Fazza World Open Boccia Competition Dubai 2016 May 19th – 23rd 2016 Dubai- UAE
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Welcome and Competition Guide Welcome to the Fazza World Open Boccia Competition - Dubai 2016 We are looking forward to welcoming the (18) Nations and their (88) athletes.
Competition Information: 1. Accommodation: Al Bustan Centre and Residence
The Official Championships Hotel is the Al Bustan Centre and Residence. The Al Bustan Centre & Residence has the highest number of rooms designed especially for the disabled. The Hotel is Located in Al Nahda Road, the type of rooms and suites includes studios, one bedroom, two bedrooms and three bedrooms. (Free internet at the lobby – Gymnasium Accessible Swimming Pool). Services in Team Accommodation
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Public Relation help desk will be provided in the hotel lobby. Wi-Fi will be available in rooms and hotel common areas free of charge. 20% discount of all laundry and dry cleaning services. Access to hotel facilities free of charge.
Address: - Al Bustan Centre and Residence P.O. Box 20107, Al Nahda Road, Dubai Tel: +971 (4) 2630000 Fax : +971 (4) 2630005 Email :
[email protected] Website : www.al-bustan.com
2. Transportation: The LOC will provide transportation starting from 17th May until 24th May 2016 to the all Competition venues (Airports, Hotel, Training Venues, Classification and Competition Venue) Upon arrival at the official port of entry (Dubai Airports, DXB- DWC) transfers will be organized to the Competition Hotel. Further information will be available in the Arrivals information desk in the airports. The Al Bustan Centre & Residence is approximately 20 minutes by bus, distance (15 km) from the competition venue AlNasr Club. Shuttle buses to/from the competition venue will also be available from the hotel during the period. A shuttle bus timetable to Training/Competition venues will be available upon arrival.
3. Meals: The Al Bustan Centre & Residence will have a buffet style catering available as per the following timings: 1. Breakfast: 06:00 hrs – 10:00 hrs 2. Lunch: 12:00 hrs – 15:30 hrs 3. Dinner: 19:00 hrs – 23:00 hrs Note: Timings can be changed and can be adjusted according to further issues. The lunch box will be provided at the competition venue upon request allocated in the Dining Lounge. 3|Page
4. Competition Venue: The competition will take place in “AL Nasr Club”, AL Nasr Club is a locality in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Al Nasr, literally meaning victory, has several commercial and entertainment complexes, schools and cultural clubs. AL Nasr is bordered by the localities of Al Karama, Umm Hurair 2. Address: Dubai,UAE,P.O.Box2226-Dubai Tel:009714-3375500/3372220/3375845 Fax:0097143370024 Email Address:
[email protected] Website: www.alnasrclub.com 5. GENERAL OUTLINE OF THE COMPETITION The competitions will run in accordance with the BISFed International Boccia Rules In case of doubt or disagreement in the interpretation of the rules, the English version shall prevail. The BISFed Boccia Rules can be found on the BISFed website. www.bisfed.com Any case not included in this document shall be solved in accordance with the Technical Delegate for the competition. It is the responsibility of each National Organization participating to ensure that all competitors and technical personnel are familiarized with the BISFed Boccia Rules. BISFed Officials: Technical Delegate (TD):
Cannie Leung
Chief Classifiers:
Elsa Matthee
Head Referees:
Sandra Monteiro
International Classifiers:
Vivian Shieh Natalia Sladkova
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International Referees:
Jung Young-Hun Maite Beltran Po Lin Tsang Antonio Javier Echevarrías Ibars Misako Watanabe Anna Dudzińska David Henriques Karin Thijs
Technical Delegate:
Supervise the organization of the competition so that it runs in accordance with all agreements made in prior meetings and BISFed rules. Attend meetings prior to and during the competition Verify that all facilities for training and competition meet the BISFed regulations Approve all material to be used during the event Preside over the Appeals Committee Witness and approve all draws, as well as competition systems/ programmes. Supervise the results Assist the head referee(s) with all technical questions
Head Referees:
Cannie Leung
Sandra Monteiro
Attend meetings called prior to and during the competition Ensure courts and all equipment, including but not limited to balls, chairs, assistive devices including equipment such as head pointers, meet BISFed regulations Schedule referees 5|Page
Work with the volunteer coordinator to schedule minor officials Supervise the call room and random ball checks Participate in and select referees for protest committees Check, verify and sign all score sheets
Chief Classifiers:
Elsa Matthee
Classification schedule Receives classification protests Assigning of classification observations
Participated Countries:
No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
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Country AUSTRALIA BAHRAIN BELGIUM CHINA GERMANY HONG KONG IRAQ JAPAN KOREA KUWAIT POLAND PORTUGAL RUSSIA SLOVAKIA SWEDEN CHINESE TAIPEI UAE USA
Draft Competition Schedule:
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Tentative Training equipment check schedule (TBC)
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Classification schedule
17-May-16 Time
Country
First Name
Last Name
Gender
Classification
Status
11:20
UAE
ALMARASHDA
KHALID
Male
BC3
N
11:40
UAE
Alfalasi
Omar
Male
BC1
N
12:00
UAE
RASHID
RANIA
Female
BC2
N
12:20
UAE
Alaleeli
Saleh
Male
BC1
N
12:40
UAE
AlSharari
Tariq
Male
BC2
N
13:00
UAE
AlMadhani
Salim
Male
BC1
N
13:30
LUNCH BREAK
14:30
KOR
JONG HO
KWON
Male
N
14:50
KOR
SEOKBEOP
WON
Male
N
15:10
KOR
BYEONG CHEOL
CHOI
Male
N
15:30
KOR
JAE HUN
LEE
Male
N
16:30
IRQ
ABDULLAH
AL-ZUHAIRI
Male
N
17:00
JAP
Shun
Sato
Male
N
17:20
JAP
Fumiko
Ebisawa
Female
N
17:40
JAP
Keisuke
Kawamoto
Male
N
18-May-16
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Time
Country
First Name
Last Name
Gender
Classification
Status
9:00
TPE
Chun-Hung
Wang
Male
9:20
BAH
Husain Jaafar M
Omran
Male
BC2
N
9:40
BAH
Sayed Ali M
AlWedaei
Male
BC2
N
10:00
BAH
Ayman Rajeh A K
AlHeddi
Male
BC1
N
10:20
BAH
Noora Mohamed H
AlAmri
Female
BC1
N
11:00
RUS
Denis
Bartosh
Male
11:30
KUW
Fahad
AlBabtain
Female
BC1
N
11:50
KUW
Amani
Ismael
Female
BC4
N
12:10
KUW
Tahani
Ismael
Female
BC4
N
N
N
Competition Court Layout:
Meetings with Delegation: Delegation Registration Meeting (DRM):The HOC going to held meeting with the teams instead of the flight details to finalize all procedures for accreditation collection, financial issues, flags and national anthems checking.
Team Manager Meeting: Team Manager Meeting to be held in the at 17:30 on Wednesday 18. May.2016 in Dubai Club for the Disabled.
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Short Meeting with Delegates: It might be a short meeting with delegation on Friday 20.05.2016 after finish of teams and pairs in case there are some changes to the classification of athletes.
General information: 1. Weather: Dubai has a tropical desert climate because of its location within the Northern desert belt. Summers are extremely hot and humid,[1] with an average high around 41 °C (106 °F) and overnight lows around 30 °C (86 °F). Most days are sunny throughout the year. Winters are warm and short with an average high of 23 °C (73 °F) and overnight lows of 14 °C (57 °F). Precipitation, however, has been increasing in the last few decades with accumulated rain reaching 150 mm (5.91 in) per year.[3] The weather in Dubai can bring short and irregular rainfall as is typical for the Middle East. Most of the rainfall occurs in the December to March period. The weather between December and March remains warm and is considered to be the most comfortable climatic conditions of the year.
2. Currency: The dirham code: AED is the currency of the United Arab Emirates , 1 AED = 0.27 USD or 0.24 EUR.
3. Transportation in Dubai: Dubai is one of the fastest growing cities in today's world, making the provision of high quality infrastructure facilities absolutely imperative, and since providing an advanced transport network for the people of Dubai has been high on the government’s agenda, which is evident from its initiatives to enhance the public transport facilities and improve roads across the emirate to make travel safer and smoother, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) was formed by the decree number 17 for the year 2005, The tourist can enjoy his staying in Dubai with varieties of transportation,“ Roads, Taxis, Metro, Bus, Trams, Ports and water travel, Air travel and see”.
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4. Tourist attractions in and around Dubai Burj AL Arab: Is a luxury hotel located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates? At 321 m (1,053 ft), it is the fourth tallest hotel in the world. Burj Al Arab stands on an artificial island 280 m (920 ft) from Jumeirah beach and is connected to the mainland by a private curving bridge. The shape of the structure is designed to mimic the sail of a ship. Sometimes referred to as "the world's only 7-Star hotel". Burj Khalifa: World's tallest building, a living wonder, stunning work of art, incomparable feat of engineering, Burj Khalifa is all that, in concept and execution, Burj Khalifa has no peer, more than just the world's tallest building, Burj Khalifa is an unprecedented example of international cooperation, symbolic beacon of progress, and an emblem of the new, dynamic and prosperous Middle East. Atlantis Dubai: Atlantis Dubai is a huge tourist hotel complex is located in Dubai, opened in impressive and huge ceremony at a cost of U.S. $ 20 million on November 20, 2008, a project of the South African Entrepreneur Sol Cairns. The hotel is located on the Palm Jumeirah at the checkpoint north of the island; it can be reached through an underwater tunnel on the railway line. The hotel costs up to 1,200 million. Ski Dubai: Ski Dubai is the first INDOOR ski resort to open in the Middle East. The resort is located at the heart of Mall of the Emirates, a famous shopping center in Dubai’s central part of the city. The Ski Dubai arena boasts a mountain-themed 22,500 square-meter space of skiing, snowboarding and tobogganing. If you just want to hang around and enjoy the nice temperature which is around 3 degrees Celsius. There is also the 3,000 square-meter Snow Park dedicated to people who just want to play in the snow with some nice slides.
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5. Electricity and power sockets in the UAE: In the United Arab Emirates, the standard voltage is 240-220 V. The standard frequency is 50 Hz. The power sockets that are used are of type G. Find pictures of these power sockets and corresponding plugs.
6. Important Contact Number (Cell Phone): 1. Alaa ElHaroun “Operation Manager” : +971506767368 2. Najib Mechkan “Technical Coordinator”: +971507933803 3. Ashraf Ghobash “Logistics Coordinator”: +971507746604 4. Essam Abdulla “Transportation” +971509262644 5. Hussain AlAbdulla “Volunteers Coordinator” +971567550001
7. Competition Email:
[email protected]
Thank you & Welcome to Dubai
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