Bali Today
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 7:30 am CIT

City: Denpasar
Temperature : 30 °C
Low : 26 °C
High : 32 °C
Condition: Mostly Cloudy
Sunrise: 5:49 am
Sunset: 6:21 pm

  
 
 

Sanur Beach Cluster (CSB)


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Serangan Island Cluster (CSI)


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Nusa Dua - Benoa Cluster (CNB)


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Kuta Beach Cluster (CKB)


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Beach Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m) high hoop (the goal) under organized rules. Basketball is one of the most popular and widely viewed sports in the world. In Asian Beach Games, this sport will be performed at the beach....more
Beach Waterpolo
Water polo is a team water sport. A team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Gameplay involves swimming, players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a net defended by a goalie. As such, water polo has similarities to association soccer and netball. Beach water polo provides more chalennge as it will be done under beach current and wind....more
Beach Pencak Silat
Beach Pencak Silat is a combative art of fighting and survival. Pencak Silat describes the martial art forms practiced throughout the Malay Archipelago. It has evolved in Indonesian and Malaysian civilizations for centuries into a social culture and tradition....more
Beach Kabaddi
Beach Kabaddi is basically a combative sport, with four players on each side; played for a period of 15 minutes with a 5 minutes break (15-5-15). The core idea of the game is to score points by raiding into the opponent's court and touching as many defence players as possible without getting caught on a single breath....more
Beach Wrestling
Beach Wrestling is practiced in swimming suit within a sand circle of 6m and consists of very simple rules. A match lasts three minutes and is refereed by a single referee. To win the match, the wrestler must keep his opponent’s shoulders on the ground (victory by fall), bring him to the ground twice or push him out of the competition area twice. This new wrestling style is very popular and contributes to wrestling being more accessible and festive....more
Woodball
Woodball is a lawn game where the players use a mallet for teeing off and fairway for playing and putting. Woodball consists of playing a ball from the starting area through the gate by a stroke or successive strokes in accordance with the Woodball Rules. The competitor who plays the stipulated round or rounds in the fewest strokes is the winner. Each team consists 2 to 4 players....more
Body Building
In Competitive Body Building, bodybuilders aspire to develop and maintain an aesthetically pleasing body and balanced physique to a panel of judges who assign points based on visual appearance according to body building standards. The competitors show off their bodies by performing a number of poses thus revealing their toned definition through a combination of fat loss, oils, and tanning or tanning lotions....more
Windsurfing
Windsurfing is a surface water sport using a sailboard that is usually two to five meters long and powered by a single sail. The sport combines rules and aspects of both sailing and surfing, along with certain athletic aspects shared with other board sports like skateboarding, snowboarding, waterskiing, and wakeboarding....more
Sailing
Sailing is a surface water sport using a boat, sails, wind and water to increase, maintain or decrease speed....more
Triathlon
Triathlon is an athletic event consisting of swimming, cycling and running over various distances. In most modern triathlons, these events are placed back-to-back in immediate sequence and a competitor's official time includes the time required between the individual legs of the race, including any time necessary for changing clothes and shoes....more
Surfing
The sport of riding on the crest or along the tunnel of a wave....more
Paragliding
Paragliding is a recreational and competitive flying sport using a free-flying, foot-launched aircraft. The pilot sits in a harness suspended below a fabric wing, whose shape is formed by the pressure of air entering vents in the front of the wing....more
Beach Sepaktakraw
Beach Sepaktakraw, a cross between soccer and volleyball, is a sport native to Southeast Asia, resembling volleyball, except that it uses a rattan synthetic ball and only allows players to use their feet and head to touch the ball across a volleyball-type net....more
Marathon Swimming
Marathon Swimming is long distance swimming across large bodies of water such as the Great Lakes, the Atlantic Ocean and the English Channel. Marathon swimming is an endurance sport that pits a swimmer not only against other contenders in the race but also against the currents and tides of the water. According to International Swimming Federation rules, swimmers cannot use wet suits as this can artificially increase speed or endurance. Swimmers are accompanied by a nearby boat crew that monitors and advises the competitors....more
Jet-Ski Sport
Jet-Ski Sport is an extreme competition on a type jet ski. The sport discipline involves racing and adrenaline-pumping free-style contests....more
Dragon Boat Racing
Dragon Boat racing is a sport where a very long and narrow boat is powered by a team of 10 to 50 paddlers. It originated in China and dragon boats are always rigged with decorative Chinese dragon heads and tails and are required to carry a large drum aboard that leads the crew throughout a race with the rhythmic beating that indicates the timing and frequency of paddling strokes, from the cadence to picking up the pace to slowing down....more
Beach Soccer
Beach Soccer is a variant of the sport of football played on beaches. The irregularity of the soft-sand playing surface leads to a style of play where players must improvise. The compact pitch (measuring 28 x 37 meter) allows players to score from anywhere....more
 
 
The Indonesian National Sport Committee was officially formed in 1965.
 
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An Interview with Ramon Suzara, ABG's Director of Operation

BABGOC (Jakarta) - The name Ramon Suzara is not unfamiliar in beach sporting events. His vast experience and knowledge in beach volleyball has brought him to such big events, such as the Asian Games in Doha where he is assigned as the Competition Manager. He is bringing that field expertise to the first ever implementation of the Asian Beach Games in Bali.

Q: Can you tell me what your background is?
A: I’m a volleyball person, that’s how I know Madam Rita Subowo (the President of the Indonesian NOC (National Olympic Committee) as well as the Director General of BABGOC (Bali Asian Beach Games Organizing Committee). For the last 15 years I have been in the International Volleyball Federation where I am one of the technical supervisors. In the Philippines, I am the coach for the Philippines Sports Commission and the chairman of the Asian Volleyball Confederation. At the last Asian Games in Doha, I was the competition manager for volleyball. So I am very experienced in organizing big events. It is an exciting role for me since this is the first Asian Beach Games. I’m bringing a few experts that I’ve collaborated with before at Doha to assist the BABGOC before the OCA (Olympic Council of Asia) visits in June. Madam Rita wants the venue to be of the highest standard. The first inspections will be in June so we have to show them that we are ready.

Q: Venue-wise?
A: Not just for the venue, but also the signage publicizing the event. This is very important in June. That is why I am bringing the whole team to Bali. We basically need to decorate Bali with the logo and with the look of the game.

Q: How do you see the Asian Beach Games compared to other competitions?
A: If we talk about the Asian Beach Games, there is no history to compare since this will be the first one. This is very good because we are able to throw in some new and fresh ideas that can be a lasting legacy for Bali and future games.

Q: How do you visualize the Asian Beach Games in your mind right now?
A: Well, I think it will be an exciting event. It is a game that is free and comfortable. It is going to be a very relaxing event where you can wear shorts and slippers. It will be something different, less formal than the other Asian Games. This is out in the beaches of Bali. So it will be more fun and most importantly, it should have a lasting effect to the people of Bali.

Q: Relating to the competition manager’s objectives, how will you ensure that each athlete is provided with equal conditions to display their talent?
A: Every aspect must be on par with the talent involved. The environment, the venues and the facilities provided must meet international standards. Basically, we prepare the best environment that we can create so that the athletes can perform well.

Q: Are you aware that Indonesia is not normally associated with aquatic or beach sports?
A: Yes but I’m hoping this event could open their eyes. This will be good for tourism, for the government, and for the economy in Bali. I’m sure that sponsors and suppliers will want to participate and any businesses related to tourism will benefit.

Q: So, in which phase are you right know?
A: Well, we are still in phase 1 which is the development of Concepts of Operation. This phase is all about planning, and coordination amongst each sports representative, especially on the decision of venues I must coordinate with each venue manager as early as possible so that they can draw the blue print of the venue. This phase focuses more on ideally clustering each functional area.

Q: What kind of challenges do you perceive?
A: Well, surely the challenges are there, especially when you are dealing with the heart and soul of the Games. If the entire plan is in place then the other department should just follow, like IT, venues, and other shall integrate slowly. There are so many checklists but basically it’s just simple hard work that we must implement from now. If you have very good timing then you can do it.

Q: What do you think about the sports condition is Indonesia, compared to other countries?
A: Well, the problem I think is always the funding. However, if you have a very good marketing and know how to get the message out of the event, especially to the sponsors, then it will be very good for the event as well as for the country. The government has limited sports funding but it’s not only happening in Indonesia. It is also in Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand. So what we are going to do is work as well as we can with what we have and still perform with the highest standard in hosting the Games.
Bali is part of the Republic of Indonesia. It is one of the country's 33 provinces with the provincial capital in Denpasar towards the south of the island. Bali is home to a population of over 3 million, the vast majority....more
Sanur Beach

On the south eastern coast of Bali, Sanur has a 1km long white sand beach protected by a coral reef...more
Music

Balinese music can be compared to Javanese music, especially that of the pre-Islamic period when Javanese tonal systems were imported to Bali....more
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