BULLETIN #2 October 1, 2015 Sanctioned by:
IFC AND COMMITTEE OVERVIEW FOR THE 8TH CWC 2015 IFC Executive Board Mr. Setsuo NAKAMURA (Japan) Mr. Robert HUBER (Germany) Mrs. Liudmila ZUEVA (Russia) Mrs. Noralma ENDARA (Ecuador) Dr. Thitipong NANDHIWAT (Thailand) IFC Administration Mr. Simon GRAVER (Great Britain) Ms. Ayako KITANO (Japan) IFC Competition Organizing Committee Mr. Robert HUBER (Germany) Dr. Thitipong NANDHIWAT (Thailand) Mr. Werner URSCHINGER (Germany) CWC 2015 Coordination Committee Co-Chair: Mr. Setsuo NAKAMURA (Japan) Mr. FRANK HENKEL (Germany) Mr. Robert HUBER (Germany) PRESIDENT SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT & SECRETARY GENERAL TREASURER DIRECTOR GENERAL DIRECTOR SPORTS DIRECTOR CHAIRMAN DIRECTOR MEMBER IFC PRESIDENT MAYOR CITY OF BERLIN AFVD PRESIDENT Vice Chair: 1. Mrs. Liudmila ZUEVA (Russia) IFC VICE PRESIDENT 2. Mr. Andres STATZKOWSKI (Germany) SECRETARY OF STATE CITY OF BERLIN 3. Mr. Thomas MEYER (Germany) AFVD VICE-PRESIDENT FINANCE Executive Directors: Mr. Simon GRAVER (Great Britain) Dr. Christoph DAHMS (Germany) N. N. IFC GENERAL DIRECTOR HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS DEVOPMEMNT CITY OF BERLIN AFVD 2
CATEGORIES AND DIVISIONS SENIOR 16 years old and above Categories & Divisions CHEERLEADING ALL FEMALE CHEERLEADING MIXED CHEERLEADING SMALL GROUPS ALL FEMALE CHEERLEADING SMALL GROUPS MIXED Max number of entries per country 1 1 2 2 Summary *12-16 female members *3 substitutes *12-16 male and female members *1 male minimum, 10 males maximum *4 substitutes (2 male & 2 female) *5 female members *2 substitutes *2 female and 3 male members If a team would like to participate with 2 males and 3 females, the team must contact IFC (NO OTHER EXCEPTIONS). *2 substitutes (1 male & 1 female) CHEERLEADING DOUBLES 2 CHEER DANCE 1 CHEER DANCE DOUBLES 1 *1 male, 1 female and 1 male spotter *2 substitutes (1 male & 1 female) *8-16 members *3 substitutes *Male and female can enter *2 members *2 substitutes *Male and female can enter JUNIOR 12-15 years old (means 12-15 years + 364 days) Categories & Divisions Max number of entries per country Summary CHEERLEADING 1 CHEER DANCE 1 CHEER DANCE DOUBLES 1 *12-16 members *3 substitutes *Male and female can enter *8-16 members *3 substitutes *Male and female can enter *2 members *2 substitutes *Male and female can enter 3
GENERAL CHAMPIONSHIP INFORMATION Thursday 19th November PRACTICE Teams might have the opportunity to practice following the schedule decided by the Local Organizing Committee (LOC). Extra time may be available. Friday 20th November OFFICIAL REHEARSAL & PRACTICE When making your travel arrangements, please note that official rehearsal for all categories and divisions may be held on Friday 20th November instead of the competition days. This is due to an expected increase in the number of entries for the CWC 2015. The actual schedule for official rehearsal will be determined after the number of entries is confirmed. Please also be aware that there may be no official rehearsal time on Sunday 22nd. In addition to the above, teams have the right to practice following the schedule decided by the LOC. Extra time may be available. CWC 2015 ANTI-DOPING In-competition Anti-Doping tests will be conducted at the 8th Cheerleading World Championships 2015. The IFC Anti-Doping Rules and IFC Anti-Doping Procedures have been compiled in accordance with the World Anti-Doping Code and will be enforced. For more information please refer to the IFC Anti-Doping Rules 2015. TICKETS One-day ticket PC 1: 39.00 Euro PC 2: 28.00 Euro PC 3: 21.00 Euro PC 4: 15.00 Euro Two-day tickets PC 1: 67.00 Euro PC 2: 47.00 Euro PC 3: 36.00 Euro PC 4: 26.00 Euro Advance booking and system fees have to be paid in addition. There will be an additional special offer for Cheerleading and American Football teams who order at least 50 tickets within one Price Category (PC). Information about how to order tickets is available on the event webpage: 4
German language: English language: http://www.berlin2015.org/tickets/ http://www.berlin2015.org/eng/tickets/ Competition Area Price Category (PC) Price Category (PC) 5
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ACCOMMODATION Grand City Hotel Berlin East **** No. of rooms: 120 Single Room: 69.00 Euro per night Double Room: 79.00 Euro per night Included rate for breakfast: 11.00 Euro per person/night Telefon: +49 30 97 808 420 Telefax: +49 30 97 808 450 E-Mail: vivian.czarnota@grandcityhotels.com Wyndham Garden Berlin Mitte **** No. of rooms: 50 Single Room: 89.00 Euro per night Double Room: 99.00 Euro per night Included rate for breakfast: 11.00 Euro per person/night Tel: +49 30 97 80 86 36 Fax: +49 30 97 80 84 50 E-Mail: romina.gercken@grandcityhotels.com Holiday Inn Berlin City East **** No. of rooms: 50 Single Room: 75.00 Euro per night Double Room: 85.00 Euro per night Included rate for breakfast: 11.00 Euro per person/night Telefon: +49 30 97 808 420 Telefax: +49 30 97 808 450 E-Mail: vivian.czarnota@grandcityhotels.com Tryp by Wyndham Berlin City East *** No. of rooms: 50 Single Room: 59.00 Euro per night Double Room: 69.00 Euro per night Included rate for breakfast: 8.50 Euro per person/night Telefon: +49 30 97808 637 Telefax: +49 30 97808 450 E-Mail: anja.falckenberg@gchhotelgroup.com 7
Ibis Berlin Airport Tegel ** No. of rooms: 30 Single Room: 59.00 Euro per night Double Room: 69.00 Euro per night Included rate for breakfast: 6.50 Euro per person/night Telefon: +49 30 49883-0 Telefax: +49 30 49883 444 E-Mail: h1573@accor.com All rooms are endued with bath/toilet, phone, television and pay TV. Rates above express prices per room and night and include breakfast, service and legal VAT (accommodation 7%, all other services 19%). Rooms are blocked until 10/21/2015 and can be booked by organizations under the heading Cheerleading WM. After 10/21/2015 reservations are only possible by availability of rooms. Organizations are obliged to pay a deposit of 100% until 11/04/2015. A separated invoice will be sent to the customer on time. Should the deposit payment not receive on time, hotels are eligible to resign the contract. All extras will be paid on site by the guest. Not utilized reserved rooms which cannot charter otherwise will be invoice to the guest deducting 10% saved expenditures, if no proof is given that the actual disadvantages is lower than this fixed rate. All rates are package prices and cannot be booked separately. All rooms include a 5% city tax. If the federation/ club stamps a form provided by each hotel confirming that athletes/ coaches/ staff members are travelling in an official mission and not for leisure that city tax is waived. The official hotels are not mandatory. Teams/ federations may decide to book other hotels but LOC cannot guarantee full hospitality support at other hotels. VIP ACCOMMODATION The LOC has secured a room block at the Berlin Marriott hotel for VIP guests. Transportation between the VIP Hotel and the competition venue will be provided. Accommodation will be on own costs unless IFC or LOC confirmed that the room is complimentary. Requests can be sent to: Mrs. Marcella Femers: vip@berlin2015.org 8
TRANSPORTATION Bus Transfer The hotel accommodation does not include transportation, but the LOC is offering various travel options. Please note that all transportation will be on the cost of the participants. Your delegation is responsible to order your own bus transfers between the airport and your hotel and also between your hotel and the competition venue (Max-Schmeling-Halle). As a service for you, we arranged special rates with the local bus operator (Bus Verkehr Berlin). If you plan to make use of this offer please contact Ms. Petra Olthoff from the local bus operator. She will arrange the bus transfers. Contact Bus Verkehr Berlin KG (BVB) Ms. Petra Olthoff Fon: +49 30 683 89 141 Fax: +49 30 683 89 150 E-mail: p.olthoff@bvb.net Connections and Prices All prices quoted are one-way. 1) Tegel Airport (TXL) to/from hotels located in the city: Bus size up to 10 persons: 126.14 Bus size up to 20 persons: 139.23 Bus size up to 50 persons: 178.50 Bus size up to 70 persons: 261.80 The coaches will depart from the bus park in front of the main hall of terminal A. 2) Schoenefeld Airport (SXF) to/from hotels located in the city: Bus size up to 10 persons: 140.42 Bus size up to 20 persons: 154.70 Bus size up to 50 persons: 192.78 Bus size up to 70 persons: 287.98 The coaches will depart from the bus park P3 in front of terminal B. 3) Hotels located in the city to/from the competition venue Max-Schmeling-Halle: Bus size up to 15 persons: 111.86 Bus size up to 30 persons: 123.76 Bus size up to 50 persons: 166.60 Bus size up to 70 persons: 230.86 All rates include 19% VAT. 9
Local Public Transport Ticket tariff area Berlin Prices (01/01/2015) Short-trip ticket Short-trip tariff 4-trip ticket Single ticket Single ticket 4-trip ticket Day ticket Small group day ticket Extension ticket 7-Day-ticket CityTourCard 48 hours CityTourCard 72 hours CityTourCard 5 days WelcomeCard 48 hours WelcomeCard 72 hours WelcomeCard 5 days WelcomeCard Museum Island (72hours) Regular Reduced Regular Reduced Regular Reduced Regular Reduced Regular Reduced Berlin Berlin Berlin Berlin BC C BC C BC C BC C BC C A/C BC C C C C C C C C 1.60 1.20 5.60 4.40 2.70 3.00 3.30 1.70 2.10 2.40 9.00 5.60 6.90 7.20 7.40 4.70 5.10 5.30 16.90 17.20 17.40 1.60 29.50 30.50 36.50 17.40 19.40 24.50 26.50 31.90 36.90 19.50 21.50 26.70 28.70 34.50 39.50 40.50 42.50 10
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CATERING The LOC organized the possibility to order lunch boxes on the two competitions days. Teams can order lunch boxes from the local club BERLIN ADLER. Adress: Phone: Fax: E-Mail: Homepage: Berlin Adler AFC Berlin Adler e.v. Allee du Stade Kurt-Schumacher-Damm 207-214 13405 Berlin 030/32531606 030/32531607 info@berlinadler.de http://www.berlinadler.de Order forms will be available in mid of October. Lunch Bag 11/21/2015-2 Tramezzini (Sandwich with Remoulade) topped with: Roasted Turkey, Lettuce and Honey-Mustard Dressing or Tomato-Mozarella and Rucola (vegetarian) - 1 chocolate/ Muesli Bar - 1 Fruit Yogurt - 1 Apple - 1 Beverage (Water or Juice) Lunch Bag 11/22/2015 Wheat Baguette topped with: Chicken Breast, Lettuce and Tomato or Antipasti Vegetables and Parmesan Shavings (vegetarian) - 1 Chocolate/ Muesli Bar - 1 Fruit Yogurt - 1 Apple - 1 Beverage (Water or Juice) Price per Person per day: 10.60 Euro (plastic bag included) incl. VAT 14
SCHEDULE November 18th (Wednesday): Day of arrival (all-day) Press conference (11.00 h) Technical Briefing of LOC (18.00 h) - internal Meeting of LOC, IFC Executives & Competition Committee (20.00 h ) November 19th (Thursday): Day of arrival (all-day) Build-up of competition venue Meeting of all Chef-De-Mission (CDM) of all participating federations (20.00 h) mandatory to all CDMs November 20th (Friday) Acceptance of competition venue by IFC Official Rehearsal Opening ceremony & Reception by the City of Berlin (17.00 h) mandatory to all delegation heads. November 21st (Saturday): Competition day 1 10.00 h Opening of venue for spectators 11.00 h Opening ceremony with marching in of athletes 12.00 h Start of competition (first round) 18.00 h End of competition program (first round) November 22nd (Sunday): Competition day 2 10.00 h Opening of venue for spectators 11.00 h Start of competition (second round) 17.00 h Closing ceremony 18.00 h End of world championships. Award presentations will be staggered throughout the day. November 23rd (Monday): Day of departure (all-day) The schedule is not final and subject to change depending on the final entries to the CWC. 15
MERCHANDISE Official CWC merchandise will be available for purchase on site and on pre-order. The LOC will offer the official CWC event shirts exclusively to all athletes and delegation members for pre-order by mid of October. ACCREDITIONS Athletes/ Coaches/ Staff: All official delegation members will register with IFC Headquarters in Tokyo using the IFC entry registration forms. IFC Headquarters will forward the registered participants to the LOC. LOC will issue accreditation cards which will be given to the CDM of each national federations for further distribution. Cards will be available from each team guide or from the Central Accreditation Office at the competition venue (Opening hours: TBC). Press & Media: Accreditation forms will be available on www.berlin2015.org. Please note that the admission policy for journalists is restrictive. There will be no accreditations available for photographers besides the official assigned event photographer. Event pictures for free public use will be provided by the LOC on www.berlin2015.org. There will be a section before the judges platform for ONE team photographer which is allowed to make pictures of his/ her own team. Team photographer must be registered as staff member and will receive athletes accreditation. VIP Guests The delegation head of each participating IFC member federation as well the highest federation representatives of each IFC member federation will receive invitation of complimentary access to the VIP area. Registration details will be provided mid of October. Additional VIP passes besides the delegation head might be purchased for a fee subject to availability. IFC Technical Staff/ CWC Judges/ IFC Executives Accreditations will be provided upon arrival in the briefings/ technical meeting. Registration will take place automatically together with the assignments. 16
COMMUNICATION Vip@berlin2015.org VIP Hospitality Marketing@berlin2015.org Sponsorship Sales Business@berlin2015.org Business Development Transportation@berlin2015.org Local Transportations (only advice, no booking) Catering@berlin2015.org Lunch Boxes Support@berlin2015.org Support of teams at Berlin/ Team guides Event@berlin2015.org Deck Captain/ Competitions (sports aspects Presse@berlin2015.org Press & Media Operations@berlin2015.org Competitions (technical aspects) Protocoll@berlin2015.org Opening, Victory & Closing Ceremonies CONTACT INFORMATION International Federation of Cheerleading (IFC) Aoyama Success Building, 7 th Floor, 2-11-13 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062 JAPAN TEL: +81-3-5770-5747 FAX: +81-3-3404-2227 EMAIL: Mr. Simon Graver: s.graver@ifc-hdqrs.org American Football Verband Deutschland e. V. (AFVD) Otto-Fleck-Schneise 12 60528 Frankfurt am Main TEL: +49-69-96740267 FAX: +49-69-96734148 EMAIL: Mr. Thomas Meyer: office@afvd.de German Football Service - American Football Verband Deutschland Servicegesellschaft mbh Otto-Fleck-Schneise 12 60528 Frankfurt am Main TEL: +49-6104-4099092 FAX: +49-6104-4099091 EMAIL: Mr. Robert Huber: business@germanbowl.de or r.huber@afvd.de 17