De Montfort University - Leicester

Proudly Presents the Spring 2000

Aiuchi Jiu Jitsu Nationals

'Down The Demons Dojo'

When

Saturday March 25th
Sports Center Doors Open 10.30am
Training Starts 11am
Lunch from 1.30pm - 2.30pm
Training Finishes 5pm
Sports Center Doors Close 5.30pm
Sunday March 26th
Sports Center Doors Open 10.30am
Training starts 11am
Lunch from 1pm - 2pm
Training Finishes 4pm

If people can arrive a little early then they can help us put the mats out etc. *grin*

Where

John Stansford Sports Center, De Montfort University, Leicester.
Want a map and directions? Click here too have a look at our official university maps on how to get here! (On the `Leicester City Campus map there the sports center is labeled 'BVD' for some reason).
Plenty of parking available in and around the general area - or park outside the house of the person you are going to be kipping over with.
By car:
From Junction 21 of the M1, or the Leicester end junction of the M69, take the A5460 to Leicester city center. Follow this road for a couple of miles. You will be Traveling straight into Leicester. You should travel down a weird bit of duel carriage way (Its weird as there are extra roads on either side of the dual carriage way). The road you are on is known as Narborough Road. Go straight through several sets of traffic lights. Eventually you will pass under a railway bridge, past Iceland (which will be on your left), and a BP garage (on your right). Keep going straight on! Keep going keep going keep going keep going, you'll drive past a Domino`s pizza (on your right).

Ok, Now is a good time to keep your eyes open, you'll come up to another set of traffic lights and you'll want to hook a right down the road `Braunstone Gate`, a curved road which curves around to the left. You will come up to some more traffic lights and you want to turn right under a bridge. The sports center is there on your left! The John Stanford Sports Center. Now you know where we are, try and find some parking :)

From Bedford follow A421 to Junction 13 M1, proceed northbound, exit at Junction 21 and follow directions above. From Milton Keynes follow signs to Junction 14 M1, proceed northbound and exit at Junction 21 as above.

From the north, I suggest you drive down to junction 21 (don't worry about junction 22) and follow the instructions above.

If anyone gets extra stuck, we should have people by their mobile phones ready to talk you in when you get close. Ill slap numbers up here when I get them.
ANY problems getting there, mail me, Martin, at babbage@dmu.ac.uk or give me a phone - Leicester (0116) 2577486 (work) - (0116) 2249224 (home) and Ill get you want you need to get here.

Costs/Ticket Prices

Pre-Paying
Students/Unemployed - £10
Working - £12
On the door
Students/Unemployed - £12
Working - £14
Personages who can only come for one day - prices to be confirmed - were probably talking about 6-7 quid per day (student/unemployed)

Tickets will be given out on the day to everyone - This includes anyone who is just watching - you will need these tickets to get in and out of our Sports Center without having to pay anything.

Saturday Night Plans

Accommodation/Crash downs / Floor Space
See below for Accommodation contact details
LOTS of floor space to crash down on
Saturday Night
Will involve Beer, Food, and Frivolous behavior - to be confirmed!

Accommodation

Holiday Inn in Leicester (0116) 2531161
Twin/Double room (now when they say double room the impression I got was for the same price you could have 2*single beds, a double bed OR 2*double beds!)
£75 for both people (so thats £37.50 each) including a full english breakfast, car parking is free and you get full use of facilities of the hotel (including gym, sauna and swimming pool)
You can `upgrade` to a special executive room with extras for an extra 20 quid :)
Location: just around the corner from the sports center.
Forte Postehouse in Leicester (0870 4009051)
Twin room costs £64 for the night (so thats 32 quid each) including breakfast
They do do an offer, £39 quid for a twin room for the night as well, but you wont get breakfast!
You can upgrade the 64quid to 84quid better room with king sized beds and minibar and stuff :)
Location: if you read the directions to leicester on my web page, youl see the place as your travelling down `narborough road`.

Food

For lunch on saturday/sunday we will be supplying some boxes of crisps, snickers and mars bars, fruit and some liquid of some form. If people want something else they can a) bring it along b) use a vending machine c) there are plenty of eating places around the sports center :)

Numbers So Far (Last Updated Thursday 9th March)

Definite numbers are numbers of people who said they will be coming
Possible numbers are numbers of people who might end up coming

DeMontfort Uni
20 Definite
30 Possible
Leicester Kids Club (The more adult students!)
5-6 Possible
Huntington
5-6
Newbury
5-6
Derby
4-5
Keele
0 - Boooo! *grin*
Wales
5
London
6

See you in the Dojo! (Otherwise known as 'The Shark Tank')