Welcome Manual &

Competition Guide

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INDEX WELCOME......................................................................................................................................................2ACCOMMODATION....................................................................................................................................2TRANSPORTATION....................................................................................................................................4MEALS..............................................................................................................................................................5VENUE..............................................................................................................................................................6ACCREDITATION........................................................................................................................................7TEAMMANAGERSMEETING................................................................................................................8COMPETITIONSCHEDULE.....................................................................................................................8COMPETITIONFORMAT.........................................................................................................................9TENTATIVECOMPETITIONSCHEDULE.......................................................................................10CLASSIFICATION.....................................................................................................................................10EQUIPMENTCHECK...............................................................................................................................12TRAININGONF.O.P................................................................................................................................14OPENINGCEREMONY...........................................................................................................................15GENERALOUTLINEOFTHECOMPETITION..............................................................................15KEYPERSONNEL.....................................................................................................................................15COMPETITORBIBS.................................................................................................................................16WARMUPAREAPROCEDURES........................................................................................................18CALLROOMPROCEDURES.................................................................................................................19BOCCIABALLS..........................................................................................................................................19PROTESTPROCEDURES.......................................................................................................................20IMPORTANTLOCATIONS....................................................................................................................20ANTI-DOPINGCONTROL.....................................................................................................................21MEDALANDCLOSINGCEREMONIES............................................................................................21WHATSAPPGROUPINFORMATION...............................................................................................21

WELCOME WelcometotheBISFedPintoRegionalOpen2018.

Wearelookingforwardtowelcoming12NationsinPinto–Madrid.

ThePintoRegionalOpen2018HostingCommitteecommandedbytheFEDPChas

thehonourofwelcomingyou towhatwe feelwillbeoneof themost important

Bocciaeventsduring2018.

WeareproudtohostthisBocciaRegionalOpenandwilltryourbesttopromoteour

ParalympicSportandwhatitmeansintheterritory.

Get all theupdatednews fromourmedia serviceson the internetvia theBoccia

RegionalOpenofficialwebsitehttp://www.regionalbocciapinto2018.com.

ACCOMMODATION

Delegationshavebeenaccommodatedin2ofthefinestHotelsduringtheirstayin

Pinto:

SERCOTELHOTELPRINCESADEÉBOLIandHOTELLASARTES

TheofficialshavebeenaccommodatedinHOTELMCVILLADEPINTO.

TheEntryFeesincludeallaccommodationexpensesandallmeals,fromdinneron

the25thMarchuntilbreakfastonthe1stApril2018(excludingdelegationsthathave

requestedextradaystotheHOC).

SERCOTELHOTELPRINCESADEEBOLI

Address:Calle Pablo Picasso, 10,28320Pinto,MadridTelephonenumber:+34912636400

COUNTRY

1 SPAIN

2 GREAT BRITAIN

3 GREECE

4 FRANCE

5 PORTUGAL

HOTELLASARTES

Address:PaseodelasArtes(antiguacalle Parla), 15, 28320Pinto,Madrid.Telephonenumber:+34916086500

COUNTRY

6 AZERBAIJAN 11 TUNISIA

7 HUNGARY 12 GERMANY

8 BELGIUM

9 NETHERLANDS

10 NORWAY

TRANSPORTATION Atransportationplanwillbedeliveredtoteamsinordertoensurealltheirtransfers

duringthecompetition.

Atarrivalanddeparture,theHOCwillensuretransportationforalldelegationsand

officialsfromMadridBarajasInternationalAirporttotheHotelandfromthehotel

totheAirport.

Shuttleservicefromtheofficialhotelwillbeprovidedtotheteamsinordertohelp

ensureanon-timearrivalforallthepossiblecompetitiontimes.Moreinformation

aboutScheduleof the shuttleswillbegiven in theWelcomeDesk andTechnical

InformationCenter.

Specialtransportserviceswillbeannouncedonthe26thMarchtoallowtheteams

togoto theirrespectiveaccommodation, trainingsessions,equipmentcheckand

classification.

InordertoattendtheOpeningCeremonyteamswillnotreturntothehotel.Dinner

willbeservedclosetotheVenue(PolideportivoMunicipalPrincipedeAsturias,

PintoMadrid)asduringtherestoftheRegionalOpen.

TeamsmustbereadyfortheparadeinfrontofMainEntry.

AftertheOpeningCeremonytheteamswillbetransportedtothehotel(HotelLas

Artes).Teamswillbepreviouslyinformedwhatbuswillpickthemup.

Someslightdelaysmayoccurwhilewetrytofilleachshuttlecompletely.

NotransportationwillbeprovidedtoanyteamstayinginahoteloutoftheHOC.

NotransportationwillbeprovidedtoteamswhowillstayinSercotelHotelPrincesa

deEboli(400mbetweenHotel–Venue)

MEALS BreakfastanddinnerwillbeservedintheHotels.

DuringthecompetitionperiodlunchwillbeservedattheRestaurantclosetothe

CompetitionVenue.

Teamsarrivingonthe25th Marchwillhavedinneratthehotel.

On the 26th March lunches will be served at the hotels, except teams who have

classification,equipmentcheckortrainingatthattime,whowillhavelunchatthe

venue.

Timeofmealswillbedelivereduponarrival.

Foranyspecialneedsornewarrangementsconcerningaccommodationandmeals

please contact Mr. Antonio Ranchal directly from our official email

info@regionalbocciapinto2018.com

VENUE Official venue for the BISFed 2018 European Regional Open will be the

PolideportivoMunicipalPríncipedeAsturias.Thisfacilityhasdifferentzones:

ZONE 1: CompetitionvenueandCeremonies

ZONE 2: Tobeusedaswarmupzone

ZONE 3: Tobeusedasequipmentcheck

ZONE4:Tobeusedasclassification

PAV1& PAV2: Tobeusedasstoragezone

Theseareaswillbesignpostedandtherewillbevolunteerstodirectyou.

BATHROOMS & SHOWERS

Thereareadaptedbathroomsinallcompetitionvenue.Wesuggestthattheteams

usetheshowersintheadaptedbathroomsinZone1.

ACCREDITATION Thefollowingparticipantswillreceiveaccreditationuponarrivaltotheirhotels:

- Athletes

- Coaches,Assistantsandotherstaff

- BISFedExecutiveBoard

- BISFedOfficials

- NationalOfficials

- HostCommittee

- Volunteers

- Media

- Guests

MEDICALCAREAtthevenue:FirstAidserviceswillbeofferedwithmedicalservice.HEALTHLINE112InSpaintheHealthlineisafreetelephoneforemergencymedical

services.HospitalUniversitarioInfantaElenaisonly7kmfromtheVenue.

Teams, players and staff must attend the competition with their own medical

insuranceincludingmedicalcostsofforeigncountriesandrepatriation.

TEAM MANAGERS MEETING TheTeamManagersTechnicalMeetingonthe27th Marchat10:00amwillbeinthe

Venue.

Team Managers can bring one other person and a translator with them to the

meetingifrequired.

SCHEDULE Therewillbeclassification,trainingandequipmentcheckforallnationsonthe26th,

exceptTunisiawhoarrivelatethatday,withtheopeningceremonyintheevening.

Onthemorningofthe27ththerewillbeclassificationandequipmentcheckofthe

TunisianathletesandtheTechnicalMeeting.

March

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1stArrival/Accreditation Classification Training OpeningCeremony Competition ClosingCeremony Departure

DRAFT COMPETITION FORMAT The competition format will be governed by the February 2018 version of theBISFedCompetition&RankingManual:http://www.bisfed.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/BISFed_Competition-and-Ranking-Manual_1.2_2018-02.pdf

DRAFT INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION SCHEDULE

Class Entries Pools Poolsof5 Poolsof4 Poolsof3 PoolMatches ElimMatches TotalIndBC1 13 4 0 1 3 15 4 19IndBC2 15 4 0 3 1 21 8 29IndBC3 17 4 1 3 0 28 8 36IndBC4 20 4 4 0 0 40 8 48

104 28 132TeamBC1/BC2 6 2 0 0 2 6 4 10PairsBC3 7 2 0 1 1 9 4 13PairsBC4 8 2 0 2 2 12 4 16

27 12 39

27-Mar 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 814:00 BC4 BC4 BC4 BC4 BC4 BC4 BC4 BC415:15 BC3 BC3 BC3 BC3 BC3 BC3 BC3 BC316:30 BC4 BC4 BC4 BC4 BC4 BC4 BC4 BC417:45 BC2 BC2 BC2 BC2 BC2 BC2 BC3 BC3

28-Mar 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 809:00 BC1 BC1 BC1 BC1 BC1 BC2 BC3 BC310:15 BC4 BC4 BC4 BC4 BC4 BC4 BC4 BC411:30 BC3 BC3 BC3 BC3 BC3 BC3 BC3 BC312:45 BC2 BC2 BC2 BC2 BC1 BC1 BC2 BC214:00 BC4 BC4 BC4 BC4 BC4 BC4 BC4 BC415:15 BC3 BC3 BC3 BC3 BC3 BC3 BC3 BC316:30 BC2 BC2 BC2 BC2 BC2 BC2 BC2 BC217:45 BC4 BC4 BC4 BC4 BC4 BC4 BC4 BC4

29-Mar 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 809:00 BC1 BC1 BC1 BC110:15 BC2QF BC2QF BC2QF BC2QF BC4QF BC4QF BC4QF BC4QF11:30 BC3QF BC3QF BC3QF BC3QF BC1 BC1 BC1 BC112:4514:00 BC1SF BC1SF BC2SF BC2SF BC3SF BC3SF BC4SF BC4SF15:1516:30 BC33/4 BC43/4 BC13/4 BC23/417:45 BC3F BC4F BC1F BC2F

DRAFT TEAM AND PAIRS COMPETITION SCHEDULE

TRAINING SCHEDULE

CLASSIFICATION AthletesbeingclassifiedmustbringtheirPassport(orIdentificationCard)totheir

classificationappointment.

Inaddition,theathletesmustsign,inthepresenceofawitness,theBISFedConsent

forClassificationFormthatcanbeprintedfrompage39oftheClassificationRules

(available on the BISFed website at http://www.bisfed.com/about-

boccia/classification/)

30-Mar 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 809:30 TEAM TEAM PBC3 PBC3 PBC311:00 PBC4 PBC4 PBC4 PBC412:30 TEAM TEAM PBC3 PBC3 PBC314:00 PBC4 PBC4 PBC4 PBC415:30 PBC3 PBC3 PBC3 TEAM TEAM17:00 PBC4 PBC4 PBC4 PBC4

31-Mar 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 810:00 TEAMSF TEAMSF PBC3SF PBC3SF PBC4SF PBC4SF11:3013:00 PBC43/4 PBC33/4 TEAM3/414:30 PBC4F PBC3F TEAMF

26-Mar 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1209:00 AZE POR POR ESP ESP ESP BEL NED10:30 HUN NOR GRE GRE GRE GBR GBR GBR12:00 FRA FRA GER POR POR ESP ESP ESP13:30 GBR GBR GBR HUN NOR BEL NED15:00 GRE GRE GRE FRA FRA AZE GER

27-Mar 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1209:00 HUN NOR BEL NED AZE GRE GRE GRE GER FRA FRA10:00 ESP ESP ESP TUN TUN POR POR GBR GBR GBR

Please ensure that the athletes understand the document, provide translation if

necessaryandbringtheformtoclassification.

Athletesmustbringalistofallmedicationsandanypertinenthealthinformation

written in English with them. They must also bring the Certificate of Diagnosis

completed by their medical doctor. It can be printed from Page 38 of the

ClassificationRules.

TheathletemustcometoclassificationwithBocciaequipmentusedinplayandbe

dressedinsportsclothing.Iftheyarenotproperlyattiredtheywillnotbeclassified.

CLASSIFICATION SCHEDULE

26-Mar Country FirstName LastName09:00 HUN Vivien Suha09:20 HUN Alexandra Szabo09:40 GRE Dionysia Tsakiri10:10 FRA Ludwig Brouillard10:30 FRA Dorian Decarme10:50 FRA Thomas Ramsawmy11:30 AZE Narmin Aliyeva11:50 AZE Bahruz Mirzayev12:10 AZE Khayal Islamov14:00 POR Bruno Osório14:20 POR Nuno Guerreiro14:50 ESP JuanCarlos Montezuma15:10 ESP Fernando Antunez15:40 GBR Ricky Stevenson16:00 BEL Jordy VanDenBranden

27-Mar Country FirstName LastName08:00 TUN Boubaker Helali08:20 TUN Achraf Tayahi08:40 TUN Akrem Othmane09:00 TUN Nour Meguedich09:20 TUN Mohamed Bouzidi

Classification

EQUIPMENT CHECK AthletesmayusetheirownSportsEquipment.SportsEquipmentincludes:

• Balls

• Chairs(BC1,BC2,BC4)

• Ramps(BC3)

• CommunicationdevicestobeusedinF.O.P.

Documentedapprovalfromclassificationforgloves,splintsorothersimilardevices

that theathleteusesmustbebrought toEquipment check (BISFed international

BocciaRules2018-v.3,paragraph4).

TheEquipmentCheckwillbedoneaccordingtotheschedulebelowintheStorage

venue(PolideportivoMunicipalPríncipedeAstúrias),onthe26thand27thMarch.

Equipmentthatdoesnotmeetthecriteriawillnotbecertifiedandwillbeheldby

theorganizationuntiltheendofthechampionship.

Atanytime,includingduringamatch,therefereemayconfirmtheeligibilityofany

pieceofequipment.Anyequipmentthatfailseligibilityduringthecompetitionwillbeconfiscatedfortheremainderofthecompetition;detailsofthisoffencewillbe

publishedattheSportsInformationDesk.

EQUIPMENT CHECK SCHEDULE

26-Mar Country09:00 FRA09:20 FRA09:40 NOR10:00 HUN10:2010:40 ESP11:00 ESP11:20 ESP11:40 NED12:00 GRE12:20 GRE12:40 GRE14:00 AZE14:20 GER14:40 POR15:00 POR15:20 BEL15:40 GBR16:00 GBR16:20 GBR

27-Mar-18 Country09:20 TUN09:40 TUN

TRAINING ON F.O.P

Theteamsmustbeattheentranceofthecompetitionareaatleast5minutesbefore

thescheduledtime.

Fiveminutes before the finish time theymust stop training and prepare all the

equipmenttogetoutatthescheduledtime.

Accesstotheentranceofthetrainingareawillbeallowedonlytoaccreditedstaffor

athleteswhoarescheduledfortraining.

Access to the entrance of Sports Equipment Storage will be allowed only to

accredited stafforathleteswhoare scheduled for trainingand forpickingupor

leavingsportsequipment.

OPENING CEREMONY Tuesday26thMarchfrom19:00to20:00attheCompetitionVenue.

TeamsmustattendtheO.Cat18:30outsideofthevenueinthemainentry.

GENERAL OUTLINE OF THE COMPETITION AllEventsoftheBISFed2018EuropeanRegionalOpenwillruninaccordancewith

the BISFed 2018 Competition Rules V3: http://www.bisfed.com/wp-

content/uploads/2014/01/V.3_with_markup.pdf

Incaseofdoubtoranydisagreementintheinterpretationoftherules,theEnglish

versionshallprevail.

AnycasenotincludedinthisdocumentshallbesolvedinaccordancewiththeHead

RefereeandtheTechnicalDelegate for thecompetition. It is theresponsibilityof

each National Organization participating in the BISFed 2018 European Regional

Opentoensurethatallcompetitorsandtechnicalpersonnelarefamiliarisedwith

theBISFedRules.

KEY PERSONNEL - LOC

POSITION NAME EventDirector AntonioRanchalCompetitionManager CarlosVarelaLogisticsandGeneralServices AdrianaCepedaCallRoomManager RubenPratsVolunteersManager TrinidadAccommodationandMealatHotel PepeNuñezTransportOfficer PepeNuñez

KEY PERSONNEL - OFFICIALS

POSITION NAME BISFedTechnicalDelegate DuncanTunbridgeBISFedAssistantTechnicalDelegate EleniStoka-NaziriBISFedChiefClassifier NataliaSladkovaClassifier CarlosQueroClassifier DavidAlonsoBISFedHeadReferee InesAlmeidaBISFedAssistantHeadReferee RonnyVanAsscheInternationalReferee IzaskunAguirreInternationalReferee MaiteBeltránInternationalReferee MiquelChaléInternationalReferee MaireClaireParentInternationalReferee GoranDernejInternationalReferee DanielHeadleyInternationalReferee AlexanderFridmanInternationalReferee MartinaKincesovaNationalReferee RobertoCarlosPecellínNationalReferee JordiGiménezNationalReferee SandraValderasNationalReferee AnaLeónNationalReferee ÁlvaroGómezNationalReferee JorgeBallesterosNationalReferee PauSalvadorNationalReferee NeusÁlvarezNationalReferee JoséMaríaMontero

COMPETITOR BIBS Upon confirmation of classification, each athlete shall be given two competitor

numbers:

• Oneofthepiecesmustbewornatalltimesduringthehoursofcompetition.

The competitor number must be affixed on the front of the shirt or the

trouserleg

• Thesecondcompetitornumberisareservecopy.ExceptionforclassesBC1

andBC3: in thisparticularcase, theassistantwillhavea thirdcompetitor

numbertobeaffixedwherevisible.

Ifanathleteforgets, losesorchoosesnottoweartheircompetitornumber,

theywillnotbepermittedtoenterthewarm-uparea, theCallRoomorthe

fieldofplay.Asidethatisnotpresentforthestartofthematchforfeitsthe

match(ref.8.3).ExceptionsmaybeconsideredbytheHeadRefereeand/or

theTechnicalDelegate.

WARM UP AREA PROCEDURES Warm-upforthefirstrowofmatchesofeachcompetitiondaywillbeontheF.O.P.

Onthe27thMarchthewarm-upareawillopenfrom11:00am.4warmupcourtswill

beatdisposalforcompetingdelegations.

Prioritywillbegiventocompetitorsplayingonthenextrowofmatches.

Playersmay be accompanied into theWarm-up area by amaximum number of

peopleasfollows:

CLASS NUMBER OF PEOPLE BC1 1coach1assistant

BC2 1coach1assistant

BC3 1coach1assistant

BC4 1coach1assistant

PAIRSBC3 1coach1assistantperathlete

PAIRSBC4 1coach1assistant

TEAMSBC1/BC2 1coach1assistant

Ifitisnecessary,onetranslatorandonephysiotherapist/masseuseperCountrymay

enterinthewarm-uparea.Theycan’thelporassistwithcoaching.

CALL ROOM PROCEDURES CallRoomprocedureswillbeasdocumentedintheBISFed2018CompetitionRules

V3:

http://www.bisfed.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/V.3_with_markup.pdf

Incaseofdoubtoranydisagreementintheinterpretationoftherules,theEnglish

versionshallprevail.

Prior toentering theWarm-upAreaandCall Room,Athletes,CoachesandSport

Assistantsmustensurethat theyhavetheirAccreditationTagwiththem.Athlete

competitornumbersshouldbeclearlyvisible.Failuretodosowillresultinrefused

entrytotheCallRoom.

PLEASEBEAWAREYOU’LLNEEDABOUT10MINUTESTOREACHTHECALLROOM

AREAFROMTHEWARMUPZONE

BOCCIA BALLS TheOrganizingCommitteewillhaveCompetitionBallsavailableforbothtraining

andcompetition.

AthletespersonalsetsofBocciaBallswillbecheckedasSportsEquipmentinthe

mannersetoutabove.

Immediately outside the entrance to the Call Roomwill be an electronic set of

weighingscalesandmeasuringtemplate forSidestochecktheeligibilityof their

ballsbeforeentry.

Duringthecompetition,randomballcheckswilltakeplaceintheCallRoompriorto

eachroundofmatcheswithoneortwocourtsbeingselectedforinspection.Balls

thatfailthecriteriawillbeconfiscateduntiltheendofthecompetition(asabove).

Theplayerwillbeallowedtoreplacetheball/swithcompetitionball/satthistime.

Afterthematch,thesecompetitionballsshallbereturnedtotheReferee.

PROTEST PROCEDURES Protestprocedureswillbeasdocumented intheBISFed2018CompetitionRules

V3:

http://www.bisfed.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/V.3_with_markup.pdf

ProtestFormswillbeavailablefromandreturnedtotheSportsInformationDesk.

ThedecisionofallProtestsshallbeavailableatthisdesk.

IMPORTANT LOCATIONS AccesstoRestrictedAreas

Access to restricted areas shall be limited to authorised personnel only and in

accordancewiththeBISFedInternationalBocciaRules.Authorisedpersonnelshall

onlybegrantedaccessiftheyarewearingtheirappropriateAccreditationCardina

visible place. Full details of restricted areas shall be explained at the Technical

Meeting.

SportsInformationDesk

Access to the InformationDesk is restricted to theTeamManagerordesignated

person. The sports information desk will be located at the venue; the precise

locationcanbeobservedontheattachedmap.Thisdeskshallholdthe following

information:

• SchedulesofPlay

• Results

• ProtestForms

• ClassificationNotices

• TimeandLocationofMeetings

• TimeandLocationofSocialEvents

• MapofVenueillustratingthelocationofspecificareas

• VenueFacilities

Resultswillbepublishedonthewebsite

http://www.regionalbocciapinto2018.comonaregularbasis.

Onehardcopywillbedistributedattheendofeachday.Astothescheduleofplay,

itwillalsobepublished,andahardcopywillbedeliveredtoeachTeamManager

aftertheTechnicalmeetingtobeheldonthe27thMarch.

CompetitionOffice

AccesstotheCompetitionSecretariatOfficeisrestrictedtomembersoftheHOCand

BISFedBocciaofficials.AllenquiriesshouldbeaddressedtotheInformationDesk

ANTI-DOPING CONTROL ThelistofforbiddensubstancescanbefoundontheWADA2018ProhibitedList:

https://www.wada-ama.org/sites/default/files/prohibited_list_2018_en.pdf

AlldopingprocedureswillbeinaccordancetotheproceduresoftheWADA.

Thedopingcontroltestswillbeconductedbythe

BISFedTherapeuticUseExemption(TUE)formsarelocatedontheBISFedwebsite.

Athletes,whoareusingbannedsubstancesfoundontheWADA2018ProhibitedList

for therapeutic reasons, should complete theTUE forms and return them to the

BISFedanti-dopingofficer.

MEDAL AND CLOSING CEREMONIES Saturday31stMarchat17:30.

WHATSAPP GROUP INFORMATION HOCwillmakeaWhatsAppgroupwithallTeamManagers.Inordertokeep

constantcommunication.Pleaseprovideyourcontactnumberto:

info@regionalbocciapinto2018.com