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www.canoeicf.com PADDLEAWAY 44 December 2012 – Issue 44 President’s Diary From 16-17 November the ICF held its Congress in St. Petersburg, Russia. During this time I took the opportunity to speak to many of the delegates who came from the 5 continents. Prior to the Congress a Board Meeting was held where many of the points raised at the Congress were discussed. I was also honoured to have been asked by INSIDE THIS ISSUE the Women’s Commission to give the opening speech at The ICF Gender Equity Workshop which was held on 15 November. The President’s Diary DEADLINE – Nomination and Shortly after the Congress I attended David Cal’s (ESP) book presentation. Appointment of Officials for ICF Events (1) “The Last 100 Days before the Olympic Games” chronicles his daily activities Universality Places for the Nanjing 2014 leading to London 2012 where he took silver in the Men’s C1 1000m. On 24 Youth Olympic Games (2) Bidding for 2014-2017 ICF World November I attended the IAAF Centenary Gala that brought together the past, Championships & World Cups (3) present and future of athletics. This Gala took place in Barcelona. Registration Open for 2013 ICF Talent Identification Programme (4) In the last week of the month (29 – 30 November) I was at the ICF List of ICF Executive Comm. Members (5) Headquarters in Lausanne to discuss the Federation’s finances and the Media Questionnaire for 2013 Events (6) Governance Review. During this period I also attended the IOC biennial Ocean Racing Rules (7) Olympic Golden Rings awards where Canoe Slalom and Canoe Sprint picked Dragon Boat Letter from SportAccord up silver and bronze respectively for the best TV productions at the Games. President (8) Dragon Boat ICF Coaches Education From 5 – 8 December I attended the European Olympic Committee’s General Information (9) Assembly where it was voted to launch a European Games multi-sport REMINDER: Qualification for 2013 World Games in Cali, Columbia (10) competition. Baku, Azerbaijan will host the first Games in 2015 and Canoeing 2013 Rules, Statutes & Minutes Available will more than likely be represented. Online in January (11) Athlete Eligibility Request (12) I will also attend the 100 year anniversary of the Spanish Olympic Committee ICF Headquarters: Office Closed for which will also be attended by IOC President Jacques Rogge. Christmas and New Year (13) As the year comes to an end, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and all your loved ones a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! José Perurena ICF President IOC Member Paddle Away - December 2012 – Issue 44 www.canoeicf.com 1 Nomination and Appointment of Officials for ICF Events National Federations are entitled to nominate officials for events The deadline to submit the nomination of officials for the 2013 ICF Events is the 6 January 2013. All nominations must be submitted to the ICF Headquarters and the respective Technical Committee Chair. The application form to nominate officials can be found on the ICF website. www.canoeicf.com Please send nominations to [email protected] and the respective Chair of the Technical Committee. 2 Universality Places for the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games Document available: Nanjing 2014 - Universality Places - Allocation procedure for eligible NOCs The IOC has sent a communication to all eligible NOCs to inform them on the allocation of Universality Places for the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games. National Federations are requested to carefully review this letter for a better understanding of the universality places as well as the “Nanjing 2014 - Universality Places - Allocation procedure for eligible NOCs” document included in the Newsletter. Please note that these universality places only apply to 104 National Federations. For further information, please contact Simon Toulson: [email protected]. 3 Bidding for 2014 – 2017 ICF World Championships & World Cups The ICF have received the following bids for 2014-2017 events: Canoe Sprint 2017 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships Montemor-o-Velho (POR), Racice (CZE), Poznan (POL), Moscow (RUS) 2017 ICF Junior & U23 Canoe Sprint World Championships Pitesti (ROU), Poznan (POL), Moscow (RUS), Brandenburg (GER), Copenhagen (DEN) 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Cups Belgrade (SER), Poznan (POL), Moscow (RUS), Copenhagen (DEN), Duisburg (GER), Brandenburg (GER) Canoe Slalom 2017 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships Krakow (POL), Pau (FRA), Ljubljana (SLO) 2017 ICF Junior & U23 Canoe Slalom World Championships Krakow (POL) 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cups Paddle Away - December 2012 – Issue 44 www.canoeicf.com Augsburg (GER), Krakow (POL), No city name has been named as yet (FRA) 2016 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup, Pau (FRA) This event is not on the bidding list, the bidding process will be started in 2014 Wildwater Canoeing 2015 ICF Wildwater Canoeing World Championships 2015 ICF Junior Wildwater Canoeing World Championships 2016 ICF Wildwater Canoeing World Championships Banja Luka (BIH) 2017 ICF Wildwater Canoeing World Championships Ljubljana (SLO) WWC Sprint, Pau (FRA) 2017 ICF Junior Wildwater Canoeing World Championships 2014 ICF Wildwater Canoeing World Cups 2015 ICF Wildwater Canoeing World Cups No city name is mentioned yet (FRA) Canoe Marathon 2016 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships Brandenburg (GER), Montemor-o-Velho (POR) 2017 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships 2014 ICF Canoe Marathon World Cups 2015 ICF Canoe Marathon World Cup Dragon Boat 2016 ICF Dragon Boat National World Championships 2017 ICF Dragon Boat Club Crew World Championships Treviso (ITA) Canoe Freestyle 2015 ICF Canoe Freestyle World Championships 2017 ICF Canoe Freestyle World Championships Nantahala (USA) 2014 ICF Canoe Freestyle World Cups Ocean Racing 2015 ICF Ocean Racing World Championships Venice (ITA) 2017 ICF Ocean Racing World Championships Porto (POR) 2014 ICF Ocean Racing World Cup Porto (POR), Perth, WA & Sydney, NSW (AUS) 2015 ICF Ocean Racing World Cup Porto (POR), Perth, WA & Sydney, NSW (AUS) A bid has also been received for 2013 World Cup, Perth, WA & Sydney, NSW (AUS) Paddle Away - December 2012 – Issue 44 www.canoeicf.com The ICF Bidding Process The ICF reminds National Federation of the Interest to Bid for the following events. In particular, the ICF would like to point out that candidacies are needed for Canoe Marathon, Wildwater Canoeing, Dragon Boat and Canoe Freestyle competitions. If your NF is interested in hosting an ICF Event please complete the Application Form by 25 January, 2013. Canoe Marathon 2017 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships 2014 ICF Canoe Marathon World Cups 2015 ICF Canoe Marathon World Cup Wildwater Canoeing 2015 ICF Wildwater Canoeing World Championships 2015 ICF Junior Wildwater Canoeing World Championships 2017 ICF Junior Wildwater Canoeing World Championships 2014 ICF Wildwater Canoeing World Cups Dragon Boat 2016 ICF Dragon Boat National World Championships Canoe Freestyle 2015 ICF Canoe Freestyle World Championships 2014 ICF Canoe Freestyle World Cups List of Chairs Mr. Frank Garner Chair Canoe Sprint [email protected] Mr. Jean-Michel Prono Chair Canoe Slalom [email protected] Mr. Jorn Cronberg Canoe Marathon [email protected] Mr. Jens Perlwitz Chair Wildwater Canoeing [email protected] Mr. Greg Smale Chair Canoe Polo [email protected] Mr. François Ryffel Chair Dragon Boat [email protected] Mr. Lluis Rabaneda i Caselles Chair Canoe Freestyle [email protected] For more information please contact: [email protected]. 4 List of ICF Executive Committee Members Following the elections held during the 2012 ICF Congress, please find below the names of the office bearers on the ICF Executive Committee. List of ICF Executive Committee Members Mr. José Perurena President (re-elected) [email protected] Mr. Istvan Vaskuti 1st Vice-President [email protected] Mr. Joao Manuel Da Costa Alegre 2nd Vice-President (elected) [email protected] Mr. Joao Tomasini 3rd Vice-President [email protected] Mr. Luciano Buonfiglio Treasurer (re-elected) [email protected] Mr. Simon Toulson Secretary General [email protected] Paddle Away - December 2012 – Issue 44 www.canoeicf.com 5 Registration Open for 2013 ICF Talent Identification Programme Deadline to register for TIP is February 2013 With the cooperation of the Continental Associations and National Federations the ICF Development Programme has established an elite pool of young athletes.The main aim of this program is to improve each athlete’s performance at competitions and continuously monitor their improvement. TIP Canoe Slalom is to identify potential elite athletes from the new and developing National Federations who will attend the main Continental and World Slalom events for 2013. The targeted classes are K1W and K1M, C1W and C1M, C2M. As it has been done previously, documentation will be sent out to each NF early 2013 and registrations will be expected before February 2013. National Federations are required to suggest names of paddlers. Please note that athletes registered for TIP 2012 might continue in the programme for as long as possible. For further information, please contact pierrick Gosselin at [email protected]. 6 Media Questionnaire for 2013 ICF Events Information requested include name of Media Contact, Website Address & Event Logo In order to begin early promotion of ICF Events in 2013, Event Organisers are kindly requested to complete the attached Media Questionnaire. Information