Eurobowl X Belgium, 8 and 9 november 2014 Oostende
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2013 4:24 pm
Hello European Blood Bowl coaches.
We have placed our official mission statement in a closed announcement. This is the topic where you can react on that mission statement.
I will personally be responsable for all the official communication regarding the next Eurobowl in Belgium.
We have placed our official mission statement in a closed announcement. This is the topic where you can react on that mission statement.
I will personally be responsable for all the official communication regarding the next Eurobowl in Belgium.
European Blood Bowl coaches, unite for EuroBowl X!
To kick-off proceedings, please allow me to introduce myself. I am Bart Verstuyft, aka Magictobe, and I have been charged with coordinating the EuroBowl communication. In practice, this means I’ll circulate all official statements from the organisation committee and serve as the single point of contact for any questions you may have concerning EuroBowl.
For consistency’s sake, I will make all forum posts and messages, but I clearly won’t be doing this alone - Frank Wille, aka Whiskeyjack, will serve as my assistant.
The Belgian Blood Bowl community is obviously very happy and honoured to be able to organise the tenth EuroBowl. And, as it’s a jubilee edition, we aim to raise the bar a few notches. To start with, we drew up a list of dos and don’ts based on the previous editions. Based on these findings, we fixed our objectives for a successful EuroBowl 2014:
1) Organisation
• We will provide clear and detailed communication through a single, easy to reach point of contact (that’s me - I’ll do my utmost to attain this objective .
• We will publish a clear and unambiguous rules package in a timely fashion.
• The registration procedure must be clear and easy-to-follow.
• We want the Eur'Open to become a full-fledged tournament. No longer a side-event in a separate room, but a chance for all European Blood Bowl players who didn’t qualify for their country’s team to participate in the largest European Blood Bowl event of the year. Given Belgium’s central location and easy accessibility, Eur’Open 2014 provides us with an excellent opportunity to do so.
• We will see to it that the schedules for both EuroBowl and Eur’Open are strictly respected.
• The opening and closing ceremonies will follow a completely worked-out scenario.
2) Venue, accommodation and catering
• The venue will be situated in a large city and be easily accessible.
• It will consist of:
o a spacious hall, allowing us to comfortably seat all EuroBowl and Eur'Open participants, strengthening the sense of belonging to a group;
o a room to eat, drink and relax in between rounds, preferably separate from the hall where the tournament games take place.
• We will provide participants with:
o high-quality catering, including vegetarian dishes;
o reasonably-priced sleeping accommodation close to the venue, if desired.
3) Event coverage and socialising
• We will set up live coverage to allow those unable to attend to follow the event.
• In order to highlight and encourage the social aspects that make EuroBowl into the great event it is, we will make sure to provide a location for participants to let off steam and enjoy Belgian beer together.
These objectives are quite ambitious, as I’m sure you’ll agree. We want to set a new benchmark, however, and – more importantly – organise a highly enjoyable tournament. Moreover, by openly sharing these objectives, we invite you to evaluate with us leading up to, during and after the event whether we were able to fulfil them or not.
At the moment, we are drawing up the rules package and looking for a venue that meets our standards. As soon as further information is available, you will read it here – keep your eyes peeled.
To conclude with, I guarantee the entire Belgian Blood Bowl community commits itself to working hard during the coming months and turn EuroBowl X into an event you won’t be likely to forget!
Magictobe