Disabled & Tournament Waterski Officials Annual Seminar 2018 Bulletin 2 Revisions versus Bulletin1: Social evening offer added (page 2) Payment possibility at congress in Halle added (page 5) Cancelation policy added (page 6)
Every real waterski official must be missing the water very much in this winter season. The first competition of next season still has too much time so what to do? Join us at the Special evening cruise of IWWF EA Officials on Saturday night on Vltava river in Old Town of Prague! Included in the cruise: Saturday 24 th March 2018, 19:00 - Welcome drink - Buffet dinner of international cousine style - Live music - 3 hours of breathtaking views of the Prague old town - Transfer from the hotel Price only: 49,90 Price is guaranteed if booked until 23 rd of February 2017. We are going to have couple of places for latecomers, but they are not guaranteed (capacity/price). Book in our e-shop whilst boking other services, or via email seminar2018@cwwf.cz.
Organization: Europe & Africa Tournament and Disabled Councils Czech Water Ski Federation Dear friends, We have the pleasure to invite you to the E & A Tournament and Disabled Officials Seminar to be held in Prague, Czech Republic from 23 rd to 25 th March 2018. After the great success of the all the seminars in the past, we go for the second time to Prague, Czech Republic. We remind you that only officials who have attended a tournament officials seminar within a 3 year period will be considered for Europe & Africa Titled Events and other major tournaments. The success of the seminar relies on all officials! The more officials attend the more achievement we gain. Candido Moz Tournament Council Chairman Paul Airey Disabled Council Chairman Lukas Horky Organisation
IWWF Europe & Africa Officials Seminar 2018 Venue: WELNESS HOTEL STEP, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC Address: Malletova 1141/4 190 00 PRAHA 9, Czechia https://goo.gl/maps/efk2bpjd5dg2 Organizer contact seminar2018@cwwf.cz Dates: 23 rd to 25 th March 2018 Organisation: Disabled & Tournament Council and Czech Water Ski Federation Provisional schedule: 23.3.2018 14:00 20:00 24.3.2018 9:00-19:00 25.3.2018 9:00-12:00 ACCOMODATION and CONGRES VENUE Official hotel and congress center Hotel Step, Prague CONGRESS PACKAGE Friday 23/03 Sunday 25/03 Included services: - Accommodation in single or double room ( 2 nights) - Cold and warm buffet breakfast on Saturday and Sunday - Congress equipment - Coffee break every afternoon - Unlimited fresh water all the time - Free WIFI - Discounted price for sport and wellness facilities 1 person / Single room 156,00 * Tourist tax and transaction fee excluded, 1 person / Double room 108,00 * Tourist tax and transaction fee excluded Accommodation for nights after or before congress (Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday) Can be booked with the package (price per room/ per night) Single room 55.00 (Breakfast included& Tourist Tax excluded) Double room 65.00 (Breakfast included& Tourist Tax excluded) City tax approx. 1,00 (Person/ night)
Meals - Breakfast included in the accommodation - Lunch o o - Dinner o Buffet lunch (soup, 2 main courses, salad bar, soft drinks) can be booked for Friday, Saturday and Sunday within the seminar registration. Price 10 will be paid on site. Without the reservation is not possible to guarantee the availability. Individually in hotel restaurants Steak, International cuisine and Czech cuisine restaurants available. Menu á-la-carte 15-20. (http://en.wellness-hotelstep.cz/restaurace) Saturday the special dinner will be prepared and offered by the organizer in advance. o Friday and other days Individually in hotel restaurants or neighborhood (10 minutes walking distance is huge shopping center with a lot of restaurants of various styles) - Drinks different bars in the hotel and sport center in the same building, fresh bar included Other services Parking - It s possible to park your car in the parking building for approx. 10. It is necessary to book in advance directly at the hotel ( hotel@hotelstep.cz) Cleaning, ironing, sport and wellness services are available in the hotel without reservation. RESERVATION Please pay attention that you need to do 2 steps: 1. Book the congress package before 10 th February 2018 The congress package can be book at shop.cwwf.cz and directly paid there. It s necessary to book the congress package even if you are not going to stay in the official hotel. In that case, there is a special price 44. It s not possible to attend the seminar without the congress package, but it s so convenient that there is no reason to do it. Additional nights can be booked there as well or you can do it directly with the hotel, but then the price is not guaranteed. The very last deadline for booking the congress package is 10 th February 2018. After this day it is not guaranteed, neither price nor rooms in the official hotel available. The package can be paid via bank wire transfer, PayPal or in cash/credit card during the IWWF EA Congress in Halle.
2. Do the Seminar registration with Electronic Registration form before 10 th March Go to the E&A Tournament Council website - http://iwwfeatc.com/ Click OFFICIALS from Menu bar and then select Officials Seminar 2018. CANCELATION POLICY 1/ Congress packages and extra night accommodation Before 20 th December 2017 free cancelation 20 th December 2017-9 th February 2018 40 10 th February 2017-22 nd February 2018 80 % of price of booked services After 23 rd February 2018 100 % of price of booked services 2/ Meals, sightseeing, social evening Before 22 nd February 2018 free cancelation After 23 rd February 2018 100 % of price of booked services USEFUL INFORMATIONS CURRENCY The currency of Czech Republic is CZK Czech crown. The approx. exchange rate is 25,5 CZK = 1 EUR Please NEVER EVER use the exchange office at the airport. They have the worst rates in the city and huge fees. Almost everywhere you can pay with your VISA/MasterCard, so it is recommended to wait with money exchange to the hotel exchange office, where they have much better conditions. Note: At the airport and main train station you don t need the cash neither for purchasing the tickets for the public transport. There are vending machines or booths accepting cards, or ask organizer to send you the tickets in advance. TRAVELING TO PRAGUE Prague is called the hearth of Europe so it is easily accessible from all the major cities in Europe. Average travel distances/times/costs, you can see below. It s strongly recommended purchasing the flight ticket (especially at the low-cost airlines) as soon as possible, at the moment, they are for very good price. By car to Prague Berlin 350 km 3:40 h Bratislava 328 km 3:20 h Budapest 525 km 5:20 h Munich 386 km 4:00 h Warsaw 620 km 6:00 h
Wien 292 km 3:50 h Bus, train Prague is destination of many European bus lines (Flixbus, Eurolines,DB) and trains. BUS destination: PRAHA-FLORENC (city center) or PRAHA-ZLICIN (at the metro) TRAIN destination: PRAHA HLAVNI NADRAZI (city center) Flights To Vaclav Havel airport Prague (PRG) Origin Frequency of flights Price (approx.) return Low-cost included London 6 per day 50 EUR Paris 5 per day 50 EUR Milan (Bergamo Malpensa) 4 per day 50 EUR Madrid, Barcelona 3 per day 70 EUR Amsterdam 2 per day 90 EUR Lisbon 3 per day 80 EUR Athens 2 per day 70 EUR Rome 2 per day 90 EUR Moscow 2 per day 150 EUR It s possible to go with Ryanair to Pardubice or Brno airport too, but the travel from these airport is difficult and long. TRANSPORTATION IN PRAGUE City transport website: https://pid.cz/en/ Transport from the Vaclav Havel Airport Prague Public transport from airport to hotel There are two ways both takes approx. 40-50 minutes. 1/ Shorter one, but with 2 changes - At the airport terminal 1 or 2 take bus no. 119 in direction Praha-Veleslavin. - At the terminus (Praha-Veleslavin) get off and change to subway (in Prague called Metro) and take a train in direction DEPO-HOSTIVAR
- Get off at the station HRADCANSKA (3 rd stop) and change to the tram no. 25 in direction LEHOVEC, or no. 8 in direction Stary Hloubetin. - Get of the tram at the station BALABENKA - Walk 8 minutes to the hotel ( see the location below) 2/ Longer with only one change and little more of walking - At the airport terminal 1 o 2 take bus no. 100 in direction ZLICIN - At the terminus ZLICIN change to subway (Line B) in direction CERNY MOST - Get off at the station PALMOVKA - Walk approx. 15 minutes to the hotel (see the location below) or hop-on the tram 8 or 25 (see above) for 1 station Tip: If you want to visit the city center on your way from the airport, use the route 1 and get off at the station STAROMESTSKA, to hotel you can use the tram no. 8 form station NAMESTI REPUBLIKY (direction Stary Hloubetin) to the station BALABENKA. Tickets for public transport For all travels in subway, tram or bus there is one type of ticket valid for 90 minutes. The price is 32,- CZK. Ticket can be purchased in vending machines in all subway stations (one is in the hotel too). You have to stamp your ticket at the first entrance to subway or in the tram onboard. From that moment is valid for 90 minutes and you can do unlimited changes. Tickets for unlimited traveling within 24 or 72 hours are available too. Taxi from the airport to hotel At the airport is official transportation service. Buy your ticket for taxi always inside the terminal in the booth. Price 25-30, price is fixed. Feel free to use Uber if you like it. Transport from the railway or bus station to hotel From the main railway station take a subway (line C Red) in direction LETNANY and get off at the next station FLORENC. There is the main bus station too. From FLORENC take tram no. 8 (see above). Transport from the hotel to the city center 5 minutes walking from the hotel is tram station BALABENKA. From it you can take tram no. 8 to the station NAMESTI REPUBLIKY which is very central. WEATHER IN PRAGUE The weather at the end of March can be very changing form sunny and 25 degrees to rainy and 10 degrees please take you shorts and raincoat too
SIGHTSEEING Prague is well-known as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. If you come for a first time or after a long time it s a must for you to take a walk through its historical center and see the panorama of Prague castle from the Charles Bridge. Especially the old town after sunset is magic. Organizer can arrange for you a sightseeing walk with the professional well educated guides (more than 10 languages available) for Friday morning or Sunday afternoon. Please check your interest in seminar registration form.
MAP HOTEL and PUBLIC TRANSPORT STOPS More details will be available soon. Please visit Tournament Council website and check the last updates and more detailed information. CONTACT TOURNAMENT COUNCIL Hannu Rintanen Email: htrwski@live.fi CONTACT DISABLED COUNCIL Maria del Carmen Ferrer Bosch Email: carmen.ferrerbosch@gmail.com CONTACT ORGANIZER Czech waterski and wakeboard federation Lukas Horky Email: seminar@cwwf.cz