certificat medical d'aptitude au sport pratique
Feb 2nd 2011, 4:57 pm
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certificat medical d'aptitude au sport pratique
Hello!
I am keen to start some kickboxing now that I am settling in, but looking at the requirements for my local club, they require a certificat medical d'aptitude au sport pratique. Does anyone know whether this is compulsory, and if so, how do I go about getting one and is it very expensive?
I am keen to start some kickboxing now that I am settling in, but looking at the requirements for my local club, they require a certificat medical d'aptitude au sport pratique. Does anyone know whether this is compulsory, and if so, how do I go about getting one and is it very expensive?
Feb 2nd 2011, 5:00 pm
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Re: certificat medical d'aptitude au sport pratique
Hello!
I am keen to start some kickboxing now that I am settling in, but looking at the requirements for my local club, they require a certificat medical d'aptitude au sport pratique. Does anyone know whether this is compulsory, and if so, how do I go about getting one and is it very expensive?
I am keen to start some kickboxing now that I am settling in, but looking at the requirements for my local club, they require a certificat medical d'aptitude au sport pratique. Does anyone know whether this is compulsory, and if so, how do I go about getting one and is it very expensive?
Feb 2nd 2011, 5:15 pm
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Re: certificat medical d'aptitude au sport pratique
Yup, I have to have them for me (horseriding) and all the kids' sports but they are simple enough. Make sure the doctor adds competitions included or you'll need another one if you fancy even a friendly match.
Feb 2nd 2011, 6:13 pm
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Re: certificat medical d'aptitude au sport pratique
For golf - a medical certificate is required BUT only if you want to play in competitions.
Ask your club secretary.
The secretary in my club offered to get another member - a doctor - to sign the certificate for me. He said that they did that all the time.
The certificate does not say that I am fit and healthy to play golf but that there are no reasons that I should not.
I get my daughter - a GP in the UK to sign the certificate for me.
I can download the certificate from the FFG website and last year I even managed to download it in english
It is a normal requirement to compete in all sport in France - even if you are a visiting foreign sportsman.
Good luck
Keep some copies in case you need to show them for other competitions
Ask your club secretary.
The secretary in my club offered to get another member - a doctor - to sign the certificate for me. He said that they did that all the time.
The certificate does not say that I am fit and healthy to play golf but that there are no reasons that I should not.
I get my daughter - a GP in the UK to sign the certificate for me.
I can download the certificate from the FFG website and last year I even managed to download it in english
It is a normal requirement to compete in all sport in France - even if you are a visiting foreign sportsman.
Good luck
Keep some copies in case you need to show them for other competitions
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Feb 2nd 2011, 9:23 pm
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Re: certificat medical d'aptitude au sport pratique
Ka Ora just about nailed it - most medical certificates for sports are compulsory, and will cost 23 euros from your local doctor.
Fwiw, for shooting sports, a separate certificate used to be a requirement, but no longer. Now, as soon as the French Federal Licence is issued, one must go along to a doctor and get him to sign, date and stamp the back of the card. Some other sporting associations may have adopted the same idea.
Which reminds me of a funny thing when I went to see him last time. (True story).
Early that morning I'd been sitting in the waiting room for almost an hour, and the secretary had already notified me that he wasn't yet in.
Just after the hour, he hobbled in the main door and into his office, and called me in a few mins afterwards. He stood up, shook my hand, and said, "Sorry I'm late, I've been ill!"
It struck me as such a funny thing coming from a doctor, and I was clearly amused, and immediately thought, "What, not like that.......like that!" Needless to say he didn't have a red fez hanging from the hat-stand.
Fwiw, for shooting sports, a separate certificate used to be a requirement, but no longer. Now, as soon as the French Federal Licence is issued, one must go along to a doctor and get him to sign, date and stamp the back of the card. Some other sporting associations may have adopted the same idea.
Which reminds me of a funny thing when I went to see him last time. (True story).
Early that morning I'd been sitting in the waiting room for almost an hour, and the secretary had already notified me that he wasn't yet in.
Just after the hour, he hobbled in the main door and into his office, and called me in a few mins afterwards. He stood up, shook my hand, and said, "Sorry I'm late, I've been ill!"
It struck me as such a funny thing coming from a doctor, and I was clearly amused, and immediately thought, "What, not like that.......like that!" Needless to say he didn't have a red fez hanging from the hat-stand.
