Referee Selection for the EKC 2008

Following the EKF/FIK Referee Seminar 2008 held this 9 & 10 th of February, we are pleased to inform you the final list of the Referees officially assigned to the EKF Kendo Championships in Helsinki, Finland, coming March.

I would like you to take note of the following points:

we hope that the passport size pictures of the selected referees have been sent already, as asked before, directly to the official address, with the names mentioned on the backside:
Markus FREY, Program editor, Liiketie 30, FIN-00730 HELSINKI.
If not please do so immediately by e-mail to Markus.

Shimpanchô:	INOUE Shigeaki (Hanshi 8th Dan).
Shimpanshunin:	KATO Koji (Hanshi 8th Dan); TAKAHASHI Toshiaki (Kyoshi 8th Dan); Rainer JÄTTKOWSKI (Kyoshi 7th Dan) & Mike DAVIS (Kyoshi 7th Dan).
Shimpanin:
From Belgium:	Jean-Claude WOLFS (Renshi 6th Dan).
From Switzerland:	Gerhard TSCHERTER (Renshi 7th Dan).
From Germany:	Paul-Otto FORSTREUTER (Renshi 7th Dan); Uwe KUMPF (Renshi 7th Dan); Ralph LEHMANN (Kyoshi 7th Dan); Detlef VIEBRANZ (Renshi 7th Dan).
From Spain:	Emilio GOMEZ (Renshi 7th Dan); Antonio GUTIÉRREZ (6th Dan).
From France:	Bernard DE BACKER (Renshi 7th Dan); Jean Yves HOARAU (6th Dan); Pierre L¹HEUREUX (Renshi 7th Dan); Claude PRUVOST (Renshi 7th Dan).
From Great Britain:	John O¹SULLIVAN (Renshi 6th Dan); Geoff SALMON (Renshi 7th Dan).
From Italy:	Arialdo BOLOGNESI (6th Dan); Donatella CASTELLI (6th Dan); Paolo GROSSO (6th Dan); Lorenzo ZAGO (Renshi 7th Dan).
From The Netherlands:	Jolanda DEKKER (Renshi 6th Dan); Koos VAN HATTUM (6th Dan); Louis VITALIS (Renshi 7th Dan).
From Portugal:	Masakiyo OSAKA (7th Dan).
From Poland:	Andrzjej KUSTOSZ (6th Dan).
From Sweden:	Björn GUSTAVSSON (Renshi 6th Dan); Mats WAHLQUIST (Renshi 7th Dan).

Reminder: some of the specific rules for referees:

9.3.    A certain reservation and neutrality remain required as general attitude (especially regarding personal contacts with the competitors of the own country).
9.5.    Each referee will bring his own set of flags.
9.6.    All referees will wear the same uniform: a plain white shirt, a plain deep red necktie, a plain light grey trousers, a plain dark blue pair of socks and a plain dark blue jacket.

If ever you would like to receive further explanations, please don¹t hesitate to ask us.

Meanwhile, wishing you all the best for your championship preparation,

Jean-Pierre RAICK
EKF Technical Director