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SPORTANZO PREPARATIONS CAMPS FOR SPORTS TEAMS SPORTANZO ŠPORT IN MARKETING, d.o.o
Anže Blažič Matej Avanzo Walter Jeklin CEO Partner Sports director, adviser, partner
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Anže Blažič is a former sports journalist, a public relations Matej Avanzo is a former senior basketball national team di- Walter Jeklin is a former Slovenian basketball national team manager at the Basketball Federation of Slovenia and commu- rector with the Basketball Federation of Slovenia, one of the player, sports director of Slovenia and Poland’s senior men’s nications director of the Men’s European basketball Champion- main organisers of the men’ s European Basketball Champion- national team and president of Polonia 2011 Basket Ball Club, ship U20 2012 and EuroBasket 2013. ship U20 2007 and 2012 and EuroBasket 2013 and a director of currently working as the director of Zielona Gora Basket Ball Gorenje Velenje Handball Club, a council member of the Sports Club, the Polish champions playing in the elite ULEB Euroleage In his work so far, he has made an impression managing com- Foundation and the FIBA Europe Competition commission. in 2015/16. munications in sports and the development of social media, together with the organisation of high-quality events. With his Despite his youth, he has rich experience in marketing, com- With his prudence and caution, Walter brings stability and re- youthful madness he loves to organise ‘ad hoc’ actions and munications and organisation and is able to persuade people, sponsibility, and with his great experience in basketball as a seek creative solutions for ‘out-of-the-box’ communication. As even those who prefer everything to stay ‘the same as last year’ player and official, always comes up with good solutions. For a man of action, it is not difficult for him to work all night for to take new and innovative approaches. He is a man of words him, organising sports teams is a piece of cake, and they are clients and persuade them with ideas and reasoning at each and action, with a head for novelties and craziness and an or- still looking for the right word in the dictionaries – Slovenian step in planning a quality partnership. ganisational guru with a good sense of reliable decision mak- and Polish – for his great knowledge of sports. ing.
SPORTANZO, Sports & Marketing, Ltd. is a Slovenia-based company, offering preparation camps and tours with high quality accommodation and practice facilities in different cities throughout the country with all neccessary support and possible organisation of preparation games with good opoonents.
Our advantage is the experience and knowledge in organisation at the biggest level together with understanding the demands of the teams and sportsmen. We offer good conditions in a pleasant environment, surrounded with intact nature at very reasonable prices in a country with great geographical position in Europe, exceptional infrastructure and outstanding development potential for sports tourism.
ABOUT COMPANY SPORTANZO - 2 SLOVENIA
Slovenia is a small country with 2 million inhabitants, bordering Austria, Croatia, Hungary and Italy, a home to sincere, hospitable people of great diligence and an exceptional number of top athletes, sports clubs and great possibilities for their preparations.
Our country hosted numerous big international sports events as European waterpo- lo championship 2003, European handball championship 2004, European basket- ball championship 2013, 6 times world ski flying world championship, each year’s alpine skiing races for World Cup for Men (Kranjska Gora) and Women (Maribor), ski jumping competitions for World Cup in Planica and many others.
SLOVENIA SPORTANZO - 3 Area: 20.273 km2 Time zone: CET (UTC+1) Population: 2 milion Summer time: CEST (UTC+2) Currency: Euro Electricity plug: 230 V DISTANCE Capital: Ljubljana Police – 113 BETWEEN CITIES Member of: EU, NATO Ambulance – 112
KRANJSKA GRAZ AIRPORT ČATEŽ LJUBLJANA MARIBOR PODČETRTEK PORTOROŽ ROGAŠKA ZREČE GORA
ČATEŽ / 2 h 1 h 10 min 1 h 40 min 45 min 2 h 10 min 1 h 5 min 1 h 30 min
KRANJSKA 2 h / 1 h 5 min 2 h 15 min 2 h 25 min 2 h 5 min 2 h 20 min 2 h 5 min MARIBOR GORA
LJUBLJANA 1 h 10 min 1 h 10 min / 1 h 20 min 1 h 30 min 1 h 20 min 1 h 30 min 1 h 10 min ROGLA KRANJSKA GORA MARIBOR 1 h 40 min 2 h 15 min 1 h 20 min / 1 h 2 h 30 min 55 min 40 min ZREČE
PODČETRTEK 45 min 2 h 1 h 30 min 1 h / 2 h 40 min 25 min 50 min ROGAŠKA SLATINA PORTOROŽ 2 h 10 min 2 h 5 min 1 h 20 min 2 h 30 min 2 h 40 min / 2 h 35 min 2 h 15 min LJUBLJANA AIRPORT PODČETRTEK ROGAŠKA 1 h 5 min 2 h 20 min 1 h 30 min 55 min 25 min 2 h 35 min / 45 min LJUBLJANA SLATINA ZREČE 1 h 30 min 2 h 5 min 1 h 10 min 40 min 50 min 2 h 15 min 45 min / TERME ČATEŽ AIRPORTS ZAGREB AIRPORT LJUBLJANA 1 h 15 min 50 min 25 min 1 h 35 min 1 h 45 min 1 h 25 min 1 h 40 min 1 h 20 min
TRIESTE 2 h 10 min 1 h 40 min 1 h 20 min 2 h 30 min 2 h 40 min 55 min 2 h 35 min 2 h 15 min TRIESTE AIRPORT VENICE 3 h 10 min 2 h 25 min 2 h 20 min 3 h 30 min 3 h 45 min 2 h 3 h 35 min 2 h 55 min
PORTOROŽ ZAGREB 40 min 2 h 25 min 1 h 35 min 1 h 30 min 1 h 15 min 2 h 35 min 1 h 15 min 1 h 45 min
VENICE AIRPORT GRAZ 2 h 10 min 2 h 1 h 50 min 45 min 1 h 25 min 3 h 1 h 20 min 1 h
DISTANCE BETWEEN CITIES SPORTANZO - 4 Kranjska Gora is a cosmopolitain Alpine village and one of the best sports practice camps.
With natural environment at 800 meters of altitude it offers good climate over the whole year KRANJSKA GORA with traditional mountain homelines and athletic dynamism.
Hotels:
All hotels have confortably finished rooms offering a view of the mountains and the beautiful surroundings make it a perfect place especially for guests expecting the best comfort from their holidays.They all have a shower/WC, cable TV, phone, Wi-Fi, mini bar, safe and a teapot.
RAMADA HOTEL & RAMADA RESORT HOTEL KOMPAS SUITES KRANJSKA GORA KRANJSKA GORA
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Vitranc and Kranjska gora GYM
The Vitranc sports centre and Kranjska Gora gym are modern practice gyms with good location, only 100 to 300 meters away from all hotels.
They are home practice centre of many Slovenia National Teams each year and hosts dif- ferent important basketball, volleyball and handball clubs from all over Europe.
KRANJSKA GORA SPORTANZO - 5 The capital and the biggest city of Slovenia, situated at the middle of a trade route between the northern Adriatic Sea and the Danube has been the cultural, educational, economic, political, and administrative center of independent Slovenia since 1991. Its central geographic location, trans- LJUBLJANA port connections, concentration of industry, scientific and research institutions and cultural tradi- tion are contributing factors to its leading position.
Hotel Austria Trend
Austria Trend Hotel is offering air-conditioned, bright and one of the largest rooms in Ljubljana with free Wi-Fi and LCD screen TV sets.
From 2015 it also offers one of the best equipped gyms in Slovenia, open 24/7 and intend- ed especially for pro-athletes with global sports clinic and sports nutrition shop.
Ljubljana GYMS
In Ljubljana there is a big variety of gyms for practices and games just a couple of minutes from the hotel.
LJUBLJANA SPORTANZO - 6 Maribor is the second-largest city in Slovenia, known in sports especially because of football club Maribor and skying event Zlata lisica. It is pleasantly small with big diversity and quality offers and set in the wonderful natural surroundings of Pohorje on the one side and wine growing hills on the MARIBOR other, with the river Drava wending its way through it.
Hotel and sports center Dras
Located in a peaceful environment at the foothills of Pohorje.
The hotel owns fitness facilities and a big modern gym with two multi-purpose courts for soccer, basketball and volleyball which give teams great conditions.
Habakuk Hotels Arena Piramida
All hotels offer well-equipped and spacious rooms, welness centre and good gastrono- my for their guests with Hotel Habakuk including swimming pools also.
MARIBOR SPORTANZO -7 Podcetrtek is a town and a municipality in eastern Slovenia, one and a half hour drive from the capital Ljubljana with the population of 3.500 inhabitants, mostly directed to tourism with Terme Olimia as its most important economic activity. It is known as a peaceful place, appropriate for PODCETRTEK holidays and good sports preparations with a great number of leisure activities just few meters from the hotel complex.
Hotel Sotelia
The hotel offers luxurious and spacious rooms, free Wi-Fi connection, large and sophis- ticated culinarics choice, Slovene wine cellar, congress centre, well equipped gym, and Welness center Orhidelia
Podcetrtek GYM
The new and modern multi-purpose air-conditioned Podcetrtek gym was built in 2009 and can be used for handball, indoor football, basketball, volleyball, martial arts, sport climbing and fitness practice.
PODCETRTEK SPORTANZO - 8 Portoroz is a modern coastal city which has been a tourist destination from the 13th century, when it developed a niche as a health resort, and towards the end of the 19th century it became widely known for the healing properties of its mud and salt water baths. This reputation has persisted till PORTOROZ today, with the city currently home to six different wellness spas and resorts.
Hotel Slovenija
Hotel Slovenija is the newest luxurious five-star hotel in Portorož.
You can expect everything for an escape to the perfect balance, mind cultivation and relaxation.
Bonifika and OS Koper GYMS
As Portoroz does not have a high-quality gym, practices of many sports teams on the Slovene coast, including top national teams, have been done in 15 km distant gyms Bonifika or OS Koper, both well-equipped (practice or playing) venues of EuroBasket 2013.
PORTOROZ SPORTANZO - 9 Rogaska Slatina is a city and a municipality in eastern Slovenia, known for its curative mineral water, spa and crystal glass. The municipality has rich sport infrastructure for different sports ac- ROGASKA SLATINA tivities, good nature and a lot of possibilities for a good quiet preparation period.
Grand hotel Sava
Grand Hotel Sava is offering rooms with TV, wi-fi, balcony and gorgeous view of the magnificent park and calming forest landscape. Hotel owns a great welness centre and is known for outstandind cuisine with luxuries, but healthy ingenious, special designed for carefree gourmets.
Rogaska GYMS
Sport park Rogatec with the new gym built in 2009 is located 10 minutes from the hotel with bus and offers great service for best teams with big and small hall for different activities, air condition and showers. Teams can also use Rogaska Slatina gym an important home arena for the city’s basketball team, renovated for the last time in 2016.
PORTOROZ SPORTANZO - 10 Rogla is located on Pohorje hill at an altitude of 1.500 meters making it a natural-climatic resort and also recreation center with good sports facilities. It has been a famous sports destination for ROGLA many years which hosted many world’s best teams.
Sports hall Rogla
Spacious sports hall is part of the hotel complex and has also a well-equipped fitness center. Since its opening it has hosted many great teams from all over the world and good preparation games.
Hotel Planja
Hotel is an excellent choice for an active break, practice camp or relaxation.
Guests can avail of the self-service restaurant and á la carte menu at the Old Hut, where you will be pampered with its cuisine and selected wines by the fireplace.
ROGLA SPORTANZO -12 Terme Catez is a hotel & spa complex in south-east of Slovenia, close to the border of Croatia. TERME CATEZ It is synonymous with excellent tourism options and rich entertainment programmes.
Brezice GYM
Brezice gym is a newly built modern gym with great functionality. Since 2012 it has been a place for preparations of many Slovene and foreign club and national teams and has hosted several sports competitions.
Hotel Terme
The Hotel Terme is distanced from everyday bustle, located in a quieter part of the spa complex.
It is recommended to everyone who is looking for relaxation and excellent wellness range with available indoor and outdoor pools with thermal water.
TERME CATEZ SPORTANZO - 10 Zrece is a tourist centre with SPA resort Terme Zrece and skiing slopes Rogla that invite sports- men, hikers, skiers and cyclers from all over the world. It is surronded with mountains and lakes ZRECE and enormous possibilities for relaxation.
Zrece GYM
Zrece gym is only 500 meters away from the hotel complex and has been a preparation camp of different biggest european clubs.
Hotel Atrij superior
Hotel Atrij Superior is a part of Terme Zrece spa resort, offering swimming in an acrother- mal pools, baths, sauna village, fitness centre.
Spacious rooms of this superior hotel give all the guests a chance for a quality rest in a natural environment full of fresh air.
ZRECE SPORTANZO -11 TEAM ATTACHE
For the best organization possible Sportanzo provides a special atttache to be with the team at location of the preparation camp 24/7.
TEAM ATTACHE SPORTANZO - 13 ALEXEY SAVRASENKO, general manager, basketball club Lokomotiv Kuban: “On behalf of the Lokomotiv Kuban Professional Basketball Club I wish to express our sincerest grat- itude and warmest thanks for the magnificent organization of the preseason camp, organized for our team in Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia. We feel more then satisfied with the level of the services of Spor- tanzo, hotel accommodation and basketball and other sports facilities we used during our stay. Many thanks go our attache whose 24-hour care contributed into the team’s smooth preparation process. It wouldn’t be a big exaggeration to state that Lokomotiv Kuban basketball team experienced one of EXPERIENCES the best ever training camps as from the organizational point of view so as human attitude. We thank all of you one again and hope that the successful start of the preseason preparation will secure as a successful 2016/2017 basketball season! We do hope come back the next summer to share your hos- pitality again!”
FOTIOS KATSIKARIS, basketball coach: “I am very glade we chose to stay at Rogaška for our preparation camp. Everybody from organization was very professional and friendly, so we had everything we needed, and all our request were im- mediately resolved. The hotel is great, the food excellent and the service unbelievable. The gym has very good equipment, and in general this is a place where a team like ours can receive the high level of service we require.”
SAAR FRENKEL, handball coach, Maccabi Rishon Lezion: “I think we achieved all of our goal. We were making progress step by step throughout the camp and I am sure we are going back to Israel a really better team than the one which came to Slovenia. I am also sure that this year in EHF Cup we can have very good seasons. We came here with one injured player and had some bad luck also here with three more injured players. It was too much and also JIANJUN WANG, coach, men’s U17 national team of China: because of that we lost all of the 3 friendly games. But we decided to play against 3 good teams “In Kranjska Gora we played three games with the Slovenian team. There were good games, and we got because we wanted to play on high level. The training conditions in Kranjska Gora are really good. a lot of positive things out of them. We also completed quite a few successful trainings. The hotel and the Everything was just perfect. From great hotel, friendly staff, good food, sport hall, scenery to great gyms in Kranjska Gora are very good, so I can say that we were very satisfied with our training camp.” weather and friendly people. Maja (the girl that was with us throughout the whole training camp) pro- vided and took care of everything we asked for and I really can’t say any bad thing about anything. For me, this training camp was really successful.” JIANJUN WANG, coach, women’s U17 national team of China: “Our training camp in Kranjska Gora was successful, and we trained well, which was made possible by RAUL SRUGO, Maccabi Rishon Lezion, president: the very good infrastructure available to us. We played three games with Slovenia, and put on some great “Here in Kranjska Gora we had a very good training camp and preparations for a new season. All the performances.” conditions were very good and made possible for us to make good trainings and also enjoy beauti- ful nature and good food. The staff from our club had all the needed conditions to make this training SAŠO FILIPOVSKI, coach, basketball club Banvit: camp successful and I think they did a great job, of course with help from all of the players who were “I am very happy to be able to bring my team to Slovenia, with all the excellent conditions for work here. very eager to train and get better.” Personally I have been returning to Kranjska Gora for ten years and this year we once again had excellent work conditions. A lot of teams come to Slovenia for practice camps, and that means we get to play a lot JURE ZDOVC, basketball coach: of good games. Because of Slovenia’s size we did not even have to travel much to do this which is always “The training camp in Slovenia exceeded my expectations. We were here for quite a long time, so it will be difficult to leave Kranjska Gora. Everything is also related to the weather. The objective of the a plus. I would like to thank Sportanzo, as they made sure our stay here was very nice and made sure we training camp was not just to get the team physically prepared and learn the tactical ideas, but also could focus solely on training and basketball.” for all of us to get to know one another and hang out. I believe we created a good foundation for the future; a good atmosphere, a good climate, and what is most important, we managed to conclude the training camp in Slovenia with no injuries.”
EXPERIENCES SPORTANZO - 14 REFERENCES
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BASKETBALL CLUB AEK ATHENS HANDBALL CLUB MACCABI RISHON LEZION
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BASKETBALL CLUB LOKOMOTIV KUBAN EUROLEAGUE REFEREES
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BASKETBALL CLUB BANVIT BANDIRMA BASKETBALL SENIOR MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM OF UKRAINE ● ● BASKETBALL CLUB JIANGSU DRAGONS CHINA MEN U16 NATIONAL BASKETBALL TEAM
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CHINA MEN U21 VOLLEYBALL TEAM BASKETBALL FEDERATION OF POLAND
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CHINA MEN U17 NATIONAL BASKETBALL TEAM BASKETBALL FEDERATION OF GEORGIA
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CHINA WOMEN U17 NATIONAL BASKETBALL TEAM BASKETBALL FEDERATION OF UKRAINE
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HANDBALL CLUB GORENJE VELENJE
REFERENCES SPORTANZO - 15 ŠPORT IN MARKETING, D.O.O.
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