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2 12 th 21 st August 2010 Munich/Unterföhring, 2010 World Men s Championships: Bulletin 1 Dear WTBA Federations, For the first time since 1960 and therefore exactly 50 years later, will be the host of World Championships in bowling for adults again in It is with great pleasure that the German Bowling Federation welcomes all the World Tenpin Bowling Association member federations to this event. The World Men Championships 2010 will be held at Dream-Bowl Palace, which is currently under construction. From December 2009, this brand new centre in Unterföhring near Munich will be the largest and most modern bowling centre in Europe with 52 lanes. Dream-Bowl Palace will be the host of several events in Some of them have been scheduled especially as a preparation for the World Men Championships. In this bulletin, you will find the following items: 1. Preliminary Schedule of Events 2. Official Hotels 3. Dream-Bowl Palace 4. Munich Area 5. Committees 6. Facilities / Services 7. Fees 8. Visa information 9. Other tournaments 10. Forms / Deadlines It is imperative for all federations to meet the deadlines presented in this bulletin. Another bulletin will follow by March The official Web site will continuously be updated with further information. We are looking forward to hosting this event and to welcoming you and your team in. If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please feel free to contact us via to at any time. Best regards, Roland Mück President German Bowling Federation Head of the Host Tournament Committee Florian Fister Vice-President German Bowling Federation Host Tournament Manager - 2 -

3 12 th 21 st August 2010 Munich/Unterföhring, 1. Preliminary Schedule of Events Monday FIQ Presidium meeting Tuesday Extraordinary FIQ Congress Ball Check Unofficial Practice Wednesday Last day of team arrivals Ball Check Unofficial Practice Thursday Ball Check Lane maintenance Team Managers meeting Official Practice Squad Lane Maintenance Official Practice Squad Lane Maintenance Official Practice Squad Lane Maintenance Official Practice Squad Break and line up Opening Ceremony Friday Lane Maintenance Singles Squad Lane Maintenance Singles Squad Lane Maintenance Singles Squad 3 Saturday Lane Maintenance Singles Squad Lane Maintenance Singles Squad Break and Lane Maintenance Singles Semi Finals Singles Final Medal Ceremony, Singles - 3 -

4 12 th 21 st August 2010 Munich/Unterföhring, Sunday Lane Maintenance Doubles Squad Lane Maintenance Doubles Squad Lane Maintenance Doubles Squad 3 Monday Lane Maintenance Doubles Squad Lane Maintenance Doubles Squad Break and Lane Maintenance Doubles Semi Finals Doubles Final Medal Ceremony, Doubles Tuesday Lane Maintenance Trios Squad Lane Maintenance Trios Squad Lane Maintenance Trios Squad 3 Wednesday Lane Maintenance Trios Squad Lane Maintenance Trios Squad Lane Maintenance Trios Squad Break and Lane Maintenance Trios Semi Finals Trios Final Thursday Lane Maintenance Team Squad Medal Ceremony, Trios Lane Maintenance Team Squad 2-4 -

5 12 th 21 st August 2010 Munich/Unterföhring, Friday Lane Maintenance Team Squad A Lane Maintenance Team Squad B Medal Ceremony, All Event Break and Lane Maintenance Team Semi Finals Team Final Saturday Lane Maintenance Masters Step 1, 8 Matches Masters Step 2, 4 Matches Medal Ceremony, Team Masters Step 3, Semi Finals Masters Step 4, Final Medal Ceremony, Masters Farewell Banquet Sunday Departure - 5 -

6 12 th 21 st August 2010 Munich/Unterföhring, 2. Official Hotels You may choose one of the official hotels, both with a restaurant, a bar, a wellness area, WLAN and sufficient parking facilities. The following room rates will apply in both hotels: Single 95,- EUR Double 120,- EUR (incl. breakfast) All reservations must be made through the Host Tournament Committee with Form B and have to be pre-paid to the Host Tournament Committee by 30 th June Please understand that the special room rates will not be available for reservations made directly at the hotels and that we can not provide a shuttle service from/to the airport or from/to Dream-Bowl Palace for federations having decided to stay in any other hotel. Reservations are subject to availability. The Host Tournament Committee will try to handle your reservations for the requested hotel. However, we must reserve the right to change your reservation to the other hotel, if necessary due to limited availability. A) Feringapark ****, Feringastr. 2, Unterföhring, Phone , Fax , B) Holiday Inn Munich ****,Leopoldstr. 194, München, Phone , Fax , The distance from the airport to the bowling centre and the hotels is approx. 30 km. AIRPORT HOLIDAY INN FERINGAPARK 30 km / 20 min. DREAM-BOWL PALACE MUNICH CITY CENTRE Watch this map at Google Maps: -

7 12 th 21 st August 2010 Munich/Unterföhring, 3. Dream-Bowl Palace The Centre Dream-Bowl Palace with 52 Brunswick lanes is currently still under construction in Unterföhring, adjacent to the north-eastern part of the town of Munich. It has been built according to up-to-date standards, especially including air-conditioning and humidity control for the comfort of the players, coaches and spectators as well as for the best possible playing conditions. The centre has three floors with a total floor space of approx. 8,000 square meters, an outside terrace and an additional parking area for 220 vehicles. Elevators will connect all floors with the parking area. The first floor with approx. 5,000 square meters covers all bowling lanes and a large area for spectators as well as the bowling bistro. A restaurant and conference rooms are situated on the second floor, while the pro shop is available on the third floor. Dream-Bowl Palace will be opened on 15 th December More information on the centre will then be available at The Centre address will be: Dream-Bowl Palace, Apianstr. 9, Unterföhring,. Phone , Fax , palace@dreambowl.de. A variety of food and refreshments will be available at reasonable prices. Spectators will have the choice to follow the competition next to the lanes, to have a look at it from upstairs or to move to quieter areas in or outside the Centre. In total, there will be capacity for at least 500 spectators

8 12 th 21 st August 2010 Munich/Unterföhring, 4. Munich Area The city of Munich is the third largest town in with 1.3 million inhabitants, offering a large variety of tourist attractions. It has an international airport (No. 7 in Europe) with 35 million passengers in 2008 and direct connections to 230 destinations worldwide. Unterföhring is a small suburb of Munich with 9,000 inhabitants, being the home of several German television stations and insurance companies as well as the home of Dream-Bowl Palace from December The weather in August is usually quite warm and humid around 25 C with a few rainfalls from time to time. Public transportation is available throughout the whole city of Munich and its suburbs with more than 100 Underground and Railway stations next to every Place of Interest. Services are available all day long. All delegations will receive an information package upon arrival, containing useful material for your stay in Munich and Unterföhring

9 12 th 21 st August 2010 Munich/Unterföhring, 5. Committees Jury of Appeal To be announced WMC Technical Committee Tournament Director Technical Delegate Host Tournament Manager WMC Host Tournament Committee Head of the Host Tournament Committee Host Tournament Manager Registration Public Relations Press Director Results Logistics Referees Tournament Assistance Kim Thorsgaard Jensen Harri Kalliokoski Florian Fister Roland Mück Florian Fister Dieter Steinmann Uwe Veltrup, Martina Beckel Keith Hale Raimund Hessling Andreas Thiede Elaine Brookes-Kiefer, Bodo Gripp Harald Kretschmer, Fritz Schindler Host Organizations Bayerischer Sportkegler-Verband e.v., Sektion Bowling Münchner Kegler-Verein e.v., Sektion Bowling - 9 -

10 12 th 21 st August 2010 Munich/Unterföhring, 6. Facilities / Services Website The official website of the WMC 2010 is. From early 2010 it will continuously be updated with all information concerning the Championships. Press Room One meeting room at Dream-Bowl Palace will be reserved as a working media room, providing high-speed wireless access to printers and to the internet free of charge for all credentialed press officials. Please understand that players, coaches and team managers may not be allowed to use the press facilities unless they have been credentialed and are working to provide updates to press in their home countries. An interview area will be available next to the press room. This area can be used for press conferences after the conclusion of each discipline and whenever else needed. Results Teams, federations and press will be provided with standings after each game as well as with complete standings after each squad. Standings will be available at various screens at Dream-Bowl Palace both in the spectators area and in the players area. In addition, all results will be published at the official website immediately. Shuttles (Airport, Hotels, Bowling Centre) All delegations will be met at Munich International Airport upon arrival and will be transported to their hotel. A similar delivery service will be provided for departures. Federations must provide their flight arrival and departure times with Form C to make this service work properly. A shuttle bus service between the official hotels and Dream-Bowl Palace will be provided to all players, coaches, officials and supporters with an official entry. Busses will circulate every 60 minutes on 10 th and 11 th August and every 30 minutes from 12 th to 21 st August In addition, there will be mini busses available for various special situations. Equipment storage Bowling equipment can be stored in a designated area in the upper floors of Dream-Bowl Palace to be reached via elevator. Farewell Banquet The farewell banquet will be held on 21 st August 2010 from o clock at Dream-Bowl Palace with a variety of delicious buffets and complimentary beverages. Tickets for the Farewell Banquet will be available at 60,- EUR, but the banquet will be complimentary for all players and members of the official delegations with a valid entry

11 12 th 21 st August 2010 Munich/Unterföhring, Unofficial Practice Lanes will be available for unofficial practice on 10 th and 11 th August 2010 from o clock. The unofficial practice will have two different patterns per pair of lanes, but these patterns will not be the official Championship patterns. Squads for unofficial practice will be 2 hours each and will be available at / / / o clock on both days. The fee is 50,- EUR per pair of lanes and squad to be paid in cash only directly to Dream-Bowl Palace on site. Each federation may have a maximum of two pairs of lanes in every squad, but teams may bowl more than one practice squad if they choose to do so. Spots for the unofficial practice will be available on a first come, first served basis. Please submit your reservations for the unofficial practice directly to Dream-Bowl Palace at palace@dreambowl.de. Pre-registrations can be made until 31 st July After that date, signing up for the unofficial practice will be possible on site only. Check-In for the unofficial practice will start 1 hour before every squad. Please show up in time to avoid your spot being given to another federation

12 12 th 21 st August 2010 Munich/Unterföhring, 7. Fees Delegations Entry Fee The WMC 2010 entry fee is 200,- EUR per person for all players, coaches and officials as members of the official delegation. These fees include the delegation fee to be paid to WTBA and cover participation, transportation, entrance to Dream-Bowl Palace and the Farewell Banquet. Supporters Entry Fee The entry fee for supporters, additional coaches and officials more than mentioned above is 140,- EUR per person. These fees cover participation, transportation, entrance to Dream- Bowl Palace and the Farewell Banquet. Press officials Unless they have any duties at WMC 2010 related to a team or federation, there will be no entry fee for credentialed press officials except for participation in the Farewell Banquet. Unofficial practice Fees for the unofficial practice shall be paid directly to Dream-Bowl Palace as stated in section 6. Facilities / Services. Hotel Fees Please remember that the hotels fees have to be paid to the Host Tournament Committee as stated in section 2. Official Hotels. WMC 2010 Pass Supporters without a valid entry as mentioned above may choose a WMC 2010 Daily Pass at 5,- EUR per person a day or a WMC 2010 Championship Pass at 15,- EUR per person for access to Dream-Bowl Palace from 13 th to 21 st August Pre-Payment of Fees All fees must be pre-paid. Federations will receive an invoice after having submitted their forms and are kindly requested to transfer the entry and hotel fees by 30 th June 2010 to the following account: Name on account Deutsche Bowling Union (German Bowling Federation) Account # IBAN DE Bank Name Kreissparkasse München Starnberg Bank address Sendlinger-Tor-Platz 1, München, BIC code (SWIFT) BYLA DE M1 KMS We can not accept credit card payments and have to charge penalty fees according to WTBA rule in case of late entries, late payments or cancellations

13 12 th 21 st August 2010 Munich/Unterföhring, 8. Visa information You will receive detailed information on visa procedures for your travel to in bulletin no Other tournaments Two tournaments have been scheduled especially as a preparation for the World Men Championships: the Nations Cup for National Men Teams only from 8 th to 11 th April Please request your invitation at. and the 1st Track Dream-Bowl Palace Open to be held as 11th Stop of the European Bowling Tour from 27 th June to 4 th July More information at Both tournaments will be held at the site of the WMC 2010 and will give you and your players the best possible preparation for the coming championships. For more information and registration, please contact us at

14 12 th 21 st August 2010 Munich/Unterföhring, 10. Forms / Deadlines Attached to this bulletin are the following forms. Please pay attention to the vital deadlines mentioned below. You will also be able to download every single form as a Microsoft-Wordfile from to be filled in electronically and to be submitted via to. Every submission of forms or other information will be confirmed. Form A: Entry form The deadline for Form A is 31 st May Please return this form even if you do not want to participate in the WMC Federations sending the Entry Form later than 31 st May 2010 will not be able to participate in the World Men Championships Form B: Hotel form The deadline for Form B is 31 st May Please return this form even if you choose to accommodate your delegation at another hotel than the official hotels. All reservations must be made through the Host Tournament Committee with Form B and have to be pre-paid to the Host Tournament Committee. Reservations are subject to availability. The Host Tournament Committee will try to handle your reservations for the requested hotel. However, we must reserve the right to change your reservation to the other hotel, if necessary due to limited availability. We can not provide a shuttle service from/to the airport or from/to Dream-Bowl Palace for federations having decided to stay in any other hotel. Federations sending the Hotel Form later than 31 st May 2010 can not expect to be accommodated in the official hotels and can not expect the special WMC rates. These special rates will not be available for reservations made directly at the hotels. Form C: Arrival and Departure The deadline for Form A is 15 th June Form D: Rooming list with names The deadline for Form A is 30 th June Form E: Official Delegation The deadline for Form A is 30 th June Form F: Press Accreditation The deadline for Form A is 30 th June Form G: Ball Registration Please fill in one issue of this form for each player before your departure from home

15 12 th 21 st August 2010 Munich/Unterföhring, Form A: Entry Form Please return this form even if you do not want to participate in the WMC 2010 Federations sending the Entry Form later than 31 st May 2010 will not be able to participate in the World Men Championships Federation Confirmation We want to participate (Yes/No) The delegation Number of players Number of coaches and officials Number of supporters Contact information Contact person Address Phone Mobile Fax The ultimate deadline for submitting this form is 31 st May 2010 Your contact person in the WMC 2010 Host Tournament Committee is Dieter Steinmann.

16 12 th 21 st August 2010 Munich/Unterföhring, Form B: Hotel Form Please return this form even if you choose to accommodate your delegation at another hotel than the official hotels. Federation Are you using another accommodation than one of the official hotels, if so, which hotel? Please select your preferred hotel (type yes) Feringapark Holiday Inn Number of rooms Type of rooms Arrival date Departure date Type of rooms (field no. 2 in the table above): 1 = Single Room / 2 = Double Room All reservations must be made through the Host Tournament Committee with Form B and have to be pre-paid to the Host Tournament Committee. Reservations are subject to availability. The Host Tournament Committee will try to handle your reservations for the requested hotel. However, we must reserve the right to change your reservation to the other hotel, if necessary due to limited availability. We can not provide a shuttle service from/to the airport or from/to Dream-Bowl Palace for federations having decided to stay in any other hotel. Federations sending the Hotel Form later than 31st May 2010 can not expect to be accommodated in the official hotels and can not expect the special WMC rates. These special rates will not be available for reservations made directly at the hotels. The ultimate deadline for submitting this form is 31 st May 2010 Your contact person in the WMC 2010 Host Tournament Committee is Dieter Steinmann.

17 12 th 21 st August 2010 Munich/Unterföhring, Form C: Arrival and Departure Federation Mean of transportation (type yes) Will arrive by plane Will arrive by train Will arrive by bus or car Arrival information Number of people Date of arrival in Munich in digital presentation Time of arrival in Munich in digital presentation Last stopover airport Flight no. to arrive at Munich Airport Departure information Number of people Date in digital presentation Time in digital presentation Next stopover airport Flight no. from Munich Airport The ultimate deadline for submitting this form is 15 th June 2010 Your contact person in the WMC 2010 Host Tournament Committee is Dieter Steinmann.

18 12 th 21 st August 2010 Munich/Unterföhring, Form D: Room list with names Federation Your delegation divided at the hotel rooms Room Type Please type all names at the room Type of rooms (field no. 2 in the table above): 1 = Single Room / 2 = Double Room The ultimate deadline for submitting this form is 30 th June 2010 Your contact person in the WMC 2010 Host Tournament Committee is Dieter Steinmann.

19 12 th 21 st August 2010 Munich/Unterföhring, Form E: Official Delegation Federation Players Name (first name, family name) Function player player player player player player Officials Name (first name, family name) Function The ultimate deadline for submitting this form is 30 th June 2010 Your contact person in the WMC 2010 Host Tournament Committee is Dieter Steinmann.

20 12 th 21 st August 2010 Munich/Unterföhring, Form F: Press Accreditation Federation Registration information Federation (if any) Name Newspaper / Magazine Bringing laptop (Yes/No) The ultimate deadline for submitting this form is 30 th June 2010 Your contact person in the WMC 2010 Host Tournament Committee is Dieter Steinmann.

21 12 th 21 st August 2010 Munich/Unterföhring, Form G: Ball Registration Please fill in one issue of this form for each player before your departure (only the white fields) Federation Name of the player Date Ball name Serial number EL WB HA AC RE SE EL=Eligible / WB=Weight and balance / HA=Hardness / AC=Accepted / RE=Rejected / SE=Selected by the player Player s signature: Notes: The ball check is carried out by: