Bi-Annual report 2006 - 2008 by EDSO Executive Committee Presented at 14 th Congress

1. Bi-Annual report 2006 - 2008 by EDSO Executive Committee Presented at 14th Congress Bratislava, Slovakia 10 – 11 September 2008 www.deafsports-edso.eu

2. Executive Committee Executive Committee President Isabelle Malaurie Vice President Bjørn Røine Secretary General Edward Webb (until March 2007) Helder Duarte (until February 2008) Treasurer Argyris Fotiou Members Vasyl Sandugei Valery Rukhledev Riina Kuusk www.deafsports-edso.eu

3. Technical Officials Alpine Skiing Vacant Athletics/Cross Country Dieter Norf Badminton Emilia Karlen Basketball Yaacov Keren Beach Volleyball Alexander Romantsov Bowling Nete Stutt Cross Country Skiing Knut Bjarne Kjøde Cycling Gottfried Paulus Football/Futsal Andrew Scolding Handball Mario Torcolini Ice hockey Thomas Weisner Mountain Bike Claudio Geronazzo Orienteering Marek Mackiewicz Shooting Antonio Endrizzi Snowboard Marco Galamarini Swimming Nel Naaktgeboren-Klein Table Tennis Zsolt Nyirö Tennis Jurgen Scheutz (Tobias Burz in EC 2008) Volleyball Alexander Romantsov (until May 2007) Jan van den Breambussche Water polo Istvan Fabian Wrestling Dmytro Antonov www.deafsports-edso.eu

4. Website Hits/Stats 2006 20072008 • January - 13,191 10,728 • February - 12,859   15,842 • March - 14,610   17,130 • April 8,454 11,742   10,871 • May 16,767 18,634  11,936 • June 10,957 65,468 (EC Football) 15,239 • July 9,172 18,574   16,783 • August 10,738 16,827 09.055 • September 12,162 17,412 • October 13,828 11,543   • November 41,372 (EC Futsal) 15,440   • December 10,784 9,171  • Total 134,234 225,471 468,020 (As Per 08.09.08) www.deafsports-edso.eu

5. In Memoriam • Girard Grymonprez, BEL (1-2006) TD of Athletics • Bertil “Berra” Franklinsson, SWE (3-2006) Athletics • Betty Shrine, GBR (3-2006) V.P. of BDSC • Franz Neuweg, AUT (4-2006) President of ÔGSV • Werner Scholms, GER (4-2006) Swimming and waterpolo • Lars Norberg, SWE (9-2006) Honorary Member of Sweden DSF • Tibor Fekete, HUN (2006) Water polo • Helen Lemberger Udkovich (12-2006) Swimming • Emmanuel Rossel, BEL (1-2007) TO of football and Leader in FRSSB • Tatania Mironova, RUS (3-2007) Table tennis • Marzio Zanatta, ITA (5-2007) TO of football and president of FISS • Cosma Iosif, ROM (12-2007) President of ANSR • Dmitry A. Gromov, RUS (3-2008) Volleyball and Beach-volleyball • Ingrid Storedale, NOR (3-2008) Cross country skiing and cross country • Jerald M. Jordan, USA (3-2008) ICSD (CISS) President 1971-1995 www.deafsports-edso.eu

6. European Championships 2006 SportVenueRepresentative Cross Country Oeiras, Portugal Edward Webb Bowling Murtenlier, Switzerland Bjørn Røine Swimming Thessaloniki, Greece Edward Webb and Isabelle Malaurie Water polo Budapest, Hungary Argyris Fotiou Badminton Pressbaum, Austria Bela Panyi Futsal Moscow, Russia Vasyl Sandugei and Bjørn Røine 2007 SportVenueRepresentative Table-Tennis Malmô. Sweden Isabelle Malaurie Volleyball Kortrijk, Belgium Vasyl Sandugei Football Lisbon, Portugal Bjørn Røine and Vasyl Sandugei Athletics Sofia, Bulgaria Argyris Fotiou Beach Volleyball Chalkida, Greece Helder Duarte Shooting Genève, Switzerland Edward Webb Wrestling Bila Cerkva, Ukraine Valery Rukhledev and Vasyl Sandugei www.deafsports-edso.eu

7. European Championships 2008 SportVenueRepresentative Indoor Athletics Genova, Italy Riina Kuusk Alpine Skiing Seefeld, Austria Argyris Fotiou Cycling Verona, Italy Vasyl Sandugei Basketball Barmberg, Germany Vasyl Sandugei Tennis Bucharest, Romania Bjørn Røine Orienteering Vôru, Estonia Edward Webb Handball Belgrade, Serbia Isabelle Malaurie www.deafsports-edso.eu

8. Staff employed by EDSO Nete Stutt Webmaster Ole Artmann Accountant (until 31.12.2007) Andrew Scolding Note-taker Noel Traynor Legal Advisor Kasper Bergmann Accountant (from 01.01.2008) www.deafsports-edso.eu

9. Qualifying matches in football 2006 MatchesVenueObserver France – Slovakia Paris Andrew Scolding Greece – Norway Athens Andrew Scolding Great Britain – Sweden Letchworth Bjørn Røine Ireland – Croatia Dublin Bjørn Røine Belgium – Greece Gent Andrew Scolding Sweden – Great Britain Malmö Andrew Scolding Italy – Russia Roma Bela Panyi Spain – Hungary Madrid Andrew Scolding Turkey – Cyprus Istanbul Bela Panyi Czech Rep. – Austria Hradec Kràlovè Andrew Scolding Cyprus – Turkey Nicosia Andrew Scolding Russia – Italy Moscow Vasyl Sandugei and Bjørn Røine Austria – Czech Rep Neustadt Bjørn Røine Netherlands – Ireland Amsterdam Andrew Scolding Norway – Belgium Oslo Andrew Scolding Hungary – Spain Budapest Bjørn Røine Croatia – Netherlands Zagreb Herbert Kanai Slovakia – France Bratislava Bjørn Røine and Andrew Scolding www.deafsports-edso.eu

10. New European Deaf Records 2006 67 new European deaf records recognised and approved 16 athletics 10 indoor athletics 4 shooting 37 swimming 63 new European deaf junior records recognised 12 athletics 51 swimming 2007 63 new European deaf records recognised and approved 5 athletics 6 indoor athletics 6 shooting 46 swimming 52 new European deaf junior records recognised 18 athletics 34 swimming www.deafsports-edso.eu

11. New European Deaf Records 2008(up to 30th August) 25 new European deaf records recognised and approved 2 athletics 21 indoor athletics 1 shooting 1 swimming 10 new European deaf junior records recognised 3 athletics 7 swimming www.deafsports-edso.eu

12. European Championships Records 2006 Bowling 2 European Championships records 2006 Swimming 23 European Championships records 2007 Athletics 19 European Championships records 2007 Shooting 8 European Championships records 2008 Indoor Athletics 26 European Championships records www.deafsports-edso.eu

13. ICSD Isabelle Malaurie is President in Regional commission ICSD – EDSO Women seminar in Pausegg, Switzerland Date: 9-11 November 2007 www.deafsports-edso.eu

14. UEFA UEFA supported EDSO with €35.000 Andrew Scolding and Bjørn Røine on UEFA Grassroots Conference in Nyon, Switzerland March 2006 www.deafsports-edso.eu

15. WFD Helder Duarte on WFD Congress in Madrid July 2007 www.deafsports-edso.eu