Dear Members,
AETF HQ would like to ask the AETF Member Countries to complete and to send the country application of Umpires wishing to referee during the upcoming 32nd Senior and 23rd Junior AETF European Taekwon-Do Championships, to be held on 20-23rd April, 2017 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

We ask the National Associations in Europe to select the umpires, to complete the application and to send it attaching also a current photography (passport size, min. 300 dpi) before or on 18th February 2017 to Mr. Attila Solti - Member of the AETF T&U Committee at the following email: soltiattilazsolt@gmail.com (and a copy to the AETF HQ (champ@pztkd.lublin.pl).

By February 28th 2017, the AETF T&U Committee will select 50 umpires from those who will apply. The selected umpires will have covered the accommodation and board and will receive salary for their work at the Euros 2017 from AETF.

All Umpires who will not be among the selected 50 referees will be able to come to Bulgaria and to help at the Euros if they wish and if approved by the Committee, but at their own or their association’s expenses and will not receive salary for their work from AETF.

Below you can read the excerpt from the invitation referring to the umpires at Euros 2017.

• The Organizing Committee will cover full board accommodation (no drinks included) for 7 days / 6 nights from Tuesday, 18 April, 2017 to Monday, 24 April, 2017 for maximum of 50 umpires.
• Umpires will be accommodated in twin/double (2 persons) rooms.
• Where an Umpire is sharing accommodation, the guest will need to pay the 4 star accommodation rate of € 75,00 per day.
• Single rooms are not available therefore Umpires wishing to stay alone shall be accommodated in a double/twin room paying an extra fee of € 44,00 per day.
• Umpires not selected, but wishing to participate and approved by the AETF Tournament & Umpire Committee, must cover their hotel accommodation according to above mentioned arrangements and will not receive any expense reimbursement by AETF.
• Umpires must attend the Umpire meeting on Wednesday April 19, 2017 from 15.00-17.30 hours at Park Hotel Moskva ***.
• Umpires not present at the mentioned umpire meeting will be removed from the umpire list shall pay their own accommodation expenses.
• Umpires will wear the dress requirements as laid down in the ITF Umpire rules.

AETF HQ