8th European Club Championship

Received from Antoine today:

serrasalmus uwh


8th European Club Championship
When: Saturday, 26.1.2008
Where: Swimming hall in České Budějovice (map)
Sokolský ostrov 4
370 01 České Budějovice
tel: 387 949 411


Time table: 25.1.2008 – arrivals and accommodation
26.1.2008 – 8:00 – 8:30 team registration
8:30 – 9:00 captain meeting
9:00 – 19:00 tournament
20:00 – award ceremony + dinner + party
27.1.2008 – departures by 8:30

Referees: will be provided by each team



Transportation from Prague to České Budějovice and back

Cost of the transportation is 8 Euro one way.

Buses to České Budějovice - Friday 25th January
19:30 Prague, Ruzyně Airport (3 buses for all arriving before this time)
23:00 Prague, Ruzyně Airport (1 bus for people arriving late at night)

Buses to Prague - Sunday 27th January
8:30 České Budějovice, accommodation place (4 buses)
How to get to the center of Prague and back to Ruzyně Airport?

From Ruzyně
bus 100 -> terminus of subway B (Zličín) to station Mustek (Václavské náměstí)
bus 119 -> terminus of subway A (Dejvická) to station Muzeum (Václavské náměstí)

From the center of Prague
by subway B to terminus Zličín and then by bus n. 100
by subway A to terminus Dejvická and then by bus n. 119
Accomodation

hostel “Holečkárna” (map)
Holečkova 2
370 04 Č. Budějovice

Check-in will be possible on Friday from 7 pm to 1 am.
Cost of accomodation is 13 Euro per person per night (including breakfast).
Breakfast will be served from 6.30 to 7.30 am.
Teams

MEN
Belgium – Bruxelles
Croatia – Osijek
Czech – Serrasalmus
England – Ealing
England – Reading
France – Cahors
France – Fontenay
France – Hope
Holland – Argonauta
Holland – Barramounda
Holland – G.O.V Utrecht
Hungary – Pecs
Scotland
Serbia
Slovenia
Spain

WOMEN
Belgium – Bruxelles
Czech – Serralasmus
England – Reading
France – Pontoise
France – Le Chesnay
Holland – Dutch Ladies
Hungary
Scotland
Spain

um, yeah i know, respect the british players decision.... yeah....

well sure, with comps like this every year that ONLY europeans get to participate in, there really is a shortage of quality international competition for the british. good justification of pulling out of durban there.

....not.

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it's more polite on the grating than on the subs bench

sorry to be snarkey, i'm just jealous of all the cool comps you euro peoples get up your way!

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it's more polite on the grating than on the subs bench

Guess you should have stuck around a bit longer Atapene...

Great to see so many teams participating and that Argonauta is there this year. Will this be with the new team they restructured for this year Jols? Will you be there by the way?

Really looking forward to this. First descent tournament in months for me. Really should get some Swedes crazy enough to join me in the water, but all uwh-rugby I'm afraid

Tony could you tell me what the qualifying criteria is for the Euro clubs?

The reason I ask as Ealing won the National Finals in 2007 and Southsea came 2nd. If its by Nautilis Southport won it in 2006.

I dont understand how Reading are there representing England

Not sure yet, currently waiting for the birth of our second child, 5 days overdue at the moment. The longer it takes the less likely I am to be able to disappear for a weekend..

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Faster than a speeding puck...

Sheesh Jols, if I peeked out and saw your ugly mug looking at me, I'd be backpedalling and hanging on as well...

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It's not whether you win or lose - but whether I win or lose.

Is this event/competition/championships a CMAS sanctioned event? is it on the CMAS calendar?

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Carol Rose

sorry to be blunt, but Carol:

what the hell do you care about euro club nationals and if they are cmas sanctioned or not?
you renounced your affiliation to cmas uwh and have nailed your colours to waa's mast.

you [to the best of my knowledge] are neither in, nor affiliated to any teams in europe.
let the european folks run their own affairs.
if the folks in europe decide they want to have a cross-border club competition that's their business and no-one else's.

there are many many club competitions on this planet. i'd guess none of them are official cmas events.
until waa decides it want's to run a rival euro club champs on it's official calendar and do all the organising for the folks in europe it's none of your business.

in the meantime european uwh is expanding and developing apparently without waa's help. sniping from the sidelines will only leave you left behind.

insert declaimer about personal views not representative of national organisation etc etc here. you know the routine folks. hmm maybe i'll just change my signature

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http://snorkelbattlesafari.blogspot.com/

ask a simple question. I wondered because some federations will not allow their clubs/team to participate in any competition that is not on CMAS calendar, and as the announcement came from Tony, I guessed the event was on CMAS calendar, but I was not sure. Is the event limited to European clubs only?

and for your information, 'I' have not renounced 'my' (federation?) affiliation to CMAS. USOA still belongs to all 3 committees and several uw sport commissions: fin, skin spear, uw rugby. My federation also belongs to USOC, DEMA, NASO, etc.

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Carol Rose