European Development Facilitator – Report from period January-March 2006

1. Office

Regular admin work, regular meetings with ESF Development Chairman Gabriel Waage approximately once a month, website updated regurarly.

Report for ESF Congress in Sofia, Bulgaria, general plan for 2006

New item on Website – Calendar, all tournaments and events in Europe

2. Development database

Done – is regularly updated

3. Federations/Associations

Federations / Associations contacted on regular basis, most of information on Development Website, focus on so.called „Priority Countries“ – Eastern Europe

Meetings in Sofia, including Development Commission – confirms the way we work and plans for the future, recommends the Congress to support it

4. Priority Countries

All countries were asked about their off-season programme, offered help to organize camps or clinics for coaches or schools.

1. Planned Clinics in Croatia and Poland, Croatia – Pitchiung Clinic See report from that)

2. Dnemark Softball camp for youth in Czech Republic planned for April in Cocen

3. Plans for new clinics in Romania in May, Serbia in June

5. Basic Clinic Program

See above, every request will be considered and helped

6. Other Clinics

7. Equipment

Open – European Storage is not finished yet, need to be discussed again with ISF.

8. Promotional materials

All videos, dvds, booklets, brochures or magazines, presentations are given to evrybody any time we meet – i.e. local clinics, tournaments, championships and any other occasions, few sets distributed in Sofia during the ESF Congress – continuous work

9. Men and Boys promotion

EDF and Development Commission plans two major events:

1. Mens World Cup in Europe – Czech Softball Association plans together with ISF World cup in 2007 in Prague. There is a 5 years gap between two World Championships – still open
2. European Challenge – not ready, Holland is not much interested
3. We plan the meeting during the European Junior Boys Championship in Summer about the future of Mens and Boys fastpitch

10. ESF/ISF

Development Commission meeting in Sofia with ISF Representative laurie Gouthro, not clesr yet whether ISF will appoint new Development Director.

Also not clear if ICC will continue in 2006

11. General

ESF Congress prolonged project of European Development facilitator, several clinics and camps planned for first half of the year 2006.

Pavel Prachar

European Development Facilitator

address: Mysliveckova 10, 16200 Praha 6, CZECH REPUBLIC

phone:   +420 220612245

fax:        +420 220612244

mobile:  +420 777 863677

e-mail:   pprachar@sendme.cz

website: http://www.softballdevelopment.com