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               EVENT INFORMATION

Key Partners

 

 

This year’s Mens European Champion and the EBSA International Open Champion will each receive a place on the 2007/2008 main professional Tour.

 

Entry Fee

 

Please note an entry fee of € 50-, (fifty euros) per player will be payable to RIBSA before the start of the Championships and no player will be allowed to take part if payment is not made.

 

VENUE

 

Ivy Snooker Rooms                               Talbot Hotel, Carlow

Hanover                                          Portlaoise Road

Carlow                                            Carlow

County Carlow                                 County Carlow

Republic of Ireland                            Republic of Ireland

 

Tel: +353 5991 32387

Fax:+353 5991 32569

 

There will be 12 match tables at the Ivy Snooker Rooms and 4 match tables at the Talbot Hotel, Carlow for the 2007 European Championships.

 

ACCOMMODATION

 

All players, referees and officials will be accommodated in the:

 

Talbot Hotel, Carlow    

Portlaoise Road

Co Carlow.

www.talbothotelcarlow.ie

 

This is a brand new Hotel, with full leisure centre facilities.  There are 84 rooms available for the tournament.  Each room has a double bed and a single bed so they can be used as either a twin or double or a triple if two people share a double bed, i.e. a family.

 

There are 10 rooms which can accommodate an extra single bed and can therefore be a proper triple room for three players or four in the case of a family.

 

ROOM RATES

 

twin room €50 per person  

triple room          €40 per person  

single room         €80 per person

 

All above rates include full Irish breakfast.

 

All hotel bookings must be made direct through RIBSA

 

TRANSPORT

 

Carlow is approximately 2 hours drive from Dublin Airport.  There is a regular bus service from the airport to Carlow almost every hour (www.jjkavanagh.ie).  A return ticket costs €20.  RIBSA will provide a coach service at approximately 2pm-3pm on the Sunday afternoon from the airport to the hotel.  The return ticket costs €20.  This service can accommodate up to 40 people, on a first come first served basis.

 

The snooker club is approximately 20 minutes walk from the hotel but the RIBSA will operate a coach from the hotel to the club every two hours.

 

VISAS

Visas are not required by most European countries but please check.

 

FOOD

 

The snooker club has a full restaurant and a meal can be had for €5-€8.

 

CURRENCY

 

All major credit cards are accepted in the hotel, restaurants and shops.

 

WEATHER

 

Weather can be changeable, please check with your TV weather programme.

 

 

Prize Money - Total 10.400.00 €

 

Men

 

Total Prize Money: €5.200.00 made up as follows:

 

Winner                                        €2000.00     plus trophy

Runner-up                                   €1000.00     plus trophy

Semi-Finalists (each)                      €500.00     plus trophy

Quarter-Finalists (each)                  €250.00     

High Break                                    €200.00      plus trophy

 

 

Masters

 

Total Prize Money: €2.600.00 as follows:

 

Winner                                        €1000.00      plus trophy

Runner-up                                     €500.00      plus trophy

Semi-Finalists (each)                      €250.00      plus trophy

Quarter-Finalists (each)                  €125.00

High Break                                    €100.00      plus trophy

 

 

Masters

 

Total Prize Money: €2.600.00 as follows:

 

Winner                                        €1000.00      plus trophy

Runner-up                                     €500.00      plus trophy

Semi-Finalists (each)                      €250.00      plus trophy

Quarter-Finalists (each)                  €125.00

High Break                                    €100.00      plus trophy

 

 

 

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