Heads of Delegation Meeting: Day 2
April 6th, 2007
Concurrent with the visits, the Technical Chairmen and women met in the Dusit Thani Hotel to present their progress reports of the technical aspects of their sports.
Group 2 went to the Bangkok Youth Centre to visit Gymnasium 1 and 2 which will host Basketball and Volleyball respectively. From there they travelled to the National Stadium and made an inspection of the Sapachalasai National Stadium which will host Football and Nimibut Stadium hosting venue for Basketball.
The last stop before the lunch was the Impact Exposition Centre, which will house Gymnastics, both Artistic and Rhythmic, in the Arena Hall, Volleyball in Hall 2; Table Tennis in Halls 5 and 6 and Fencing in Halls 7 and 8. After lunch the delegation split into two groups, whereas Group 1 went to visit the Srinakharinwirot University Campus that will house Basketball in Gymnasium 1; Football in the University Main Stadium; Softball in the Softball Stadium and Waterpolo in the Swimming Pool.
Today, April 6th, the Heads of delegation spend their second day visiting the venues for the 2007 Summer Universiade, which will take place from August 8th to 18th. The delegations left the Dusat Thani Hotel at 8am and travelled to Rajamangala National Stadium, the venue for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. The delegation then went to the Indoor Stadium for the Volleyball finals. From there the FISU caravan went to the Shooting Range where the delegates visited the indoor ranges and the skeet & clay target outdoor range.
Happy Birthday Mr. President!
Yesterday night FISU President Killian got a surprise brithday cake at the dinner hosted by the University Sports Board of Thailand (USBT) and the Governor of Bangkok. A clearly moved Killian very much appreciated the gesture of the Bangkok OC.
Technical Meeting
Concurrent with the visits, the Technical Chairmen and women met in the Dusit Thani Hotel to present their progress reports of the technical aspects of their sports. This meeting gives their Thai counterparts in the Organising Committee the opportunity to enhance those venues that are not on schedule yet. As the majority of the venues that will be used for the 2007 Universiade were the venues built for the 1998 Asian Games, most of the improvements to be made are minor. A general remark by most of the Technical Chairpersons was the insufficient number of lightning for modern TV standards in most of the venues. In some venues this number only ran up to 400 lux, whereas the current standard needs to be 1,500. This was the case especially for volleyball. As the pooling for the softball was made recently, it was decided to use a second venue for this discipline. ‘There is still a great deal to do’, Technical Chairperson for Softbal Karen Sykes said. ‘Work in the second venue will start next week. Two practice fields need to be established as well as pitching warm-up areas. The works need to be monitored closely so the deadline can be made.'
