The Swiss Boomerang Federation Lausanne, Switzerland
The Swiss Boomerang Federation
Proposes to host the
Frédéric Declercq 2009 European Boomerang Championship
in
Marc Schwyzer Lausanne, Switzerland Introduction
Dear Boomerang Friends,
After Payerne in 1999, the Swiss Boomerang Federation proposes to host the 2009 European Boomerang Championship in Lausanne and Bière.
Lausanne will be the main location of the tournament. The field of the University, on the border of the Lake of Geneva, offers particularly good weather conditions and a perfect quality of grass. Five world records were broken in Lausanne over the last seven editions of the tournament. Lausanne is a sportive city, and hosts the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee.
Bière will be the place to compete the Long-Distance tournament. Bière is a large Swiss Army center with enormous flat fields. It is about 30 minutes away from Lausanne.
After having organized several tournaments with over sixty participants, with exceptional throwing conditions and performances, we are now motivated to host a large international event: the 2009 European Boomerang Championship in Lausanne
A doubt however remains concerning the field. We haven’t the confirmation yet to get the fields but we will get the final answer in early September 2007. This is not very likely, but it could imply that another solution (another country?) would be required.
Lausanne will be a first class European Boomerang Championship!!!
Tentative Schedule
To dates are not yet fixed, but the target is to host the EBC 2009 over a week-end in August 2009.
Friday Arrivals Saturday Individuals Sunday Individuals + prize ceremony Monday Long distance/ fun events + departure? Tuesday Reserved for an eventual visit of a famous place of Switzerland, depending on the interest of the participants Team
The EBC 2009 will be organized by a team composed of SBF members. Main contributors are: Frederic Declercq Co-Lead of the EBC 2009
Age: 25 Throws in tournaments since: 1997 Occupation: Engineer in microelectronics Previous tournaments: Lausanne (1999-2007)
Marc Schwyzer Co-Lead of the EBC 2009
Age: 42 Throws in tournaments since: 1999 Occupation: geometrician
Several additional SBF members have already offered their help: Ruedi Salzmann Medals + Trophies Lines tracing on the field
Stephan Spirgi Registrations
Lorenz Gubler Webmaster
Christian Schneider Fund raising
Manuel Schutz Rules definition Lausanne Tournament in facts
The tournament in Lausanne occurs since 1999. Since 2003, it is the official Swiss Boomerang Championship.
Edition Participants Winner 1999 22 Manuel Schutz 2000 30 Didier Bonin 2001 25 Yves Cazé 2002 24 Frederic Burgeot Stephan Spirgi 2003 55 Fridolin Frost 2004 60 Fridolin Frost 2005 54 Fridolin Frost 2007 >50 ??? Weather in Lausanne
Weather conditions in Lausanne have always been very good over the last 7 editions. The only exception was in 2005 where the last event had to be canceled due to sudden and very strong wind. Best scores and records of the previous editions illustrate this:
Records in Lausanne
5 World Records and 1 European record were set in Lausanne and are still holding. Aussie Round World 96pts 2005 Fridolin Frost Record Accuracy-100 World 97pts 2005 HG Hoffmann Record Accuracy-100 World 97pts 2005 Thomas Szartowicz Record Aussie-Round 94pts 2003 Charles Richard European Record Accuracy-100 World 96pts 2003 Manuel Schutz Record Endurance Swiss 76c 2003 Manuel Schutz Record Accuracy-50 World 68pts 2001 Thomas Record Stehrenberger Endurance Swiss 72c 1999 Manuel Schutz Record
Apart from these major records, numerous Swiss, Italian, French and Canadian records were improved in Lausanne. Location
Lausanne is situated at the West of Switzerland, in the French- speaking part.
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The field is located in Dorigny, Lausanne, and is a part of the “Université de Lausanne“. The quality of the field is near to perfect: dense grass and flat surface.
The main field is situated at the east of the site, while the secondary field, usually reserved for trick-catching, is at west, directly on the border of the “Lac Léman” (Lake of Geneva).
Unfortunately, it is only possible to trace one Aussie-round circle. However we’ve had more than 60 throwers on this field without any problem. The solution was to run trick-catching in parallel with Aussie-Round. By starting earlier than we used to, we expect to host at least 80 people.
Our proposition to prevent major injustices among top throwers is to calculate the ranking after 3 or 4 events. Then we will keep the best throwers in the same groups. This should remove the random part due to changing weather conditions, especially when a group is throwing aussie-round while the other one is throwing trick-catching.
Satellite image of the fields of the University of Lausanne. The main field will host 5 events. The field #2 is only supposed to host the trick-catching while the Aussie-Round runs on the main field. The fields are surrounded by two parking. Aerial view of the field
Long Distance
The long distance tournament cannot be held in Lausanne. The Swiss Army fields in Bière are flat and large enough to host the Long Distance tournament. Bière is about 30 minutes away from Lausanne.
Satellite image of the LD field in Bière Accomodation
Usually, lodging was always situated on the campus of the University, close to the field and close to the restaurant. These are large dormitories and they have the advantage of being free.
This solution, among many others, will be considered. We would like to find a more comfortable place where all throwers could stay together. Conditions are a reasonable price and the proximity of the field.
However free lodging at the dormitories will be available as a cheap alternative, and nice campings are also in proximity of the field:
Camping Camping de Vidy (LAUSANNE) 5 stars http://www.campinglausannevidy.ch
Camping Le Petit Bois (MORGES) 4 stars [email protected] http://www.campingtcs.ch
Youth hostel Auberge de jeunesse (LAUSANNE) http://www.youthhostel.ch
Venue
By car The field is easily accessible by car as it is situated only 500m away from the motorway exit. A large parking is situated on the border of the field http://www.viamichelin.ch
By plane Geneva International airport (GVA), 40 minutes by car/train from Lausanne http://www.gva.ch
By train To Lausanne station, then public transportations to the field. www.cff.ch http://www.t-l.ch
By boat From Evian (France), to Ouchy (Lausanne). www.cgn.ch Tourism
Tourism information http://www.lausanne-tourisme.ch/ http://www.lausanne.ch/ http://www.lausanne-suisse.com/ http://www.myswitzerland.com
Vineyards Terraces of “Lavaux” on the border of the Lake Geneva. Situated about 15km east of Lausanne. This exceptional site was recently elected 2007 World Heritage of the UNESCO. This is only one among many other beautiful places to visit in Switzerland.
Various information
Weather forecast: http://www.meteosuisse.ch http://www.meteonews.ch