The 40th Bubble Chamber Cup
Hosted by Royal Holloway, University of London
Sunday 6th April, 2014; Egham Leasure Centre.
The tournament is organised alongside the
IoP 2014 HEP and APP Groups Meeting
.
Organisation and registering
Games will commence at 11 am and finish at 5 pm.
There will be group stages and a knock-out stage starting from quarter finals. There is a maximum of 16 teams (it is now full!). If there is sufficient interest a women's tournament or women's match will also be organised.
To register or questions send a mail to
Jochem Snuverink
Rules
Most important rules:
- 5 a side (4 players and a keeper), 6 players is possible if both teams agree
- metal studded boots or blades cannot be worn.
- 25 min. matches (12 min. per half)
The full list of rules is available here: these are based on the
FIFA Rules
with some modifications.
Directions
The Bubble Chamber Cup will be held at Egham Leisure centre
.
By car Egham Leasure Centre can be easily reached
.
By train, from Egham train station it is about 10 minutes from the station
.
For travel to London and British Rail services around London, see National Rail Enquiries
.
This Sunday there are engineering works planned and no trains will stop at Egham station. A bus replacement service will be run and "journey times may be extended by at least 40 minutes". For more information: http://www.southwesttrains.co.uk/engineeringwork.aspx?date=06/04/2014
and http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/static/documents/maps/Twickenham_Hounslow_Virginia_Water.pdf
Refreshments
The sports centre provides a café with refreshments and drinks. Vending machines are also available.
Social
The tournament finishes at 5pm. There will be a BBQ organised at "The Happy Man"
pub in Egham, starting after the tournament. Everyone is welcome to attend, also non-football players.
The prize giving will be done at the IoP conference banquet on Tuesday evening.
Registered Teams
16 teams have registered so far (max. 16):
Birmingham
Bristol 1
Bristol 2
Brunel
Cambridge
Imperial
Liverpool 1
Liverpool 2
Manchester 1
Manchester 2
Queen Mary
Royal Holloway
Sheffield 1
Sheffield 2
UCL 1
UCL 2
Reserve:
Sheffield 3