HomeDestinations Interests Top Places to Travel by MonthSearchMenuBest time to go to Switzerland A colourful celebration marking the end of harvest time and the beginning of winter festivities is a cherished tradition widely celebrated all over Switzerland The picturesque villages of Vevey and Sursee and the regions of Ajoie and Porrentruy are especially famous for their St which offer a blend of historical traditions and modern festivities making it a unique experience for visitors Various restaurants in the region offer special St featuring seasonal dishes that highlight local culinary traditions One of the main attractions of the Martinstag is the Gansabhauet This unique tradition is held annually on November 11 attempt to sever the neck of a dead goose with a blunt saber while blindfolded and dressed in a red cloak and golden mask The event draws around 3,000 spectators to the town square where participants take turns striking the goose and children enjoy various traditional games The Gansabhauet concludes with a lantern parade and festive meals featuring goose dishes The origins of this tradition are thought to date back to the late Middle Ages Martin's Market in Porrentruy is a long-standing tradition held annually in November Visitors can explore stalls brimming with local crafts The festival is an excellent opportunity to see the display of local livestock and taste authentic Swiss dishes such as fondue and saucisse aux choux (a sausage made with fatty pork and cabbage) The market atmosphere is described as intimate and authentic allowing visitors to experience the traditional charm of St it was a gathering where locals sold their goods—a tradition that continues today The 553rd edition of the Foire de la Saint-Martin adopts the theme "Le Poids du Foin," celebrating the inauguration of the Poids du Foin building a symbol of the connection between the city and the countryside spiced honey cakes typically infused with rum) continues to be a staple treat at the fair Saint Martin of Tours was a 4th-century Roman soldier who became a revered Christian bishop known for his acts of compassion and humility One of the most famous stories associated with him is when he cut his cloak in half to share with a beggar Saint Martin is celebrated in many parts of Europe where he is honored as the patron saint of soldiers making it a fitting occasion for traditional fairs Martin Festival in Switzerland is a vibrant celebration that brings together history From the bustling markets of Porrentruy to the traditional feasts in local restaurants the festival offers a rich experience for visitors It is an opportunity to immerse oneself in the authentic charm of Swiss traditions making it a memorable event for all who attend Sursee Vevey Ajoie PorrentruySursee Vevey Ajoie PorrentruyLast updated: September 8, 2024Authors: Tetiana LazorkoPeople interested The story begins in the early 1980s at the Geneva Motor Show: Roland Affolter son of a farmer and avid automobile dealer fell in love with the razor-sharp Lamborghini Countach - and not long after he became the cars' official importer in Switzerland. When but also to customise the V12 supercars. With plenty of carbon he created striking 'Evolution' models that captured the hearts of his customers. one in Porrentruy and one in Geneva; however many of his customers originate from the early years and appreciate the classics Hence in Porrentruy you'll find not only the latest Lamborghinis - such as the Aventador Anniversario and numerous Gallardo variants - on display in the showroom but also a dozen Diablos in different stages of evolution through to wild variations of the Murciélago and the two million-dollar Reventón in both coupé and roadster form. you can admire a customer's collection that includes such models as the Miura Jota and Diablo VT Roadster while the in-house workshop currently sees an early Countach being fitted with a new interior. Anyone with a passion for Sant 'Agata bulls shouldn't miss the chance to visit Lamborghini Porrentruy Lamborghini Porrentruy's current stock can be found in the Classic Driver Market The 2023 IIHF Under-18 Men's World Championship took place April 20-30 Switzerland. The tournament venues included St competed in Group B alongside Finland Norway and Switzerland and went 4-0-0-0 (W-OTW-L-OTL) in the preliminary round before defeating Czechia 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Times of growing global uncertainties result in more families looking for a secure and reliable education for their children abroad To meet the growing demand for a safe and stable learning environment a prestigious Swiss private boarding school with a rich history dating back to 1897 doubles its capacity to cater for additional intake of international students emerges as a top choice for families seeking to educate their children abroad Situated in the picturesque town of Porrentruy within the canton of Jura Saint-Charles International School Switzerland offers a secure and conducive environment for the young generation to flourish "We believe that in times of global instability investing in education within a secure environment is paramount renowned for its commitment to academic excellence and humanistic approach in nurturing students offers a unique opportunity for parents and students seeking high-quality education and cultural learning," remarks Carmen Kocher Principal at Saint-Charles International School In order to cater to the increasing demand for international students the school has acquired additional grounds doubling its capacity from currently 50 to 100 full-board students within the next two years Saint-Charles specializes in providing a multilingual education across multiple programs with options including English and Chinese next to French and German: the school provides captivating short-term programs that encompass a diverse array of recreational activities From an on-site indoor swimming pool to equestrian sports and ice-hockey Saint-Charles boasts a distinctive and dynamic offering for students "Our investment in expanding our school's capacity and educational offerings reflects our firm belief in a bright future and our unwavering commitment to providing the high-level of individualized care our institution is renowned for has enabled us to maintain an International Baccalaureate average score of 36 points opening doors for our students to top-tier universities globally," adds Didier Membrez For more information, please visit: https://www.saint-charles.ch/en/ Media contact - Saint-Charles International School c/o Brand Affairs AG, +41 44 254 80 00, [email protected] Do not sell or share my personal information: .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By The Associated PressAP Photo/Christophe EnaBradley Wiggins of Britain wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey climbs in the pack during the 8th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 157.5 kilometers (98.5 miles) with start in Belfort Switzerland (AP) -- It's always been a dangerous proposition sending nearly 200 riders hurtling down a road at 40-plus miles per hour their featherweight bicycles thrusting mere inches apart And that's what's happened in the 99th edition of the Tour the Tour has already been ranked as the most dangerous one in decades with at least 20 riders pulling out of the three-week event following crashes Defending Olympic champion Samuel Sanchez was the latest high-profile rider to withdraw Sunday after crashing during the eighth stage He broke his right hand and injured his left shoulder Here's a look at who's out of the Tour de France after a series of crashes through the first eight stages (includes cyclist Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, (updated 8/1/2024) and acknowledgement of our Privacy Policy, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (updated 1/1/2025) © 2025 Advance Local Media LLC. All rights reserved (About Us) The material on this site may not be reproduced except with the prior written permission of Advance Local Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site YouTube's privacy policy is available here and YouTube's terms of service is available here Ad Choices Switzerland - Thibaut Pinot gave France its first stage victory in the Tour de France on Sunday while Bradley Wiggins kept the overall lead as the race entered Switzerland Pinot broke away from the pack during a steep eighth stage from Belfort to the Swiss town of Porrentruy held on during a frenzied chase in the last six miles This was by far Pinot's biggest achievement His previous top performance was at the 2010 the Tour of Romandie "I will remember this day my entire life," Pinot said as teammates embraced him Wiggins leads defending champion Cadel Evans by 10 seconds The Australian mounted a late but unsuccessful attack on the Briton Defending Olympic champion Samuel Sanchez withdrew after a crash 35 miles into the stage Sanchez fell on his side before two other riders landed on him clutching his left shoulder and arm as medical teams tended to him He could not get back on a bike and was put on a stretcher and taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital in Montbeliard Crashes have marred the first week of the Tour Sanchez became the 20th rider to drop out of the three-week race The Spaniard entered the day in 12th place Medievalists.net One of the largest databases of medieval manuscripts has added 61 new items to its collection They include manuscripts from the Franciscan order as well as fragments dating back to the eighth century The digitized manuscripts were added to e-codices: The Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland which is run out of the University of Fribourg The new additions bring their collection to over 2500 items Among the additions are three medieval manuscripts held at the Central Library of the Swiss town of Solothurn They originally belonged to the Franciscans and included a German translation of their Rule Another interesting addition to the collection is four manuscripts from a library in Porrentruy but were made around the end of the 19th century and are armourials depicting coats of arms of the local nobility Many of the new additions come from the Abbey Library of Saint Gall, an important monastery in the Middle Ages. Some of these are collections of fragments of manuscripts from older works including those dating back to the 8th century who coordinates e-codices for the Center for Manuscript Studies at the University of Fribourg explains that for him “by far the most exciting part of the update is the publication of hundreds of fragments from the Ildefons von Arx fragment volumes 1397 and 1398a most of them were known only by a one-line title applied to a whole folder and numerous others who helped in specific cases we have identified and dated each of the fragments and noting where they come from the same manuscripts.” The project also has a sister site, Fragmentarium which focuses on these manuscript fragments That site’s collection is now over 5,000 items but Duba explains that this is an area which will grow even further: but that number is a drop in bucket compared to the material still out there Digitization constitutes the first step to preserving this material for research Since most manuscript fragments are found in bindings of books they exist only in reference to something else from which they can be separated: without the fragment the book will still have the same classmark As the very first step to preserving this material We still need to make sense of this mass of material we need motivated medievalists willing and able to dedicate their time to providing the initial identification of these fragments and to draw the interest of their colleagues I find this the most exciting part of Fragmentarium: getting together specialists from the spectrum of medieval and manuscript studies for the sake of increasing our knowledge of and access to our global written heritage.” To learn more please visit the e-codices and Fragmentarium websites 12r – Missale OFM http://www.e-codices.ch/en/zbs/S-0540/12r We've created a Patreon for Medievalists.net as we want to transition to a more community-funded model We aim to be the leading content provider about all things medieval podcast and Youtube page offers news and resources about the Middle Ages We hope that are our audience wants to support us so that we can further develop our podcast and remove the advertising on our platforms This will also allow our fans to get more involved in what content we do produce The Brellum Duobox is a no-nonsense chronograph with retro-inspired design powered by the robust and reliable Valjoux 7750 nicely executed and offering excellent value for money – it is most likely one of the most affordable chronographs powered by a 7750 (and the best is that this movement is COSC certified… and that is almost never true in the below 5k price bracket!) This sounded promising enough to meet Sébastien Muller Sébastien Muller is connected to his roots proud to represent the 4th generation of a family of watchmakers in the Swiss Jura His eyes light up when he talks about his watches and how he came to create his own brand with over 20 years of experience in the industry he is driven by his passion for watchmaking and the will to do things his own way The name Brellum is an anagram of Muller with the letter B added as a reference to his birth village The proximity to the word ‘”Bellum” (war in latin) refers to the never ending battle of making his watches better and also trying to be better himself The Brellum Duobox makes a strong first impression with its elegant vintage-inspired design features mushroom-type push-pieces and domed scratch-resistant glare-proofed box sapphire crystals on both sides of the watch The front one protects the dial while the one at the back aims at allowing the chronograph movement to be admired in detail This unusual choice also proves to offer great wearing comfort and allows for a rather lithe case band – we all know that the 7750 usually means rather thick watches The slightly convex dial features faceted hour markers and the characteristic Valjoux layout (12 – 9 – 6) surmounted with nicely dimensioned hands The model we had to review featured a deep blue tone creating interplay between the reflections This creature from the Jura/Franche Comté regional mythology is a dragon-liked winged beast whose story reminds us of what is essential and that focus is critical The Brellum Duobox is built around the ubiquitous Valjoux 7750 the legendary workhorse automatic chronograph reliable cam and lever movement is nicely decorated and COSC certified blued screws and a Brellum oscillating weight The Brellum Duobox comes on a choice of alligator leather strap or stainless steel Milanese bracelet with folding buckle Technical specifications – Brellum Duobox I’m not sure I would call a 16mm case “lithe,” relatively or not none of the established brands awareness but overall very well done but the case band is pretty thin for a valjoux powered watch In Albania this product have shop who people go to buy Switzerland — Nobody can quite put a finger on Andrew Cristall were it not for one of his best friends in Regina and a quad contusion that kept him sidelined for five weeks from early January through mid-February would stand as one of the single-most productive under-18 seasons in the WHL’s recent history But Cristall isn’t going to hear his name called in Nashville that early He probably won’t even be picked in the top 10 When people around him, or the NHL scouts who’ve watched him they point to flaws in his skating and defensive play Every game is the next opportunity to show the detractors that they’re wrong they got more ammunition when he registered just a lone goal in a four-game first-round series sweep to the Seattle Thunderbirds in the WHL playoffs he got more of his own ammunition when NHL Central Scouting ranked him 15th on its final list of North American skaters for the 2023 NHL Draft There were eight CHL skaters slotted ahead of him while wearing an “A” for Team Canada at U18 Worlds he gets his last opportunity before the draft itself to show them And when those who know him are done talking about — or explaining — the skating and the size (currently 5-foot-10 and 167 pounds) they’ll all tell you that’s exactly what he’ll do They’ll also tell you about an advanced mind for the game and a confident player who thinks he can make a difference in every game he plays — and usually he does George’s School head of hockey Todd Harkins will tell you his experience coaching Cristall was “a journey.” Harkins, a 1988 second-round pick of the Calgary Flames who played parts of 11 seasons in the NHL says that three-year journey began with a very talented kid who’d have everything come easy to him in his minor hockey career with the Burnaby Winter Club Cristall registered 55 points in 33 games playing up an age group on the prep school’s U15 team and Harkins had to break his habit of taking two-to-three minute shifts he was small and scouts questioned his speed for his size As the boys around him got bigger and stronger he had to rely on his hockey IQ and his perseverance in winning loose puck battles according to Harkins “He just always had the puck and if he didn’t have the puck he found a way to find and go get the puck I just knew that he was going to try to find a way to win the hockey game for us He just had that tenacity and ferocity to go get the puck “(And) he wasn’t the fastest guy in the world but he had great edges and was able to get off of the mark quick he just didn’t have that explosive speed to be able to pull away from guys.” In that way, Cristall reminded Harkins of another player he’d coached in the past who was never the best skater: current Panthers forward and 30-goal scorer Sam Reinhart “(Reinhart and Cristall) just always seem to have the puck and put points up and they’re not a defensively liability because they’re just smarter than everybody and they use that smarts to their advantage,” Harkins said “They find a way because they’re so smart with or without the puck that they just dominate the game that way Some people are really fast and can’t think the game fast These guys think the game very fast and find a way to offset their speed with their brain.” despite the production and the talent level Harkins had to convince then-Kelowna Rockets head scout Lorne Frey to use the team’s first-round pick in the 2020 WHL Bantam Draft on Cristall “People are always doubting him because of his skating and his size but the one thing I told (Frey) is I said ‘If you take him with the eighth overall pick he could be the leading scorer in the Western Hockey League.’ I actually said that,” Harkins recalled “And luckily he listened to me because I know they had a couple of other players that they were looking at at that point Rockets head coach Kris Mallette knows there are things that his leading scorer and alternate captain this year is not But whenever scouts called him this year to ask him about the things that he isn’t he always had a follow-up on what Cristall is “He’s definitely not an elite skater,” Mallette said on a recent call “But what separates him is that he uses his edges so well in regards to riding momentum of a forecheck But he puts the work in and his skating has improved from last year to this year and I would only assume that it’s going to continue to get better You can always work on that and he’s fortunate that he’s got a lot of other tools that are pretty elite.” “He gets picked apart because of his defensive game but he’s my best penalty killer I just don’t want him out there,” Mallette said “He’s new age with regards to once possession is turned over And some of the best players in the NHL have that some of the elite players recognize how to try to get an advantage and he’s no different and I get that it’s a cliché word and overused but his hockey sense and hockey IQ is off the charts It’s some of the best I’ve ever coached and I’ve had some pretty good players in my time here The way he sees the game two or three steps or plays ahead of most is pretty remarkable Some of the best players have made very long careers playing small-area games where you’re able to pick apart a defender just by the way his stick or feet are And there’s more and more players like that “He has the ability in the WHL to draw two or three defenders to him and then out it into an area whether it’s on the tape or something that they can just skate into Because he’s got a leg up now and if he keeps pace he could be something really about his playoff series against the top-ranked Thunderbirds “I know that he would love to go back and re-do Seattle,” Mallette said “but it’s hard when you’re only one of potentially four or five guys on your team that is required to drive the bus and score those goals for your team night-in and night-out against a team with the depth like they had in Seattle I told him ‘As frustrating as it is for you the best players have to find a way’ and it’s a learning experience for him and our group But I think now being able to go over to U18s and play a prominent role offensively again could hopefully bring his draft stock back to where it probably was before his injury where he was being talked in the top-15 conversation (instead of) top 30.” And Mallette also knows one thing that Critall is: “An offensive threat every single time he’s on the ice.” set the right example according to Mallette And the kid gets high marks across the board “The scouts whenever they talk to him really like him They’re not getting someone without personality The on-ice is one thing but potentially the person and character could also separate him very confident but not to the extent of cockiness He’s a confident player who is aware of his abilities but would never be a guy who is deemed as a selfish player,” Mallette said He likes to have a good time and loves to be on the ice and those are the types of players that are infectious within a group And he’s a leader with the way he plays and carries a strong voice in the dressing room even at 17 I can lean on him pretty good and we may butt heads here or there but the thing is that I know at the end of the day that if I’m going after Andrew to be a better player for himself or the team he may not like it at the time but I know that I’m going to be getting the best version of him in trying to do whatever he can to help our team win Cristall describes his own game as competitive But standing inside Raiffeisen Arena in Porrentruy he said his three biggest strengths are his hockey IQ “I use those three things to manipulate defenders and gain my advantage of the ice there,” Cristall said “The game of hockey is all about the little battles and in tight plays trying to gain the advantage on the other team.” He has honed his hands, he said, in skates with Rai and in a Wednesday night roller hockey league in North Vancouver. His teammates? Bedard, Kent Johnson and Jake Christiansen — “Our team’s pretty good,” he said As for the concerns about his size and skating and the latter is something he began working hard at with skating coach Barb Aidelbaum last summer When he’s done playing for Canada in Switzerland he’s already got skates lined up with Aidelbaum and plans to make getting faster his No “There’s obviously going to be criticism of you but I’ve been a smaller player my whole life so I now use that as a chip on my shoulder to go out there and prove everyone wrong There’s still a lot of strides I have to take but as I keep getting stronger and get my man legs I think my skating is definitely going to come,” he said On a phone call before the start of U18 Worlds who also coaches against Cristall in the WHL with the Prince Albert Raiders described Cristall as a “dynamic forward with speed and energy” in a bit of a departure from the critics “He brings that enthusiasm and intensity to the game He’s a guy that’s looked to for offense on this team — someone who is going to apply pressure on pucks and create offense that way,” Truit said “But we also know he’s got leadership qualities from Kelowna a real heady player with hockey IQ and finishing.” His last chance to show them didn’t start how he’d hoped it would he bounced back against Germany in Canada’s second game of the tournament drawing a penalty on his first shift of the game and assisting on Canada’s second goal of the game whether or not every team believes in him won’t matter who remains close with Cristall and his parents remains convinced that the NHL team that picks Cristall won’t regret the choice “I’ll tell you one thing: Andrew is full of confidence and he will always believe that he can be the best player on the ice chuckling as if that were an understatement “I’m so proud of him and I just can’t wait for him to get that opportunity and fulfill his dream And he deserves it because he’s such a great competitor.” Captured by Future Photography is this gorgeous Lamborghini Aventador SV finished in the new Giallo Orion paint Providing a perfect background for the car is a beautiful and sunny day in Porrentruy Check out the gallery below to see all of the images from the photoshoot (Related: Stock Lamborghini Aventador and Huracan Drag Race) Just like the other Aventador SVs this one comes with a revitalized 6.5-liter V12 engine that pumps out 750 hp and 509 lb-ft of torque This added power comes from the optimized Variable Valve Timing and Variable Intake System a new lightweight exhaust system that reduces back pressure has been added Carrying over from the Aventador is the same seven-speed transmission [button color=”black” text=”white” url=”http://www.dupontregistry.com/autos/results/lamborghini/aventador” window=”_blank”]Aventadors For Sale[/button] See More Lamborghini Pics, Videos and News Lamborghini's new flagship supercar is a revolutionary hybrid hero A Thrilling Lamborghini Headliner Awaits at The Enthusiast Auction Lamborghini’s pioneering hybrid flagship can be yours COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Hockey announced today a 23-player roster for the U.S. Under-18 Men's National Team that will compete at the 2023 IIHF U18 Men's World Championship from April 20-30 in Basel and Porrentruy This year's tournament features 10 countries split into two groups for the preliminary round Team USA will compete in Group B alongside Finland and they will play preliminary-round games at Raiffeisen Arena in Porrentruy Each site will host two quarterfinal games while the two semifinal games and bronze and gold-medal games will be played in Basel is in search of its 11th gold medal in tournament history after most recently claiming gold in 2017 in Poprad The 10 gold medals are the most of any team in tournament history The Under-18 Team begins preliminary-round play tomorrow (April 20) against Latvia at 10:00 a.m All Team USA games throughout the tournament will broadcast live on NHL Network When it’s time to escape the city and soak up that rural air be sure to visit one of these 10 prettiest small towns in Switzerland Cobbled streets and fairytale castles, decorated fountains, and frescoed houses. It’s not hard to find plenty of great places to visit in Switzerland, largely thanks to centuries of Swiss neutrality no crossfire; all of it means that almost every Swiss town has an unspoiled medieval heart So which are the best towns in Switzerland to visit This is one of those towns in Switzerland that many people rush past in their haste to reach somewhere else There’s plenty to explore if you stop in this beautiful lakeside town and take a look around Estavayer sits on the southern shore of Lake Neuchâtel the largest lake completely within Switzerland and has views across to the Jura mountains You’ll find an imposing Savoyard castle that guards the bluff overlooking the lake there are a host of atmospheric cobbled streets and squares Does the name sound familiar? It should because this is where the delicious Swiss cheese comes from But this gorgeous little gem is a whole lot more than its famous name and is seen by many as one of the prettiest towns in Switzerland Stand in the sloping main square of Gruyères and you could be forgiven for thinking you’re on a Hollywood film set complete with a brooding castle at the top of the town This isn’t off the beaten track but despite the crowds it’s definitely worth it Be sure to indulge in a cheesy lunch while you’re here It would be hard to find a more complete small town in Switzerland than Murten Not only are the encircling walls almost intact but you can walk along the ramparts and gaze across the rooftops Plus there’s a splendid gate with a clock tower the obligatory cobbles and all set beside a pretty lake Is this the prettiest small town in Switzerland It’s certainly the smallest one on this list they say good things come in small packages and Saint-Ursanne is definitely one for the quaint-hearted It packs a lot into a small space: alongside the usual array of medieval houses and streets are an elegant 12th-century church and cloister and chunky town gates The location beside the River Doubs simply adds to the romance You might not find many locals who could successfully place cozy little Porrentruy on the map Take a trip out to the borderlands and see for yourself It’s tucked up in the northwestern corner of the country with a Gallic flair to its genteel buildings and a sturdy castle Truly an unmanicured and unhurried spot to escape the crowds The top ten off-beat activities to do in Switzerland then this little town on the German border will blow you away you’ll be amazed that almost every other house is decorated with elaborate frescoes or graffiti paintwork Those that aren’t frescoed still manage to fit in with half-timbered walls or gabled roofs but you’ll want to head to the banks of the River Rhine to find some peace Schloss Lenzburg is the type of Castle that deserves a big C and courtyards that could have been created by the Brothers Grimm not full of angry townspeople (as the Grimms would have had) but instead an attractive array of fine-looking buildings If Disneyland had a Switzerland-themed park then it would probably look like Appenzell In the middle of the rolling green hills that make up Switzerland’s smallest canton is the tiny cantonal capital It’s almost too pretty for its own good This is about as traditional as Switzerland gets An archetypal town center of Switzerland has a wide main street lined with handsome buildings and topped and tailed by impressive town gates a chunkier version of the refined Untertor at the opposite end of the small-but-grand street In between the two are more pretty buildings than you can shake a stick at The best way to arrive in Rapperswil is by boat from Zurich with the pointed towers of the castle and church crowning the skyline Huddled around the castle hill is the lovely old town with its car-free center and lakeside promenade Take a stroll then sit and enjoy an ice cream in the sun Adam has lived in Belgium and Hong Kong and is currently residing in the Netherlands His interests range a wide spectrum of topics from digital nomads and modern conflict to sports and local craft beer One of the Windsor Spitfires goalie's will make his way to Switzerland to represent Canada at the 2023 IIHF World Under-18 Hockey Championship The Ontario Hockey League announced Tuesday the 11 players that will be on the roster for the championships that are set to take place from April 20 to April 30 in Basel and Porrentruy Windsor's Joey Costanzo is the goaltender for the event Defencemen for the championships include: Canada opens the 2023 IIHF U18 World Championship against Sweden on April 20 at 8:30 a.m and Czechia on April 24 to round out the preliminary round before the tournament wraps up with the bronze and gold medal games on April 30 Canada has won four gold medals at the IIHF U18 World Championship in addition to one silver and three bronze This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page (Editor’s note: Dalibor Dvorsky was drafted at No. 10 by the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday.) Switzerland — When Christoffer Malm left his job as assistant general manager of SHL club Rogle BK to take the general manager’s job at AIK in the second-tier HockeyAllsvenskan three years ago his first order of business was to reach out to Dalibor Dvorsky and his father As soon as Malm signed on to take the AIK job he met the Dvorskys at the team’s practice facility and took his shot again nice to meet you again but this time we’re not going anywhere because we’re going to keep Dalibor here,” he told them Almost everyone in Sweden had made a similar pitch signing his first pro contract shortly after his 15th birthday He had moved to Sweden from Slovakia years earlier, at the age of 9, in search of stiffer competition, recognizing in himself what others in Sweden, Slovakia and quickly the NHL would: He was — and still is according to those who have worked with him — advanced a town of a little more than 40,000 people in central Slovakia but moved into an apartment with his dad in Sweden Both of his parents are ski coaches and his younger sister he has spent his hockey seasons in Sweden and his summers back home so he communicated as best he could with his teammates He learned to speak Swedish in the locker room and Malm now says he’s practically a “good Swedish citizen more or less.” he’s back representing Slovakia as its assistant captain and top player at U18 Worlds in Switzerland he’ll hear his name called in the top 20 (maybe top 10) at the 2023 NHL Draft in Nashville Dvorsky was talked about as a potential top-five pick in the 2023 class the then-15-year-old posted 14 points in six games with his under-18 team before returning to Slovakia to become its top professional league’s youngest player and one of the youngest players to ever play regularly as a professional in Europe registering two goals and four points in 20 games for HC Banska Bystrica who was a full 14 and a half months older than him registering 40 points in 33 games to lead all 16-year-olds in scoring at Sweden’s top under-20 junior level making Slovakia’s national under-20 team as the youngest player to participate in the short-lived 2022 world juniors and scoring a pair of goals at a second pro level with AIK’s senior team When his draft year finally arrived this year still one of the younger players in his class because of his mid-June birthday playing only at the junior level (where he scored another 10 goals and 21 points in just 10 games) when the men’s team’s schedule would allow He also made a second and third appearance at the world juniors playing again for Slovakia in Edmonton at the summer restart of the 2022 event and then in Halifax for the 2023 tournament nearly helping them to a quarterfinal upset over Canada in the latter Despite it already being his third year of professional hockey he was still the league’s youngest player at 17 though NHL Central Scouting still ranks him third on their final list of European skaters his draft stock has fallen since his Hlinka days and he’s no longer considered a top-five option or a top-10 lock More exposure to NHL scouts than his peers has come with nitpicking about his game and questions of whether he will be a winger or a centre at the next level (Dvorsky played mostly the wing in his first year with AIK’s pro team and played mostly centre this season before head coach Anton Blomqvist moved him back to the wing for the playoffs) “I think (his skating) is going to be the question mark for everybody in how high he’s going to go and when someone’s going to pick him I wouldn’t say that he’s a slow skater but he’s not the fastest out there,” Blomqvist said “He’s actually pretty powerful in his stride but he could get quicker and that’s something we’ve been working on with him.” Dvorsky heard them and has made getting faster a priority so that he can return to AIK (he is signed again for next year) and become a difference-maker at the pro level in his post-draft season and the way it will translate at the next level “It’s a fair criticism of my game (my skating) I tried my best to improve it last summer and I hope I did and I have a good shot too and can score on every opportunity.” Malm and Blomqvist say nitpicks about his skating are just that and argue that some have lost sight of how young he is because of how long he has been on the scene but I don’t see it keeping him from becoming a top player,” Malm said “And I’ve spoken to some NHL scouts too and they said that the difference between those two world juniors (in Edmonton and Halifax) were exactly what they wanted to see so his skating is going to come along even better.” Both Malm and Blomqvist insist he’s further along than his peers in almost every other way and his track record of production across domestic and international levels well above his age group I think he reads situations on the ice very very quick and can adapt no matter what the level is,” said Blomqvist (And) his physical element is really good I would say for a kid that age he’s not one of those kids who is going to have to grow into his body.” Malm says he projects as a second-line centre — the keyword being centre — and first power play guy on the half-wall at the NHL level “Seeing him closely over the last two years his progression has been tremendous,” Malm said “One coach I worked with a couple of years ago said ‘There’s a difference between a talented kid and a real talented kid.’ A real talented kid as soon as you tell him something two weeks later he adapts to it and plays the way you want so good and he’s really confident with the puck.” The staff at AIK saw that confidence from the very start “I think it was our first or second preseason game and I just said to our video coach ‘It would be so fun if he could just score a goal to get that off his shoulders and gain some confidence’ and he actually scored two goals that game And when he scored the first with a one-timer from the half-wall on the power play and you saw his celebration right away you knew he doesn’t need the confidence boost an assistant coach at the University of Vermont who has coached Dvorsky in all three of his world juniors as an assistant with Slovakia’s under-20 team saw it while coaching the forwards and the power play in the latter two tournaments Moser said one of the biggest turning points in Slovakia’s strong performance in Halifax was a power-play goal Dvorsky scored in their 6-3 round-robin upset win over USA when he “just stared down the barrel and said ‘I’m going to rip this one’ and it was a perfect shot.” gave his Slovak teammates the belief of “Woah we can win this” — a belief Dvorsky already had “For a young guy it was impressive just to see the belief he has in himself,” Moser said “I was surprised at just how cerebral and mature he was for a kid his age both in his game and also the things he cared about and was good at and then he’s got a bit of those eye-popping qualities and he really believes in his shot You see him playing the flank against men over in Europe and I think that’s pretty impressive Like ‘please give it to me so that I can let this thing go.’” Moser never noticed his skating as an issue until someone asked him about it during the Halifax tournament he started to look at it and eventually settled on “You’ve got to find something that a guy needs to work on but I’m sure people said the same things about Ryan O’Reilly,” Moser added but there are some similarities in terms of faceoff detail That’s someone you look at where if you think there’s a skating issue I think he just overcomes it because his IQ is so high and he believes in himself so much that I don’t see it as an issue.” Moser argues that Dvorsky finds other ways to get from A to B than simply using speed he said Dvorsky’s greatest skill may be “his ability to just go East-West for one more second or throw his hip into the guy that’s tracking him to hold onto the puck for one more second.” “He’s maybe not the fleetest of foot skater that you’ve ever seen but he’s really good at finding that next quick pocket of open ice to see if the picture changes and see if he can extend his transport of the puck or if he has to give it up to someone else,” Moser said “He’s going to do everything he can to make sure that he can move the puck onto a teammate as opposed to chipping and chasing it People say we chip and chase it too often at times in college He was the opposite and for a guy that age He was really good at just finding one more second of soft ice before he really had to make a play with the puck.” The one thing everything agrees on about Dvorsky is that his head — his mindset he said “There wasn’t one bit of him that you’d see ‘Oh he’s the high draft pick who knows he’s going on to bigger and better things.’” Malm compares him to Canucks forward Nils Hoglander Both Dvorsky and Hoglander always want to practice They’re the kids who are still standing on the shooting ramp hours after the others kids have gone home They’re the kids who wanted to go to the U18 or U20 team whenever the pro team wasn’t playing the staff at AIK actually had to go to Dvorsky and tell him “Hey you’re going to have to be good in the games and ready for the games so we have to set a schedule,” because he was spending too much time at the rink top character in all levels,” Blomqvist said “And it would be very easy for me as a coach to kind of sell that because I want him to do well but in this case I can really speak from the bottom of my heart and be totally honest he loves the game and if you ask him to work two hours he’s going to go four.” that will allow Dvorsky to get to the NHL and retain the status he has held for so long he’s one of those kids that you can tell him what you want him to do one time and he can understand right away and adapt really I have nothing but really high praise to say about him because he’s phenomenal as a guy,” Blomqvist said “Whoever picks him is going to get a great kid and a guy who is going to do everything in his power to be the best player he can be.” (Photo of Dalibor Dvorsky at the 2023 world juniors: Minas Panagiotakis / Getty Images) It’s impressive to see what a small brand like Brellum has managed to pull off in just eight years. 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Available from 15 November 2024, it is available exclusively online at Brellum.Swiss For more information, please visit Brellum.Swiss 22-year-old climber hopes to target Italian Classic in future The 22-year-old climber holds great promise for French cycling and even though he's been feeling tired at the end of an intense season Pinot wants to give it everything one last time in order to target the 'race of the falling leaves' in the near future Pinot rides to glory in Porrentruy Pinot takes stylish win in Porrentruy Pinot defends top 10 position in Tour's final time trial "The Giro di Lombardia attracts me a lot, I want to shine there one day," the Frenchman told L'Equipe it's the most beautiful route in the world with its ascents of seven or eight kilometers My objective is to gain experience there and soak up every detail of the race so that I'll be ready to contend for the win once I'll be in a position to do it." Admitting that he doesn't have "the condition to hope for any result" at the Northern Italian Classic this year Pinot was eager to change this as soon as next season His racing schedule has been more or less the same for three years with lots of competition in the spring and much less in autumn then I'll have to do the Vuelta or something equivalent I've asked to do something different next year It's a shame to be adding up races in March and April and then nothing more at the end of the season..." he added Ending his 2012 calendar in Lombardia this Saturday the FDJ rider is looking forward to some well-deserved rest followed by a good build-up for the next season One month to really do something else other than cycling I don't think I'll do any cyclo-cross this winter except the races organised by Steve Chainel and Laurent Mangel and I've been attending their events for two years in a row." ROCHELLE — Mary Kathryn Elson and Todd Marshall Peterson exchanged wedding vows July 18 Parents of the bride are Stan and Nan Elson of Rochelle Parents of the groom are Craig and Peg Peterson of Pekin Ann Elson of Champaign and Emma Elson of Normal served as maids of honor Bridesmaids were Kelly Blumenberg of Nashville Michele Endres of Naperville and Kirsten Settle of Downers Grove Flower girls were Paige Peterson of Normal Cole Stoner of Edwardsville and Josh Settle of Downers Grove The bride is a 2004 graduate of Rochelle Township High School and a 2008 graduate of Bradley University where she received a bachelor of science degree in health sciences The groom is a 2002 graduate of Pekin Community High School and a 2004 graduate of Northern Illinois University where he received a bachelor of science degree in marketing He also graduated in 2008 from Bradley University where he received a master’s degree in business administration He is a professional basketball player for Basketball Club of Boncourt Service Staatliche Museen zu Berlin María López-Fanjul y Díez del Corral and Roberto Contini were on hand in the exhibition they curated, El Siglo de Oro: The Era of Velázquez to greet the unsuspecting 100,000th visitor: Simone Monnerat from Porrentruy in French-speaking Switzerland Simone was about to enter the gallery with her mother The mother and daughter used to live in Berlin and spent three years here they regularly enjoy spending short breaks in the German capital And this time round they had decided to visit the Gemäldegalerie to see "El Siglo de Oro" with over 130 masterpieces on loan from all over the world it showcases Spanish painting and sculpture dating from el Siglo de Oro "There are only a few comparable periods of art history that produced paintings and sculptures in a quality Director-General of the Staatliche Museen and Director of the Gemäldegalerie and Skulpturensammlung "There has never been an exhibition in Germany that combines 17th century Spanish painting and sculpture in this breadth and quality." Press release (german) Thibaut Pinot was the revelation of the 2012 Tour de France The young FDJ rider won the solo Alpine stage Porrentruy and finished 10th overall on general classification France and his team had high hopes for him "You guys spent the whole year praising me to the skies the whole year since the end of the 2012 Tour and now I've spent a whole year preparing to ride for the GC on the Tour and it hasn't worked out all I really want to do is pack my bags and go home But this is the Tour and you don't do that." who went from Great French Hope to Angry Young Man in the space of two days But you had to feel sorry for the 23 year old who made the cardinal sin of having a great debut Tour and getting everyone worked up People have been talking to me for a year and building me up and no doubt it has played a part people are saying I should try to get in breaks I'm not even sure I know how to do that anymore." was as mystified as anyone else over Pinot's reversal of form and fortune "It's not what any of us expected," said Vichot in Bagneres-de-Bigorre at the end of a stage where his erstwhile team leader had lost another 25 minutes concentrate on the job at hand and show everyone what we are actually capable of." in one sense it's a new race that started for us now we'll have more freedom to race for stages so we have to recover from the efforts we have already made (for Pinot) and see what we can do before Paris." Tour de France 2013: Cycling Weekly's coverage index Thank you for reading 20 articles this month* Join now for unlimited access Enjoy your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1 *Read 5 free articles per month without a subscription Try first month for just £1 / $1 / €1 Cycling Weekly and its team of expert journalists brings cyclists in-depth reviews extensive coverage of both professional and domestic racing as well as fitness advice and 'brew a cuppa and put your feet up' features Cycling Weekly serves its audience across a range of platforms from good old-fashioned print to online journalism Sign In Register Try searching for your content, or return to the homepage The two forwards are facing disciplinary sanctions due to cross-checking and respectively boarding Monika Majer / RvS.Media Jan Kovář will surely not travel to Porrentruy tonight to suit up against HC Ajoie. He was sanctioned with a major and game misconduct penalty yesterday evening for cross-checking HC Lugano's Mirco Müller While the single judge investigates the matter Kovář is provisionally suspended for one game Similarly, Yannick-Lennart Albrecht will not travel to Fribourg today. The forward of the SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers is provisionally suspended for one game for boarding HC Ambrì-Piotta Isacco Dotti the officials had inflicted a minor penalty on the Laker The 32-year-old forward will be available to the Grenats until December 8 HC Ajoie can, however, recall him if they need him in Porrentruy. Oula Palve will join Genève-Servette HC as an injury replacement for Theodor Lennström who is dealing with a lower-body injury Palve is in his first season with HC Ajoie and has appeared in 18 games for them Cars UK December 1, 2009 By Cars UK The first Lamborghini Reventon Roadster has been delivered to Switzerland The Lamborghini Reventon Roadster has been a bit of a saga here at Cars UK Towers this year. We broke the news that Lamborghini were planning a roofless version of the Reventon Coupe back in March and apart from the fact that no one believed our ‘Scoop’ – and we had Lamborghini on the phone asking us to retract the story – we were sure the information we had was real So at least our ‘Reventon Roadster Saga’ had come to an end and we could stop fretting that we’d been given a bum steer But there is one last piece of the Roadster puzzle to report on – the first Reventon Roadster customer car (unless a nice Reventon Roadster owner lets us have a drive!) So when we heard through the grapevine that Garage R Affolter – Lamborghini main dealers in Porrentruy in Switzerland – had taken delivery of what appears to be the first customer car we thought it would round things off nicely if we got them to send us some pictures of the car and he’s sent us the pictures you see here of the Reventon Roadster Filed Under: Lamborghini News, Supercar News Tagged With: Supercars December 3, 2009 at 8:50 pm This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.