APRIL 17-19th 2009, Helsinki, Finland

Feel the warm northern atmosphere and have a nice weekend in Helsinki, the Daughter of the Baltic Sea! We welcome you to participate in the 2nd HOT Helsinki Badminton Tournament. Unfortunately the Volleyball Tournament has been cancelled. In badminton we have levels A, B and C in single and double. After the games on Saturday night we will party and on Sunday we continue with the brunch. We try to offer you free private accommodation. We are looking forward meeting you in Helsinki!

REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT INFORMATION

The participation fee is 25 EUR and it includes sport, lunch package and party. The brunch costs 25 EUR.

Registration for Badminton - BY APRIL 4, 2009

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The Badminton tournament is open to men and women at levels A, B and C in categories single and double. After the games we will party and on Sunday and we continue with the brunch. We are looking forward seeing you in Helsinki!

GENERAL PROGRAMME

Friday 17th of April, 2009

 REGISTRATION
 Registration & information kit on Saturday morning at
 tournament place. Information booklet will be sent by
 e-mail beforehands.

Saturday 18th of April, 2009

 TOURNAMENTS

 BADMINTON (Campo Sportcenter, Latukuja 2, City of Vantaa)
 * 10.00 am - 10.30 am - Check-in, information & warm-up
 * 10.30 am - 6.30 pm - Tournament (incl. lunch package)
 * 10.30 am - 2.30 pm - Singles
 * 2.30 pm - 6.30 pm - Doubles
 If you play only double, you can make your check-in until 1.30 pm.

 PARTY (Gaydisco DTM, 28 Iso Roobertinkatu, www.dtm.fi)
 * 10.00 pm - 4.00 am - Party with victory ceremony (Gaydisco DTM)

Sunday 19 th of April, 2009

 BRUNCH (Restaurant Töölönranta, Helsinginkatu 56)
 * 12.00 am - 2.30 pm - Mediterranean Brunch with Sparkling Wine

ACCOMMODATION

We co-operate with Scandic Hotels, which offers You a special price during the tournament weekend (April 17-20, 2009):

Hotel Scandic Simonkenttä

www.scandic-hotels.com

A high-standard hotel in Helsinki city centre and in the heart of gay scene. Only 200 metres from main railway station, the airport bus terminal and Underground station Rautatientori from where you can reach the tournament hall easily by tube and bus. Price for single room is 75 €, double room is 85 € and triple room 105 € per night including buffet breakfast. Make your reservation by phone +358 9 68380 or by e-mail simonkentta@scandichotels.com. When booking mention the booking reference "HOT170409". Limited amount of rooms, make your reservation before March 17th.

Hosted Housing

You can also ask for free private housing when making your registration or also later by e-mail. We try to offer hosted housing for everybody.

ARRIVAL

Finnair has the best non-stop flight connections to Helsinki. It has for example six destinations in Germany (Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart), four in United Kingdom (Edinburgh, Glasgow, London Heathrow, Manchester) and many daily flights from Amsterdam, Brussels, Geneva, Paris and Zurich. Finnair is a member of Oneworld alliance. Blue1 has non-stop flights for example London, Paris and Zurich. Blue1 is a subsidiary of SAS and it is a member of StarAlliance. Check also your national airline companies' web sites.

So-called cheap-flight-companies have little to offer: Air Berlin flies from Berlin Tegel and Düsseldorf to Helsinki, easyJet from London Gatwick to Helsinki, and Ryanair from Bremen, Frankfurt Hahn and London Stanstead to Tampere (160 km north of Helsinki).

From Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport you reach Helsinki City Centre easily by taking the bus number 615 (to Rautatientori / Railway Station, platform 21). A single regional ticket costs 4 €. Perhaps it will be useful to buy a regional tourist ticket, which is valid in Cities of Helsinki, Vantaa and Espoo for 1-5 days and costs 12-36 €. The tournament hall - like the airport - is situated in Vantaa. You can buy the tourist ticket from R-Kiosk at the airport. Inside City of Helsinki a single ticket costs 2,20 €. Helsinki tourist ticket for 1-5 days costs 6-18 €.

You can find timetables and more public transport information from www.ytv.fi/eng or www.hkl.fi .

MORE ABOUT BADMINTON

The arena

The Badminton tournament will take place in Campo Sportcenter which is one of the best badminton halls in Finland. By public transport from Helsinki City Centre you take first metro line to eastbound. Every second train goes to end station Mellunmäki, where you change to bus number 62 (to Tikkurila). After 3-4 minutes and 4 bus stops you get off and you see our tournament hall on the right side. If you buy a single ticket, buy a regional one, and you can change during 80 minutes. Public transport information you can find at www.hkl.fi or www.ytv.fi also in English.

On Saturday morning there are buses from Mellunmäki metro station e.g. at 8.05 and 8.20 am. That means you have to take metro from Central Railway Station at 7.39 or 7.49 am. If you play only double you can make your check-in in the tournament hall until 1.00 pm.

During the tournament you will get the lunch package. There is also a cafeteria in Campo where you can buy sandwiches, pastry, drinks and so on at reasonable prices. There is also a badminton equipment shop.

Tournament

Every player and couple will have at least three games of one set (21 points) in the pools. Most of the players and couples will continue with knock-out system. The finals will be played as best of three sets. In each category will three best players or couples be rewarded.

www.camposportcenter.fi

SOMETHING TO ASK?

If you have something to ask, don´t hesitate to contact us - send your e-mail to: sihteeri (a) hot.fi

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