Mazury Curling Cup

Tournament is a part of the second edition of Mazury Curling Festival.

ORGANISATION NEWSLETTER No 1

We have great pleasure inviting you to the new edition of the Mazury Curling Festival. After some troubles we experienced at last years event, we have decided to launch the Festival in September this year. Since we are still in the early phase of preparation this newsletter does not inform you yet of i.e. the costs of participation, however we are working on keeping them at the same level as previously (from 100 to 280 EUR depending on the services, accommodation and menu you choose).

1. ORGANIZERS & PATRONAGE
Academic Sport Association of Poland & Academic Sport Center Wilkasy
Curling Section of Polish Sport Organization Lodz
Kays of Scotland
The City of Giżycko & Municipal Sport Center Giżycko

2. DATE AND LOCATION
Date: 5-15.09.2013
Ice rink: Gizycko, Mazurskie Centrum Sportow Lodowych w Gizycku, Krolowej Jadwigi St. 7D
Accommodation and boarding: Academic Sport Center in Wilkasy

3. AGENDA
5-8 September – International curling tournament for wheelchair athletes
8-13 September – Camp for teams and single players
13-15 September – The Second 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 a Coaches conference in cooperation with the Royal Caledonian Curling Club.

DETAILS:
International curling tournament for wheelchairs athletes:
About 10 teams from all over the world. We are kindly inviting volunteers, willing to give assistance during this competition , to get in touch with us.
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 8th (Sunday), departure on September the 13th (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:
- Experienced coaches from Scotland and other European countries.
- Top Polish coaches will be running classes for the least advanced groups
We provide transport to and from the ice rink, and integration events at the Wabędź Tavern. Each participant will receive a memory T-shirt and other souvenirs.
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 Second Mazury Curling Cup:
We guarantee 4 or 5 games. The competition will start on September the 13th (Friday night), the final on September the 15th (Sunday) at 6 p.m. Participation fee 50 to 100 EUR per team – discount for the camp participants. 16 – 32 teams, no limits concerning sex or age of participants. Foreign teams will have priority to access applications forms, no more than 2 teams of any one club will be accepted.

Ice preparation – the most probably - Mark Callan – Kays of Scotland, official ice master of Sochi 2014 Olympics.

INFO: 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