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Dear friends and colleagues, It is a pleasure to write to you as president of the World Controllers’ Cup. My name is Allan Beattie and I am an air traffic controller with SERCO IAL in Bahrain, in the Middle East. I would like to extend a warm invitation to the World Controllers´Cup (WCC), a charity soccer tournament for Air Traffic Controllers and Pilots from all over the world. Air traffic controllers have met since the 1960s to compete in various different soccer tournaments on an annual basis. The largest event thus far has been the European Controllers’ Cup, which began in Hamburg in 1968 (www.eccfootball.org ). This particular tournament is hosted by a different ATC unit each year and brings air traffic controllers from across Europe together to play soccer and socialise. This year the ECC was held in Rome, Italy (www.eccroma2011.it ), bringing together more than 1200 air traffic controllers from more than 42 European cities. I had the honour of chairing the ECC for 12 years. Through this event a vision was born; a vision to create the largest football tournament for air traffic controllers in the world. And so, the World Controllers´ Cup was founded. Our objective is to continue to promote our international brotherhood and develop social and professional relationships between air traffic controllers across the world through football. Additionally, we intend to create a platform of communication to help those, around the world, who are less privileged than ourselves. For this reason, the WCC will be actively collaborating through targeted fundraising activities coordinated by NATCA Charitable Foundation in the USA. The 1st edition of the WCC will take place in Las Vegas, USA, from 07th to 12th November 2011. For information please visit www.playthewcc.com Ladda ned PDF |