saskia.kanfer@europaralympic.org | Tel: + 43 1890 067 610 | Fax: + 43 1890 067 690 H. HOME 1. CONTACT | 2. SEARCH | 3. SITE MAP | 4. LINKS | BLACK | | NORMAL WHO ARE WE VISION AND MISSION ORGANISATION MEMBERS CALENDAR SPORTS NEWS ARCHIVE DOCUMENTS 2007 GA & CONFERENCE         MAIN New EPC Executive Board holds first ordinary meeting since GA 11-12-2009 An Executive Board meeting took place from 4th – 6th December 2009 at EPC HQ in Vienna with the following new members present: More info IPC celebrates 20th anniversary in style 07-09-2009 The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) officially celebrated its 20th anniversary in Bonn, Germany, last weekend. At the same time it was also commemorating the opening of its Bonn headquarters ten years ago. More info World Archery Para Championships underway in the Czech Republic 18-08-2009 The Czech city of Nymburk is playing host to over three hundred participants from thirty-five countries who are taking part in the 7th World Archery Para Championships 2009. The opening ceremony took place on Sunday and competition proper began yesterday. More info ParalympicSport.TV magazine paraEmotion released 03-08-2009 The latest issue of paraEmotion, the monthly newsletter from ParalympicSport.TV, is now available. This month’s edition includes reports from the International Paralympic Day 2009, held in Berlin, Germany, on Saturday July 11th. More info HIGHLIGHTS EPC announces candidates for GA elections to Executive Board 17-09-2009 The European Paralympic Committee has released the final list of candidates standing for election to the Executive Board for the period 2009-2013. The deadline to submit nominations was September 15th, and at close of business nine nominations had been received for the eight positions up for election. More info Lithuania and Great Britain take IBSA European Goalball gold 14-09-2009 Lithuania retained its men’s title at the recent 2009 IBSA European Goalball Championships held in Munich, Germany, with a convincing 14-4 victory in the final over challengers Slovenia. In the women’s event, Great Britain surprised many by overcoming Denmark in the final (7-3). More info European action in various Paralympic sports on the agenda 20-08-2009 European athletes in a number of Paralympic sports will be in action in the coming days as several major events are held all over the continent. More info Olsson, Vergeer and Wagner keep Mercedes Open Wheelchair Tennis titles 10-08-2009 A fascinating final day's play at the Mercedes Open, part of the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour, saw the men's main draw and women's singles and doubles finals all go to three sets in Utrecht, the Netherlands on Sunday, with Stefan Olsson (Sweden), Esther Vergeer (Netherlands) and David Wagner (USA) retaining the three main draw singles titles. More info