Dear Madame/Sir With great pleasure we would like to invite you to our 8 th SLOVENIA OPEN G1, which will be held in our beautiful city of Maribor, Slovenia. The tournament will be held on 27 th and 28 th of February 2016. This is an official federation tournament and it is open to all clubs and national teams. For the past seven years we have hosted nat i onal teams from numerous countries, such as: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Greece, Germany, Italy, Kosovo, Montenegro, Poland, Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland and many other international clubs. We are proud to say that all participants were very satisfied with the organization of the tournament and excellent quality of athletes. We hope that this year will also bring you nice memories from our town, the tournament and good friendships. As always, we promise to give our best. We look forward to welcome and meeting you soon. Best Regards, Kristijan Kovačič Sport director of Slovenia TKD association and technical director of Balkan union
ORGANIZATION Date: 27.2. and 28.2. 2016 Place: Sport hall Tabor Koresova ulica 7 Maribor, Slovenia ORGANIZER: Slovenia Taekwondo Association Dečkova c.1, 3000 Celje, Slovenia PROMOTER: Slovenia Taekwondo Association PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Kristijan Kovačič CONTACT AND INFORMATION: Kristijan Kovačič Phone: +386 40 149 104, Web: www.t aekwondowtf.si/ E-mail: taekwondo.slovenia@gmail.com
APPLICATION AND ENTRY FEE Application dead line: 18.02.2016 Online-registration: htt p:/ /t kd-natj ecanja.eu ENTRY FEE: 75,00 for each contestant via bank transfer. Entry fee must be transferred to the account below until the deadline by 18 th February without any costs for the organizer. You have to enclose a copy from the transfer with the application. Please be aware that there will be a limitation of application, only 800 competitors. CHANGE OF WEIGHT CLASS: Change of weigh class on day of official weigh-in is possible with additional charge of 25,00. Entry fees must be paid on the account following below: SLOVENIA TAEKWONDO ASSOCIATION Banking references: Bank: ABANKA BANKA CELJE d.d., Vodnikova 2, SI-3000 Celje, Slovenia SWIFT / BIC: SBCESI2X IBAN: SI56 0600 0250 7468 147
COMPETITION RULES AND METHOD Competition will be held according to WTF/ETU/CTF Rules and regulations At the weigh-in every competitor must have identification document with picture (passport). GAL LICENCE IS OBLIGATORY (VALID FOR 2016.) The duration of fights: 3x2 minutes with 30 second break between rounds (senior and junior m/f) The duration of fights: 3x1,5 minutes with 30 second break between rounds (cadet m/f) All fights for cadet, junior and senior (m+f) will be held in DAE DO Protection Scoring Sistem including Electronic Head Gear which will be provided by Organizer All competitors (cadet, junior and senior) must provide their own Dae Do Sensor Socks, groin guards, mouthpieces, gloves, shin and forearm guards at the event in order to compete CONDITION OF PARTICIPATION: Competitors who are not recognized as adults by law in their own country must submit passport or identification card together with a written consent (liability declaration) at registration signed by parents or lawful guardians, accepting the participation and all parts of the official invitation.
CATEGORIES: Cadets: born in 2002-2004 Juniors: born in 1999-2001 Seniors: born in 1998 and older (Juniors born in 1999 compete as a junior or as a senior. Competing in both categories is not allowed.) WEIGHTING CLASSES: Cadets male: (-33,-37,-41,-45,-49,-53,-57,-61,- 65,+65) Cadets female: (-29,-33,-37,-41,-44,-47,-51,-55,- 59,+59) Juniors male: (-45,-48,-51,-55,-59,-63,-68,-73,- 78,+78) Juniors female: (-42,-44,-46,-49,-52,-55,-59,-63,- 68,+68) Senior male: (-54,-58,-63,-68,-74,-80,-87,+87) Senior female: (-46,-49,-53,-57,-62,-67,-73,+73) MINIMUM QUALIFICATION: Senior male: 2. Cup or higher Senior female: 3. Cup or higher Juniors, cadets male/female: 4. Cup or higher Juniors who participate in the senior competition must have the qualification required for seniors. Cadets and juniors can only compete in one age c at egories.
RANKING: 1 st place - 7 points 2 nd place - 3 points 3 rd place - 1 point Each passed fight - 1 point Categories with only one competitor do not get points. There will be team rankings for each age category (cadets, juniors and seniors). AWARDS: Competitors: medals for 1 st, 2 nd and 3 rd place. Teams: trophies for all categories 1 st, 2 nd and 3 rd place.
SCHEDULE: Friday 26.02.2016 14:00 20:00 Registration and Weight-in sport hall Tabor for all competitors Saturday 27.02.2016 09:00 09:15 referees / coaches meeting 09:15 09:30 opening 09:30 19:00 Elimination fights and finals for seniors 15:00 17:00 Registration and Weight-in for competitors who compete on Sunday Sunday 28.02.2016 09:00 09:15 referees / coaches meeting 09:30 19:00 Elimination fights and finals for cadets and juniors
COACHES: Coaches can enter the competition area only with proper shoes and tracksuit. LIABILITY: All participants take part on their own risk. The organizer is in no way responsible for any damage caused to a person or their belongings. With the registration the participant/club acknowledges and accepts all the listed points. PROTEST: Only the official coach is allowed to protest to the LSC, immediately after the end of the contest. An amount of 100,00 will have to be paid for each protest. The protest amount will not be refunded in any case. REFEREES: Organizer will invite referees with a special invitation. VISA: The organizing committee will help the participating teams for entry visas if requested.
DECLARATION OF CONSENT As legal guardian I herewith declare my consent that my son/daughter may participate as an active player at the following championship: 8. Slovenia Open I do know that Taekwondo is a Full Contact Competition Sport, where injuries cannot be excluded. Neither the organizer nor the promoter of the event can be held responsible for any damages or injuries and therefore I declare that there exists a valid insurance that will cover costs of possible injuries for my son/daughter or that I will accept all costs in connection with possible injuries or damages by myself. Name of guardian Point of relationship Date Signature
ACOMODATION: Accommodation charges for room and boarding of the competitors and team officials shall be borne by themselves. Our offer is: For hotel search and reservations please visit http://visit-maribor.si E-mail and reservations: info@visit-maribor.si HOTEL Single bed room Double bed room Triple bed room Quadriple bed room HOTEL **** 60,00 80,00 120,00 / HOTEL*** 55,00 70,00 105,00 130,00 YOUTH HOSTEL / 50,00 75,00 / HOTELS: Tabor, Betnava, Bajt, Draš, Bau, Mlada Lipa, Milena, 365, Emei, Lešnik, Leonardo Booking form you can find in attachment. Please return it until 21 th of January 2016 (the latest) to the hotel via fax or email.
TRANSPORTATION Slovenian taekwondo federation will provide transportation from following airports: Airport Graz, Austria; Zagreb International Airport Pleso, Croatia; Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport, Slovenia and Vienna International Airport, Austria to official hotels. Total cost of transportation per person is 10,00, only from Vienna International Airport the cost is 25,00 per person. Please send us your flight schedule to taekwondo.slovenia@gmail.com, no later than 10.02.2016. Transportation must be paid on the account following below: SLOVENIA TAEKWONDO ASSOCIATION Banking references: Bank: ABANKA BANKA CELJE d.d., Vodnikova 2, SI-3000 Celje, Slovenia SWIFT / BIC: SBCESI2X IBAN: SI56 0600 0250 7468 147
HOTEL BOOKING FORM RESERVATION FOR NATIONAL TEAM: BOOKING CODE: TAEKWONDO 2016 Surname: Adress: Phone: E-mail: VAT Nr: First name: I wish to book Hotel: Arrival date Departure date Number of rooms: Single room: Double room: Triple room: Quadriple room: Price of the room includes: - Accommodation in the selected room, - breakfast, - Parking. Tourist tax 1,27 EUR per person per day. Additional payment for HALF BOARD (dinner: 10,00 /day): Yes No Payment: by credit card advance payment Please return this form until 21 th of January 2016 (the latest) to the hotel via fax or email: info@visit-maribor.si