George Poor calls a meet for 2011 Catania World Fencing Championships’ security: Fencing News
The President of Italian Federation of Fencing called today a meeting with police and other security concerns on the issue of security for 2011 Catania World Fencing Championships that will take place from October 8 to October 16.
The objective of the meeting is to allow the athletes to compete in a peace of mind and to enjoy the event with utmost security. The meeting was held between the President of Italian Fencing Federation, the Organising Committee of 2011 Catania World Fencing
Championship, the representatives of the Prefecture of Catania, the Sicilian Region, the Province of Catania and the Regional Municipality of Catania and the police as well.
In fact, the representatives of the Police, Army, Navy, theGuardia di Finanza, the Carabinieri, the Municipal Police, the Forest Service, the Prisons Police, Air Force, Fire Service and the Coast Guard were also called in the meeting.
Jumbo Grandi Eventi Catania Airport was also focused for security concerns.
The President, George said about meeting, "Today's meeting was useful to bring the issues related to security and management of an event to the table which will need to be keeping in mind for the security of the athletes who will be representing their countries
from around the world and come to Italy and Catania specifically, for a sporting event.”
The president further said that there they require full involvement of all the law enforcement agencies and institutions to achieve the goal of security so that it may be found to have secure and trouble-free championships.
The World Fencing Championship is a major international competition of fencing after Olympic Championships, which is conducted by the International Federation of Fencing, 'Fédération Internationale d'Escrime' (FIE), annually. FIE called an assembly of all
national federations on May 5, at Palermo, Italy. The purpose of conducting the meeting was to choose the host for 2011 World Fencing Championships. Italy was finally chosen in the meeting as a host of 2011 Championships. Individual and Team events in both
male and female will be conducted in all the category of weapons.
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