IWAS Wheelchair Fencing Sport Assembly

12/12/2009

Bangalore this week also hosted the IWAS Wheelchair Fencing Sport Assembly, which included the elections for its new board for 2009 - 2013. With 18 member nations involved in voting the results concluded the re-election of the President Alberto Vassallo Martinez (ESP)

Bangalore this week also hosted the IWAS Wheelchair Fencing Sport Assembly, which included the elections for its new board for 2009 – 2013. With 18 member nations involved in voting the results concluded the re-election of the President Alberto Vassallo Martinez (ESP)

The vote also resulted with the board attaining three new Members at Large,
Valber Lazao Nazareth (BRA)
Neil Ross (GBR)
Udo Ziegler (DEU)

Also the re-election of Vittorio Loi (ITL) and Nelson Tai (HKG).

Speaking after the elections Neil Ross from Great Britain said he would like to extend his warm wishes and thanks to the IWAS family and the people of Bangalore for making the delegates so welcome. He went on to say he was very excited about being elected as a Sport Representative to the IWAS / IWFC executive and was looking forward to developing Wheelchair Fencing around the World.

All details and the motions from the meeting will be contained in the minutes of the meeting which will be distributed to the fencing members and be made available on the IWAS website.