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Alexander Nevsky Cup
To attention of the foreign participants
You can download personal application form by clicking here.
You can download team application form by clicking here.
Send us filled personal application form by no later than April 10, 2003 by fax +7-812-274-4526 or +7-812-346-5559 or by email: office@consigueamor.com
Original of this application forms will be accepted from 10.00 till 16.00 by mandate comission in May 9, 2003 on the shooting center at the address: Russia, St.Petersburg, Zhaka Dyuklo str. 62, park "Sosnovka".
The organizers ask foreign participants of the tournament bringing shotguns to cross the border in groups!
The tournament hosts will provide airport pickup, obtain clearances for personal sporting shotguns and escort foreign participants with shotguns at Russian border checkpoints:
- Pulkovo Airport, St.Petersburg;
- Vyborg, on the Russian-Finnish border;
- Ivan-Gorod, on the Russian-Estonian border.
May 10-11 2003, park "Sosnovka", St.Petersburg, Russia
St.Petersburg, the former imperial capital of Russia marking its tercentenary in 2003, is home to a spectacular annual sports event, the international Alexander Nevsky Cup Perazzi St.Petersburg Grand Prix in compak sporting.
The tournament, whose popularity has already transcended Russian borders, will be held for the fourth time in 2003. The Alexander Nevsky Cup has hosted some of the best marksmen in Europe, including World and European Champions John Bidwell and George Digweed, and other famed shooters from Belgium, England, Estonia, Finland and Norway.
The participants of the 2003 Alexander Nevsky Cup tournament-Perazzi St.Petersburg Grand Prix will be in a unique position to appreciate the magnificience of St.Petersburg`s parks and palaces during the celebration of the city`s 300th anniversary.
The Alexander Nevsky Cup tournament-Perazzi St.Petersburg Grand Prix will be held on a shooting range in Sosnovka Park, 30 minutes away from the downtown by car. The tournament will be held according to the F.I.T.A.S.C. rules with 8 compak sporting layouts equipped with 6 to 7 projectile machines each.
Event program
The tournament will be feature the following categories: men, women, juniors, veterans and super veterans. Categories will be allowed to enter if at least 5 contenders are present.
The panel will issue team, individual and absolute scores. The team championship will be held among club teams, each comprised of 3 contenders. Contenders for individual prizes will be offered 200 targets. The number of targets for the absolute championship will be 200+25. The six shooters ending up with the highest scores in the individual 200-target championship will be allowed to enter the absolute championship irrespective of their category.
The prize fund of the tournament totals Euro 27 000.
The absolute winner will also receive a designer-made Perazzi shotgun.
The winners in separate categories will be awarded medals and valuable prizes.
The winning team will be awarded the transferable Alexander Nevsky Cup a gilded bust on a malachite pedestal.
Participation fees
Seniors, Veterans, Superveterans: Euro 180
Ladies, Juniors: Euro 120
Teams: Euro 80
Tournament schedule
Target practice: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM May 8 and 9, 2003
Applications will be accepted until: 4:00 PM on May 9, 2003
Casting of lots: 4:30 PM, May 9, 2003
Opening and coctail party: 6:00 PM, May 9, 2003
The award and closing ceremony will be held after the shooting is over.
Recommended St.Petersburg Hotels
- Sheraton Nevskij Palace ***** 30 minutes away from shooting range by car, +7-812-275-2001
- Grand Hotel Europe ***** 30 min, +7-812-329-6000
- Radisson SAS ***** 30 min, +7-812-322-5000
- Astoria ***** 30 min, +7-812-313-5757
- Angleterre **** 30 min, +7-812-313-5059
- Pribaltiyskaya **** 35 min, +7-812-356-4135
- Sankt-Peterburg *** 25 min, +7-812-542-9411
- Moskva *** 35 min, +7-812-274-0022
- Matisov Domik *** 35 min, +7-812-318-7419
- Retour *** 35 min, +7-812-437-7533
- Sputnik ** 5 min, +7-812-552-5633
- Vyborgskaya ** 15 min,+7-812-246-9146
The authorized tour operator of the tournament, Russki Put, will organize the participants stay in St.Petersburg, including Hotel reservations, trasportations, interpretes and excursions.
Russki Put: phone/fax +7-812-164-1101, +7-812-346-8165. Email: tur@rusway.spb.ru
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