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1 1 von :52 January 2010 Editorial Inside ESC Sports in Europe Fight against Doping ESC Calendar Editorial Dear friends of the European shooting sport! I hope you had a good start in the new year. There is no doubt that 2010 will be a year full of sportive highlights for our sport, our disciplines and our Confederation - thinking of the European Championships 10m in Meraker (NOR), the European Shotgun Shooting Championships in Kazan (RUS) as well as the many other events all across Europe. Especially the 50th ISSF World Championship in Munich (GER) this summer as well as the first Youth Olympic Games in Singapore and the 3rd World University Shooting Championships in Wroclaw (POL), just to name a few major international events 2010, will also be highly important for our European sport shooters. It is really good to see that all these European and international events offer best conditions for a broad and attractive media coverage of our shooters and their sport!

2 2 von :52 Dear friends, enjoy reading this second issue of ESC newsletter! If you have comments, questions or hints regarding this newsletter, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us via newsletter@escsport.eu. Kind regards, Inside ESC - ESC news 2009 published The printed journal "ESC news 2009" was published recently. This magazine looks back to the main sportive events of the European Shooting Confederation in the year 2009 and provides interesting insights and pictures, the complete calendar for all ESC shooting events in 2010 as well as the updated list of ESC officers and their contact addresses all across Europe. The printed magazine is distributed during the shooting events this year and can also be read online here as PDF-file. - Committee Meetings Wiesbaden As reported in the ESC newsletter 12/2009, the members of the Technical Committee under Chairwoman Ghislaine Briez (FRA) met at the ESC Secretariat in snowy Wiesbaden from December, 19th to 20th Topics on the meeting agenda were the reports of the European Cups (rifle and pistol), the reports and information regarding ISSF Committees as well as dates and organisational details (rules, sponsors) of the ECs After their meeting the participants came together for a group picture (see left). >From January 22nd to 23rd 2010, two Sub Committees hold their meetings in Wiesbaden: The members of the Guns Legislation Sub Committee and the Environment Sub Committee came together to officialy start their work and elect the Chairmen of the Committees. Chairman of the Guns Legislation Sub Committee is Jürgen Kohlheim (GER), Chairman of the Environment Sub Committee is Kare Nicolaysen (NOR). From left to right: Vassilios Delios, Manfred Woelke, Ursula Stäuble, Ghislaine Briez, Jadranka Strukic, Claes Johansson, Jörg Brokamp, Christina Ahlstedt and Willi Grill. Both Sub Committees prepared a comprehensive working plan. In a first step and as an additonal service for starters at the World Championship in Munich, the Guns Legislation Sub Committee will compose an information text in English to summarize the German weapon law, especially the transportation of weapons within Germany. This text will be published on escsport.eu and will also be sent out via one of the next ESC newsletters. The Sub Committee 300m already met during the EC finals in Pilsen (CZE) Mr Konrad

3 3 von :52 Jäggi was re-elected as Chairman and Mr Roger Chassat was re-elected as Secretary of the Sub Committee. The next meeting of this Sub Committee will take place in Paris end of February. On this occasion special thanks to Mr Jäggi and his team for their comprehensive and on-time information! - Update of federation's postal and addresses for ESC database ESC Secretariat Wiesbaden kindly asks to send a short notification to office@escsport.eu when postal or addresses of your federation have changed. We can only keep our database up to date with your support. Thank you! Sports in Europe - book review: "Learning Shooting Sports - Archery, Rifle, Pistol" (Barth / Dreilich, 2010) Katrin Barth, a certified teacher with many years of professional experience, and Beate Dreilich, a certified sports instructor and long-time German national coach for sport shooting as well as training coaches in the German Shooting Sport and Archery Federation, recently published the book "Learning Shooting Sport - Archery, Rifle, Pistol" together with the German expert in educational science, Prof. Bernd Barth. Both authors provide a remarkable learn- and-work book for children and teenagers who want to start sport shooting. Beginning with the history of shooting sport and important hints regarding nutrition, relaxation and concentration exercises as well as basic information on archery, rifle and pistol shooting up to exciting brainteasers, the book contains everything an enthusiastic young sport shooter needs. Sammy the Stork accompanies the children on their way through the 150 pages of this informing and interesting book and of course on their way to the responsible, sucessful and age-based shooting sport. For the authors an integral concept was important to train not only the sportive activity but also to gain necessary key qualifications. Beate Dreilich underlines: "I think it is time to present sport shooting as an interesting and inspiring Olympic sport for children and teenagers." The book is also available in German and can be bought for 14,95. Publishing company is "Meyer and Meyer Sport" ( under ISBN International Sport and Culture Association presents workplan 2010

4 4 von :52 The International Sport and Culture Association (ISCA) recently presented its workplan for the year The Copenhagen-based sport organisation aims to bring together sport, culture and youth organisations from around the globe and works especially on the field of crossborder understanding, sport as bearer of cultural identity as well as participation in sport and cultural activities. It was founded in For 2010, the implementation of SANTE, a sport action network for Europe, the 'Sport and Cultures in Dialogue'-Program and the ISCA Youth seminars is planned. More information on the workplan 2010 and the overall activities of ISCA can be found on the ISCA website and in the ISCA Secretary General's statement on youtube. - Preparations for ISSF World Shooting Championship 2010 Munich (GER) The 50th ISSF World Shooting Championship 2010 will take place from 29th July to 11th August 2010 at the Olympic Shooting Range in Munich-Hochbrueck. The organizers will welcome shooters from more than 100 nations and have - at this early date - already received entries. The German Shooting Sport Federation together with its twenty regional shooting federations has a special offer for foreign shooters who want to train in Germany and want to get used to a possible time difference and the climate situation in Germany right before the World Championship starts: These shooters can now book a training stay in the National Olympic Training Centre of the German Shooting Sport Federation or in the other Regional Training Centers in Germany. All venues provide sport shooting facilities on an international level. The press release with an overview of bookable training centers will be published shortly at and will additionally be sent out to all ESC member federations by . Booking must be made directly at the relevant contact person in the training centers! Fight against Doping - International Convention against Doping in Sport The World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) informs that meanwhile 130 countries (out of 193 UNESCO member states) have ratified the International Convention against Doping in Sport. So nearly 90% of the world population is now covered by this Convention: "The UNESCO Convention, which came into force on February 1, 2007, is the practical instrument by which governments formalize their commitment to the fight against doping. Given that many governments cannot be bound by a non-governmental document such as the World Anti-Doping Code (the document harmonizing anti-doping rules in all sports and countries), the Convention permits governments to align their domestic policies with the Code, thus harmonizing the rules governing anti-doping in sport and public legislation. Under UNESCO standards, the International Convention against Doping in Sport has set speed records in terms of preparation, adoption and ratification."

5 5 von :52 - "Play true" special issue for XXI Winter Olympic Games WADA has published a special issue of its flagship magazine, Play True, outlining these roles and presenting members of the IO and Athlete Outreach Teams in Vancouver. Along with regular features, such as editorials from WADA's President John Fahey and Director General David Howman, Play True also contains contributions from the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) on their commitment to anti-doping, as well as a profile of the WADA accredited anti-doping laboratory responsible for analyzing doping control samples collected as part of the Games. The magazine is available online here. ESC Calendar To see the full list of dates, check the ESC calendar here Sub Committee Meeting Wiesbaden (GER): Guns Legislation and Environment ESC Presidium Meeting Meraker (NOR) European Championships Meraker (NOR) European Shotgun Shooting Championships Kazan (RUS) th ISSF World Championship Munich (GER) st Youth Olympic Games Singapore ESC newsletter is published monthly by the European Shooting Confederation. For subscription or unsubscription of this ESC newsletter, please send an to

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