Mazury Curling Festval 2014 - curling camp + tournament

INVITATION and ORGANISATIONAL NEWSLETTER No 2

We have great pleasure inviting you to the new edition of the Mazury Curling Festival. We are still negotiating with coaches and some other details. There are two standard of accommodation. This year we have a special offer for deaf curlers.

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

2. DATE AND LOCATION
Date: 6-14.09.2014
Ice rink: Gizycko, Mazurskie Centrum Sportow Lodowych w Gizycku, Krolowej Jadwigi St. 7D
Accommodation and boarding: Academic Sport Center in Wilkasy

3. AGENDA
6-7th September – junior or academic tournament
8-12th September – camp for teams and single players
12-14th September –3rd 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.

DETAILS:

Junior or academic tournament:
To be announced soon

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 7th (Sunday), departure on September the 12th (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:
- Lars Berg, former national coach of Swedish juniors and mixed doubles, currently working with Polish National Team
- Experienced coaches from Scotland and other European countries,
- top Polish coaches will be running classes for the least advanced groups,
- extra practices for deaf curlers – Vitaliy Karpinskiy (Russia) – we offer the perfect possibility to practice and compete with Russia Deaf Curling Champions just two months before the 1st European Deaf Curling Championship. We invite all deaf teams to join not only special practices, but the whole camp and bonspiel.
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.
Cost
- 99 Euro (camp only)
- 199 Euro (camp, accommodation and full boarding in the cabin in Academic Sport Centre Wilkasy, starting on 8th of September with supper, ending on 13th of September with dinner)
- 249 Euro (camp, accommodation and full boarding in the hotel and Academic Sport Centre Wilkasy, starting on 8th of September with supper, ending on 13th of September with dinner).
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 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 Third Mazury Curling Cup:
We guarantee 4 or 5 games. The competition will start on September the 12th (Friday night), the final on September the 14th (Sunday) at 5 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. Last year there were 25 teams from Poland, Latvia, Russia, Slovakia, Belarus and Scotland.
Ice preparation – most probably - Mark Callan – Kays of Scotland, official ice master of Sochi 2014 Olympics.
Cost
- 25 Euro (camp only)
- 50 Euro (camp, accommodation and full boarding in the cabin in Academic Sport Centre Wilkasy, starting on 12th of September with supper, ending on 14th of September with dinner)
- 75 Euro (camp, accommodation and full boarding in the hotel and Academic Sport Centre Wilkasy, starting on 12th of September with supper, ending on 14th of September with dinner).
Each participant will receive a memory T-shirt and other souvenirs and will participate in socializing campfire. If staying in Academic Sport Centre Wilkasy, the price also includes the possibility of using sport facilities and SPA. Discounts for rehabilitation services and cryotherapy.

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