Achtung: Der Stichtag wurde geändert:
Stichtag für die jeweilige Altersklasse ist der 01.01.2003 (nicht 31.12.2003)

Termin:     09. bis 15.Juni 2003 

Ort:    Winter Sport Palace, Sofia, Bulgarien 

Meldung:    Die Meldung kann nur über den DBV erfolgen
Meldeschluß  28.03.2003 
An:  Horst Rosenstock, DBV-Ausschuss Spielbetrieb
Wahnenkamp 10, 42697 Solingen ,Tel./Fax: 0212/79236
E-Mail: horst.rosenstock@t-online.de

Startgeld:    Einzel  US § 30,00
                  Doppel US § 60,00 

Die Meldungen haben zu enthalten: Name, Vorname, Geb.-Datum, komplette Anschrift mit Tel.Nr., Verein, sowie eine Bestätigung, daß die Teilnehmer für alle Kosten selbst aufkommen. 

Startberechtigt: 
Sind pro Nation lediglich 4 Einzel / Doppel pro Disziplin und Altersklasse  O35 / O40 / O45 / O50 / O55 / O60
Es erfolgt eine Nominierung durch den DBV-Ausschuß Spielbetrieb. Nichtnominierte erhalten eine Absage. Die Nominierten haben das Startgeld nach Aufforderung innerhalb von 14 Tagen per V-Scheck an meine o.g. Anschrift zu senden, ansonsten kann die Meldung nicht berücksichtigt werden.

Kostenregelung:   Die Teilnehmer haben alle Kosten selbst zu tragen.

Quartiere:   Der Ausrichter bietet 5 Unterkunftsmöglichkeiten an:
                 Kat. 1:     EZ US $ 150  DZ US $ 100 pro Person  HP 170 / 120  VP 190 / 140
                 Kat. 2:     EZ US $   70  DZ US $   55 pro Person  HP   82 /   67  VP   94 /   79
                 Kat. 3:     EZ US $   60  DZ US $   45 pro Person  HP   70 /   55   VP  80 /   65 
                 Kat. 4:     EZ US $   35  DZ US $   25 pro Person  HP   38 /   33   VP  46 /   50
                 Kat. 5:     EZ US $   28  DZ US $   20 pro Person  HP   30 /   25   VP  34 /   30 

Regularien:  Die Regularien der IBF für Senioren Weltmeisterschaften können im Internet unter www.intbadfed.org/compet2002.html  eingesehen werden. 

Horst Rosenstock
DBV-Ausschuss Spielbetrieb

Ben Lageweg – IBF Referee

1st World Senior Championships,
9-15 June 2003 - Sofia, Bulgaria 

The following instructions are designed to assist you in your preparation and to set out the conditions that will apply.

A close study should be made of the regulations for the World Senior Championships.  Please note these Regulations can be viewed in full on the IBF web site at http://www.intbadfed.org/wldsen.PDF

1.  Host Association
Bulgarian Badminton Federation (BBF)
75 Vasil Levski Blvd.
1040 Sofia
Bulgaria

Tel: +359 2 930 0550
Tel/fax: +359 2 986 7781
E-mail: bulbad@sofiaonline.com
Web: http://www.bfb.btc.net (klappt anscheinend nicht!)

2.  Venue Winter Palace of Sports, Sofia, Bulgaria

3.  Start of Play
Play commences on Monday 9 June 2003 at 1300 hours.

4.  Opening Ceremony
The Opening Ceremony will take place at 2000 hours on Sunday 8 June 2003 at the Winter Palace of Sports, Sofia, Bulgaria.

5.  Shuttlecocks
The Committee of Management has selected the Yonex AS40 shuttle as the official shuttlecock for the World Senior Championships 2003.  An adequate quantity of shuttles and speeds will be available.

6.  Umpires
IBF, national and local umpires are being used throughout the tournament.

7.  Umpire's Briefing
The Umpire's Briefing will take on Monday 9 June 2003 at 1100 hours at the Winter Palace of Sports, Sofia, Bulgaria.

8.  Referees:
The IBF appointed Referee is:

Ben Lageweg (NED)
Ben's e-mail address is: ben.lageweg@hccnet.nl
Ben arrives in Sofia on 7 June 2003

The Deputy Referees are:
David Pegg (ENG)
Pencho Stoynov (BUL)

9.  Conduct of the Contest
The contest will be run in accordance with the Laws of Badminton and other Regulations of the IBF.

10.  Scoring System
The following scoring system, as agreed at the IBF's Extraordinary General Meeting in Eindhoven, The Netherlands on 22 March 2003, will be used throughout the tournament: men's singles, men's doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles 3 games to 15 points, and women's singles 3 games to 11 points.

11.  Withdrawals
Please advise the IBF Secretariat immediately if a player or pair entered in the World Senior Championships has to withdraw for any reason.

12.  Substitutions
A player/pair may participate in an event of the World Senior Championships only if the player's/pair's entry is made by the closing date for entries as announced by IBF.

After the closing date for entries, but before the draw is made, a player who has entered may be unable to take part through illness, injury, or other unavoidable cause.  That player's place in singles, doubles or both may only be taken by a player from the same Member Association who has already entered another World Senior Championship event.

No changes or substitutions of any kind can be made to the draw after it has been made.

13.  Team Manager
Each Member Association concerned shall appoint a Manager of its team at least fourteen days before the commencement of the Championships.  The Team Manager shall attend any briefing meeting called by the Referee.

14.  Team Managers' Meeting
Team Managers’ meeting for the World Senior Championships is at 1000 hours on  Monday 9 June 2003 in the Winter Palace of Sports, Sofia, Bulgaria.  The appointed Team Manager must attend this meeting.

15.  Draws
The draws will be made at BBF's headquarters (Sofia, Bulgaria) on Monday 2 June 2003 at 1100 hours (BST).  Anyone wishing to attend is welcome.

16.  Schedule of Play
Will be issued as soon as possible after the draw has been made.

17.  Punctuality
Please ensure that your players are ready to take the court when their match is announced.  Sufficient advance notice will be given and punctuality is necessary and important for the smooth running of the tournament.

18.  Advertising
See Competition Regulation 22.

19.  Clothing
Clothing must be in accordance with Competition Regulation 18.

As per Competition Regulation19.3.6 (as per World Junior Championships), it is recommended that, from the semi-finals onwards doubles partners wear the same colour, and that the opposing pairs in each match wear different colours from each other.

20.  Player Names
Any name of a player on the back of the shirt must be in accordance with Competition Regulation 21.  The name of the player on the back of the shirt is optional.

21.  Country Names
The name of the player's country on the back of the shirt is optional.

22.  Mobile Phones
Players should be reminded that their mobile phones must be switched off when they are on court.  A mobile phone ringing on court may result in the player being faulted by the umpire or even disqualified by the Referee.

23.  Medical and Dope-testing
Medical Officers will be in attendance throughout the competition.  Random dope-tests may be carried out during the competition and players and officials should be prepared for such tests.  Players and officials will be given further details at the Team Managers' meeting.

The current list of banned substances and methods can be seen on the IBF web-site: http://www.intbadfed.org/Annex_A_Jan_03_updated.PDF
 

If you have any problems or queries concerning the World Senior Championships in Sofia or the contents of this letter please do not hesitate to contact me via the IBF Secretariat.

Good luck and I look forward to seeing you in Sofia.

Ben Lageweg
May 2003

Allow me first of all to thank you for your wish to participate in the forthcoming World Seniors Badminton Championships that are a hystorical moment for all of us- the badminton activists. 

Unfortunately this start has been put in a very difficult for all of us moment, considering the SARS virus. That is why we are not going to experience the attendance of some our colleagues from Asia, because they have a restriction to travel abroad. We are witnesses of the postponement of the World Championships in England, the IBF AGM that should have been organized paralel with that and may other important IBF events, like the Grand Prix in Asia- Singapour, Malaysia and Indonesia. I would like to inform you that we were just at the point of cancelling or postponement of these championships as well. 

After long- timed negotiatons with the Ministry of Health the Bulgarian Minister of Sports, Mr. Vasil Ivanov succeeded to get a parmission foir us to organize the champioships as preliminary planned. The only one condition is that all delegations should be accommodated in hotels, that are under the supervision of the Organizing committee ie. the Bulgarian Badminton Federation. These means that we need to know the exact names and number of participants from each country (which we already have), apart from that we need to have the flight details of  players (time of arrival, departure, flight number) the names of the hotels and the Tour agency (if any) which has arranged the accommodation details.

Therefore I would like to ask you to take under very serious consideration this matter and the latest by Monday 26.05.2003, till 1700 hours to forward the required information to the office of the Bulgarian Badminton Federation (fax:+359 2 986 77 81; +359 2 9815728; or an e-mail:bulbad@sofiaonline.com). This information is extremelly strictly required, because we must deliver it to the attention of the Health Ministry of Bulgaria, otherwise we are facing the threat of cancellation of the event. 

Please bear in mind that we have the chance to offer you some very limited number of rooms in the National Academy of Sports, where will be held the forthcoming IBF World Academy from 12- 27 July 2003. We have an offer for special price per room of USD 20- EUR 17 with brakfast and accommodation at the hotepl, announced for Olympic preparation!

PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THAT YOUR IMMEDIATE REPLY WILL BE TRULY APPRECIATED!!!

Best regards'

President
Bulgarian Badminton Federation

Prof. Dr. Puzant Kassabian