http://www.bmgranollers.info/gcup/grcup06/prescat06.htm
Presentation
The BALONMANO GRANOLLERS handball Club, one of the most traditional clubs of this sport in Spain, will be organizing the EIGTH edition of this International handball Tournament for young handball players, the GRANOLLERS CUP.
Our Club, with sixty-one years of history, has been working constantly and fficiently
with its youth to have its own Senior Team, participating always in the Spanish Highest Division, and three times champion in the European competition. A team full of players who grew within the teams of its own handball school.
In 1992, the city of Granollers was chosen to be the official venue for the men and women Barcelona Olympic Games handball competition as a recognition of its handball tradition, promotion and hard work during so many years. Such an important event represented a remarkable step in the history of the club and an extra motivation to keep up with the daily effort of promoting handball.
One of our main objectives is to promote our sport but also to increase the handball friends around the world enhancing the relationships inside the handball family, and organising this International Tournament for young players in the Granollers Olympic Hall as the main stage is a clear evidence of that. Our city will be proud and glad to offer its hospitality to all visitors and participants in the Granollers Cup, just like it has been doing for so many years.
The number of participants in the tournament increases every year getting up to 150 teams from 15 different countries and more than 2.200 players in the 2005 edition, 475 games was played with a total of 13.296 scored for all the participants.
Teams from all the world have been playing in Granollers Cup, teams from Austria,Belgium,Germany,Tunissia,Brasil,Australia,Italia,Mexico,Sweden,Iceland,Norge,
Danmark,Finland,Bosnia,Canada,Txèquia, Taiwan, France, Guatemala, Italia, Macedonia, Russia, Rumania...
Dates
These are the dates in which the 2006 edition of the Granollers Cup will take place:
From WEDNESDAY 28th until SUNDAY 2TH of July 2006
Tuesday 27th June afternoon or Wednesday 28th June morning: Arrival of the teams .
Wednesday 28th June Opening ceremony and first friendly matches in the afternoon.
Thusrday 29thJune Starting competition. Official Party for leaders. Disco for the players.
Friday 30th June Development of the competition. Trainers and Leaders Match.
Saturday, 1th July Development of the competition. Disco for the players.
Sunday 2th July Semifinal matches in the morning.
Final matches in the afternoon Prize-giving and official closing ceremonies at night.
Official Invitation
The city of Granollers, with a large and established sports activity, only 25 km away from Barcelona, is located in an important communication area having three railway stations, an easy access to the beach, to the Barcelona airport and to many other interesting facilities.
Its strategic situation turns Granollers into an important city in terms of business.
The Club BALONMANO GRANOLLERS would like to officially INVITE you to its
International Handball Tournament for young handball players, the GRANOLLERS CUP 2006.
A competition trying to achieve a high level of handball in the participating teams, offering as well as the possibility of spending some pleasant days in our country.
Any team from any Club or handball school, as well as any national or regional team is invited to take part in the GRANOLLERS CUP.
Participating categories
The participating categories at Granollers Cup will be the following:
BOYS:
AM.- ALEVIN MASCULINO born in 1994-1995
IM .- INFANTIL MASCULINO born in 1992-1993
CM.- CADETE MASCULINO born in 1990-1991
JM.- JUVENIL MASCULINO born in 1988-1989
JUM- JUNIOR MASCULINO born in 1985-86-87
GIRLS:
IF.- INFANTIL FEMENINO born in 1992-1993-1994
CF.- CADETE FEMENINO born in 1990-1991
JF.- JUVENIL FEMENINO born in 1988-1989
JUF.- JUNIOR FEMENINO born in 1985-1986-1987
Entry
The enclosed application form should be dully fullfilled application form that you will find enclosed will have to be sent to the organization of the cup no later than 30TH of April 2006, together with the bank deposit receipt in order to confirm the participation.
The entry fee is 106 Euros per team.
The entry feee will be payed by bankers’ order to the CLUB BALONMANO GRANOLLERS account in the CAIXA DE SABADELL (account number: 2059-0300-11-8508040687 -- CECAESMM0059 IBAN ES 07 )
- Teams who will arrange themselves the lodgement and meals apart from the organization should pay an entry of 390,00 Euros.
Conditions of Participation
- Each team or club participant must have its own medical insurance for all the players.
- During the stay in Granollers, each team must pay for their own travelling, board and lodging costs.
- The Organization will offer several options for the accommodation of the participants in the Granollers area.
- Meals during the tournament will be served in the dinning room placed inside the Olympic Hall.
Lodgings and meals
The organisation offers different possibilities with the following conditions:
The above prices include two daily meals (lunch and dinner) in the tournament’s dinning room, starting with lunch on WEDNESDAY 28th and ending with the dinner on SUNDAY 2th of July, including a total of 10 main meals.
The duration of the accomodation will be from WEDNESDAY 28 th of June untill MONDAY 3th in the morning.
All prices mentioned are per person, and include both the accomodation and all different activities the organisation will prepare during the Granollers Cup.
Options
* Option A A classroom in a school.
Each team will have a private classroom, and each participant will be required to bring his own mattress and sleeping bag.
Breakfast not included 109,00 Euros
* Option B Camping “EL VEDADO “
8 Km far from Granollers and 7 Km far from the beach “el MASNOU”.
High category Campsite with swimming pool and all the services.
Breakfast not included. 125,00 Euros
* Option C Youth Hostel
18 Km far from Granollers and close to the coast .
Breakfast included, everyday. 166,00 Euros
* Option D HOTEL *** in Granollers.
Lodging in double or triple rooms.
Breakfast included, everyday. 254,00 Euros
* Option E HOTEL **** in Granollers.
Lodging in double rooms.
Breakfast included, everyday. 290,00 Euros
* Option F HOTEL ***** in Calella de la Costa.*
Beach place 50 km away from Granollers, double or triple rooms.
5 nights per person.
Breakfast and one meal per day included. 192,00 Euros
*This option is only recommended for teams bringing its own bus.
If any team wishes to anticipate its arrival or to extend its stay, the organization is able to arrange it, in Granollers, Beach places in the coast like Calella de Mar, Santa Susana or Mataró.
Those teams arriving at the Barcelona airport (45 km away from Granollers) can also ask for a transportation that will be arranged by the organisation.
Every participant will also receive a present from the organisation of the tournament.
General Considerations
a) Competition system
All the games of all the different categories will be 30 minutes long, divided in two
half of 15 minutes each.
In all categories, depending on the number of participating teams, groups of four or five teams will be formed, a league will be the competition formula used in the first round where all teams will play against each other. The best will continue to the qualifying round, with knockout matches, quarter finals, semifinals and final.
The competition is designed so that all teams play a minimum of 5 matches.
Every team will be formed by a maximum of 15 players.
b) Others Activities
Tuesday 29th June and Saturday 1h of July a Disco-Party will take place in the Olympic Stadium Car Park.
Tuesday 29th afternoon, in the Olympic Stadium V.I.P room will receive the Official’s Meeting for those representatives, group leaders, managers or coaches representing the clubs in an official reception of the different delegations.
Friday 30th at night, the Olympic Hall will be the main stage for the OLD STAR MATCH a match between trainers and managers.
The Organization is also able to arrange different trips to the coast (16 Km), Barcelona (25 Km) or different fairgrounds as “Tibidabo” (Barcelona) or the exciting Universal Studios Port Aventura, 120 Km far from Granollers.
c) Referees
The referees for Granollers Cup are from Catalonia Handball Federation. Also some referees from EHF will referee the games with collaboration with the European Handball Federation. If some referee is interested in taking part in the competition, he must have the licence of the 2005-2006 season. After the referees interested will have to ask for an invitation to the tournament’s organization before the 15th of May . The lodging (youth hostel ) and meals for the referee’s is paid by the organization.
Every participating club is allowed to bring an official referee asking to the organization in advance his participation to the organization..
Entry form: http://www.bmgranollers.info/gcup/grcup06/insang06.doc
