La Federación Letona de Croquet convoca el 9th GC Baltic Open Championship y el 5th GC Anna Open Tournament for Ladies
21-5-2020
La Latvian Croquet Federation convoca el 9th GC Open Championship y el 5th GC Anna Open Tournament. El primero se celebrará del 7 al 9 de septiembre en dos sedes diferentes (Sigulda y Ogre), separadas enmtre sí por unos 40 Km y ambas a 40 Km de Riga. Esta competición está integrada en el European Masters del 2020. La segunda se llevará a cabo en Sigulda, del 31 de julio al 2 de agosto próximos. A continuación se incluye la carta de invitación personal del Presidente de la Latvian Croquet Federation, Mr. Roberts Stafeckis, y a renglón seguido las condiciones, normas y demás detalles de ambas convocatorias, para conocimiento de los jugadores españoles que pudieran estar interesados en participar en alguna de esas dos competiciones.
Dear friends,
I am glad to inform you that despite of the terrible corona virus, the two international croquet events in Latvia will go ahead as planned. Latvia has been privileged to have very few victims of covid-19 (just 11 per 1 million population), our croquet season has started almost according to initial schedule. Our airline AirBaltic has already started daily flights to Frankfurt, Oslo, Amsterdam, Copenhagen. Every week, new destinations will be added, and life is slowly coming back to some kind of normality.
The traditional Baltic Open GC takes place for the 9th year, as always, on the first weekend of September. Over the previous years, we have had a pleasure to welcome players from 10 different countries. Novelty for this year is Anna Open Ladies GC tournament on the first weekend of August, hosted by the Sigulda Club with a brand new wonderful lawn.
The deadlines for application to both events have been extended to 1 July, to give chance to those who would like to wait before decision. Please feel free to share this information with others, and ask questions. Looking forward to welcoming many of you this year again. Best regards.
Roberts Stafeckis
Latvian Croquet Federation, President
2020, May 21st
9th GC Baltic Open Championship 2020. GC Croquet September 7th-9th 2020, Latvia
The Baltic Open GC Croquet Tournament takes place for 9th consecutive year, and is organised by the Latvian Croquet Federation (www.latvijaskrokets.lv). This time it will take place at two separate venues – two private single-lawn clubs, in Sigulda and Ogre, which are 40 km apart from each other, and both around 40 km away from Riga. Lawns are equipped with floodlights to allow playing after dark. Baltic Open is part of the European Masters in 2020. More information on European Masters, including the calendar of events at http://johnswabey.wix.com/european-masters.
Format
• Participation limited to a maximum of 16 players
• 4 blocks of four, followed by a knock-out stage and Plate
• Double banking, apart from finals
• Dawson 2000 International balls
• Tournament Manager – Roberts Stafeckis
• Tournament Referee – Viktors Harlinskis (Southwick Croquet Academy certificate)
• Entries and inquiries – Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo. or +371 26492211 (Roberts Stafeckis)
• Deadline for entries – June 1st
Fees and prices per player
• Entry fee - 40 EUR, includes courtside beverages
• Price of meals - will be announced later.
Programme of the tournament:
Friday, September 4th
Arrival of the players, lawns available for practice from 15:00
Opening ceremony and informal welcome cocktail, from 18:00 in Sigulda
Optional night croquet under floodlights
Saturday, September 5th, from 9:00
Block play and Knock-out in Sigulda and Ogre
Optional night croquet under floodlights
Sunday, September 6th, from 9:00
Semifinals, Finals in Sigulda
Plate in Ogre
Winners award ceremony in Sigulda
Informal farewell cocktail, from 17:00, departure
Allocation
• Latvia reserves 4 places for the players that organize the tournament.
• Deadline for entries – June 1st
For international players, there is an initial allocation on June 2. Entries received by June 1 will be accepted as follows:
The highest ranked player from each country that has applied in descending order by world ranking grade as of June 1.
Then the second highest ranked player from each country will be accepted in descending order and so on. This will ensure that all countries that are interested in participating have the ability to send roughly the same number of players.
• Latvian and international players can continue to apply for any remaining places from June 2 onwards. Applications will be accepted in order received. Deadline for any remaining places is on August 25, even if the event is not full to allow time for adjusting the format.
6th GC Baltic Open Championship (2017)
5th GC Anna Open Tournament for Ladies. GC Croquet July 31st-2nd August 2020, Latvia
The Anna Open Tournament takes place for several year as local Latvian croquet tournament for ladies and is organised by the Latvian Croquet Federation (www.latvijaskrokets.lv) and Croquet club SIGLIG. This time it will take place at newly reconstructed private single-lawn in Sigulda, which is 40 km away from Riga.
Format
• Participation limited to a maximum of 12 players
• 4 blocks of three, followed by a knock-out stage and Plate
• Double banking
• Dawson 2000 International balls
• Tournament Manager – Roberts Stafeckis, deputy manager – Sandra Harlinska
• Tournament Referee – Viktors Harlinskis (Southwick Croquet Academy certificate)
• Entries and inquiries – Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo. or +371 26492211 (Roberts Stafeckis)
• Deadline for entries – May 1st
Fees and prices per player
• Entry fee – 40 EUR, includes courtside beverages
• Price of meals - will be announced later
Programme of the tournament:
Friday, July 31st
× Arrival of the players, lawns available for practice
× Opening ceremony and informal welcome cocktail, from 18:00 in Sigulda
× Optional night croquet, day-time till 21.30
Saturday, August 1st, from 9:00
× Block play and Knock-out
× Optional – visit Sigulda open-air Opera festival
Sunday, Augusts 2nd, from 10:00
× Semifinals, Finals, Plate
× Winners award ceremony
× Informal farewell cocktail, from 17:00, departure
Allocation
• Latvia reserves 4 places for the players that organize the tournament.
• Deadline for entries – May 1st. For international players, there is an initial allocation on May 2. Entries received by May 1 will be accepted as follows: the highest ranked player from each country that has applied in descending order by world ranking grade as of May 1. Then the second highest ranked player from each country will be accepted in descending order and so on. This will ensure that all countries that are interested in participating have the ability to send roughly the same number of players.
• Latvian and international players can continue to apply for any remaining places from May 2 onwards. Applications will be accepted in order received. Deadline for any remaining places is on July 20, even if the event is not full to allow time for adjusting the format. Sigulda is located in the National Park of the valley of river Gauja (www.sigulda.lv) and is one of the top tourist attractions, famous for its beautiful scenery and old castles. Participants are welcome to spend additional days in Riga or elsewhere in Latvia before or after the tournament weekend. We will be happy to provide assistance. Travel info www.latvia.travel/en
Possible accomodation options in Sigulda
1) Hotel “Kakiskalns” - http://www.kakiskalns.lv/atputas-komplekss/viesnica/
2) SPA hotel “Ezeri” - http://www.hotelezeri.lv/lv/hotel
3) Hotel “Sigulda” - https://hotelsigulda.lv/par-mums/
4) Guest house “AGAVE” - https://viesunamiem.lv/agave
1st GC Anna Tournament for Ladies (2016)
World Croquet Federation
