Newsletter 1/2007 Second European Cup, Finland
Newsletter 1/2007 Second European Cup, Finland
On January 6th 2007 the AETF Board of Directors approved the organisation of the Second European Cup that will be held on October 5th - 7th, 2007 in Tampere (Finland).
Organizing Committee:
ITF Taekwon-Do Finland and Tampere Taekwon-Do Club will take responsibility of hosting this event.
The executive board of the organizing committee consists of:
Date and place:
October 5-7, 2007, Tampere, Finland
Venue:
MetroAuto Areena, Jäähallinraitti 3, 33540 Tampere, http://www.metroautoareena.fi
Metro-Auto Areena is a modern multi sport hall. It can easily fit full 3-4 rings with fully opened spectator’s area. Closing spectator’s area can significantly increase the competition space. Full capacity of the spectator’s area amounts for 3000 sitting places.
The venue is well equipped with the sufficient changing rooms, meeting/conference rooms, dining place and leisure space (bowling, pool).
Metro-Auto Areena is located 2.5 km from the centre of Tampere with a convenient bus access.
Accommodation:
Participants will be offered 2 accommodation packages.
Both accommodation options are situated with the distance of 2.5-4 km from the competition place. Option A hotel is located in the very centre of Tampere. The hostel is located with the walking distance from the main shopping street of Tampere.
Participants will be also offered possibility of buying warm lunch at the competition place with the price of 5€.
Transportation:
Organizer will provide free transportation hotel/hostel from/to competition venue.
Participants will be offered low cost transportation from/to the Pirkkala Airport.
Arrival possibilities:
Tampere can be reached by car, train, bus and plane.
Train and bus connections are available from all main communication junctions in Finland: Helsinki (180km), Turku (Åbo) (150km), Vaasa (200km), Oulu (450km), St. Petersburg (600km).
Pirkkala Airport located 15km from the Tampere centre enables direct connections from most of the European countries including direct budget connections from UK, Sweden, Germany, Ireland and Latvia.
Finland can be also reached by ferry from Estonia, Russia, Latvia, Sweden and Germany.
Financial assurance:
European Cup will be financed mainly from the participation fee (50% of the entry fee), sponsors, entry tickets and sale of the various goods (like: T-shirts, gadgets, sport equipment).
Motion substantiation:
Organizing committee is fully aware of the scale of the project, scope of work and sure of its capability to organize and manage European Cup in October 2007. Organizing committee members are professionals in their range of responsibilities and experienced in similar activities.
Previous experiences in organizing various tournaments: National Championships, Nordic Championships, international seminars and European Championships 2004 gives us necessary knowledge and confidence.
Very good co-operation with the Tampere city authorities’ guarantees easier access to the sport facilities and equipment as well as promotional and advertising media.
We are currently working on wide promotional package to draw attention of serious potential sponsors, newspapers and TV media.
Tampere is worldwide well known city for its sports and exhibitions hosting traditions.
Located in southern Finland, Tampere at this time of the year assures still quite good weather conditions with the temperature about 15-20 degrees. Visiting Finland guarantees experiencing unshaken nature, clean lakes and interesting culture.
See the original MS Word file with the motion concerning hosting the 2nd European Cup in Tampere, Finland
