IWF SPO(r)TLIGHT The Official Newsletter of the International Weightlifting Federation   18 January 2012      N°34
	FOCUS ON IWF MEMBERSHIP FEE REMINDER According to the IWF Constitution, the Annual Membership Fee of the IWF is due by the end of January 2012. Please make sure that your National Federation transfers the amount to the IWF otherwise your lifters will not be allowed to participate in upcoming IWF competitions including Continental Qualification Championships. WORLD WEIGHTLIFTING’S NEW ISSUE HAS APPEARED In the 2011/3 edition readers can find a special Report on the 2011 IWF World Championships Paris, France. The Spanish version is also out! You can subscribe to World Weightlifting by contacting the IWF. REGIONAL FEDERATIONS NEW REGIONAL FEDERATION - CONFÉDÉRATION FRANCOPHONE D'HALTÉROPHILIE During the 2011 IWF Senior World Championships held in Disneyland Paris, France, the IWF affiliated French-talking countries decided to meet in order to create an organization in order to promote and develop weightlifting in countries whose official or spoken language is French. Such organizations exist for National Olympic Committees and other Olympic sports. Under the supervision of Dr. Tamas AJAN, nine countries, Algeria, Canada, Cameroun, Comoros Islands, France, Monaco, Seychelles, Switzerland and Tunisia attended the assembly that created on November 5th, the “Confédération Francophone d’Haltérophilie”. Thereafter, the Executive Committee members were elected: - President: Jean-Paul Bulgaridhes (France) - Vice Presidents (one per continent): • for Africa : Boukar Tikiré (Cameroun) • for America : Yann Joubeville (Canada) - General Secretary: Daniel Realini (Monaco) - Deputy General Secretary: Doctor Foued Azuzzi (Tunisia) - Treasurer: Michel Tchan (Switzerland) - Members: • Saad Saïd (Algeria) • Soule Ali (Comoros Islands) • Robert Rose (Seychelles)		DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IWF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM – DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE Dear President and General Secretary, I am pleased to inform you that the documents of the IWF Development Program for 2012 are available. We are delighted that this is the third occasion that the IWF Member National Federations have the possibility to improve their organisational, coaching, training, educational and anti-doping activities in the frame of the IWF Development Program. Please click here to download the Guideline and Application Form. Good luck! IWF CONTRIBUTION FOR OLYMPIC PREPARATIONS As the IWF previously done it before the Beijing Olympic Games, in order to strengthen its contribution to National Federations in the Olympic preparation period, the IWF donated approximately 300 barbell sets on the 5 continents. Most of the distributed bars already reached destination and are now used by lifters in their every day preparation and trainings for the Olympics. NATIONAL FEDERATIONS RODMAR PULIS RECEIVED THE MALTA OLYMPIC COMMITTEE SPECIAL AWARD In December the Malta Olympic Committee organized the 10th edition of the Sport Malta Awards where Rodmar Pulis received the MOC Special Award for his outstanding success reached in weightlifting trough 2011. Rodmar Pulis and Nicole Gatt weightlifters are both in semi-final for the 2011 Sport Malta Awards for the Best Youth Athlete. Jesmond Caruana weightlifting TO is in the semi-final for the Best Official of the year. The Sport Malta Awards will be held on Saturday 21st January 2012.   ANTI-DOPING NEWS 2012 INTERNATIONAL TESTING POOL The 2012 International Testing Pool (IRTP) has been established - based on the 2011 Ranking List – and is available on our website. WHEREABOUTS REMINDER Every IWF NF shall submit their national team athletes' whereabouts through the Anti-Doping Administration and Management System (ADAMS) quarterly. Please make sure to submit your whereabouts on time. Countries not submitting whereabouts info on ADAMS on time will not be allowed to participate in any upcoming IWF competitions including but not limited to the continental qualification competitions. PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS 2012 PROHIBITED LIST IPHONE APP NOW AVAILABLE WADA’s free 2012 Prohibited List iPhone application is now available and can be downloaded from the App Store. The List can also be consulted on other mobile devices on WADA’s mobile site. Click here to access it. IOC NEWS MANUFACTURER IDENTIFICATIONS ON THE OLYMPIC GAMES UNIFORMS We draw your attention to Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter regarding the advertising – manufacturer identifications on the uniforms. The IOC Executive Board determines the principles and conditions under which any form of advertising or other publicity may be authorised. No form of publicity or propaganda, commercial or otherwise, may appear on persons, on sportswear, accessories or, more generally, on any article of clothing or equipment whatsoever worn or used by the athletes or other participants in the Olympic Games, except for the identification of the manufacturer of the article or equipment concerned, provided that such identification shall not be marked conspicuously for advertising purposes. We invite all our National Federations to consult their NOC. For more information, read the Olympic Charter here: http://www.olympic.org/Documents/olympic_ charter_en.pdf
IWF SPO(r)TLIGHT To unsubscribe from this list visit this link N°34 Publication of the IWF Chief Editor : Dr. Tamás Aján For more information and PR Material, please contact Ms. Lilla Rozgonyi E-mail: lilla.sportlight@iwfnet.net Address: H-1146 Budapest, Istvánmezei ut 1-3. HUNGARY Official Website: www.iwf.net