CLASSIFICATION REMINDER:
Dear all
The Paralympic Season is
approaching very fast and we are sure you are already planning for the season
ahead.
As you are probably
aware, during the Paralympic Games, only athletes who are classified as
Wheelchair Curling "Eligible" (WC-E) – Confirmed (C) can enter the
competition.
There are no WCF
Wheelchair Curling competitions scheduled before the Paralympic Games, and we
are aware that there may be athletes who will require to be classified before
heading to Sochi,
therefore the WCF has
decided to officially sanction two Tournaments for Wheelchair Curling
Classification.
The two tournaments
selected are:
-
Kinross International, 15 – 17 October
2013, Kinross, Scotland
-
Cathy Kerr Memorial Bonspiel, provisional
dates 28 November – 1 December 2013, Ottawa, Canada
Under the Classification
Rules, any athlete who requires to be classified has to participate in the
tournament / competition to allow observation by the
classifiers. This means, if you require to have any athletes classified, you
will have to enter the tournament for that athlete to be
observed. We recommend that if you have athletes who require
classification, that you please make sure you secure a place at the appropriate
tournament as soon as the
invitations are sent out.
The WCF has no other
commitment at those tournaments than to offer classification. This means you
will have to register for the appropriate
tournament as normal with the Local Organising Committee. The only difference
is, that at the same time you will have to send us the
"Classification Request form" so that we can set up the
classification schedule.
Please also note: The
official deadline for the Sochi 2014 Organising Committee to receive the
accreditation forms is 2 December 2013.
If you plan to have your
athletes classified during the tournament in Ottawa, please make sure they
bring all the necessary documents with them, so that the
classification can be completed, as the deadline is only a day after the finals
of this competition.
If you have any
question, please either contact the Head of Classification, Dr. Young-Hee Lee (lee02@yonsei.ac.kr) or myself.
The official WCF Master
List was updated after the last World Wheelchair Curling Championship and you
can find it on our website: http://www.worldcurling.org/wheelchair-athlete-resources
We would like to use
this message to also pre-announce a Wheelchair Curling Classifiers course:
There is still a
need to have more international Wheelchair Curling Classifiers. The WCF will
therefore offer once again a Wheelchair
Classifier Workshop in
connection with the competition in Kinross, Scotland. The course consists of a
1 day course on 14 October and
a practical hands-on
training on 15 October. This course will be published in July on the WCF Camps
and Courses Website
If you have any
questions on any of the above, please send us an e-mail.
Kind regards
Eeva Röthlisberger
Competitions & Development Officer
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