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What do 'MP3', 'Program EC & BOT', 'Swimming', 'Ropes' and 'Skills' have in common with each other?
July 06, 2005

Loughborough 2005 of course!!!!

MP3
Send in your music in MP3-format to have a secured backup at the EC. You can also give your competition-CD on the day of arrival or at least the day before competition, so we can make a copy of it!!!

Program EC & BOT
Sunday, July 24th: EC
09:00 Official opening
09:15 Speed for Juniors
10:00 Freestyles on two fields (one field SR and one field DD)
12:00 Ends of EC for Juniors

14:00 Speed for Seniors
15:00 Freestyles Seniors on two fields (same as for the Juniors)
17:30 End of EC
17:45 Speed events BOT
18:30 Medal ceremony Juniors & Seniors
Monday, July 25th: BOT

09:00 Freestyles Cup & Juniors
10:30 Freestyles Novice & Seniors
12:00 Medal ceremony

Swimming
Loughborough has an Olympic size swimming pool available!! This will be part of the program for everyone on the Monday evening. So everyone: Bring your swimming costumes!!

Ropes
Every camp all sessions in Camp all disciplines are being taught...
Every camp all skippers and coaches know that they must use their own ropes...
Every camp always ropes from others are being used...
BRING YOUR OWN ROPE(S)!!!!
We can't and won't guarantee that there will be 'rentable' ropes during camp...

Skills
As all competitive skipper, coaches and NRSO's know: FISAC-IRSF will change their skill-list from the 3-Level-system (Basic, Intermediate, Advanced) into the 4-Level-system.
This will (most likely) be the same list as ERSO has on it's page, because as far as we know this is the most complete and updated skill-list. Take a loot at the list at the ERSO-site and go to [Skills]. Or use: http://www.erso.org/skills.htm!!
Here you can see that this list hasn't been updated since January 11th 2001. That this list has an awful lot of skills that are levelled to high according to today’s standard of skills of the skipper and the materials being used.
For instance: 2.127 E.B., a.k.a. Sailor, Split Cross, Front/Back Cross. Can we still consider this an Intermediate skill? Knowing that one can learn this within half an hour; specially with long handles?!?! And have you seen that numerous skills are not yet even mentioned in the list? Because skippers, coaches, NRSO's and Rules committees had other priorities then taking care of this...
Then why bring this to your attention?! During Loughborough ERSO will come up with it's proposal(s) to the FISAC-IRSF-Rules committee to update the skill-list as of August 1st, 2005. EVERYONE can send in their proposal to Judging@.... In Loughborough we will work with the proposals with a selected team to get the most complete and up-to-date-list there is. We will also try to video register all new skills as well as the missing skills.
So grab this opportunity to influence the growth of our Sport!!