05 March - Leipzig World Championships under the aegis of Chancellor Angela Merkel

Leipzig World Championships under the aegis of Chancellor Angela Merkel Lausanne – 05 March 2007   The 44th Outdoor Archery World Championships will be held in Leipzig on July 7-15 at the “Festwiese” of the City of Leipzig under the aegis of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. She sent her approval and her greeting to the President of the German Shooting and Archery Federation Josef Ambacher.   President Ambacher: “I am very happy that Chancellor Merkel has taken over this position, because it shows the support of the German government for our event and the increasing importance of the discipline archery in Germany.”   FITA Communication / Deutscher Schützenbund e.V.