Dear Showdown friends,

on behalf of the CROSS Association and UKS Blind SPRINT we would like to invite you to the 2^nd edition of the Łukasz BYK Byczkowski Memorial from November 27^th to December 1^st, 2024. Łukasz was born on December 1^st, 1993 and died on March 1^st, 2023.

The tournament will allow you to gain points in the official IBSA Showdown World ranking. Current IBSA Showdown Rules will be applied.

We plan to play on 6 Czech tables and we will play with Danish balls. All the showdown tables will be on one place at the Hotel Groman.

Estimated number of male players is around 40 and female players around 24.

The tournament will be held at the four-star Groman Hotel in Sekocin Stary near Warsaw. Accommodation and full board will be provided in the same place. This location is 20 km from Warsaw Airport. You can find more information here: https://www.groman.pl/

Participation fee is 330 EUR per person. In a case you need a transfer from and to the Warsaw Chopin airport or main bus or train station, each person will pay 20 EUR on top of the participation fee. In a case you wish to have a single room the participation fee is 480 EUR per person.

The deadline for submitting all binding application forms is October 1^st, 2024. The deadline for payment is also October 1^st, 2024 on the following bank account:

The account holder: Stowarzyszenie Cross, Konwiktorska 9, 00-216 Warszawa, Polska

Bank address: Santander Bank Polska S.A. al. Jana Pawła II 17, 00-854 Warszawa

IBAN: PL 34 1090 2590 0000 0001 3545 7460

BIC code/SWIFT: WBKPPLPP

If you cancel your participation after November 5^th, 2024 no refund will be possible.

In a case of any further questions, contact us at:

LUBOMIR PRASK – e-mail: memorial.byk@gmail.com

Cell/WhatsApp: +48 502 345 800, Facebook: www.facebook.com/Showdownpoland

MARKETA KISIEL – e-mail: memorial.byk@gmail.com

Cell/WhatsApp: +420 604 511 954

Kindest regards, Committee:

Mirosław Mirynowski - President of the CROSS Association

Lubomir Prask – Chief of UKS Blind SPRINT Wroclaw

Robert Warchalewski – Director of the school for the blind in Wroclaw