Lonlas Youth Club

Picture of our accomodation

Overview

For our fifth consecutive Easter tour we decided to compete in The Hanze Trophy for the second time. Those of us who traveled to Zwolle in 2003 remembered the tournament as being exceptionally well organised with quality teams from all corners of Europe . The Hanze Trophy 2005 lived up to our first impressions with the standard of play being equally as good.
The Tour began on Thursday March 24 th with the double decker bus carrying the 49 players and 19 adults finally departing at 21.30pm. The bus took some loading with 8 sets of kits, food and essential supplies, footballs, medical kits as well as the suitcases and luggage being eased into the luggage bays. Finally we headed off for Dover and an appointment with a P&O cross channel ferry.

The drive to Dover usually seems to fly by, however, a combination of road works on the M20, fog and a bus that didn't like hills meant that we missed our original ferry crossing. Having eventually boarded the P&O Calais bound ferry, everyone left the bus and headed for the upper decks. Another smooth crossing meant that we should have docked in Calais approximately 1 hour after leaving the White Cliffs. Unfortunately a combination of docking problems at Calais and fog in the Channel meant that we finally touched French soil at around 7.00am Friday morning.

Destination
	VVSVI "de Siggels" IJsselcentraleweg 9 8014 BK Zwolle tel.: 038-4650037 Sports complex "De Siggels" is situated in the south of Zwolle and has three grass pitches, one artificial pitch, a modern clubhouse with a spacious canteen, business club, training pitches and of course several dressing rooms. The city center of Zwolle is only about 5 minutes away by car.
Participating teams
	We entered our : under 13s/14s, 15s, and 16s.
Dates
	March 24th to March 29th 2005
Accommodation
	Recreatiepark Westerbergen , Oshaarseweg 24 - 7932 PX Echten Tel. 0528.251224
Facilities
	Westerbergen is a bungalow park situated near Echten approximately 40 minutes from the centre of Zwolle . The bungalows consist of a lounge area with colour satellite TV, a well equipped kitchen, bathroom with shower, two twin bedded rooms and a room with bunk beds. There is also a patio area outside with table and chairs where you can enjoy breakfast or an evening meal. The camp site also has a bar/restaurant area, soft play area for young children, a well stocked supermarket and a reception block. There is an indoor swimming pool, football pitch and a laser quest games room.

Previous experience has shown that, once we leave Calais ferry port, the majority of the bus drifts off to sleep, and this year was no different.

With only one brief stop in a Belgian service station, we pulled into “de Siggels”, the venue for the Hanze Trophy late in the afternoon. The boys grabbed a football and headed straight for the Astro-turf while the team leader completed the formalities of registering the teams for the competition. After about an hour the bus left the Tournament venue and headed for Westerbergen Bungalow Park , approximately 40 minutes away.

With the travelling over, everyone headed off to their designated bungalows to unpack, shower and relax.

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FINAL POSITIONS

Category B
1 K.A.C. Betekom (B)
2 SV Erlenbach (G)
3 Leverstock Green (E)
4 DSO (NL)
5 SVI 1 (NL)
6 Lon Las Youth Club (W)
7 FC Pfäffikon (CH)
8 ASC (NL)
9 SG Scharfenberg (G)
10 SVI 2 (NL)

Catergory C
1 SuS Rhede (G)
2 JSV 08 Ibbenbüren (G)
3 SVI 1 (NL)
4 vv Peize (NL)
5 Lon Las Youth Club (W)
6 SVI 2 (NL)
7 ASC 1 (NL)
8 Stoneywood BC (S)
9 FC Oerlikon/Polizei(CH)
10 Leverstock Green (E)
11 TuS Bruchhausen 02 e.V. (G)
12 ASC 2 (NL)

Category D
1 Espergærde IF (DK)
2 FC Oerlikon/Polizei (CH)
3 Lon Las Youth Club 2 (W)
4 vv Peize (NL)
5 SVI 1 (NL)
6 United Davo (NL)
7 Lon Las Youth Club 1(W)
8 TSV Motor Gispersleben (G)
9 FC Omniworld (NL)
10 SVI 2 (NL)