November 7, 2011

IWBF Americas ITO’s get ready to arrive

On the eve of the opening of the village in Guadalajara IWBF Americas Technical Officials are also getting ready to leave for the Parapan American Games, the final qualifying tournament for the London 2012 paralympics with 4 spots up for grabs for the women and 3 spots for the men.

Our Technical officials come from all over the Americas and Europe to join together to ensure a safe and fair competition for the teams. 

Joining Technical Delegate Maureen Orchard (Canada) are:

TTC member Steve Bach (Canada)

Referee Supervisors: Jorge Bestiellero (Argentina), Jon Burford (USA), Norbert Kucera (Germany)

Game Commissioners: Juan Magallanes (Mexico), Elias Conceicao (Brazil), Jean Choiniere (Canada)

Referees: Cristian Salguero and Mati Quintana (Argentina), Gustavo Mathias (Brazil), Sebastien Gauthier and Sergio Giordano (Canada), Karen Molina (Colombia), Miguel Americo (El Salvador), Max Kindervater (Germany), Armando Arriaga and Mauro Reitz (Mexico), Jose Delgado (Venezuela), Darrell Hargreaves (USA)

Classifiers: Cristina Rosello (Uruguay), Jayne Chilutti (USA), Marco Alvers (Brazil), Roberto Sanchez (Argentina), Vaidas Stravinskas (Lithuania), Maria Luisa Sarmiento (Peru).

The teams are all ready to go with Argentina, Brazil, Canada, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru and the USA playing for 4 spots in London 2012 on the women’s side.

Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and the USA will play for three spots in London 2012 on the men’s side.

 Play starts on November 13 and continues to the 20^th.  Visit the Web site http://parapan.guadalajara2011.org.mx/en/inicio