helene_t Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 My IRL pd Fred Kreek and I would like to go to the festival in Pula. We cannot find any info about it (other than the 2006 event). Anyone who can help? Also, in case someone else wants to go, we'd be interested in forming a team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted May 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 Just received this: Sat, Sept 8th open pairs IMP, 9 pm, single sessionSun, Sept 9th mixed teams, 3 pm 1st session, 9 pm 2nd sessionMon, Sept 10th mini teams board a match, 3 pm 1st session, 9 pm 2nd sessionTue, Sept 11th mixed pairs, 8.30 pm single sessionWed, Sept 12th open teams, 3 pm 1st session, 9 pm 2nd sessionThu, Sept 13th open teams, 3 pm 3rd session, 9 pm 4th sessionFri, Sept 14th open pairs MP, 8.30 pm, sessions 1-3 (10 boards each)Sat, Sept 15th open pairs MP, 1 pm, sessions 4-6 (10 boards each)Sat - 9 pm prize giving ceremonySun - Wed - additional small tournaments in the evenings. We have over 100 teams in Open Team event, and close to 300 pairs at Open pairs.Players from over 35 countries visited our tournament last year. Entry fee is 15 euro/player/session per pair events, and 15 euro/player/2sessions for team events.Total fund of money prices is over 30.000 Euros. Accomodation is organized in one of 3 star hotels (all walking distance from the venue. Price is 32 euro/person/day, halfboard in double room, or the venue (hotel histria - one of most luxurious hotels in Croatia), price is 50 euro euro/person/day, halfboard in double room. Price per single room is about 20% higher. Enquiries/booking: Tihana Brkljacic, Tihana dot Brkljacic at pilar dot hr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted May 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 Update:We're going for the whole week so a mixed pair as teammates would be ideal so that we can also play the mixed teams together. Clarification: the open pairs counts as two sessions (total 30 Euro per player), not as 6 sessions as one might fear! Apartments are available for as little as 15 Euro per person per night if you can stuff 3 or more people into an apartment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted June 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Update: appartments from EUR 9 per person per night (turns out that the host organization negotiated some discounts). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahh Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 I played at Pula last year for the first time . It was a great event . I am sorry I cant go this year but will be back. I am sure you will enjoy it Jim Hay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted June 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 hi Jim, welcome to the forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted August 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 Still no forum readers who plan to go? We will be flying out of Pula tuesday the 18th so there is time for sightseeing after the festival. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skorchev Posted September 2, 2007 Report Share Posted September 2, 2007 The official web-site: Pula 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted September 2, 2007 Report Share Posted September 2, 2007 Krk island is beautiful and so is Zagreb. These are the only 3 places I've seen in Croatia (Pula and these 2) so I can't give u more advice:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted September 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 The official part of the thing will end tomorrow. So far the pluses and the minuses are: Pluses:- Generally well organized with good cadies, good IT and good TDs.- Friendly staff- Reasonably strong field (i.e. we get completely squatted and cannot blame all of it on sickness, teammates and bad luck), probably attracted by the prices. Since the price pool is about 1/3 of the fees, it would be cheaper but not that much cheaper for those of us who have no chance of ending in the money, if the fees were lower. Besides, there is a little to win in the lower flights as well, and Swiss movements assures opponents at adequate level for everyone most of the time.- Good weather- Good and affordable food and accommodation Minuses:- No social program- No online pre-event partnership/teammate desk, i.e. teams have to be formed on site - The Swiss teams movements require a lot of time (appr 20 minutes per 8 boards) for re-aligning. In combination with the delayed starts (usually 22h opposed to the scheduled 21h), it means that we end the evenings past 1 am or more than one hour later than scheduled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmunte1 Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 I've played the Swiss teams in Pula, finished 10th, being in the ending. My general impressions were: - The accommodation was good and very affordable;- The food wasn't so great, definitely our croatians guests should work on that;- The sea and weather were great;- The field was pretty strong;- The prizes were small compared with the fees;- The open pairs tournament, were i kibbitzed, was badly organised, the tables were too close, there were too many empty seats, the movement was permanently delayed;- The was a general impression of crowdedness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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