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2008 IAU World Championships Switzerland - July 7.-12. |
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Written by Chris Aston
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From July 7.-12. three Swiss municipalities - Sulgen, Berg and Weinfelden- in the canton of Thurgau will host the International Crossbow-shooting Union's 14th World Championships.
ATHLETES FROM 19 NATIONS, including Chinese Taipei ROC (Taiwan), are taking part in contests to decide World titles in three IAU disciplines – 30 meter ‘Match’, 10 meter ‘Match’ and 'Field' crossbow shooting. The events will be covered by Swiss Sport TV, and the Sulgen organizing committee has commissioned a 50 minute World Championships DVD which has been part-sponsored by the IAU.
The main focus for the World Championships will be Sulgen where the 30m Match World Championships will be held alongside the 20th Thurgau Crossbow Shooting Festival (July 3.-13). The Swiss Crossbow Festival is the high-point of the national calendar and will attract over 1,000 competitors from all over Switzerland.
The IAU Executive Committee and I wish all competitors and officials a safe journey to Switzerland and successful results at the World Championships. It promises to be a fantastic week of crossbow sport in Sulgen-Berg-Weinfelden.
Chris Aston, IAU President
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News from the IAU President |
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Written by Chris Aston
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RESTRUCTURING OF THE IAU - Following meetings at the 06 World Championships in Steyr, Austria the Executive Committee and I have been working to develop a new, modern and more streamlined organizational structure for the IAU. As a result, the Delegates at the EGA in Sulgen SUI will be invited to approve NEW IAU STATUTES which, if adopted, will represent the next step towards the complete restructuring of the IAU, along the lines of an internet-based organization.
 IAU Statutes 2008 (Proposed)
WCSA President
JOHN BINGHAM
will be in Sulgen as
a Guest of the IAU
IAU-WCSA RELATIONS - We have taken steps to re-unite the organizational split that resulted in the loss of members from 2 continents in 2002/3. In October 2006 the IAU Executive Committee reached an agreement with the WORLD CROSSBOW SHOOTING ASSOCATION WCSA which, if a number of proposals on the Agenda at the Sulgen EGA are approved, could result in re-unification by 2010. This being so, I believe that international crossbow shooting will then have a realistic chance of recognition by GAISF/AGFIS by 2012.
IAU-WCSA Agreement 2006
NEW DEVELOPMENTS - In order to aid the development the IAU’s championships programme for combined 'Match' and 'Field' events, thanks to the co-operation of the Netherlands Crossbow Federation NKB, there now exists an affordable solution for organizers of 30m MATCH-CROSSBOW events – a lightweight portable rail-driven target system to hire or purchase from the NKB.
We are also proposing the introduction of an IAU WORLD RANKING SYSTEM which, with the co-operation of local organizing committees, could see crossbow-shooting – Match and Field – become a major international target shooting series. Both of these developments are the result of work done by the IAU’s Vice President for Europe Frans Fakkers.
IAU Presidents Report 2006-08
Chris Aston
IAU President
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IAU EGA Sulgen SUI July,9 |
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Written by Chris Aston
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Venue:
LOEWEN HOTEL RESTAURANT
Hauptstrasse 27, CH-8583 Sulgen TG Switzerland
Meeting starts 16:00 hrs
ATTENTION ALL EGA DELEGATES
PLEASE DOWNLOAD THESE FILES
AND BRING THEM TO SULGEN>>>
Agenda
Guidelines
Minutes Steyr 2006
IAU Secretary General's Report 2006-08
Proposals
Location map
The main purpose of the EGA is to Elect a NEW IAU PRESIDENT (interim 2008-10). The two candidates are:
 GERARD BOUTTEVILLE
nominated by FFTir France
BOUTTEVILLE PRESS RELEASE
Sporting CV of G.Boutteville
CHRISTIAN VETTERLI
nominated by EASV Switzerland
VETTERLI PRESS RELEASE
Sporting CV of C.Vetterli
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