Eindhoven celebrates Electric Wheelchair Hockey
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Eindhoven celebrates Electric Wheelchair Hockey
Eindhoven celebrates Electric Wheelchair Hockey IWAS Electric Wheelchair Hockey European Championships 2016 Eindhoven celebrates Ele ctric Wheelchair Hockey IWAS Electric Wheelchair Hockey European Championships 2016 1. The Tournament 2 p. 6 2. The venue p. 10 3. Hotel p. 16 4. Sharing knowledge p. 18 5. Finance p. 19 6. Eindhoven p. 21 7. Media p. 24 8. Unique Selling Points p. 25 3 Top Class Electric Wheelchair Hockey We are proud to present our bid to host the IWAS Electric Wheelchair Hockey European Championships 2016. We believe we have an engaging concept which combines a top class electric wheelchair hockey tournament with a compact programme of side events. The Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond (KNHB) and the City of Eindhoven want hockey players and fans from all over Europe to enjoy the Electric Wheelchair Hockey European Championships 2016. So alongside this top-flight tournament featuring the best electric wheelchair hockey teams in Europe, we intend to organise a celebration of the sport involving all members of the International Wheelchair & Amputee Sports Federation IWAS. We want the Electric Wheelchair Hockey European Championships 2016 to be a milestone in European hockey by inspiring and uniting old and new fans of the game, wherever they come from. We are pleased to present our ideas to you in this bid book. Karin Pannekoek, President Bid Committee and board member of the KNHB Erik Gerritsen, CEO KNHB 4 5 1. The Tournament Twenty top class electric wheelchair hockey matches All the matches will be played in Eindhoven’s Indoor Sports Centre, which is known for its The IWAS Electric Wheelchair Hockey European Championships 2016 (EWHEC 2016) will experience in hosting international sports events for both disabled and able-bodied sportsmen consist of 20 matches, made up of a group stage, semi finals and a final. Eight European and women. countries are taking part in the tournament, which is being held for the fourth time. The tournament will take place over one week and will be structured like this: PRE TOURNAMENT BRIEFINGS AND PRACTICE DAYS SUN JUNE 26 IWAS ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR HOCKEY EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2016 MON JUNE 27 TUE JUNE 28 WED JUNE 29 THU JUNE 30 FRI JULY 1 SAT JULY 2 SUN JULY 3 MATCH 13 MATCH 17 MATCH 14 MATCH 18 MATCH 10 MATCH 15 MATCH 19 MATCH 11 MATCH 16 MATCH 20 MON JULY 4 9.00 MATCH 7 21.00 22.00 23.00 Classifiers programme Referees and jury members programme Team delegation programme Head of delegations programme Ceremonies 6 Opening ceremony MATCH 1 MATCH 6 MATCH 12 Closing ceremony Farewell dinner & party General Assembly Departure day Departure day Departure day Control day and briefing Control day and briefing Control and practice day MATCH 5 Briefings 20.00 MATCH 4 Briefings 19.00 MATCH 9 Briefings 18.00 MATCH 8 MATCH 3 Observing and briefing 17.00 Control day and briefing 16.00 Control day and briefing 15.00 Arrival day & classifiers course 14.00 Control and practice day 13.00 Arrival team delegations 12.00 MATCH 2 Classifiers course 11.00 Arrival and referees and jury members briefing 10.00 The Tournament Electric wheelchair hockey in the Netherlands Electric wheelchair hockey is advanced in the Netherlands. Over the years we have built up considerable expertise and experience, allowing us to develop a strong programme to further expand the sport. More about wheelchair hockey in the Netherlands see the appendices. The results of the Dutch teams in international competitions speak for themselves. The official tournament will run from June 29 to July 3, 2016. Sunday: the classifiers’ programme starts in the evening. Monday: the teams and officials arrive and there will be meetings for referees and jury members. Tuesday: practice and control day for the teams. There will also be meetings for officials and the welcome dinner. 2012: FINLAND 1 The Netherlands 2Belgium 3Finland 2008: BELGIUM 1 The Netherlands 2Germany 3Italy 2005: ITALY 1 The Netherlands 2Germany 3Italy EWHEC 2016 offers enormous opportunities to share our expertise and experience with others. We are therefore offering a platform to various sports associations, including the Dutch Olympic Committee and National Sports Federation NOC*NCF, to organise meetings and seminars about adapted sports. Trainers, coaches and referees are potential target groups. These meetings will be timed so that the participants will be able to watch EWHEC 2016 matches afterwards. Wednesday: practice and control day, meetings for officials and the opening ceremony. The day will end with the opening match of the tournament (if the IWAS/ICEWH agree and the two teams are physically capable of doing this). Thursday and Friday: group stage matches and meetings for officials in the evening. Saturday: semi-finals and meetings for officials in the evening. The Dutch Floorball and Unihockey Association will organise a floorball event to promote their sport. This will include demonstrations and training sessions and will be timed to fit in with tournament matches. Supporters will be able to find out what it is like to take part in sport with a physical handicap by playing wheelchair floorball hockey for themselves. This event will be organised by wheelchair floorball players. All these activities will be combined into a compact programme of side events. Sunday: final and play-offs. The closing ceremony will take place immediately after the final, followed by a farewell dinner and party. Monday: teams and delegations leave. 8 9 2. The venue and its surrounding facilities Heemspark Frater Simon Deltour ROTTERDAM National Swimming Centre Tongelreep Eindhoven Museum AMSTERDAM EINDHOVEN AIRPORT Fontys University of Applied Sciences EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY CITY CENTRE Indoor Sports Centre Eindhoven PAVILJOEN GENNEPER PARKEN GENNEPER HOEVE ST. ANNA HOSPITAL ICE SPORTS CENTRE HIGH TECH CAMPUS RIDING SCHOOL ESSINK SPORTS CENTRE GENNEPER SPORT PARK M.H.C. Oranje Zwart BELGIUM 10 Van der Valk Eindhoven GERMANY 11 The venue and its surrounding facilities Indoor Sports Centre Eindhoven offers many opportunities Indoor Sports Centre Eindhoven is one of the largest indoor multipurpose sports centres in the Netherlands. Its unique domed roof stretching 79 meters by 119 meters ensures that athletes and spectators are not affected by pillars. Indoor Sports Centre Eindhoven is located in Genneper Parken, a 200-acre sports and recreational area in Eindhoven. Interior Indoor Sports Centre Eindhoven The interior is modern and meets the highest standards. The advanced lighting system, designed by Philips, guarantees optimal visibility. The brightness can be adjusted, ranging from approximately 350 to 1500 lux. The sports centre also has a professional control room for perfect radio, TV and internet (live-stream) broadcasts. The main pitch, which can be up to 50 meters wide and 80 meters long, has a permanent stand for over 2,000 spectators. Telescopic grandstand Apart from the permanent stand the sports centre has a telescopic stand with 1,500 seats. This creates an attractive centre court: an inspiring environment for sports performances at the highest level. 12 13 The 4,000 m2 area can accommodate six tennis courts, three indoor soccer fields, three indoor hockey pitches, three handball courts, three netball fields or eleven volleyball courts. The venue and its surrounding facilities Easy accessibility Indoor Sports Centre Eindhoven is very easy to reach. It is located close to the A2 / A67 motorways and is just two kilometers from the centre of Eindhoven. Eindhoven Airport is 10 minutes away by car and there is a bus stop right in front of the building. The tournament hotel (Van der Valk Hotel Eindhoven) is situated at less than 900 meters from Indoor Sports Centre Eindhoven. Familiar with electric wheelchair hockey • Ice Sports Centre (sport) • Indoor Sports Centre (sport) • Heempark Frater Simon Deltour (culture, nature) • Genneper Hoeve (nature) • Paviljoen Genneper Parken (restaurant) • Essink Sports Centre (sport) • Pony Riding School (sport) • Genneper Sports Parks (sport) • Cartoon Museum Ton Smits Huis (culture) • Climbing Centre Neoliet (sport) The roads in Genneper Parken are paved with asphalt and suited to wheelchair use. Visits to one or more of the abovementioned facilities during the event can be arranged on request by the organisers. Indoor Sports Centre Eindhoven is the home base of electric wheelchair hockey association GP Bulls and is used by the Dutch national team for training. The centre has hosted many major top sports events, including for less able athletes. It is highly regarded by both the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). In particular, it offers excellent facilities, including spacious dressing rooms and adapted showers. The training area surface is the same as that of the competition pitch. The GP Bulls organise an international electric wheelchair hockey tournament every two years so it is likely many EWHEC 2016 competitors will already be familiar with Indoor Sports Centre Eindhoven. St Anna Hospital Genneper Parken and surroundings In short, Indoor Sports Centre Eindhoven is a state-of-the-art indoor venue with an experienced staff situated within easy distance of both the tournament hotel and the St Anna Hospital, with excellent access by road and with a wide range of other facilities on offer. Indoor Sports Centre Eindhoven is situated in Genneper Parken, which is home to 12 different sports, cultural and outdoor facilities. It offers a wide variety of sports. The nearest hospital is 900 meters from Indoor Sports Centre Eindhoven, and 1.6 km from the Van der Valk Hotel Eindhoven. Staff at the St Anna Hospital have ample experience in treating less able athletes due to the many disabled sports events that have taken place in the city over the past four years. The EWHEC 2016 medical team will be operational from the preparatory phase onwards and will be in direct contact with specialists at the St. Anna Hospital. Professionals from the regional rehabilitation centre Blixembosch will be on stand-by as well. The facilities (see appendix for an extensive description) include: • National Swimming Centre De Tongelreep (sport) • Eindhoven Museum (culture) 14 15 3. Hotel The Van der Valk Hotel Eindhoven is situated in the Genneper Parken recreational area. This impressive, state-of-the-art hotel offers 270 rooms and en-suites, a conference centre with 23 multifunctional rooms, one of which is over 900 m2 in size, an extensive sports and wellness centre, and three restaurants including a hotel bar, all with free wi-fi and ample parking space. In addition to standard facilities, the rooms are equipped with a comfortable, spacious workplace. The Van der Valk Hotel Eindhoven is completely accessible to disabled athletes and to wheelchair-bound athletes in particular. Hotel staff have plenty of experience catering to the needs of disabled athletes because many other sports events have been held in Genneper Parken. These include the IPC Swimming World Championships in 2010 and the IPC European Swimming Championships in 2014. The hotel is less than 900 meters away from Indoor Sports Centre Eindhoven. Restaurant ‘Het Buffet’ is ideal for large groups. The restaurant’s buffet tables can be adjusted to the required height. Athletes and staff members have free access to the Toucan Sport & Wellness centre with its fitness centre and indoor pool. The hotel also houses a branch of Jack’s Casino. Other possibilities are Poelman Hotel in Eindhoven and Putse Hoeve in Bergeijk. Both locations are approximately 25 minutes from the sports venue. 16 17 4. Sharing knowledge 1) At any time (by the countries themselves between tournaments) 2) During the games 3) By the player himself and, at the same time, by a third party (i.e. the referee or a member of the jury) 5. Finance To organise the EWHEC 2016 on the scale we envisage will require financial backers, including sponsors and local and provincial government. We have drawn up a draft budget of €280,000, taking IWAS regulations into account. We have also included several ‘nice to haves’. A more detailed budget is available from the KNHB. This bid book contains the shared knowledge and experience of sports federations and organisations who have hosted major top sports events for disabled athletes in the past. Many of these recently took place in Eindhoven and have added to our store of knowledge. We feel that the knowledge and experience we will gain from organising EWHEC 2016 should be made available to the countries who host the World Championships in 2018 and the European Championships in 2020. The city of Eindhoven is known for its innovation and technology and has been named the smartest region in the world. Our partners in innovation, technology and knowledgesharing are the Eindhoven University of Technology, Field-Lab Blixembosch and the Centre for Sports and Technology. Together we have committed ourselves to finding a solution to the following problem pertaining to electric wheelchair hockey: The briefing To develop a method to measure the speed of an electric wheelchair 18 Explanation Currently speed is measured using a rollerbased speedometer. A description of the method in place and the consequences of any infringement of the rules by players are laid down in a document entitled ‘Speed Control Systems for Teams ICEWH2014’. The term ‘method’ should not be taken literally. It may refer to the use of a device (such as a speedometer used on bikes), an app (a GPS device on an iPad) or other applications. The term is used intentionally in order to create space for innovative ideas within the limits of the briefing. Timeline The new method will be introduced during the European Championships of 2016. Draft budget 2016 IWAS Electric Wheelchair European Championships 2016 budget in euro’s Summary income Fees Grants Funds Sponsorship High/low beds Total BUDGET € 105,000 70,000 10,000 83,000 12,000 € 280,000 Summary expenditure Accommodation, meals € 152,000 Transportation16,000 Sports technology 33,000 Medical costs 7,000 Organisational costs 34,000 PR, media 21,500 Fees 6,500 Miscellaneous 10,000 Total € 280,000 Eindhoven University of Technology, Field-Lab Blixembosch and the Centre for Sports and Technology will present the results at a workshop during the event. It is our aim - and a challenge we hope to meet - to introduce the method at the championships, and make it available internationally from that time onwards. 19 6. Eindhoven Technology, design and knowledge are embedded in the DNA of Eindhoven. This city is the beating heart of Southeast Brabant, which was voted “smartest region of the world”. But Eindhoven is also progressive in the field of sports. Welcome to Eindhoven Eindhoven is the fifth largest city in the Netherlands and a dynamic urban centre in the south of the country. Located 120 kilometres south of Amsterdam and 60 kilometres from the German border, Eindhoven is a vibrant and lively city. It has a wide variety of shops, numerous bars and restaurants, welcoming terraces, lively nightlife, an overflowing events calendar and art, culture and sport of the highest quality. But Eindhoven also has a rich history. At first sight it is a young and modern city, but in reality it is one of the oldest in the Netherlands. Eindhoven is undergoing major development. Traditionally, Eindhoven’s economy was based on industry – the city is home to Philips and DAF trucks, for example. Today it is a boundary-pushing and inventive region where technology, design and knowledge take centre stage. These three elements represent the strength of Eindhoven and act as a magnet to attract talented individuals, students, start-ups and international businesses to the city. 20 21 Eindhoven Eindhoven and sport Eindhoven has a leading position in both domestic and international sport. Take hockey club Oranje Zwart and football club PSV Eindhoven for example, not to mention the city’s swimming and athletics success. The city also plays an exemplary role in encouraging recreational sports at all levels: an impressive 67% of all people living in Eindhoven take part in regular sport and exercise. The city council works with educational institutes and businesses to ensure a well-balanced and versatile sports environment for young and old. This approach led to the creation of Eindhoven Sport in mid-2011. Eindhoven Sport offers facilities for everyone: the professional as well as the recreational athlete. After all, Eindhoven is the place where sport and innovation meet and strengthen each other. Eindhoven Sport also uses its core strengths to make sport more accessible, help athletes to reach the top of their game, and deliver a more effective design and management of sports facilities. The city is also home to the Fontys University of Applied Sciences and the Summa College Sports & Education, which offer a range of qualifications in sports and movement. Eindhoven and hockey The city has three hockey clubs with a total of 3,600 members. Two clubs (national champion Oranje Zwart and Eindhovense Mixed Hockey Club) are based in the Genneper Parken and together they have 2,550 members. Electric wheelchair hockey has a prominent role in the region with three clubs and 50 players – more than any other part of the country. Electric wheelchair hockey is a popular sport in the region and many players come from elsewhere to play or join local clubs because of the excellent facilities. The Dutch national team regularly train in the Indoor Sport Centre and prepared here for the IWAS Electric Wheelchair Hockey World Championships 2014. 22 23 7. Media By 2016, hockey fans will be using internet and other platforms and devices to watch the games. Watching sport online is a major growth area and appeals to a new generation of viewers. As organisers of the EWHEC 2016, we will use the latest communication technologies to ensure the biggest possible audience. Popular social media tools (Twitter and Facebook) and live streaming will be part of the total package. Live and non-live events are in general equally attractive to sponsors and will reach a big audience. The official tournament website will be the main platform to reach hockey fans throughout Europe and will also be available on mobile devices. The website will include integrated elements such as • Live match streaming • Tournament news • Background information about the teams (provided by the teams) • Social media platform to involve fans • Unique statistics including screen graphics • Fun and interaction with the fans Dutch websites knhb.nl*, hockey.nl* and NOCNSF.nl will carry an EWHEC 2016 banner linking to the tournament website. This has the potential to generate considerable traffic. Regional attention will come from pages on Eindhoven city council website, that of Noord-Brabant province and via local broadcaster Omroep Brabant. Broadcaster SBS6 included the performance of the Dutch team at the electric wheelchair hockey World Cup in Munich on the national news. We are in talks with SBS6 about developing this further in 2016. * notes Page views knhb.nl: 80,000 per month Page views hockey.nl: 125,000 per month 24 8. Unique Selling Points The EWHEC 2016 are being organised by the same event managers who were behind the Rabobank Hockey World Cup 2014 in The Hague. They will be assisted by an experienced team of people routinely involved in the organisation of the GP Bulls international wheelchair hockey tournament. The local council and the provincial authorities are keen to promote disabled sports and are directly involved in the organisation of the event. The EWHEC 2016 organisers have consulted sports federations and organisations that have organised large-scale top sports events for disabled athletes in the past. Many of these events took place in Eindhoven. The organisers are happy to share their knowledge and experience with the organisers of the World Championships in 2018 and the European Championships in 2020. The KNHB core values, such as good sportsmanship and respect, as illustrated by the ‘shake-hands’ protocol, will play an important role at the event. Cooperation with the Dutch Floorball and Unihockey Federation (NEFUB): the side events programme will include floorball demonstration games and training sessions. There will also be a programme for referees. Work is underway to develop technology to measure the speed of wheelchairs, involving Eindhoven University of Technology, Field-Lab Blixembosch and the Centre for Sports and Technology. The brief is to develop a method that measures the speed of an electric wheelchair: 1) At any moment (by countries themselves between tournaments) 2) During the games 3)By the player himself and, at the same time, by a third party ( i.e. a referee or a member of the jury). We are learning and taking inspiration from previous events that have taken place in Eindhoven, such as the IPC Swimming World Championships and the IPC Swimming European Championships. Many students will be present to help out at the event, thanks to local sports education institutions Fontys University of Applied Sciences and the Summa College Sports & Education. As part of the side events programme able-bodied people will be challenged to take part in a game of wheelchair floorball hockey. They will be coached by wheelchair floorball hockey players. The interesting programme of side events and the involvement of sports federations and organisations will attract a larger audience. 25 Appendices Postbus 90150, 5600 RB Eindhoven Eindhoven candidacy to host IWAS Electric Wheelchair Hockey European Championships 2016 October 14, 2014 Dear Sir / Madam, As mayor of Eindhoven and chair of Brainport, I am proud of this city’s candidacy to host the IWAS Electric Wheelchair Hockey European Championships 2016. It is with pleasure that I hereby present the Eindhoven bid. Eindhoven is the fifth largest city in the Netherlands with over 210,000 citizens and the city is famous for her outstanding reputation in technology, design and knowledge. Initiated by Philips with the invention of the light bulb, the region turned into a technological hotspot in Europe in nearly a century. At this moment, Eindhoven is the second largest economic region of the country. Technology, design and knowledge are embedded in the DNA of Eindhoven. This city is the beating heart of Southeast Brabant, which was voted “smartest region of the world” in 2011. The city of Eindhoven is also progressive in the field of sports. Eindhoven takes a leading position in sports, with soccer, swimming and hockey in the forefront. The city hosts a range of (sport) events throughout the year. As a partner in organization and communication we started facilitating large international sport events decades ago. For example in the last few years we organized the European Championships Swimming 2008, the European Championships Water Polo 2012 and the Euro Hockey League 2014. We also hosted the GP Bulls international EWH tournament in 2013, a fantastic event for the players as well as the staff and spectators. This event took place in Indoor Sports Centre Eindhoven. This green area of over 200 hectares is the perfect area to organize a high-end sport event like the IWAS Electric Wheelchair Hockey European Championships 2016. It is suitable for excellent top sport activities as well as for leisure activities. Genneper Parken, Indoor Sports Centre Eindhoven and Hotel Eindhoven are ideal venues for you and all your participants to experience an unforgettable stay in Eindhoven. Eindhoven is also well known for the model of cooperation. Because of this typical Eindhoven approach and the presence of high-quality sport facilities, such as Indoor Sports Centre Eindhoven and Fontys University of Sports, we're able to really get things done. We hope to be rewarded with the privilege of hosting the IWAS Electric Wheelchair Hockey European Championships 2016 and look forward to our partnership. Yours sincerely, Mr. Rob van Gijzel Mayor of Eindhoven Chair of Brainport This venue, Indoor Sports Centre Eindhoven, is also the place where your event hopefully will take place in 2016. Nearby this venue, Hotel Eindhoven is situated, a state of the art hotel with all facilities you might require. In the direct area of the venue you will find a unique set of sport facilities in the beautiful surroundings of Genneper Parken. 26 27 Appendices Electric wheelchair hockey in the Netherlands Some 400 people with a physical disability take part in the national electric wheelchair hockey competition. The players are dependent on an electric wheelchair as a consequence of a bone or (progressive) muscle disease. The game is played by mixed teams (men and women, juniors and seniors) and there are five players in a team. It is an indoor game, involving a plastic ball, derived from the ball used in floorball. As with ice hockey, the pitch is lined with hoardings and the ball can be played behind the goal posts. The game is played internationally and there are both European and World Championships. Strong classification rules apply during the championships and the rules are adapted and amended every two years during a so called ‘general assembly’. There are 19 electric wheelchair hockey clubs in the Netherlands and a further 10 that offer both electric wheelchair hockey and wheelchair floorball hockey. The official competition format is set out below. National Competition Premier division (6 teams) Organisation Match organisers (5) Play-offs First division (6 teams) Regional league 2nd, 3rd, 4th division National events Technical commission 28 DKF Tournament Middle region (15 teams) National DKF finals East region (10 teams) Education West region (8 teams) Referee course South region (18 teams) 29 Appendices Genneper Parken In chapter 2 we touched on Genneper Parken and the 12 facilities available there. Here is a more extensive description. De Kempen and De Meijerij. The Heempark botanical garden makes for a lovely walk or ride with the whole team. National Swimming Centre De Tongelreep (sports) De Tongelreep in Eindhoven is one of the biggest swimming centres in Europe. It has a wave pool, an Olympic-size swimming pool (named after Olympic champion Pieter van den Hoogenband), a 25-meter pool, a 4-lane training pool and lots of slides. Genneper Hoeve (nature) De Genneper Hoeve is an organic farm in the middle of town where cows, chickens and pigs have plenty of space to roam. The farmer will show you how he looks after his animals, fields and gardens. Eindhoven Museum (culture) A lost city comes to life in Eindhoven Museum. The Heritage Park with its life size farms and houses shows what pre-historic and medieval Eindhoven looked like. Meet the people from those ancient times and take part in their day-to-day activities. The museum’s collection contains artefacts from the 17th century onwards. Ice Sports Centre (sports) The Ice Sports Centre is home to many sports clubs and offers plenty of skating fun to nearby schools and businesses. The centre will be closed during EWHEC 2016. Indoor Sports Centre Eindhoven (sports) Indoor Sports Centre Eindhoven is one of the largest indoor sports centres in the Netherlands. It provides state-of-the-art facilities to athletes, public and press during (top) sports events. ISE is the EWHEC 2016 venue. Heempark Frater Simon Deltour (culture, nature) In Genneper Parken, and Heempark Frater Simon Deltour in particular, you can find plants from the Brabant rural areas of 30 Paviljoen Genneper Parken (restaurant) Paviljoen Genneper Parken is a good place for lunch, dinner or simply coffee and cakes. Essink Sports Centre (sports) Essink Sports Centre offers all the different sports traditionally found in big sports centres. Riding School (sports) This four star riding school in beautiful green surroundings is a must for any horse lover. Genneper Sport Park (sports) Genneper Sport Park is home to two tennis clubs, two hockey clubs and three football clubs. There is also an 18-holes golf course. Cartoon Museum Ton Smits Huis (culture) You can’t miss Cartoon Museum Ton Smits Huis. The blue and pink studio home of artist Ton Smits has been made into a museum dedicated to his life and work. Climbing Centre Neoliet (sports) Neoliet is located in Fontys University of Applied Sciences and offers climbing facilities for climbers of any age and level. Credits No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by means, electronic or mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the KNHB. Coordination and editors Elke Thijssen, Jelle Sprée (KNHB) Photography KNHB database, Kees-Jan van Overbeeke (GP Bulls), city of Eindhoven, Eindhoven365 (Rien Meulman, Jeroen Aarts, Jaap Bouwens, Trudo, Peter Kentie), Norbert van Onna, Michael Teeuwen, Sebastian Grenzing, Roel Ubels, Jo Hedwich Teeuwisse. Translation Zuidas Text and Translations Design and layout Scenario Design Credits This BID book is published by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond (KNHB) and we would like to thank the city of Eindhoven and the province of Noord-Brabant for their contribution. Disclaimer This BID book was compiled in October 2014 and while all care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the book, please be aware that some changes may need to be made between now and 2016 when the event takes place. Contact KNHB PO Box 2654 3430 GB Nieuwegein The Netherlands [email protected] www.knhb.nl 31