The Local Organizing Committee (LOC) for the World Athletics Championships (WCH) Oregon22 has announced the global event’s marathons and race walks will be held in Eugene and Springfield, Oregon. These locations are within miles of the event’s main venue, Hayward Fieldat the University of Oregon.
The perimeter of Autzen Stadium, also located on the University of Oregon campus, will serve as a hub for the start and finish of all WCH Oregon22 Road Events, including the men’s and women’s marathon and men’s and women’s race walk events.
The LOC has been working with the Eugene Marathonteam to develop courses for the road events that allow athletes, spectators, and digital fans to share in the glory of Oregon and the history of track & field in this community.
“We’re thrilled to have the chance to manage the WCH Oregon22 road events next summer,” Eugene Marathon Race Director and Oregon22 Road Events Course Manager Ian Dobson said. "We run on these roads every day and the thought of showing off our extraordinary community to the world, while also inspiring our own running community by bringing the world’s best athletes to them, is an opportunity unlike any other."
On the first day of competition, July 15, 2022, the women’s and men’s 20-kilometers race walk will take place. The only morning session of Day 8 is the women’s 35-kilometers race walk, the first of its kindin the World Championship series. Day 10, the final day of WCH Oregon22 is opened with the men’s 35-kilometers race walk. All race walk events will be conducted on a 1-kilometer looped course near Autzen Stadium.
The men’s marathon is set to open Day 3 of competition. The women’s marathon will be held the following morning on Day 4 of competition. Both the men’s and women’s marathon course will be a 14-kilometer looped course circling through Eugene and Springfield, Oregon. It will highlight the natural beauty and history of the heart and home of track and field in the U.S.
Kutoka kushoto wa tano ni Said Makula (0957) aliefikisha viwango vya kushiriki Olimpiki nchini Brazil mwaka huu Tanzania Olympics Committee (TOC) says it has no money to organise a camp for athletes ahead of the Brazil Olympics.
Speaking
yesterday, TOC secretary general Filbert Bayi said the committee has
communicated the development to sports associations whose athletes will
compete at the Rio Games.
He said TOC has asked the sports associations to source for their own money and organise camping to prepare for the Games.
This
is a big blow to financially constrained sports associations as they
depend on TOC to organise camping for 30 days and another one or two
weeks in the Olympic Games host nation.
The
camp in host nation helps athletes to acclimatise with the weather and
in most cases it is done at the village where the team camps.
“For
now we don’t have money to organise a local camp and even that of one
week in the Olympics host nation, we have communicated to all sports
associations on this development, unless some miracle happens then we
can organise the camp. For
now there is no money, I think sports associations have to follow what
Athletics Tanzania (AT) has done by organising their camp early”, he
said.
This is not the first time that Tanzania athletes will travel to international event without proper camping. At
the last year All Africa Games staged in Brazzaville, local athletes
did not have any camp after the government advised NSA to prepare for
their athletes training as it (government) had no money for camping.
Meanwhile,
eight athletes have reported for athletics camp in Siha District of
West Kilimanjaro to prepare for the Brazil Olympics.
Athletics
Tanzania’s (AT) acting secretary general Ombeni Zavala said the
athletes will be at the camp up to August when they will depart for
Brazil to compete at the Games.
She
named the athletes as Fabian Joseph, Fabian Nelson, Alphonce Felix,
Saidi Makula, Emmanuel Gimiki, Joseph Panga and Gabriel Gerard. They are
being trained by coaches Francis John and Zakaria Barie.
Zavala
said only Alphonce Felix and Saidi Makula qualified for the Brazil
Olympic Games, but the aim of AT is to see many athletes qualify for the
Games.
“Currently
its only two athletes who qualified for this year Brazil Olympics, we
hope the other athletes at the camp would meet the qualifier marks.
Those who will not qualify for the Olympics will use this month’s
Killimanjaro International Marathon to qualify or compete at other
international events recognised by the IAAF ”, she said.
She
said as AT, they encourage athletes to compete at top international
event as the shows give local athletes more exposure which helps them to
excel at global platform such as the Olympic Games.
IOC President Thomas Bach stressed the importance of the Olympic family working together (Photo: Getty Images/Matt King)
IOC and International Federations working with Rio 2016 to find intelligent solutions to budgetary challenges.
“The
Olympic movement will show solidarity with the Brazilians in order to
achieve a balanced budget, which will then serve as a solid foundation
for the next six months to have finally successful and excellent Olympic
Games in Brazil,” said Thomas Batch, the president of the International
Olympic Committee (IOC) this week.
On
Monday and Tuesday (1-2 February) Rio 2016 met with representatives of
the 28 Olympic summer sport International Federations (IFs) in a joint
effort to deliver efficiencies in the budget for the Olympic Games. In
line with the IOC’s Agenda 2020 reforms, strategies for maintaining a
balanced budget were the focus of the meeting at the IOC headquarters in
Lausanne, Switzerland.
The
parties worked together to find creative solutions that will allow
organisers to deliver successful Games on a responsible budget. With
Brazil currently in recession, sustainability and legacy are key to all
Games planning and the Rio 2016 organising committee is committed to
using zero public money.
The
meeting was part of the ongoing close dialogue between the IOC, Rio
2016 and the IFs. Rio 2016 President Carlos Nuzman led the Rio 2016
delegation and was accompanied by his executive director of sport
Agberto Guimarães and sport director Rodrigo Garcia. The IOC was led by
Olympic Games executive director Christophe Dubi and sport director Kit
McConnell.
Among
the ideas designed to increase efficiency that were presented to the
IFs were shared working areas and more cost-effective transport
solutions.
Matt
Smith, executive director of the International Rowing Federation
(FISA), told Inside that Game that the meeting was “really useful for us
all” before adding “we have to be very efficient and make the Games
financially viable for the future”.
The
process is in line with the IOC's Agenda 2020 reform. within which
promoting sustainability in all aspects of the Olympic Games is a key
component.
Filbert Bayi to a risk in lead from the front at the start of the 1974 Commonwealth Games 1500m race. Photo / Herald archives
By Michael Brown
Forty years ago on Sunday at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch
The world witnessed one of the greatest middle distance races of all time.
Some say it was the greatest-contested by one of the best fields for a major competition. This is their story.
The Buildup
The
track and field meeting burst into life on the opening day when Dick
Tayler won gold for New Zealand in the 10,000m and continued with a
series of top performances in the 800m, 5000m, 3000m steeplechase and
marathon.
But there was
tremendous excitement as the field lined up for the 1500m, a field that
included three medallists from the 1972 Olympic Games - Rod Dixon
(bronze in 1500m), Ben Jipcho (silver in 3000m steeplechase), Mike Boit
(bronze in 800m) - as well as England's Brendan Foster, who won bronze
in the 1500m at the 1970 Commonwealth Games, top Australian Graham
Crouch and 1980 Olympic 5000m silver medallist Suleiman Nyambui And John
Walker and Filbert Bayi.
Keith Quinn (TVNZ commentator)
I
wrote a preview for the Listener a couple of weeks out from the
Commonwealth Games and said I thought one of the highlights might be the
1500m race between John Walker, Rod Dixon and Filbert Bayi. Some smart
sub-editor at the Listener thought there was no way anyone would have a
name like Filbert so changed it to Gilbert Bayi. I was furious. Of
course, in those days, I knew everything.
Rod Dixon (New Zealand)
At
a race in Wales in 1973, John came up alongside me and passed me. I
knew then, as the bronze medallist from the last Olympics, I was in
trouble. At the trials for the Commonwealth Games, John beat me well and
truly. I went back into training but was having some trouble with back
pain. I had pinched a nerve and couldn't shake it off, but I went to the
Cooks Gardens Mile and beat him. That put me on an even footing with
John but I was still very aware of his potential.
John Walker (New Zealand)
My
coach said it would be fast. He said to me I would have to break a
world record to beat Bayi. I said, 'no way. I can't run that fast'. I
had run 3.38 and to improve another five seconds I couldn't comprehend
that. Arch reassured me that I would do it and I would break the world
record.
Brendan Foster (England)
I
had already run the 5000m against Jipcho. We ran the second and third
fastest 5000m in history and it was a really close finish - he just beat
me on the line - so my preparation was all for that. Because it was the
Commonwealth Games and I had run the 1500m in the past - I got a medal
in the 1970 Games - it was just like an extra race for me. I was
enjoying all the buildup. I already had my medal and had run a really
good race.
Dixon
As
the Commonwealth Games approached, I hurt my back again. I couldn't
come to the opening ceremony and stayed in Nelson to get treatment. I
remember John running in the 800m when he got third and I knew with
Walker and Bayi we had a 1500 final that was going to be a hell of a
race.
Graham Crouch (Australia)
In
Stockholm in 1973, Jipcho beat Bayi in a mile race in 3.52. They would
both be in Christchurch, so I knew from then on how the race would be
run. With Dixon, Foster and Boit all in Munich in 1972, and having been
in Canada in 1973 with the emerging Walker, I knew I was preparing for a
"hot'' race. I left Europe knowing what I had to prepare for. My
training from then on was based around the expectation of Bayi running
through 800m in 1.52.
Filbert Bayi (Tanzania)
I
preferred to run that way after what happened at the Munich Olympics in
1972 when there was a lot of jostling and pushing. I thought then, 'why
not run in front by myself?'
Walker
I had never seen Bayi before. I had heard about him and knew the way he ran but I didn't think he would do that in the final.
Bayi
Going
out fast was my style and a new revolution of middle distance running -
catch me if you can. I planned for both the heats and finals of the
1500m one week earlier, just after I arrived and got used to the
atmosphere of Christchurch. I knew my front running would work due to
the training and time trials I did in competition before arriving in New
Zealand. There was no doubt about my tactics due to the fact I knew all
my opponents.
Ralph King (New Zealand Herald Jan 31)
The
top-ranked 1500m runner in the Commonwealth, F Bayi of Tanzania, should
also qualify [for the final] but as Walker came from considerably
behind to sprint him out of the 800m bronze medal on Tuesday, neither
Dixon nor Walker will hold any fears of him.
Quinn
It
wasn't always clear Walker was going to be the better of the New
Zealanders. After all, Dixon had won bronze at the Munich Olympics two
years before in the same event so was highly rated. Walker was seen in
1972 as an 800m man. I think he and Bruce Hunter the All Black should
have gone to Munich in the 800m. Both had qualified but the New Zealand
Olympic Committee, in their wisdom, took neither.
Arch Jelley (Walker's coach)
I
remember the week before [the Commonwealth Games] John had to run a
400m race in preparation for the 800. He ran 49.9, which was very slow
for him but he had been lying in the sun all day and by the time he had
got to his race he was a bit fatigued. The press wrote him off. I was in
Auckland but I thought I should go down right away so I went down and
put him over 600m and he did a personal best. I said to him, 'look, boy,
you're in great shape, don't worry about your 400'.
Walker
I
was in the best shape of my life, probably better shape than I was at
the Olympics [in 1976]. But I couldn't see myself getting a medal. I was
young and naive. I had only run three 1500s in my life. I classified
myself as an 800m runner and I had already got a medal in that. Anything
I did in the 1500 was a bonus because the calibre of the field was very
strong.
Jelley
The
day before [the 1500m final] he came out to my brother's place where we
were staying and we had a game a cricket, not that John was a
cricketer. The bat was only a foot long and we played for a few hours.
John did a lot of bending down. When he work up the next morning he was a
bit stiff with all his bending.
Walker
I
woke up the next morning so stiff and sore I could hardly walk. I was
using muscles I don't normally use. I had to do an extra 20 minutes
warmup.
Jelley
He
went for a bit of a run. I remember someone yelling out, 'who do you
think you are? Are you training for the Olympics?' There was never a
truer word.
The Start Line
By
the time the competitors lined up for the 1500m final, the last race on
the Commonwealth Games programme, there was intense interest in the
contest.
Quinn
The
event badly needed a race like Dick Tayler's to lift the crowd. We
didn't really understand the Commonwealth Games and it took the
excitement of Dick Tayler's race to lift interest in track and field. If
you look at the back straight on the first day it's empty but after
Tayler won - and it was a big colour TV event being the first time we
had seen colour TV at a summer sports event in New Zealand - that
sparked the interest. By the time the 1500m race came, you couldn't get a
seat. It was fantastic.
Foster
Before
the race, there was plenty of chatter. We all knew what the guy was
going to do and, because it was a the Commonwealth Games, everyone could
speak English. 'My god, he's going to go out and he's probably going to
out earlier than we think'. My compatriot, John Kirkbride said, `are
you going to go with him, it's a stupid way to run a 1500m race? I said,
`John, we've got no choice'.
Dixon
Walker
had the image of Bjorn Borg with the long hair. He knew this was his
moment. He felt the crowd had come to see him. He was strutting his
stuff but that was John. We never talked about running for New Zealand.
John was running for himself and Rod was running for himself. Being a
bit more of a romantic than John, I thought it would be cool to have a
one-two for New Zealand like Snell and Davies in Tokyo in 1964 (ed -
Davies was third in Tokyo). Obviously I wanted to be first and John
second.
Jelley
At
that time we didn't know John would even be placed in the race. He was a
3.38 runner and all these guys were 3.34, 3.35 so he was by no means
the favourite.
Quinn
David
Coleman of the BBC was right behind us. We were very envious because he
had a young lad who just looked after him for the Games. We would often
see this lad running milkshakes, Coca Cola or pies up the aisle to
David Coleman. He was incredibly powerful and had the big reputation,
too.
The Gun
Almost immediately, Bayi opened up a sizeable gap on the rest of the field.
Walker
I
wasn't going to run with him. I didn't think I could run that fast.
Here was me, five seconds slower. I had to sit back. I thought Dixon was
the man to get me up there. He was the Olympic bronze medallist and was
going to be my savour. I would follow him because I had beaten him a
couple of times.
Crouch
My
plan was to go with the group, knowing Bayi would be out front. I was
comfortable with the pace because all my training for the previous six
months had been preparing for it. Jipcho had caught Bayi in Stockholm,
so my plan was to stay with the following group.
Dixon
Bayi
sprang out and, although he didn't run away from us, he got this
incredible gap. Traditionally in the 1500, everyone lazily takes off. If
you want to put any distance on anyone, you have to do it in the first
150m. You can catch a lot of guys napping.
Foster
The 1500m up to that point had been steady for three laps and then a sprint. Filbert changed the rules.
Jelley
We
thought Bayi would go out fast like he had done in Europe. In every
other race he had gone out fast and folded so we thought we would let
him go and fight it out with the rest.
Dixon
John and his coach had decided they were going to watch me and follow me. I sensed that.
The First Lap
Bayi
took just 40.6 seconds to reach the finish line for the first time,
which was five seconds faster than Jim Ryun had done when setting the
world record in 1967, and covered the first 400m in 54.4 seconds. He had
a 10m-gap on the rest of the field.
Foster
Unfortunately
his first lap was about 54 seconds and I thought there was no way you
could run 54 seconds and keep going - certainly I couldn't. The race
went on at a furious pace. It was like oxygen debt after 200m and it was
a case of hanging on. It was a real test of strength. It was more like a
distance race than a 1500m race. The guy was phenomenal.
Walker
I
thought I was running pretty smart. He went through in 54 and I went
through in 57. I felt good. I felt so good during that race.
Bayi
After
the first lap, I knew something was going to happen - winning gold,
improving my previous best time over 1500m or even breaking Jim Ryun's
world record. It was going according to my plan, [and I] recalled my
race with the great 1500m Kenyan athlete Kip Keino when I beat him in
Lagos, Nigeria, at the All Africa Games and used the same tactics.
Dixon
I
felt that, like the Olympics, if it was hard from the gun I had a
better chance. I was a strength runner rather than a speed runner. When
Bayi went out I thought, 'this is good'. Once he set his pace and wasn't
running away I knew we had the potential to catch him with 600m to go. I
felt we would catch him - strength in numbers. He was the hunted and
knew it. Continued below.
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Quinn
Our
commentary was good. At one stage (co-commentator) John Davies said as a
little sidebar, 'there's Filbert Bayi. Back in Tanzania he trains by
running through the jungle and sometimes when he runs home from school
he gets chased by a tiger'. The TVNZ switchboard in Auckland lit up with
people shouting down the phone, `tell that commentator there are no
tigers in Africa'.
The Bell
Bayi's third lap of 59.5 seconds was the slowest but he still had a significant lead when the bell signalled the final 400m.
Bayi
At
the bell I looked over my shoulder and saw the chasing group closing
on me. I then accelerated and widened the gap again but at the same time
saving my strength for the last 50 or 100m when Walker, Jipcho, Dixon
and others were good.
Dixon
I
knew something was going on. We didn't watch a video board like runners
today. I could hear the times and I knew we were running fast, which
suited me fine. I liked the pace. I thought the pace was great.
Crouch
I was concentrating on the group around me only, and thinking the move is being made to chase him down.
Foster
I
thought Bayi was running too well. He was running brilliantly. He was
the only one accustomed to going out like that because he had tried it a
few times. It hadn't always come off but you knew he was getting
stronger and better.
Jelley
I
thought it would be difficult (to catch Bayi). It was quite a
significant gap. But on every previous occasion Filbert Bayi had folded
and everybody had caught him. This was the exception.
Dixon
There
was nobody else prepared to go after him. We were coming up with a lap
to go and I had to take over. I thought, 'I'm going to run this last 400
as hard as I can. I'm not going to sit around and wait for a sprint. I
have to go out'.
Walker
Rod
didn't go. That was the problem. I needed someone to go and I would go
with them. That was my gameplan. I was a 21-year-old and didn't really
know much better. When he didn't move I got frightened.
Bayi
With
the training I did prior to the Games, I was confident anyone trying to
close the gap over the last 100 or 200m had to be ready for the
challenge.
Dixon
I
led around the top bend and down the back straight and that was when
Jipcho and Walker passed me. Going into the bottom turn I sensed Jipcho
was starting to fade and I could see Walker closing on Bayi. I knew I
had to keep my speed going.
Walker
I
started moving with about 200m to go. I got on the outside of Rod. I
was waiting for him to go but he never went. Then I realised [I had to
go]. Bayi was still too far in front so I chased him and I ran hard
around the bend. Really hard.
Bayi
I
looked back several times to see how far the guys were behind. I saw
Walker closing the gap. That made me relax and wait for the big sprint.
Dixon
Coming
up the home straight, I was picking up a little bit but, as I was
becoming a little more desperate because I wasn't catching him, I tried
to run faster and as soon as you do that you go into oxygen debt. I was
fading and Jipcho came back and claimed third. I was fourth.
Bayi
With
50m to to to the finish I sprinted. I am sure that sprint helped me to
break the world record. Thanks to Walker who really pushed me to find
last gear.
Walker
I
wasted too much energy trying to catch him. By the time I got to the
straight, it looked like I was catching him but I wasn't. He was still
holding me the whole way. I was tying up at 90m. He never slowed down.
He won that race. Not me. He didn't die. If I had got up to him, he
might have faltered because there's a big difference when there's
pressure on but he never died.
The Finish Line
Bayi
crossed the tape in 3.32.2 to set a new world record. Walker was second
in 3.32.5, which also broke Ryun's record of 3.33.1, with Jipcho third
in 3.33.2. As well as a new world record, five new national records were
set. Bayi and Walker immediately embraced, exhausted, but exhilarated.
Quinn
When Bayi crossed the line, we all jumped out of our seats and said, 'world record, 3.32.2'.
Walker
I
was absolutely ecstatic, delighted. I said to Filbert, 'you've broken
the world record' and he said, 'so have you'. He wanted me to do a
victory lap with him and I said, 'no, it's your time, you have broken
the world record'. He insisted and I felt a bit embarrassed.
Bayi (This is Your Life)
It
really was a surprise [to see Walker second] because I had not heard of
him before. I said, 'who is this guy who came behind me?'
Dixon
How is it I can run the fifth fastest time in history and finish fourth in a race?
Foster
When
I crossed the time and saw the times I thought, 'wow, look at that'. I
knew Filbert had won but I didn't know some of the other results. Nobody
could live with Filbert. He was at the limit of human endeavour at that
time. In those days we didn't have pacemakers. Filbert was a fantastic
pacemaker but he just kept going. He was changing the rules. People only
broke world records when they had pacemakers. The pacemaker broke the
world record that day. It was a new era in distance running.
Bayi
I
was so happy to win the gold, but when I looked at the screen and saw
the screen flashing, 'world record' I was even happier. I jumped up and
down while going for the victory lap.
Jelley
When
John failed to catch Bayi I was a bit disappointed but then I looked at
my watch. I'm usually fairly quiet and just concentrate on the race.
Instead of being the usual quiet coach, I jumped onto my seat and
started yelling out, 'it's a world record, it's a world record'.
King (NZ Herald, February 4)
It was the most glorious metric mile in history.
Crouch
Fellow Australian athlete Randall Markey kept saying, 'I wasn't even in the home straight'. His coach had believed he could win.
Dixon
I
stood there in total amazement. I walked off the track and someone
called to me, 'loser'. I thought, 'shit, come on, I ran the fifth
fastest time in history. I know I finished fourth but was only three
steps away from winning. How can I be a loser?' In fourth place you
don't get any prizes. I experienced that again in '76. Fourth is not a
good place.
The Aftermath
Walker
If
I had the race again, I would have beaten him. I would have gone with
him. It's pretty arrogant saying it now but it taught me a lot. I proved
it by going with him at the Helsinki World Games which was only six
months later and beat him by 35m. When he went out in front ... I
couldn't do it and nor could anyone else. He dictated the race so he
could go fast or slow. There was no pressure on him.
Foster
The
great thing was that Jipcho, Walker and Dixon were even able to compete
with him. The New Zealand crowd saw what I believe, apart from the
first four-minute mile, the most significant mile/1500m race in history.
When you look back on it, it is still a wonderful performance by
Filbert Bayi. There wasn't a human being living who could have got
anywhere near that. That was his moment. Sadly he didn't get a chance in
'76 (because of the African boycott of the Olympics). When I see who
was behind him - Mike Boit, Walker, Dixon, Jipcho, Graham Crouch - and I
was in seventh setting a British record... it was an amazing bunch of
athletes and it was the beginning of a new era. In those days athletes
didn't come together every couple of weeks for Diamond League events. To
be part of such an historic event was absolutely fantastic.
Bayi
I
[felt like I changed middle distance running] but I'm not sure if world
knows that. Nothing much has been talked about my front-running. Today,
in any distance starting from the 800m, pace setters (rabbits) are
there to help an individual break a world record and these are the
people who are inducted into the Hall of Fame by the IAAF. I have been
attending Commonwealth Games since Manchester in 2002. In all these
Games, nothing has been mentioned about my unbeaten 1500m Commonwealth
record which, for five years (1974-1979) was the world record.
Crouch
It was great to be part of a historic race, but I never wanted to finish fifth.
Bayi
In New Zealand, things were quiet but every citizen in Tanzania went crazy to celebrate my achievement.
Dixon
At
the time we realised I needed to be looking at the 5000m because these
young guys were showing much more ability over the 1500m than I had.
Walker
I
didn't appreciate what we had done at time. It was only afterwards once
I started reading the press. We had just run one of the greatest foot
races in history at a Commonwealth Games in little, old New Zealand. It
was pretty phenomenal. Those Commonwealth Games were special. We will
never see another one like it. In those days they were one of the
biggest events. We didn't have world champs, you weren't paid.
Dixon
The
Commonwealths in those days were huge. It was a world attention
grabber. The world stopped. When we went to Europe in '74, people were
talking about it everywhere. John loved it and went on to do incredible
things. I feel privileged to have been a part of that race.
Bayi
The
1500m race in Christchurch didn't change my life financially compared
to these days when an athlete breaks the world record - they always
make a fortune. In those days, athletics was fully amateur and receiving
money as an award was illegal.
Walker
Before
the race, no one knew who I was. After that, everyone knew. It took one
race to get noticed. The invitations came from all over Europe. I
didn't have to beg, borrow and steal and rely on other athletes to get
me into races. I had to turn them down in the end.
Foster
I
knew that day when I saw John he was going to be the greatest and he
went on to become world record holder and Olympic champion.
Napenda
kuchukua nafasi hii kuushukuru uongozi wa Chama cha Waandishi wa Habari za
Michezo Tanzania (TASWA) kwa kuandaa hafla ya kutoa tuzo kwa wanamichezo 10
bora waliofanya vizuri kwa kuiletea heshimanchi yetu katika miaka 10 ya uongozi wa mwanamichezo mwenzetu Mhe.
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete,Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania.
Pamoja
na kutoa tuzo kwa Wanamichezo bora waliofanya vizuri miaka 10 iliyopita,vile vile TASWA ilimtunuku tuzo Mhe Jakaya
Mrisho Kikwete kwa mchango wako katika michezo.
Mhe.
Rais, wakati anazungumza na wanamichezo waliokusanyika katika ukumbi wa Mlimani
hapo tarehe 12/10/2015 alisononeka kwa wanamichezo wa Tanzania kutofanya vizuri
wakati wa miaka 10 ya uongozi wake pamoja na kuleta walimu katika baadhi ya
vyama vya michezo.
Mafanikio
hata katika maisha ya kawaida ni mapambano hali kadhalika hata kupata mafanikio
katika michezo ni mapambano. Katika miaka ya 70-80 michezo ilikuwa ridhaa,
lakini kuanzia miaka ya 90 hadi sasa michezo imekuwa biashara na ajira kubwa
kwa wanamichezo.
Katibu
Mkuu wa TOC, Filbert Bayi akizungumza na waandishi wa habari leo Ijumaa
akimpongeza Rais Jakaya Kikwete kwa kuendeleza michezo katika kipindi
chake chote cha uongozi wake wa miaka 10.
Kwa
mfumo huo wa michezo kuwa biashara na ajira kila moja angefikiria kwamba
tungepaswa kuwa na wanamichezo wengikwa
hiari yao kuchangamkia mazoezi ya hali ya juu ili nao waweze kuwa wawakilishi
wazuri wa nchi yetu na kujipatia zawadi nono za fedha, lakini badala yake hali
inazidi kuwa mbaya.
Hali
hii inawezekana vile vile imesababishwa na hali ya ukata wa vyama vya michezo
ambao hawana uwezo wa kutafuta vipaji huko walipo hasa Vijijini, Wilayani na
Mikoani.
Katika miaka ya 70-80,Vyama
vyetu vilikuwa vinapata ruzuku kutoka Serikalini kupitia Baraza la Michezo la
Taifa (BMT), ruzuku ambayo ilikuwa inawasaidia kuendesha ofisi na kuandaa
Mashindanokama ya Taifa ambayo
wanamichezo wengi wanakusanyika na vyama husika kufanya uteuzi wa wachezaji bora
wenye vipaji ambao huwaendeleza.
Huo mfumo kwa sasa haupo kutokana na hali
inayotamkwa na vyama vya michezo kama ukata na Serikali (BMT) kutokuwa na
fedha.
Katika risala yake wakati wa tuzo kwa
wanamichezo bora, Mhe. Rais alikiri bila kuwekeza tusitegemee kupata mafanikio,
lakini nani awekeze, kwa haraka kwa tulio na uelewa mdogo ni Serikali ndiyo
iwekeze kama nchi zingine duniani inavyofanya.
Mhe.
Rais amefanya mengi kuinua michezo wakati wa uongozi wake. Naomba nitaje
chache:
1.WALIMU WA MICHEZO KUTOKA NJE.
Aliweza
kuwalipa mishahara walimu wa michezo kama mpira wa miguu, netiboli, ngumi na
riadha (pamoja na walimu wa riadha kutokuwa wa viwango) kupitia mpango wa
ushirikiano kati ya Tanzania na Cuba. Kila mmoja wetu aliona jitihada zake,na nakiri kwamba kwa namna moja au nyingine,
vyama/mashirikisho ya michezo hawakutekeleza wajibu wao kutokana na hali ya
ukata.
Hata wanamichezo wetu hawakutambua na kuona michezo kama ajira.
Mhe.
Rais anakiri mafanikio yana gharama, bila nchi kuwekeza hafikirii kama tutakuwa
na mwelekeo mwema hasa kwa vijana wetu kufanya vizuri katika medani ya
Kimataifa. Nchi nyingi zinazofanya vizuri katika michezo ya kimataifakwa asilimia kubwa wamewekeza katika michezo.
Pamoja na WHVUM kutengewa bajeti ndogo ya michezo, bado suala la kuwekeza
haliwezi kukwepeka kwa hali ya sasa ya michezo duniani.
2.MICHEZO YA UMITASHUMTA/UMISSETA.
Tutakukumbuka
hasa pale Mhe Jakaya aliporejesha michezo ya Umitashumta na Umissetamwaka 2007 baada ya kusimama kwa zaidi ya
miaka 9.
Binafsi
naamini kilichotufikisha hapa tulipo leo ni pamoja na kutofundishwa kwa elimu
ya viungo (PE) sambamba na kutokuwepo walimu wa masomo hayo kwenye shule zetu
na kusimama kwa michezo hiyonaMichezo ya Majeshi (BAMATA).
Michezo
ya Umitashumta/Umisseta ndiyo ilikuwa kiwanda cha kuandaa wachezaji ambapo
wanapofanya vizuri hupata ajira katika taasisi za Serikali (JWTZ, Polisi,
Magereza, Jeshi la Kujenga Taifa) lakini kwa sasa imekuwa tofauti kwani taasisi
hizo haziajiri kama ilivyo huko nyuma kutokana na kutofanyika Michezo ya
Majeshi (BAMATA) ambayo ilikuwa na ushindani mkubwa.
Ni
zaidi ya miaka 8 tangu aliporejesha michezo ya Umitashumta/Umisseta kwa nia na
madhumuni ya kupata vipaji vitakavyoendelezwa na kuwa na nafasi nzuri ya
kutuwakilisha Kimataifa.
Imekuwa vigumu kuendelezavipaji vinavyoonekana katika michezo hiyo
kwani hakuna maandalizi yaliyofanywa kuwaendelezabaada ya michezo hiyo kumalizika. Hata wale
wanaomaliza masomo yao katika ngazi husika hawapati ajira kutokana na taasisi
za Serikali nilizotaja kutokuwa na ajira rasmi kama ilivyo zamani. Mpaka sasa
ni shule chache za binafsina taasisi
zimekuwa nampango wa kuwasajili katika
shule zao wanafunzi wazuri wenye vipaji na baadhi yao kutoa elimu bure (Scholarships)
na kuwaendeleza katika baadhi ya michezo:
a.Shule ya Sekondari ya Alliance, Mwanza
(Mpira wa Miguu na Riadha).
b.Shule za Filbert Bayi, Mkuza, Kibaha Mkoa
wa Pwani (Riadha na Netiboli)
c.Shule ya Sekondari ya Lord Baden Powel,
Bagamoyo (Mpira wa Miguu kwa Wanaume naWanawake,Mpira wa Kikapu, Mpira
wa Wavu na Riadha).
d.Shule ya Sekondari ya Winning Spirit,
Arusha (Riadha)
e.Shule ya Sekondari ya Makongo, Dar Es
Salaam (Mpira wa Miguu, Netiboli Kikapu na Wavu).
Naomba
niishauri Serikali (Wizara ya Elimu na Tamisemi) kuunda Kanda ili kila baada ya
michezo ya Umitashumta na Umisseta wanamichezo wenye vipaji wawekwe katika
shule zilizo katika Kanda zitakazoundwa wakiendelea na masomo hali kadhalika na
kucheza kwa Wizara husika kupeleka wataalamu (coaches) katika Kanda husika.
Kama hilo haliwezekani, basi shule binafsi na taasisi zisaidiwe ili ziweze
kuimarisha zaidi mipango waliyonayo ya kuendeleza michezo
Bila
kuwa na utaratibu na mipango mahsusi, michezo ya Umitashumta na Umisseta,itakuwa kama tamasha tu.
3.UWANJA WA TAIFA
Hakuna
ubishi kwa ushiriki wake katika ujenzi wa uwanja wa Taifa wakati wa uongozi wa
Rais wa awamu ya tatu Mhe. Benjamin William Mkapa akiwa kama Waziri wa Mambo ya
nchi za Nje na Ushirikiano wa Kimataifa mpaka alipochaguliwa kuwa Rais wa awamu
ya nne na kumalizia kazi za ujenzi zilizobaki.
Uwanja
wetu ni mzuri sana, lakini matumizi yake kwa mchezo wa riadha yamekuwa nadra
sana kutokana na gharama kubwa ambayo wakati mwingineRiadha Tanzania inashindwa kuchangia hasa
inapotaka kufanya michezo ya Taifa ambayo hufanyika mara moja kwa mwaka.
4.MAFANIKIO YA MICHEZO WAKATI WA UONGOZI
WAKO.
Mhe.
Jakaya wakati wa uongozi wake wa miaka 10 kulikuwa na mafanikio ambayo
hayaridhishi kwa nchi kama Tanzania yenye watu zaidi ya Milion 45, lakini
kutokana na hali halisi niliyotaja hapo juu naomba nitaje mafanikio hayo kama
ifuatavyo:
Samson Ramadhani
1.Samson Ramadhani NYONYI, (Riadha):”Marathon”>Dhahabu: Michezo ya
Jumuiya ya Madola, Melbourne, Australia 2006.
2.Fabian Joseph NAASI, (Riadha): Mita
10000>Shaba: Michezo ya Jumuiya ya Modola, Melbourne, Australia 2006.
Fabian Joseph.
3.Martin SULLE, (Riadha) Km 21.1>Medali
ya Fedha>Michezo ya Afrika, Algiers, Algeria, 2007.
4.Timu ya Netiboli, (Netiboli)>Medali ya
Fedha>Michezo ya Afrika, Maputo, Msumbiji, 2011.
5.Timu ya Netiboli (Netiboli)>Kushinda
Kombe la Mataifa 6, Singapore, 2012.
6.Timu ya Netiboli (Netiboli>Nafasi ya
Pili, Mashindano ya Africa, Dar Es Salaam, 2012.
7.Timu ya Mpira wa Miguu watoto wa Mitaani
(Street Children World Cup)>Dhahabu, Mashindano Kombe la Dunia, Rio de
Jeneiro, Brazil, 2014.
8.Timu ya Mpira wa Miguu-Vijana chini ya
Miaka 15>Medali ya Fedha> Michezo ya Vijana Afrika, Gaborone, Botswana,
2014.
5.SHUGHULI ZA TOC.
Wakati
wa uongozi wake wa miaka 10 kama Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania,
Kamati ya Olimpiki Tanzania imeweza kufanya shughuli mbalimbali za maendeleo
kwa vyama vya michezo, baadhi ya hizo shughuli zilikuwa ni kuendesha mafunzo ya
ufundi kwa walimu wa michezo kutoka Vyama/Mashirikisho ya michezo wanachama wa
TOC kwa kuleta Wakufunzi kutoka nje ya nchi hali kadhalika na Mafunzo ya
Utawala na Uongozi wa Michezo kwa viongozi wa Vyama/Mashirikisho ya Mikoa na
Taifa kwa nyakati tofauti.
Katibu
Mkuu wa Kamati ya Olimpiki Tanzania, Filbert Bayi (kushoto) akizungumza
kabla ya kuwakabidhi hati wachezaji watatu wa Tanzania waliodhaminiwa
na Kamati ya Kimataifa ya Olimpiki kupiga kambi Eldoret nchini Kenya.
kutoka kulia ni Fabian Joseph, Fabian Nelson na Bazil John.
Kwa
ujumla Walimu 523 (448/75) na viongozi 380 (304/76) waliweza kupata elimu ya
kufundisha wachezaji kwa madaraja tofauti na uongozi na utawala bora.
(Orodha
Nyongeza “A” na “B”imeambatanishwa).
HITIMISHO
Kwa
niaba ya Kamati ya Olimpiki Tanzania na kwa niaba yangu napenda nichukue nafasi
hii kumshukuru Mhe. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa
Tanzania, Wizara ya Habari, Vijana, Utamaduni na Michezo kwa kutoa posho za
kujikimu, mavazi ya taifa, vifaa vya mazoezi na mashindano timu zetu za Taifa
zilizowahi kushiriki Michezo ya Jumuiya ya Madola (Melbourne, Australia 2006,
New Delhi, India 2010 na Glasgow, Scotland 2014) na Olimpiki (Beijing, China
2008, London, Uingereza 2012).
Katibu
Mkuu wa TOC, Filbert Bayi akisaini moja ya hati za kuwadhamini
wanariadha watatu wa Tanzania kupiga kambi Eldoret, Kenya huku Katibu
Mkuu wa Riadha Tanzania, Suleuman Nyambui akishuhudia. Kushoto ni Rais
wa TOC, Gulam Rashid.
Nitakuwa
mchoyo wa fadhila kama sitamshukuru Mhe. Bernard Camillius Membe, Waziri wa
Mambo ya Nje na Ushirikiano wa Kimataifa kwa ushirikiano na WHVUM kuwatafutia
mazoezi ya nje (China, Ethiopia, Uturuki na New Zealand) kwa kutumia mpango wa
Diplomasia ya Michezo (Sports Diplomacy) wanamichezo wetu kabla ya Michezo ya
Jumuiya ya Madola, yaliyofanyika Glasgow, Scotland mwaka jana (2014).
Akiwa
kama mwanamichezo nambari moja hata baada ya kustaafu bado wanamichezo wenzako
tutahitaji ushauri wake katika maendeleo ya michezo katika
nchi
yetu.
Mwisho
kabisa natoa wito kwa wanamichezo wote kujitokeza na kutumia haki yao ya
Kikatiba hapo Jumapili tarehe 25/10/2015 kupiga kura kuchagua mafiga matatu
(Diwani, Mbunge na Rais) kwa kipindi cha miaka 5 (2015-2020) ijayo.
Nawatakia
Wanamichezo wote kila la kheri katika mchakato mzima na tulindeamani tuliyonayo.
Katibu
Mkuu wa Kamati ya Olimpiki Tanzania (TOC), Filbert Bayi akisoma taarifa
yake ya mwaka katika Mkutano Mkuu wa TOC Kituo cha Amani Welezo,
Zanzibar. Kulia ni Rais wa TOC Gulam Rashid na Mhazini msaidizi Juma
Zaidi (kushoto).
Baadhi ya wajumbe wa Mkutano Mkuu wa Kamati ya Olimpiki Tanzania (TOC) wakati wa mkutano huo jana Zanzibar.
Rais
wa Kamati ya Olimpiki Tanzania (TOC), Gulam Rashid wakati wa ufunguzi
wa Mkutano Mkuu wa kawaida wa mwaka wa TOC unaofanyika leo Zanzibar.
Kushoto ni Katibu Mkuu wa TOC, Filbert Bayi na Mhazini Mkuu Charles
Nyange.
Mhazini
Mkuu wa Kamati ya Olimpiki Tanzania (TOC), Charles Nyange (kushoto)
akipokea tuzo kwa niaba ya mmoja ya makampuni yaliyodhamini Siku ya
Olimpiki.
Wajumbe wa Kamati ya Utendaji ya TOC katika picha ya pamoja mjini Zanzibar.
Katibu
Mkuu wa Kamati ya Olimpiki Tanzania (TOC), Filbert Bayi akizungumza
wakati wa ufunguzi wa Kamisheni ya Wachezaji ya Kamati ya Olimpiki
Tanzania (Kawata) leo Zanzibar. Kushoto ni mwenyekiti wa Kawata,
Ramadhan Zimbwe. Kushoto kwa Bayi ni Katibu Msaidizi wa TOC Jamal Adi na
rais wa Toc Gulam Rashid.
TANZANIA OLYMPIC
COMMITTEE (TOC)
KAMATI YA OLIMPIKI TANZANIA
RISALA YA KATIBU MKUU (TOC), FILBERT BAYI KWENYE
UFUNGUZI WA KAMISHENI YA WANAMICHEZO ZANZIBAR TAREHE 10/12/2015.
Ndugu Mgeni Rasmi Jamal Adi, Katibu Mkuu
Msaidizi TOC
Ndugu Gulam Rashid, Rais wa TOC,
Ndugu Ramadhani Zimbwe, Mwenyekiti,
KAWATA Taifa,
Ndugu Amina Ahmed, Katibu KAWATA Taifa
Viongozi Kamati yaUtendaji Waalikwa
Kamati ya Utendaji, KAWATA Taifa,
Wanamichezo Washiriki
Mabibi na Mabwana.
Kwa
niaba ya Kamati ya Olimpiki Tanzania na kwa niaba yangu mwenyewe sina budi kumshukuru
Katibu Mkuu Msaidizi wa TOC, pamoja na kuwa moja wa viongozi wa juu wa TOC kukubali
mwaliko wa ofisi ya TOC kwa kuja hapa leo kutufungulia Mkutano huu Mkuu wa Kamisheni ya
Wanamichezo.
Ndugu
Mgeni Rasmi, ofisi ya TOC imekuwa hapo awali ikialika wageni rasmi hasa katika
shughuli hizi za ufunguzi wa mikutano yetu kutoka nje hasa taasisi na serikali,
lakini kuanzia sasa itakapobidi shughuli hizi zitafanywa na viongozi wa TOC au
Vyama/Mashirikisho ya Michezo.
Ndugu
Mgeni Rasmi, tangu Kamisheni ya Taifa ilipoundwa hapo mwaka 2006, kazi kubwa
ilikuwa kuhamasisha na kutoa wito kwa Vyama/Mashirikisho ya Michezo kuanzisha
Kamisheni ya wachezaji katika Vyama/Mashirikisho yao ya Michezo. Ni Vyama/Mashirikisho
chache ambayo yameitikia wito wetu kwa kufanya uchaguzi halali wa kidemokrasia.
Vyama
vingi mpaka sasa vimekuwa vikiteua wajumbe wake kuhudhuria Mikutano Mikuu ya Kamisheni
inayoandaliwa na TOC, lakini cha kushangaza kwa utafiti ulioofanywa na
TOC/KAWATA Taifa, wachezaji hao siyo wajumbe katika Kamati za Utendaji na
Mikutano Mikuu ya Vyama na Mashirikisho husika kama Muongozo wa Kamisheni
unavyosema.
Sijui
ni kwa nini Vyama/Mashirikisho ya Michezo yaogope kuwaingiza wachezaji kwenye
chombo cha maamuzi (Kamati ya Utendaji/Mkutano Mkuu). Kuna siri gani kubwa
katika vikao vya Kamati ya Utendaji na Mkutano Mkuu ambayo hayapaswi wachezaji
kufahamu?
Mimi
nina imani kabisa wawakilishi wa wachezaji watakapokuwa kwenye vyombo hivyo vya
maamuzi malalamiko na manung’uniko mengi ya wachezaji hayatakwepo, kwani
watakuwa wameshiriki kikamilifu katika maamuzi.
Mahali ambako Mkutano Mkuu wa Kamisheni ya Wachezaji (Kawata) unapofanyikia leo Zanzibar.
Ndugu
Mgeni rasmi, Kamati ya Olimpiki ya Kimataifa (IOC), Vyama/Mashirikisho ya
Kimataifa (IFs), ANOCA na NOCs kama TOCzina Kamisheni zao ya Wanamichezo ambazo kazi zao kubwa ni kama:
1.Kutoa ushauri, nasaha kwa wanamichezo waliostaafu na
ambao bado wanaendelea na michezo.
2.Kulinda maslahi ya wanamichezo ndani ya maadili ya
Olimpiki.
3.Kutoa mapendekezo kwa mambo yanayohusu maslahi ya
wanamichezo ndani ya vikao ya Kamisheni husika.
4.Kufanya lolote lile ambalo ni kwa faida ya wanamichezo
kwa ujumla wake.
Kamisheni
yetu ya Kitaifa tangu ianzishwe mwaka 2006 na wajumbe wake Kitaifa kuchaguliwa
tena mwaka 2012 mjini Dodoma imechelewa
kwa kiasi fulani kutokana na sababu ambazo ni pamoja na kukwamishwa na viongozi
wa Vyama/Mashirikisho yao Kitaifa (NFs).
Baadhi ya washiriki wa Mkutano Mkuu wa Kawaita mjini Zanzibar leo Alhamisi.
Wanamichezo
wana uwezo mkubwa wa kushauri viongozi wa vyama/mashirikisho yao katika masuala
yanayohusu maendeleo ya michezo, pia kushauri mashirika mbalimbali kuhusu ajira
za wanamichezo pamoja na hali ya baadaye mchezaji mhusika anapostaafu.
Mhe.
Mgeni Rasmi, michezo kwa sasa ni ajira, ndiyo maana IOC imehamasisha NOCs
kuunda Kamisheni za Wanamichezo ili watambuliwe kuwa sekta muhimu ya maendeleo
ya michezo katika Taifa letu.
TOCinaamini kwamba kukiwa na uwakilishi wa
wanamichezo katika vyama/mashirikisho ya michezo na asasi za umma nchi yetu
itakuwa imepiga hatua katika kupiga vita madawa ya kuongeza nguvu katika
michezo ambayo kwa sasa yamepamba moto duniani.
Baadhi
ya waalikwa katika mkutano Mkuu wa Kamisheni ya Wachezaji Tanzania
(Kawata) Kutoka kushoto Irine Mwasanga, Peter Mwita na Mwinga Mwanjala
wakati wa mkutano huo leo Zanzibar.
Mhe.
Mgeni Rasmi, bado vyama/mashirikisho ya michezo ya kutothibitisho yanaendelea.
Mwaka huu kutoka Bara ni Vyama/Mashirikisho ya Kuogelea, Mpira wa Magongo na
kwa Zanzibar Mpira wa Meza na Kikapu havikuthibitisha, lakini wakatma
washiriki. Riadha Tanzania kuwasilishwa na wajumbe 3 (wm 2, mk 1).
Kwa
haya machache naomba nikukaribishe ili uzungumze na wanamichezo walio mbele
yako kisha utufungulie Mkutano huu wa Kamisheni ya wanamichezo kwa mwaka 2015
kama tulivyokuomba.
Ahsanteni kwa kunisikiliza.
Katibu Mkuu wa
TOC Filbert Bayi akifuatilia jambo na mjumbe wa Kamati ya TOC Irine
Mashanga wakati wa Mkutani Mkuu wa Kawata Zanzibar .
Katibu
msaidizi wa Kamati ya Olimpiki Tanzania (TOC), Jamal Adi akizungumza
wakati wa ufunguzi wa Mkutano Mkuu wa Kamishenu ya Wachezai (Kawata) Zanzibar. Kulia kwa Adi ni Katibu Mkuu wa TOC, Filbert Bayi.
