World Championship Gymnastics 16/10/2010 - 24/10/2010

Ahoy Rotterdam

2010 was a very special year for the Royal Dutch gymnastics federation. The Netherlands could organize the World Championships Gymnastics for the second time in history.

It was an honor but also a great challenge because no less than 68 countries had registered for the World Championship. Therefore the 2010 World Cup was the largest international gymnastics tournament ever in the Netherlands. Located in the renovated Ahoy in Rotterdam.

 

The Royal Dutch gymnastics federation and everyone who was involved in the event can feel proud to look back on the tournament. 45,000 visitors enjoyed the matches and of the dozens side events. The whole World Championship was broadcasted live over the internet, 436 journalists from over 30 countries have reported and there were TV images to see of the finals in 110 countries. The final days were all sold out. In total 1342 participants and facilitators came to the World Gymnastics 2010 in Rotterdam.

The vibe in the halls of the Ahoy complex was amazing during the nine-day tournament. Children were able to exercise themselves and trainers, coaches and board members could participate in clinics and in workshops.  There were special thematic meetings and seminars and of course there were also merchandising items for sale, so anyone could go home with a tangible reminder.

'Fantastic Gymnastics' was the motto of the World Championships and fantastic it was; the mood of the fans in the stands, the breathtaking calisthenics, the voltage during the competition days and of course that great stretch final.

 

For Dutch successes see:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9qjsBWHeuM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QblRkXiqKk

 The World Championships Table Tennis commenced on Sunday 8 of june 2011.

There were five levels of play:

• - Men's singles
• - Women's singles
• - Men's doubles
• - Women's doubles
• - Mixed doubles

A week long  Ahoy Rotterdam was the center of the world table tennis field. Besides top table tennis, there was an extensive side program. In co-operation with the Dutch Tabletennis federation, Rotterdam Topsport, Rotterdam Sportsupport and many other organizations  organized daily activities for many different audiences. Such as: tournaments for disabled people, a company tournament, tournaments for children under 9 and under 12 and tournaments for chinese inhabitants of the Netherlands.

There were various conferences organized, besides active Table Tennis and there was a large-scale promo village.

 

 

Facts & figures

Number of visitors: 35.000
Impact on the participating associations
(Period 2009 until 2011):

Vitality
The vatality rating for the table tennis association in 2009 was 4,02 (on a scale of 1 to 6). In 2011 this rate increased to 4,13. an increase of 0,11 where the average vitality of the Rotterdam associations remained unchanged.

Member figures
At the start of the project, the six participating teams had a total of 677 members. In mid 2011, the number of members increased with 25% to 849 members. The increase is mainly due to an increase in the number of youth members.

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu-Up9DQlJI

 

 

The Davis Cup is an international single and double men’s tennis tournament. The competition was first held in 1900 and has since grown into an annual event hosting 130 competing nations. Initially titled the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, the tournament became known as the Davis Cup after the death of its founder, Dwight Davis, in 1945. Each match, or rubber, is played in a best-of-five set format, usually spanning three days. On the first day, the first two rubbers are singles. On the second day, the doubles rubber is played, followed by two singles on the third day. The United States has been the most successful nation to date, winning the event 32 times and finishing as runners-up 29 times, closely followed by Australia with 28 victorious and 18 lost finals.
The Davis Cup often evokes special emotions. Apart from the Hopman Cup and the World Team Cup in Düsseldorf, it is the only tournament contested between teams of players from competing countries. Seen as a prestigious event, most top tennis players are proud to represent their country in the Davis Cup.

In total, 280 athletes from 37 countries took part in the event.

The Netherlands' Judo Bond (JBN) organised a fair which provided the perfect platform to present judo and the JBN, offering a range of demonstrations, a kids corner and great food and drinks to enjoy.

In the run-up to the European championship in the autumn of 2004 and spring of 2005, 600 clinics were organised for primary schools in cooperation with the Sports and Recreation department of the municipality of Rotterdam, reaching 10,000 children. 

The largest judo sporting event in the world, the World Judo Championships, were held from 26 to 30 August 2009 in the former European Sports Capital (2005), Rotterdam.  

Top Rotterdam athletes such as Deborah Gravenstijn, Elisabeth Willeboordse and Marhinde Verkerk rose to the occasion during this world championship. Budokan Rotterdam's judokas Edith Bosch and Carola Uilenhoed were also present to represent their country.

For the first time in its history, the competition consisted of five days. No less than 700 judokas from across the world gathered in Ahoy as they battled for gold.

The Netherlands' Judo Bond (JBN) organised a Total Judo Experience (TJX) to coincide with the world championships, featuring demonstrations, clinics and master classes for judo, jiu jitsu and aikido.

Rotterdam turned yellow in the first week of July 2010!

From 1 to 4 July Rotterdam was the host city for the Grand Depart of the Tour de France. The motto of this biggest annual cycling event in the world was 'New Energy'. The programme started with the team presentation on the first of July and was followed with a day packed with activities for the inhabitants of Rotterdam. The prologue and the First Stage (with the start on the Erasmus Bridge) were the absolute highlights of this unique sporting event. With more than a million visitors this event was a once in a lifetime experience for Rotterdam City of Sport! During this week many side events for young and old have taken place. Not only to promote Rotterdam as the City of Sports, but more over to promote a healthy lifestyle.

Facts and Figures
Visitors: 1.000.000 over two days)

Results:

Winner prologue: Fabian Cancellara (Zwitserland)
Winner first étappe: Alessandro Petacchi

Dutch succes:
Dutch best: Nikki Terpstra (17e)

Media attention:
1.200 journalists
360 papers
75 tv stations
70 radio stations
17.000.000 television viewers, over 170 countries

 

The European Championship Boxing for women was held from 22 till the 27^th of  October 2011 in Rotterdam. The organization was in the hands of the Dutch Boxing Association (NBB). It was the first time in the 100-year history of the Dutch Boxing Association in the Netherlands that an international boxing event was organized in the category of women's boxing.

During the European Championship Boxing two Dutch women won prices. Marichelle de Jong won a golden medal in the -69 kg class and Nouchka Fountijn won a silver medal in the class -75 kg. With this results, they put Rotterdam on the map as a boxing town.

From the 4th to the 14th of August the European Championship Handball <19 for women took place in five host cities throughout the Netherlands: Arnhem, Almelo, Leek, Maastricht and Rotterdam. The best European handball talents competed in the European Championship Handball for women under 19 for the European title. In the final weekend the best handball players from Europe played in the Topsportcentrum Rotterdam. There were also different clinics, conferences, training courses and other activities.