lundi 5 juillet 2010
vendredi 28 mai 2010
jeudi 27 mai 2010
Exposition Olympisme & Sport à Paris
Rendez-vous du 2 au 9 juin 2010 de 10h à 17h à la Mairie du 15eme arrondissement de Paris (Métro Vaugirard) pour une exposition AFCOS (en collaboration avec le GAPHIL) célébrant l'olympisme, le sport et les 150 ans du 15eme arrondissement parisien.Collections philatéliques, objets mémorabilia, affiches et autres souvenirs de champions seront au rendez-vous.
Plus d'informations sur www.afcos.info
mercredi 8 avril 2009
Dédicace spéciale à tous ceux qui comme moi contribuent de près ou de loin à ces bid books....
One Small Voice
03 Apr 2009
AROUND the world, well-paid armies of managers, writers, designers and gophers are preparing something called a “Bid Book”. These are comprehensive documents, offering chapter and verse on the bids by various cities and countries to stage one or other forthcoming major international sporting event.
Bid Books have recently been submitted to the International Olympic Committee by sharp-suited teams in the cities of Tokyo, Chicago, Rio de Janeiro and Madrid as they compete to stage the summer Olympic Games in 2016.
Bid Books are also being created for the national rugby unions of South Africa, Ireland, England, Australia, Italy, Japan, Scotland and Wales, responding to the questionnaire issued by the International Rugby Board as they prepare to select host nations for the Rugby World Cup in 2015 or 2019.
More Bid Books are also being developed by the national football associations of England, Japan, Australia, Portugal and Spain, Holland and Belgium, USA, Indonesia, Qatar, Mexico, Russia and South Korea, all competitors in the crowded field racing to stage the Fifa World Cup in either 2018 or 2022.
These structured documents, often running to three volumes, cover a variety of themes from match venues to ticketing, from governance to weather, from safety and security to the commercial and marketing conditions, from the transport plan to accommodation, and they are necessarily supported by the all-important blank cheques — the loosely-worded letters of financial guarantee demanded by the governing bodies and nervously signed by Finance Ministers on behalf of hopeful nations.
Visual impact is important. So professional photographers and pony-tailed graphic designers are contracted to pluck wild ideas from the deepest reaches of their imaginations. They usually start by proposing the use of high-profile sports stars, but then agents get involved, fees soar, budgets are cut, and most Bid Books end up featuring relatively inexpensive, smiling children of all backgrounds gambolling on grass in front of iconic buildings.
“Facts” inevitably need to be massaged. When Cape Town was bidding to host the 2004 Olympic Games, Bid Book editors fretted over their answer to a specific question about the number of days of precipitation (rain) between the dates allocated for the Games, based on meteorological records of the preceding 30 years.
With “a day of precipitation” officially defined as a day when more than three millimetres of rain fell, the city seemed compelled to report a dismal 11 days of precipitation in the 16 days.
However, this problem was creatively solved by the insertion of a small asterisk and an even smaller editor’s note confirming the definition of a “day of precipitation” as a day when more than five millimetres of rain fell. Thus, the book was able to report in large, bold, black type that, based on the records, the city could expect only three days of rain during the games.
Over the past 12 years, I have worked on no fewer than four Bid Books, namely the documents supporting the Cape Town 2004 Olympic bid, the 2006 Fifa World Cup bid, the 2010 Fifa World Cup bid and, most recently, SA Rugby’s bid to stage the Rugby World Cup in 2011.
A core team of experts in specific fields have contributed to each of these projects, developing a strong national skills base in this field. Indeed, the SA 2011 Bid Books has been widely recognised as meeting the highest international standards, providing all the nitty gritty information framed within the story of three young African rugby players — the then captain and vice-captain of the SA under-20 team and the captain of the Kenyan under-20 team — dreaming of starring at a tournament on their own soil.
All this is well and good. However, hand on heart, candidly, I believe the grim truth is that, with few exceptions, nobody ever read any of these four books. Nobody actually sat down and waded through the purple prose, the data and detail.
The simple reality is that bidding to host a major sporting event is an art, not a science. Bids are not won by beautifully printed Bid Books, presenting modern stadiums and impeccable transport systems. They are won by the dark arts of political manipulation, coercion and persuasion.
So the writing continues, but nobody is reading.
•Edward Griffiths is a journalist, author, former CEO of SA Rugby and general manager of SABC sport, and has been involved in various SA bid campaigns.
03 Apr 2009
Edward Griffiths
AROUND the world, well-paid armies of managers, writers, designers and gophers are preparing something called a “Bid Book”. These are comprehensive documents, offering chapter and verse on the bids by various cities and countries to stage one or other forthcoming major international sporting event.
Bid Books have recently been submitted to the International Olympic Committee by sharp-suited teams in the cities of Tokyo, Chicago, Rio de Janeiro and Madrid as they compete to stage the summer Olympic Games in 2016.
Bid Books are also being created for the national rugby unions of South Africa, Ireland, England, Australia, Italy, Japan, Scotland and Wales, responding to the questionnaire issued by the International Rugby Board as they prepare to select host nations for the Rugby World Cup in 2015 or 2019.
More Bid Books are also being developed by the national football associations of England, Japan, Australia, Portugal and Spain, Holland and Belgium, USA, Indonesia, Qatar, Mexico, Russia and South Korea, all competitors in the crowded field racing to stage the Fifa World Cup in either 2018 or 2022.
These structured documents, often running to three volumes, cover a variety of themes from match venues to ticketing, from governance to weather, from safety and security to the commercial and marketing conditions, from the transport plan to accommodation, and they are necessarily supported by the all-important blank cheques — the loosely-worded letters of financial guarantee demanded by the governing bodies and nervously signed by Finance Ministers on behalf of hopeful nations.
Visual impact is important. So professional photographers and pony-tailed graphic designers are contracted to pluck wild ideas from the deepest reaches of their imaginations. They usually start by proposing the use of high-profile sports stars, but then agents get involved, fees soar, budgets are cut, and most Bid Books end up featuring relatively inexpensive, smiling children of all backgrounds gambolling on grass in front of iconic buildings.
“Facts” inevitably need to be massaged. When Cape Town was bidding to host the 2004 Olympic Games, Bid Book editors fretted over their answer to a specific question about the number of days of precipitation (rain) between the dates allocated for the Games, based on meteorological records of the preceding 30 years.
With “a day of precipitation” officially defined as a day when more than three millimetres of rain fell, the city seemed compelled to report a dismal 11 days of precipitation in the 16 days.
However, this problem was creatively solved by the insertion of a small asterisk and an even smaller editor’s note confirming the definition of a “day of precipitation” as a day when more than five millimetres of rain fell. Thus, the book was able to report in large, bold, black type that, based on the records, the city could expect only three days of rain during the games.
Over the past 12 years, I have worked on no fewer than four Bid Books, namely the documents supporting the Cape Town 2004 Olympic bid, the 2006 Fifa World Cup bid, the 2010 Fifa World Cup bid and, most recently, SA Rugby’s bid to stage the Rugby World Cup in 2011.
A core team of experts in specific fields have contributed to each of these projects, developing a strong national skills base in this field. Indeed, the SA 2011 Bid Books has been widely recognised as meeting the highest international standards, providing all the nitty gritty information framed within the story of three young African rugby players — the then captain and vice-captain of the SA under-20 team and the captain of the Kenyan under-20 team — dreaming of starring at a tournament on their own soil.
All this is well and good. However, hand on heart, candidly, I believe the grim truth is that, with few exceptions, nobody ever read any of these four books. Nobody actually sat down and waded through the purple prose, the data and detail.
The simple reality is that bidding to host a major sporting event is an art, not a science. Bids are not won by beautifully printed Bid Books, presenting modern stadiums and impeccable transport systems. They are won by the dark arts of political manipulation, coercion and persuasion.
So the writing continues, but nobody is reading.
•Edward Griffiths is a journalist, author, former CEO of SA Rugby and general manager of SABC sport, and has been involved in various SA bid campaigns.
jeudi 23 octobre 2008
Candidatures JO été 2016 : les dates de visite de Commission d'Evaluation sont connues
Le CIO a dévoilé hier le calendrier des visites de la Commission d'Evaluation pour les 4 villes candidates aux Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques 2016.Les 10 membres de la commission se rendront à :
Chicago du 2 au 8 avril
Tokyo du 14 au 20 avril
Rio du 27 avril au 3 mai
Madrid du 4 au 9 mai
Vous constaterez que les temps de visite sont plus longs puisqu'elle passe de 4 à 7 jours.
C'est officiel, 4 villes françaises sont en courses pour les JO 2018
Communiqué du CNOSF :Jeux d'hiver 2018: quatre villes pré-requérantes
La date limite de candidature des villes pré-requérantes auprès du C.N.O.S.F. dans le cadre de l’organisation des Jeux Olympiques d’Hiver de 2018 était fixée au 22 octobre 2008.
Le C.N.O.S.F. a enregistré la déclaration officielle de quatre villes : Annecy (74), Grenoble (38), Nice (06) et Pelvoux (05).
Un document intitulé « procédure de sélection nationale d’une ville requérante aux Jeux Olympiques d’Hiver de 2018 » a été adressé dès ce jour, aux villes pré-requérantes. Ce document, auquel il est demandé aux villes pré-requérantes de répondre, reprend les grands principes définis par le C.I.O. pour toute candidature complétés par des questions plus spécifiques posées par le C.N.O.S.F. au regard de ses exigences propres. Ces dernières portent plus précisément sur l’héritage de la candidature pour le sport ainsi que sur la promotion des valeurs olympiques et le développement durable.
La date limite de retour de ce dossier de candidature par les villes pré-requérantes au C.N.O.S.F. a été fixée au 16 janvier 2009. La ville requérante sera choisie lors du Conseil d’administration du 18 mars 2009 après une phase d’évaluation des dossiers.
Un séminaire d’information et d’orientation sera organisé par le C.N.O.S.F. à destination des villes pré-requérantes le 4 novembre 2008 à la Maison du sport français (Paris). Les différentes questions abordées dans le dossier de candidature seront développées et précisées à cette occasion.
Le Président du C.N.O.S.F., Henri SERANDOUR, se réjouit qu’un aussi grand nombre de villes françaises se mobilisent en faveur du retour des Jeux Olympiques sur le territoire français.
Contact presse : communication@cnosf.org
mercredi 22 octobre 2008
Un nouvelle candidate pour 2018 !!! Pelvoux....
Le village de Pelvoux (Hautes-Alpes) et la communauté de commune du Pays des Ecrins annoncent leur intention de porter une candidature des Alpes du Sud pour l'organisation des Jeux olympiques d'hiver en 2018, malgré le retrait de la ville de Gap. Pelvoux, 400 habitants, entre ainsi dans la course à la candidature française, face à Nice, Grenoble et Annecy."Nous prenons le contre-pied des autres candidatures, en proposant une candidature proche de la nature, la candidature du développement durable", a indiqué Cyrille Drujon d'Astros, président de la communauté de communes du Pays des Ecrins. "On n'y va pas seulement pour participer", a-t-il ajouté, soulignant les atouts de cette commune située entre Gap et Briançon, dans le périmètre du Parc des Ecrins.
Le Pays des Ecrins est le "deuxième centre Français d'alpinisme, le point culminant des Alpes du Sud et de la région PACA avec la barre des Ecrins (4.102 m)" et sa "vallée, qui a vu naître Luc Alphand, est une des plus enneigées de France" a fait valoir l'association Objectif 2018 qui milite pour cette candidature.
Le Comité national olympique sportif français (CNOSF) doit décider en février quelle ville portera le dossier pour la France devant les instances internationales.
Source : AFP
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