2020No.5208 ABTA No.Y5331 FOOTBALL TOURS & TOURNAMENTS ENGLAND • HOLLAND • BELGIUM • FRANCE • GERMANY • SPAIN • ITALY CREATING AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE FOR YOUR TEAM. OVER 600 TEAMS BOOKED WITH SPORTS TOURS LAST SEASON T. 01708 344 001 W. WWW.SPORTSTOURS.CO.UK20,000 PLAYERS E. [email protected] - MANAGERS F.- WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/SPORTSTOURSLTDSUPPORTERS 1 CONTENTS All about us......................2-7 FREE PLACES NOVEMBER 2019 31 YEARS OF TH UK Tours & Tournaments....................8-19 PROVIDING ON ALL29 TOURS BOOKED BY Welcome to UK Tournaments......................8-9 FOOTBALL · Celebrity Presentation.......................10 C TOURS... · O ! Selsey.......................11 M US E AN ITH Isle of Wight.................12-13 D CELEBRATE W Blackpool.................14-15 EVERYONE IS WELCOME WELCOME! Great Yarmouth.................16-17 We provide tours and tournaments for boys', girls', mens' and womens' football teams from seven years old all the way through to veterans. Brean Sands.......................18 Everyone is welcome on our tours! Since 1989 we’ve been using our years New Romney.......................19 of experience to organise and manage European Tours Introduction & FREE Places!.................20-21 TOURNAMENTS OR FRIENDLY MATCHES fantastic sporting events around the International Flight Tours.......................22 UK, as well as valuable opportunities ARRANGED FOR YOUR TEAM European Coach Tours.......................23 for teams to play competitive fixtures You can choose to enter one of the many tournaments available both abroad. Last season over 600 teams here in the UK or Europe, or alternatively we can arrange friendly fixtures European Tours.................24-47 if you prefer. Tournaments typically take place during the holiday periods Holland.................24-34 travelled with us to 15 UK events and towards the end of the season. Friendly fixtures can be arranged at most destinations abroad from Belgium to times of the year. Belgium.................35-39 Argentina! Be assured that all our matches and tournaments are fully sanctioned by the France....................40-41 relevant Football Association and arranged through UEFA Licensed Match As a team of passionate sports Agents. Germany................42-43 enthusiasts, our goal at Sports Tours Spain.................44-46 is to provide the very best touring WHILST ON TOUR Italy.......................47 experience available to sports teams. Depending on your fixtures, we can arrange excursions for your team. How to book & Managing your booking.......................48-49 Each year we look to better ourselves, These can include football stadiums, theme parks, water parks or local cities. All the holiday parks we use have on-site facilities often including Insurance and Notes & Price Information......................50-51 ensuring that we remain at the top of swimming pools, sports facilities, entertainment, bars, restaurants our game – and this year’s no different! and more. For 2020 we’re introducing new events, new destinations – and that’s just the GIRLS AND LADIES FOOTBALL We have been organising football tours & tournaments for over 30 years beginning. In a bid to be the best, we’ve across the UK and Europe. In 2020, we are hosting our first girls only changed offices and expanded our tournament at Selsey which will be a memorable event, along with a girls *All prices are correct at time of printing and are based on tournament at Blackpool. The best tournaments in Europe can be found in friendly team to offer more support to an exchange rate as of August 2019, therefore are subject to change. you, our valued customers. Holland, Spain and Italy. We’re excited about our plans for the future and hope to welcome you into our travel club very soon! Best wishes Andy Matthews Sports Tours Manager URS TO RTS NCE SPO RIE EXPE EST.1989 2 T. 01708 344 001 W. WWW.SPORTSTOURS.CO.UK E. [email protected] F. WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/SPORTSTOURSLTD T. 01708 344 001 W. WWW.SPORTSTOURS.CO.UK E. [email protected] F. WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/SPORTSTOURSLTD 3 INTRODUCTION FINANCIAL PROTECTION Sports Tours Limited is a member of ABTA and we adhere to their very strict “Quality Controls”. For our flight holidays, we hold an ATOL (Air Travel Organisers Licence) granted to us by the CAA (Civil Aviation Authority). Your coach and UK tournament holidays are protected by our ABTOT Bond. ABTANo.5208 MEMBERSHIP Sports Tours Limited is a Member of ABTA. ABTA and ABTA Members help holidaymakers to get the ABTA No.Y5331 most from their travel and assist when things don’t go according to plan. We are obliged to maintain a high standard of service to you by ABTA’s Code of Conduct. For more information on ABTA, the Code of Conduct and the arbitration scheme available to you, or if you have a complaint, contact ABTA, 30 Park Street, London SE1 9EQ, tel 020 3117 0500 www.abta.com. ABTOT BONDED The Association of Bonded Travel Organisers Trust Limited FREE PLACES AND EARLY BOOKING (ABTOT) provides financial protection under the Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992 INCENTIVES for Sports Tours Limited, and in the event of their insolvency, Free places are available for all UK and European groups with a minimum of protection is provided for the following: 25 paying passengers. Groups travelling in the UK will qualify for free places based on our early booking incentives, where groups travelling to one of our WHY SHOULD European destinations may also qualify for additional free places (subject to 1. non-flight packages commencing in and returning to the UK; their group size). For further details please see pages 9 (UK Tours) and 23 (European Tours). To qualify for the early booking incentives, including free 2. non-flight packages commencing and returning to a country other than places, simply book before 29th November and benefit from some fantastic the UK; and savings. 3. flight inclusive packages that commence outside of the UK and Republic YOU TRAVEL WITH of Ireland, which are sold to customers outside of the UK and Republic of Ireland. INFANTS GO FREE! Children under three years of age travel free, providing that no provision 1, 2 and 3 provides for a refund in the event you have not yet travelled. is made for them. On UK holidays it is always wise to bring your own cot, 1 and 3 provides for repatriation. Please note that bookings made otherwise charges may apply. outside the UK and Republic of Ireland are only protected by ABTOT SPORTS TOURS? when purchased directly with Sports Tours Limited. Most European holiday villages supply cots free of charge, but it is advisable to take bedding. Insurance is not necessary for infants who are automatically covered by their parents’ premium. 1. Safety is our number one 7. The Sports Tours team ATOL - AIR TRAVEL ORGANISERS LICENCE All flights and flight-inclusive holidays in our brochure are priority financially protected by the ATOL scheme. When you UNBEATABLE PRICE GUARANTEE 8. A programme of continual pay you will be supplied with an ATOL Certificate. Please When booking a tour with Sports Tours, you must take into consideration ask for it and check to ensure that everything you booked what the whole package includes: ABTA, ABTOT/ ATOL security. We 2. Experience counts - 30 years! Reinvestment (flights, hotels and other services) is listed on it. Please believe our prices and the service you will receive is unbeatable. Should see our booking conditions for further information or for more information you find exactly the same sports holiday, offered by a bonded sports 3. Fully inclusive prices 9. Football tournaments or friendly about financial protection and the ATOL Certificate go to: www.atol.org. tour operator within 10 days of booking and costing less than the price uk/ATOLCertificate. mentioned in our brochure, then we will match that price. matches 4. Professionally organised match arrangements 10.Great value - prices from £53 per person 5. We make life easier for tour organisers GREAT TOURS LAST A LIFETIME! 6. The security of booking with a fully bonded Ttour operator 4 T. 01708 344 001 W. WWW.SPORTSTOURS.CO.UK E. [email protected] F. WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/SPORTSTOURSLTD T. 01708 344 001 W. WWW.SPORTSTOURS.CO.UK E. [email protected] F. WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/SPORTSTOURSLTD 5 INTRODUCTION "We have used Sport Tours for many years in the past. In the UK and Europe, we have always found them to be well-organised with reasonable prices, which goes a long way when booking large groups THE SPORTS TOURS TEAM You will find the commitment, knowledge and friendliness of our staff to be and keeping the cost to a minimum." second to none. From your initial enquiry right through to your return, you will be thoroughly looked after and guided through the tour experience. During our Easter, May Day and Whitsun events, we employ around 250 Melwood Football Club, Europe & Camber Sands Football Tour people to assist our customers and support our events. No company provides a more efficient, personal and professional service than Sports Tours. WE ARE HERE TO ASSIST YOU Our friendly reservations team have many years' experience assisting group leaders through the booking process and are available from 9am to 7pm during the peak season. 24/7 EMERGENCY SUPPORT/ RESORT ASSISTANCE All of our UK tournaments have a senior member of event staff. We also have an Emergency Contact Number manned 24 hours a day to assist you in the event of an emergency while on tour. 2 EASY STEPS TO BOOK 1. Pay an initial deposit of £295 to reserve your team's place in the tournament. Arrange for your club members to pay their deposits of £35 per person (UK Tours) or £50 per person (European Tours). Deposits for £35pp are due four weeks after the initial £295 deposit.