EuroTour "Intensified"

We "Intensify" our original EuroTour...
...by adding an extra day of training, and a 5th international match, to an already chock-full field hockey program.

This is for players who just can't get enough hockey. Be forewarned, this program has a lot of intense hockey and may not be suitable for all players.

2 1/2 days of UK Clinics
4 days of Top Dutch Camp
5 International Matches

Designed by our partner, FIH “Master Coach” a Grade 1 Developmental Coach (the only one in the World) Thomas Tichelman

Superior Training, Great Competition
and Excellent Destinations!

THURSDAY DAY 1 Depart USA
The tour begins with a late afternoon airline check–in. Afterwards you will board your overnight flight on Virgin Atlantic Airlines, a scheduled airline (not a charter). Dinner, snacks, and breakfast will be served before landing in London and Virgin Atlantic provides a fantastic personal entertainment system to each passenger. It's a fun flight! (D)

FRIDAY DAY 2 Windsor, England
This morning you arrive in England. You’ll view the English countryside as you tour with your new teammates by private chartered bus to the famous village of Windsor – famous for Eton College, where Prince William & Henry went to school as well as home to Windsor Castle – residence of the royal family. You’ll visit Windsor castle and explore it inside and out. Then you’re off to your accommodations for the next three nights at Portsmouth University in the south of England. After check–in you will have a team meeting and time to relax before dinner. After dinner you’ll have your first hockey training session by our English coaching staff. (B&D)

SATURDAY DAY 3 Portsmouth, England
After breakfast you’ll have another training session with our British coaches before afternoon matches with a local British squad. Factoid: Portsmouth has the highest number of Astroturf fields in all of the United Kingdom. (B,L&D)

SUNDAY DAY 4 Portsmouth, England
This morning you have your third training session, followed by afternoon matches with a British team. Tonight you and your teammates take some time to enjoy the local seaside boardwalk and carnival like atmosphere. (B,L&D)

MONDAY DAY 5 Brugge, Belgium
You leave early this morning and tour the English coast where you board the “fast ferry” for crossing to Calais, France – traveling on to the city of Brugge – in Belgium. Brugge is a fairy tale mixture of gabled medieval-style buildings, meandering canals, narrow cobblestone streets, and a populace intent on providing a gracious and warm welcome. Gabled buildings literally dripping with ornamentation and statuary surround the village center and cobblestone square. Experience the sights and sounds of this extraordinary city - and of course you'll want to taste the famous Belgium chocolates and Belgium waffles! Tonight you'll be taken to your accommodations - a four star hotel next to our training facility – where you’ll have dinner and await tomorrows first day of Dutch Training Camp. (B&D)

TUESDAY DAY 6 Dutch Training Camp, Holland
What you've been waiting for - Today you start TOP Dutch Training Camp with Thomas Tichelman’s SportWays staff, exclusive camp providers to the European Hockey Federation and FIH Master Coach. US players and coaches tell us this camp is absolutely the ultimate experience for both field hockey athletes and coaches alike. Simply the Best! (B&L)

WEDNESDAY DAY 7 Dutch Training Camp, Holland
Today you will attend your second day of camp and this afternoon you’ll play in an international match. (B&L)

THURSDAY DAY 8 Amsterdam, Holland
This morning you're off to “amazing” Amsterdam where you will visit a hockey store, a windmill, the Anne Frank Museum and have time for a little shopping too. Plus you'll be escorted on a classic evening boat cruise along the city's narrow canals where you will glide through the waterways in a custom glass-topped launch. Tonight, another match with a local club. (B)

FRIDAY DAY 9 Dutch Training Camp, Holland
Today you will attend Day 3 of Dutch Training Camp. Tonight there's more FUN with an authentic Dutch pancake dinner followed by the Sport EuroTour "Mystery (B,L&D)

SATURDAY DAY 10 Dutch Training Camp, Holland
Today is your last day of TOP Dutch Training Camp. Afterwards you will say good-bye to your Dutch friends - and then board the Ferry for the overnight North Sea crossing to England. You have a cabin berth and a whole lot of fun tonight. (B,L&D)

SUNDAY DAY 11 Cambridge, England
This morning you visit the famous college town of Cambridge, you'll have your last match and a chance to test your new hockey skills against an English team. Then you're off to London where you'll be checking-in to your accommodations for the night. (B)

MONDAY DAY 12 London, England
Today - LONDON. You’ll ride on our private double-decker bus and visit Westminster Abbey, Parliament, Buckingham Palace, Covent Gardens and more. Tonight you’ll join your teammates for a farewell dinner at the original and first Hard Rock Café - good fun and souvenirs galore! A perfect ending to a great trip. (B&D)

TUESDAY DAY 13 Depart for USA
This morning you’ll bid farewell to Europe when you depart London for home, arriving this afternoon in the USA. (B)

B=Breakfast L=Lunch D=Dinner (Included in tour)

This is a brief overview and the itinerary is subject to change. Each day is filled with events and group activities arranged by the coaching staff and Tour Director. EuroTour is a balanced program of athletics and fun in which we emphasize a top hockey technical program and allow for free time to shop, rest, and sightsee. Each player will be given equal playing time to fully maximize their field hockey experience.

EuroTour is a USFHA Partner camp. Our technical program is designed by Thomas Tichelman, FIH World Coach and exclusive camp provider to the European Hockey Federation.

"I cannot thank you enough for allowing me to join Euro tour from the other side. The 13 day experience you provide continues to enlighten and inspire me. I now have so much more to add to my coaching technique and appreciate so much of what the European model provides for this sport. You have given both players and coaches the ability to experience not just top level coaching and playing, but the ability to remind us all why we love this sport so much. I truly struggle to articulate how much I enjoyed this experience. I know you cannot plan the friendships formed, but I will remain in close touch with the coaches I have met on this tour. They are the best coaches with whom I have worked because they not only love and value the sport itself, but love and value the role of the coach; this is something in which few are gifted.

So I thank you a million times and hope that I can join the tour again."
Amanda Billmyer, Head Coach Morristown Beard, NJ
Stanford Hockey Scholarship Grad – “A” Camp Selection
also came as a player in 1999

Partner Camp