Cancellation of the 2009 IPC Shooting Open European Championships

IPC Shooting infoms that the 2009 IPC Shooting Open European Championships are cancelled for this year. The decision was taken after the discussions with the Polish Sports Association for the Disabled "Start", organizer of the Championships, and the fact that they cannot organize the Championships due to the global financial crisis.

2009 IPC Shooting Open Asian Championships - Jikji Cup

The 2009 IPC Shooting Open Asian Championships are organized in Korea 23rd - 30th April 2009. The Championships are organized by the Cheongju Sports Association for the Disabled under the patronage of the Asian Paralympic Council and IPC Shooting. Only licensed athletes from IPC Shooting are considered eligible for participation. As these Championships are Regional will carry weight for the 2012 London Paralympic Games.

For further details you can contact the Organizing Committee:

Ho-Jeong You,      Secretary General/Organizing Committee

Sinbad R. Cho,      Int’l Coordinator/Organizing Committee

Address :               #808 Sajik 1-Dong, Heungduk-Gu,

 CheongJu City , Chungcheongbuk-Do,

 Korea 360-829

Phone:                    +(82 43) 268 2580

Fax:                        +(82 43) 268 1100

E-mail address:     Jikjikorea@paran.com or sinbad@hanafos.com

IPC Shooting 2009 Competition Calendar

The updated IPC Shooting competition calendar for 2009 can be found under: http://www.paralympic.org/release/Main_Sections_Menu/Calendar/Sport_Calendar/index.html?sport=Shooting 

Only results from IPC Shooting Licensed athletes from these competitions will be considered for the World and Regional ranking lists as well as for World and Regional record applications.

The Athlete Registration and Licensing Programme is activated since 12 January 2009. There are timelines identfed for registration and please note athletes that have not been registered by 13 March 2009 may not be included on the first quarter publication of the IPC Shooting World and Regional ranking lists. 

As this is a new Initiative additional information is provided to all National Paralympic Committees (NPC). All NPC contact persons can be found under http://www.paralympic.org/release/Main_Sections_Menu/Contacts/National_Paralympic_Committees_NPCs/index.html .

Please contact your NPC in the first instance should you have any questions.

IPC Shooting updates

a ) IPC Shooting Rulebook:

Currently, a comprehensive review of the IPC Shooting rules and regulations is underway. For the 2009 season, the competition rules included in the 2005-2008 edition of the IPC Shooting Rulebook will remain in effect. It is our intention to publish a revised version of the rulebook by 1 January 2010.

b) Qualification Processes and Timelines (Paralympic Games and World

Championships):

For the London 2012 Paralympic Games a two (2) year qualification period is foreseen in order to bring the sport of shooting in-line with the global principles adopted for sports on the Paralympic Games Programme. As a result of this, IPC Shooting competitions during 2009 will have no weight toward Paralympic Games qualification. However, IPC Shooting will be devising more details in this regard and may make an exception to this regulation for the IPC Shooting Regional Championships, which may carry some qualification weight. Nonetheless, athletes that obtain MQS scores during the 2009 season will need to produce another MQS during the two (2) year period prior to the Paralympic Games in order that qualified athletes are seen to be both frequently competing and of an appropriate competitive calibre. For the 2010 IPC Shooting World Championships a qualification process is being implemented. In order to be eligible to compete at the Championships, new must obtain an MQS at an IPC Shooting Regional Championships or internationally approved competition during 2009. Those athletes that have obtained an MQS performance in the lead-up to the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games are automatically eligible to compete at these Championships. The current MQS for World and Regional Championships as found in the IPC Shooting Rulebook remain valid for this period. IPC Shooting will be working on qualification criteria revisions for the future during 2009.

c) 2009 IPC Shooting European Championships

For the IPC Shooting European Championships, the IPC received a bid from Wroclaw , Poland in November and is now working to finalize arrangements for this competition in early 2009. The proposed dates for these Championships are 4-12 July 2009.

IPC Shooting Athlete Licensing Programme

The Athlete Registration and Licensing Programme is activated since 12 January 2009. There are timelines identfed for registration and please note athletes that have not been registered by 13 March 2009 may not be included on the first quarter publication of the IPC Shooting World and Regional ranking lists. 

Important note: only licensed athletes will be eligible to have their results submitted for consideration on the IPC Shooting World and Regional ranking lists as well as for World and Regional record applications.

As this is a new Initiative additional information is provided to all National Paralympic Committees (NPC). All NPC contact persons can be found under http://www.paralympic.org/release/Main_Sections_Menu/Contacts/National_Paralympic_Committees_NPCs/index.html.

Please contact your NPC in the first instance should you have any questions.

New IPC Anti-Doping Code

The new IPC Anti-Doping Code can be found under http://www.paralympic.org/release/Main_Sections_Menu/Anti_Doping/ and it is in effect since  01 January 2009 .  

Approved IPC Shooting International Competitions

Updated process, minimum requirements and Application form in order to stage an Approved IPC Shooting International Competition can be found under:

http://www.paralympic.org/release/Summer_Sports/Shooting/Downloads_and_Forms/  

IPC Shooting at IPC Headquarters

From 1 May 2007, all official communication related to IPC Shooting should be directed to the attention of Athena Charitaki, IPC Shooting Sport Manager (athena.charitaki@paralympic.org ), tel. +49-228-2097-260 or fax: +49 228-2097-209.