Dear sport friends,

You are reminded to submit first entry form for 5th INAS FID Open European Athletics Championships 2010, Varazdin, Croatia.
Dead line for submitting first entry was 31st January 2010. However, because of small number of received entries we are extending the deadline for submitting first entry forms on 19th February 2010.

Till today we have received first entry form from 9 countries: Hong Kong - China, Greece, Turkey, Netherlands, Germany, Finland, Italy, Ukraine and Croatia

Best regards.

Ticijan Komparic,prof.
Secretary General of NPC Croatia

London 2012Paralympics participation of INAS-FID Athletes.

Athletics (T20):
Track: Men and Women:
1500 metres
Field: Men and Women:
Shot put
Long Jump

Swimming (S14)
Men and Women:
200m Free
100m Back
100m Breast

Table Tennis and Rowing are not available yet

Further information at:

http://www.paralympic.org/Paralympic_Games/London_2012/Qualification_Criteria/index.html

IMPORTANT NOTICE

The deadline for the second entry form (15th May)put in the programme published on the Inas-Fid website is too near to the event (15 June), and it could be a problem for the organization - hotels, transports, communication...
Therefore, the deadline for the first entry form/entry fee is now the 15th of March and the deadline for the second entry form/entry fee is now the 15th April.


Contact address:
LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Via Macaggi , 25/6
16121 Genova - Italy
Tel.: +39 0106522678 ; +39 392 9274806
Fax: +39 010 6429839 ;
E-mail: loano@liguria2010.it
All the informations and all the documents will be available on the
official website of the competition www.liguria2010.it

2009 Report and looking forward to 2010

I am writing to you all to share my feelings for what has been a full and exciting year.

The most exciting news of 2009 was our re-admission to the IPC programme and the prospect of the participation of our athletes in the 2012 Paralympics. Thanks go to the INAS-FID team at the IPC General Assembly led by Dr Bob Price our President. It was also good to see that Nick Parr one of the INAS-FID Europe Executive Committee was a member of that successful team.

Our vision to enable all elite athletes with intellectual disability to access competitions of excellence, giving due regard to their rights for equality, is now closer to its goal. Our competition programme in Europe in 2009, and looking forward to 2010, shows we are working well to further this objective.

I must express my gratitude to Iceland and the INAS-FID Europe Vice President, Thordur Arni Hjaltested, for insisting that S14 swimmers were invited to the IPC European Swimming Championship. This was a great event and showed all who attended that our swimmers can show all the qualities of an elite athlete with performances that demonstrate their commitment and dedication to their sport.

In addition, Europe has also made a significant contribution to World Championships for INAS-FID by supporting the Czech Republic in staging the 2nd Global Games. Once again members of the INAS-FID Executive and Technical Committees, Alena Erlebachova and Pavel Tilinger were key to the success of this event.

My sincere thanks go to all the INAS-FID Europe Officers in the Executive and Technical Committees. The INAS FID Secretariat is in the capable hands of Marc Truffaut with the support of FFSA. With their help our website continues to flourish at www.INAS-FID-Europe.com

Thanks also to the work of Michel Chopinaud, INAS-FID Europe now have very smart pin badges with the logo for INAS-FID Europe. In addition Michel has Organised Corporate Clothing for the Executive and Technical Committee members. This new INAS-FID Europe clothing will help everyone to identify our team at all future INAS-FID events.

Of course these innovations would not have been possible without the careful management of the INAS-FID Europe accounts by our Treasurer Chris Hindley.

The Programme of Sports Events is co-ordinated by Pavel Tilinger and you know how successful the INAS-FID Europe programme is and, I am sure, will continue throughout 2010.

Of course there are others to whom I owe grateful thanks for helping me to steer INAS-FID Europe through 2009 and all its successes; from Portugal, Fausto Periera and Jose Costa Pereira, from the UK John Ball. Although they have not been mentioned in any specific context their continued support to me in so many ways is extremely valuable.

I look forward to 2010 with the same anticipation and excitement with which I have enjoyed the past three years. I know that with the support of my Executive and Technical Committee members it will be just as enjoyable and rewarding.

Once again it is my intention to attend as many of the European Championships as I am able. On these occasions I know I will enjoy meeting the many talented athletes, their coaches and team support staff that still makes INAS FID Europe such an exciting region.

Finally, in 2010 we will hold our next INAS-FID Europe General Assembly and Conference. Although we have not yet decided on a venue for this I hope it will be an opportunity to meet you all and share your thoughts and ambitions for INAS-FID Europe.

Have a wonderful holiday break. I hope the New Year brings you all that you wish for, personally and for your organisations.

Sincere best wishes,

Geoff Smedley
President
INAS-FID Europe

The next General Assembly will be in November 2010. We will probably meet for this in Paris. Please keep watching for updates

The next executive and technical comitte will take place in Coimbra March 20th - 21st 2010

We are very happy to annonce you that there is a new sport federation for people with ID.Please found the new contact for the italian Federation.

FISDIR
Italian Federation of Sports for Inctellectual and Relational Disabled
Via Flaminia Nuova, 830
00191 Roma
lattanzi@fisdir.it

You want to share your pictures of the Global Games?
Send them to me and I will put them on the website
marct51@ffsa.asso.fr

The GLOBAL GAMES are now finich .Thank you very much to Vilem, Alena and all their team .
You can found all the results on the GLOBAL GAMES website
See you in 2013 in France,Japan or Australia , for the next GLOBAL GAMES

http://www.globalgames09.com/

S14 swimmers are able to compet in the next IPC swimming European championships in Iceland.
Please found here all the details
Hope to see many INAS-FID EU swimmers in Iceland!!!!!!!!

http://www.ifsport.is/ec2009/?yfirf=3