Closing speech of CSIT President Harald Bauer
The closing ceremony here at the square of towers gives me the opportunity to reflect on the last week, that we have spent together. KALEV Sport association and the city of Tallinn have made a reception to the CSIT movement that nobody of us could have expected.
All of us had quite high expectations and goals, when in January 2009 the Executive Committee has decided that the Estonian capital Tallinn should be the heart and the soul of amateur sport in the first week of July 2010.
And now Tallinn has become a very familiar place that has met all our requirements, even more than that. People of Tallinn have honoured our presence with the best possible hospitality and our delegations have had the unique possibility to discover this wonderful city on the Baltic sea, by day and also by night.
Dear friend Peeter Kreitzberg, dear friends in the KALEV board and dear colleagues that have worked so hard in the organisation of this fantastic sport festival: You all have contributed to this big success of the 2nd CSIT World Sports Games with professional preparation and organisation, with perfect management, with enthusiastic work, which acribic performance and always with this highest kindness. These efforts finally have guaranteed finally 100% guest satisfaction. All of you deserve our deepest respect.
As a sign of gratitude I would very much like to ask a few more persons on the stage, representing KALEV and the games organising committee. Mr. Peeter Kreitzberg, president KALEV, Mr. Avo Anton, general manager KALEV, Mrs. Merike Aava, Tallinn project manager, Mrs. Lembe Laas, organiser gymnastic performance, Mr. Märt Agu, choreographer of the gymnastic performance and Mrs. Piret Ehavald and MR. Ott Ilves, the volunteers coordinators.
You all and hundreds of assisting helping hands around you have had an encouraged idea. You gave all you power and all of your heart to make this project an unforgettable success in the history of CSIT. To memorize the sleek of international friendship in sports, I have to honour to award you with CSIT glass trophies. Furthermore I would like to thank CSIT general secretary Wim Hojenbosh and CSIT sport director Rui Campos for their big efforts in terms of games preparation. The CSIT executive committees has decided to honour KALEV president Peeter Kreitzberg for his outstanding contribution in the development of our organisation with the CSIT plaque of Merit in gold.
Athletes of the world, let's keep Tallinn as a milestone of enjoyable games in our minds and in our hearts. Let's promote this wonderful place in our home countries and let's come back with all our best memories.
From tomorrow on we start already working on a new idea, a new project. In 2013 the CSIT will celebrate the 100 years anniversary with the organisation of the 3rd CSIT World Sport Games. Candidatures are collected and evaluated and the CSIT congress 2011 will decide upon that location of the 2013 games. Be already now invited by heart and keep on supporting our movement.
Herewith I declare the 2nd CSIT World Sports games under the patronage of the IOC, officially closed.
14.07.2010 11:41