Battle for Bialystok, WFB Tournament in Poland, spring 2011

[karlee]

Hello my dear friends :)

In the name of my club I’d like to invite you all for a Warhammer Tournament called “Battle for Bialystok” which will be held on 26-27 of March or 2-3 of April (date will be known within next 2-3 weeks) in our home city: Bialystok, Poland!

We had a really great time during our stay in Moscow last year and thus we’d like you to come and visit us for a great weekend (or for as long as you like ;p). If you are interested in participating in the tournament we can send you necessary invitations for your visas, host you at out homes during your stay, show you around our beautiful city, party a lot and generally take good care of you all :) So, how about it?

Here is a quick draft of the tournament rules, which may change a little bit, but the most important part is that we play using most recent ETC rules, so 2400 point armies with ETC restrictions and rules. Also this is a master class tournament in polish league, so every army needs to be painted with at least 3 colours and you can expect 60+ players. No bonus points for good quality painting, but we will reward owners of three best painted armies with good prizes – so bring your best painted miniatures! This tournament will be the last tournament from which our ETC team will emerge, so you will have a chance to meet and play against our best ETC players, exchange opinions, tactics and show them how people from The Generals and Eastern Front can drink ;)

Here are some sample photos from our tournaments:

http://s377.photobucket.com/albums/oo214/e...ament%20photos/

And a short movie from our Warhammer friends from Tallinn made especially for you:

and remember

[zeffid]

Count me in!

[karlee]

That's the spirit!

[vanidzan]

what about 40k?

have you got smth?

[Mr Carloff]

Great! I'm going. Where is my pants? =)

[karlee]

Unfortunately no w40k this time. Unlike rest of the world W40k is less popular here ;p

[anglais]

Count me in!

I second this.

time will show though.

[the_tim]

I'm in -)

[Revenant]

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[karlee]

If you have any questions or would like to contact me faster please write to my e-mail adress karlee (at) o2.pl .

[karlee]

The date is set, and the tournament will be on 2-3rd of April. I suggest that people that are interested in visiting Poland should let me know withing a month because we have to register you in our home office and send you the invitations through DHL I suppose;p in order for you to get Schoengen visa. Unless some of you alreade have it, then it shouldn't be a problem :)

[zeffid]

Ok!

Pleas provide us a list of information you need for ivitations.

A good idea is to give a hint on what is a best way to get to Bialystok. Is it far from Warsaw if we fly there. Or there's some better opportunity?

[karlee]

Ok!

Pleas provide us a list of information you need for ivitations.

A good idea is to give a hint on what is a best way to get to Bialystok. Is it far from Warsaw if we fly there. Or there's some better opportunity?

I'll check what info we need and let you know soon (propably it is the stuff which you can find in your passport). There are few ways to get here:

- by car

- by train

- by bus

- by plane and then train

- by car it should take you about 18h drive

- by bus it should take you about 24h and it costs about 120 euro for trip back and forth

- by train (through belaruss) it takes about 18h and costs (by polish PKP lines) about 170 euro back and forth with a place with a bed

- by plane it cost about 250-300 euros back and forth, the nearest airport is in Warsaw which is about 2.30h by train from Bialystok (one way train ticket costs about 10euro)

We choose to get to Moscow by bus because not counting the car (by that time I was the only one with a driver licence, and I didn't want to drive all the way alone with 3 drunks in the car) it was the cheapest choice :)

[karlee]

Okey, I checked and it looks like this:

- you have to see in polish embassy in Moscow if you need an invitation from us in order to get schengen visa. If you don't need it, then I won't bother it. If you do, then we need:

1. Surname

2. Previous Surnames

3. Name

4. Sex

5. Date of birth

6. Place of birth

7. Country of birth

8. Nationality

9. Series and number of the travel document (passport i suppose)

10. Adress of the place of your residence: Town, street, house number, postal code,

11. Adress of your accomodation (if other than your residence)

and of course duration of your stay. When you send me those data it would take about three weeks for our office to prepare needed documents and then I would need to sent them to you, so please hurry a bit...

EDIT: okey, I chcecked it for you and I think it would be better for you to have needed invitations. In order to get Schengen visa you need (from page http://www.moskwa.polemb.net):

The main documents required for any visa application for a short visit:

● Visa application form filled out in Polish, English or Russian (in Latin letters) bearing personal

signature of the applicant (completed and signed). The visa application form is available here. Minor's visa application form is signed and submitted by the parent or legal guardian. It means, that for the minor entering in the parent's or legal guardian's passport should be submitted a separate visa application form, minor receives a separate visa in the parent's or legal guardian's passport. Visa application forms can be obtained free of charge: at the security, on the website of the Consular Department, in travel agencies and airlines. You can make a registration and fill out the visa application forms via Internet on

www.e-konsulat.gov.pl.

● One color photographs meeting the following requirements: be in color, in sharp focus, white and

with good contrast, 3,5 x 4,5 cm, be printed on high quality photo paper with high solution, be

maximum 6 months old and resemble the applicant, be taken with the applicant facing the camera

directly, showing distinctly eyes and face from both sides from the top of the head to the top of the

shoulders. The face must occupy 70-80% of the picture, show a person without a headgear, facing

the camera directly with closed mouth, hair must not cover the face.

● Passport, signed and valid for at least three months after the last intended date of departure from the

territory of the EU-Member States, the passport must contain at least two blank pages (for Visa) and

must have been issued within the previous 10 years. All valid international passports in original and

expired one if available. Continued passports will not be accepted. Passports are accepted without any wrappers such as plastic, leather. Please attach copies of pages in the passport with the previous Schengen visas.

*

If you have other international passports, it should be accompanied to the application (original and copies).

● Proof of sufficient financial means if not covered by host can be provided in form of: employment

certificate confirming the position of employee and salary within a period of 6 months and year of

employment, letter from bank confirming deposit account and amount available, letter from bank

confirming holding of credit card and card limit, account statement for last 3-6 months, traveler checks,

in case of travelers depending on others for covering trip expenses consulates may accept

a guarantee letter from person paying for the trip and proof of financial means from person providing

financial support.

*

Medical insurance with ?30000 coverage valid in all EC countries. In case of one entrance - medical policy should cover all days of the planned stay, in case of multi entrance - medical policy should cover first stay of the planned trip. Travel medical insurance (period of validity should exceed 15 days more than intended trip).

*

Original employment certificate:

- For employed persons: employment certificate confirming the position of employee and salary within a period of 6 months and salary within a period of 6 months and year of employment.

- For private entrepreneurs: original of license/registration of company.

- For pensioners: pension certificate.

- For students: confirmation from university or educational establishment.

● Reservation of tickets of proof of other means of the transport to be used (if travelling by private car:

copy of international drivers license + car license).

● Additionally for Minors (under 18) that are travelling without or with only one parent: written consent

from the parent/parents (not travelling with the child) is needed. The written consent must have a

stamp of a Notary public and has to be presented in original with a copy. If there is only one

custodian, a birth certificate, decision from court about sole custody, death certificate or other

document has to prove this.

● Consular fee for processing visa applications for Russian citizens is ?35. More detail information

about consular charges is available here.

and also:

J) For private invitation trips - visits to relatives or friends:

● The original and copy of invitation letter registered at the local authority in Poland (confirmed by the voevoda).

* Document that confirms a family relations (certificate of marriage, certificate of birth, etc.)

* In the case of close relatives - wife/husband, children (including adopted), parents (including custodians), grandparents and grandchildren, who visit the citizens of the European Union or citizens of Ukraine, legally residing in Poland or on the territory of the Member States, there is a possibility to request a written invitation from host person (original and copy).

● The written request should containing as follows:

- Full name, address and telephone number of the Host.

- Full name, address, date of birth and passport number of the Applicant.

- Date, duration and destination of trip.

- Information on relationship between the host and applicant.

- Information on who undertakes traveling costs.

- reference from the place of employment/study indicating position, employment/training acceptance date,

net salary, etc.).

* The invitation must have a stamp of a Notary public. A copy of the first page of inviting person's passport should be included to the invitation. When the inviting person is not a citizen of Poland, then should be submitted a copy of the permanent residence card.

I have only one doubt - do we have to be in family relations?? Please call Polish embassy and ask, okey?

Изменено 26 января, 2011 пользователем karlee

[anglais]

we will check this.

[karlee]

Our spies have just delivered terrible news! Hitler is going to warhammer tournament in Bialystok! Just check it out:

Изменено 30 января, 2011 пользователем karlee

[zeffid]

Cool stuff!

[korgan80]

Cześć! Bardzo przykro mi, ale znam język polski średnio, ale znam bardzo dobrze język angielski więc będę pisać dalej na nim.

Mуj przyjaciel ze Kijowa (Ukraina) Vladislav Pavlov chciałby wziąć udział w Państwa turnieju. On jest naszym najbardziej gracza i potrzebuje otrzymać zaproszenia od Państwa w celu zdobycia wizę.

On pomalował armię Wampirуw (Vampire Counts), Vlad lubi grać tą armią. Jeżeli Państwo mają jakiekolwiek pytania do niego, jego e-mail: pavlovvt@ukr.net (z powodуw nieznane mi na tym forum: warforge.ru Vlad nie może się zarejestrować )

Proszę pisać listy do mnie w jeżyku polskim, lub angielskim. Do Vlada lepiej pisać w języku angielskim bo Język polski Vlad wie niestety słabo :)

Bardzo proszę o odpowiedz, z gуry dziękuje!

P.S.

To avoid misunderstanding I made an eng and rus copy ( Sorry if I made several mistakes in Polish text ):

Eng: A friend of mine - Vladyslav Pavlov from Kyev (Ukraine) looks forward to take part in your awesome tournament. He is our most skill player and he needs an invitation from you (to get visa).

He plays Vampire Counts full painted army. If you have any questions to him his email: pavlovvt@ukr.net ( For some reason unknown to me he can not make an account here ).

Rus: Мой друг - Владислав Павлов (Киев Украина) хотел бы принять участие в вашей турнире. Это наш самый лучший игрок, и он хотел бы получить от вас приглашение (для получения визы).

Он играет полностью покрашенной армией вампиров. Если у вас есть вопросы к нему, его электронная почта: pavlovvt@ukr.net ( по неизвестной мне причине он не может завести на этом форуме учётную запись).

Изменено 1 февраля, 2011 пользователем korgan80

[karlee]

Good to hear that!

Please post adress of your warhammer forum so that we could make some arrangements with him (and also other players if they wish to visit Bialystok and give Hitler a beating ;-) ).

btw. good news everyone :) The main rules judge will be main ETC judge Jedy Knight - you should know him :)

Изменено 2 февраля, 2011 пользователем karlee

[anglais]

All hail Jedi!

[korgan80]

Good to hear that!

Please post adress of your warhammer forum so that we could make some arrangements with him (and also other players if they wish to visit Bialystok and give Hitler a beating ;-) ).

Our warhammer forum: http://toy-land.com.ua/forum/index.php

Изменено 13 мая, 2011 пользователем korgan80

[karlee]

So how about your visas guys? Can you get a tourist visa or do you need an official invitation from us? Time is running pretty short... only less than two months left...

[karlee]

How are the preparations going? In case you'd like to know, here is a topic of our tournament:

http://forum.wfb-pol.org/viewtopic.php?f=2...f75&start=0 :)

[Neanor]

How are the preparations going? In case you'd like to know, here is a topic of our tournament:

http://forum.wfb-pol.org/viewtopic.php?f=2...f75&start=0 :)

hi :)

we will decide later, i guess. and thanx for link!

[anglais]

таки кто едет то? можно бы было скоординироваться.