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Baltic Open Tournament - Golf Croquet
September 8th/9th 2012, LATVIA
The Tournament is organised by the Latvian Croquet Federation (www.latvijaskrokets.lv), it takes
place on the 2 lawns at the RATNIEKI country hotel (www.ratnieki.lv)
• Participation limited to a maximum of 16 players
• 4 blocks of four, followed by a knock-out stage and Plate
• Double banking, apart from semi-finals and finals
• Sunshiny balls
• Tournament Manager – Roberts Stafeckis
• Entries and inquiries – latvijaskrokets@gmail.com or +371 26492211 (Roberts Stafeckis)
• Deadline for entries – August 20th
• Accomodation – RATNIEKI country hotel (2-plus stars) next to the lawns. Other hotels
available within 10 km distance. For the more sportive players – camping grounds next to
the lawns.
Fees and prices per person:
• Entry fee - 30 EUR
• Optional Package 1 - 115 EUR (includes entry fee, 2 nights at the RATNIEKI hotel, all
meals and soft drinks from Friday evening till Sunday afternoon)
• Optional Package 2 - 185 EUR (includes Package 1 plus private transfer from Riga Airport
to Ratnieki (75 km) and back to the Airport)
Programme of the tournament:
Friday, September 7th
• Arrival of the players
• Lawns available for training
• Informal welcome cocktail and dinner
Saturday, September 8th
• Opening ceremony
• Block play
• Official tournament dinner
• Optional night croquet at floodlight
Sunday, September 9th
• Knock-out and Plate
• Winners award ceremony
• Informal farewell cocktail
• Departure
Average daytime temperature in the first half of September is around 17-18 degrees, there is a high
probability of sunshine. RATNIEKI is situated 75 km from the Riga International Airport, within
the National Park of the valley of river Gauja. Nearby Sigulda town (www.sigulda.lv) is one of the
top tourist attractions, famous for its beautiful scenery and old castles.
Participants are welcome to spend additional days in Riga or elsewhere in Latvia before or after the
tournament weekend. We will be happy to provide assistance. Travel info www.latvia.travel/en
The story about croquet in Latvia from the recent Croquetworld edition:
http://croquetworld.com/News/latvia.asp
Coaching session with Stephen Mulliner at RATNIEKI in September 2011
One of the buildings on the RATNIEKI hotel grounds
Overview of the route to RATNIEKI from Riga city/airport (75 km)