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      Request to Skaters to fill in Questionnaire form
03-04-2023.
For the Masters International Short Track Games in Amsterdam the Organising Committee needs to know for which activities the attending skaters want to make reservations. This is for the Excursions, Meals at the Ice rink Skaters Lounge and Ice-sessions for training. For this reason a special Questionnaire form has been made. We request al skaters to fill in this form and send it back by Email as soon as possible. This form must be send not later then friday 7 April 2023 as the OC has to make all kinds of reservations based on this information. We do thank all skaters for a quick reply. You can download the form on the page INFO at Entry procedure or at Info-bulletins.
 
           
      Souvenirs MIST Games Amsterdam 2023 now available
01-04-2023.
For the Masters International Short Track Games Amsterdam 2023 several nice souvenirs have been developed by the Amsterdam Organising Committee together with WebshopConstanze.nl. The souvenirs are a Hoody, Beach Towel in several sizes, Skate Towel to dry your skates and a Skate Cover. All with the logo of the MIST Games 2023.

 

The souvenirs can be ordered for at  WebshopConstanze.nl. The souvenirs will be ready packed and handed out in the Skaters Lounge at the Ice rink at the Registration desk. A special Info bulletin about the souvenirs can also be found on the page INFO-bulletins.

 
           
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    100 Skaters entered now
26-03-2023. With only 5 days to go the Entry for the Masters Games Amsterdam 2023 is on full speed now. 100 skaters from 37 clubs out of 13 countries have entered for this event organised by the Amsterdam skating Club Jaap Eden. The oldest women entered is Ann Douglas (CAN) in the category 70+ and with the Men Arne Kjell Foldvik (NOR) in the category 80+.
 
           
      Arne Kjell Foldvik eldest entered skater untill now
16-03-2023. Arne Kjell Foldvik from Trondheim Norway has entered for the Masters International Short Track Games Amsterdam 2023. Arne, who has a long skating career, has skated all over the world many Longtrack and Shorttrack competitions. He is for many year competitor in the Masters competitions and has many World-age records on his name in many distances. In Amsterdam he will skate in the category 80+.  Just a little bit younger behind him is Mick O'Dea from Sheffield who entered in the category 75+. The eldest Women category with skaters entered is the 70+ with Ann Douglas from Canada. Behind her in the category 65+ is Karen Doolan also from Canada. The complete list of entered skaters can be found on the Page ENTRY of the website Shorttrackonline.info. We wish all the entered skaters a good stay and a good competition in Amsterdam.
 
           
      Special medal design for MIST Games Amsterdam
13-03-2023. A special medal has been designed for the Masters International Short Track Games 2023 in Amsterdam. This unique medal, with a diameter of 50 millimeter, has an open structure in which the logo of the Event is modelled in 3D. The name of the Event is engraved in the circle around the logo. At the back side the distance, category and classification will be engraved. The medal will be awarded in Gold, Silver and Bronze to the distance winners of all categories.
 
           
      Help us promoting the Masters International Short Track Games
09-03-2023. The entry for the Masters International Short Track Games Amsterdam 2023 is on full speed now. Although we already have seen skaters from 12 countries entered for the competition we still miss a number of traditional Shorttrack countries like the USA, Japan and Korea. But also many countries from Europe did not yet enter skaters. So we ask all skaters from the World to help us and promote the MIST Games specially made in honour of all the Shorttrack Masters of the World. For this reason we have published    Bulletin-03 Help us promoting the MIST Games. You can find this bulletin on the page INFO/Info bulletins of this website.
 
           
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    Entry for MIST Games on full speed now
08-03-2023. With 42 days to go for the start of the Masters International Short Track Games in Amsterdam the Entry is speeding up now. Untill now 87 skaters from 33 clubs out of 12 countries have entered for the competition. Also many skaters have decided to come earlyer and also skate the week before for the Golden Sun Award in Amsterdam or even the week before that the Easter Cup in Gent - Belgium.
 
           
      Anouncement updated with new hotel information
07-03-2023. Announcement version-2 is availabale now with updated hotel information. Hotel 't Meertje is a small family-hotel in a little village called Vinkeveen, South of Amsterdam. It is a 15 minutes drive by car to the Ice rink. No parking problems, free parking and very friendly. For more then 25 years Officials and Skaters of the Open Dutch Championships have been hosted here. The costs are 40,00 euro per person per night including breakfast. Requests for reservations can ONLY be made by Email through the Organising Committee. The number of places is limited!
 
           
      Discount Offer Bastion hotel Almere
11-02-2023. The Bastion Hotel in Almere has made a 
Special discount Offer for the Masters International Short Track Games. You also can use this offer if you come for the competition the weekend before: the Golden Sun Award - Sliver M for Masters. This hotel has been used for many competitions in the past and is one of the cheapest around Amsterdam. All competition officials will stay in this hotel. The hotel has a lot of free parking. Over the highway it takes 12 minutes by car to the Icerink in Amsterdam. Public Transport by bus is also possible but takes 40 minutes. The Bus Stop in Almere is 500 meter from the hotel. The Bus Stop in Amsterdam is 300 meter from the Ice rink.                
 
           
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    Entry Masters Games on full speed
29-01-2023.
The entry for the Masters International Short Track Games Amsterdam 2023 is on full speed now. Untill today 50 skaters from 20 clubs out of 9 countries have entered for this event. From the Netherlands 13 skaters are entered followed by both Canada and France with 10 skaters and Great Britain with 7. We still miss a number of traditional Shorttrack countries like the USA, Japan and Korea. But also many countries form Europe did not yet enter skaters. So we ask all skaters from the world to help us and promote this MIST Games specially made in honour of all the Shorttrack Masters of the World.
 
           
      Help us with promotion: Download Banners, Buttons, Logos and Posters
14-01-2023.
The download page for Buttons, Logos and Posters from the Masters International Short Track Games 2023 in Amsterdam is ready to use. You can find this download page by clicking on the Page INFO button Downloads of this website. We request all Skaters and Supporters of the Masters International Short Track Games to download these Buttons, Logos and Posters. You can use them for all your promotional activities on your website, the website of your skating club, the website of your Skating Federation, your Facebook page and all other possiblities for making promotion for this event. You also can send the button of the Masters Games by whatsapp to all your skating friends whome you have in your mobile phone. Support the promotion of the MIST Games and lets all together make it a succesfull event.
 
           
      Extra competition for Masters "Easter Tournement Gent"
12-01-2023.
If you come to the Masters Games in Amsterdam and have the intention to stay a bit longer it will give you the opportunity to skate more competitions. Besides the week for the Masters Games with the extra competition in Amsterdam, it also is possible to stay one week more and to skate an extra competition in Belgium. On 8-9 April the Skating Club Kristalijn Gent is organising the 41st edition of the famous interclub tournement called the Easter Tournement. If you are interested and stay 2 weeks in total in Europe you can skate 3 weekends competitions with a special classification for Masters. Entry for this competition can be done in the same way as the other competitions: by the club-secretary on www.Shorttrackonline.info.
 
           
      Extra competition "Golden Sun Award" week before MIST Games
10-01-2023.
The Amsterdam Skating Club Jaap Eden is organizing on 15-16 April an international shorttrack competition named "The Golden Sun Award". The competition will be held in Amsterdam on the same Ice rink were a week later the Masters International Short Track Games will be held. The competition has also a special classification for Masters called the "Silver M". Attendants of the MIST Games who decide to come a few days earlyer can also compete in this competition and have an extra competition in a short period. Entry must be done by the club-secretary on the website Shorttrackonline.info.
 
           
      MIST Games in ISU Calendar
09-01-2023.
The Masters International Short Track Games Amsterdam 2023 are now also accepted into the official competition Calendar of the International Skating Union.. This means that the status of the competition has been upgraded now to an ISU approved level.
 
           
      Promotion campaign for MIST Games has started
02-01-2023.
Today the Worldwide promotion campaign for the Masters International Short Track Games 2023 in Amsterdam has started. Many people in the world will receive on their telephone by Whatsapp the announcement with all information for the MIST Games. We request all people receiving the announcement to forward this to all Shorttrack skaters whome you are in contact with. The announcement will also be send to all clubs which are in our database and also to the ISU and Federations. The website Shorttrackonline.info is ready for receiving the entries and all further information about the MIST Games can be found on the website Skatingonline.info.
 
           
      List of entered skaters now visible on Entry page Shorttrackonline.info
30-12-2022.
It is now also possible to see which skaters have entered for the Masters International Short Track Games in Amsterdam. This can be seen on the Entry page of Shorttrackonline.info. Here the Entry-list with entered skaters is published. Although the Entry is not yet open for a long period already 32 skaters from 11 clubs out of 8 countries have entered for this event. Well known Masters from al over the world are on this list already and we do hope that many more will follow them. We call the Masters of the World to meet in Amsterdam!
 
           
      Special telephone app with latest information, urgent messages etc.
28-12-2022.
A special telephone app is available made for use on a mobile phone. On this mobile website you can find urgent messages, the latest updated week-program, adresses and all other necessary Info-bulletins of the Masters Games Amsterdam. We advice all skaters who come to Amsterdam to put this Mobile website on their phone in order to have allways the latest information of the Masters Games available. The Organizing Committee will do all communications for skaters and coaches the whole week of the event through this mobile website.
 
           
      Website Skatingonline.info with information Masters Games now open
27-12-2022.
The website Skatingonline.info is now open for the Masters International Short Track Games Amsterdam. In the upcoming weeks all information about the Organisation of this event will be published on this website. In februari all entered skaters will receive a password to enter a special form on this website for making all kinds of reservations and pre-orders. A lot of information bulletins will be published in the next months on this website. We request all entered skaters to go to this website regularly in order to get the latest information. Also here downloads can be found for pictures, banners and photos.
 
           
      Announcement Master Games now on website Shorttrackonline.info
25-12-2022. The announcement for the Master Games 2023 held in Amsterdam is now published on the entry page of the website Shorttrackonline.info. In the announcement you can find all general information, the conditions of contest, the provisional week-program, the Entry procedure, the special offers of meals in the Ice rink restaurant, hotel and additional information. In the announcement you also can find extra information about Public Transport Amsterdam, training facilities at the Ice rink and requests for transport.
 
           
      Entry for Masters Games Amsterdam open on Shorttrackonline.info
20-10-2022. The Entry for the Masters International Short Track Games 16-23 April in Amsterdam is open now on the website Shorttrackonline.info. Registered clubs can enter their skaters now into the Entry system. The most of the European clubs have a password for entering skaters. If a club does not have a password they have to apply for this through the special request form. Requests will be checked on validity before handing out a password. This can take up to 2 weeks before the club receives the login data.
 
           
      Project Plan Masters Games accepted by IMSSC
15-07-2022. The Amsterdam Skating Club Jaap Eden has prepared an Project Plan for the Masters International Short Track Games Amsterdam 2023. This plan has been presented to the IMSSC delegates at their meeting in July 2022 in Zaandam (NED). The plan has been agreed upon and here also the logo for the Masters Games 2023 has been presented. Follow this link for the Project plan Masters Games Amsterdam.
 
           
      IMSSC assigns Master Games to Amsterdam
15-07-2021. The International Masters Speed Skating Committee has assigned the 2023 edition of the Masters International Short Track Games to the Amsterdam Skating Club Jaap Eden. The competition will take place in Amsterdam in April 2023 in the Edenhal Ice rink.
 
           
      Amsterdam proposed for MIST Games
10-04-2019. At the Melbourne edition of the Masters International Short Track Games representative of the Amsterdam Skating Club Jaap Eden, Piet Broekhuizen, proposed to organize the 2023 edition in Amsterdam. This would be an activity in the frame of the 40 year aniversary of the Amsterdam Skating Club Jaap Eden. The ASC Jaap Eden organised in the past the World Championships of 1985 and 1990 and many other competitions like StarClass and National Championships.