European Fencing Confederation Confédération Européenne d Escrime 28.05.2012 Information Letter no. 23-2012 Dear Member Federation, attached are our information for the Championships in Legnano. Please take very careful note of these details. Regards from Bratislava U-23 Championships, Max Geuter General Secretariate General Secretariate Postfach 1138 D-82 179 Groebenzell-Muenchen Email: secretariate@eurofencing.info www.eurofencing.info
European Senior Championships 2012 Legnano (Italy) 14-20 June 2012 INFORMATION for DELEGATIONS I Officials and designated referees PICOT Patrick FRA President of Directoire technique KRALIK Julius SVK Member of Directoire technique VESELKO Dumitrov SRB Member of Directoire technique CECCHINATO Alessandro ITA Member of Directoire technique FIORE Antonio ITA Medical Commission delegate RIKHTMAN Semen RUS SEMI Commission delegate FERJANI Salah TUN FIE Referee s Commission delegate II Programme of the events 14 June 14 June 08h00 11h00 18h00 18h00 Start of initial weapon control Delivery of accreditation cards and athletes presence confirmation in official hotel and on the venue DT Meeting Meeting of referees Posting of pools 1
15 June Sabre men ind. Epee women ind. Individual 16 June Foil men ind. Sabre women ind Individual 17 June Epee women Sabre men Teams 18 June Foil women Epee men Individual 19 June Foil men Sabre women Teams 20 June Foil women Epee men Teams NB: detailed schedule will be published every day for following day by 16h00 except the first day. Preliminary fights in pools and direct elimination tables fight will be fenced in 3 halls at PalaBOrsani. Semi-finals and finals will be fenced at Legnano Visconteo Castle requiring certain time for changing venues therefore quarterfinals should end by 17h00 at latest. The organisers will provide appropriate transport for fast moving of participants to the venue of finals. On line results on Internet will be provided by Ophardt Team from main coloured pistes and 8 pistes of Direct elimination. III General rules of Championships The competitions are organised according to FIE Rules in force. IV Confirmation of presence and accreditation 1) Final confirmation of participation at individual and team competitions must be done within delivery of accreditation cards (further only AC); this proceeding replaces any kind of confirmation of presence at the DT. The AC will be distributed only to head of delegations, following FULL payment of fees Registration fee per individual fencer: 40 EUR Referee fee per individual fencer: 60 EUR 2
Registration fee per team: and EFC membership fees. 400 EUR 2) The accreditation of fencers must be done not later than the day before concerned competition by 12h00. The inscription must be done in accordance to FIE rule o.54 (7 days before the first competition of the Championships.) 3) Competition management and accreditation procedure will be handled by Ophardt team. V Individual competitions Will be posted: 1) at 13h00 the day before the event a) List of participants by country b) List of participants by FIE ranking 2) 15h00 is deadline for possible complaints or giving up from competition to be submitted to the DT. No changes will be carried out after deadline. 3) at 16h00 will be posted a) Final version of pools b) Detailed schedule of competitions, pistes and time assignment for the next day c) Formula of the competition - on screens and on the wall - in boxes of delegations - in official hotels (little bit later) 4) Criteria for initial ranking of fencers 1. FIE ranking 2. The places of non ranked fencers will be randomly drawn. VI Team competitions 1) Initial ranking of teams will be established upon current FIE teams ranking 2) The places of non ranked teams will be randomly drawn 3) Any modification concerning teams composition must be presented to the DT by 13h00 the day before the competition. VII - Venue Only concerned fencers, referees and piste personnel are entitled to enter inside of barriers. At Direct elimination phase also one coach per fencer can enter during one minute break between 3 minutes rounds. 3
Fencers have to keep their bags closed at the end of the piste during their fighting of matches. Fencers and referees are entitled to enter inside of barriers to indicated pistes 10 minutes before the start of fights VIII Information points The main mean of information will be several plasmas, installed on the venue. In a hall also information and results will be posted on the wall. IX Results confirmation 1) Responsibility lies with the fencers at verifying results of pools and bout sheets of direct elimination in order to control correct registration of results. Several screens and posted documents will allow prompt control of results. 2) In order to avoid some mistakes DT will publish results of pools and list of qualified and eliminated fencers after pools. Any complaint should be brought to DT within a deadline of 5 minutes after published results. 3) No calls by microphone will be used. X - Organisation of direct elimination table 1) The fencers should be present in call room 10 minutes before indicated time schedule. 2) The winners of T 64 should immediately join the call room in order to deliver their equipment for the control preceding their next bouts. 3) Special places for coaches at direct elimination will be prepared, which will be used from the beginning of competitions and thus will be used also at pools and team events by the fencers. 4
XI - Organisation of the transport Use the online form to register your competing team for airport pickup. The only airport from and to pickups are provided is Milano Malpensa from 0800 to 2000. Registration deadline for airport pickups is June 1, 2012. Required fields are marked with *. Direct Link: http://www.legnano2012.eu/?q=register-for-transportation XII Special offer RGMD, medical company providing physiotherapy services, was present in Catania and will also be in Legnano at PalaBorsani. They will provide free physiotherapy to the athletes which will require so. XIII - Hotels To ensure a pleasant staying during the European Fencing Championships "Legnano 2012," the organisers suggest following (official) hotels: Visit the UNA Hotel website: http://www.unahotels.it/it/una_hotel_malpensa/hotel_malpensa.htm Room types and rates Double Room/Single use 90,00 Double Room /Twin beds 100,00 Triple Room 130,00 Prices must be considered per night per room and include breakfast. Booking Contact UNA Hotel Malpensa via Turati, 84 5
20023 Cerro Maggiore (MI) PH. +39 0331 513111 - FAX +39 0331 513112 E-MAIL: a.fabiano@unahotels.it ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hotel Le Robinie Visit the Hotel Le Robinie website Room types and rates Double Room/Single use 62,00 Double Room /Twin beds 82,00 Prices must be considered per night per room and include breakfast. Booking Contact Hotel Le Robinie Via per Busto Arsizio, 9 21058 Solbiate Olona (VA) PH. 0331 329260 - FAX 0331 620887 E-MAIL: bassi@lerobinie.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Legnano Hotels Association 6
Room types and rates ** star Hotels *** star Hotels **** star Hotels Single Room 40/45 55 60 Double Room/Twin beds 60 70 75 Triple Room 75 90 100 Prices must be considered per night per room and include breakfast. Booking Contact Please send all your booking requests to the following E-mail address: booking.hotellegnano@gmail.com Legnano Hotels Association List of Hotels ** star Hotels Hotel Al Corso (Visit Website) Hotel Cristallo (Visit Website) 7
Hotel Roma (Visit Website) Please send all your booking requests to the following E-mail address: booking.hotellegnano@gmail.com *** star Hotels Hotel Antico Madonna (Visit Website) Hotel Domus Expo (Visit Website) Hotel 2C (Visit Website) Hotel Mito (Visit Website) Hotel Pagoda (Visit Website) Please send all your booking requests to the following E-mail address: booking.hotellegnano@gmail.com **** star Hotels Hotel Dei Giardini (Visit Website) Hotel Del Riale (Visit Website) Hotel Mediterraneo (Visit Website) Hotel Poli (Visit Website) Hotel Scia on Martin (Visit Website) Hotel Welcome (Visit Website) Please send all your booking requests to the following E-mail address: booking.hotellegnano@gmail.com All listed hotels will be covered by a shuttle service at scheduled times to and from the competition places. Only people having the accreditation badges will be allow to use the service. The time schedule will be exposed at hotels reception. Directoire Technique of Championships 2012 in Legnano. 8