The International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Executive Board have appointed the Chairs for seven sport committees following a call for applications.

The committees are responsible for elements of the management of the sports such as the competition calendar, rules and development.

An application process was launched in October following the election of the new Executive Board, asking applicants to outline their motivations and experience. The board met in early November in Samsun, Turkey, to review all nominees and decide on who would be best to lead each committee for the next four years.

Several existing Chairs were reappointed. These include Sorin Lapadatu for IBSA Chess and Nezam Dodel for IBSA Powerlifting.

Fresh appointments include Elias Mastoras of Greece to the IBSA Football Committee, covering blind and partially sighted football, and Aurora Zanolin of Italy to IBSA Goalball. Janos Tardos, the former Sport Director on the IBSA Judo Committee, will now lead the sport.

Croatia’s Ruza Markesic and Zdenek Barlok of Czech Republic are the new Chairs for ninepin and tenpin bowling, respectively.

The Chair positions for IBSA Showdown and IBSA Torball are vacant.

IBSA Football – Elias Mastoras

IBSA Goalball – Aurora Zanolin

IBSA Judo – Janos Tardos

IBSA Chess – Sorin Lapadatu

IBSA Ninepin Bowling – Ruza Markesic

IBSA Powerlifting – Nezam Dodel

IBSA Tenpin Bowling – Zdenek Barlok

IBSA Showdown – vacant

IBSA Torball – vacant