ABOUT OUR NEWSLETTERS
Prior to the Face 2 Face Archery Tournament we will publish a newsletter every 4 to 6 weeks to keep you up to date. These newsletters will be sent to everyone registered for the tournament or the open selection rounds and to those who registered to receive our newsletters.
Please forward this newsletter to anyone you think might be interested in the F2F Archery Tournament. This might be an elite archer, archers, archery shops, manufactures, your national association or just your friends.

ABOUT THE FACE 2 FACE TOURNAMENTS
After a successful series of Face to Face tournaments in the city of Eindhoven, The Netherlands in the late 90-ies, it was decided that the Face 2 Face formula is still highly appreciated and that this tournament with some slight modifications deserved a new start.

In December 2004, in a new venue in the city of Amsterdam, we proved that we made the right decision. At the end of November 2005, for the first time with modern webcast life registration, we organized the second edition of our tournament. We enjoyed the success of the 2004 and 2005 Face 2 Face tournaments and we are proud to announce the 2006 edition. In December 2006 we welcome for the third time the world’s best archers in Amsterdam, the Capital of Sports, for a unique archery event of the highest level.

LOOKING BACK AT THE FACE 2 FACE TOURNAMENT 2005
Looking back at the F2F 2005 we can conclude that the Tournament has rebuilt its fame. It is one of most prestigious Archery Tournaments worldwide. In just two year the tournament based on its round robin format took the world. The Face 2 Face 2005 has been on many archery magazine covers worldwide, articles are published on almost all major magazines. The name of the Face 2 Face is used in same sentences as other great tournament as “Las Vegas” and “Nimes” both relying on many more years of experience. Still with the support of the Dutch Archery Federation the F2F was the first to cover a tournament live on the internet. Six cameras brought the archery tournament straight to the houses of people watching online. Until now this has not been performed by any other tournament. We hope that showing the possibilities on this front will move archery forward. F2F will. Having 600 streams in 2005 many more will be present in 2006. But will it be enough for the thousands willing to follow the small and fast matches on which the round robin format of the F2F is based…

The organisation is also very proud on the small army of 120 volunteers that have run the tournament as smooth as possible. Many compliments of world’s best archer and coaches have reached us.

A small fallback was the weather, due to massive snow storms during the F2F weekend 75% of the Netherlands was unable to travel. Whole of Holland was one big traffic jam. This resulted in lower visitor numbers then expected. For 2006 more efforts will be put in getting more visitors to the F2F tournament. Several side tournaments, radio advertisements, the archer trade show and seminars must help getting the visitors numbers up to 1000.

The level of participants was again high archers form 19 different countries joined the tournament. In the Men Compound division a level to be found at world championships was present. We expect more and more national countries will be participating in the tournament were one must have been.

LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FACE 2 FACE TOURNAMENT 2006
The organisation is very happy to see a growth in support from many major archery clubs in the Netherlands, as well as individuals on personal base. The F2F support has further great support from the National Archery Association and regional associations. This shows that the Netherlands has a good support for major tournaments. Seeing the high performance of so many of world’s best athletes will have a positive influence on the competitive archers in the Netherlands.

The organisation of the F2F2006 forecasts more archers from more national teams and pro-teams joining the F2F. The F2F might even reach its maximum in each category (RM 48, RW 48, CM 96, CW 48). The OSR pre-tournaments for winning wildcards will be hosting also more archers then previous years. During the F2F2006 more parallel tournaments will be organised (MINI F2F and other tournament). Goal is to attract as many as possible archers and visitors to the Sporthallen Zuid. F2F2006 will again host the International Archery Trade show. Being the first major tournament in Europe after the product launches, many new products will be seen for real in Amsterdam. Possibilities of (free) seminars by major names in archery and/or manufactures are being worked out.

The internet will become more and more important. Even more efforts will be put into the F2F website and into the LIVE webcasts during the tournament.

We are looking forward to the following dates….

DATE AND PLACE OF THE AMSTERDAM FACE 2 FACE TOURNAMENT 2006
The third edition of the Amsterdam Face 2 Face Archery tournament will be held from 8 to 10 December 2006 at the venue of the 2004 and 2005 edition of the tournament: Sporthallen Zuid in Amsterdam.

AMSTERDAM - INSPIRATIONAL AND DIVERSE
Amsterdam is well known as one of the most inspiring international cities in the world, a richly historical place uniquely combining the grandeur of a metropolis while maintaining the charm of a small town. With its rich history, wealth of cultural sights, cosmopolitan atmosphere, remarkable diversity of inhabitants (150 different nationalities), and high degree of tolerance, Amsterdam is truly an international centre of creativity and innovation. Amsterdam is our Capital of Sports; it is as well a Capital of Inspiration.

People from all over the world come to Amsterdam and fall in love with the intricate canals lined with impressive merchant houses from the 17th century (‘Golden Age’), beautifully lit canal bridges, unique ‘brown cafes’, lively terrace cafes, fantastic restaurants, fresh herring carts and the numerous modern and antique shopping streets. Cultural favourites of visitors are Amsterdam's Rijks Museum with Rembrandt's ‘Night watch’, the Van Gogh Museum with its outstanding collection of paintings by Vincent van Gogh and the science and technology museum NEMO.

For more information about Amsterdam, visit: www.visitamsterdam.nl

F2F SHOP
The F2F organisation reserved F2F2005 shirts and caps for sale through the internet. Even archer not present in Amsterdam can still wear a shirt or great F2F cap during their training or even tournaments. The website of the F2F has a direct link to the F2F Alternative web shop which is completely run by the great service of Alternative Sporting services. All products and prices are including F2F sticker, F2F A3 poster and free world wide shipment.
- Cap:      17.63 euro
- Polo shirt:    23.50 euro
- Special (Cap & Shirt & Lane yard): 35.25 euro

Action: new CREW shirts for sale.

RENEWED F2F WEBSITE
To keep the archery community in the world informed on F2F tournament we put lots of efforts in our website. The 2006 F2F archery website contains the latest news, including the newsletters all pictures and movies (finals CM and CW are online). Recently we renewed our website and you can find now more pictures, all newsletters and subscription possibilities for your friends. Also a many world wide entries in the F2F Guest book showing the appreciation of the special concept, the organisation and it’s volunteers and the great responses of many archers to the world first live archery tournament webcast. Each archer participating in the Open Selection Round (pre-tournament for winning Wildcards), Face 2 Face and even the MINI F2F will receive an own personalized page, with picture and other details. Same applies for each national team and pro-team.

The website is update on a regular base. Content that wasn't there yesterday will be online today. Things you are missing today might be online tomorrow. So please keep visiting the F2F2006 website on a regular base. Registration forms are all published and operational. We await your entries for the tournament. The Personal pages of the registered participants of the OSR & F2F will be update on a regular base. The website is for some parts under construction.

Please visit http://www.face2face-archery.org.

OPEN SELECTION ROUNDS
The F2F maintains a high standard for participation. The Open Selection Rounds that are organized prior to the tournament, at the venue of the Royal Concordia Archery Club in Amsterdam, offer the possibility for archers to win a free wildcard for the F2F tournament. In each category (recurve/compound, men/women) four wildcards are available. The fee for the open selection rounds is 25.00 euro (Including 2 drinks and 1 sandwich).

PARTICIPANTS FEE
The participant’s fee for the Face 2 Face Archery tournament 2006 is 65.00 euro. This includes free transport between Hotel (Novotel) and Archery Venue from Thursday till Sunday and during the whole tournament free training facilities for all archers even the ones that are eliminated during the tournament. Winners of an OSR wildcard do not pay the F2F participants fee.

HOTEL ACCOMMODATION
The four star Novotel of the Accor group in Amsterdam will be the F2F hotel during the tournament. Novotel has a good reputation in lodging large groups of sportsmen. Novotel offers the Concordia Archery Tournaments foundation for the participants of the Face 2 Face Archery tournament 2006 the following reduced prices.

During the F2F2006 Accor’s Novotel offers the following prices for the accredited participants.

Normal Rate F2F Price
Standard single room € 199.00 per room € 91.00 per room
Standard double room € 219.00 per room € 99.00 per room
Triple room € 239.00 per room € 128.00 per room
Breakfast buffet € 18.50 per person Included
City tax 5% per room per night Included

A diner buffet is offered for the special price of € 18.00 per person if ordered in advance. If you did not order the diner buffet in advance, you pay € 23.00 per person. The price for a parking place at the hotel is normally € 15.00 per 24 hour per car. During your stay for F2F you have to pay € 9.50 per 24 hour per car. The hotel is close to the tournament facility and very well reachable by car, from Schiphol Airport and from Amsterdam Central Station.

For booking please see: www.face2face-archery.org. More information about the Novotel can be found at: http://www.novotel.nl/eng/n/. The Face 2 Face Tournament organises free transport for participants only between the Novotel and the archery venue.

Novotel Amsterdam, Tel. +31 (0)20 – 541 11 23
Fax +31 (0)20 – 646 28 23
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FINALISTS OF THE 2005 EDITION OF THE FACE 2 FACE TOURNAMENT

Recurve Men:
1: Wietse van Alten  (NED)  €500 by F2F, $3000 by Hoyt, Carbon stabilization set by BM Archery, SOCX Arrow  wraps
2: Sebastian Rohrberg  (GER)  Carbon stabilization set by BM Archery, SOCX Arrow wraps
3: Jocelyn De Grandis  (FRA) $750 by Hoyt, Carbon stabilization set by BM Archery, SOCX Arrow wraps
4: Keith Hanlon  (IRE)

Recurve Women:
1: Femke Boonen (NED) €500 by F2F, $1500 by Hoyt, Carbon stabilization set by BM Archery, SOCX Arrow     wraps
2: Christina Schäfer  (GER) $750 by Hoyt, Carbon stabilization set by BM Archery, SOCX Arrow wraps
3: Anja Hitzler   (GER) Carbon stabilization set by BM Archery, SOCX Arrow wraps
4: Elena Richter  (GER) 

Compound Men:
1: Reo Wilde   (USA) €500 by F2F, $4000 by Hoyt, SOCX Arrow wraps
2: Dejan Sitar   (SLO) $2000 by Mathews, SOCX Arrow wraps
3: Morgan Lundin  (SWE) $1000 by Mathews, SOCX Arrow wraps
4: Jari Haavisto  (FIN) 

Compound Women:
1: Jamie van Natta  (USA) €500 by F2F, $3000 by Hoyt, SOCX Arrow wraps
2: Gladys Willems  (BEL) $1000 by Hoyt, SOCX Arrow wraps
3: Francoise Volle  (FRA) $500 by Hoyt, SOCX Arrow wraps
4: Silke Hoettecke  (GER) 

VOLUNTEERS
The F2F organisation strongly relies on the cooperation of volunteers. The organization encourages members of the Dutch archery community to subscribe as a volunteer using the website of F2F. Email to \n This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it for questions and registration. All volunteers receive free tournament clothing (shirt and cap).

ARCHERY ACTIVITIES DURING THE FACE 2 FACE ARCHERY TOURNAMENT
During the F2F a lot of archery activities will take place in the venue. One separate sport arena in the Sporthallen Zuid venue will be the place where visitors get the opportunity to have a come-and-try. During the tournament many sessions in archery lessons will be given to disabled persons and children. Archery is the sport for them to discover. The must know how good our sport is for them as it helps them in many ways. Saturday 9 December the Mini F2F will be held for the archery youth form The Netherlands and maybe even abroad. Sunday might be used for regional championships.

In the lounges of the venue other promotional and entertaining activities like seminars will be organized. In our next newsletters we keep you informed.

ARCHERY TRADE SHOW
During the tournament the International Archery Trade Show 2006 will be held. Here you can expect many European product launches as well as many shops with great discounts. In the following newsletters we will keep you updated as well as by using the website.

SPONSORS AND PARTNERS
The organization of the 2006 F2F archery tournament is supported by the following sponsors and partners.

SPONSORS
- Accor Hotel (Hotel)      http://www.accor.com
- Alternative Sporting Services (online archery shop)  http://www.altservices.co.uk
- 3D Archery Atelier (Archery shop NL)    http://www.3daa.nl
- Danage of Scandinavia (Domino Targets,  Electronics & Archery shop DK)      http://www.domino-target.com
- Expotech (sound and vision)     http://www.expotech.nl
- Faber Pro-Motion b.v. (flags and banners)   http://www.faberpro-motion.nl
- Happy Radio (Radio station)      http://www.happyradio.nl

PARTNERS
- Amsterdam Capital of Sports (Amsterdam topsport foundation) http://www.topsportamsterdam.nl
- K.N.H.S. Concordia (Archery club Amsterdam)   http://www.knhs-concordia.org
- Nederlandse Handboog Bond (national archery association) http://www.handboogsport.nl
- Sporthallen Zuid (sporting venue)    http://www.dab.amsterdam.nl/sporthallenzuid
- STA Events (Stewards and Security)     http://www.sta-events.nl

Please visit the websites of these fine sponsors and partners of the F2F Archery Tournament 2006.

The organization of the F2F tournament has still great interest / needs in co-operation with new (financial) sponsors. Especially Archery vendors with pro-teams are invited to consider this possibility. For details about sponsoring the F2F archery tournament please contact us.

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SECRETARY F2F TOURNAMENT
Concordia Archery Tournaments foundation
Stadionweg 312-2
Amsterdam    1076 PK
The Netherlands

telephone: +31 (0) 20 47 13 116
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