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PADDLE AWAY 44

December 2012 – Issue 44

President’s Diary

From 16-17 November the ICF held its Congress in St. Petersburg, . 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 Slalom and picked  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 in , Columbia (10) competition. Baku, will host the first Games in 2015 and  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

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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), (GER), Brandenburg (GER)

Canoe Slalom

2017 ICF World Championships Krakow (POL), Pau (FRA), Ljubljana (SLO)

2017 ICF Junior & U23 Canoe Slalom World Championships Krakow (POL)

2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cups

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Augsburg (GER), Krakow (POL), No city name has been named as yet (FRA)

2016 ICF Canoe Slalom , 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 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 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)

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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 [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]

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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 such as the Media Contact, website address (URL address) and Event Logo are requested. Depending on the feedback provided on the form it will be determined what level of assistance is required before and during the event.

The deadline to receive the completed form is 31 January 2013.

For further information, please contact Lerina Bright at [email protected].

7 Ocean Racing Rules

Interim rules for 2013 ICF Ocean Racing World Championships

The following rules have been adopted by the ICF Board for the 2013, taking into consideration the past results at Ocean Racing competitions:

For SS1 Classes:

5 boats per class for 5 boats per class for 2 boats per class to the other countries All these athletes will have a pole position start.

Every National Federation can enter as many boats in each class as they wish in the separate events that will be allocated in a simultaneous mass start.

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For SS2 Class:

According to the participation figures in International Events, the SS2 does not have enough entrees so it is proposed that the race is carried out as a demo for Men, Women and Mixed Gender boats also as a means to promote the participation of women.

5 boats for Australia 5 boats for South Africa 2 boats to the other countries All these athletes will have a pole position start.

Every National Federation can enter as many boats as they wish that will be allocated in a simultaneous mass start.

For additional information please visit www.canoeicf.com

For more information on the Ocean Racing World Championships please contact Chair, Ocean Racing Mario Santos: [email protected].

8 Dragon Boat Letter from SportAccord President

Each Federation has the right to organize their own Dragon Boat competitions

The ICF has received a letter from SportAccord President Hein Verbruggen clarifying that Canoeing Dragonboat co- exists equally as per Sport accords statutes. The letter supports CAS’ legal opinion in 2010 and makes it clear that neither the IDBF nor the ICF has “legal exclusivity” to run a sport and that each Federation has the right to organise their own competitions. Therefore ICF continues to own and organize ICF Dragon Boat World Championships.

The letter is provided for review. For further information, please contact Simon Toulson: [email protected].

9 Dragon Boat ICF Coaches Education Information

National Federations are encouraged to nominate representatives to attend this event

The 2013 ICF Coaches Education Programme for Dragon Boat coaches will be held next year during the 2013 Asian Dragon Boat Championships in Mumbai, .

National Federations are encouraged to send a representative(s) for the event. An Invitation Letter from the Dragon Boat Chair as well as the Nomination Form for Coaches and Examination Form are attached for your review.

For additional information please contact the ICF Dragon Boat Chair, Francois Ryffel: [email protected].

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10 REMINDER: Qualification for 2013 World Games in Cali – Canoe Marathon

National Federations must confirm their participation at the World Games

Qualification for the 2013 World Games in Cali, Columbia was based on results from the 2012 World Championships in Rome.

National Federations who qualified boats at the World Championships have been contacted and asked to confirm their participation at the Games. Reallocation of returned quota places will take place when these confirmations have been made.

Attached is the table of countries that qualified boats at the World Championships, this is not a definite list, but will be finalised after confirmations have been received.

Any any country wishing to participate should contact the Chair of the ICF Canoe Marathon Committee Jorn Cronberg: [email protected] and [email protected].

11 2013 Rules, Statutes, Minutes Available Online in January

The 2013 Rules and Statutes as approved by the 2012 ICF Congress in St. Petersburg, as well as the Minutes from the Congress will be available on the ICF Website by 7 January 2013.

For additional information please contact Simon Toulson: [email protected].

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12 Athlete Eligibility Request

Athletes to compete for the National Federation of the foreign country they are domiciled

The ICF acknowledges the following approved eligibility requests for the athletes below. Approval of this request allows the athlete to compete on behalf of the Federation in the country in which he/she is currently domiciled. All approved athletes in this table are eligible to represent their new countries from January 2013.

Athlete’s Name Discipline From To Status

Samuel Stanovsky CSL Approved Stefanie Horn CSL Approved Marcel Potocny CSL Slovakia Approved

Bastian Prekel CAP Germany Hungary Approved Olimpiya Andrianova Dusheva CSP Hungary Approved Kristian Andrianov Dushev CSP Hungary Serbia Approved Dalma Ruzicic-Benedek CSP Hungary Serbia Approved

Bence Sáth CSP Hungary Australia Approved Gábor Durkó CSP Hungary Australia Approved Alexandra Georgopoulou CSP Hungary Approved

Aliz Sarudi CSP Hungary Cyprus Approved Agnes Czabo CSP Hungary Approved Fabien Lefevre CSL USA Approved Didier Baylacq CSL France Approved

Thomas Bersinger CSL France Argentina Approved Carlos Montalvo García CSP Approved Alexandra Bardakli CSP Cyprus Greece Approved

Adnan Rujdiev Aliev CSP Azerbaijan Approved Maria Lebedeva CSP Russia Approved

Arezou Motamedi Fakhr CSP USA Approved Julia Knauer CAP Germany Approved

Gergely Hadvina CSP Hungary Greece Not Approved Tamara Csipes CSP Hungary Australia Not Approved Timea Paksy CSP Hungary Austria Not Approved

Natasa Douchev-Janics CSP Hungary Serbia Not Approved David Hasanovic CSP Serbia Hungary Pending Haritonov Oleg CSP Russia Pending

For any queries please contact: [email protected]

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13 ICF HEADQUARTERS: Office Closed for Christmas and New Year

Office will be closed from 21 December to 7 January 2013. The staff at the ICF Headquarters thank you all for your support and cooperation during the year, and wish you and all your affiliated organizations and partners a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Office Closed: 21 December 2012 (Friday) Office Opens: 7 January 2013 (Monday)