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Berlin OPEN 2011
Berlin (GER) – 8 December 2011
From 16-18 December 2011, the BB-Berlin e.V. archery club will be hosting its second annual "Berlin OPEN", an international archery tournament awarding both valuable prizes. This event is made possible through a successful partnership with the event's main sponsor, WIN&WIN (Korea), and numerous other supporters and sponsors.
Last year, 300 athletes from 21 different nations kicked off the event. Apparently the Berlin OPEN has quickly made a name for itself—and not just nationally, but also internationally. The organisers currently have registrations from 430 athletes from 24 nations and four continents. Based on the number of entries, the basic underlying principle behind this competition—recreational sport meets high-performance sport—is taking off. Amateurs and newcomers will be competing alongside national and international marksmen on the start line to compete for valuable prizes.
There are already some world-class names on the Berlin Open starting list. In addition to German archers Sebastian ROHRBERG (world champion and European champion title holder), Elena RICHTER (European silver medallist), Karina WINTER (world champion), Kristina BERGER (world record holder), Paul TITSCHER (World Cup finalist 2011 and European record holder), Max KUPFER (2010 winner) and Andrea WEIHE, international top shooters like LEE Chang-Hwan (KOR/2009 world champion), Natalia VALEEVA and PIA Carmen LIONETTI (ITA), Dave COUSINS (USA), Peter ELZINGA (NED/world record holder), Martin DAMSBO (DEN), Sergio PAGNI, Morgan LUNDIN (SWE), Ivana BUDEN (CRO) and Patrizio HOFER (SUI) will also be in attendance.
The archers will be competing against one another in one of four competition classes (recurve men and women, compound men and women). They will be ranked during the qualification round on 16-17 December, which will consist of 2 x 30 arrows at a distance of 18 metres. The best 32 archers in each class will qualify for the final and the chance to win prize money. All the other archers will be entered in a secondary "Second Chance" tournament, along with the amateurs and newcomers, for the chance to win valuable prizes. In 2010 some of the newcomers gave seasoned archers a run for their money.
The organisers look forward to an exciting, top-class tournament. They hope the archers hit the gold and that this tournament helps establish a permanent event, not only to get the word out about archery but also for Berlin as a sporting city.
For more information about the competition, please visit the Berlin OPEN homepage: www.berlin-archery.de or www.bb-bogenschiessen.de.
Organising Committee Berlin OPEN
Edited by World Archery Communication
From 16-18 December 2011, the BB-Berlin e.V. archery club will be hosting its second annual "Berlin OPEN", an international archery tournament awarding both valuable prizes. This event is made possible through a successful partnership with the event's main sponsor, WIN&WIN (Korea), and numerous other supporters and sponsors.
Last year, 300 athletes from 21 different nations kicked off the event. Apparently the Berlin OPEN has quickly made a name for itself—and not just nationally, but also internationally. The organisers currently have registrations from 430 athletes from 24 nations and four continents. Based on the number of entries, the basic underlying principle behind this competition—recreational sport meets high-performance sport—is taking off. Amateurs and newcomers will be competing alongside national and international marksmen on the start line to compete for valuable prizes.
There are already some world-class names on the Berlin Open starting list. In addition to German archers Sebastian ROHRBERG (world champion and European champion title holder), Elena RICHTER (European silver medallist), Karina WINTER (world champion), Kristina BERGER (world record holder), Paul TITSCHER (World Cup finalist 2011 and European record holder), Max KUPFER (2010 winner) and Andrea WEIHE, international top shooters like LEE Chang-Hwan (KOR/2009 world champion), Natalia VALEEVA and PIA Carmen LIONETTI (ITA), Dave COUSINS (USA), Peter ELZINGA (NED/world record holder), Martin DAMSBO (DEN), Sergio PAGNI, Morgan LUNDIN (SWE), Ivana BUDEN (CRO) and Patrizio HOFER (SUI) will also be in attendance.
The archers will be competing against one another in one of four competition classes (recurve men and women, compound men and women). They will be ranked during the qualification round on 16-17 December, which will consist of 2 x 30 arrows at a distance of 18 metres. The best 32 archers in each class will qualify for the final and the chance to win prize money. All the other archers will be entered in a secondary "Second Chance" tournament, along with the amateurs and newcomers, for the chance to win valuable prizes. In 2010 some of the newcomers gave seasoned archers a run for their money.
The organisers look forward to an exciting, top-class tournament. They hope the archers hit the gold and that this tournament helps establish a permanent event, not only to get the word out about archery but also for Berlin as a sporting city.
For more information about the competition, please visit the Berlin OPEN homepage: www.berlin-archery.de or www.bb-bogenschiessen.de.
Organising Committee Berlin OPEN
Edited by World Archery Communication
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