GOODBYE
MR NEDELKOVSKI...
We
are very sorry to announce that Mr. Ljupco Nedelkovski, President of the
Macedonian Kickboxing Federation, has died.
Our thoughts and the most heartfelt sympathy goes to his close family,
friends and to the Federation he represented.
THANK YOU for have always been a loyal friend and for all the efforts you
made to develop our sport and WAKO in your country with your true heart,
we'll definitely miss you...
Goodbye Mr. Nedelkovski and rest in peace.
by all WAKO members
News
WAKO Homepage
WAKO SHOP IN COOPERATION WITH EVERLAST
WAKO just want to inform about the newly established WAKO Shop in
cooperation with Everlast. We have made so-called licensed products in
different product categories with WAKO logo. After a period of time we
will increase the number of products. WAKO have chosen Everlast as one of
our partners in training and free time clothing both due to their strong
brand, high quality but also because of their assortment.
Everlast
will also be present at some of the WAKO Championships to sell their
licensed products.
The
shop is to be found under the WAKO Page www.wakoweb.com
and under “WAKO Store”.
A
direct link to the shop is here http://www.wakoshop.com/shop/
Please
buy and enjoy!
Espen Lund
WAKO
Dear
WAKO Presidents/National Anti Doping Officers
Attached
to this document is the appropriate information to be forwarded to your
NADO (National Anti Doping Officer) and NADA (National Anti Doping
Agency). It is very important that this information is distributed
to your member organisation and all coaches international and national
athletes within your association. Education is one of the primary
objectives of the new Anti Doping Code and it is each associations
responsibility to ensure its members and educated and informed about Anti
Doping activity and rules and regulations. Please place this
information on your web sites as soon as possible.
The
following documents have been attached.
WAKO-WADA Anti
Doping Code
This is the new code which is applicable from the 1st January 2009 and has
been approved by the board of WAKO. YOU AND YOUR MEMBERS are
now governed by this code. It is very important you and your
national coaches take the time to read this document and revert to your
NADO with any queries.
WAKO
Where About Form.
It
is now mandatory that all senior medalists (1 to joint 3rd Place)
from the 2008 WAKO European Championships, become part of the WAKO ATP
( Active Testing Pool). Each Association/Organisation is required to
issue this document by mail or e mail to each of its athletes that won a
gold, silver or bronze at last years European championship. THIS
FORM IS MANDATO|RY. Any Athlete not returning said form on or before
28th February may loose his/her ranking at world and European events in
the future. I have also attached a document to this mail outlining
how to fill out the whereabouts form.
Q&A
On WADA Code
This
should be distributed to your association as it outlines the reasoning and
approach for the code revision.
Prohibited
list
This
should be distributed to your association AND national coaches as it
details the prohibited list as of 1st Jan 2009, Ignorance is not an
acceptable excuse, it is the responsibility of the athlete and national
federation to ensure it is aware of its obligations under the code.
Roy
Baker
WAKO Board Member
Director Anti Doping WAKO
Tel: + 353 1 4813580
Mobile: + 353-(0) 876775614
E-mail: roy.baker@airtricity.com
1.
Feb - July 09
Where abouts form WAKO
2.
WAKO
Whereabouts Form Instructions
7.
Summary
of Major Modifications and Clarifications Explanatory Note 2009 List