First day of the 50th World Archery Congres

The President of World Archery Prof Dr U?ur ERDENER opened the 50th World Archery Congress with the participation of 98 Member Associations. 

The morning session’s agenda included the report of the World Archery Secretary General, Mr Tom DIELEN, and voting on twelve proposed changes to the organisation’s rules and constitution. Some of the most important decisions were: 

Enabling World Archery to act quickly and effectively in case of external political, religious or other interferences in the current affairs of Member Associations.Holding the recurve qualification round for future World Archery Championship at 70 metres.Progressing more intense and universal para-archery competition, especially in team events, at Paralympic Games and Para events by using new Para-archery classes: recurve open, compound open and W1 open.Applying the set system to recurve team elimination rounds.Applying cumulative scoring to indoor compound archery head to heads.

After the voting came introductions from some major upcoming World Archery events, starting with the presentation that won Tokyo (JPN) the bid for the 2020 Olympic Games. This was followed by presentations from the 2015 Para-Archery World Championships in Donaueschingen (GER) and an update on the progress of preparations for the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen (DEN). 

Included in announcements on World Archery’s cooperation with other international sports organisations was a new agreement with FISU, meaning that archery is now a permanent fixture at University Games. As permanent sports do not hold a separate university world championships, 2016 will be the last edition of the University World Championships. 

The second day of the 50th World Archery Congress, which will be held tomorrow, will feature the election of the new president, in which Prof Dr U?ur ERDENER is the only candidate, and other important positions across World Archery’s governance. 

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