The final countdown..

Dear all,

Take into account that the weather in Belgium is not so good at the moment, winter seems to have arrived suddenly..  So please be careful and leave in time, so that you can take the possible traffic jams into account.

Could we please ask those of you, attending the IIC on Friday, to be in time in the venue Koninklijke Stallingen (this is, in time for registration which is from 6h30 to 8.00). At 8.00, we really have to close down the registration, so that all participants are present and ready in the hall at 8.30 at the latest, to be able to line up a bit later. The IIC starts at 9.00, so the GrandMasters will enter around 8h50.

Those of you already present in Oostende on Thursday, please come to the registration in Ravelingen between 10.00-12.00 or 13.00-21.00.

This IIC will be "historical", due the the big amount of participants (253, 22 countries), due to the big amount of Masters (20) and the fact that 2 other GrandMasters will be present (first time ever). It's also the first time the Kids Development Program is included in an IIC. Because of the big amount of participants, the chairman of the Technical Committee promised to have 2 "separate" IIC's at the same time, I°-III° & IV°-IX°.

Kind regards and see you soon..
OC