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eurocycleLangenthalswitzerland9. - 12. Mai 2013Unicycle European Championship6th NewsletterMarch 2013info@eurocycle2013.chwww.eurocycle2013.chDear Friends of Unicycles,Just another 60 days until the beginning of the European Championship at Langenthal.GENERAL INFORMATIONRegistrationThe registration is open until 30th of March 2013. From the 1st April onwards no further registrationis possible.For the disciplines races and artistic individual freestyle the registration is already closed due tolimited capacities.Further information and registration: http://www.eurocycle2013.ch/registrationCurrent number of registrations:640 Competitors and 138 Non-Competitors (as on 08.03.2013)For further information please send an email to: registration@eurocycle2013.chVolunteersTo realize an event such as the Eurocycle 2013 is feasible only with the help of many volunteers.Register as a volunteer to contribute to a successful Eurocycle! Each volunteer will get free mealsand a volunteer-t-shirt.To registration as a volunteer: http://www.eurocycle2013.ch/helfer.htmlStill questions? Send your mail to info@eurocycle2013.chAccommodationNo news actually. In case of questions please send an email to: ba.ma.joerg@bluewin.chFood and BeverageWe are looking forward to providing you an excellent variety of food and beverage. On our premisesyou will find different food stalls and catering.The main marquee is located near the sports hall Hard and will be the centre of the Eurocycle. It’snot only a great place for food and beverage but although a meeting point for all athletes. At the barinside the tent everybody is invited to come, to meet people, listen to music and just have fun.

eurocycleLangenthalswitzerland9. - 12. Mai 2013Unicycle European Championship6th NewsletterMarch 2013info@eurocycle2013.chwww.eurocycle2013.chAt the athletics stadium Hard you’ll find a restaurant which will be open Friday and Saturday duringthe competition. Seats are limited but it’s offering very nice food.At the sports hall Kreuzfeld you’ll find small food stand which are open during the competition. Unfortunatelyspace is limited.During the day we are offering the same menu at all competition sites. But in the evening you’ll finda very special offer at the main marquee. After 6 p.m. you can experience for example a real SouthAfrican Braai (South African Barbeque). Buy your meat inside the marquee and put it on the hugegrill outside yourself.By the way “self service” is the motto at all food and beverage stalls including the marquee.The opening hours are not fixed yet but you‘ll find them on our homepage(timetables).We hope to see you soon and let yourself pamper by good food and nice company.Your catering teamHOCKEYUntil now 6 A-Teams and 7 B-Teams registered5 other teams are mixed teams with A and B league-registrations.We are asking these 5 teams to decide in which league they want to start and tocorrect the registration – Thank you very much.Correction of registration or further information– please send a mail to:uetz.vollmer@sunrise.ch or ba.ma.joerg@bluewin.ch.At the B-league there will be to additional 1 – 2 mixed teamsSome teams have registered so far only 2 -3 players. Please send us the registration for the missingteam players until the 30th of March. So please check again your team registration.In April we will group the different leagues according to your registrations and do a draft for the program.This will be available the latest at 9th of May 2013 at 16 hours at the workshop.Ernst Uetz and Marcel JörgHeads HockeyARTISTICNo news actually.In case of questions please send an email to: einrad@gauler.info

eurocycleLangenthalswitzerland9. - 12. Mai 2013Unicycle European Championship6th NewsletterMarch 2013info@eurocycle2013.chwww.eurocycle2013.chMUNI / TRIALDear athletes,Despite still the severe winter conditions, last weekend we’ve been at Wäckerschwend where the muni andtrial competition will take place to discuss some final organizational issues. The small community of Wäckerschwendis supporting us strongly – thank you very much!Some information concerning the single competitions:Downhill:Track distance: app. 1,5km including app. 100m of altitude, the surface is mainly forest floor. Steep partswill be signalled.There are no restrictions concerning the cranks, Schlumpf-wheels won’t be assessed separately. The wearingof helmets, knee and shine bone pads and gloves are compulsory.Uphill:Track distance: app. 300m, grass surface only, at the lower part it’s a slight ascent, close to the finish it isvery steep. No restrictions concerning cranks. The wearing of helmets, knee and shine bone pads andgloves are compulsory.Cross Country:Track distance: one loop app. 3 km. U15 female and male have to pass one loop. 15+ female and malehave to pass two loops.The track includes some steep up and downs which will be signalled. The surface is consisting of 30% gravel,30% forest ground, 30% grass and 10% paved (start and finish). The whole track is challenging. Pleasetake this in consideration especially for young and inexperienced muni athletes. No restrictions concerningcranks. The wearing of helmets, knee and shine bone pads and gloves are compulsory.Slalom parcours:Track distance: app. 300m. Same track as the uphill-track (used downhill).The track will be laid out / marked with poles (like for ski races). Norestrictions concerning cranks. The wearing of helmets, knee and shinebone pads and gloves are compulsory.We are looking forward to seeing you at the competition. Please notethat parking is very limited at Wäckerschend (small community, onelane road…). So please use our Shuttle bus!!! We will schedule allcompetitor and non-competitor registered, according to their startingtime to make sure everybody will be in time. You’ll get the timetable withour name and departure time at the Eurocycle.You can only start at the given starting time – late starts are notpossible!Stephan KoberHead Muni / Trial

eurocycleLangenthalswitzerland9. - 12. Mai 2013Unicycle European Championship6th NewsletterMarch 2013info@eurocycle2013.chwww.eurocycle2013.chRACESAs indicated at the last Newsletter I will describe the rule for the IUF slalom and the different jumps.We’ve been positively surprised by the high number of registrations, challenging our organizationskills.But we’ve been lucky to get the support of well know specialists for these technical disciplines:Reiner Fürst – responsible for the jumps and Andreas Rodler responsible for the IUF Slalom. Bothhave been already responsible for these disciplines at the Unicon 16. The main part of the followingdescription is written by them and we like to thank them for this.Age CategoriesThe classifying of the athlete into the age category is based on the age of the athlete at the 9thMay 2013.Age categories for the disciplines IUF-Slalom, high and long jump (female and male separate):• 0-10 20“ wheel (only for IUF Slalom)• 0-12• 13-14• 15-18• 19-29• 30+IUF-SlalomThe IUF-Slalom is open for all competitors and is taking placeat Friday 10th of May at the stadium Hard.Procedure of the start:• As soon as the athlete is ready the referee is startingthe procedure.• A voice from the PC-loudspeaker will announce„Attention“ followed by a beep.• After the beep the athlete has got three seconds to start.The time measurement starts as soon as the lightbarrier was initiated.• If the athlete didn‘t start within the 3 seconds timewindow the time measurement starts automatically andthe time is adding up.• If the athlete is initiating the light barrier before or duringthe beep or the referee is realizing a „flying start“ therewill be a loud jingle and the athlete has to start again.

eurocycleLangenthalswitzerland9. - 12. Mai 2013Unicycle European Championship6th NewsletterMarch 2013info@eurocycle2013.chwww.eurocycle2013.chThe light barrier at the finish will be initiated after the last pylon was circled bythe athlete. That means that the athlete is allowed to cross or touch the finish lineduring passing the parcour.The pylons will be 50cm high, with stand of 30x30cm.The fast six cyclists (male and female evaluated separately) will be qualified forthe IUF Slalom final.Each finalist has got two trials and the fastest is counting.High Jump and Long JumpThe high and long jump is open for all athletes and is taking place on Saturday 11th of May 2013at the stadium Hard. There is no minimum height or length for participation. These are the rules forthe competition:High JumpSix jumps are allowed during the competition.A jump is legal if it’s carried out according to the following rules• From the start line onward both feet have to be on the pedals and the cyclist has to sit correctlyon the unicycle.• The bar must stay in the holders after the jump.• During the landing the cyclist has to sit on the unicycle without touching the ground with anypart of the body.• The finish line has to be corssed directly, having both feet on the pedals and sitting in ancorrect position on the unicycle.A jump is illegal if:• The cyclist is touching the ground with any part of the body in between the start and finish line.• The bar is falling down during the jump.After three failed trials the cyclist is disqualified.• The last legal trial will count in that case.• If a cyclist is having one or two illegal attempts during crossing one height, one can skip that heightand make a second or third trial one step higher. If the third trial is illegal again, one will bedisqualified.• If that leap – after missing one height – is legal the athlete gets three new trials at the next height.A trial can be given up if:• The cyclist hasn’t touched the ground with any part of the body before the jump.The jump competition is organized as followed:• The cyclists will leap alternately according to the given order.• A cyclist is allowed to skip one or several heights.• A cyclist can choose at which height he/she is starting the competition.• A trial counts as soon as the cyclist has crossed the start line.

eurocycleLangenthalswitzerland9. - 12. Mai 2013Unicycle European Championship6th NewsletterMarch 2013info@eurocycle2013.chwww.eurocycle2013.chLong jumpSix leaps are allowed during the competition.A leap is legal if it’s carried out according to the following rules:• From the start line onwards both feet have to be on the pedals and the cyclist has to sit correctlyon the unicycle.• The jumping off markings and landing markings are not allowed to be touched.• During the landing the cyclist has to be on the unicycle without touching the ground with any partof the body• The finish line has to be crossed directly, having both feet on the pedals and sitting correctlyon the unicycle.A trial is illegal if:• The cyclist is touching the ground between start line and finish line with any part of the body,• The jumping off marking and landing marking has been touched.After three consecutive failed trials the cyclist will be disqualified.• The last legal trial will be counted.• After having one or two failed trials a cyclist can choose to skip the width und starting at the next widthher/his second or third trial. If the third trial fails again, the cyclist will be disqualified and the width ofthe last legal trial will count.• If the leap is legal the cyclist is getting again three new trials.A trial can be stopped if:• The cyclist hasn’t touched the ground before the jump with any part of the body.The jump competition is organized as followed:• The cyclists will jump alternately according to the given order.• The cyclist can skip one or several width.• The cyclist can choose at which width he/she will start the competition.• A trial will be evaluated as soon as the cyclist has crossed the start line.Tie at high jump and tie at long jumpIn case of a tie the following applies:The competitor with the smallest number of attempts at that height or width will be ranked higher.If the competitors are having the same amount of trials, the competitor with the smallest number of failedtrials – including the failed trials from the last crossed height – will be ranked higher.If the competitors are still equal and compete for the first rank, both cyclists have to do another trial to crossthe next height or width. In case of a repeated tie the competitor do have to do another trial with a height/width:High jump: 1 cm higher or Long jump: jumping distance 1 cm longer.In case of failure of both competitors the height/width has to be reduced again. Until a decision has beenmade, the competitors have to make one trial over every new distance.In case of ties for lower ranks, the competitors will be ranking the same position.

eurocycleLangenthalswitzerland9. - 12. Mai 2013Unicycle European Championship6th NewsletterMarch 2013info@eurocycle2013.chwww.eurocycle2013.chRecord attempt High Jump and Long jumpAfter the official competition the winner is getting three more trials.Further rules for a tieIf a competitor is participating at the final and has to do a tie at the age category – this tie will bepart of the final meaning the athlete has to jump only once.If an athlete isn’t a finalist as well the tie of the age category will be taking place before the finals.FinalsThe first (or best) six athlete will be qualified for the finals – males and females separately. Everyfinalist has got another six trials at the finals.General informationAll competition will take place as scheduled – at all weather conditions. The tied time table doesn’tallow any delays. And the stadium isn’t roofed.Safety EquipmentThe wearing of a helmet, knee and shine bone pads as well as gloves is mandatory.Specifics for the Long JumpFor the long jump the jump-off and landing bars will be additionally electronic monitored. Due totechnical reasons the bars have to be 1cm high (please note separate description).The starting line is three meter in front of the jump-off bar and the finish line is 6m behind the landingbar.Description for monitoring of the electronic long jump markersIn recent times an exactly evaluation of a long jump attempt will be very difficult. This is caused byextreme length and resulting high speed. A further problem is, if the rider fall it’s very dangerousfor the judge by monitoring the attempt. To have a consistent and reliable possibility for the judgefollowing new electronic detection system was developed and already successfully tested:On the jump and landing markers is a sensor with 2 channels mounted.The measuring principle of the sensor is used in the automobile industry and is working in almostevery car very well.As soon as a slight touch at the marker happens, the sensitive sensor responses with a significantsignal on both channels.To prevent an incorrectly detected contact for example caused through a vibrating ground by normallanding it’s necessary to have a sensor with 2 channels and different orientation. Thereforesuch a misuse event can be distinguished to a normal contact of the marker.The sensor signals will be displayed in each jump and the judge can immediately decide if the jumpwas correct or not.

eurocycleLangenthalswitzerland9. - 12. Mai 2013Unicycle European Championship6th NewsletterMarch 2013info@eurocycle2013.chwww.eurocycle2013.chComment:The markers have a thickness of 3mm, expectations from other competitions shows that such athickness is necessary to have stability for example against a falling saddle. For correct working ofthe sensor principle with 2 channels in different orientations, it’s necessary, that the marker musthave a slant with a minimum angel. Therefore in sum the markers have a height of 9 – 10 mm.Picture of jump and landing marker with mounted sensors:Sensor signal with slight touch:sensor signal with stronger touch:Looking forward to see you soon at the EurocycleUrs HürzelerHead Races