Technical Meeting
ISSF Executive Committee and Administrative Council decisions
ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol / Shotgun · Munich, GER
The ISSF Executive Committee and Administrative Council took place in Munich, under the guidance of the ISSF President Mr. Olegario Vàzquez Raña. The ISSF authorities were called to decide and to report about different topics related to the sport and to the forthcoming competitions.
Next to the decisions about the 2010 and 2011 World Cup stages locations, it was decided that there will be no changes in the Double Trap men event during this Olympic cycle. No doping-related problems emerged form the meetings, and the closer collaboration between ISSF and WADA (the World Anti Doping Association) was highlighted. Two member federations, Brunei and Uganda, have been suspended.
2010 Youth Olympic Games
The first edition of the Youth Olympic Games will take place in Singapore form the 14 through the 26 of August 2010. ISSF shooting sport competitions (Air Rifle and Air Pistol Men and Women) will take place from the 21 to the 26th of August. Mr. Max Muenchel (GER) has been designated as ISSF Technical delegate for the competition, while Mr. Carlos Rene Silva Monterroso (GUA) will be the Chairman of the Jury of Appeal.
2010 ISSF General Assembly
The 2010 ISSF General Assembly will take place in concomitance with the ISSF World Championship in all events. The Assembly will take place the 28th and the 29th of August at the Hilton Park Hotel of Munich.
2010 World Championships
ISSF Administrative Council received a complete report about the preparation of the 2010 World Championships by the Secretary General of the German Shooting Federation, Mr. Jörg Brokamp. The opening ceremony of the World Championships will take place in Marien Platz, in front of the town all, and Germany’s Minister of Interiors will visit the competition. For the first time, World Championship spectators’ tickets will be sold by a professional ticketing company.
The ISSF President Mr. Olegario Vàzquez Raña visited the 1972 Olympic Shooting range that has been renewed to host the World Championships and commented: “This is a beautiful sport venue, a leading shooting range in the world. The next World Championships is probably going to be one of the best we have ever had!”
2012 Olympic Games
The 2012 Olympic shooting venue will be set at Woolwich Arsenal in London. The venue will be a temporary construction, which will be used only for the 2012 Olympic Games.
Marco Dalla Dea