REDDISH REBELS BASKETBALL CLUB

The Reddish Rebels Bsketball Club have just returned from a Basketball
tournament in Belgium that was made possible by a donation from Awards for All
and money raised by club members throughout the year through various events.

The tournament took place on 23rd and 24th Aug and a total of 32 countries
entered the competition.

We entered an U19's girls team, an U18's boys team and a senior mens team. The
teams consisted of members from the Reddish Rebels Club with additions of
players from other local clubs, a total of 48 people travelled by coach to
Ghent in Belgium.

There was a high standard of basketball throughout the tournament and the Mens
team and the Boys team found it tough, but they battled on with determination
and enjoyed every minute on court. They did not score high in the tables but
they made lots of friends along the way.

The Mens team have already been invited to Ireland on Oct 4th, by the
'Torpedoes' who they met in  Belgium, to take part in their tournament,
everyone is up for it.

The Girls team were spectacular, they won all their matches on the first day
and on the second day which put them into the final against America, they lost
to AmerIca by 22 points. What a result.

We never expected to win anything when we decided to enter the tournament, it
was meant to give them experience of travel, other cultures and show them what
is available to them through sport.

We came away from Belgium with the runners up trophy and we still can't believe
it.
It is absolutly amazing to think how much talent has come out of such a small
community.

We are so proud of each and everyone on them, they are all winners in our eyes.

We are already planning next years event, not sure where it will take us but
its sure to be another success.

VISIT THE LINK FOR THE BELGIUM PHOTO ALBUM

 BELGIUM PHOTOS 08

     http://www.flandersbasketballtrophy.com)

On 22/8/08 - 3 x teams from THE REDISH REBELS BASKETBALL CLUB take part in a 3 day international Basketball Tornament in Ghent, Belgium

UNDER 19's GIRLS                                               UNDER 18's BOYS                                             MENS

Sophie Howard                                                    Ben Gregory                                                   Adam Coleman

Amy Gill                                                              Chez Kiedrowski                                             Mike Betts

Vogue Lucas                                                       Sam MacDonald                                              Ash Blackmore

Lauren Thorpe                                                    Will Mather Cosgrove                                      Jamie Ainscow

Megan collins                                                      Phil Neild                                                        Keiron Seagrave

Rachel Lenny                                                      James Tweedale                                               Paul Morris

Autumn Lucas                                                     Craig Williams                                                 Kevin Grant

Lana Parker Yates                                              Joe Herd                                                         Garry Lallament

Ellis Gregory                                                       Josh Mullholland                                              Barry Plummer

Fran Russell                                                        Matthew Griffiths                                            Chris Taylor

Kerri Taylor                                                        Mark Furmston                                              Otis Johnson

                                                                           Andy Buckley                                                Tom Stansfield

COACH  Dave Lennie                                       COACH Karl Gregory                                 

IT WAS UNFORTUNATE THAT NOT ALL THE PLAYERS WERE PRESENT WHEN THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN

THE MENS TEAM THAT IS TAKING PART IN THE FLANDERS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT 2008 (TWO MEMBERS MISSING FROM THE PHOTO)

THE UNDER 18's BOYS TEAM TAKING PART IN THE FLANDERS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT 2008 (FOUR MEMBERS MISSING FROM THE PHOTO)

THE UNDER 19's GIRLS TEAM TAKING PART IN THE FLANDERS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT 2008 (THREE MEMBERS MISSING FROM PHOTO)

THIS DOCUMENT (FBT HANDBOOK) CONTAINS THE INFORMATION THAT EVERYONE WILL REQUIRE WHILE IN BELGIUM.

THE COACH WILL BE LEAVING REDDISH VALE SCHOOL AT 5am ON FRIDAY 22nd AUG 08.

PLEASE RESTRICT LUGGAGE TO 1  x  HOLDALL EACH.

I CAN SEND YOU THE FILE ATTACHEMENT (FBT HANDBOOK) VIA EMAIL, YOU CAN THEN PRINT IT OUT. PLEASE SEND ME YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IF YOU REQUIRE IT.

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Zetel : Vijverveldlaan 28, 9090 Melle, Belgium – Tel. : 0032 497 44 32 79 - Telefax : 0032 9 232 06 10

 Melle, August 7th, 2008

 Object : FLANDERS BASKETBALL TROPHY 2008

 Dear friends,

In a few weeks, your team(s) take part into the FLANDERS BASKETBALL TROPHY, our international youth-tournament for boys and girls, men and women senior and mens veterans. This year we will host 136 teams from 25 countries and 140 referees from 26 countries into the biggest international basketballtournament in Belgium. Please find hereby the final information about the tournament.

Please read this information carefully and send it to your trainers and / or other responsable people of your delegation also.

In this document, you can find the information about :

1.        the arrivals in Ghent

2.       itinerary to the central venue

3.       the short program of the FBT

4.       the detailled program of the FBT

5.       the list of the hotels and the sportscentres

6.       time-table of the shuttle-service

7.       drawing of lots in all age-groups

You will receive extra information regularly from now on. There is an important telephone-number still missing in this document, which is the responsable for the shuttle-service on Friday evening. This telephonenumber will be communicated very soon.

Best regards,

Geert BAEYENS

Promotor F.B.T. 2008

When you arrive on August 18th, 19th, 20th or 21st, you are supposed to travel to the hotel directly. You can find the list of the hotels in this document.

Teams who are travelling by car, minibus, coach, can check-inn at the hotel directly.

Teams who are travelling by plane or by train, are supposed to travel to the hotel directly :

·          you can hire a bus of our organization (see website)

·          you can travel by train from the airport (Brussels, Charleroi, Lille, ...). When you arrive in at "Ghent Sint-Pieters" (the main train-station), you must take a taxi or local transport to go to the hotel. However, the hotels Castel Hotel, NH Hotel Gent, Best Western Chamade, Europahotel are very close to the train-station (maximum 1 km).

On Friday 22nd, we expect you in the Bourgoyen-venue from 17h30 to 23h00.

Arrivals BEFORE 17h00

Teams who are travelling by car / minibus / coach, can check-inn at the hotel directly. We expect you at the Bourgoyen-venue afterwards at about 18h00. You must drive by yourself to the central venue. Take care : in the BLOSO Sportshotel in Ghent and Youth-hotel 't Verloren Bos Lokeren, you can check-inn from 18h00. In all other hotels, you can check-inn earlier.

Teams who are travelling by plane or by train, are supposed to travel to the hotel directly :

·          you can hire a bus of our organization (see website)

·          you can travel by train from the airport (Brussels, Charleroi, Lille, ...). When you arrive in at "Ghent Sint-Pieters" (the main train-station), you must take a taxi or local transport to go to the hotel. However, the hotels Castel Hotel, NH Hotel Gent, Best Western Chamade, Europahotel are very close to the train-station (maximum 1 km).

Below you can find the list of the hotels. We will pick you up at the hotel between 17H00 and 18H00 with our shuttle-cars.

Arrivals AFTER 17h00

Teams who are travelling by car/minibus/coach, please come to the Bourgoyen-venue first and check-inn at the hotel later.

Teams who will be travelling by plane, can travel by train to GENT SINT-PIETERS, which is the main train station. Please call + 32 ......................... and we will pick you up at the train station and we will bring you to the Bourgoyen-venue directly. If you have ordered the shuttle-service, we will pick you up at the airport of course.

Teams who will be travelling by train, are supposed to travel by train to GENT SINT-PIETERS, which is the main train station. Please call + 32 ....................... and we will pick you up at the train station and we will bring you to the Bourgoyen-venue directly.

In total 140 teams and 140 referees of more than 30 countries will take part into the tournament. All these teams and referees will be travelling by cars, coaches, train, ferry or by plane. And of course, you they want to arrive properly in Ghent ...

Please remember the address of the general venue of the FLANDERS BASKETBALL TROPHY :

SPORTSCENTRE “BOURGOYEN”

DRIEPIKKELSTRAAT 30

9030 MARIAKERKE (Gent)

Telephone : 0032 9 227 33 22

     Travelling by car, minibus or by bus

     Coming from Holland and Germany via ANTWERP

·       Holland : Breda / Eindhoven - Antwerpen

·       Antwerpen - Gent (E17)

·       In Gent, you take the direction GENT-CENTRUM

·       Then you follow "ALLE RICHTINGEN" (All Directions)

·       At the traffic lights, you turn to the LEFT

·       After +/- 1 km. you take the direction EEKLO (on your right)

·       You drive 4 km until the INTERNATIONAL PRESS STORE (bookshop on your left hand).

·       At this bookshop, you take to the LEFT (Bourgoyen / Mariakerke is indicated already)

·       After +/- 800 meters at traffic lights, you are in the DRIEPIKKELSTRAAT

     Coming from Germany via LUXEMBURG and BRUSSELS

·       Luxemburg - Brussels

·       Brussels - direction Gent

·       In Gent, you take the direction GENT-CENTRUM

·       Then you follow ALLE RICHTINGEN (All Directions)

·       At the traffic lights, you turn to the LEFT

·       After +/- 1 km. you take the direction EEKLO (on your right)

·       You drive 4 km until the INTERNATIONAL PRESS STORE (bookshop on your left hand).

·       At this bookshop, you take LEFT (Bourgoyen / Mariakerke is indicated already)

·       After +/- 800 meters at traffic lights, you are in the DRIEPIKKELSTRAAT

     Coming from , KORTRIJK, OOSTENDE, ZEEBRUGGE, BRUGES

·       Oostende – Gent

·       In Gent, you take the direction GENT-CENTRUM

·       Then you follow ALLE RICHTINGEN (All Directions)

·       At the traffic lights, you turn to the LEFT

·       After +/- 1 km. you take the direction EEKLO (on your right)

·       You drive 4 km until the INTERNATIONAL PRESS STORE (bookshop on your left hand).

·       At this bookshop, you take LEFT (Bourgoyen / Mariakerke is indicated already)

·       After +/- 800 meters at traffic lights, you are in the DRIEPIKKELSTRAAT

 Travelling by plane

     þ  The teams and referees who will arrive by plane : A first option to travel to Ghent is taking the train from Brussels-Airport or from Charleroi-Airport to GENT SINT-PIETERS. This traject takes +/- 1h00 - 1h15 (Brussels) or +/- 1h30 - 1h45 (Charleroi)

          When you fly to Charleroi-Airport, you must take a bus first to the Charleroi train-station.

     þ  In GENT SINT-PIETERS you can take a taxi or the public transport to drive to the  hotel or to the BOURGOYEN-venue directly.

     þ  If you have booked a coach, we will be at the airport and we will drive you to the hotel / Bourgoyen directly.

     þ  On Friday 22nd, starting from 17h00, you can call the direct number + 32 ............................... of Mr. ...................................., who is the responsable for the shuttle-services during the tournament to pick you up at the train-station.

By train

þ    If you will be travelling by train : Please take the train to GENT SINT-PIETERS, which is the main train-station in Ghent.

     þ  In GENT SINT-PIETERS you can easily take a taxi or the public transport to drive to the  hotel or to the BOURGOYEN-venue directly.

     þ  On Friday 22nd, starting from 17h00, you can call the direct number + 32 .............................. of Mr. ................................., who is the responsable for the shuttle-services during the tournament to pick you up at the train-station.

Please find hereby the basic program for the tournament.

* Arrival of the teams in the afternoon / evening at BOURGOYEN, Mariakerke

* 17h30 – 23h00             Restaurant (warm meal for all delegations and referees)

* 18h30 – 20h15              Opening-game boys U16 : Black Bears Gent – APC South West England

* 20h45 – 22h30            Official “Team Presentation”

* ............................             Return to the hotel

* 07h30                         Breakfast in the hotel

* 08h30                         Departure to the sportshalls

* 10h00 – 18h30              1^st day of the tournament

* 17h30 – 19h00              Return to BOURGOYEN, Mariakerke : restaurant warm meal

* 20h00                         Start of the F.B.T. PARTY at BOURGOYEN

* 20h30                         TOP GAME : Dexia Mons Hainaut (B) - Columbia University (USA)

* 22h00                         CRAZY DUNKERS from France

* 24h00                         End of the F.B.T. Party / return to the hotels

* 07h30                         Breakfast in the hotel

* 08h30                         Departure to the sportshalls

* 10h00 – 16h00              2^nd day of the tournament

* 16h00 – 17h00              Return of all teams to BOURGOYEN

* 17h00                          Reward of the trophies

* 16h00 – 20h00              Restaurant

* ...............................            End of the tournament

The complete time-schedule of all games during the tournament, will be communicated later. The time-schedule on Sunday August 24^th, will be completed on Saturday evening, depending on the results of each team, and will be communicated on Saturday evening to the coaches and referees.

     þ    All teams are requested to come to the BOURGOYEN-venue on Friday afternoon from 17h00 to 23h00. Please go the GENERAL SECRETARY to confirm your presence.

þ       At the General Secretary, you will receive an enveloppe with the program and your tickets for the warm meals on Friday evening, Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon / evening.

                 The restaurant will be open on ..

                 * Friday 22nd from 17h30 until 23h00

                 * Saturday 23rd from 17h30 until 22h00

                 * Sunday 24th from 16h00 until 20h00

þ       The restaurant is at a local school at about 6 km from the Bourgoyen-venue. It is called :

    HOGESCHOOL GENT, Sint-Denijslaan in Ghent

Entrance via ROOSAKKER (small street on the left hand side of the Sint-Denijslaan)

Teams that have booked the shuttle-service will be driven to the restaurant and brought back to the central venue Bourgoyen. Teams who don't have booked the shuttle-service, must drive by their own cars, minibusses or coach. There is a large parking at the school.

     þ    At 18h45 we have the "Opening-game" of the tournament between the boys U16-teams of Black Bears Gent and APC South West England.

     þ    After the "Opening-game", we will have the official "Team-Presentation" at about 20h45 which will take 1h30.

     þ    After the "Team-Presentation", you can return to the hotels. Teams who will be using our shuttle-services will receive a time-schedule for the cars, minibusses, busses in order to bring you to the hotels in the shortest time.

     þ     According to your program, you are supposed to drive to the sportscentres on your own. Delegations who have ordered a shuttle-service will be picked up at the hotel. You will receive this time-schedule at your arrival on Friday-evening. Please respect the time-table that we will propose.

     þ     On Saturday you will be staying in the same venue for the whole day.

     þ     Between 11h00 and 13h00 our organization will deliver the lunch-packages in the venue. You can ask for a lunchpackage at the local secretary in every sportscentre.

     þ    At the end of the games you are supposed to come back to the BOURGOYEN-venue directly. If you want, you can go to the restaurant directly also (don't forget your tickets).

     þ    As soon as we have all the results of the games on Saturday, our general secretary will start preparing the planning of the games on Sunday. Some groups will be playing in the same venue on both days. As for all other groups, the venue can change on Sunday.

þ       TAKE CARE : don’t leave the central venue before checking the OFFICIAL program on Sundays. Please check the hours of transport from the hotel to the venue as well if you will be using our shuttle-services.

þ       TIME-TABLE of the games in each group

·          10h00 1^st game A - B

·          11h30 2^nd game C – D

·          13h00 3^rd game A – C

·          14h30 4^th game B – D

·          16h00 5^th game A – D

·          17h30 6^th game B - C

     þ     According to your program, you are supposed to drive to the sportscentres by your own. Probably you will be playing in another venue on Sunday (check the program on Saturday evening at the General secretary in Bourgoyen). Delegations who have ordered a shuttle-service will be picked up at the hotel. You will receive this time-schedule on Saturday-evening. Please respect the time-table that we will propose.

     þ     On Sunday you will be staying in the same venue for the whole day.

     þ     Between 11h00 and 13h00 our organization will deliver the lunch-packages in the venue. You can ask for a lunchpackage at the local secretary.

     þ    At the end of the games you are supposed to come back to the BOURGOYEN-venue directly. If you want, you can go to the restaurant directly also (don't forget your tickets). The reward of the trophies will be scheduled at 17h30. The numbers 1, 2 and 3 will receive a trophy.

þ       TIME-TABLE of the games

·          10h00 1^st game

·          11h30 2^nd game

·          13h00 3^rd game

·          14h30 4^th game

The structure of the FLANDERS BASKETBALL TROPHY is a little bit complicated as there are ...

·         30 hotels and ...

·         20 sportscentres ...

Below you can find a list of the hotels and the sportscentres.

Teams who have ordered a shuttle-service

In a few days you will receive a time-table for the local transport between the hotels, sportscentres, restaurant and the general venue. Please make sure you’re ready at the indicated time-table.

Teams who have their own cars, minibusses or a coach

Please make sure that one or more people have a GPS-SYSTEM in their cars. All teams must drive by their own to the sportscentres, the restaurant etc.

Novotel Gent

Goudenleeuwplein 5, 9000 Gent
( 0032 9 224 22 30 -  6 0032 9 224 32 95

Teams :                   Tysvaer Magic Basketball Club (Norway)           Clark Eriksson Fury (Scotland)

Holiday Inn UZ Gent

Akkerhage 2, 9000   Gent

( 0032 9 222 58 85 - 6 0032 9 220 12 22

Teams :              Club Basket Cabrera (Spain)                      South Windsor Warriors Ontario (Canada)                         Legamo AD Legames (Spain)              Severn Sharks Cheltenham (England)

                        Patvanka Kaunas (Lithuania)                      International referees

Ibis Opera Gent

Nederkouter 24, 9000 Gent

( 0032 9 225 07 07 - 6 0032 9 223 59 07

Teams :              BK DE Drapa Prosek (Czech Republic)         Hessen Basketball (Germany)

                        Crystal Palace London (England)                 Solent Kestrels Southampton (England)

                        Sligo Wanderes Basketball (Ireland)

Ibis Kathedraal Gent

Limburgstraat 2, 9000 Gent

( 0032 9 233 00 00 - 6 0032 9 233 10 00

Teams :              Crystal Palace London (England)                 BV Enkhuizen (Holland)

                        Torpedo BBC (Ireland)                             KUBS Basketball Dublin (Ireland)

                        Schalke04 Gladbeck (Germany)

Europahotel Gent

Gordunakaai 59, 9000 Gent

( 0032 9 222 60 71 - 6 0032 9 220 06 09

Teams :              Stockport Basketball Club (England)

Ascona Gent

Voskenslaan 105, 9000 Gent

( 0032 9 221 27 56 - 6 0032 9 221 47 01

Teams :              Haaglanden Royals (Holland)

Best Western Chamade Hotel Gent

Koningin Elisabethlaan 3, 9000 Gent

( 0032 9 220 15 15 - 6 0032