4TH IBSA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AND GAMES ANTALYA 2011- PROGRESS REVIEWED IN RECENT MEETINGS AT IBSA HEAD OFFICE
To ensure the success of the 4th IBSA World Championships and Games, to be held in Antalya, Turkey, from April 1st to 10th 2011, a meeting took place recently at the IBSA head office in Ankara to review plans and progress and make further detailed preparations for the event.
In response to an invitation from Mr Mesut Dedeoğlu, IBSA Secretary General and head of the Antalya 2011 organising committee, Mr Neil O´Donovan, IBSA Development Director and Member of its Games Committee travelled to the Turkish capital to visit the HQ and discuss preparations for the games, which promise to be one of the largest sports events in the world this year.
Also in attendance at the meetings, held over two days, was IBSA Executive Board member Mr Ismail Akiol, also from Turkey.
The IBSA World Championships and Games, IBSA’s showcase event, provides blind and partially sighted sportsmen and sportswomen from around the globe with a platform for elite performance in competition with their peers in a number of sports, demonstrating to the world that they are “Capable of Everything”.
The 4th IBSA World Championships and Games Antalya 2011 follow on from previous successful events in Madrid, Spain (1998), Quebec, Canada (2003) and Sao Paulo, Brazil (2007).
The championship programme features IBSA World Championships in athletics, swimming and powerlifting and IBSA World Games in goalball, judo, futsal B1, futsal B2/B3 and chess. The competitions in athletics, swimming, goalball and judo are part of the qualification process for the 2012 Paralympic Games in London.
Second entry forms for the championships and games must be completed and returned to [email protected] by Saturday January 15th.
Click here to view or download the entry forms and invitation for the 4th IBSA World Championships and Games Antalya 2011.
Click here to visit the official World Championships and Games web site.
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