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What?
An International Freestyle Slalom competition. This competition will be part of the World Slalom Series 2009.
Disciplines: Freestyle Slalom, SpeedSlalom, FreeJump.
Visitors get in for FREE to watch the show!

When?
July 17, 18 and 19, 2009.

Where?
The Grenslandhallen (indoors) in Hasselt.

Travelling there
By Plane:
There are multiple airports in the vicinity (all +- 1 hour drive from the venue, and easily accessible train-connections):

• Brussels Airport (BRU) (location)
• Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) (location)
• Köln Bonn Airport (CGN) (location)
• Maastricht (MST) (location)

If you are arriving in Zaventem, you can buy a trainticket for 9 euro's to Hasselt.

To get to the trainstation at the airport, after arrival:

After you exit the customs area, go to the far right corner, and to level -2 (there should be signs depicting the trainstation). Buy a ticket to "Hasselt" at the desk (costs about 9 euros), and ask which track you should go to, because the monitors aren't very clear about this. Important note: You should switch to another train when you arrive by train in Leuven/Louvain. You'll need the one with destination "Genk" or "Tongeren". The one to Genk will pass trainstations "Tienen", "Sint-truiden" and "Alken". I'm not sure which trainstations the one to "Tongeren" passes. And ofcourse don't forget to get off in Hasselt.

By Train:
Should you go by train, then the trainstation of Hasselt should be your destination.
Our national train company

By Car:
GoogleMaps... :)

Contact
You can contact Tim (Sch3lp) by mail on this email address right here, or by phone on +32 479 765 310.

Accommodation (Hotels/Hostels)

• Hotel Century & Hassotel 2 person room from €80. Or appartment 1-2 people: €100 ; 3 people: €120 ; 4 people: €140
• Ibis Hotel - 2 person room from €69. Breakfast: €12 pp.
• Holiday Inn
• Radisson
• Hotel Pax - 2 person room from €62 ; 3 person room from €87.5 - For reservation use: tel +32 11 223875 fax +32 11 242137 e-mail: stas.stefanie@belgacom.net
• Hotel Portmans - 2 person room from €75
• Guesthouse 'Dusart' - 2-4 person room from €69; "budget-room" (max. 8 ppl) from €25 pp.
• 't Hemelhuys - 2 person froom from €85 til €95; Family room (max. 4 ppl) from €115 til €130.
• Youth Hostel Bokrijk - situated at 15-20 min.'s drive from the venue

Schedule
Friday
There will be no competitions on friday, all skaters arrive and we'll all together go out and eat in a nice restaurant.

Saturday
9h-10h30 : Inscriptions for the competitions
9h-11h : Workshops / Free skating
11h-14h : Speed slalom (qualifications AND finals)
14h-19h: Freestyle Slalom qualifications
20h : Food !! (5th Avenue or Quick (this is belgian/french fastfood), this is mostly freestyle decision-making)
22h: We go out in Hasselt! Woohoo!

Sunday
10h-16h: Freestyle Slalom finals
16h-17h : Freejump / Slides
18h : Ceremony
18h30 : Battle Belgium will be over, but will hopefully linger in your memories for a while

Notes
Drinks and food are available throughout the weekend.
Toilets will be open the entire time.
It's possible to take a shower between 16 and 19:30.

Where to register for the competitions?
Just send an email to BattleBelgium at gmail dot com (with "Enlist" in the subject).
Make sure to include your first and last name, gender, team(s)/sponsor(s) you skate for, which country you're from and the discipline(s) you'd like to compete in.

Competitors List

Watch this site and the forum for further updates, and in the mean time: tell all your friends and keep 17-18-19/07/2009 open in your agendas.