* GYMfamily Event * PREVIEW I: 1. AUSTRIAN TEAM OPEN 2010

After the big international response to the 6. Future Team Cup 2009 last fall in Linz, there will be a further, extremely interesting international team competition for elites and juniors in Linz, Austria as of spring:
The I. AUSTRIAN TEAM OPEN 2010!
Just before the European Championships this is a valuable test of the competition form of the until now 25 registered teams from 7 nations. Since this competition was announced rather late, there were many further requests to the Austrian Federation (ÖFT), to make use of this competition at the latest as of 2011. The organisers of the premiere believe they could place themselves in a real gap in the market in this point in time...

* I. AUSTRIAN TEAM OPEN 2010
- Vienna, 27./28. March 2010 -
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* The Idea ....
Every year, always one month before the following European Championships this should become an important and expansive competition possibility for the European and Overseas guests in the Brigittenauer Sportshall - last test for the national selected teams of the countries so to say before the continental spring highlight!
* The Concept ,
to open the yearly Austrian team-state championships and to establish them quickly as the "Austrian Team Open" is highly appreciated.

Gymnastics President of Vienna: Ing. Harald REICHEL

Viennas Gymnastics President Harald Reichel ist proud:
„I am looking forward to a great event, wonderful atmosphere in the audience and exciting competitions. I am sure that this attractive competition will grow to a sure and stable size and event in the international calendar during the next years.“.
* The Guests...
With a Canadian gymnastics-team even a representative is coming from overseas. The neighbouring countries Hungary, Slowenia and Slowakia will use the "ATO AG" as a qualification for the European Championships (at the end of April in Birmingham), like Israel and great Britain...

Austria's national coachPetr Koudela, up to 2002 Czech national coach

- ... in total 23 teams from 6 countries and 2 continents. Also 14 Austrian state-teams are taking part.
>> List of participants (*Update, March 18)

Austrias National Trainer Petr Koudela sais:
„We are making use of the Austrian Team Open as the third and deciding European Championship qualification. Directly after this, juniors and elite will be selected for Birmingham.
Due to the international atmosphere, the competition will have a special flair and the athletes will surely be motivated. Also the totally neutral position of the international judges is a welcome support for our intern European Championship decisions. I thi think the Austrian Team Open will have a good chance as a successful competition format in the future because countries of this gymnastics size really are in need of competitions of this kind!“

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