Lotto World Trophy
Rhythmic Gymnastics

Gent, April 28th – May 2nd 2011

General information

1. Organizing club

Forza Ritmica Gent
President: Mr. W. Peremans
Lange Violettestraat 277A
B-9000 Gent
T.: +32 (0)9 355 17 50
F.: +32 (0)9 269 01 07
E-mail: info@forzaritmica.be
            Subscriptions: elsvdk33@hotmail.com

2. Competition hall

Arena Van Vletingen
Lange Violettestraat 277A
B-9000 Gent

3. Rules and technical code

The Lotto World Trophy Rhythmic Gymnastics applies the rules of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) and the technical code of its technical commission Rhythmic Gymnastics.

4. Participants

Invitations were sent to the member federations of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), which are active in the international competition.

5. Delegations

One delegation per country is accepted.
Delegations consist of maximum 5 members:

• 1 gymnast category Youth
  
  
• 1 gymnast category Junior
  
  
• 1 gymnast category Senior
  
  
• 1 judge (preferably FIG qualified, if not: national diploma)
• 1 coac

Only the organizing club has the right to enter more than 1 gymnast per category.

6. Entrance fee and lodging costs

The entrance fee is €25 per gymnast.

Lodging costs are €25 per member of the delegation (= max. 3 gymnasts, 1 coach, 1 judge), per day. The cost includes hotel and 3 meals a day (breakfast-lunch-dinner)

Lodging costs for extra members are €50, per extra member, per day.

Each country is allowed to subscribe only one delegation. The subscription and composition of the delegation is organized by the national federation.  

The organizing club has the right to accept, by exception, two delegations of one country.

7. Accommodation

All members of the delegations will be staying at hotels, in walking-distance of the competition hall:

Hotel Castelnou: www.castelnou.be

Parkhotel: www.parkhotelgent.be

Flandria Hotel: www.flandria-centrum.be

Reservations will be made by the organizing club.

8. Costs

The organizing club covers extra costs for accommodation and meals of 3 gymnasts, 1 judge and 1 coach from Thursday evening April 28th untill Monday morning May 2nd (included in the lodging costs – see 6: entrance fee and lodging costs).

Transportation costs are covered by the delegation.

9. Transport

The organizing club provides transportation from the train station Gent-Sint-Pieters to the gymnastics hall (and back).

Delegation arriving in other train stations,  the national airport Brussels-Zaventem or other airports must come by train to the station Gent-Sint-Pieters, were they will be picked up by drivers of the organizing club.

Information about prizes and departing hours: www.b-rail.com.

The hotels in which the delegations are staying are in walking-distance from the competition hall, there is no transportation provided from the hotel to the competition hall and back.

10. Gala of Champions

The Gala of Champions takes place on Sunday, 1st of May with demonstrations of the winners (gold, silver, bronze) of the all-round competitions and the individual finals .
Other gymnasts are also invited to bring a demonstration at the Gala. The demonstrations must be sent to the organizing club in advance (on DVD).

11. Technical program

There will be 4 competitions organized:

• individual competition for Youth

• individual competition for Juniors

• individual competition for Seniors

• interclub competition: the total of all the scores of the gymnasts of the same team

FINALS

Finales are organized for each apparatus and in each category. The first 6 ranked gymnasts based on the results of the general competition per apparatus are selected for the finals. The organizing club has the possibility to add their best ranked gymnast to the line-up of the finals.

12. Program of the tournament (provisory) – NOG AANPASSEN

Thursday 28.04.2011

• Arrival of the delegations and check-in at the hotels
  
  
• Training possibility in the competition hall (on request)
  
  
• 18:00 – 19:00 Reception at the city hall
  
  
• 20:00 – 21:00 Dinner
  
  
• 21:30 – 22:00 Technical meeting at the competition hall

Friday 29.04.2011

• 08:30 – 09:00 Meeting of the judges
  
  
• 09:00 – 11:30 Lotto World Trophy Rhythmic Gymnastics YOUTH – two exercises
  
  
• 12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
  
  
• 13:30 – 16:15 Lotto World Trophy Rhythmic Gymnastics JUNIORS – two exercises
  
  
• 17:00 – 18:00 Dinner
  
  
• 19:00 – 22:00 Lotto World Trophy Rhythmic Gymnastics SENIORS– two exercises

Saturday 30.04.2011

• 09:30 – 10:00 meeting of the Judges
  
  
• 10:00 – 11:30 Lotto World Trophy Rhythmic Gymnastics YOUTH- third exercise, followed by the prize-giving ceremony (all round)
  
  
• 12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
  
  
• 13:00 – 15:45 Lotto World Trophy Rhythmic Gymnastics JUNIORS – two exercises, followed by the prize-giving ceremony (all round)
  
  
• 16:30 – 18:00 Individual finals YOUTH
  
  
• 18:00 – 19:00 Dinner
  
  
• 19:00 – 21:00 Lotto World Trophy Rhythmic Gymnastics SENIORS - two exercises, followed by the prize-giving ceremony (all round)

Sunday 01.05.2011

• 09:30 – 10:00 meeting of the Judges
  
  
• 10:00 – 13:00 Individual finals JUNIORS – SENIORS
  
  
• 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
  
  
• 16:00 – 17:30 Gala of Champions
  
  
• 18:00 – 19:00 Closing ceremony
  
  
• 19:30 – 24:00 Walking dinner

  Monday 02.05.2011

• Departure of the delegations