Dear ice hockey friends,
let us invite you to the XIX. International ice hockey tournament for youth CHRISTMAS CUP 2017, to be held in Czech town Bilina, in the Czech Republic. Usually come to Christmas Cup teams from European countries like Russia, England, Hungary, Germany, Austria, Belarus, Slovakia, Ukraine, Latvia, Denmark, Slovenia and Poland.
Winners of U8 CHRISTMAS CUP 2017:
WTT Slovakia Talents (SVK)
Age category and basic information:
U 8 - 2010 & younger - 16. - 17.12. 2017
Girls can be max. one (1) year older.
Cup start – on Saturday 16:th December 2017 - in the morning at 8:00
Cup finish – on Sunday 17:th December 2017 – in the afternoon at 16:00
Game time 2x 20 min. flying/running time
(4 players + 1 goalie on the half of ice-rink, according to the rules of ice mini hockey)
Game level – AAA/AA, very good Czech level
Ice-rink – ICE-ARENA in Bilina
Every team has guaranteed 5 games in the tournament
If you will have any questions or hesitations, write an email in English or Swedish to Radek Bachtik on scanact@volny.cz , or call to mobile phone number +420775104411.
Deadline for Team applications - no later than October 10, 2017
Send your Team application to Radek Bachtik at email: scanact@volny.cz
Full attendant program will be ready for all participants. Together with official gala ceremonials in the beginning and in the end of the tournament there is a possibility to participate in skill competitions:
4 players and 1 goalkeeper can participate of each team.
They will compete in following disciplines – speed skating, shooting on targets, slalom and riding on goal.
Entry fee – 350 € per team
Entry fee should be sent to bank account as follows:
Tournament organizer and owner of the account
AVANTGARD HOCKEY z.s.
Vl.Majakovského 2093/9,434 01 Most ,Czech Republic
Bank address and account number
Komercni banka a.s., Most
Budovatelu 1997, 434 01 Most, Czech Republic
IBAN: CZ9001000001075353660277
SWIFT (BIC) KOMBCZPPXXX
NOTE:
As a condition of acceptance, out-of-town teams must stay at an of cuporganizer´s authorized hotel. Several price alternatives are offered!
Accommodation will be managed at cup organizer authorised hotels as follows:
1. at hotel Cascade in Most 15 kilometers from the ICE-ARENA in Bílina
price – 44 € per night and person in business class, inclusive full board (lunch and dinner served at ice-rink restaurant)
price – 50 € per night and person with full board - Superior Business Class (lunch and dinner in the restaurant of Hotel Cascade - three-coursed menu)
price - 35 € per night and person - with only breakfast, suitable for parents of team players
2. at hotel Ring - 7 km outside the ice-arena – in countryside
price – 39 € per night and person, inclusive full board
Note: Lunch and dinners will be served in the restaurant at the ice-rink in Bilina
* Players are usually accommodated in triple rooms, other people - coaches, leaders, parents - in double/twin rooms.
Limited number of single rooms can be obtained (1-2 per team), otherwise for additional extra cost.
Payment:
– Entry fee – as soon as possible to get confirmed place in the tournament
- for meals, hotel accommodation and ev. bus transfers 6 weeks before tournament starts (according to an invoice from the cup organizer)
- all your payments you will make directly to cup organizer´s bank account mentioned above
Bus transport
– it is approx. 100 km from the Airport Prague to Most/Bilina
- price for bus transfers is 650 € to Bílina and back to the airport
The city Most
Most is the small city under the Ore Mountains, approx.. 90 km north of the capital city Prague. Modern architecture is for this city typical, with a few historical elements, which are survived from ancestral city Most – today nonexistent because of coal mining. It is possible to visit especially moved church of assumption of the Virgin Mary and the view point from the 12th century – The castle Hnevin. Not only landmark lovers have one’s own back. Horse-race area Hipodrom, race circuit Autodrom, but also water area Aquadrom and many others, so is the city Most, too.
The city Bílina
Bílina is the small city under the Ore Mountains, approx. 90 km north of the capital city Prague. The city Bílina lies in northwest Bohemia, 12 km from the town Most, and pour through this way a little river of the same name. A view point round about and national nature reserve at the same time is a phonolite massif Boren (539 m over SL). Very important part of the city is baths Kyselka with a trim forest park and swimming pool. Especially local castle from the 17th century and the Saint Peter and Paul church invite the visitors.
Notice:
Transport to the Czech Republic and insurance costs are on responsibility of players/team.