FITA INFO Newsletter Coaches Committee February 2008 This Month's Headlines Meeting in Cairo (EGY) – 16-17 February 2008 The FITA Coaches Committee met at the FITA Middle East COACHES COMMITTEE Archery Centre (MEAC) right after the African Meeting in Cairo in February Championships and Continental Qualification Tournament to ARCHERY ON THE WEB the Olympic Games. This opportunity was also used to 115,000 Views on Youtube! conduct a Level 1 Coaching Course for the African Coaches Messages from the Athletes who attended this tournament. This course was open to ANTI-DOPING other countries; one participant from Greece used this Communication of Sanctions opening (see below). Registered Testing Pool DEVELOPMENT New President for FAA Resignation of R. Baudrillart FITA MEAC Activities Training Camp and FAA CQT Judges Seminar in Cairo Level 1 Coaching Course Italian Olympic Preparation Archery developing in Tunisia MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS Updates on Contacts EVENTS Videos on Nimes Indoor 2008 World Festival in Las Vegas Guatemala World Ranking European Championships 2008 World Cup Stages 2008 Paralympic Games 2008 From left to right: Pascal Colmaire (FITA), Nino Oddo (ITA), Ken Bearman (GBR), and Kim Hyung-Tak (KOR) World Masters Games 2009 Youth Olympic Games 2010 On the agenda of the Coaches Committee Meeting were: RESULTS World Records 2008 Budget 1400 Club FITA Level 2 Coaches curriculum CONSITUTION & RULES Status on the Coaching Observation Guide Rule Book Analyze of the Coaching Course under progress Erratum Proposals for the location and contents of the 4th New Bylaw FITA Coaches conference Revision of the Level 1 Curriculum CALENDAR Master Coaches Continuing Education HIGHLIGHTS Coaching Certification See page 15 Electronic Coaching Education Communication and next meeting Partners & Associates See page 16 A full report is available on www.archery.org in the section Development/News/26 February 2008. The planning of this meeting including the conduct of a course held at the MEAC was an excellent thing on many points. This practical part has mainly allowed exchanges on the program and the conduct of such training. Page 2 FITA INFO 02/08 Archery on the Web More than 115,000 Views on Youtube! The archery videos of the International Archery Federation (FITA) were launched on Youtube at the end of December 2007. The initial objective of reaching a minimum of 100,000 views surpassed our expectations on Friday 22 European Indoor Championship February 2008. Then 115,000 visits were noted at noon 3-9 March 2008 on 25 February. The rhythm is about 3,000 visits a day. Here are the details: Videos Uploaded: 65 Video Views: 115’073 Channel Views: 13’575 Subscribers: 230 World Ranking Event 30 April-7 May 2008 More on www.archery.tv . Messages from the Athletes To prepare the World Cup 2008 FITA has asked some of the best archers to share their 2007 year and their hopes for European Outdoor Championships 2008. These interviews are 12-17 May 2008 being published on the FITA homepage www.archery.org starting with Compound Women World Cup Winner Petra Ericsson (SWE). Anti-Doping World University Championships 7-20 July 2008 Communication of Sanctions The archer Mr Juan Artola Ayestaran (ESP) has been sanctioned by the Disciplinary Commission of the Royal Archery Federation of Spain as follows: 3 months ineligibility, as of 28 January 2008. This decision has led to the disqualification of the Athlete’s results in the 2007 Trofeo Ciudad de Lleida. Olympic Games 8-16 August 2008 The archer Mr Luis Miguel de la Torre Arranz (ESP) has been sanctioned by the Disciplinary Commission of the Royal Archery Federation of Spain as follows: 3 months ineligibility, as of 19 December 2007. This decision has led European Masters Games to the disqualification of the Athlete’s results in the 2007 29 August-9 September 2008 Trofeo Ciudad de Lleida. Registered Testing Pool The FITA Registered Testing Pool of those athletes who are required to provide whereabouts information to FITA has been updated in order to take into account the 8 archers that have obtained a quota place for their country at the Oceania and Africa Olympic Continental Qualification Tournaments respectively held in New Zealand in January, and in Egypt in February. Field World Championships 1-6 September 2008 These athletes are: Page 3 FITA INFO 02/08 Men: Women: Michael NARAY (AUS) Jade LINDSAY (AUS) Joseph, Walter MUAAUSA (SAM) Jane WALLER (AUS) Mohamed Amr GHANEM (EGY) Amira MANSOUR (EGY) Calvin HERTLEY (RSA) Fatine OUADOUDI (MAR) The updated Registered Testing Pool is valid as of 1 April Paralympic Games 2008. It can be downloaded on www.archery.org in the 6-17 September 2008 section Anti-Doping/Registered Testing Pool. Development World Sport For All Games New President for the Federation of African Archery 26 September-2 October 2008 At the latest FAA Congress held in Cairo during the African Championship and Continental Qualifying Tournament, Andrew Omalla (UGA) has been elected President of the International Archery Federation Maison du Sport International Federation of African Archery (FAA). Avenue de Rhodanie 54 1007 Lausanne - Switzerland Phone: +41 (0)21 614 30 50 He takes over Konrad van Warmelo (RSA) who has been 13 Fax: +41 (0)21 614 30 55 years at the head of this Continental Archery Association. Email: [email protected] Konrad has expressed his pleasure to leave the African archery in a much better shape than when he took the presidency of the FAA. Konrad Van Warmelo and Andrew Omalla Andrew Omalla, a well known former International Judge, who had been appointed to several major events including Olympic Games, was surprised to be elected with so many votes. He has a lot of dreams for the African Archery. Andrew has appointed Ganeshan Chettiar (MRI) as the Secretary General of the FAA. Best wishes to both of them! Resignation of Renaud Baudrillart as FITA Development Agent in Oceania For facing new challenges, Renaud resigned from the position of FITA Development Agent for the Oceania in February 2008. Renaud took this job in April 2007. He went to some islands where he helped them during more than one month to increase their archery standards and structure. Renaud’s services and performance were well appreciated. FITA is consulting the Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) and the Oceania Archery Confederation (OAC) to consider his replacement. Page 4 FITA INFO 02/08 FITA Middle East Archery Centre Activities February was a busy month at the FITA Middle East Archery Centre (MEAC) with a training camp for various African countries, a Judging Course, the African Championship and Continental Qualification Tournament for the Olympic Games, a meeting of the FITA Coaches Committee (see above), a Coaching Course and a training camp for the Italian pre-Olympic team. In March the following National Teams are scheduled: Finland, Hungary and Poland. Training camp, African Championships and Continental Qualification Tournament After the successful partnership between FIDTA (Fondation Internationale de Tir à l’Arc), “Justice for Athlete” and FITA allowing the highest number of Latin-Americans ever to take part to the 2006 World Youth Championship in Merida (Mexico), a new project has been implemented in February 2008. These three parties decided to help archers from Africa in preparing and attending their Continental Championship, which was also their Qualifying Tournament to the 2008 Olympic Games. The preparation was organized through a two week training camp in the FITA Middle East Archery Centre (MEAC), located in Cairo (Egypt). One female archer, one male archer and one coach were invited to this camp run by the new MEAC Coach, Mr Mun Baek Woon. All their expenses were paid: travel, visa, local transport, hotel, meals and training expenses. This camp was hold just before a twofold tournament: the Championship of Africa and the Continental Qualifying Tournament to the 2008 Olympic Games. This event was also organized in Wadi Degla Sporting Club, where is located the FITA MEAC. It was the best ever archery tournament organized in Africa! Congratulations to Mr Aladin GABR, President of the Egyptian Archery Federation and his organizing team! Due to the above described assistance, it has been the biggest Archery African Championship ever. Furthermore the three top women and men met the Minimum Qualifying Score for the 2008 Olympic Games; something never seen in Africa! Without the tremendous assistance of Justice for Athletes, such achievements would never have been possible; hence our deepest thanks to this foundation. See the results on the tournament website: www.faaarchery2008.com . Page 5 FITA INFO 02/08 Judges Seminar in Cairo (EGY) – 5-13 February 2008 The seminar was held in conjunction with the 7th Federation of African Archery Continental Championship and Continental Qualification Tournament taking place at the Middle East Archery Centre in Cairo. From left to right: Dr Ahmed Koura, Mr Ahmed Roushdy, Dr Konrad van Warmelo (Seminar presenter and Judge Chairman of the competition), Mr Osama El Sherbiny, Mrs Charmaine Ho (FAA Continental Judge), Mr Ahmed Moustafa, Mr Hany Mawgoud, Mr Bouidraren Driss, Mr Paul Zinsou, Mr Hachimi El Hassan. The aim of the seminar was to train aspirant judges from the African continent with the scope of the development of future judges in most Member Associations of the FAA. Participants: Mr Paul Zinsou (Benin) Dr Ahmed Kelmy Koura (Egypt) Mr Ahmed Moustafa (Egypt) Mr Ahmed Salah Roushdy (Egypt) Mr Hany Abedi Mawgoud (Egypt) Mr Osama El Sherbiny (Egypt) Mr Ganeshan Chettiar (Mauritius) Mr Hachimi Moulay El Hassan (Morocco) Mr Bouidraren Driss (Morocco) Expert: Professor Konrad van Warmelo (FITA International Judge Emeritus) The attendees and presenter were satisfied with the content of the seminar and the experience gained. However some attendees were inexperienced and need further exposure to practical judging.