Common questions asked by spectators
How much does it cost for Spectators?The price of a passe-partout for both days is €15.00. Children under 12 years guided by an adult have free admission. The price of a ticket for Sunday only is € 10.00. Note, if you lose your Passe Partout, you will have to buy a day ticket on Sunday so keep it in a safe place. Passe-partouts for the whole weekend can be ordered in advance at the discounted price of € 10.00. You need to send an e-mail with details of your name and the number of tickets to amsterdamsevens@gmail.com and then paying the corresponding amount in euros by (international) bank transfer to: Stichting Rugby Promotie Amsterdam ABN/AMRO account number 42.88.58.945. The bank address is: Houtplein, Haarlem, Nederland. The Swiftcode (a.k.a. BIC) for ABN-AMRO is: ABNANL2A IBAN = NL46ABNA0428858945 Please make sure you include your name (the same name as on the e-mail) on the payment. Please also make sure you specify on the payment that you will pay all of the charges so that we get the full amount. We cannot take any new orders for tickets after the Sunday before the tournament and all payments should also have been made by then. You can then pick up your tickets at the entrance. You will need to give your name (the same as on the e-mail and the payment) and have some ID. Teams that order extra tickets in advance can also get tickets at the discounted price. Send the extra cash with your team payment or complete the process above for spectators mentioning your team name. We can then add the extra tickets into the registration packs you pick up before the tournament. Back to top When should I travel?Arriving in Amsterdam A little acclimatisation on Friday evening will help prepare for a heavy weekend and is recommended. You can also catch up with some of the teams preparing for the tournament at Cafe Corso, Suzies Saloon and a number of other bars. Leaving Amsterdam The final game finishes around 5 o'clock on Sunday. This is followed by the prize giving followed by a few hours of very sociable winding down. If you are booking a flight, try to get one as late as possible on Sunday or, even better, wait until Monday. Leaving early and missing the final is bad. Missing the plane is also not good. Late planes avoid having to make the choice. Warning: booking a taxi to the airport is no guarantee it will arrive or that someone else will not steal it. The party moves to the Corso and Susies Saloon in the Red Light District until late. Well worth staying on for. Back to top When are the games?The first games are at 10:00 sharp on Saturday. On Saturday the last games usually finish at 17:00. The draw for Sunday is made when all games are finished on Saturday so most teams wait around to find out who they are playing and how late their first game is. The draw is usually available about one hour after the last game finishes. Sunday also starts at 10:00 sharp. From lunch onwards the business end of the competition (Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals and Finals) begin, culminating in the Final starting around 16:30. Back to top Where should I stay?The Heineken Amsterdam Sevens takes place on the outskirts of Amsterdam at the National Rugby Stadium in Geuzenveld. All sensible people stay in the centre of Amsterdam. The best places to stay are:
Can I camp at the tournament site?No. The local council gets very upset about this and there are also security staff who patrol overnight who will ask you to move on if you try to camp there. There are many camping sites around Amsterdam. Possibly the closest to central Amsterdam and the Central Station is Camping Vliegenbos. This is in Amsterdam North, just over the water from the back of Amsterdam Central Station. They claim it is 15 minutes walk from Central Station but I do not intend to test this claim. Address Details are Camping Vliegenbos, Meeuwenlaan 138, Amsterdam-Noord. Tel. 020 - 6368855, fax 020 - 6322723. www.vliegenbos.com Back to top Where is the tournament held and how do I get there?The Amsterdam Sevens is held at National Rugby Centre Amsterdam Sportpark de Eendracht Bok de Korverweg 1067 HR Amsterdam If you have access to Google Earth or Google Maps you can enter "Amsterdam Sevens" and this will show exactly where the tournament is held. You can also plan your route using these tools. Getting there By Public Transport Bus 21 from Amsterdam Central Station takes you directly to the NRCA. The buses leave approximately every 15 minutes. It takes almost exactly half an hour to get to NRCA. Bus 192 goes from Sloterdijk Station to Schiphol P40 and gets you to the ground (Freule Wttewaalpad) in approximately 10 minutes, twice an hour. By Road Don't get lost. The route description below is now the way you get to the National Rugby Centre Amsterdam if you come via Haarlemmerweg (N200), the easiest way for most people coming by road. Coming from Amsterdam, head towards Halfweg and Haarlem on the N200 until you hit traffic lights with a signpost for Geuzenveld to the left. Turn left if you are coming from Amsterdam and then turn right at the T Junction about 200 meters further. Immediately after the enforced left turn, turn right onto Cornelis Outshoornstraat which becomes JM den Uylstraat. A little more than a kilometer further there is a bend to the left into the car park. Allow at least half an hour from Central Amsterdam. By Taxi or Minibus There are Taxi ranks on the Leidseplein and at the Central Station. You can also book a taxi or minibus to pick you up. The number of the biggest taxi company is +31 20 7777777. A number of teams have asked about booking a taxi/minibus to travel to and from the tournament. I think this is an excellent idea removing the rush to get to the bus and also avoids the need to travel with the poor people. To book in advance try TCA on +31 20 7777777. Ask for -special vervoer- which is the section dealing with mini-buses. Back to top How Can I follow the Fixtures and Scores?The fixtures and scores will be available on line during the tournament. From midweek before the tournament the fixtures for the Saturday Pools will be available on-line. During the day on Saturday the scores and tables will be updated and available on-line. On Saturday evening, hopefully by around 18:00, the fixtures for Sunday Morning will be available on-line. During Sunday the results will be updated on-line during the day and, as teams progress, the teams in each fixture in the knock-out phases will be filled in as the teams qualify. To access the fixtures and scores click on "Fixtures & Results". In the Fixtures and Results screen select the results you want to see. Select Year The current year's Saturday fixtures will be available from midweek before the tournament, Sunday Morning fixtures from about 18:00 on Saturday and the knock-out games on Sunday as teams qualify. You can also select any year to see the completed results of previous tournaments. Day/date Choose either Saturday or Sunday. This can be done by selecting either the date or choosing the Saturday or Sunday “radio buttonsâ€. Tournament Choose Ladies 7s, Men's 7s or Veterans 10s. Sub-Tournament If you leave this blank it will create all fixtures/scores for that tournament on that day. You can select , for example, Silver Pier Sunday Pool matches or Heineken Boot Semi-finals. This will show all Silver Pier Sunday matches or all Heineken Boot semi-finals. Pool To select just one pool or match you can select it here. For example there are normally 12 pools in the men's Saturday Pools. You can select one of the 12 pools. Similarly you can select semi-final 1 or Semi-final 2. Click on "Create Report". The report can be printed off. Back to top |
