“RUSSIAN CUP 2016”
Open Russian Championship of Professional Floristics 2016  

Organizer

NP “National Guild of Florists”

Info about Championship is available on

  IAMFLORIST.com

http://iamflorist.com/sobytiya/konkursy/chempionat-rossii.html

General Partner

International exhibition

“FlowersExpo’2016”

 Organizer

EC “GREENEXPO”

General Sponsor

«STARLIGHT GASH & CARRY»

• General sponsor provides cut flowers to the amount of  20 000 rubles per each participant
• The main prize is a contract with Champion of Russia 2016 for conducting shows in branch offices of the General Sponsor in a number of Russian cities.

General Information Sponsor

Magazine “FLOWERS”

• Information of the best florists will be published in “Person”, “Master Class” and “New Names”  sections of the magazine
• One of the contestants will be invited to work on photo session for the magazine cover
• Annual subscription to the magazine for the   winners

General Internet Portal

Companies:

“GreenInfo.ru”

“INSPIRO”

 “GreenCom.ru”

Sponsor

Company «SMITHERS OASIS» (Germany)

• Provision of materials for contestants
• Special prizes for participants and winners

Sponsor

Company «DEKKER CHRYZANTEN» (Holland)

• Provision of the company products  to contestants
• Special prizes for participants and winners

Sponsor

 N. Veselova

School-Studio

(Kaliningrad)

Natalya  Veselova  School-Studio (Kaliningrad)

Special prize for one of the contestants:

  “Payment for training in a workshop of Gregor Lersch

  in Germany, 8-11 November, 2016”

Sponsor

Chudopal School (Krasnoyarsk)

 Special prize for one of the contestants:

  “Payment for training in an international  workshop of Gregor Lersch on Lake Baikal, May, 2017

Company “7 Flowers-Decor”

• Provision of the company products  to contestants
• Special prizes for participants and winners:

   Three gift certificates to the sum of 15 000 rubles each

One of the contestants will receive “Gold Clover” award set by the company.   The award is given to florists and designers for innovative solutions in the use of décor elements in floral and environmental design.

The   winner receives the award from “7 Flowers-Decor” and “Gold Client Card” providing an opportunity to buy company’s products at the most favorable prices during a year.

Details on:

 http://www.7flowers-decor.ru/press-office/news/kompaniya-7tsvetov-dekor-utverdila-ezhegodnuyu-premiyu-zolotoy-klever/

Company «7 Flowers»

• Provision of company products to contestants and for demonstrations
• Special prize for one of the contestants

Company “GREEN FOX”, decorative materials for florists and designers

• Provision of company products to contestants and for demonstrations
• Special prize for one of the contestants    

Company “IDEAL”

• Provision of company products to contestants  
• Special prize for one of the contestants    

Company  «CARCCU»

• Provision of company products to contestants   
• Special prize for one of the contestants    

Information Sponsor

E-magazine www.IAMFLORIST.com

Venue

IEC “Crocus Expo”

Within the frameworks of the International exhibition

 «FlowersExpo’2016»

(Pavilion No.1, Halls 3-4)

Exhibition Organizer

EC “GREENEXPO”

Dates

13-14 September

Exhibition hours  

13-15 September

(15 September the show closes at  16-00)

Time and venue of the awarding ceremony

14 September, 17.30, Stage  in the Exhibition Hall

Dates

13-14 September

Organizing Committee and Technical Commission

Nadezhda Platitsina, President, NGF, President, Organizing Committee

Sergei Karpunin, Vice President, NGF, Jury Chairman (Tel.: +7-903-727-38-67 skype: sergey.karpunin7) https://www.facebook.com/sergey.karpunin.  – Coordination of all issues.

Natalie Mikhaleva, HGF Member, Chairperson, Technical Commission,

 Tel.: +372-5567-9242

https://www.facebook.com/virgatus?fref=ts – Coordination of all issues upon participants’ arrival and during the Championship.

Irina Treneva, HGF Member, Russian Champion 2005 and 2006, participant of the European Championship «EUROPE CUP 2007» (Tel.: +7-965-295-92-18) - Coordination of orders of flowers in companies STARLIGHT CASH&CARRY and 7 Flowers.

Ksenia Marchenko, HGF Member, organizer of the qualifying Urals Championship “Europe-Asia” (Yekaterinburg) - Current issues during the Championship.

Valentine Mayorov (Sergiev Posad),  HGF Member, 2^nd prize winner of “New Names” competition, winner of the International Competition «Tallinna Lillebal 2014», winner

of the Professional Florist competition  “Cornflower Crown” (Byelorussia) - Current issues during the Championship.

Julia Nikitina (Moscow), HGF Member, winner of the International Competition «Tallinna Lillebal 2013”, winner of the Professional Florist competition  “Cornflower Crown’2014” (Byelorussia), participant of the Russian Championship 2015 - Current issues during the Championship.

Artem Salmin, HGF Member, winner of the Florists Competition of the  Central Region “Moscow Spring 2013”, winner of the International Competition «Tallinna Lillebal 2013”, 2^nd prize winner of the Russian Championship 2014, Russian Champion 2015 - Current issues during the Championship.

Alena Chodopal, HGF Member, organizer of the qualifying Florists Competition “Wind Rose” in Krasnoyarsk region - Current issues during the Championship.

Andrei Filonenko, HGF Member, winner of the Florists Competition of the Central Region 2014, Russian Champion 2015 - Current issues during the Championship.

Jury

Judges of the Championship will be announced on August 13, 2016, a month prior to the Championship

Participants

The final list of participants of the Russian Championship on Professional Floristics will be available on July 13, 2016.

Championship’s Theme

“TO BE RELEVANT – to BE YOURSELF”

Tasks

1. Art object or composition

 (13.09.2016,  2 hours 30 min.)

2. Surprise task  (13.09.2016,   2 hours)

3. Surprise task  (13.09.2016,   2 hours)

4. Author’s art-bouquet or decoration replacing it  (14.09.2016, 2 hours)

5. Design of a model (14.09.2016, 2 hours 30 min.)

Applicants selection criteria  

Since 2010 the Russian Championship is announced open.

Citizens of Russia and foreign countries may take part in the competition.

Participants of the Championship are florists:

• Having professional training and working experience of not less than three years.
• Participating in competitions included into a system of professional competitions of the National Guild of Florists and occupying places not lower than the fifth.
• Participating in Open Russian Championships conducted earlier.
• Participating in other competitions of florists and winning the first place.

Applications for participation are mailed to Sergei Karpukhin to:

iamflorist.com@gmail.com    

The application form is available on

http://iamflorist.com/sobytiya/konkursy/chempionat-rossii.html

Prizes

1^st place :  Cup “Russian Championship on Professional Floristics”

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd places and winners in separate tasks: special prizes from sponsors.

All contestants receive NGF Diplomas and prizes from the sponsors.