Mazury Curling Festival 2015 - camp and bonspiel

INVITATION and ORGANISATIONAL NEWSLETTER No 2

We have great pleasure inviting you to the new edition of the Mazury Curling Festival. Due to Polish Curling Clubs Federation support this year camp practices will be held be Björn Schröder (Switzerland), Lars Berg (Sweden) i Jiri Snitil (Czech Republic). Deadline – 1st of July. 96 places available for camp, 36 teams for tournament. First come, first served.

1. ORGANIZERS & PATRONAGE
Academic Sport Association of Poland & Academic Sport Center Wilkasy
Polish Curling Clubs Federation
Curling Section of Polish Sport Organization Lodz
Kays of Scotland
British Curling Supplies
The City of Giżycko & Municipal Sport Center Giżycko
Ministry of Sport and Tourism

2. DATE AND LOCATION
Date: 5-13.09.2015
Ice rink: Gizycko, Mazurskie Centrum Sportow Lodowych w Gizycku, Krolowej Jadwigi St. 7D
Accommodation and boarding: Academic Sport Center in Wilkasy

3. AGENDA
5-6th September – academic tournament
6th September – coaches clinic, come and try session
7-11th September – camp for teams and single players
11-13th September –4th Mazury Curling Cup
Training, coaching and the tournament are available to all curlers regardless of their level, age, sex or team. One can participate in selected training sessions or only in the tournament.
We are also planning to have coaches, icemakers and statisticans conferences.

DETAILS:
Academic tournament:
For all university teams. No entry fee, just accommodation costs.

Camp:
Duration: 5 days. We offer at least 4hrs of training on ice and 2hrs off the ice daily (at the premises of the Academic Sport Center in Wilkasy). Arrival on September the 6th (Sunday), departure on September the 11th (Friday night).
Groups will be divided into 2/3 advancement levels, and into classes for players on individual positions, as well as classes for teams. Individual and team consultation will be available.

Classes will be held by:
- Björn Schröder (Switzerland) – player: World Chamion 1992, World and European Championships medalist, coach: national teams Germany, Holland, France and Italy
- Lars Berg (Sweden) – former Mixed Doubles Sweden National Team coach, National Teams of Poland coach
- Jiri Snitil (Czech Republic) – Czech Team skip, seven Times In World Curling Championships, 9th place in 2015, 10 times in Europeans, European Curling Championships bronze medalist in 2012, silver medalist European Mixed Curling Championship 2008, Czech Junior national teams coach.
- top Polish coaches will be running classes for the least advanced groups,
- extra practices for deaf and wheelchair curlers – to be confirmed

We provide transport to and from the ice rink, and integration events at the Rozbitek Tavern (formerly known as Wabędź). Each participant will receive a memory T-shirt and other souvenirs.

Cost per 1 person
- 99 Euro (camp only)
- 199 Euro (camp, accommodation and full boarding in the cabin in Academic Sport Centre Wilkasy, starting on 6th of September with supper, ending on 11th of September with dinner)
- 249 Euro (camp, accommodation and full boarding in the hotel and Academic Sport Centre Wilkasy, starting on 6th of September with supper, ending on 11th of September with dinner).
Extra price for single rooms.
We have prepared special prices for companions or those who would like to arrive earlier or depart later. Should you be interested, please contact us. If staying in the hotel Academic Sport Centre Wilkasy, the price also includes the possibility of using sport facilities and SPA. Discounts for rehabilitation services and cryotherapy. It will be possible to rent the curling lane for non-participants of the Camp, Renting fee is 10 EUR per hour. This rental fee is to be paid in advance at the ice rink.

The Fourth Mazury Curling Cup:
We guarantee 4 or 5 games. The competition will start on September the 11th (Friday night), the final on September the 13th (Sunday) at 5 p.m. Participation fee 50 to 100 EUR per team – discount for the camp participants. 24-36 teams, no limits concerning sex or age of participants. Foreign teams will have priority to submit applications forms, no more than 2 teams of any one club will be accepted.
Last year there were 34 teams from Poland, Latvia, Russia and Belarus. Russian Deaf Team was 1st last year.
Ice preparation – 30something

Cost per 1 person
- 25 Euro (tournament entry fee only)
- 50 Euro (tournament entry fee, accommodation and full boarding in the cabin in Academic Sport Centre Wilkasy, starting on 11th of September with supper, ending on 13th of September with dinner)
- 75 Euro (tournament entry fee, accommodation and full boarding in the hotel and Academic Sport Centre Wilkasy, starting on 11th of September with supper, ending on 13th of September with dinner).

Each participant will receive a memory T-shirt and other souvenirs and will participate in socializing campfire. If staying in hotel Academic Sport Centre Wilkasy, the price also includes the possibility of using sport facilities and SPA. Discounts for rehabilitation services and cryotherapy.

INFO, registration: Łukasz Janczar, lukasz.janczar [at] wp.pl (lukasz[dot]janczar[at]wp[dot]pl), +507 024 745
More info concerning the Academic Sport Centre Wilkasy: www.azs-wilkasy.pl

Deadline – 1st of July. 96 places available for camp, 36 teams for tournament. First come, first served.