World Memory Championship 2011 News Update Oct 16

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The World Memory Sports Council would like to apologise to competitors for the recent uncertainties that have surrounded arrangements for the 20th World Memory Championships. We can confirm that our hosts, New Mind, assure us that,  everything is now in place to ensure that the 2011 World Memory Championships  will go ahead  in the sumptuous five star  HJ Grand Hotel in Guangzhou.

A  number of competitors have chosen to wait till the last minute before committing to participate in the Championships,  in case of last minute changes. However, we are now satisfied that the concerns that the previous concerns that Council has had regarding the level of arbiters and other arrangements  has been  satisfactorily resolved..

In the current state of the global economy no country is immune from challenges, and China is no exception.  We are grateful to our hosts that, despite these challenges, they have found a way to ensure that this important milestone competition can take place,  even if some aspects of the arrangements have had to be scaled back to reflect this. The most important aspect of the World Championships is to provide an opportunity for competitors around the world to meet, compete together and to celebrate their achievements. This will most certainly be the case in Guangzhou this year.

We call on all competitors now to join us all for this historic 20th competition and to use the event to celebrate two decades of this amazing Mind Sport. The two founders, Tony Buzan and Raymond Keene OBE will be there along with eight times World Memory Champion Dominic O’Brien. Three times World Memory Champion Ben Pridmore will be competing to win back his crown from current World Champion Wang Feng.  Chief Arbiter Phil Chambers, supported by Jennifer Goddard, Gaby Kappus and arbiters from the Philippines will be heading up the arbiting team. Will you be there as well? If so, please act now and register.

There are just three weeks till registrations close on November 6th to give us sufficient time to  prepare all the competitors papers and translations. Registrations after that date cannot be accepted. If you require an  official invitation in order to obtain your travel visa, please contact us .

We thank all competitors for their patience during the uncertainties of previous weeks,  We now look forward to making this a fitting and memorable celebration of this growing and important sport.

Thank you!
Chris Day, General Secretary, The World Memory Sports Council

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