On February 4th, the SENIOR FOIL SATELLITE WORLD CUP TERRASSA, official championship of the fencing World Cup s international circuit, will be held.

INTRODUCTION On February 4th, the SENIOR FOIL SATELLITE WORLD CUP TERRASSA, official championship of the fencing World Cup s international circuit, will be held. The Catalan Fencing Federation, the Ciutat de Terrassa Fencing Club and the Spanish Royal Fencing Federation, with the support of Terrassa s Council, the Catalan Sport Council and the Union of Sport Federations of Catalonia, organize this prestigious competition. This is the fifth edition of this tournament that turns to senior category and in the previous edition, which it was junior, was one competition of the circuit with more participation. Also this year wins interest hosting again a competition the next day scoring for the European U23 circuit. In this amazing place and success in the previous edition, Sunday, February 5th, we celebrate the INTERNATIONAL OPEN TERRASSA, a foil senior competition, this time in male and female form. This competition is included into the Spanish National Ranking. The inscription is open for the international fencers and men and women will be scoring in U23 European Circuit.

SCHEDULE SATELLITE WORLD CUP: Friday, February 3rd 18:00 21:00 h: Material Control at the official hotel, Terrassa Park. Saturday, February 4th: 7:15 h: Sports hall opening 7:30-8:30 h: Entry fee payment Fencer s confirmation Material control 8:30 h: Referees meeting 8:30 h: Scratch Elimination of those not in attendance 9:00 h: Start of the competition (poules) INTERNATIONAL OPEN: Sunday, February 5th: 7:15 h: Sports hall opening 7:30 h: Entry fee payment, fencer s confirmation and weapon control 8:30 h: Scratch Elimination of those not in attendance 9:00 h: Start of men competition (poules) 12:00 h: Start of women competition (poules)

REGISTRATION SATELLITE WORLD CUP: Registration must be done by the national federations through the FIE website. http://www.fie.org INTERNATIONAL OPEN: These fencers who participate in the World Cup, must also register at the Open Sub23 if they wish to participate. Following Eurofencing rules, this fencers which have not been registered previously, will not accept to the Open. Each fencer must be registered in EFC website data base and entered on EFC website (http://www.eurofencing.info/) by the national federation. Deadline: According to rules of registration of European Confederation. (http://www.eurofencing.info/theefc/rules). Under 23 fencers: Born between 1994 and 2002 (inclusive). Must be in possession of the European Fencing Confederation license. Senior fencers: Born in 1993 or earlier. Must be in possession national federation license. (don t need European Fencing Confederation licence)

ENTRY FEE The entry fee will be paid to the competition Secretary when the fencer s confirmation will take place. WORLD CUP: 30 INTERNACIONAL OPEN: 20 REFEREE CONTRIBUTION SATELLITE WORLD CUP: The contribution of referees will be done by each country following FIE rules for Junior World Cup competitions: From 1 to 4 fencers: 0 referee From 5 to 9 fencers: 1 referee 10 or more fencers: 2 referee INTERNATIONAL OPEN International fencers: Will be by national delegations: From 1 to 4 fencers: 0 referee From 5 to 9 fencers: 1 referee 10 or more fencers: 2 referee Fencers with RFEE license: The contribution of referees will be by clubs, following the rules of contribution of referees in the TNR RFEE competitions. The deadline to book a referee in advance is January 30th. The referees shall be confirmed at the fencer s confirmation time and must be at the disposal of the Technical Directory throughout the competition. They must confirm their presence on the day of the competition at 7:30 h at the Directoir Technique.

SPORTS HALL The competition will be held at the facilities of the Can Jofresa Municipal Sports Hall, Terrassa's biggest indoor sports hall. Pavelló Poliesportiu Municipal de Can Jofresa C. Badalona, 4 08223 Terrassa (Barcelona) OFFICIAL HOTEL Hotel Terrassa Park *** Av. de Santa Eulàlia, 236 08223 Terrassa, Barcelona SPAIN Tel. +34 93 503 53 00 Fax. +34 93 490 60 45 http://www.hotelterrassapark.com Rate for double room for single use + breakfast: Rate for double room + breakfast: Rate for triple room + breakfast: Add lunch or dinner: 68 (10% VAT INCLUDED) 79 (10% VAT INCLUDED) 89 (10% VAT INCLUDED) 14 (10% TAX INCLUDED) The hotel is located about 200m from the sports hall, about 5 minutes walking.

Bookings must be done by filling in the form (http://www.esgrima.cat/terrassa/files/terrassa_park_booking_form.pdf). Please do mention in the form that you are attending the Fencing World Cup or International Open to make sure the hotel applies these special prices. These are the agreed rates for the nights of February, 3 rd, 4 th and 5 th. The hotel has booked rooms for the Fencing World Cup participants. However, from January 19 th, any of those rooms remaining free, will be then available to the general public. Other hotels in the area: Hotel Don Cándido **** Rambleta Pare Alegre, 98 08224 Terrassa, Barcelona Tel. + 34 93 733 33 00 Fax. + 34 93 733 08 49 www.hoteldoncandido.com/ Rate for double room for single use + breakfast: Rate for double room + breakfast: Rate for triple room + breakfast: Add lunch or dinner: 76 (10% VAT INCLUDED) 90 (10% VAT INCLUDED) 98 (10% VAT INCLUDED) 24,50 (10% TAX INCLUDED) The hotel is located 1500m from the sports hall, about 20 minutes walking. Bookings must be done by filling in the form (http://www.esgrima.cat/terrassa/files/don_candido_booking_form.pdf). Please do mention in the form that you are attending the Fencing World Cup or International Open to make sure the hotel applies these special prices. These are the agreed rates for the nights of February, 3 rd, 4 th and 5 th.

TRANSPORT Transport Barcelona Airport (El Prat T1) Terrassa Unfortunately, we must inform you that this year, due to technical issues we won t be finally able to offer it. This means that you will have to organize your transport from the airport to Terrassa and back to the airport by your own means, relying in any of the many taxi companies which offer shuttle services around Barcelona. We, as Fencing Catalan Federation use to work with www.taxiecologic.com. There are many others and all of them offer a good service. Feel free to contact any of them. You have also reliable public transport combinations (Metro to Barcelona + train to Terrassa), which is cheaper than taxi service, but which takes much longer time. We feel very sorry and apologize for the possible inconveniences this situation might have caused to you. Here we explain some public transport combinations: AEROBUS + TRAIN + BUS: the competition may be attended by using the following combination of means of transport: Aerobus (Airport Barcelona, Plaça Catalunya) Train Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya, line S1 Terrassa (Plaça Catalunya Terrassa Rambla) Bus, line 8 (Terrassa Rambla CAP Sud) TAXI: The official taxi cars in Barcelona are black and yellow and they are legally authorized to charge the fare shown in their taximeter. The journey to get to Hotel Terrassa Park takes 45 minutes, approximately.

Transport from Hotel Terrassa Park to Pavelló Poliesportiu Municipal de Can Jofresa (World Cup venue) The competition's official hotel is located at a distance of approximately 200 meters from the sports hall where the World Cup will be held. Therefore, the participants do not need any means of transport to get there. BAR SERVICE There will be an open bar service for the fencers and their companions on the day of the competition.

ORGANIZATION Federació Catalana d Esgrima Barcelona (Espanya) Telf: + 34 93 2805196 www.esgrima.cat fce@esgrima.cat Club d Esgrima Ciutat de Terrassa Terrassa, Barcelona (Espanya) Telf: + 695 944 301 www.esgrimaterrassa.cat info@esgrimaterrassa.cat Real Federación Española de Esgrima Madrid (Espanya) Telf: + 34 91 559 74 00 Fax: + 34 91 547 68 35 www.esgrima.es rfee@esgrima.es Fédération Internationale d Escrime Lausanne (Suïssa) Telf: + 41 21 320 3115 Fax: + 41 21 320 3116 www.fie.ch info@fie.ch European Fencing Confederation Groebenzell (Alemanya) Telf: +49 8142 597077 http://www.eurofencing.info secretariate@eurofencing.info