Welcome to the website of the 13th GENSB tournament, organized by the Dutch Tug of War Federation NTB.

On August 28, 2010 approximately 45 teams from many different countries will participate in this international Tug of War youth tournament.

The tournament will be held in Raalte, a village in the eastern part of the Netherlands, near Deventer and Zwolle. The approximately 450 participants in this tournament will stay at Summer Camp Heino.

On this site we will inform you about this low-budget annual tournament for youth from 12-18 years. Also you can find all relevant information for participants on this site. Keep a close eye on this site, more information will be posted regularly!

If you have any questions, feel free to mail us at holland@gensb.eu

We look forward to welcome you on August 28, 2010 in Heino!

 

 

ACCOMMODATION

 In the eastern part of the Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel, Heino is located near the towns Deventer and Zwolle. In Heino the participants, but also judges, timekeepers and buss drivers will stay at Summer Camp Heino, a large group accommodation suitable for the accommodation of 1000 people! The facility is located at ± 5 km. from the competition field. Transportations to and from the tournament site are arranged by shuttle bus.

Nights and meals are included in the registration fee, even as use of swimming pool, sports hall, cinema and nightclub. On the site there even is a pizzeria! Drinks in the nightclub are for own account, no alcohol is being served to persons below the age of 16 years. For more information visit www.heino.nl.

 

All guests have to bring their own sleeping bag and pillowcase.

 

Remember to carry enough cash money with you. The site is not equipped with a cash dispenser!

International youth tug of war tournament GENSB
What does GENSB mean?

The GENSB used tug of war tournament was founded in 1989. The goal of the five founding nations Germany, England, Netherlands, Switzerland and Belgium is to bring young athletes between 12 and 18 at an international level together. At the same time it is an opportunity to introduce tug of war to the youth and to achieve international friendships. The tournament takes place every year on the last Saturday in August. In addition to the five countries who gave the tournament the name further nations like Sweden and the Baltic states took part.
Value is set on that all young pullers whether female or male participate and pull the rope. For that reason official rules like weight and number of pullers were amended.
The whole tournament is organized as a low budget event. Each participant is paying a low fee for food and accommodation. This results in a large number of participants. Last year in Belgium the number grew up to 49 teams and 500 youth.
The event starts with the arrival on Friday and gives the young athletes the chance to get the area, competition field, location of catering and accommodation known. Next day starts with the weigh-in and the grouping of the teams before the official salutations at 10:30. From 11:00 the tug of war competition starts. Some hard pulls will be present since the GENSB youth tournament has almost the same significance than a European or a World championship.

International youth tug of war tournament GENSB
What does GENSB mean?

The GENSB used tug of war tournament was founded in 1989. The goal of the five founding nations Germany, England, Netherlands, Switzerland and Belgium is to bring young athletes between 12 and 18 at an international level together. At the same time it is an opportunity to introduce tug of war to the youth and to achieve international friendships. The tournament takes place every year on the last Saturday in August. In addition to the five countries who gave the tournament the name further nations like Sweden and the Baltic states took part.
Value is set on that all young pullers whether female or male participate and pull the rope. For that reason official rules like weight and number of pullers were amended.
The whole tournament is organized as a low budget event. Each participant is paying a low fee for food and accommodation. This results in a large number of participants. Last year in Belgium the number grew up to 49 teams and 500 youth.
The event starts with the arrival on Friday and gives the young athletes the chance to get the area, competition field, location of catering and accommodation known. Next day starts with the weigh-in and the grouping of the teams before the official salutations at 10:30. From 11:00 the tug of war competition starts. Some hard pulls will be present since the GENSB youth tournament has almost the same significance than a European or a World championship.

GENSB History

How it all began
During the European Championships in Jersey in 1997, Anja Poorterman (Netherlands) approached Albert Treiber (Germany) to discuss the possibility of youth teams from Holland visiting Germany at the end of the outdoor season. The purpose of the visit was a “fun” weekend combined with a Tug of War tournament for teams that included both boys and girls. Albert agreed that this was a good idea and proposed that Belgium, Switzerland and England should also be invited to participate.

That evening, representatives from Belgium, Switzerland and England were approached in the bar, and it was agreed to hold a meeting the following evening in the hotel lobby. During that first meeting the subject was discussed at great length and the basic rules of the competition were drafted. It was agreed to forward the proposals to the national associations for their approval. The five national associations gave the green light, and the first competition was held in Momberg, Germany in 1998. GENSB was born!

The representatives that attended the first meeting in Jersey (the “founding members” of GENSB) were Albert Treiber (Germany), Anja Poorterman, Georg Nieuwendijk (Netherlands), Markus Sax (Switzerland), Dirk Dieleman (Belgium) and Jim Knight (England).
Since the start of GENSB many people have worked hard to ensure the continued success of the tournament, these include the founding members plus Rainer Schalck, Günter Weiss (Germany), Rahnie Smith, Peter Tuckwell, Vic Ludkin, Alec Masson (England), Arjan Slotboom, Jeanet Brinks, Tiny Langeveld, Ivy Pot, Jeroen Brummelman (Netherlands), Walter Schacher, Rolf Glauser, Cornel Studerus (Switzerland), Johan v.d. Veken, Patrick v.d. Heuvel (Belgium).

GENSB today
The five GENSB countries take it in turn to host the tournament, which has developed into the most successful youth Tug of War competition in the world. Seventeen teams competed in the first GENSB tournament in 1998, but that number has steadily increased with 48 teams competing in 2008. GENSB involves both boys and girls, the costs for competitors are kept to a minimum, and EVERY participant goes home with a medal; these essential elements of GENSB have never changed. The tournament always starts with an opening ceremony where all the teams and officials parade in the arena and the GENSB flag is raised. The tournament closes with the presentation of trophies followed by the GENSB flag being lowered and presented to the national representative of the next year’s host country. The Saturday evening disco, held after the competition, is now a permanent and popular feature of the GENSB weekend. The governance of GENSB is kept within the GENSB countries, but teams from other countries are always welcome. Teams from Sweden, Ireland, Latvia and Lithuania are regular entrants, and teams from Italy and the Republic of South Africa have also taken part.

Past hosts and finalists

Year	Teams	Place, Country	Gold	Silver
1998	17	Momberg, Germany	Phillipinenburg (GER)	Valleitrekkers (NED)
1999	28	Canterbury, England	Familie Janssens (BEL)	Denzlingen (GER)
2000	40	Heino, Netherlands	Stans-Oberdorf (SUI)	Mosnang (SUI)
2001	44	Escholzmatt, Switzerland	Mosnang (SUI)	Stans-Oberdorf (SUI)
2002	48	Tongerlo, Belgium	Goldscheuer (GER)	Saldus (LAT)
2003	40	Duisburg, Germany	Mosnang (SUI)	Dietenbach (GER)
2004	42	Canterbury, England	Lincoln (ENG)	Ebersecken (SUI)
2005	36	Vierhouten, Netherlands	Valleitrekkers (NED)	Thurtal (SUI)
2006	47	Huttwil, Switzerland	Lagerweij (NED)	Drostdy (RSA)
2007	49	Retie, Belgium	Lagerweij (NED)	Ebersecken (SUI)
2008	48	Reilingen, Germany	Eschbachtal (GER)	Sins (SUI)
2009	41	Newquay, England	Mosnang (SUI)	Drostdy (RSA)

GENSB     MANUAL

Edition: December 2007

Constitution
GENSB was founded in 1998, according agreements between the five organizing countries as above. It is our goal to bring young people together on international level and to prepare them into Tug of War sport.

Agreements
1. GENSB-tournament, started in 1998, will be organized each year on the last Saturday of August, however, it is possible to organize one week before when this is announced at the latest till 1st January in the year of the competition.
2. National boards of the founding countries have given permission for a third cycle, starting 2008 and ending in 2012.
3. The organizing country can invite other countries to participate in this tournament.
4. Each founding country has to take part with at least two teams; there is no limit for more.
5. Each competitor will receive a personal medal, every year again made by the organizing country for it’s tournament, costs for this medal will be paid with entree fee’s from the teams.
6. Entry fee will be 50€ per team.
7. The tournament will be organized on a low-budget basis. The maximums for the following five years are agreed as followed:

• Germany: 2008 € 75.--
• England: 2009 € 77.50
• Netherlands: 2010 € 80.--
• Switzerland: 2011 € 82.50
• Belgium: 2012 € 85.--
• The price for guest countries for all years is 70€

For these prices the following services has to be provided:
- Diner, bed (suitable location) on Friday.
- Breakfast, diner, bed on Saturday.
- Breakfast on Sunday.
- Drinking water included in all meals and on the field
8. Each participating team will pay a refundable deposit of 100€, this amount can be used in case of deliberate made damage.
9. Travelling coasts are for participants.
10. The organizer provides the GENSB-Homepage with an integrated accreditation process, served by Jan Lenaerts. For this service the organizer paid € 200.- to Jan Lenaerts. From each accreditation done by a club, the GENSB delegate from this country will be informed by e-mail.

Competition rules
TWIF rules will be used, except the following items:
11. A puller, she or he, is eligible to participate in the GENSB tournament from the beginning of the year in which, she or he, reaches the age of 12 years until the end of the year in which, she or he, reaches the age of 18 years.
12. Mixed teams are allowed.
13. Weight class is 560kg.
14. The organization for the competition uses the group system like followed:
teams: groups/ropes:
Up to 24 4 groups using 4 ropes
25 – 44 4 groups using 6 ropes
More than 44 6 groups using 6 ropes
Responsible for appropriate utilising this system is the chief marshal and the chief judge of the organizing country
15. A team will consist from 7 to 10 (included) participants.
16. Lining up girls in a team will give a bonus of 10kgs for each girl, limited up to 600kgs.
17. Overhanging pullers will bee organized in mixed teams, still overhanging pullers will be composed as substitutes to the light weighted teams; responsible for this is the chef judge. A substitute from the own club is not allowed.
18. Participation of national teams is not desired.
19. The teams will be placed in the ranking in accordance to the following criteria:
• Result from the ratio points from the round robin matches
• Number of cautions
• weight (like TWIF rules)

Weigh-in
20. A testing scale will be located in a separated weigh-in area.
Opening hours: Friday: 17:00 – 22:00
 Saturday: 06:00 to end of weigh-in.
21. All pullers have to bring their national identity card to weigh-in; only if such a card is not of use in the land of origin, a TOW passport will be needed.
22. Procedure:
- control of identity card/passport
- weigh-in
- stamps
Only the team who is going to the scale will be allowed in the scale area, together with his coach, all others have to wait outside.
23. The organizer has to make sure that the procedure can be done as scheduled.

Field – Ropes
24. The field must be 50 meter long, grass must be as short as possible, a solid fence should be placed round the field.
25. The organizer will provide in minimum 5 ropes in a separate warm up area.
26. Between each rope will be a free area of 5 meter at least.
27. It is recommended that all lanes will be numbered from 1 or A to…….
28. Ropes and marks on field will be according TWIF rules.

Judges – Timekeepers
29. Each founding country will send at least two judges to the tournament.
30. Each guest country will send at least one judge to the tournament.
31. The organizing country will appoint the chief-judge.

Infrastructure
32. The organizer will provide the necessary and solid equipment for announcements by timekeepers.
33. Timekeepers must be located in a weather protecting place; also judges will have such a place.
34. A weather protecting area (in case of rain, hot sun) will be installed at the entrance of the field, big enough to locate waiting teams and their judges.
35. The organizer provides a certain amount of toilets beside the field.
 

Willkommen

Das zwölfte GENSB Turnier wird dieses Jahr bei dem englischen Tauziehverein LNRACF aus Penhale organisiert. Penhale befindet sich im Südwesten Englands. Der Vorstand dieses Vereins LNRACF und der englische Tauziehverband läden Sie alle ein teil zu nehmen an dem GENSB Turnier vom 28sten bis zum 30sten August. Wie Sie alle schon wissen, ist das GENSB Turnier das renommierteste Mixed Jugend Wettbewerb für Jungen und Mâdchen zwischen 12 und 18 Jahren alt in Europa.
Übernachten können Sie in den Klublokalen. Da stehen Betten und Matratzen Ihnen zur Verfügung. Hoffentlich macht das Ihren Aufenthalt mehr bequem.

Ich hoffe, Sie alle zu treffen im August 2009in Penhale Cornwall,
Präsident Tauziehverband LNRACF : Coll S. Davies,
Der Englische Tauziehverband,
Kommandant Penhale Training Camp .

Stelle
Nördlich an der Cornwall Küstenlinie, Südlich von Newqay, zwischen Holywell und Perranporth.

Penhale Camp und Training Area befindet sich an der rauhen Nordküste von Cornwall und sieht auf dem Atlantik hinaus. Das Trainingslager wird benützt bei drei Abteilungen der englischen Landesverteidigung (die Landmacht, die Marine und die Luftwaffe) und ihre Kadetten Organisationen. Es liegt zwischen den höchsten Sanddünen in England.
Der Südwestküste Pfad ist ein nationaler Wanderweg. Dieser Pfad beginnt in Minehead Somerset und führt zwischen dem Lager und das Meer. Für weitere Informationen zu dieser Strecke : www.southwestcoastpath.com.  Halten Sie dabei der Beschilderung rund um die Ausbildung und lässt den angegebenen Pfad nicht!

Kosten
- Unterkunft :  £65 pro Person
- Einschreibegebühr : £50 pro Team
- Garantie für Schaden : £80
Zusätzliche Kosten : Teams, die früher anreisen möchten, zahlen £ 35 pro Person pro Tag.  Man kann kommen frühestens am Donnerstag, 27. August und man kann am spätesten bis zum Montag, 31. August bleiben. (In diesem Betrag sind Übernachtung und drei Mahlzeiten miteinbegriffen.)

Unterkunft

- Alle Teilnehmer sollten einen Schlafsack mitbringen.
- Alle Teilnehmer schlafen in einem Bett mit Matratze
- Einige Teams haben gemeinsam an einem Wohnheim mit anderen Teams. Dies hängt von der Anzahl der Teilnehmer ab.

 

 WELKOM :

Het 12de GENSB tornooi wordt dit jaar georganiseerd door de engelse touwtrekclub LNRACF in Penhale, dewelke zich in het Zuid-Westen van Engeland bevindt. Het bestuur van Club LNRACF en de Engelse touwtrekbond nodigen jullie allen uit om deel te nemen aan het GENSB tornooi en dit van 28 tot 30 augustus.  Zoals jullie allen wel weten is het GENSB tornooi het meest prestigieuze mixed jeugd competitie voor jongens en meisjes tussen 12 en 18 jaar in Europa. Uw accomodatie zijn slaapzaal gebouwen, dewelke allen zijn uitgerust met
een bed en een matras om op te slapen, zodat uw verblijf hopelijk comfortabel is.

Ik hoop jullie allen te zien in augustus 2009 in Penhall Cornwall.
President Club LNRACF : Col. S. Davies
Engelse Touwtrekbond
Commnadant Penhale Training Camp

LOKATIE :
Aan het noorden van de Cornwall kustlijn, ten zuiden van Newqay, gelegen tussen Holywell en Perranporth.

OMSCHRIJVING van de lokatie :
Penhale Camp and Training Area bevindt zich aan de ruwe Noord Cornwall kust aan de Atlantisch Oceaan.  Het kamp wordt gebruikt door de 3 afdelingen van de Engelse Defensie en hun kadetten organisaties. Het kamp ligt tussen zandduinen die de hoogste van Engeland zijn.

Het Zuid West Kust Pad is een nationaal wandelpad dat begint in Minehaed Somerset en tussen het kamp en de zee passeert.  Voor meer details over dit wandelpad : www.southwestcoastpath.com. Hou aub wel rekening met de borden rond het trainingsgebied en verlaat
het aangegeven pad niet.  Trainingsactiviteiten die plaatsvinden op het terrein zijn gevaarlijk.

KOSTEN :
a.       Verblijf £65 per persoon
b.      Inschrijfgeld per team £50
c.       Waarborg voor schade £80

Extra kosten:  Teams die vroeger wensen te komen betalen £35 per persoon  per dag.  Men kan niet vroeger dan donderdag 27 Aug komen en niet later dan maandag 31 Aug 09 blijven (Dit bedrag is voor de slaapplaats en 3 maaltijden).

Accommodation:
d.      Alle deelnemers moeten een slaapzak meebrengen.
e.      Alle deelnemers slapen in een bed met een matras.
f.        Sommige teams zullen een slaapzaal delen met andere teams. Dit hangt af van het aantal deelnemers.

(samenvatting en vertaling Christel Heylen)

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