The European Fencing Confederation
and International Charitable Foundation “For future of fencing” will
financially support the organizers and participants of refereeing exams and seminars
for athletes and coaches
Dear friends of
fencing, dear leaders of the fencing federations of
During May 3-5 of
2006, before the “Foil of Saint-Petersburg” international ladies world cup competition,
the International Fencing Federation (FIE) will organize continental refereeing
exams in Saint-Petersburg. I am extremely pleased to announce that the European
Fencing Confederation (EFC) has decided to render financial support to all the
candidates representing European National Federations who will participate in
the exam for a corresponding refereeing category. The goal of this action is to
assist the development of European fencing through improvement of one of its
key aspects - refereeing.
All the exam
participants will receive grants: every candidate from
With regards to the
next two refereeing exams – in
All the funds for
this program will be allocated from the EFC Refereeing Commission budget.
Moreover, with the
purpose of increasing the qualification of European coaches, the decision has
been taken to organise the series of training seminars. The first will be
organised from May 26-31 in
nvitations for participation
in the seminar have already been sent out to the National Federations of
Austria,
All the expenses of the
participants of this seminar will be paid by the International charitable
foundation “For future of fencing”. That will let to
provide the participation of coaches from more than thirty states of
EFC is also planning to conduct the series of training
camps for the representatives of developing European fencing states – within
the framework of preparing for the continental Championships as well as for
this year’s World Championships – and to continue this experience extending it
in 2007. The camps are planned to be conducted on the base of
“Prague-Lyetnyany” fencing centre, which had been reconstructed with the
participation of the East-European branch of the Foundation “For future of
fencing” (Director – Foundation Board-member Mr. Frantisek JANDA, Czech
Republic) and is open now for exchange of experience between the fencers from
all-over the world.
Detailed plans of joint undertakings and actions of
EFC and Foundation “For future of fencing”, which will be organised on the base
of “Prague-Lyetnyany” centre, will be communicated through the EFC web-site or
an information letter to be sent out to all
European National Federations.
Alisher USMANOV
President
European Fencing Confederation
President Russian
Fencing Federation
Founder of the
International charitable foundation
“For future of
fencing”