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2019 Ashes Series Tour Brochure 2019 Ashes Series Tour Brochure July - August - September 2019 1 2019 Ashes Series Tour Brochure Dear Cricket Fans, AST are excited to present our Tour Preview for the 2019 Ashes Series. We invite you to explore our fantastic range of escorted Test tours! Highly Anticipated Series Thanks to the ever-growing interest in cricket’s longest standing rivalry, plus a welcome return to its traditional four-year cycle following back-to-back away series in 2013 & 2015, the 2019 Ashes Series has generated more pre- registered interest than we’ve ever experienced. Whether you’re planning your first ever Ashes series in England or returning to do it all over again, there truly is no other experience that even comes close to the battle for the Urn on English soil. Limited Availability Based on the overwhelming level of interest we’ve received for 2019, we have limited availability remaining on all our tours. As such, we strongly encourage you to explore this brochure, refer to our website for full & finalized details and be ready to secure your place with a $1,000 deposit as soon as possible. Tour Prices Prices listed are based on twin share accommodation, with single supplement upgrade also available to add at time of booking. The earlier you book the better! CATO2019/930 - Australian Sports Tours, a Cricket Australia Come & Join Us Travel Off ice Licensed Travel Operator for the 2019 Ashes Series As the most experienced cricket tour operator in our field, our tours feature The Cricket Australia shield device is a trade mark of, and used everything you would expect from a first class touring experience. We have under licence from, the owner Cricket Australia by whom all your tickets, accommodation, sightseeing and transport covered for the copyright and other rights of reproduction are reserved. upcoming Ashes Series in England. But for us, it’s about giving you the best cricket and touring holiday experience you could imagine – the added extras that set us apart from the rest. We’d love for you to join big Merv, Swampy & the AST team for the cricketing trip of a lifetime! LICENSED TOUR OPERATOR astsports.com.au | 1800 026 668 2019 ASHES SERIES Australian Sports Tours Tour Hosts MERV HUGHES Big Merv headlines our ever impressive team of Tour Hosts for what will be his sixth Ashes Tour of England with AST. As a spearhead of Australia’s back-to-back series wins in England in 1989 & 1993, Merv brings a wealth of knowledge in mastering English conditions - and with his finger still well & truly on Australian cricket’s pulse, his colourful contribution at our daily briefings is every bit as insightful as it is entertaining. There are few larger characters in Australian Test Cricket folklore and we are honoured to welcome Merv on tour again in 2019. GEOFF MARSH Geoff Swampy Marsh is one of Australia’s most respected opening batsmen and, more recently, one of its most famous cricketing fathers. A 50-Test veteran and fellow member of the infamous 1989 “worst team ever to tour England” (which won 4-0!), Geoff adds an enormous calibre of expertise to our team of Tour Hosts for 2019. Among many career highlights including his match winning century in the 1987 World Cup Final, Geoff’s pedigree is etched in Ashes history courtesy of his still unbeaten 329-run opening partnership with Mark Taylor at Trent Bridge. We can’t wait to have Geoff on board! 3 Australian Sports Tours Feature Tour $ 12,290 MON 29 JUL: London# Welcome to London and the start of your 2019 Ashes Edgbaston & Lord’s Series Tour! If you have just arrived into London from your international flight, today is a great chance to relax and recover from the long travel and explore some of Our 2019 Ashes Series campaign kicks off with this great city. The evening is yours to discover the lively Tests 1 & 2 nightlife in Leicester Square and Soho or catch a show in Tests 1 & 2 at Edgbaston and Lord’s respectively. the West End. & Mid Tour Travel The tour includes AST’s favourite host Merv Overnight: Holiday Inn London Hughes and we are also thrilled to introduce Geoff Marsh to the team. TUE 30 JUL: London# Today is a free day in London. Home to famous For those wanting to extend your experience with landmarks known throughout the world including our Tour Hosts and enjoy more of the build up to Tower Bridge, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and Trafalgar Square amongst others. the start of the series, we are offering a London 2 Tonight we will come together as a group for the Night Extension (29-31 July). This can be added at first time for our welcome dinner. This will be a great time of booking, or at a later date when your own opportunity to meet your fellow travellers plus your pre-Ashes travel plans are finalised. Extension AST Tour Hosts and Reps, all while enjoying an included 31 July - 19 August 2019 dinner and drinks. items are denoted in the brochure with # . 19 or 21# Nights Overnight: Holiday Inn London WED 31 JUL: Transfer to Birmingham# This morning we board our private coach transfer from London to Birmingham in readiness for tomorrow’s 1st LICENSED TOUR OPERATOR Test Match at Edgbaston. astsports.com.au | 1800 026 668 2019 ASHES SERIES MATCH DETAILS • 1st Test at Edgbaston: 1-5 Aug • 2nd Test at Lord’s: 14-18 Aug Tour Inclusions • Reserved seating at Test 1 - Edgbaston • Reserved seating at Test 2 - Lord’s • 7 nights Mid Tour Travel between Tests • AST Tour Host - Merv Hughes • AST Tour Host - Geoff Marsh • Full breakfast daily • Return private coach match transfers every day of each Test • Daily seminars with AST Tour Hosts • Cricket Australia Pre-Match Function in Birmingham & London • AST dinner in London during Lord’s Test Geoff Marsh • Daily AST social schedule • Welcome dinner in London# • Private coach London to Birmingham# • Services of experienced AST Tour Reps WED 31 JUL: Birmingham + Cricket TUE 6 - TUE 13 AUG: Mid Tour Travel WED 14 - SUN 18 AUG: 2nd Test, Australia Function Enjoy a wonderful 7 night break between Tests 1 & Lord’s, London • AST Tour merchandise including polo Birmingham is the UK’s second largest city and has 2 on your choice of Mid Tour Travel. An Ashes Test Match at Lord’s is something that all shirts & cap spectacularly reinvented itself as a vibrant, cultural Choose from: Australian cricket fans want to tick off their bucket hotspot with more glamorous shops, buzzing pubs A1 – Northern Ireland & Scotland list and today we get to experience it for ourselves. Nights and jumping nightlife than you can wish for. Whether it’s your first or tenth trip here it is always A2 – Munich, Salzburg, Vienna & Prague • 2 nights London# (29-31 Jul) For those commencing their tour today (19 nights), a special feeling. hotel check-in is available from 3pm. A3 – Helsinki, St Petersburg & Moscow Each morning before the day’s play our Tour Hosts • 6 nights Birmingham (31 Jul-6 Aug) Tonight, we will be guests at the Cricket Australia Your choice of Mid Tour Travel is included in your Merv Hughes and Geoff Marsh will conduct their • 7 nights Mid-Tour Travel (6-13 Aug) Test 1 & 2 tour price (supplement may apply to pre-match briefings dissecting the previous day pre-match function which includes finger food, a • 6 nights London (13-19 Aug) drink package and special guest appearances. some Mid Tour destinations). and what to expect for the day ahead. Overnight: Hilton Garden Inn Birmingham Australia will be hoping to draw some inspiration TUE 13 AUG: London + Pre-Match from their last Test here at Lord’s where they Mid Tour Travel THU 1 - MON 5 AUG: 1st Test Match - Function crushed England by 405 runs to tie the 2015 Series at 1-1. Enjoy a wonderful 7 night break between Edgbaston, Birmingham This morning we conclude our Mid Tour Travel and fly to London in anticipation for the start of Overnight: Doubletree by Hilton Westminster Tests 1 & 2 on your choice of Mid Tour Travel. Today sees the official start of the 2019 Ashes tomorrow’s 2nd Test Match at Lord’s. Series as Edgbaston plays host to the first Test. Choose from: Tonight, following our arrival into London, we MON 19 AUG: Tour Concludes Each morning before the day’s play our Tour Hosts A1 - Northern Ireland & Scotland, Merv Hughes and Geoff Marsh will conduct their will be guests at the Cricket Australia pre-match Today we say goodbye as our wonderful time in pre-match briefings dissecting the previous day function which includes a 3 course dinner, a drinks the UK comes to a close. If you have purchased A2 - Munich, Salzburg, Vienna & Prague and what to expect for the day ahead. package and special guest appearances. your international flights with AST, you will be transferred to the airport for your flight home. A3 - Helsinki, St Petersburg & Moscow Australia will be hoping for a better result than in Overnight: Doubletree by Hilton Westminster 2015. Here at Edgbaston they were defeated by 8 See our Mid Tour Travel destination pages wickets to hand England a 2-1 series lead. # item included in London 2 Night Extension 29-31 Jul Overnight: Hilton Garden Inn Birmingham 5 $ 16,290 MON 29 JUL: London# WED 31 JUL: Birmingham + Cricket Welcome to London and the start of your 2019 Ashes Australia Function Edgbaston, Lord’s & Headingley Series Tour! If you have just arrived into London from Birmingham is the UK’s second largest city and has your international flight, today is a great chance to relax spectacularly reinvented itself as a vibrant, cultural and recover from the long travel and explore some of hotspot with more glamorous shops, buzzing pubs and Tests 1, 2 & 3 this great city.
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