CONSEIL EUROPEEN DE LA EUROPEAN COUNCIL OF THE FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF DES LUTTES ASSOCIEES FILA ASSOCIATED WRESTLING STYLES FILA Bulgarie, 1040 Sofia, 75 bld. Vassil Levski tel.: (+359 2) 930 05 19; tel./fax: (+359 2) 988 27 16; www.cela-wrestling.com, e-mail: cela@cela-wrestling.com MINUTES CELA Annual Conference Dortmund, Germany, 28.03.2011 Delegates from 35 national federations are present: Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Cyprus, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kossovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, The following members of the Executive commission of CELA are present : Alexandr Medved, Tzeno Tzenov, Nenad Lalovic, Theodoros Hamakos, Agnieszka Gozdan, Georgy Bryusov, David Marinetti, Georgui Brussov and Andrjei Griboedov The following members of the FILA Bureau are present : Raphael Martinetti, President, Michel Dusson, Gen. Secretary, Matteo Pellicone, vice president, Mikhail Mamiachvili, Csaba Hegedus, Ik Jong Kim, Akhroldjan Ruziev. Officials present: Ulrich Sierau, mayor of Dortmund, Manfred Werner, President of the German Wrestling Federation, Karl Martin Dittmann, Gen. Secretary of the Federation. OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE opens the 34 th annual conference of the European wrestling council calling to mind that already for 3 decades FILA and CELA are working hand in hand for the promotion of wrestling in Europe and expressing his conviction that their cooperation will remain so fruitful in future, too; thanks all present delegates of the national federations and wishes them success during the championships; invites the conference to a minute s silence in standing in commemoration of Milan Ercegan, president of honour of FILA, of Prof. R.Petrov, vice president of honour of FILA, of the legendary champion Imre Polyak, of John Dupont, member of honour of FILA s Bureau, of the famous coach V. Krumov and of the judge of honour of FILA Vincent Zuaro who left us after the last CELA conference in Baku in 2010; moves to take a vote on the agenda as published on the CELA site and distributed on site before the opening of the conference. No remarks are made and the agenda is passed unanimously. Mr. Tzenov further proposes Mr. Patrice Pegaule to keep the record. No remarks are made and the proposal is confirmed unanimously.
He then gives the floor to Mr. Ulrich Sierau, mayor of Dortmund, who welcomes sincerely all officials and delegates present and thanks all European federations. thanks Mr. Sierau and gives the floor to Mr. Manfred Werner, President of the German Wrestling Federation. Mr. Manfred Werner welcomes to the CELA conference the president Martinetti, all members of the Bureau of FILA and of the EC of CELA, all delegates of the national federations and the mayor of Dortmund Mr. Sierau; expresses his satisfaction to be able to organize the European wrestling championships for men and women what did not happen in Germany for more than 20 years and states that the German federation will do everything in their power to stage the championships in the best possible way. welcomes the 43 national federations and the 500 athletes who have come to Dortmund a record sui generis of participation and adds that a decisive factor for that has been the fact that Germany is situated in the centre of Europe and Dortmund is a city with long sporting traditions, especially in wrestling; wishes success of the CELA congress. thanks Mr. Werner and the German federation for the excellent conditions created, for the friendly atmosphere and for the care and attention everybody has been offered. He wishes a big success to the hosts as well as to the participants; calls to min the importance of the coordination between FILA and CELA at the start of the season in order to achieve a solidarity in decisions to apply the priorities and responsibilities as well as in useful initiatives for the future of wrestling; adds that the presence of Mr. Martinetti is not an act of protocol. With his presence and personal support the Bureau of FILA has delegated to CELA various competences related to its financial activity, to the carrying out of the FILA calendar and of other important projects such as the FILA/CELA centre in Sofia. Mr. Martinetti knows well the problems of each national federation and contributes to their solution; informs that he is expecting with interest the position and points of view of the president regarding the priorities in our common work and gives the floor to president Martinetti. Mr. Raphael Martinetti thanks all delegates, friends and organizers for the excellent conditions created in this hall as well as in the hotels; reminds that the first president of CELA, Mr. Schwindling, was German. His successor is Mr. Tzenov and this guarantees the stability of the European council; underlines that FILA and CELA have always been in excellent relations. He congratulates everybody with the fact that over 90 percent of the European national federations are taking part in this continental championships; expresses his satisfaction with the success of the Centre in Sofia that last year hosted wrestlers from 7 8 European countries in their preparation for the European championships; encourages all European countries to seize the opportunity to train together with the Bulgarian national team; thanks the federations for using the email thus facilitating their mutual connections;
calls to mind the eligibility rules for participation in the World championships. For this purpose each national federation has to take part in the continental championships with athletes in the same categories and age groups. The regulations will be applied strictly without exception. In order to qualify for the London Olympics at the world championships, the athletes must have participated in the continental championships. Wrestlers who did not qualify for the OG can do so at the qualification tournaments where already qualified athletes are not eligible; wishes good luck to all those who will compete for participation in the OG in London; calls to mind the participation of FILA in the promotion of non Olympic wrestling and asks the federations for support. The federations can choose whether to manage such kind of wrestling or to specify a national federation to deal with beach wrestling, grappling, pancrace etc; mentions that the sale of licenses is another income source; invites all federations to visit Corsier for the opening of the museum exposition of Russia. Bulgaria was the first country to arrange a magnificent exposition in the museum of wrestling at the castle in Corsier. This year FILA will celebrate wrestling with the Russian federation and he invites everybody to visit the exposition in order to listen to Russian music, to eat and drink the Russian way... Opening is in June. He informs that at Corsier a meeting of FILA Bureau will take place in order to prepare the extraordinary congress in Istanbul in September during the world championships. He thanks for the attention to the congress. thanks president Martinetti and expresses the wish of all national federations affiliated to CELA to continue in their efforts as an auxiliary organ of FILA. The aim is to achieve an excellent cooperation in order to improve the promotion of wrestling. FILA can count on the full loyalty and goodwill on the part of CELA for participation in all its initiatives. MINUTES from. Baku Mr. Tzenov puts confirmation of the minutes of CELA s Annual conference in Baku 2010 to vote. No remarks have been made and the minutes of the CELA conference in Baku are passed unanimously CELA ACTIVITY IN 2010 accentuates the FILA calendar of the competitions in Europe that is quite busy. Although the indices in the report show an increase of nearly 87 percent, the EC of CELA considers that there are opportunities for a wider participation in women and Freestyle wrestling. To this purpose CELA will work out a programme to stimulate participation in the European championships for juniors and cadets. It will be soon at the disposal of all national federations for approval. As to the European champions cups, the problem lies in their organization: on the one hand CELA is not persistent enough, on the other the levels of discipline and attitude of the federations are very low for such kind of competitions. This is the only way to explain the behaviour of counries like Poland, Azerbaijan, Hungary, Lithuania, Belarus, etc. In the end they could not take the advantage of participating in very contested competition staged after the world championships.
informs that Mr. Nenad Lalovic, in his quality of manager of these cups will explain the details. launches the idea a part of these competitions to be for teams in order to reduce the expenses for the hosts as well as for the participants. CELA expects specific suggestions from its affiliated countries for the calendar that will be worked out by FILA in September during the world championships. FILA/SELA CENTRE IN SOFIA estimates as optimistic and positive the results of the Centre in Sofia, although its potential is much higher. There are at least a dozen of federations that need qualified coaches, partners, exchange of experience informs that agreements have been signed between FILA and Olympic solidarity. CELA is prepared to help each federation wishing to avail themselves of the chances offered by this programme. The centre is working throughout the year and the federations could get information from FILA or CELA about its capacity.. This year it will enlarge its activity in the seaside and high mountain bases in the country that are very well equipped. TRANSFERS together with the members of the EC of CELA has fond out that a certain number of clubs and federations are trying to go round the requirements and procedures provided in the FILA Rules. reminds that the responsibility for the transfers is borne by the two federations the one sending and that receiving a wrestler into its club ; informs that an enquiry will be made and those federations will be sanctioned, that the federations have to be more responsible land disciplined. He hopes these negative occurrences to be stopped with common efforts. Mr. R. Martinetti explains the necessity of transfers in the economic model FILA CELA national federations. He does not want to take the role of police, but warns that wrestlers and federations not adhering to the transfer regulations will be imposed most severe sanctions such as suspension of a wrestler, club or federation, even an international agency for transfer control coud be hired. Mr.Georgy Bryusov takes the floor and refers to the success of the world cup in Makhatchkala held in a hall for over 6000 spectators with 10 teams, 6 of them European with remarkable wrestling qualities, followed by 5 TV teams, more than 200 issued visas a true success of Freestyle wrestling. affirms the overall success of the world cup in Freestyle wrestling and thanks Mr. Mamiashwili, president of the Russain federation, for their excellent organization ; moves that the conference passes the activity report of CELA 2010. No remarks been made the activity report of CELA in 2010 is passed unanimously. gives the floor to Mr. Hamakos for a short report about the execution of the 2010 budget.
Mr. Theodoros Hamakos informs that over 70 % of the expenses of CELA have been for the Centre in Sofia. He moves the conference to confirm the budget balance for 2010. No remarks is made and the CELA balance for 2010 is accepted unanimously PRIORITIES IN CELA S ACTIVITY 2011 Before putting these priorities to vote, some points as improvement and enlargement of the activity of the Centre in Sofia should be clarified; informs that during this year CELA will take over the expenses for the stay of wrestlers at the Centre for a periode of 100 days. The invitation will be sent to those interested by the EC of CELA. After consultations with the president and the general secretary of FILA, an information about the agreements with Olympic solidarity will be published; invites the delegates to take the floor and express their opinion about the proposed priorities for 2011. Mr. Michel Dusson refers to the new adaptations associated with the transfers. A transferred wrestler, entered for a certain interclub competition, can not change his club during the said competition. The athlete is engaged in the club for a period of one year; underlines also the importance of abiding by the regulations for the international transfer for the good of wrestling. EUROPEAN CLUB CUPS gives the floor to Mr. Nenad Lalovic, manager of the Cups. Mr. Nenad Lalovic thanks the Turkish federation for the wonderful organization of the European club cups in Freestyle and Greco Roman wrestling in Istanbul and Ankara in 2010; underlines the big increase in the participation in these two competitions but expresses his disappointment at last minute s withdrawals of some Freestyle clubs which made the work of the hosts extremely difficult; asks the federations to enter their club champions right now and to fill the distributed forms. This year the Cups will be held during the weekends 10 13 and 17 20 November; adds that only the Croatian federation has answered the correspondence sent out to all federations and urges them to get mobilized in that connection. Mr. Salvatore Attardo Remarks that it is difficult for each federation to undertake a commitment on behalf of some club. puts to vote the budget of CELA for 2011 and the priorities of its activity. No remarks is made and the budget of CELA for 2011 and the priorities of its activity are passed unanimously
INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEXT EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS pledges support to the Mediterranean wrestling committee. The championships are scheduled for 10 12 June in Budva, Montenegro. The various federations hosts or candidates, provide information about the towns and preparation of the championships. Announces that the agenda of the conference has been exhausted and the meeting is adjourned. He thanks all delegates and guests for their presence and participation. The next annual conference of CELA will take place in Belgrade in 2012. Record keeper: Patrice Pegaule