Mr. Adrian Paço, the Technical Delegate of the European University Sports Association for Beach Volleyball, verified the conditions at all the venues of the European Universities Beach Volleyball Championship that will be held in Koper at the end of July 2019.
The official visit of the technical delegate to the European Universities Beach Volleyball Championship and the event organizing team from the University Sports Association of Primorska started with a tour of the central square of the town of Koper, which will be the venue for the ceremonial opening of the championship. A visit to the nearby Praetorian Palace followed, to check the monumental historic hall, where the draw and the general technical meeting of all segments of the EUC will take place just before the start of the competition.
Then the technical delegate Mr. Paço and the representatives of the organizing committee of the championship visited the municipality of Koper, where a protocol meeting with the Deputy Mayor Mr. Peter Bolčič took place. Only a few steps away was the next stop - at the headquarters of the University of Primorska, where the vice-rector Mr. Boris Kavur meet the guests and the hosts. During booth meetings, the strong connection between the city of Koper and the University of Primorska with the various aspects of sport was stressed.
From the center of the old part of the town of Koper, the group went on foot only a few minutes away to the venue of the competitions that will be held at the playgrounds in the new beach volleyball park. There, the delegate examined all the objects in detail, since the size and number of playgrounds could significantly influence the system and, consequently, the schedule of the competition.
In a conversation with Mr. Jasmin Čuturić, who is the UŠZP responsible for the competition part at the EUC, the technical delegate checked the various options for the execution of the matches at the event and decided the location of the central playground for the EUC Koper 2019 where the finals will be held.
The inspection continued with the visit to the new official office of the organizing committee of the EUC, where next summer the meetings of the competition committee and the press center will be held. There the numbers of needed volunteers for the end of July 2019 were discussed. At the end of the visit, the delegate also checked the locations where the teams, judges and other personnel of the championship will be accommodated.
The first impression was that mr. Paço was in general satisfied with what he saw and gave some recommendations for the future preparation. On the other hand, the organizing committee of the European University Beach Volley Championship Koper 2019 was also pleased, because after the suggestions of the technical delegate now knows in details, which are the things we still need to be done.