Mazury Curling Festival - camp&tournaments

MCF2019 invitation

We have a great pleasure to invite you to the eighth edition of annual curling event called Mazury Curling Festival.
In the past years there were over 100 participants every year having fun in Wilkasy and Gizycko, and in the tournament for 36 teams. The players of all Polish curling clubs had the opportunity to practice and compete with our guests from 3 continents (Belarus, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Hongkong, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine. We had a pleasure to meet e.g. World and European Champions (Dorottya Palancsa from Hungary, Michelle Allen from Canada, Bjorn Schroder from Switzerland), top players, coaches and icemasters (Mark Callan, George Munro from Scotland).

We negotiate with the best coaches, not only from Europe, and we will announce most names in our next letter.
The first coach whom we can confirm is Anders Kraupp, Sweden, Google for more info.
The second name we can confirm is Bartosz Dzikowski, 2 times Polish Champion, skip of National Team while European Curling Championship Group A in 2018, level 1 WCF instructor.

The camp will start on Saturday, August the 24th. Trainings will start on Sunday, August the 25th, and end on Thursday, August the 29th in the evening. The Mazury Curling Cup will be launched on Friday, August the 30th in the morning, and it will close on Sunday, September the 1st in the evening.

We would like to kindly remind you that we are expecting your applications since the 1st of February till the list will be full. Our list of participants is limited to 96 only! For organizational reasons your application will be placed on the list only after prepayment (200 zlotych or 50 Euro).

1. ORGANIZERS & PATRONAGE (to be confirmed soon)
Academic Sport Association of Poland & Academic Sport Center Wilkasy
Polish Olympic Committee – to be confirmed
Polish Curling Clubs Federation
Curling Section of Polish Sport Organization Lodz
The City of Giżycko & Municipal Sport Center Giżycko
Ministry of Sport and Tourism – to be confirmed
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2. DATE AND LOCATION
Date: 24 August - 4 September 2019
Ice rink: Gizycko, Mazurskie Centrum Sportow Lodowych w Gizycku, Krolowej Jadwigi St. 7D
Accommodation and boarding: Academic Sport Center in Wilkasy

3. PROGRAM
24 August – Coaches conference, arrival of participants
24-29 August – Curling camp for individuals and teams
30 August -1 September – 8th Mazury Curling Cup
2-4 September – Come and try open sessions
The Camp and Mazury Curling Cup is for everyone regardless of gender, level of experience or age. It is possible to take part only in the camp or the tournament, however, we highly recommend participating in both events and offer a discount for them.

4. DETAILS:

Coaches conference
24 August , 17:00 – 19:00, free access after earlier application

8th Mazury Curling Camp
Duration: 5 days. We offer 4hrs of training on ice and 2hrs off the ice daily (at the premises of the Academic Sport Center in Wilkasy). Arrival on August the 24th (Saturday), departure on August the 29th (Thursday night).
Groups will be divided into 2/3 different levels, and into classes for players and/or individual positions, as well as classes for teams. Individual and team consultation will be available. Camp and the tournament are available to curlers regardless of their level, age, gender or team. One can participate in selected training sessions or only in the tournament.
We provide transport to and from the ice rink, and integration events at the Rozbitek Tavern and BBQ. Each participant will receive souvenirs. Moreover, each participant is provided with discounts for sports facilities, SPA, cryogenic chamber and many more.
We offer the opportunity to arrive earlier, stay longer, or enjoy the event with an accompanying person. Please contact me for more details. You can also rent a curling sheet after training session for 12 euro per hour

8th Mazury Curling Cup
Live results on curlingevent.pl
We guarantee 5 games. The competition will start on August the 30th (Friday morning), the final on September the 1st (Sunday) at 4 p.m. Up to 36 teams of any gender or age.

Payment info:
COSTS in PLN per 1 person udział od osoby (bez noclegów i wyżywienia) zakwaterowanie i wyżywienie hotel/restauracja zakwaterowanie i wyżywienie pawilony/stołówka
camp 440 1190 890
turniej 140 430 310
camp + turniej 490 1420 1050

COSTS in Euro per 1 person * Participation fee without meals and accommodation Meals and accommodation at the hotel Meals and accommodation at pavilion
camp 100 280 210
Tournament 30 105 75
Both (discount) 115 335 250

Extra persons (non-athletes) can be accommodated while festival with discounts. Details on request.
The prices include 3 meals a day during the camp and breakfasts + BBQ during the tournament.
*prices in euro may be slightly different in case of significant rate difference, it is calculated for 1 EUR = 4,29 PLN

Prepayment 200 zloty or 50 euro while registration
SWIFT BPH SA o/Giżycko, ul. Unii Europejskiej 20,11-500 Giżycko, BPHKPLPK, IBAN PL 95 1060 0076 0000 3210 0016 8517
Title: „curling + your name”
If you need an invoice, let me know and send full details of organization on marketing [at] azs-wilkasy.pl (marketing[at]azs-wilkasy[dot]pl)
Info on the main payment will be sent directly to the registered participants later.

INFO, registration:
Łukasz Janczar, lukasz.janczar [at] wp.pl (lukasz[dot]janczar[at]wp[dot]pl), +48 507 024 745
More info concerning the Academic Sport Centre Wilkasy: www.azs-wilkasy.pl
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