Schedules - "1° Showdown Sports Games AICS" 2025
Just Showdown schedule
Wednesday 20th August 2025
- 11 am – 6 pm: participants' arrivals;
- 12,30 pm: extra meal available upon order in the registration form;
- 2 pm: rooms check-in;
- 7,30 pm: dinner at the Hotel's restaurant;
- 9 pm: opening ceremony and techical meeting open to all the participants. At the ceremony,organisational details will be given, matches schedules prints will be handed to those who requested them, bats and gloves players will use during the competition will be checked and validated.
Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd August 2025
- 7 am – 9 am: breakfast at the hotel restaurant;
- 8,00 am - 12,30 pm: matches;
- 12,30 pm: lunch at the hotel restaurant;
- 2 pm - 8 pm: matches;
- 8,30 pm: dinner at the hotel restaurant.
Saturday 23rd August 2025
- 7 am – 9 am: breakfast at the hotel restaurant;
- 8,00 am - 12,30 pm: matches;
- 12,30 pm: lunch at the hotel restaurant;
- 2 pm - 6 pm: matches;
- 7 pm: closing and award ceremony;
- 8 pm: poolside cocktail;
- 8,30 pm: dinner at the hotel restaurant.
Sunday 24 August 2025
- 7 am – 10 am: breakfast at the hotel restaurant;
- 8 am – 2 pm: participants' departure;
- 11 am: rooms check-out;
- 12,30 pm: extra meal available upon order in the registration form.
Holidays with showdown schedule
Sunday 17th August 2025
- 11 am – 6 pm: participants' arrivals;
- 12,30 pm: extra meal available upon order in the registration form;
- 2 pm: rooms check-in;
- 7,30 pm: dinner at the Hotel's restaurant.
Monday 18th August 2025
- 7 am – 10 am: breakfast at the hotel restaurant;
all Hotel services will be available to those who won't participate to day at the beach;
- 8,30 am: appointment outside the Hotel for the transfer by minivan to the Romagna seaside;
- 9,30 am – 12,30 pm: relax on the beach and swimming in the sea;
- 12,30 pm - 2 pm: seafood lunch;
- 2 pm – 5,30 pm: relax on the beach and swimming in the sea;
- 6 pm: return to the Sydney Hotel by minivan;
- 7,30 pm: dinner at the Hotel's restaurant.
Tuesday 19th August 2025
- 7 am – 10 am: breakfast at the hotel restaurant;
all Hotel services will be available to those who won't participate to the guided tours (restaurant, bar and pool);
- 9,30 am: appointment outside the Hotel for the transfer by minivan to the Sanctuary of San Luca, located on Colle della Guardia, one of the south-western hills of the city of Bologna;
- 10 am - 12,30 pm: meeting to present La Girobussola, visit and exploration of the Basilica, thanks to the support of the tactile copy of the famous icon of the black Madonna;
- 12,30 pm – 2 pm: packed lunch on the hills of Bologna;
- 2 pm: back to the city on foot through the famous Portico of San Luca, the longest portico in the world. It is 3.796 metres long and is made up of 666 arches and 489 steps. It is punctuated by 15 chapels dedicated to the Mysteries of the Rosary and some lunulas with crests and inscriptions of the families and confraternities that took part to its construction and restoration. It is one of the most appreciated by citizens and tourists from all over the world;
- 2,30 pm: transfer by minivan from the Colle della Guardia to the historic centre;
- 2,45 pm – 5 pm: visit of piazza Santo Stefano and the “Seven Churches” complex (esploration of one of the most peculiar squares in Bologna and tale of the "Seven Churches” complex's transformations, starting from the origins in the fifth century BC);
- 5 pm: return to the Hotel by minivan;
- 7,30 pm: dinner at the Hotel's restaurant;
Wednesday 20th August 2025
- 7 am – 10 am: breakfast at the hotel restaurant;
all Hotel services will be available to those who won't participate to the guided tours (restaurant, bar and pool);
- 9,30 am: appointment outside the Hotel for the transfer to Bologna's historic centre by minivan;
- 10 am - 12,30 pm:
meeting to La Girobussola;
description and exploration of the Fountain of Neptune, Salaborsa library;
tale of the history and structure of the most important square in Bologna (piazza Maggiore and the “Crescentone”, the raised flooring of the square);
introduction of the buildings surrounding piazza Maggiore: palazzo d’Accursio, palazzo dei Notai, palazzo del Podestà, palazzo dei Banchi, Basilica of San Petronio;
visit to the Basilica of San Petronio, one of the biggest churches in Europe and Cassini's Sundial;
stroll through the streets of the Quadrilatero Market amongst the typical products of Bologna gastronomy such as Mortadella and Parmesan;
- 12,30 pm - 2,30 pm: packed lunch at the Osteria del Sole: one of the most ancient taverns in Bologna;
- 2,30 pm – 6 pm:
>stroll along the Pavaglione, the most famous of Bologna's Porticoes, where silkworms, that gave wealth to the city, were sold;
visit to the Anatomical Theatre of the Archiginnasio, (ancient location of the University of Bologna) where bodies donated to science were checked in front of dozens of medical students, longing for knowledge;
stroll to the Asinelli Tower, one of the two towers of Bologna, symbols of the city, erected by the noble Gherardo Asinelli (the possibility to reach the tower's top through a staircase of 498 steps is available upon reservation);
the stroll goes on in the city centre and it will be possibile to taste the famous ice-cream of the historic ice-cream parlour Majani, founded in 1796;
- 6 pm: return to the Hotel by minivan;
- 7,30 pm: dinner at the Hotel's restaurant;
- 9 pm: opening ceremony and techical meeting open to all the participants. At the ceremony,organisational details will be given, matches schedules prints will be handed to those who requested them, bats and gloves players will use during the competition will be checked and validated.
Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd August 2025
- 7 am – 9 am: breakfast at the hotel restaurant;
- 8,00 am - 12,30 pm: matches;
- 12,30 pm: lunch at the hotel restaurant;
- 2 pm - 8 pm: matches;
- 8,30 pm: dinner at the hotel restaurant.
Saturday 23rd August 2025
- 7 am – 9 am: breakfast at the hotel restaurant;
- 8,00 am - 12,30 pm: matches;
- 12,30 pm: lunch at the hotel restaurant;
- 2 pm - 6 pm: matches;
- 7 pm: closing and award ceremony;
- 8 pm: poolside cocktail;
- 8,30 pm: dinner at the hotel restaurant.
Sunday 24 August 2025
- 7 am – 10 am: breakfast at the hotel restaurant;
- 8 am – 2 pm: participants' departure;
- 11 am: rooms check-out;
- 12,30 pm: extra meal available upon order in the registration form.
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