FITA INFO Newsletter Important Message May 2008 This Month's Headlines To all Member Associations IMPORTANT MESSAGE The FITA Executive Committee at its meeting in Antalya has To all Member Associations decided that any entry later than 3 days before the team TV RIGHTS captains meeting for a FITA World Cup or World Exclusive Broadcaster in Korea Championships will be refused if no preliminary entry and/or FITA HEADQUARTERS final entry were made before. This decision cannot be Maternity Leaves appealed by the teams and is fully in compliance with the FITA DEVELOPMENT AGENT current FITA rules and article 3.7.1.2. Entries after the Oceania welcomes Mrs Mahuk deadlines are subject to penalties as clearly written in the WOMEN IN FITA COMMITTEE rule book and the invitation documents of World Cups and IOC World Conference World Championships. FITA IMAP COMMITTEE Meeting in Antalya on 1 June FIDTA TV Rights Meeting in Lausanne on 22 May THE ROAD TO THE GAMES MBC is Exclusive Broadcaster for Archery in Korea U.S. Olympic Team Trials FITA has signed an exclusive contract with MBC Korea for Selection of Host Country Team the Archery World Cup and World Championships. Europe Qualification Tournament Confirmed Athletes For the Korean territory, MBC will have exclusive access to Final Qualification Tournament highlights, world feeds and extended footage of three stages Archers training at FITA MEAC of the Archery World Cup and the Archery World Cup Final in WORLD RECORDS 2008. The exclusivity is for terrestrial, cable, satellite and Six New World Records! DMB to mobile phones. The access to news and internet ONLINE REGISTRATION images remains non-exclusive. Reminder CLEAN SPORT MBC Korea is also appointed as the Host Broadcaster for the Registered Testing Pool Archery World Championship 2009 in Ulsan, Korea. FITA MEAC Easton Donation Read the complete press release in the section Level 1 Coaching Camp “News/Archives/2008 News List/23 May” of our website. DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA National Structure in Niger CHA, CMR, CIV, GUI, TOG, BEN FITA Headquarters Youth in Morocco ARCHREY IN SOUTH AMERICA Maternity Leaves Olympic Solidarity Course The FITA Office is pleased to announce that Jean Burnat will Archery School in Guatemala replace Caroline Murat during her maternity leave. Jean will Spain assists Paraguay be working for FITA from 2 June 2008 until January 2009. JUDGES AND COACHES He will be responsible for the accounting and other financial Seminar in Bangladesh matters, and he will report to the Secretary General. EVENTS European Championships Jean will also assist the other departments, since Deqa World Cup Stage 3 Hussen from the Development Department will also be on European Junior Championships maternity leave in the same period. MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS Tunisia applies for Membership He has already done some work for the FIDTA (International Colombia looking for a Coach Foundation for Archery Development) in the closing of the FAQ ON C&R accounts. Scoring Page 2 FITA INFO 05/08 FITA Development Agent CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS See page 16 Oceania welcomes Mary Estelle Mahuk Following the departure of Mr Renaud Baudrillart, FITA in Partners & Associates collaboration with OAC and ONOC opened a position for a See page 17 new Development Agent. Three candidates were pre- selected. After serious study, Mrs Mary Estelle Mahuk from Vanuatu was chosen for this position. Mary Estelle will start working as of 1 June 2008. Mary Estelle Mahuk is from Vanuatu and she is Juan E. Barrios Cup (WRT) a teacher in sport and 3-9 June 2008 physical education. She is married to John Mahuk from Papua New Guinea and they have two children—one boy and one girl. 2nd Asian Grand Prix (WRT) Mary Estelle has already 10-16 June 2008 a large Sport experience in Oceania. Below are some of her positions and experiences. She was the Sports World Cup Stage 4 Development Officer with 23-28 June 2008 Vanuatu National Olympic Committee for seven years. In this position she did the following: Assisting affiliated National Federations Coordinating VASANOC Solidarity programs and World University Championships programs from Australian Sports Commission such as 7-20 July 2008 “Pacific Junior Program” and Oceania Sports Education (OSEP) Editor of VASANOC website Various games in the administration, logistical support and collecting results President of Vanuatu Disable Sport (VANDISPORT) and National Coaches Olympic Games Secretary General of ONOC Athletes Commission 8-16 August 2008 Ambassador of ONOC Anti-Doping Agency (ORADO) Selecting committee for “All Rounder Sports Scholarship” University of South Pacific Secretary General of Port Vila Athletics League European Masters Games Member of various organizing committees in Vanuatu 29 August-9 September 2008 (e.g. “Round Island Relay”) Secretary General of IUPA Athletics Club Mary Estelle will attend one month of Archery education at the FITA Middle East Archery Centre, then should be able to provide a great assistance to the archery family in Oceania. FITA would like to welcome Mrs Mary Estelle Mahuk in the archery family and wishes her best success! Field World Championships 1-6 September 2008 Page 3 FITA INFO 05/08 Women in FITA Committee IOC World Conference on Women and Sport With the topic "Sport as a vehicle for social change", the 4th IOC World Conference on Women and Sport was organized by the IOC in partnership with the Jordan Olympic Committee. It was held in Dead Sea, Jordan, on 8-10 March Paralympic Games 6-17 September 2008 2008, under the patronage of their Majesties King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Our Women in FITA Coordinator Evelyn Papadopoulou (right on the photo) attended this meeting, along with other 600 delegates from 160 worldwide countries. World Sport For All Games 26 September-2 October 2008 The 4th IOC World Conference opened with speeches of His Royal Prince Feisal bin Al Hussein, President of Jordan International Archery Federation Maison du Sport International Olympic Committee, Anita L. DeFrantz, Chairperson of IOC Avenue de Rhodanie 54 Women and Sport Commission, Dr Jacques Rogge, President 1007 Lausanne - Switzerland Phone: +41 (0)21 614 30 50 of International Olympic Committee. They also handed out Fax: +41 (0)21 614 30 55 the Awards of the 2008 IOC Women and Sport at the Email: [email protected] beginning of the Opening Ceremony. The 2008 IOC Award winners are: Evelyn Papadopoulou and His Royal Prince Feisal bin Al-Hussein Africa: Ana Paula Dos Santos (Angola) America: Abby Hoffman (Canada) Asia: Ling Wei (China) Europe: Stefska Konstandinova (Bulgaria) Oceania: Debbie Watson (Australia) Worldwide: Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said (Malaysia) The 37 presentations given in the 2-day workshops were moderated by members of the IOC and the IOC Women and Sport Commission. The sessions’ summary and the presentations of final recommendations were made by Mrs Anita L. DeFrantz and HRH Prince Feisal bin Al-Hussein. FITA IMAP Committee Meeting in Antalya The Image Media and Archery Presentation (IMAP) Committee members met on the occasion of the World Cup Stage 3 in Antalya on Sunday 1 June 2008. More on the outcome of this meeting will be published in the next FITA INFO (end of June). International Foundation for the Development of Archery Meeting in Lausanne On 22 May 2008 the Board of the International Foundation for the Development of Archery (FIDTA) held a meeting at the FITA office in Lausanne with the participation of Dr Ugur Erdener (President), Mr Tom Dielen (Secretary), Mr Paul Paulsen (Vice President), Mr Giuseppe Cinnirella (Treasurer), Mr Jim Easton (Member), Mr Pascal Colmaire (FITA Development Director) and Ms Deqa Hussen (FITA Development Coordinator). Important decisions were taken during this meeting concerning the development projects 2008/2009: a) Olympic Games 2008 preparation of +/- 10 athletes requiring specific assistance b) Master Coaches Education awarded to COPARCO for 2008, co-funded by Olympic Solidarity c) Mediterranean camp co-funded by Justice for Athletes for 2 archers and 1 coach per Mediterranean countries with needs Page 4 FITA INFO 05/08 Further information will follow on the outcome of the above projects through the FITA INFO newsletter and/or the FITA website. The Road to the Games U.S. Olympic Archery Team Trials On Monday 5 May the National Archery Association of the United States (USA Archery) announced the final selection of the Olympic Team selected for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The selected athletes are: Men Women ELLISON Brady NICHOLS Jennifer JOHNSON Butch LORIG Khatuna WUNDERLE Vic More information on USA Archery website: www.usarchery.org Selection of Host Country Archers The Chinese Archery Association has informed us of their Olympic Team members list for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. This list is based on the national selection competition, but the federation is still waiting for the final confirmation from the Chinese Olympic Committee: Men Women XUE Haifeng ZHANG Juanjuan JIANG Lin CHEN Ling LI Wenquan GUO Dan Continental Qualification Tournament The following athletes have won places for their countries at the European Qualification Tournament in Vittel, France, on 15 May: Men Women GIROUILLE Romain (FRA) SATIR Zekiye Keskin (TUR) ABRAMOV Andrey (RUS) STRUYF Sabrina (BEL) VAN DER HOFF Ron (NED) PSARRA Evangelia (GRE) Confirmed Athletes for the Olympic Games Men Women Australia: KIM Na Huel (Sky) Australia: FEENEY Alexandra (Lexie) GRAY Matthew WALLER Jane NARAY Michael Bhutan: DEMA Dorji Bhutan: PELJOR