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members of the Executive
Committee, Disciplinary
Commission and Supervisory
Board for the four-year mandate
period 2019-2023.
The Finnish Student Sports
Federation OLL elected Aalto’s
Mr Antti Pentikainen as the new
President of the Board at the
General Assembly in Jyvaskyla
in November.
In addition to Mr Pentikainen, Ms
Sanna-Maria Ahl from Seinajoki
University of Applied Sciences
and Ms Nita Vallimaki from
Satakunta University of Applied
Sciences were elected as Vice
Presidents, and Ms Ilona Raimas
from University of Helsinki and
Ms Liisa Reinola from Seinajoki
University of Applied Sciences
were elected as Board Members.
The Academic Sports
Association of Israel (ASA
Israel) held their General
Assembly on November 24, as
new management for the next
four-year period was elected.
Mr Victor Hadad was re-elected
as the association’s president,
which will see him lead the
organisation until 2023.
Following Italian University
Sport Center – Centro
Universitario Sportivo Italiano
(CUSI)’s General Assembly in
November, Mr Antonio Dima
was elected as the association’s
new president for the next
four-year period. The new CUSI
board was also elected, with the
organisation proud to have six
women elected as members.
University Sport
Development Meetings
The Kosovo University Sports
Federation hosted members of
EUSA staff and other European
university sport authorities for
an official two-day visit from
14-15 June, where great strides
were taken in the development
of the country’s university sport.
Various presentations and
discussions were had involving
high-level university authorities
together with Master’s students
from the Faculty of Physical
Education at the University of
Pristina. Lectures and case study
examples were also shared, with
future projects and cooperation
discussed the following day
upon the delegation’s visit to
AAB College in Pristina. As
part of the visit, EUSA attended
the inauguration of a new
Beach Volleyball venue at the
University of Pristina, a facility
which will serve the student
community for years to come.The University of Malaga played
host to a successful conference
focusing on University Sport as
part of the European Week of
Sport. The conference, which
took place over September
22 and 23, brought together
several universities to discuss
the impact university sport can
have on the European Week of
Sport. Present at the conference
on behalf of EUSA was Sports
Manager Mr Besim Aliti, who
shared his expertise in the field
of sport event organisation.EUSA was present in the eastern
Croatian city of Slavonski Brod
as an invited guest to deliver a
presentation to students and
local organisations on university
sport in Europe. Sports Manager
Mr Besim Aliti attended the
event, organised by the College
of Slavonski Brod, giving an
overview of university sport on
the continent, before highlightingvarious organisational and event
management aspects. Over
200 students were present
on the day, as well as several
representatives from local
sports organisations.Gala Events
On February 24, the annual
sports awards recognising
the most successful athletes
in Bosnia and Herzegovina
of the previous season took
place at the National Theatre
in Sarajevo, organised by the
Sports Federation of Bosnia and
Herzegovina. EUSA President Mr
Adam Roczek was in attendance,
and was presented with a
Plaque of Appreciation.In cooperation with the
Organising Committee of the
Winter Universiade 2021, Swiss
University Sports hosted their
glittering Swiss Students
Sports Awards ceremony at
the LUGA fair in Lucerne in
May. Over 130 athletes and
officials, supporters, guests and
delegates including academic,
political and sports authorities
took part in the event, with a
number of student-athletes
receiving awards for their
excellent results in recent
competitions.On October 4, more than 500
people from all over Ukraine
gathered in the auditorium of
the National State University
of Physical Culture and
Sport in Kiev to celebrate the
achievements of Ukrainian
student-athletes at the 2019
Summer Universiade and
the European Universities
Championships. On behalf of
President of Ukraine, 40 athletes
and coaches were awardedfor their achievements during
the FISU Summer Universiade
in Naples. Ukrainian students
won 20 medals in Naples and
55 medals in the European
Universities Championships,
ending in the top three of EUSA’s
medal classification standings
for 2019.Special Anniversaries
2019 marked 100 years of
university sport in the UK,
and to celebrate the occasion
the University of Sheffield
hosted a centenary celebration
at the 2019 BUCS National
Championships in February,
welcoming several UK university
institutions to the event to take
part in eight different sports.
Present at the event on behalf
of EUSA was Sports Assistant
Mr Liam Smith, who met with
key operational staff from BUCS,
as well as EUSA Executive
Committee Member and Chair of
the Media and Communications
Commission, Mr Bill Thompson,
and EUSA Honorary Member,
Ms Allison Odell CBE. BUCS
Nationals was the first of many
events throughout 2019 which
celebrated the centenary of
university sport in the UK.The Finnish Student Sports
Federation (OLL) celebrated
its 95th anniversary with a
Gala in Helsinki on February 2,
with the event highlighting the
importance of OLL advocacy
work in Finland as well as at an
international level, before which
Badges of Merit and Honour
were awarded to the deserving
winners. EUSA was represented
at the event by EUSA President
Mr Adam Roczek and EUSA
Education and Development
Manager Ms Sara Rozman.