To open Congress, World Archery Europe President Mario Scarzella presented both World Archery President and IOC Executive Board Member Prof Dr Ugur Erdener and World Archery Secretary General Tom Dielen with a commemorative trophy marking their key role in the continued growth of archery around the world.
Prof Dr Erdener gave a speech emphasising that World Archery Europe, as the biggest continental organisation of World Archery, had to keep looking towards the future and focus on implementing strategic plans in national federations for 2020 and beyond. He also underlined the need for good governance and clean sport.
Congress delegates then renewed a number of positions on World Archery Europe’s Executive Board and Commissions.
Vice President Vladimir Esheev, as well as Board Members Philippe Bouclet, Rolf Lind, Thierry Zintz and Trudy Medwed finished their terms in 2016.
World Archery Europe elected Vladimir Esheev 
to the role of First Vice President, and Dominique Ohlmann 
and Hilda Gibson 
as Board Members for four years, while reappointing Rolf Lind 
and Vicente Martinez-Orga 
for two years.
Newly Elected Commissions
- 3D & Field Committee: Stefano Tombesi
, Karin Hannu 
and Helmut Poell 
- Junior Development Committee: Paola Bertone , Irena Rosa
and Gullimar Akerlund 
- Judges Committee: Luca Stucchi , Jean Martens and Klaus Lykkebaek
- Development and Technical Committee: Bettina Kratzmueller , Patrik Lebeau and Evelyn Papadopoulou
Everything is now set in Nottingham for the European Championships, which run from 23 to 29 May in the land of Robin Hood. The 2016 event marks the second time the European Archery Championships has been held in Great Britain. The first was in 1978 in the historic town of Stoneleigh, near Coventry.
Qualification and elimination for the 2016 Championships take place at The University of Nottingham’s Highfields grounds until 27 May, the day of the continental qualifying tournament of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
The finals are hosted in the heart of the city in Nottingham’s Old Market Square on 28/29 May, in front of Nottingham Council House, a building listed for its historical significance.
Tickets can be purchased on the event website.
In total, 295 archers from 44 countries compete in Nottingham, 40 of which will be in the running to win places one of the six available places – three men’s and three women’s – to the Olympics.
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