Invitation

INVITATION (Bulletin 1)

SLOVAK TRAILO WEEKEND

Pre European Trail Orienteering Championships (PreO, Relay, TempO)
9th and 10th rounds (PreO, TempO) of European Cup in Trail Orienteering (ECTO)
Slovak (PreO, TempO) and Czech (PreO, Relay) championships in Trail Orienteering

Organizing team: TJ Slávia Farmaceut Bratislava

Distances: Parking, registration, start and finish will be close to event centres (will be specified in Bulletin 2)

Map of event centres: Link to Google map

Embargoed areas for ETOC 2018: Link to ETOC2018 site. All embargoed areas are out of bounds for all potential ETOC 2018 team members (competitors, officials, escorts, etc.) and any other person who may influence the results of the competitions by any knowledge of the terrain

Entries: Till 22 October 2017 by registration system www.orienteeringonline.net (PreO   , Relay   and TempO  ) or by sending email on address janfurucz@gmail.com (entry is valid after confirmation). It is necessary registry separately for each competition

Prizes and ceremony: The first three competitors in general classification each round of European cup will be awarded by practical prizes. The first three competitors in overall OPEN and PARA classification (PreO and TempO competitions) will be awarded by practical prizes. The first three competitors registered in Slovak and Czech orienteering association will obtain diplomas, medals in Slovak and Czech championships

The ceremony for PreO and Relay parts will be scheduled on Saturday as soon as possible. The ceremonies for TempO part, overall results and overall ECTO results will be scheduled on Sunday as soon as possible

Rules: Competition will be carried out in accordance to the current rules of Slovak Orienteering Federation – TrailO section (based on IOF rules with small insignificant deviations)

PreO (Saturday)

Date: 28 October (Saturday) 2017
Event centre: Castle Červený Kameň, near village Častá
Coordinates: N 48.39459°, E 17.3334°
Start: 10:00 – 12:00 (CEST) (Special requirements for start time write in the application)
Classes:
A – for beginners
E – Open (ECTO, Slovak championships – Open, Czech championships – Open, Para, Junior)
Entry fee:
A – 3€
E – Open: 15€
Slovak championships: discount 10€ (finally 5€)
Rent of SportIdent card: 1€
Map: Red Stone Castle – TrailO 2017, 1:4000, E=2m, ISSOM, update and new part September 2017
Previous trail orienteering maps:
Red Stone castle – TrailO
Red Stone castle – TrailO, solutions map from ECTO2016
Terrain description: flatter part of the mountain Small Carpathian with lots of small rocks in a wooded part – deciduous forest with diverse land forms, castle areal and near park. Forest paths with mostly firm surface
Organizing committee:
Event Director and Main Referee: Ján Furucz
Event Course Setters and opponents: Dušan Furucz, Ján Furucz

Relay (Saturday)

Date: 28 October (Saturday) 2017
Event centre: Castle Červený Kameň, near village Častá
Coordinates: N 48.39459°, E 17.3334°
Start: 14:00 (CEST)
Classes:
Open (Czech championships)
Conditions: three legs, motala style, not free choices
Entry fee:
Open – 9,9€ per team or 3,3€ per leg if team don’t will be full
Rent of SportIdent card: 1€ for each leg
Map: Red Stone Castle – TrailO 2017, 1:4000, E=2m, ISSOM, update and new part September 2017
Previous trail orienteering maps:
Red Stone castle – TrailO
Red Stone castle – TrailO, solutions map from ECTO2016
Terrain description: flatter part of the mountain Small Carpathian with lots of small rocks in a wooded part – deciduous forest with diverse land forms, castle areal and near park. Forest paths with mostly firm surface
Organizing committee:
Event Director and Main Referee: Ján Furucz
Event Course Setters and opponents: Dušan Furucz, Ján Furucz

TempO (Sunday)

Date: 29 October (Sunday) 2017
Event centre: village Studienka
Coordinates: N 48.52658°, E 17.13729°
Start: 9:00 (CET) Special requirements for start time, write in the application
Important information about start time: Don’t forget to set the clock back morning from Central European Summer Time to Central European Time
Classes:
A – for beginners
E – Open (ECTO, Slovak championships – Open)
Entry fee:
A: 3€
E – Open: 15€
Slovak championships: discount 10€ (finally 5€)
Map: Studienka – TrailO 2017, 1:4000, E=2m, ISSOM, September 2017
Previous trail orienteering maps:
Studienka – T
Studienka – T, solutions map from regional trailo event 2014
Terrain description: Typical flat terrain (similar to ETOC2018 terrain for TempO competitions) for lowland Záhorie – pine forest with sand dunes. A forest path with mostly firm surface but on some places is sand surface. We recommend assistants for wheelchair competitors. If necessary, we will provide assistant (in limited quantities)
Organizing committee:
Event Director and Main Referee: Dušan Furucz
Event Course Setters and Opponents: Ján Furucz, Dušan Furucz

Punching system: Times and answers in PreO will be measured/recorded by SportIdent. Time controls and TempO controls will be measured on ANT
Backup punching system: paper card and manual punching
Procedures: similar to ETOC2018 (one-way, parts of PreO, presentation very long controls, presentation Zero tolerance, …)
Results: Online results after each time station and each course part in centre by www.preoresultat.se  or www.trailoresult.com

Payment:
by cash at the event centre or by bank transfer
Account name: TJ Slávia Farmaceut
Bank: Slovenska Sporitelna
IBAN: SK2709000000005110562760
BIC: GIBASKBX

Next events:
Only Sunday: Relay – regional competition in foot orienteering. After TempO competition, aprox. 14:00. Link to invitation (slovak version, please use a translator)

WWW: www.etoc2018.sk/ecto2017/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/etoc2018/
Contact: Dušan Furucz, email: furuczd@gmail.comJán Furucz, email: janfurucz@gmail.com

All competitors take part voluntarily and on their own responsibility, without any claim in case of injury during or because of this competition later on.

We look forward to your participation.

This project (this activity) was realised thanks to support from the EPH Foundation.