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UNIONSSTYRELSENS ÅRSBERETING 2015 Dansk Skytte UNIONSSTYRELSENS ÅRSBERETING 2015 Dansk Skytte Union 2015 blev et år med glæde over flotte resultater og 3 nationspladser til OL i Rio i Brasilien. Et specielt stort tillykke til Stine Nielsen og Steffen Olsen for den flotte sølvmedalje i 10 Meter Mixed Team, samt tillykke til Stine som blev udnævnt til fanebærer for hele det danske hold under åbningsceremonien ved det første European Games i Baku. Året startede som sidste år i Boxen, Herning som var vært for DR-showet Sport 2014. Her var Stine Nielsen fra Særslev skytteforening nomineret til ”Danmarks Olympiske håb”. Desværre blev det Ikke Stine Nielsen som løb med den titel, men det var andet år i træk, der var en skytte med til en nominering i direkte Tv. Det er dejligt at se der kommer mere og mere fokus på vores allerdygtigste idrætsudøvere, hvilket også er en fortjent hyldest til de mange aktive skytteforeninger rundt om i landet. Forhåbentlig giver det yderligere inspiration til at gøre en ekstra indsat for de yngste medlemmer. Repræsentantskabsmøder 2015 Årets møde blev afholdt på Hotel Scandic i Odense. Efter beretningerne, regnskab og budget var der behandling af forslag og valg. UNSTY havde som en start på en større og fremtidig revision af lovene fremstillet et forslag med vægt på implementering af stemmetal i forhold til foreningerne, direkte medlem af DSkyU. Det blev vedtaget om end med nogle yderligere ændringer. DSkyU skulle have valgt en ny næstformand da den nuværende Kuno Danielsen havde valgt at overtage posten som ansvarlig for Flugtsektionen. Erik Mouritsen blev her enstemmigt valgt efter forslag fra Unionsstyrelsen. Økonomileder Jan Lykke Jensen blev ligeledes valgt. Den øvrige bestyrelse findes Unionens hjemmeside. Flugtskydning – F-SEK I 2015 forlod Kuno Danielsen næstformandsposten i DSkyU for at overtage posten som formand i DSkyU´s flugtskydningssektion. Efter af eksklusionen af DFF var der en del løse ender og de fleste poster blev ledige. Det havde tidligere havde forholdt sig sådan, at DFF på deres årsmøde valgte personerne til F-SEK i DSkyU og at det ganske ofte var de samme personer, som både sad i DFF og F-SEK. Det var ikke længere muligt. Kuno Danielsen og F-SEK fik i stedet for mandat til at fortsætte opgaven fra november 2014 med at få en sammensæt et nyt hold med henblik på, fra 2016 at skulle vælge personer til F-SEK. Det er lykkes, men der er fortsat poster som skal besættes. DSkyU har i året modtaget flere indmeldelser fra Flugtskydnings klubber i hele landet og primo februar er 36 klubber som er medlem eller under optagelse for at blive medlem af DSkyU. Dansk Flugtskydnings Forbund I året 2015 har det ikke været muligt at finde fælles fodslag med DFF, idet DFF ikke har afviklet deres økonomiske udestående med DSkyU på kr. 292.560. Dette har betydet, at DSkyU sidst på året så sig nødaget til at sende DFF til inkasso. Det gav heller ikke noget resultat, så nu er den retslige proces sat i gang og vi afventer resultatet heraf, allerede forhåbentlig i 2016. DSkyU har på baggrund heraf, naturligvis ikke fundet det relevant for nærværende at forholde sig til et fremtidigt samarbejde. UNIONS-kortet Det blev efter afstemning i 2014 gjort frivilligt at indløse dette efter at det i en årrække var at betragte som en licens for at deltage i Unionens aktiviteter. Fortalerne for dette var af den overbevisning, at når det blot var en frivillig ordning og prisen blev reduceret fra kr. 300 til kr. 100, så kom der mange flere. Det har absolut ikke været tilfældet, tværtimod. Der blev i 2015 solgt 359 stk. mod 1.114 stk. i 2014. Dette må kunne gøres bedre, ikke mindst set i lyset af, at indtægterne herfra skulle gå direkte til sektionerne. UNIONS-kortet er blevet til et ”fordelskort”, som udover, at sikre den direkte information fra DSkyU, også gerne skulle indeholde konkurrencer og flere tilbud i året 2016. Vi håber på opbakning og at antallet vil stige da det vil være med til at hjælpe på økonomien. 11 ATK Aldersrelateret Trænings Koncept betyder de tre bogstaver. Den bog, der blev udgivet i 2014 var startskuddet til et nyt og opdateret uddannelsesmateriale, der skal give foreningerne en mere alsidig og målrettet træningsform. Den er ikke kun tiltænkt elite, men er et redskab til at udvikle træningskulturen i foreningerne. Altså nytænkning i foreningerne. Udover at ATK anvendes i Det fælles Uddannelseshus, så skræddersyr Udviklingsudvalget også et ATK kursus for den enkelte forening eller flere foreninger i samarbejde. I 2015 er der afholdt 3 kurser og de fortsætter i 2016 og 2017. Team Danmark 2015 blev et flot sports år for alle danske atleter. Det blev til 59 EM og VM medaljer i 17 forskellige sportsgrene. I de olympiske discipliner blev årets målsætning på 111 top 8 placeringer slået. Danmark er dermed verdens femte bedste nation med under 10 millioner indbyggere. Det er gået den rigtige vej med vores skytter i 2015, vi har i skrivende stund 3 nationspladser til OL i Rio, samt præsteret en masse gode resultater ude i verden. De tre skytter er allerede udtaget og kan koncentrere sig om forberedelserne til OL 2016. Skytterne er: Torben Grimmel, riffel 50m, liggende Jesper Hansen, skeet Stine Nielsen, luftriffel 10m Der findes en lang række andre navne i blandt de 18-20 skytter som er i Team Danmark truppen, elite og talent som udvikler sig. Vi har rykket hele eliten et hak opad og er i nærheden af medaljer eller vinder dem med hjem, når vi deltager ved de store internationale stævner. Dette kan ikke lade sig gøre uden god opbakning fra Team Danmark, DIF, et DSkyU eliteprojekt med velkvalificerede og dedikerede personer, samt alle vores skytter som arbejder hårdt for dette, og hele det øvrige bagland, der er rundt omkring i landet. De foreninger som har velfungerende ungdomsafdelinger også dem som leverer talenterne. I 2015 fik vi både ny konsulent og direktør at skulle arbejde sammen med. Det er jo altid med lidt spænding. Vi så frem til samarbejdet med Direktør Lone Hansen og konsulent Kenneth Heiner – Møller. Hvis vi havde nogle bekymringer, så er de gjort til skamme og jeg må sige, der var rigtige mange positive indtryk fra den nye besætning i Team Danmark, som DSkyU arbejder sammen med. DSkyU ser frem til det fremtidige samarbejde på dette område. DIF (Danmarks Idrætsforbund) DIF´s årsmøde foregik den 9. maj 2015 i Brøndby. Her blev Niels Nygaard genvalgt som formand for DIF for en ny 2 årig periode. Der var ingen modkandidater. Repræsentantskabet vedtog også DIF´s nye politiske katalog 2015-2020 – BEVÆGER DANMARK. Det handler om at fremme idrætsdeltagelse, fremme betydningen i samfundet, skabe idrætstilbud med høj kvalitet, udvikle frivilligheden i idrætten, mangfoldighed og visioner med elite og talentarbejde. Dette kan læses i sin fulde længde på DIF´s hjemmeside. www.dif.dk/da/om_dif/politik Der er blevet oprettet en central taskforce i DIF som skal arbejde med at varetage idrættens interesser på nationalt niveau og med rådgivning af udvalgte kommuner om idrættens fysiske rammer. Niels Nygaard kom med en klar opfordring til politikerne om at få tænkt behovet for idrætsfaciliteter ind, når kommunerne planlægger byudvikling. I forbindelse med DIF`s nye politiske program skal der implementeres en omlægning af den økonomiske fordelingsnøgle. Der er nedsat en arbejdsgruppe som i samarbejde med DIF’s bestyrelse arbejder hårdt på et færdigt oplæg som meget gerne skal kunne fremlægges på årsmødet 30. april 2016. Første udkast blev fremlagt i december under navnet – ”Mere idræt for pengene”. Den nuværende fordelingsnøgle forsvandt med udgangen af 2015. Altså 2015 var sidste år med indrapportering. Den erstattes af en ny støttestruktur bestående af grundstøtte, stratetisk og initiativstøtte. Hvilken indflydelse det får på DIF’s tilskud til DSkyU vides ikke med sikkerhed. Den stratetiske støtte, som bliver 4-årig er den afgørende faktor, men det bliver på andre præmisser end i dag. Vi skal være med fra start, også selvom vi er sikret 90 % af det tilskud, vi får i 2017 i årene 2018 og 2019. Det materiale vi har set fra DIF indtil nu, gør at vi skal have arbejdshandskerne på og løst vores egen struktur og have vores politik program helt på plads så vi hurtigst muligt kan være på plads til de nye tiltag i DIF. Det bliver hårdt arbejde og vi skal i gang straks efter dette repræsentantskabsmøde. 12 Der vil i fremtiden blive stillet større krav til os som specielforbund, altså mere idræt for de penge vi modtager fra DIF. DIF´s store idrætskongres blev afholdt 5. – 7. februar i Brøndby, hvor man blandt andet kunne høre talere som IOC´s præsident Thomas Bach, samt HKH kronprins Frederik og den daværende kulturminister Marianne Jelved. I forbindelse med kongressen var der etableret en EXPO hvor alle deltagere af kongressen kunne snuse lidt til de aktiviteter som DIF udbyder i deres 61 specialforbund. DSkyU var også med og kunne præsentere en stand med det elektroniske Scatt system. Dansk Supermarked, der består af kæderne Netto, Bilka, Føtex og Salling donerede 30 millioner kroner til danske OL ambitioner for at give de danske atleter i samarbejde med Team Danmark og Danmarks Idrætsforbund optimale betingelser frem til OL 2016. Pengene, der er den største enkeltstående donation givet til dansk idræt nogensinde skal anvendes til: 1. Bedre træningsforhold og målrettet international konkurrencedeltagelse i 2015-2016. 2. Optimalt materiel og udstyr til udvalgte olympiske sportsgrene. 3. Atletstipendier til potentielle OL-medaljekandidater. 4. Talentudvikling i dansk eliteidræt. 5. High perfomance-faciliteter i Rio under OL. DGI skydning DSkyU er i samarbejde med DGI Skydning på flere punkter. Det er ganske positiv. 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