a 41 Sally Hill,
t 01275 840075
f 08709
138564
e neil@fencingcoach.net
m 07813 693947
Dear
Fencer 22/10/2007 18:54
This
letter contains the latest details for Kenten 3-4 November. Please read all of it carefully.
You should print a copy just before you leave & bring it with you. Please read www.fencingforum.com,
that’s where I will announce any changes to this information document. You
should log in & subscribe to the Kenten thread (if you’re not sure how to
do this, ASK.)
2007
timetable
Final
check-in times.
Saturday Men’s sabre A-Jgd.
U17 (born 91-95) 8:15
Women’s sabre B-Jgd. U14 (born 94) 12:30
Women’s sabre B-Jgd. U13 (born 95) 13:15
Sunday Women’s sabre U17 (born 91-95) 8:30
Men’s sabre B-Jgd. U14 (born 94) 10:15
Men’s sabre B-Jgd. U13 (born 95) 11:00
Men’s sabre Schuler U12 (born 96-98) 13:30
Women’s sabre Schuler
U12 (born 96-98) 14:15
Fencers
born 91-93 will only fence in the U17 events (men’s Saturday, women’s Sunday),
fencers born 94 or 95 will get to fence in the U14 & the U17 event (fencing
on both days), fencers born 96-98 will only fence in the U12 events on Sunday.
There will be no team event.
We will be travelling
out by coach on Friday 2rd November,
please meet at one of the following places & times:-
Gordano Services (M5
J19) 5:15am
Chievley Services (M4
J13) 6:30am
We are catching the
10:55 ferry from
Please let me know, preferably by email, where you are
meeting. The coach is
supplied by Bakers Dolphin.
We will be returning
on Monday 5th Nov on the 16:00 (approx. TBC) ferry from
Please make sure you
are being met at one of the above points. We
may be able to catch an earlier ferry so you must be prepared to be met earlier. We will be able to phone as
soon as we have checked in for the ferry. (My mobile will obviously be
reachable during the return trip.) You can work out from the outward trip
schedule what time to meet for the return journey.
You will need to
bring:
Hotel Mercure Koln West
Horbeller
Strasse 1
50858 KOELN
Tel
: (+49)
2234/5140
Fax
: (+49)
2234/514106
E-mail : H0705@accor-hotels.com
On Sunday
night we are staying at:-
Bessenveldstraat
17
1831
Tel
:
(+32)2/7254321
Fax
:
(+32)2/7254040
Hotel
& evening meals.
Many of
you (fencers & parents) are travelling separately from the main group. If I
am booking accommodation for you, please make sure you have sent me a cheque
for the correct amount BEFORE we travel (most of you already have). I do not
want to have to collect cheques while I am there. Cheques must be payable to
“Cadet Sabre” & the costs are detailed in the original invitation & on
the reply spreadsheet.
We
organise a buffet meal on Saturday evening for all the fencers & as many
others as would like. Please tell me in advance if you want to join the team
meal on the Saturday evening & check the Kenten replies spreadsheet.
The
up-to-date list of travel, hotel, & evening meals I am booking is online on
the cadet info page at www.fencingcoach.net. Please check this to make sure I
have all the correct information. I have separated: coach travel, hotel for
each night, & evening meal. If you (fencers or parent) are travelling &
are not on this list I am not planning to book your hotel rooms or evening
meal. Let me know at once if there are any errors.
The hotel
room allocation is now up, please check this & if you’re not happy with any
of it tell me before we travel so I
can make changes (once we’re at the hotel it will be too late). All fencers
& adults I am booking hotel rooms for have rooms allocated. If you are
travelling separately to the main group you must
share according to the plan to avoid any confusion.
If you
are staying in or around
This year
there are a large number of fencers travelling independently; because of this
we are using a smaller coach. This means there may be no transport available from the hotel to the competition on
Saturday & Sunday mornings. You must
make sure you have arranged transport to the event before you travel, don’t
assume there will be space on the bus.
The
competition is at:-
Sporthalle
am Gutenberg-Gymnasium
50126
Bergheim
Saturday Men’s sabre A-Jgd.
U17 (born 91-95) 8:15
Women’s sabre B-Jgd. U14 (born 94) 12:30
Women’s sabre B-Jgd. U13 (born 95) 13:15
Sunday Women’s sabre U17 (born 91-95) 8:30
Men’s sabre B-Jgd. U14 (born 94) 10:15
Men’s sabre B-Jgd. U13 (born 95) 11:00
Men’s sabre Schuler U12 (born 96-98) 13:30
Women’s sabre Schuler
U12 (born 96-98) 14:15
British
fencers travelling independently please try & arrive an hour before
check-in.
As most
of you will know there is a weapon control, if you are not travelling on the
bus you should get your kit controlled as soon as you arrive (last year again several fencers forgot this instruction, please make sure
you don’t do this.)
Individual
fencers do not need to check in, I will do all the admin but I may need your
licence. If you are travelling independently make sure you tell me when you
arrive.
A list of
the fencers & officials travelling on this trip is with this letter. Female
officials are Beth Davidson, Vicky Garrity & Jenna Ashton, their mobile
numbers should you need are 07834884194
(Beth), 07753236681 (Vicky), & 07___
______ (Jenna).
Please remember you
have signed a code of conduct governing your behaviour over the whole weekend.
Please reread it if you have forgotten what you have signed. If you have lost
it please let me know & I’ll let you have another one.
There will be a very
large group of fencers, parents, & officials at this event. To keep all
under control it is vital I know where everyone is at all times, please do not leave the venue at any time
without telling me (this applies to adults as well as fencers.) Last year
several fencers (again!) left the venue to travel home without telling any of
the officials, please do not do this even if your
parents are with you.
Having a group this
size also means there should be fencers or adults supporting at the side of the
piste whenever a British fencer is on. This means if you are not fencing you
should be looking for other British fencers to support,
you are travelling as part of the
British squad so we expect this from all fencers & adults.
If there are any
disputes with referees, coaches or other fencers please come & get me or
another of the officials if I am busy, if you can’t find me & it’s urgent
(probably will be) call my phone, I’ll have it with me & switched on all
day during the fencing.
If you are an adult
accompanying this trip remember you are there for the benefit of the fencers. If you are not sure what to do ask me, one of the officials, or
your child’s coach. There is a guide for parents & fencers on the
cadet information page at www.fencingcoach.net,
please read it all carefully. Don’t ask questions about how repechage works
unless you have read & understood the information I have provided. Make
sure you understand the implications & the rules of a possible dope control
(this applies to any major fencing event). Please also not the requirement to
have a TUE certificate if required.
The officials in
charge of the trip (Neil Brown [leader], Dennis Hunt,
Nominated
international events
As most
of you will have seen from reading the forum & the list of nominated events
on the cadet page of www.fencingcoach.net
there will be 4 nominated international cadet events this season. They are:
Godollo, Kenten,
BYC byes
Fencers
who are travelling to this event & have a regional BYC qualifying event on
the same weekend can claim a bye to the final IF they are in the top 25 of the
national rankings. This must be done by me & it’s essential to enter the
regional qualifying event.
Contact me
(preferably by email) if you have any questions. Neil Brown
3rd - 4th November 2007
Congratulations
to the following fencers who are travelling to Kenten as part of the British under-17, under-14,
& under-12 squads.
Travel, hotel, & Saturday evening meal lists are online
on the cadet information page at www.fencingcoach.net,
please check to see I have all information & all is correct. Look at the
“Kenten replies” spreadsheet & scroll right to see all the information.
You need to check the following (if there are any errors
please email me at once):-