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8th Mind Sports Olympiad Playing Schedule
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The Eighth Mind Sports Olympiad
took place between 19-30 August 2004 in Manchester.
The total prize fund was over £17,000 cash
($30,000 or €25,000) plus prizes in kind.
The 8th Mind Sports Olympiad took place from Thursday August 19th to Monday August 30th inclusive in its new permanent home at the Renold Building at Manchester Conference Centre. This year, we are proud to take place in collaboration with the British Historical Games Society's Britcon Olympiad event, featuring the UK National Championships for a number of different periods.
Key points about the 8th Mind Sports Olympiad:
- Excellent playing site within 2 minutes walk of more than 500 student and hotel bedrooms.
- Accommodation at very competitive rates for the different qualities of bedroom (all prices are in pounds sterling and include VAT):
| Standard Single | £24.50 Bed and Breakfast |
| Standard Twin | £21.00 per person Bed and Breakfast |
| En Suite Single | £29.50 Bed and Breakfast |
| 3* Hotel Single | £53.00 for room and breakfast |
| 3* Hotel Twin | £28.50 per person for room and breakfast |
| 3* Hotel Double | £28.50 per person for room and breakfast |
| 4* Hotel Single | £56.00 per person for room and breakfast |
| 4* Hotel Double | £33.00 per person for room and breakfast |
- An accommodation booking form is now available to take advantage of those rates.
- Accomodation is available at even better rates on a room-only basis for student and youth participants.
- A one-stop booking service for accommodation, both for the above-mentioned rooms and for a large number of additional hotels of various standards and with price-ranges to suit all budgets. For all accommodation enquires and bookings please contact Janet Adnams, telephone: +44 (0)161 200 4068, e-mail: mcc.reg@umist.ac.uk
- We have directions for finding the venue.
- Snacks, sandwiches, confectionery and beverages on a cash basis adjacent to the largest playing hall.
- Spectators are welcome and there will be no charge made.
We have our best line-up of bridge tournaments yet! They have attracted over £8,000 of sponsored prizes already, and the world's number one bridge player, Geir Helgemo of Norway, will be joining the Hackett family of English internationals to play in the two team events.
The first MSO Schools event took place on July 10th and 11th, featuring the national finals of the UK Chess Challenge, the UK Go Challenge and the second UK Schools Quiz and Intelligence Championships. The final results of the Schools Quiz and Intelligence Championships are available along with details of all the qualifiers.
For further information visit us from time to time at www.msoworld.com or e-mail us at: entries@msoworld.com. Alternatively, make telephone enquiries to +44 1707 659080.
For advice and help if you need a UK visa please e-mail David Levy at: dlevy@msoworld.com.
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