Anti-Doping News
WFDF Congress Approves New Anti-Doping Rules and 2011-13 Anti-Doping Plan
05 October 2011
The World Flying Disc Federation announces approval of the WFDF Anti-Doping Rules Version 2.0 (based upon 2009 revised WADA Code) during the 2011 WFDF Congress held August 27 in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy. The Code was approved by all members present with one abstention and was effective as of 1 September 2011. The WFDF Anti-Doping Program Plan 2011-2013 was also approved by Congress members with one abstention.
Read more: WFDF Congress Approves New Anti-Doping Rules and 2011-13 Anti-Doping Plan
WADA Publishes the Annex to the International Standard on Protection of Privacy and Personal Information
02 June 2011
During its meeting of May 14, 2011, the WADA Executive Committee approved the Annex to the International Standard on the Protection of Privacy and Personal Information. This document identifies the maximum retention time of data collected within the anti-doping framework. For the sake of clarity, we wish to highlight the following to our stakeholders:
- This document now forms an integral part of the International Standard on the Protection of Privacy and Personal Information and is therefore mandatory;
- As indicated in the document, the deletion of data will take place on a quarterly basis, and not on a daily basis;
- For those categories of data which are marked to be kept indefinitely, there is no maximum retention time indicated and stakeholders are free to decide how long they want to store such data, provided of course that they respect any national law requirements.
This Annex is posted on our Web site and its strict application will be part of our monitoring program as of 2012. Click here to access the document.
WADA suspends accreditation of Turkish Doping Control Center
31 May 2011
Further to WADA’s press release regarding suspension of accreditation for the Turkish Doping Control Center (TDDC), please be advised that the suspension is not for six months as originally stated.
The suspension will be until WADA fully reviews the case.
Click here to read the amended press release.
Apologies for any inconvenience.
Latest WFDF Communiques
15 October 2018 - Official Communication 
The World Flying Disc Federation with greatest sadness had to take knowledge of the sudden passing of GAISF President Patrick Baumann at the Youth Olympic Games 2018 in Buenos Aires.
We are still under shock on the unexpected and sudden passing of our dear friend and GAISF President Patrick Baumann, IOC member in Switzerland.
"On behalf of the entire flying disc community, we mourn the sudden passing of Patrick", stated WFDF President Robert "Nob" Rauch. "He was not only dedicated to passionately promoting the sport of Basketball but played a great role in uniting all sports under the newly reconstituted GAISF. We send our heartfelt condolences to his beloved family and the entire Olympic".
WFDF Executive Director Volker Bernardi had the opportunity to attend the memorial held for Patrick Baumann on-site in Buenos Aires and signed the condolence book at the IOC Headquarters as a farewell to our friend Patrick Baumann.
We owe him a great debt. 06 October 2018 - Official Communication
The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) is pleased to announce that it is putting out a request for proposals (RFP) for the WFDF Official Apparel partnership for the two year period from January 2019 through December 2020, with the potential to consider a four year term. The selected company will receive the exclusive opportunity to develop and sell selected official event merchandise and apparel for the WFDF Ultimate Championship events during that period.
06 October 2018 - Official Communication
Also announces new Approved Disc Policy to go into effect in 2019
The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) is pleased to announce that it has opened a closed tender process for establishing a multi‐year WFDF Official Disc Supplier and Sponsorship for the period from January 2019 through December 2020. It has also established a new Approved Disc Policy which will go into effect beginning in January 2019, which can be found here.
21 September 2018 - Official Communication
Update follows WFDF 2018 World Ultimate Club Championships, World Master Ultimate Club Championships and World Junior Ultimate Championships
The World Flying Disc Federation today released the updated World Ultimate Rankings. These rankings are based on the finishing positions of teams at the most recent major World Ultimate Events:
· World Ultimate Club Championships (WUCC) 2018
· World Junior Ultimate Championships (WJUC) 2018
· World Master Ultimate Championships (WMUC) 2018
· World Under 24 Championships (WU24) 2018
· World Championship of Beach Ultimate/World Great Grandmasters Beach Ultimate Championships (2017) 2017
· World Ultimate and Guts Championships (WUGC) 2016
15 September 2018 - Official Communication
WFDF is pleased to announce that the WFDF 2019 Asia Oceanic Beach Ultimate Championships, in association with BULA (AOBUC) will be hosted by the town of Shirahama, Japan, from Thursday 13th June to Sunday 16th June, 2019. The event will feature national and club Beach Ultimate teams in Men’s, Women’s, and Mixed divisions with a possibility of adding masters divisions if enough interest.
The successful bid came from the Japan Flying Disc Association (JFDA) supported by the Town of Shirahama. The organization is headed by Prof. Fumio Morooka, the President of JFDA, with Yuta Saito heading up the TOC.
21 August 2018 - Official Communication
The World Flying Disc Federation’s 2018 World Junior Ultimate Championships kicked off on Saturday, August 18 in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The event is hosting more than 800 young athletes from 31 teams and 18 countries in the Junior Under-20 Men’s and Women’s divisions.
Running from August 18-25 at RIM Park at the Manulife Financial Sportsplex, WJUC commenced with an opening ceremony followed by a showcase game between Canada and Germany in the Women’s division, which the Canadians won by the score of 15-7.
16 August 2018 - Official Communication
WFDF is pleased to announce that the WFDF 2020 World Junior Ultimate Championships (WJUC) will be hosted by the city of Malmö, Sweden, from Saturday 18th July to Saturday 25th July, 2020. The event will feature national Ultimate teams in the Men’s Under-20 and Women’s Under-20 divisions.
The successful bid came from the local club team Kockums Ultimate in cooperation with regional teams and key persons in Sweden and Denmark, supported by the Swedish Ultimate Federation (SUF) and in a close cooperation with the City of Malmö. The organization is headed by Mattias Ahlgren and Dan Engström, who both have significant experience in hosting national and international Ultimate events.
07 August 2018 - Official Communication
Four American teams took home top honors as the WFDF 2018 World Masters Ultimate Club Championships came to a close on Saturday, August 4. The event, hosted in Winnipeg, Canada at the Little Mountain Sportsplex and Independent Jewelers Ultimate Park, saw 1,716 players on 72 teams from 13 countries compete for six days. Teams represented masters’ athletes on clubs from Australia, Colombia, Canada, France, Germany, India, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Great Britain and the USA.
29 July 2018 - Official Communication
The World Flying Disc Federation opens the WFDF 2018 World Masters Ultimate Club Championships in Winnipeg, Canada on Sunday the 29th of July. The event runs until Saturday the 4th of August at Little Mountain Sportsplex and Independent Jewelers Ultimate Park. It is hosted by the tournament organizing committee, Manitoba Organization of Disc Sports.
Winnipeg is hosting 1,716 players on 72 teams from 13 countries at WMUCC. The teams are competing in four divisions: 21 Master Men’s, 15 Master Women’s, 21 Master Mixed, and 15 Grand Master Men’s teams.
26 July 2018 - Official Communication
The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) is pleased to announce that the WFDF 2019 World Team Disc Golf Championships will be held in Estonia from August 21 to 24, 2019. The event will be held in Alutaguse, Ida-Virumaa, hosted by the Estonian Disc Golf Association and Alutaguse Eagle Disc Golf Club, with Timo Juursalu as the Tournament Director and Rein Rotmeister as the co-Tournament Director.
The winning bid was awarded by the WFDF Board and the Disc Golf Committee. Invitations and further information will be sent to all WFDF members and PDGA Country Associates in the near future.
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