European University Sports Association - First 10 years: 1999-2009

26 EUSA

first 10 years

1999-2009 EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY SPORTS ASSOCIATION From foundation on

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n the first meeting of the new Executive Committee that

took place in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, it was decided

to change the title of the European University Champion-

ships to European Universities Championships to stress the

universities as participants on the events.

At the same time the first edition of the EUSA Convention for

the Organisers of the European Universities Championships

was organised in Eindhoven. 45 participants, the representa-

tives of the European Universities Championships Organising

Committees, EUSA Technical Delegates and Members of the

EUSA Executive Committee were present on the seminar. The

aim of the event was to give the general briefing on the

terms and conditions of organisation and to provide best

practice examples. Subsequently the Technical Delegates met

with the Organising Committees of their respective sport in

order to check all details of the organisation and discuss the

progress reports.

The next editions of the Executive Committee Meetings were

organised in Moscow, Paris, and Valencia. The board decided

to put Table Tennis and Rugby 7’s on the 2007 champion-

ships program. With the growth of the sports program, also

the Technical Commission increased a lot what demanded

a new approach to its management. Therefore the board

nominated Mr. Michel Bonfils as a Chairman of Technical

Commission.

The EUSA website was renovated and got a new outfit. It

was also decided to produce EUSA magazine on a yearly ba-

sis with the first EUSA Year Magazine being published in

December.

In 2006, nine European University Championships were or-

ganised with 255 university teams and 2200 participants from

27 countries present. Again, this was a significant growth of

the participation on EUSA events that were becoming more

and more popular among universities and students.

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2006

Convention as the new EUSA event

Mr. Fetisov, Minister of Sports of Russia welcomed EUSA

representatives during board meeting in Moscow

EUSA Year Magazine Tennis during first multisport event in Eindhoven