21st All-round Games Erfurt/GER

The 21st Masters’ International ALLROUND GAMES were held on 09 – 11 Mar 2012 in Erfurt/Germany in the nice Gunda-Niemann-Stirnemann-Icehall.

A total of 192 competitors (43 Ladies, 149 Men) from 15 Nations (AUS 1, AUT 1, BLR 5, CAN 7, ESP 1, FIN 8, GER 28, ITA 6, KAZ 2, NED 67, NOR 39, RUS 15, SUI 5, SWE 3, USA 4) took part in the competitions.

Good results were reached on the 3 competition days on good ice. At the 3 distances respectively 4 distances of the Allround Combinations 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m (Ladies from F 70), 500 m, 1500 m, 1000 m, 3000 m (Ladies and Men from M65), and 500 m, 3000 m, 1500 m, 5000 m (Men M30 – M60) 8 IMSSC Records 2011 have been lowered: Tatjana Sidorova F75/RUS 500 m 59,66 sec, 1000 m 2:00,68 min, 1500 m 3:06,90 min, 3 distances combination (500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m) 182,300 points; Galina Petrova F55/RUS 500 m 46,83 sec; Martin Haakon Fagna M80/NOR 1000 m 1:55,14 min; Arjan Bakker M 50/NED 5000 m 7:02,49 min, 4 distances combination (500 m, 1500 m, 3000 m, 5000 m) 165,793 points.

Results can be found on http://www.eisschnelllauf-erfurt.de. Nearly all competitors were at the Drawing, the Welcome Drink and the Closing Banquet which took place at the “Alte Parteischule”. This building, erected in 1969 – 1970 as “SED Bezirksparteischule Ernst Thälmann”, a typical and interesting building of the DDR architecture in the 1970s, is today under a preservation order. The Drawing was held in the Auditorium Maximum and the Welcome Drink took place in the large Foyer with tasty finger food and different beverages on Thursday before the competition start on Friday. The Closing Banquet with a warm buffet and a nice victory ceremony was held after the competitions Sunday evening in the large Festival Hall. During the whole evening competition pictures could be seen on a large screen and music was made by a competent disc jockey. At the late evening the competitors still ventured on the dance floor accompanied by hot music and showed their remaining fitness.