Volunteers – ATLETICAGENEVE

Merci beaucoup ❣️

Jun 17, 2023

Newsletter Please select your language from the drop-down menu (if you are using a smartphone, you need to turn it horizontally to make it appear.) June 17, 2023 WE DID IT ! 💪 You can plan everything down to the smallest detail, but you never know what might happen in the end. But this time again we got there. All the conditions were met for this 35th edition to be a success. Such a high density of high-level athletes never seen on the Bout-du-Monde track. 82 countries represented and in sight the world championships of Budapest (and not only), produced the expected effect: excellent competitions in optimal conditions to lead to 8 meeting records (unheard of either!) and 8 national records. What a pleasure to see athletes satisfied and wanting to share their joy and express their sincere gratitude to the organizers…

2 weeks to meet the world in Geneva 🧨 🧨 🧨

May 27, 2023

Newsletter Please select your language from the drop-down menu (if you are using a smartphone, you need to turn it horizontally to make it appear.) May 27, 2023 Over 80 countries announced ! You can’t miss it ! Not only an incredible number of countries are represented in this edition, but also a high density of top athletes and a selection of several young big talents destined to burst onto the international scene. You can say: I was there, what emotion, I saw everything ! A stellar edition guaranteed ! Book your place ! At two weeks, you can still book your seat in the grandstands “A” ! As usual, you can still have a free entry, all around the track. The committee wants everyone to be able to admire these competitions and the athletes. But if you wish to support…

Near 500 registrations for 64 countries: and it’s only a beginning !

May 14, 2023

Your final 4 power-weeks ! To date near 500 registrations 😮‍💨, 65 countries 🌎. and it’s only a beginning ! There are novelties for this 35th edition. Top level athletes announced, from all parts of the globe wanting and expecting to go Swifter, Higher, Stronger. But they need your presence, your support, your complicity ! Visitors, this year you can pre-book a place for you, your family, your friends or customers and make sure you follow the meeting from A to Z. Get your ticket. Find the best formula at a very affordable price. You’ll witness 55 jaw-dropping finish line finishes and be able to watch 7 breathtaking jumping and throwing competitions in their entirety! At each competition, there are titled stellar champions or young talents in search of qualification for the world championships in Budapest (HUN) or the European U23 championships in…

5 weeks to go

May 6, 2023

35th edition of ATLETICAGENEVE, memorial Georges Caillat The Geneva International meeting is now anchored in the tradition and corresponds to the official launch of the Swiss international season. And the word international is not in vain: ATLETICAGENEVE regularly attracts more than 60 nations (65 in 2022) for the 550 athletes from 5 continents. Bronze, the meeting knew how to evolve with modern athletics and keep intact its attractiveness and even develop it! Despite its extremely modest (not to say fragile) budget, the meeting continues on its way thanks to the help of the work of passionate volunteers who receive no salary or compensation of any kind. Geneva meeting is very attractive because of various key points. Of course the warm welcome from the whole organizing committee who make this meeting friendly and accessible. But also for other practical reasons. Geneva has a…

Season’s Greetings

Dec 22, 2022

Season’s greetings to all volunteers, coaches, athletes, managers, fans, clubs, federations, partners and sponsors ! So proud of everything you’ve accomplished this year. Thanks for all your hard work – let’s make the next one even better! ATLETICAGENEVE is always here for you ! Merry Christmas ! Pablo Cassina, Michèle Garlinski, Pascal Thurnherr, Grégory Morel, Michel Patry, Chantal Freund, Jean-Daniel Oberson, Sébastien Baud, Sophia Koulen, Jean-Noël Pasini, Yvonne Triviño, Alain Hugentobler, and all the 160+ volunteers !

Sports volunteering party at the Cirque de Noël

Dec 2, 2022

Sports volunteering party at the Cirque de Noël Geneva, 1st December 2022 It is a wonderful initiative that the City of Geneva and “Geneva Bénévolat”, the Geneva volunteering platform (which we have been using for several years) to organize a first celebration of sports volunteering. It was therefore at the Pajazzo’s Cirque de Noël, on the plain of Plainpalais, that all the sports organizations of the canton were invited and met for a magical and wonderful evening, inaugurated by a speech full of motivation, enthusiasm and energy, beautiful words, recognition and, magnificent, beautiful projects from the Mayor of Geneva, Marie Barbey-Chappuis. It is also an opportunity for us, ATLETICAGENEVE, to thank the work that our volunteers do to ensure that our event is where it is. Everyone has contributed, for 34 years, to raising this meeting among the best in the…