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EUROPEAN KENDO CHAMPIONSHIPS IN FINLAND:
LAST MINUTE INFO LETTER

Dear Kendo Friends!

The 22nd EKC will take place next week in Finland. We are very happy to welcome
you all to Helsinki, to the biggest EKC ever!

The purpose of this last minute info-letter is to provide some information and
explanations concerning the EKC arrangements and also facilitate your final
preparations and your arrival to Helsinki.

1. Drawings

The definitive drawing was posted on the EKC website www.ekc2008.com
on 6 March 2008. Please consult and rely on it.

Should anything happen before now and the actual EKC, the drawing will be
confirmed at the managers' meeting on Thursday at 19.00 (see schedule attached)

2. Schedule

New "definitive draft schedule" is attached and posted on the website too.

Some modifications have been made to the previous draft. Note that times of
meeting's have been slightly changed.

Please accept that this schedule is still subject to changes.

Definitive final schedule (with transfer and meals schedule) will be
distributed on arrival.

3. Tare numbers and country denominations

The tare numbers will be distributed at the manager's meeting (except for those
who have them already).

The tare numbers bear the old system of country denominations (for example
Belgium is B and Finland FIN). In the drawing chart and catalogue countries bear
the denomination according to the ISO standard (Belgium is BE and Finland FI).

We are sorry for this incoherence, but after having discussed it with the EKF,
we decided to live with it.

4. Compatibility of functions (competitor/coach/manager)

According to Rule 8.4. the "Referees, Managers and Coaches may not participate
as competitors in neither the Team nor the Individual Championships".

In order to stick to the rules, the EKF has decided to remove all
incompatibilities stemming from the registration of a competitor as a coach or
team manager. Therefore you will not see your competitors marked as coaches or
managers in the catalogue.

However, it is of utmost importance that one of the delegation members
participates in the manager's meeting and assures that the managerial functions
are taken care of.

5. Cold facts of life in Finland: Room service and night club restrictions

At the hotel, your room mini-bars and telephone lines are closed when you
arrive. In order to open them, you have to consult the reception desk and leave
your credit card as guarantee. We have no credit.

After the dinner at the Hotel Restaurant, the last sequence of the Sayonara
Party takes place in the premises of the Hotel Presidentti Night Club. This is
for adults only. Young adults, please keep an ID-card or passport available to
prove your age.

Due to very strict law concerning access of minors (under 18 years) to night
clubs and joints like that, we have to organise a separate
non-alcohol-vending-disco for juniors. This disco will be at the Hotel (next to
the restaurant) from around 22.00 - 24.00 (01.00). We hope our juniors will be
able to enjoy the rest of the evening together. The junior-disco is accessible
for over-aged people, too.

6. Info of your arrival times

In order to best serve you on your arrival, we hope that you send us (as reply
to this mail, reply to all) your arrival times on Helsinki airport.

That way we can keep the reception desk at the airport properly manned during
peak hours and make your EKC packages ready at your accommodation when you
arrive.

7. GSM Help-line

We have a GSM help-line available for you 24/24. It will be operational from
Monday morning onwards until the beginning of Sayonara Party.

If you are in any trouble, lost or in need of advice, please call:
+ 358-46-849 6475 (calling from Finland: 046 - 849 6475)

8. Last minute www-check

Please check the www.ekc2008.com <http://www.ekc2008.com/> website once more
before your departure. Some of the things will be updated also on last days
before the event.

We intend to post for instance small maps of City centre and Olympic stadium
districts in order to facilitate your arrival to Hotel and Hostel.

Practical info will be updated too before the EKC starts (shopping times etc.).

Check also the weather forecast on practical tips section. Winter has been mild
this year, but weather can be very variable.

In agreement with the EKF, on behalf of the EKC Organising Committee, yours,
Pekka Nurminen
Chair
Tel. +358-50-550 7544