7 May 2011 - The volunteers for Torino 2011

The volunteers for Torino 2011 Turin (ITA) – 7 May 2011  The recruitment of volunteers for the World Archery and Para-Archery Championships to be held in Turin, Italy in July 2011 has come to an end. The event is forecast as the biggest archery event ever. More than 350 applications were received from all over Italy and Europe. More than 450 people will work together to organise the best possible World Archery Championships. A special logo was designed and is dedicated to all the volunteers.   The Organising Committee (OC) started to receive applications in January 2011, with the impressive target to reach a complete crew of 250 peoples. Such a high number was requested to face the unusual length of the event that will start on 28 June 2011 with open practice and will finish on 18 July with teams departure after the para-archery competition. 
The latest archery events held in Turin, such as the European Indoor and Italian Target Championships, showed that the OC could count on a large number of archers who love the idea to cooperate for the success of an event. But nobody had expected such a great enthusiasm from all over Italy and Europe. In less than two months more than 350 people applied to become volunteers, forcing the OC to make a selection among them, according to availability, skills, and previous experience.
Furthermore, a post-Olympic organisation called VOLA, "antidoping volunteers Stefania Belmondo", will cooperate with the OC offering their experience acquired since the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games. This organisation, founded after the Games, gathered all the people who fell in love with working for sport and helped in a lot of others events, such as Fencing, Cycling, Skating, and Volleyball World Championships or Air Games held in Turin in the last five years. 
In Turin 2011, these experienced people will help archery delegations in transportation and accommodation. They will be present in the official buses, in the airports and hotels, while volunteering archers will work directly on the field. In total 450 people will be working together to organise the best possible World Archery Championships.   Source: Turin 2011 Edited by World Archery Communication