[dbaust] Fw: EDbU Newsflash 5

From: "Heather Lawson" <lawsonhj@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <dbaust@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 08:44:20 +1000
 Hello all

 See below  for your information. i received this from a friend. 

 Have a nice weekend and keep cool in the fish bowl. Will you? Only joking.

 Cheers heather 

From: Tekstovi <tekstovi@xxxxxxxx>
Date: 31 January 2014 12:11:23 am AEDT
To: Tekstovi <tekstovi@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: EDbU Newsflash 5


  EDbU Newsflash 5



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  To all who are interested we spread information about the event.





  1st Announcement   /  20.12.2013.



  the Second European Festival of the Specific Capabilities of the Deafblind





  2014, Bulgaria





  HOST ORGANIZATION: National Association of the Deafblind in Bulgaria (NADbBg)

  www.nasgb.org



  PLACE: BULGARIA, the city of Plovdiv, the Hotel “Novotel” – Plovdiv 

  www.icep.bg



  DATES: from 14th September 2014 to 22nd September 2014 on the following 
general program:

  six separate competitions for persons with deafblindness,

  as part of the Second European Festival of the Specific Capabilities of the 
Deafblind):



  14th of September 2014, Sunday:

   Day of arrival



  15th of September 2014, Monday:

  1st day of the 3rd European Chess Championship of the Deafblind



  16th of September 2014, Tuesday:

  2nd day of the 3rd European Chess Championship of the Deafblind



  17th of September 2014, Wednesday:

  1st European Championship on Backgammon of the Deafblind



  18th of September 2014, Thursday:

  1st European Bowling Championship of the Deafblind



  19th of September 2014, Friday:

  2nd European Championship on Track-and-Field Athletics of the Deafblind



  20th of September 2014, Saturday:

  2nd European Championship on Arm Wrestling of the Deafblind



  21th of September 2014, Sunday:

  2nd European Amateur Arts Festival of the Deafblind



  22nd of September 2014, Monday:

  Day of departure.



  More details regarding each competition – in the 2nd Announcement (will be 
sent in first half of January 2014).



  PARTICIPANTS who can compete in sports championships and in the amateur arts 
festival:

  Persons with Deafblindness (combination of hearing and visual impairment): 
men and women, only can compete in these competitions.  

  Interpreters and assistants of deafblind persons will work and help them 
during events, but they are sighted and/or hearing persons and they cannot to 
compete in the events.









  Participation in one/ several competition(s) or to be only visitor

  Each day can be day of arrival or day of departure. Each participant can 
decide in which competitions he or she would like to participate (several or 
one), to arrive on the day before, and to depart on the day after the 
competition.

  Each of you can decide to participate as competitor in particular event(s) or 
to be only a visitor of the event(s).



  The General Assembly of the International Sports Federation of the Deafblind 
(ISFDb)

  We will hold the General Assembly of ISFDb at afternoon(s) / evening(s) in 
this/these day(s) when the free time is.



  Trips and excursions

  There will be arranged some trips at afternoon(s) in this/these day(s) when 
the free time is.





  TRAVEL:

  All travel cost from home country to Bulgaria are paid from participants 
themselves.

  Air Transport is possible to the Sofia airport, Terminal 2 and Terminal 1.

  Some flights also come to Plovdiv Airport.

  The city of Plovdiv can be reached by train or by bus. There are trains and 
buses from Sofia.





  AIRPORT TRANSFER / transfer from bus / train stations:

  NADbBg will arrange car and bus transportation of the participants from Sofia 
airport to the hotel Novotel – Plovdiv and back from hotel Novotel – Plovdiv to 
Sofia airport.

  Distance between Sofia airport and the hotel Novotel – Plovdiv is 146 km on 
the “Trakia” highway that takes 1 hour 30 minutes.



  If there are participants come from Plovdiv Airport or bus/train stations in 
Plovdiv, they will be transferred to the hotel too.



  Transfer service will be included in participation fee.





  Participation fee, costs for accommodation and meals, registration form, 
deadline for registration and payment



  In first half of January 2014 we will send the 2nd Announcement with 
participation fee, costs for accommodation and meals, registration form, and 
deadline for registration and payment.





  HISTORY of the European Festivals of the Specific Capabilities of the 
Deafblind:



  The 1st European Festival of the Specific Capabilities of the Deafblind was 
arranged from NADbBg and was held in 2008 in Bulgaria, the city of Varna (on 
Black sea coast) from 1st to 8th September 2008, and it was consisted from the 
competitions:



  -2nd European Chess Championship of the Deafblind (because the 1st European 
Chess Championship of the Deafblind was held in 1997 in Denmark and arranged 
from FDDB)

  -1st European Championship on Track-and-Field Athletics of the Deafblind

  -1st European Championship on Arm Wrestling of the Deafblind

  -1st European Amateur Arts Festival of the Deafblind



  There was decided that the NADbBg will host in 2014 in Bulgaria the 2nd 
European Festival of the Specific Capabilities of the Deafblind with the same 
championships. 



  Please find attached more information about traditions in deafblind sports in 
Bulgaria, in presentation "Sports as way for social inclusion of the deafblind" 
that was presented in 10th Helen Keller World Conference – 07-08.11.2013, 
Tagaytay, Philippines.



  Welcome!



  With warm regards,





  Dimitar Parapanov,

  President of the National Association of the Deafblind in Bulgaria

  President of the International Sports Federation of the Deafblind

  EDBU Auditor

  WFDB Auditor
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