Bogazici University Sports Fest
Dear Mircea Olaru
It is very kind of you to reply in Turkish and I ensure you that you are very good at Turkish.
As it is written in the invitation, Sports Fest will be held between 12th and 15th of May this year. You have two possibilities in accomodation. You can choose to rest at hotel which is located in Taksim. It costs 190 € per 5 nights for each participant. Shuttles will be arranged from Taksim to the campus in order to facilitate your transportation. Secondly, you can choose to stay at gym which is located in Ucaksavar Campus of our university. At gym, each participant will bring his/her own sleeping bag, sheet, blanket, pillow and etc. A camping atmosphere will be provided for participants. It costs 75 € per night for each participant.
You can feel free to contact me about anything to ask.
I also send you the invitation in any case and application form for you to fill out and start registration process officially.
Best regards.
Gorkem Colak
Bogazici University Sports Committee
Boğaziçi University
31th International Sports Fest
Boğaziçi University Sports Committee
0090 212 257 1081
İstanbul, TURKEY
CONTENT
· INTRODUCTION 3
· GENERAL PRESENTATION 4
· BRANCHES 5
· SCHEDULE 6
· REGISTRATION & FEES 7
· ACCOMMADATION 8
· TRANSPORTATION 8
· LEGAL ASPECTS 9
· PROMOTIONAL SPORTS BRANCHES 9
· FORMER PARTICIPANTS 10
Dear University Sports Association,
The Sports Committee of Boğaziçi University is very proud of inviting you to the 31st Sports Festival (named as “Sports Fest 2011”) which is going to be held between 12th and 15th of May 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey.*
The Annual International Sports Festival has been a long-standing traditional feature of the life and culture at Boğaziçi University. This festival will offer you a competitive sports meeting and also an amazing opportunity to meet sportsmen from all countries and all social backgrounds.
Under the watchful eye of professional referees invited from respective federations, matches in 14 different branches of sports will take place on our school grounds and sports fields also.
Besides these various matches, we will provide you with free entrances to social occasions, parties, live concerts and trips which are organized by Sports Committee.
Please consider this document as an invitation to join our tournament for this year. You will find extra information about registration procedures and general organization at our web site, http://www.busportsfest.com. You can also contact us via fax, mail or telephone.
We would like to see you among us this May in Istanbul. Your participation will not only make the events even more competitive but perhaps most importantly more fun and enjoyable.
Hope to see you in May,
Best wishes.
Boğaziçi University Sports Committee
General Presentatıon
BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY
Formerly known as Robert College, the history of the university dates back to 1863, as the first American institution of higher education established outside the USA. Situated on a hill-top overlooking the Bosphorus, the university enjoys a reputation of being one of the most distinguished higher education establishments in Turkey and the Middle East. The university is a member of a network of universities across Europe and the USA with which there is a dynamic student exchange program.
SPORTS COMMITTEE
Sports Committee’s history lies its roots back to “The Athletic Association” founded in 1896 at Robert College. This organization was also the first student club to be established in Turkey, setting an example. Sports Committee’s aim, as one of the main parts of social life in Bosphorus University, is to create a sportive environment with our numerous organizations and also to represent our school as good as we can in sports.
For the past 115 years, the Sports Committee has been arranging all the sports events in the university. Binding 800 sportsmen in 23 different branches of sports under its root, this association has also various organizations which are SnowBreak, Field Day, Fall Games, Night Ball, 3 vs. 3 Tournament and Sports Fest.
SPORTS FEST
Field Day, as it was known then, has continued under its new name “Sports Fest”. This, much established and cherished event is probably one of the most significant and symbolic activities for students since it provides a perfect ground for bringing together sportsmen from across the globe in a spirit of competitiveness and friendship.
Many universities, which previously took part in “Sports Fest”, have repeatedly come back for what turns out each spring to be a wonderful opportunity to take part in competitive sports events while striking new friendships.
This festival starts with the opening ceremony on 12th May and lasts for 4 days. On Thursday you will have a boat trip in Bosphorus and visit some historical places (Grand Bazaar, Hagia Sophia Museum, Topkapi Palace) where you can also do shopping. Same day at the evening, there will be an Opening Ceremony. Next day will begin by starting of competitions held in all 14 different branches of sports. Matches will be played in venues across university campus. Sportsmen will have “live concerts”, “Ferry Party” and “Now OR Never Party” after a tiring and competitive day. In order to make sportsmen and coaches have fun and feel relaxed, exhibition games and animations will be provided in the south campus. Food and drinks are free during the tournament for the players.
Our guests will be welcomed at Istanbul Airport by their guides. Having 2 choices of accommodation, you can stay either in the gym which is located in Ucaksavar Campus with other sportsmen or at the Hotel which is at least 4 stared, in double or triple rooms. Due to limited rooms and beds, we would like you to respect deadlines as well.
So just take your suitcase and think about how much fun you’ll have this spring in Istanbul!
We can’t wait to see you in May!
BRANCHES
ü Badminton (F-M)
ü Basketball (F-M)
ü Handball (F-M)
ü Outdoor Volley (F-M)
ü Rowing (F-M)
ü Sailing (F-M)
ü Soccer (F-M)
ü Step (F)
ü Swimming (F-M)
ü Table Tennis (F-M)
ü Tennis (F-M)
ü Ultimate Frisbee (F-M)
ü Volleyball (F-M)
ü Water Polo (F-M)
SPORTS FEST 2011 SCHEDULE
May 12, Thursday:
09:00 - 09:45: Technical Meeting with Officials and Coaches
10:00 - 15:00: Boat Trip around Bosphorus
(Also trips to Grand Bazaar, Hagia Sophia Museum, Topkapi Palace and Special Historical Places in Istanbul)
19:00 - 21:00: Opening Ceremony
(Formal parade, the firing of the festival flambeau, dance performances and other performances)
May 13, Friday:
09:00 - 18:00: Start of the tournaments in 14 sports branches.
22:00 - 02:00: Opening Party
May 14, Saturday:
09:00 - 18:00: 2nd tours of tournaments and Quarter finals of tournaments
20:00 - 02:00: Ferry Party
May 15, Sunday:
09:00 - 18:00: Semi-finals and final games
19:00 - 21:00: Closing and Award Ceremony in South Campus
22:00 - 04:00: Now or Never Party
REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS
Our tournament is ambitious as regards to its size and requires a great deal of organization. Due to limited rooms, we would like you to respect deadlines as well. In order to avoid last-minute withdrawals just before the beginning of the Sports Fest 2011, no registration will be taken into account if we have not received prepayment until the deadline.
Once you contact us you will be informed about all the details and get the application form.
ü Fill the Application Form and send to sportsfest2011@gmail.com Application Due Date : 26th March 2011
ü You will receive a confirmation mail includes the details of your payment
Pre-payment Due Date : 09th April 2011
ü You will also receive an Admission Form which includes your participants’ accommodation choices and transportation details to fill and send back to us.
Final Payment Due Date : 23rd April 2011
ü After your final payment reaches us, your registration will be completed!
REGISTRATION & ACCOMMODATION FEE
Our tournament is ambitious as regards to its size and requires a great deal of organization.
INCLUDED IN THE REGISRATION FEES
ü Overnight stay in Hotel or Gym
ü Health Insurance by 
ü Transportation from airport to Boğaziçi University
ü Breakfast, lunch and dinner
ü Hot & cold drink during the tournament
ü Free entry to all parties and concerts
ü Shuttle buses between university campuses and accommodation places
ü Transportation to and from the parties and concerts
ü As well as other various activities and animations during the week
NOT INCLUDED IN THE REGISRATION FEES
ü Drinks at parties and concerts
ACCOMMODATION
You can choose one of these possibilities;
Accommodations are from 11th night to 15th night.
GYM
ü The gym where the participants will accommodate will be located in Ucaksavar Campus.
ü Sleeping will be in bags, each participant will bring his/her own beg, sheets, blankets, pillows and pillow cases.
ü Rooms for changing clothes are available.
ü Lockers for the safety of your personal properties are also available.
ü The fee for gym choice is € 75,00 per person for 5 nights.
HOTEL –4 Stars Hotel
ü You can choose either triple or double room. There will be no single room.
ü Shuttle buses to and from the hotel are available.
ü Transportation between university and hotel takes at most 15 minutes.
ü The fee for hotel choice is € 190 per person for 5 nights.
Transportation
Our festival also has an agreement with
, which gives our participants 25 % discount for round-trip flights from anywhere in the world.
We highly recommend you to use Turkish Airlines, for cheaper and more comfortable transportation. After you fill the application form and send it to us, you will get the discount code which enables you to buy cheaper tickets from Turkish Airlines Sales Office located at all airports all around the world.
LEGAL ASPECTS
ü It is forbidden in the accommodation place;
Ø To drink any kind of alcoholics
Ø To smoke cigarettes
Ø To leave dirty after using facilities
Ø To make noise
ü During the whole event any student who willingly or grossly negligently damages anything will be held responsible for the complete amount of the damage inflicted.
ü All participants will be given “ID CARDs” which will allow all access to the events and activities of Sports Fest 2011.
ü It is highly recommended that participants must keep their ID CARDs on them all the time in order to enter their accommodation place without any restriction.
ü Boğaziçi University Sports Committee cannot take any responsibility for either sports accidents or self-inflicted accidents, thefts or losses of any kind.
ü For Gym Package accommodation; it is required for the participants to bring their own sheets, blankets, pillows and pillowcases. Because only lockers will be provided to participants with Gym Package.
ü All sportsmen are required to bring their team jerseys with numbers on them to be able to participate officially in the tournaments.
Promotional Sports Branches
We as Sports Committee care about new and on-demand sports branches. In this aspect, we invite such teams in your university to Sports Fest 2011 for promoting those branches.
ü Acrobatic Sports
ü Archery
ü American Football
ü Baseball
ü Bossa Ball
ü Cheerleading
ü Combat Sports
ü Cricket
ü Dodge Ball
ü Flag Football
ü Fencing
ü Korfball
ü Synchronized Swimming
ü Tripela
FORMER PARTICIPANTS
AUSTRIA
BUSINESS UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA
GRAZ UNIVERSITY
KARLFRANZANS UNIVERSITAT
BELGIUM
ARTESIS HOGESCHOOL ANTWERPEN
BOSNIA
SARAJEVO UNIVERSITY
BULGARIA
ACADEMY OF ECONOMICS
COLLEGE OF ECON. AND MANAGEMENT
PLOVDIV AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA
UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURA
UNIVERSITY OF ROUSSE
UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA
VARNA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
KONSTANTIN PRESLAVSKY UNI OF SHUMEN
UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE, CIVIL ENGINEERING AND GEODESY
CANADA
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
CROTIA
UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB
UNIVERSITY OF PULA
CYPRUS
EAST MEDITARANEAN UNIVERSITY
DENMARK
ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY
ESTONIA
TATLINN PEDOGOGICAL UNIVERSITY
FINLAND
HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS
FRANCE
LILLE UNIVERSITY
ESSEC UNIVERSITY
ESSEC GRADUATES
ST.ETIENNE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
UNIVERSITE DU LITTORAL
UNIVERSITY OF ST. DENIS
GEORGIA
BLACK SEA UNIVERSITY
GEORGIA SPORTS ACADEMY
TBILISI INSTITUTE OF ASIA&AFRICA
GERMANY
BREMEN UNIVERSITY
LANDSHUT
PH LUDWIGSUNG
RWTH AACHEN
TRIER UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES
UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE
UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ
UNIVERSITAETS&INSERLANGES
UNIVERSİTY OF MAINZ
HOCHSCHULE BONN-RHEIN-SIEG
KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
GREECE
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
HUNGARY
DOTE UNIVERSITY
EÖTVÖS LORAND UNIVERSITY
ELTE UNIVERSITY
KÜLKER COLLGE
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BUDAPEST
UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN TRADE
BUDAPEST BUSINESS SCHOOL
İTALY
POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF MARCHE
BOCCONI UNIVERSITY
LEBANON
LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY
ST.JOSEPH UNIVERSITY
THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SAT. TECH.
LITHUANIA
KAUNAS UNIV. OF MEDICINE
MOROCCO
AL AKHAWAYN UNIVERSITY
MACEDONIA
STS. KIRIL&METHODH UNIVERSITY
NETHERLANDS
HOGESCHOOL ZEELAND
UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM
UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN
UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE
WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY
PAKISTAN
NED UNIVERSITY OF ENG. AND TECH.
LUMS
POLAND
MARIA CURIE-SKLODOWSKA UNIV.
UNIVERSYTET GDANSKI
PORTUGAL
POLYTHECNIC UNIV. OF LEIRIA
ROMANIA
ACAMEDIA NATIONELA EDUCATIE SPORT
ANEFS BUCHAREST UNIVERSITY
BABES CLUJ NAPOCA
N.A.OF PHYSICAL&SPORT
UNIVERSITY OF CRAIOVA
UNIVERSITY OF PITESTI
UNIVERSITY OF BUCURESTI
UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA BUCHAREST
UNI OF AGRONOMIC SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE
RUSSIA
ASTRAKHAN STATE UNIVERSITY
INSTITUDE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
MGIMO UNIVERSITY
MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY
STATE UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT
RUSSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF HUMANITIES
SERBIA
PRISTINA UNIVERSITY
PHILOLOGY UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF SPORTS AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
FACULTY OF ORGANIZATIONAL SCIENCES
SLOVAKIA
ECONOMIC UNIVERSITY OF BRATISLAVA
SPAIN
UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA
SWITZERLAND
NECUCHATEL UNIVERSITY
ST.GALLEN UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH
ZURICH UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF BERN
TURKEY
FIRAT UNIVERSITY
GALATASARAY UNIVERSITY
HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY
ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY
ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
IŞIK UNIVERSITY
KADIR HAS UNIVERSITY
KOÇ UNIVERSITY
MARMARA UNIVERSITY
MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
MERSIN UNIVERSITY
MIMAR SINAN UNIVERSITY
TURKISH AIR FORCE
TURKISH NAVAL ACADEMY
SABANCI UNIVERSITY
YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY
VAN UNIVERSITY
UAE
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN DUBAI
BRISTOL UNIVERSITY
UK
UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINISTER
UKRAINE
VOLODYMYR DAHL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
USA
ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
AUBURN UNIVERSITY
GEORGIA TECH UNIVERSITY
IOAWA STATE UNIVERSITY
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
MIDVEST UNIVERSITY
OKLAHAMA UNIVERSITY
UNION COLLEGE
UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
31st Bogazici University Sports Fest 2011 Application Form
| University Details | |
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| Team | Quota | Male | Female |
| Badminton | 4 |
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| Basketball | 10 |
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| Handball | 12 |
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| Outdoor Volley | 4 |
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| Rowing | - |
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| Sailing | - |
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| Soccer | 16 |
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| Step | 10 | X |
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| Swimming | - |
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| Table Tennis | 3 |
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| Tennis | 3 |
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| Ultimate Frisbee | - |
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| Water Polo | 13 |
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| Volleyball | 10 |
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| Accommodation Choice | |
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