Lunch
PER PLAYER/REFEREE/VOLUNTEER
You’ll get coupons to use at the restaurant.
Dinner
PER PERSON
Dinner expenses are at your own cost.
Practical
Visitors
When?
Our 4th international APHC 2v2 Cup in Antwerp will take place on the 7th and 8th of September 2024. From 10:00 until 18:00, both days.
Where?
Sport Vlaanderen Brasschaat
Bredabaan 31
2930 Brasschaat
Tickets?
Entrance is completely free.
How can you support?
Support our nonprofit by making a purchase. We’ll be selling wine and olive oil from a local winemaker in Belgium, who imports them from small winemakers from Italy. The olive oil is made by him.
If you’re not into wine or olive oil, there will be typical Bosnian cake to buy. One of the APHC mom’s will self-made this from scratch, for us to sell.
Dress code?
None, but we will appreciate it if you wear something red or blue (our brand colours). The best one dressed, can win something.
Parking
Please, if you don’t need to use a wheelchair spot, park your car at the furthest parking spots on the domain.
Players
How do you sign-in your team + referee?
We’re tossing the ‘first come, first served’ approach into the trash. This year’s system allows a two-week sign-up window. After registrations close, we’ll select the teams.
Registration period?
From 01/02/2024 (12:00) until 14/02/2024 (18:00)
What’s our priority?
It’s an international tournament, so our first priority is to attract international countries. While maintaining the tournament’s standard, selection won’t only focus on high-level players.
Registration price
It’s €100 per team (€50 /person).
Coupons
You’ll receive coupons for food and drinks to use in the restaurant. For both days.
Penalty fee
We ask each team to bring a referee capable of officiating a minimum of 4 matches during the two-day event. If a team fails to bring a referee, a penalty of €50 (€25 per team member) will be imposed.
Hotel
This edition we’re partnering up with the Van Der Valk Dennenhof Hotel in Brasschaat! Read more in the section “Hotel”.
Referees
Registration
Right after the registrations, we’ll know which team brings which referee. And the amount of matches they’ll whistle. After registrations, we will open our registration form specific for referees, for those who want to participate.
Expenses
To make it financially bearable and even possible, we’ve set a few conditions considering the next expanses:
If you officiate 8 matches, we’ll pay your:
HotelWe’ll cover two nights of your stay. This will be the night from Friday (06/09) to Saturday (07/09) and from Saturday (07/09) to Sunday (08/09).
By default, referees will be paired in shared rooms. If a referee wishes to stay alone or with someone, they or the person who’s sharing the room will cover the remaining portion of the room cost.Breakfast buffetIncluding your stay, we’ll pay for the breakfast buffet the hotel is offering. Dinner expenses are at your own cost.Kilometers allowanceEach kilometer you make to our cup and back home, we’ll provide an allowance of €0,30 per kilometer.
The maximum amount we pay, all added up, is €300. Any transportation costs beyond that are your responsibility. We can always check if it is possible for us to pick you up at the station in Antwerp or Kapellen, if you’re coming by train.
In cases of carpooling, the referee who owns the car will receive the kilometer allowance.
Coupons
You’ll get coupons for food and drinks to use in the restaurant of the sports venue.
Schedule for referees
The schedule for referees will be created and distributed between mid-August.
Present
You must register yourself at the tournament table half an hour before your first match.
Hotel
Staying with us
We’re thrilled to collaborate with Van Der Valk Hotel Dennenhof in Brasschaat, given their extensive experience in accommodating players from various tournaments. They are well-equipped to cater to all your requirements.
This hotel is a 13-min ride to from the sports hall by car.
“At Dennenhof, you’ll find the ultimate place to completely unwind. Enjoy a relaxing stay amidst lush nature. You will be amazed by the abundance of beautiful experiences we have to offer.”
Pricing
Pricing per night, per person
Room stay + a breakfast buffet: €85
Only room stay: €67,50
Per room, it’s a minimum of 2 persons (except the triple room, of course). They can always add an extra bed in the room (not free).
Room
All rooms are large enough to accommodate at least 3 electric wheelchairs and also a patient lift in it. The largest rooms are the wheelchair-accessible (2) and business rooms (4).
We will divide the rooms after the official registrations, based on the necessary space and accessibility a player or referee needs. So the chosen teams will have to fill in a form with questions that will help us make the best dividing of the rooms, based on your disability and needs.
We’ve gathered all the necessary rooms in a PDF you can download:
Volunteers
What?
EXCHANGE YOUR TIME FOR A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE AS VOLUNTEER
We are always looking for volunteers to sit at the competition table or to help set up/break down the hockey fields etc.
What we offer you?
- Food or drink vouchers in the sports hall cafeteria
- A unique insight into the world of adaptive sports = Sports for people with disabilities
- You are insured during your time with us
- A goodie bag
Do you need to do volunteer hours for school? We’re happy to have you with us during this weekend.
What do we need help with?
FRIDAY – 06/09/2024
– Building the hockey field (18h – 22h)
SATURDAY – 07/09/2024
– Competition table helper (9h – 18h)
– Selling our cake & wine (fundraising) actions in the sports hall (raising money for our nonprofit) (9h – 18h)
SUNDAY – 08/09/2024
– Competition table helper (9h – 18h)
– Selling our cake & wine (fundraising) actions in the sports hall (raising money for our nonprofit) (9h – 18h)
– Tear down the hockey field (16h – 18h)
Sign up
If you are interested, you can register here.
Food & Drinks
Cafeteria
Food and drinks are available in the
cafeteria at affordable prices. This can range from sandwiches to soup.
Surroundings
In the immediate vicinity you will find several snack bars and restaurants.
Guide
We have a guide on Instagram where you can find accessible places to eat.
Transportation
How do you get to the sports hall? It’s a little out of town, so there will not be trams to get u to the exact location. To make it easy, we will be using as starting point, the central station in Antwerp to explain how to come to us.
By foot
It’s a 8,7 km journey. So by foot you’ll be walking 1h and 49 minutes.
By wheelchair
Even by wheelchair, it’s a lot to drive. If you’re fast, then there’s a chance that you’ll be with us within 30- or 40-ish minutes.
By bicycle
This should take you 30 minutes. In kilometers, it’s a little longer. The bicycle road is 9,1 km from the central station.
By car
In 18 minutes (probably a little longer) you could arrive in the sports hall. But be aware! You can’t just go in Antwerp with any car or park anywhere. Since this August, parking plans have changed in Antwerp.
We suggest visiting the next websites before entering Antwerp:
Tool that helps you to get smart to Antwerp
By carpooling
It’s the most recommended way of travelling if you’re able to. There are many cars and even scooters that are share-able.
The Park & Ride terrain in Merksem is a great parking to park your car. It’s 5 minutes by car from our sports hall, 9 minutes when you use a bicycle, 15-ish minutes with a wheelchair and 28 minutes by foot.
To park here, you’ll have to pay €1,- per day.
The address is:
Bredabaan 965
2170 Merksem
By bus
From the central station it’s an 11 minutes walk to the bus stop where bus #640 will come to. It’s one bus you could take right to the sports hall, without having to switch over to another. You should stay for 19 stops on the bus (which takes 28 minutes). Then you get out of the bus at the bus stop near the location. There will be a 4-min walk to the entrance of the sports hall.
Bus stop to sports hall from central station: Antwerpen Roosevelt perron C3
Bus stop near the sports hall: Brasschaat Oudstrijderslei
WARNING: look out for the accessibility of the bus. Not every bus stop will be accessible.
By Belbus (a free ‘taxi’ ride that takes you from one bus/tram stop to another)
When you can’t use a bus or a tram, then you can try to use the belbus. It’s a free service (usually booked out). Here is more information on it.
By tram
Take the tram in the metro station Astrid (you’ll have to use the elevators) to the platform that will take you to “Merksem” with tram 2. Stay on the tram the next 12 stops, which will be the final stop.
From there you can take the bus #640 and stay on it for the next 2 stops and get out at the bus stop “Brasschaat Oudstrijderslei”.
If the elevators work, then you shouldn’t experience any trouble with the tram. Just make sure someone is with you to help with the ramp. Many chauffeurs don’t want to help.
By train
Not an accessible option. The train station in the area is the one in Ekeren. It’s 4,7 km away from the sports hall by car, which is a 12-minute drive. Or 16 minutes with a bicycle.
By taxi
We recommend using “The Antwerp Rolkar”. They are the cheapest you’ll find. But you should be quick making a reservation! Here is their website (which is only Dutch, so you’ll have to translate the page)
Other taxi options you can find out on this website. It’s also in Dutch only, but you can translate the page.
Press
Press appointment
If you have any questions, would like an interview, photos or a report, please mail to info@aphcollective.be.
Privacy
There will be pictures taken at this event. These photos can be published on the website, social media channels of our cup and can be used in offline promotional material of APHC.
As the person portrayed, you always have the right to oppose the use of your photo in our online and offline channels.
For this, you can best contact info@aphcollective.be.