Tournament for Kowalski

Occasion of the Tournament

Jacek Kowalski managed together with his polish Volleyball-Team of the 1. FC Hellbrook and Hamburg’s sport association (Hamburger Sportbund) over 10 years the integration initiative “Integration durch Sport” with the goal to encourage social integration and to connect many different cultures through sport.
We proudly dedicate this Volleyball-Tournament “Turnier für Kowalski” to our Teammate, Friend and Familyfather Jacek Kowalski, who suddenly deceased in September 2007 during a league game.

He was a fantastic, rousing, humorous und beloved Human, who loved the Sport and the harmonic togetherness. Furthermore he was a passionate Hobby-Photographer and captured our athletic and familial adventures and emotions in pictures. We would like to thank him for his ambition, passion und character and we dedicate him and his family this Intergrational-Volleyball-Tournament to remind his Friends, Teammates and Fellows wherefore he supported, who he was and what we continue in his name.

Details of the Tournament

The Integrational-Mixed-Volleyball-Tournament „Turnier für Kowalski“ takes place for the 10th time on Saturday, June 17, 2017 in Hamburg – Lohbrügge in Schulenburgring 4. The gym opens at 9:00 a.m., so you will have enough time to get warmed up and meet your Teammates. The official greeting begins at 9:45 a.m. and the games start at 10:00 a.m.. According to the plan the winners ceremony takes place at 6:00 p.m..

Since this Tournament is a Mixed-Tournament there has to be minimum of 3 women per team on the field. Group- and placement games taking place with a maximum of 12 teams. The entry fee per team is 25,00€. Water, Fruits, Coffee, Cakes and freshly made buns are provided- of course for free.
Afterwards we invite all competitors and visitors to a big barbeque-party with meat, sausages and beer to end the day.

If you come from outside Hamburg we would like to help you out with research and booking Hotel rooms.

You can find all informations regarding the tournament here.

1. FC Hellbrook

Since 20 years the sportsclub 1. FC Hellbrook is organizing and managing different events and projects to support youth and social work. The tournaments organizer is the polish Volleyball-Section of the 1. FC Hellbrook, which found back then an adult Volleyballteam as part of the german project “Sport mit Aussiedlern”. Through many years and common events the team were able to gain more and more people with migration backgrounds, mostly from Poland und Russia, for the Volleyball League games.

Meanwhile a lot of Trainingsessions for Hobbyplayers are offered. Furthermore projects and tournaments are organized, just like this tournament “Turnier für Kowalski”. Christoph Szymoniak, Trainer and Organizer of the 1. FC Hellbrook and Erik David of Hamburg’s sport association (Hamburger Sportbund) started this tournament 2007 to continue the idea of a harmonic togetherness and cultural exchange and to honor our deceased Teammate Jacek Kowalski.

We warmly invite you to our Volleyball- and Badminton-Training in Steilshoop. We are searching for new, motivated and dedicated Players. Our Teams mostly consists of Polish and Russian Players. We look forward to hear from you!

Volleyball-Trainingtimes
Mondays 8:00 p.m. – 10 p.m. in the gym at Gropiusring in Steilshoop
Fridays 8:00 p.m. – 10 p.m. in the gym at Edwin-Scharff-Ring 56 in Steilshoop

Badminton-Trainingtimes
Fridays 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. in the gym at Edwin-Scharff-Ring 56 in Steilshoop

For more informations please contact Christoph Szymoniak via E-Mail christophszymoniak@gmx.de or via phone: 0179 694 4352

Organisatoren

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  Christoph Szymoniak
  (Tournament Organizer & Trainer of the 1. FC Hellbrook)
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  Erik Dawid
  (Hamburger Sportbund)
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  Daniel Kowalski
  (Tournaments Organizer & Presscommunication)