1st Underwater Hockey Tournament in Budapest, Hungary!

Dear Friends,

The Egyszusz Underwater Hockey Club is pleased to invite Your team to the
1st Underwater Hockey Tournament in Budapest, Hungary!

The competition will be held on Saturday, 28th June, 2008 from 9:00 till 19:00

The reasons you must be here:
- Good teams are expected from all around Europe
- It is not far from you too
- Nice pool and location in the heart of the city
- Budapest is beautiful, affordable for everyone
- It is just in time to have a short break before your long vacation
- and at last but not least It is the first one!

The competition:

The competition will begin sharp at 9:00, and will finish at 19:00.
We'll accept the registration of 14 teams.
The captains' meeting will be 30 minutes before the first game, at 8:30.
The number of games and the length of the matches will depend on the
final number of teams registered teams.
We'll try to maximize the amount of time you play in the water, be
prepared for a long day!
There will be a 3 minute break between the matches. While the teams of
the upcoming match get ready for the
game, each team leaving the pool must send 1-1 water referee for the next round.
We'd like to ask all team captains and players to study the 9.10 CMAS
UWH rules before the tournament!
You can download a copy from:
http://www.hockeysub.com/Hockey_Suba...egles/cmas.asp

The journey to Hungary will be long and hot in Summer! We'll organize
a practice session in the pool Friday evening,
you might want to jump in the water after a day in the car or on the plane.

Registration

We're happy to have 8 registered teams for the tournament, but we wish
to welcome even more teams. Please register by the end of this week,
so we can count on you for the matches. The registration fee is 100
Euros/team. You'll get a whole lot of underwater hockey for that, and
you'll be competing for fantastic prizes.
The address of the pool is also 9, Mányoki Street, Budapest, H-1118

The swimming pool:

The address of the pool is H-1118, Mányoki Street 9. Budapest, Hungary
The dimensions of our pool are 25m * 13m * 1.9m. It's got a flat
bottom covered with medium-sized tiles.
The pool is easily accessible both by car and by public transport, and
it's not far from the accomodation.
We'll prepare a map and a guide for you!
The pool is partly open-air. Be prepared with a suntan cream, because
it's quite hot in the end of June in Hungary, don't
get yourselves burnt!
We'll organize a buffet during the day with mineral water and large pancakes.

The accommodation

We'll provide accommodation in a gym, in the same building as the pool, for 5 € /person/night.
Please bring sleeping bags and other accessories that you might need for the night.
The address of the gym is 9, Mányoki Street, Budapest, H-1118
If you find the gym uncomfortable, we can still book the rooms in the
hostel for you, which is also close to the pool. This option will cost
18 Euros/person/night in a three bedroom, and 22 Euros/person/night
for a double bedroom.

The journey

The international airport code of Budapest is BUD. You might want to
check out Budapest Airport Zrt. for
more information on the flights. You might also be interested in
Wizz Air, http://skyeurope.com,
easyJet.com, Ryanair.com...etc for cheap flights.
The official currency of Hungary is Forints. Most of the shops and
pubs accept Euros, but not all. You might need
to change in advance, or here in Hungary.

The prize-giving ceremony and the dinner

The prize-giving ceremony and the party will be held 50 meters from the
pool/accomodation.
The menu and the drinks will be self-serviced. You may eat as much as
you'd like, and drink as much as you can, we won't put a limit anywhere!
The dinner will be followed by a fantastic party!
The price of the dinner will be 12 Euros/person, please send me the
number of people staying with us!

e-mail: uwhbudapest@gmail.com
phone: 00-36-70-281-96-91
website: ~°~°~°~°~° VÍZIHOKI HOME °~°~°~°~°~

I'll keep you posted about further details on the tournament.

Looking forward to playing with You in Budapest!

Wish i could attend...
Have fun peeps

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Regards,

Marius

"Great works are performed, not by strength but by perseverence" - Samuel Johnson

Hey!

Thanks for invitation,I would go but I am bz now building new bridge in New York City .

The Puck from the website look very interesting to me ,is it somehow possible to purchase it?

Cheers.

Well the puck doesn't exist in real life (yet)... It's only graphics!

it was nice tournament with very good party....nice poool but sadly a bit shallow, gym where we slept was in the same building as pool with exit out to catch some sun.

Of coure we won so i can be a little bit more entusiastic.......


Pero

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