EUF Report 2009-2011

1. EUF Report 2009-2011 Maribor, July 30th 2011

2. EUF Board Members 2009-2011 Chair: Simon “Si” Hill (GBR) Treasurer: Ted Beute (NED) CSC Chair: Andrea “Oddi” Furlan (ITA) Open: Andrea “Oddi” Furlan (ITA) Women: Alia Ayub (GBR) Mixed: Jim Hancox (GBR) Master: Marcus Sarnoch (GER) Youth: Paul Eriksson (SWE)

3. Board activities EUC 2011 • Bidding open in January 2010. • Bid arrived with deadline: Florence (ITA), Turin (ITA) => First Florence and the also Turir retracted the bid in June 2010 • Limerick (IRE) => applied in March 2010, but was not that solid. Si Hill invested a lot of time in checking the set up (also on site). On explicit advise of the IFDA, EUF decided to reopen the bidding process in Aug. 2010 • New Bids: Nantes (FRA), Dublin (IRE), Maribor(SLO) (application arrived between Sept. and Nov.). • Final announcement was on Dec. 8th 2010.

4. Board activities EUC 2011 • Know-how support and decision making in various issues concerning the EUC 2011 (from Dec. 2010 till July 2011 ): • Formats and Schedules • Eligibility • Risk Management • Financial Issues

5. CSC activities CSC Members 2010 Andrea "Oddi" Furlan,  ChairRuediger Veitl, DE, CEKatka Svobodova, CZ, CEMarkus Erkinheimo FI, NEAlina Dunaeva RUS, NEDavid Moser, CH, SWSilvia Sabino, FR, SW Si Hill, UK, WAura Mackenzie, UK, W

6. CSC activities CSC Members 2011 Andrea "Oddi" Furlan,  ChairRuediger Veitl, DE, C-- vacant --Katka Svobodova, CZ, EGabor Boross, H, EPaul Eriksson, SE, NAlina Dunaeva RUS, NDavid Moser, CH, SSilvia Sabino, FR, S Si Hill, UK, WAura Mackenzie, UK, W

7. CSC activities EUCS 2010 • Definition of clear guidelines for Bidding process and requirements for the bidders in order to guarantee the safety of the players (=> field size and restrain zones) • Concept draft for Regional Restructuring

8. CSC activities EUCS 2010 • Bid Selection EUCF 2010 and EUCR’s 2010: • LLoret (ESP) • Bern (SUI) • Schedule definition and trouble shooting in EUCF 2010 and various EUCRs.

9. CSC activities EUCS 2011 • Definition of: • new EUCS regions (from 4 to 5) • New EUCS eligibility system and responsibilities (from 5 to 3 additions in open, NA responsible for rosters) • New EUCF format (from 16O+8W to 24O+10W) • Online Vote about new-EUCS • 20 NA participated (attendance of 68,97%)!!

10. CSC activities EUCS 2011 • Bid Selection EUCF 2011 and EUCR’s 2010: • Basel (SUI) => cancel bid in Dec. 2010 • Brugue (BEL) => applied in Jan. 2011

11. Youth subcommitteactivities Youth Subcommitee Members • Paul Eriksson, Sweden, chairperson • Mark Kendall, Germany • Kevin Lowe, Great Britain • Christoph Denhardt, Germany • Andris Krauja, Latvia

12. Youth subcommitteactivities EYUC 2009: Vienna (AUT) 35 Teams : • 16 in Jr Open, 9 in Jr Women, 6 in U17 Open and 4 in U17 Girls Bib improvement compared to 23 teams in 2007: • 10 in Jr O, 3 in Jr W, 6 in U17 O and 4 in U17 G) 5 in total (16 in Jr Open, 9 in Jr Women, 6 in U17 Open and 4 in U17 Girls) compared to just 23 in 2007 (10 in Jr O, 3 in Jr W, 6 in U17 O and 4 in U17 G).

13. Youth subcommitteactivities WJUC (+EYUC-U17) 2010: Heilbronn (GER) 33 European teams • (13 Jr O, 9 Jr W, 7 U17 O and 4 U17 G) slight drop was because of WFDF not allowing 2nd teams to participate (we now only allow it in the U17 division). 

14. Youth subcommitteactivities EYUC 2011: Wroclaw (POL) August 8-13 32 Teams: • 13 Jr O, 9 Jr W, 7 U17 O and 3 U17 G Polish Bid has been approved already in Fall 2010. In Feb. 2011 field owners changed their mind. Within few months it has been able to find an other organizer in Poland!