INTERNATIONAL TABLE TENNIS FEDERATION PARA TABLE TENNIS COMMITTEE

SITE INSPECTION REPORT

Name of Tournament: Para Open 2020 Ranking Factor requested: 40

Name of the National Association: Egypt Table Tennis Federation (ETTF)

Chairperson of the Organizing Committee:

Mr. Moutaz Ashour, President ETTF

Dates of Play: 1-5 February 2020

Name of Site Inspection Delegate: Tomas Varga (SVK)

Report submitted to ITTF (date): 26.11.2019

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Situation Weather: February has generally very pleasant temperatures in . The amount of rain is very low humidity around 56 %. The average maximum temperature lies around 20.0°C and feeling temperature is around 15°C and water temperature of around 18.0°C.

History: Site of Pharos lighthouse, one of the Wonders of the World, and of Anthony and ’s tempestuous romance, the city was founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BCE. Today, Alexandria offers fascinating insights into its proud Greek past, as well as interesting mosques, the casino strip of the Corniche, some lovely gardens and both modern and traditional hotels.

Special: Alexandria is a main summer resort and tourist attraction, due to its public and private beaches and ancient history and Museums, the art that appears in the building especially in the oldest building and the ancient decorations of the hotels, especially the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, based on reviving the ancient Library of Alexandria

Airport Number and name of airports: Borg Al-Arab International Airport (HBE)

Accessibility: International airport with average accessibility. Exit is one floor below the arrival gates.

Distances: Airport – Hotel: 53 km, 40 minutes without traffic, 60-70 min in traffic Airport –Playing Venue: 51 km, 50 minutes without traffic

Transport Airport – Hotel Schedules: Available upon request Number of vehicles: 5 (3 wheelchair accessible) Accessibility: Yes Travel time: 1 hour

Hotel – Venue Schedules: Shuttle buses every 30 minutes in the morning, then every 1 hour Number of vehicles: 3 (2 busses accessible) Accessibility: yes Travel time: 15- 20 minutes

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Accommodation 1) Name: Name of Hotel and full address: The Plaza Grand Hotel

Elevators: 4

Width of doors: 80 cm How many wheelchairs taking: 2

Number of rooms: 8 accessible rooms Singles: 30 Double: 120

Accessibility: Width of entrance passage: 80 cm With of bathrooms: 67 cm with door and 70 cm without door Step or doors to shower: Access to shower is limited by the glass panel Bath or shower or combined: Only shower

Change of linen: Every 3 days or on demand

Laundry: At a cost

TV: yes Air-conditioning: yes Internet Facilities: yes Electrical plugs: European plug Parking: At a cost Shops: Commercial area nearby Banking or teller machine: Outside the hotel

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2) Name: Hotel Tolip Alexandria Moustafa Kamel, Corniche Road Alexandria, Egypt

Elevators: 4

Width of doors: 80 cm How many wheelchairs taking: 2

Number of rooms: 20 Singles 80 Double

Accessibility: Width of entrance passage:75 cm With of bathrooms: 78cm Step or doors to shower: Door Bath or shower or combined: Only Bath

TV: Yes Air-conditioning: Yes Internet Facilities: Yes Electrical plugs: Yes (European Plug) Parking: Yes Shops: Yes Banking or teller machine: ATM

Maximum number of players 200

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Meals Teams and Officials

Breakfast: (in hotel) When 07:00 – 10:00 Lunch: (in hotel) When 12:00 -15:00 Dinner: (in hotel) When 19:00 – 22:00

Flexibility at the time schedule of restaurant: yes

Packed Meals: Hotel will provide Water beverages: yes Variety: yes Vegetarian meals: yes Assistance to carry trays: yes

Water: Available

Travel time and Teams Hotel distance Hotel to By Car: 15 min without heavy traffic Sport venue By Bus: 15 min without heavy traffic Push hour traffic: February is not very busy month for traffic. LOC has agreement with local authorities to help with the transportation in rush hours (they will provide police escort for buses)

Sport venue general 1, Name: El-Etihad club Full postal address: , Alexandria, Egypt General Accessibility: 1 entrance to the complex, no one to the hall How many accessible WC: 0 Are there accessible WC near the FOP: no

Very good hall in better condition than another one in Alexandria, unfortunately not accessible. A lot of stairs on the entrance as well as inside the playing hall. There was as well the luck of another hall or place for call area. So, after we have seen this, the inspection for this hall was over.

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2, Name: Olympic venue club, Semouha-Alexandria Full postal address: Elshorta El Askareya st, Semouha Beside Mubarak Olympic General Accessibility: 2 entrances have access the complex There were stairs, but from the competition in 2019 they had the ramps they can also use for 2020 to make them accessible

How many accessible WC: inside the hall 2, but I asked them to install hand holders inside the toilets for man and woman as well and remove door frames for the toilets close to the wheelchair call area There is a little square

Are there accessible WC near the FOP: Yes Racket control room: Yes Meeting rooms: Yes, VIP Room Classification room: Yes Offices: Yes Players Rest Area: Yes Officials rest Area: Yes Players Changes room: Yes Officials changes room: Yes Wheelchair storage: Yes Media Facilities: Yes Offices: TD – Referee Yes Rooms for seminars: No Rooms for Technical meeting and Umpires briefing: No Doping control area: Yes Wi-Fi Internet Connection free of charge: Yes Internet connection to offices: Yes

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Field of Play Size: 43 *22 m Lighting:800 -1000 Lux Floor: Taraflex –Stag -red Air-conditioning: Yes How many tables: 12

Call area

I suggest having 2 call areas, 1 for standing, 1 for the wheelchair. Both will have separate entrance and only 1 exit will be used for both. Size: 4*9m the same size for both of them How many persons may be stay in it: 25

Warm Up Manager of the Club informed us, they will be able to provide 2 spaces down for practice and permanent practice hall that they have in the club. In case, there is one more option to use temporary basketball court as a practice area. Also, there is option to use meeting rooms in the hotel Plaza.

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Size: 10*12 + 10*12 Sunlight: no Lighting: Yes, but needs to be improved Floor: current flooring needs to be removed and replaced with taraflex Air-conditioning: Yes How many tables: 12

Sport Equipment Floor: Stag Accessible tables: 50% Tables: Stag Balls: 729 Nets: Stag Surround: Stag

Classification equipment Medical bends: Yes Screens: Yes Desk: Yes Chairs: Yes

3, Name: Cairo Stadium Halls

Full postal address: Al Estad, Nasr City, Cairo Governorate, Egypt General Accessibility: very good accessibility to whole complex There were also stairs, but it was possible to get to the first floor by bus or car.

The whole complex is devided to 2 floors. On the ground floor is a hall nr. 1. This hall is circle hall with big audience. Well secured with 4 big changing rooms, toilets, antidoping rooms and generous common areas. This complex was used for all the major competition for non-disabled sports in Egypt and Africa.

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Hall 1:

Size of the hall : Diameter of the hall 55 m Lightning : 2000 lux Seats : 15 000

Hall 2:

Located on the 1st floor. Size: 43*25m Lightning: 1200 lux Accessible seats on the mezzanine, above the spectator seats (3000) The only problem was entrance from the common space, where was very steep ramp.

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Hall 3 Located on the 1st floor. Size: 33*25 Lightning: 1200 lux Accessible seats on the mezzanine, above the spectator seats (2000) The only problem was entrance from the common space, where was ramp. It was occupied by the fencing qualification for Tokyo 2020 OG.

Hall 4 Located on the 1st floor. Size: 33*25 Lightning: 1200 lux Accessible seats on the mezzanine, above the spectator seats (1000) The only problem was again entrance from the common space, where was ramp.

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Practice hall:

This hall is permanently used for the practice of nation team of Egypt with 10 tables BTY, taraflex flooring and lightning.

Conclusion:

Totally I have seen 3 complexes, for the Para Events is possible to use hall in Alexandria - Olympic Club (2) and Hall in Cairo Stadium. The best option is the complex in Cairo, but for February event it is not possible to use. There needs to be additional inspection for hotels, because the hotel that I have visited is not suitable for the Para competition. For 2020 is for the LOC the priority to hold the competition in Alexandria in the same complex where was Fa20 and Regional Championships in 2019. The LOC has support from local government as well as the Club owner. There are important points that needs to be implemented and updated to have a successful competition. I will summarize them in recommendations.

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Medical Ambulance: Yes First aids: Yes Doctor: Yes Hospital available: Yes Distance from Venue: 1000 m Abou Quer, Al Ibrahimeyah Qebli WA Al Hadrah Bahri, Qesm Bab Sharqi Physiotherapy rooms: Yes

Administrator Pigeonholes: Yes equipment Photocopy machine: Yes Computers: Yes Printer: Yes

Technical Officials Referees: 3 Umpires: 26 for country 10 foreign Computer operator: 2

Volunteers Ball children: 40 Helper: 40

Repair Services Yes, on call

Ceremonies Yes, 2 (1 after the singles, 1 after the team event)

Visas Invitation letters will be provided on request

Spectators Approximately number: 150 Tickets: free Entry

Media Public Relation: Yes TV: Contacts with Egyptian TV (Alexandria Channel) + Nile Sport TV Radio: Yes Live streaming: Yes, 2 tables Writing press: Yes Website: No Internet connection: Yes

Stay dates Arrival days: 31st January 2020 Technical Meeting: 31st January 2020 Competition days: 4 days Closing Ceremony: 4st February 2020 Departure day: 5st February 2020

Costs Double Room 600 € Single Room 650 €

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Experience in organizing event 2019 Egypt Para open, Regional Championships 2019 – Alexandria

Structure of organizing TBC by Mr. Khaled El-Salhy committee

Support Alexandria Governorate + Ministry of Youth & Sports Egypt Table Tennis Federation

Request from organizers

Recommendations 1, As it was mentioned in previous inspection for the same hotel, the wheelchair players will need to have in showers bath chairs. 2, Access ramps needs to be installed for practice hall as well as the entrance to the building 3, LOC needs to secure 2 practice spaces at the ground floor during the whole competition 4, The flooring on the practice hall needs to be removed and replaced with taraflex 5, The lightning in the practice hall needs to be improved. At least to 700 lux in whole area 6, The organizer needs to secure ITTF approved wheelchair accessible tables for practice and main hall as well 7, LOC needs to secure volunteers to help athletes overcoming barriers 8, LOC needs to secure 2 accessible buses + 1 normal bus for transportation during competition 9, LOC needs to provide volunteers on the airport ho help with the navigation and whole transportation process 10, Accreditation process needs to be done on arrival 11, LOC needs to provide schedule for bus transportation during competition with responsible person 12, Cleaning service for toilets needs be done hourly during the whole time in the venue 13, Info boards needs to be installed in the venue and hotel as well 14, 3 printers need to be prepared for the fluent run of the competition 15, Livestreaming needs to be setup at least for 2 tables 16, LOC needs to involve more experienced peoples from the Alexandria and Egypt

Mr. Khaled El-Salhy, Omar Refaat, Yasser Ibrahim, Adham ASHOUR and I believe that they are able to deliver a very good competition in Egypt and very important for the Africa region.

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