManycommunitiesofShenyanghaveorganized oldpeopleexercisingteamandYangkoteamtohold smallcelebrationsinparks,rejoicingatthe100-day countdownbyvariousmeans.

Ì Qinhuangdao

OnApril28th,towelcomethethe100-day countdowntotheOlympics,theopeningceremonyof "SportforAllGoesHandinHandwiththe2008 OlympicGames"FitnessFestivalwasgrandlyheldon QinhuangdaoPeople'sSquare.Thousandsofcitizens participatedinthisfestivalwithvariouskindsof excellentcivilexercisingactivities.Thiscampaignwill lastfor6months,duringwhichtherewillbelotsof citizens'favoriteactivitiessuchasping-pong, badminton,inthehopeofgivingfullplaytothe citizens'enthusiasmtodoexercisesandsendgreetings totheBeijingOlympics. 17 150,000Childrenacross Australia Get Physically Active inthe AASCProgram

orethan150,000childrenarenowplayingsport,gamesandactivitiesafter M schoolintheAustralianGovernment'ssafe,funandstructuredActiveAf- ter-schoolCommunities(AASC)program.TheMinisterforYouthandSport,Kate Ellis,joinedthousandsofkidsaroundAustraliatocelebratethemilestone.'Tohave 150,000kidsactive,livinghealthierlifestylesanddevelopingpositivephysicalactivi- tyhabitsisagreatachievement,'MsEllissaid."Participantsareimprovingtheirmo- torskills,makingnewfriendsanddevelopingalifelongloveofbeingphysicallyac- tive."

MsEllissaidtheAASCprogramhadgrownfrom900primaryschoolsinTerm2of 2005toover3,200schools."Thecompetitionfortheattentionofyoungpeopleisin- tense.Thegrowinguseoftheinternetandvideogamespresentsamajorchallenge togetkidsoffthecouchandactive.Toaddresstheobesitycrisisweneedtoensure programs,likeAASC,encouragemoreAustralian'stodevelophealthyroutinesata youngage."MsEllissaidprincipals,teachersandafter-schoolcarecoordinators workedtirelesslytomaketheprogramwork."Weareseeingsomegreatresults,but wearealwayslookingfornewwaystoencouragemoreyoungpeopletoembrace healthyandactivelifestyles."

18 NewGameGetsNewZealand KidsMoreActive

newgamecalled"Upball"waslaunchednationwideon7thApriltogetchildrenwhowatchmore A thantwohoursoftelevisionadaymorephysicallyactive.

UpballispartofMission-On,whichisapackageofinitiativesaimedatimprovingthelifestylesofyoung NewZealandersbyimprovingtheirnutritionandgettingthemmoreinvolvedinphysicalactivity.

"WehavedesignedUpballforprimary-agedchildrenwhohavebecomegluedtothetelevision.Themore kidswatchascreenthemoreinactivetheybecomeandthemorelikelytheyaretoeatfattyandsugary foods,"saysMission-OnspokespersonDebHurdle.

Upballisaballgamewhichyouplaywithabeachballorsimilar.Thegoalistokeeptheballfromtouching theground.Playerscanuseanypartoftheirbody.

SPARC(Sport&RecreationNewZealand)istheleadagencyforthisMission-Oninitiative,andisworking withRegionalSportsTrustsandanumberofdecileoneschoolstodistributehalfoftheUpballsandcompli- mentarygamebookstochildren.

UpballisbeingpromotedthroughatelevisionandradiocampaignthroughoutAprilandMay.

19 Nation-wideMovementLaunched toGetSingaporeanstoEnjoy SportsinAllWays

ingapore,areyoureadytoplay?ThisistheSingaporeSportsCouncil(SSC)'scall-outtoallSingaporeans-theyoung,theel- S derly,workingadults,familiesandthedisabled."Let'sPlay"isanation-widemovementinitiatedbytheSSCtopromoteamind- setchangeandencourageeveryoneinSingaporetobeinvolvedinsports,inallways,atalltimes,simplybecausetheyenjoyit.It supportsvariousinitiativestopromoteasportingculture.The'Let'sPlay'brandaimstotriggertheemotionsofallSingaporeanstoin- creasetheirinteresttoparticipateinsportsforavarietyofreasons,because"sportsenergiseslifethroughitsdiverseofferofenjoy- ablemomentsandsharedexperiences".

'Let'sPlay'waslaunchedbyMrTeoSerLuck,SeniorParliamentarySecretaryforMinistryofCommunityDevelopment,Youthand Sports(MCYS)andTransport(MOT)atSuntecCitytoday.MrTeosaid,"Whilesportsparticipationratesareatanalltimehigh(48% in2005),researchconductedbySSC'sbrandconsultantsshowedthatpeopleinSingaporeparticipateinsportsmostlyforhealthand fitness.Manygavefeedbackthatthereisanimmenseuntappedopportunityforpeopletoenjoytheemotionalbenefitsofsports. Thereisalsoopportunityforenjoyingsportsinmorewaysthanone.Insteadofjustplayingasport,onecanalsowatch,cheer,spec- tateandvolunteer.ThesimplepropositionforLet'sPlayis'sportsenergiseslifethroughitsdiverseofferingofenjoyablemoments andsharedexperiences'."

Insupportofthe'Let'sPlay'movement,theSSCwillrolloutinitiativestomakeiteasier,moreaccessibleandfuntobeinvolvedin sportsinmoreways.

OneStopLocalSportsPortaltoFacilitatePlayandEntertain Aonestop,integratedportalforthelocalsportsscene?www.singaporesports.sg hasbeenlaunchedtofacilitateplayandprovide entertainment.Theportalwillmakeiteasyforpeopletofindoutwhatsportseventsarehappeningintown,wheretoplaysportsand booksportsfacilitiesonline,howtoplaysports,whotoplaysportswith,wheretofindotheronlinesportscommunitiesandhavefun- allinoneconvenientonlinelocation. Forastart,theportalwillfeatureeightsportsandprovideaplatformforthelocalsportscommunitytomeet,exchangeideasand learnfromoneanother.Itwillalsoincludeupdatedinformationonwaysthegeneralpubliccanparticipateinsports,whetheritis throughmajorevents,communityinitiativesoratSportsRecreationCentres(SRCs).Theywillbeabletoviewdelayedbroadcastsfor certainsportstournaments,blog,subscribetonewsletters,getsportsnewsarticlesandevenfindasports"kaki"onthenewportal. Moresportswillbeaddedatalaterdate.

EnhancedSportsEducationProgrammetoPromoteMoreOpportunitiesforPlayinSchools TheSSCintroducedtheSportsEducationProgramme(SEP)inprimaryschoolstojuniorcollegesinApril2007,toencouragesports participationinschoolsandincreasesportingopportunitiesfortheyoung.Theprogrammewasrecentlyenhancedtoincludetwonew categories-SportsDevelopmentandSportsLeagues.TheSportsLeaguescategoryprovidesopportunitiesforschoolstoorganise intra-schoolcompetitions(e.g.inter-classcompetitions)thattakeplaceoveraprolongedperiodoftime,whereparticipatingteams havetheopportunitytoplayeachother(e.g.weeklyortwiceaweeketc)inthechosensportingactivity.Thislatestchangewillpro- videmoreplayopportunitiesforeverychild,insupportofoneoftherecommendationsintheSportingCultureCommitteeReport.

20 SSCSportsFacilitiestoTakeonaFunLook,MoreFieldsOpenforPlay SingaporeanscanalsoexpectamorefunandlivelylookattheSSC'ssportsfacilities.StartingfirstwithSSC'sWoodlands,Choa ChuKang,JurongWest,TampinesandHougangSRCsbyJune2008andtherestofSSC'sfacilitiesbyMarch2009. Tomakeplaymoreaccessible,theSSChasbeenworkingwithitssisteragenciestoopenupfieldsforpublicuse.Todate,thereare 120schoolfields,whichareopenedtothepublicforsportsandrecreationaluse,duringweekends.Thisisanincreaseof70school fieldsfrom2007.Movingforward,evenmorefieldswillbeopeneduptothepublicfortheiruse.

Funpublicityinitiativestoincreasethepublic'sawarenessof'Let'sPlay' Inordertocommunicatethe'Let'sPlay'movementtoeveryoneinSingapore,theSSCwillbeembarkingonapublicityinitiativestart- ingwithatelevisioncommercialandadvertisementsinnewspapersfrom7May2008onwards.TherewillbeevenacontestatOr- chardMRTwherethepublichastoguessthesportsfeatured.Inaddition,roadshowswillbeheldatdifferentvenuesaroundSinga- poretoenticethepublictoparticipateinsports.Moredetailsonthiswillbeavailableon www.singaporesports.sg

About'Let'sPlay' 'Let'sPlay'isanation-widemovementbytheSingaporeSportsCounciltoencourageeveryoneinSingaporetoinvolvedinsports,in allways,atalltimes,simplybecausetheyenjoyit.Beitplaying,watching,cheering,spectating,volunteering,the'Let'sPlay'move- mentseeksto"Energiselifethroughsports'diverseofferofenjoyablemomentsandsharedexperiences."

SingaporeSportsCouncil'sroadshowatRafflesPlacetoencourageeveryoneto beinvolvedinsportssuchasputtingskillsatminiaturegolfstations.

21 Over1,200TurnUpfor OlympicDayRunatthe Doha'sAspireZone

I NsupportoftheOlympicmovement,anOlympicDayRunwasheldattheDoha'sAspireZone. Alargenumberofparticipants,theirfamiliesandfriendsturnedupfortheannualevent,organisedbythe QatarOlympicsCommitteeandsponsoredbyMcDonald'sRestaurant.

June23iscelebratedaroundtheworldastheOlympicDayRuntooffersupporttotheOlympics,whilethis wasthe11thconsecutiveyearQOChadorganisedsucharally.

"TherunhasalwaysbeenheldaheadofJunebecauseofweatherconstraints.Encouragingly,thecrowdand participantsseemtobeincreasingeveryyear,"saidQOCofficial,Hamadal-Hammadi.

Morethan1,200participantstookpartinthisyear'srun.Theyweredividedinvariouscategoriessuchas6-9 years,10-16years,17-27years,27-39years,above39,12-16years(girls),above16years(girls).

Juniorparticipantshadatotaldistancerangingfrom1-2km,whileseniorscompetedforthemedalsduringa 3kmrunaroundthesportscomplex.

ThewinnersreceivedcashawardsbyQOC,whileMcDonald's-alsotheofficialrestaurantforBeijing2008 Olympics-gaveawaymedals,giftvouchers,mobilesandotheritems.

AnofficialofMcDonald'ssaid:"Thisisthe5thconsec- utiveyearthatwehavepartneredwithQOC.Ourrela- tionshipwiththesportsbodygoesmuchbeyondspon- soringofthisevent."

Therestaurantdistributedshirtsandcapstoallthe participantswhilegamesandthreeMcDonald'schar- actersentertainedthekidsandthefamiliesatthe venue.

22 TraditionalChineseSports

wing,alsocalledDangQiuqian,isa S populartraditionalsportinChina,espe- ciallyenjoyedbyChineseKoreangirls.Itis theonlywomen'seventintheNationalTra- ditionalGamesofEthnicMinoritiesofthe People'sRepublicofChina.

oodBallisatraditionalsportevolved W from"DaLanzi"and"GanMaoqiu" performedbytheyouthofHuiethnicminor- itygroup.Itfullydemonstratestheoutstand- ingindividualskillsandtheperfectunisonof theteamaswell.

ushuisasetofdefenseandattack W skills,consistingofTi(kicking),Da (punching),Shuai(throwing),Na(control- ling),Ji(hitting),Ci(thrusting),etc.Basedon someprinciples,Wushucanbeviewedin termsoftwocategories,Taolu(Formswith orwithoutWeapons)andDuikang(Free Sparring).

23 uniangZhui(GirlsChase)isan G on-horsegamelikedbyKazakethnic minoritygroupandKirgizethnicminority group.Itisgenerallyheldinthegathering tocelebrategreatharvestorwedding.

anyethnicgroupsinthesouthernChi- M na,suchasZhuang,Miao,Dai,Bai, Tujia,andsoon,havethecustomofDrag- onBoatRacingfortheDragonBoatFesti- val.InDragonBoatRace,theboatispro- pelledforwardbymanypaddlerswhouse asingle-bladedpaddleeach.

huttlecockisevolvedfrom"Shoujian",a S populartraditionalsportamongDong, Miao,Shuiethnicminoritygroups.Itisa combinationofbadmintonvenue,volley- ballrulesandfootballskills.

24 25 26 ASFAAChronology

1994 Feb.21 The4thBoardMeeting Busan/Korea Nov.7-12 The3rdASFAACongress Langkawi/Malaysia Nov.8 The5thBoardMeeting Nov.12 The4thGeneralAssembly 1995 Jun.25-30 *The14thTAFISACongress Natanya/Israel Jun.25 The6thBoardMeeting Jun.29 The5thGeneralAssembly Jun.29 The7thBoardMeeting 1996 Apr.22 The8thBoardMeeting Seoul/Korea Dec.10 The2ndWorldFestivalofTraditionalSports&Games Bangkok/Thailand Dec.11 The9thBoardMeeting Dec.12 The6thGeneralAssembly (The4thASFAACongressScientificSymposium) 1997 Nov.15-20 *The15thTAFISACongress Penang/Malaysia Nov.18 The10thBoardMeeting Nov.19 The7thGeneralAssembly 1998 Dec.7-11 The5thASFAACongress Dandenong/Australia The11thTAFISAGameFestival Dec.8 The11thBoardMeeting Dec.9 The8thGeneralAssembly 1999 Nov.20-25 *The16thTAFISACongress Limassol/Cyprus Nov.22 The12th&13thBoardMeeting Nov.24 The9thGeneralAssembly 2000 Jul.11-14 The6thASFAACongress Busan/Korea Jul.12 The14thBoardMeeting Jul.13 The10thGeneralAssembly 2001 Oct.27-31 *The17thTAFISACongress CapeTown/SouthAfrica Oct.28 The15thBoardMeeting Oct.29 The11thGeneralAssembly 2002 Sep.8-12 The7thASFAACongress Beijing/China Sep.9 The16thBoardMeeting Sep.9 The12thGeneralAssembly 2003 Sep.29-Oct.2 *The18thTAFISACongress Munich/Germany Sep.28 The17thBoardMeeting Sep.28 The13thGeneralAssembly Dec.6-9 The18thBoardMeeting Manila/Philippines 2004 Sep.3-7 The8thASFAACongress Taipei/ChineseTaipei Sep.6 The19thBoardMeeting Sep.6 The14thGeneralAssembly 2005 Mar.30-Apr.2 The20thBoardMeeting Busan/Korea Sep.15-20 *The19thTAFISACongress Warsaw/Poland Sep.18 The21stBoardMeeting Sep.18 The15thGeneralAssembly 2006 Mar.11-15 TAFISABusanConference Busan/Korea Mar.11-15 The22ndASFAABoardMeeting Nov.25-28 The9thASFAASportforAllCongress Manila/Philippines Nov.28 16thGeneralAssembly Nov.28 23rdBoardMeeting 2007 Sep.25 24thBoardMeeting BuenosAires/Argentina Sep.26 17thGeneralAssembly

27 ViceMinister,theGeneralAdministrationofSport Tel:861087182707;87182348 Mr.FengJianzhong VicePresident,ChineseOlympicCommittee Fax:861087182707 VicePresident,All-ChinaSportFederation President 2TiyuguanRoad,Beijing100763,China E-mail:[email protected]

Mr.SarjitSingh SecretaryGeneral,MalaysianLeisureandRecreationCouncil Tel:60391718986 MARFIMA15Jalan4/105,TamanMidah, Fax:60391721569 VicePresident 56000KualaLumpurMalaysia E-mail:[email protected]

Mr.Hon.BrianDixon Chairman Tel:61357751732 LifeBeinItInternational Fax:61396969191 SecretaryGeneral P.O.Box401,CollinsSt.,WestMelbourne,8700Victoria,Australia E-mail:[email protected]

Mr.LiuGuoyong DeputyDirector-General,SportforAllDepartment, Tel:861087182498 All-ChinaSportsFederation Fax:861087182707 Treasurer 2TiyuguanRoad,Beijing100763,China E-mail:[email protected]

Eun-HangDong-BuApt. Tel:821117067338 Dr.Min-SooKim 114-204.Chang-WooDong520 Fax:82517312215 Ha-namSi,Gyoung-GiDo,Korea E-mail:[email protected]

KobeUniversitySasakawaSportsFoundation Tel:81335028778 Dr.YasuoYamaguchi KaiyoSenpakuBldg.,1-15-16 Fax:81335805968 Toranomon,Minato-ku,Tokyo105-0001Japan E-mail:[email protected]

ChineseTaipeiOlympicCommittee Tel:886287711400 Dr.ThomasTa-ChouHuang No.20,ChuLunSt., Fax:886227773803 Taipei,ChineseTaipei E-mail:[email protected]

ManagingDirector Tel:913324558586 Mr.A.K.Saha SportForAllAssociation,India Fax:913324558586 119/1AHarish.MukherjeeRoad(70026),Calcutta,India E-mail:[email protected]

Chairman Tel:97235621441 Mr.HerzelHagay IsraeliSportforAllAssociation Fax:97235621625 74DerechMenachenBeginSt.,TelAviv,67215Israel E-mail:[email protected]

President,PhilippineSportForAllAssociation Tel:6324361253 Prof.Ma.JosefinaV.Bauzon c/oZ.P.ReyesLawOfficeSuite801Fil-GarciaTowerKalayaanAvenue, Fax:6324356756 QuezonCity,Philippines E-mail:[email protected]

President Tel:82517312021 Dr.AnitaGhosh AllIndiaAssociationofSportsforAllE/13-B, E-mail:[email protected] VijaynagarDelhi-110009India

VicePresidentofSportForAllFederation Tel:982122029200 Ms.MitraRouhiDehkordi Vali-AsrStreet,NiayeshHighwayAnghlabSportsComplexTehranI.R.I- Fax:982166967882 RAN E-mail:[email protected]

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ASFAASecretariat PublishedinBeijing,ChinainJuly2008