Programme O-Ringen Värmland 2017
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26 PROGRAMME O-RINGEN VÄRMLAND <strong>2017</strong><br />
Competition Information for Foot Orienteering<br />
O-<strong>Ringen</strong>’s Competitions<br />
O-<strong>Ringen</strong> <strong>Värmland</strong> <strong>2017</strong> contains the following<br />
competitions in foot orienteering: the<br />
Elite Tour, the 5-Days, Personal Program (3 or<br />
5 days), Introduction and Development, Stage<br />
Start, Try-It-Out, the Bagheera Youth Relay,<br />
and the Training Race. Information about the<br />
last two events named above is available in a<br />
separate place in the program brochure, while<br />
information about the rest is contained in this<br />
document.<br />
Competition Arenas<br />
• Stages 1-2: Arena Skjutsbol, about 20km<br />
south of O-<strong>Ringen</strong> City<br />
• Stages 3-4: Arena Boda, about 25km west<br />
of O-<strong>Ringen</strong> City<br />
• Stage 5: Arena Rackstad, adjacent to O-<strong>Ringen</strong><br />
City<br />
Registration<br />
You can register for the competitions via oringen.se<br />
or at Competitor Services at O-<strong>Ringen</strong><br />
City. You can also register at the arenas at the<br />
”Köp Start”/”Open Entry” tent at Competitor<br />
Services. You can also call the registration service<br />
at 08-409 06 408 during opening hours<br />
to make changes to existing reservations or<br />
make new registrations.<br />
You can save time by pre-booking your entry<br />
at oringen.se. This can be done until the deadline<br />
for each particular competition. If you register<br />
via oringen.se, then you can pick up your<br />
bib number and rented Punching Card, if you<br />
need one, at Competitor Services at the arena<br />
before heading to the start. See the section on<br />
Competitor Services in the program brochure<br />
for more information.<br />
The entry deadline for each competition is as<br />
follows:<br />
Elite Tour<br />
July 21, 12pm<br />
5-Days<br />
July 22, 9pm<br />
Personal Program (5 days) July 23, 1pm<br />
Personal Program (3 days) July 26, 1pm<br />
Introduction and Development, current competition<br />
day, 1pm<br />
Stage Start, current competition day, 1pm<br />
Try-It-Out, current competition day, 1pm<br />
Competition rules<br />
The rules of the International Orienteering<br />
Federation (IOF) and the Swedish Orienteering<br />
Federation (SOFT), as well as rules mentioned<br />
in this information document, apply to all<br />
competitions. You participate in O-<strong>Ringen</strong> at<br />
your own risk. O-<strong>Ringen</strong> AB has insurance for<br />
competitors and spectators covering unforeseen<br />
events. O-<strong>Ringen</strong> AB is not responsible<br />
for any injury that competitors or spectators<br />
may incur during the competition.<br />
Healthcare<br />
Beasides a mobile clinic at the arenas, first aid<br />
tents are available at the finish line and in the<br />
forest, marked on the map with a violet cross.<br />
Separate information for the Elite Tour<br />
The Elite Tour includes classes DH18E (120 competitors<br />
per class), DH20E (120 competitors per<br />
class), and DH21E (80 competitors per class).<br />
Additional information for the Elite Tour will<br />
be posted on oringen.se on Thursday, July 20.<br />
A separate information document for the Elite<br />
Sprint that takes place on Tuesday, July 25 will<br />
be published no later than Monday, July 24.<br />
Selection for the Elite Tour takes place according<br />
to rules published on oringen.se. Send<br />
any withdrawals from the elite classes or the<br />
reserve list to elit@oringen.se as soon as possible.<br />
Competitors who withdraw by 3pm on<br />
Saturday, July 22 will be replaced by a reserve.<br />
Competitors who withdraw after that point<br />
will not be replaced. A reserve list for each<br />
class will be published on oringen.se. In order<br />
to be able to be moved up from the reserve<br />
list, the runner must express interest in writing<br />
to elit@oringen.se no later than 3pm on Saturday,<br />
July 22. It is each competitor’s responsibility<br />
to express their interest in being promoted<br />
to an elite class.<br />
Transport and parking<br />
All vehicles traveling to O-<strong>Ringen</strong>’s competition<br />
arenas must follow general traffic instructions<br />
and follow all directions given by O-<strong>Ringen</strong>’s<br />
traffic officials, as well as information provided<br />
on oringen.se and in the program brochure. For<br />
more detailed information, see the information<br />
documents on travel and transport.<br />
Bus transport to the arenas<br />
Buses will travel from O-<strong>Ringen</strong> City to the<br />
corresponding arenas during stages 1-4. The<br />
bus schedule follows the competitors’ expected<br />
start times and takes into account queues<br />
no longer than 15 minutes. The heaviest load<br />
of bus travelers is expected between 7:30am-<br />
8:30am on the trip to the arenas and between<br />
11:30am-1pm on the way back to O-<strong>Ringen</strong><br />
City. If you are able to travel outside of these<br />
peak times, you will likely experience shorter<br />
wait times. More detailed information about<br />
bus transport and bus schedules can be found<br />
in the travel information section of the program<br />
brochure.<br />
Car transport to the arenas<br />
During stages 1-4 you can park at the arenas<br />
for 20 SEK. A parking pass must be purchased<br />
in advance via oringen.se or at Competitor<br />
Services. A confirmation or registration number<br />
must be displayed in the car’s windshield<br />
at all times. Owners of vehicles that are found<br />
not displaying a confirmation or registration<br />
number will be fined 150 SEK. Carpool whenever<br />
possible!<br />
For stage 5, two different parking options are<br />
available: red parking is located approximately<br />
1000-2000 m from the arena. Its cost is included<br />
in the registration fee. Blue parking is located<br />
300 m from the arena and costs 150 SEK. A<br />
confirmation or registration number must be<br />
displayed in the car’s windshield at all times.<br />
Note: You cannot pay for parking upon arrival;<br />
a parking pass must be purchased in advance.<br />
Bib numbers<br />
A bib number is a competitor’s proof of start<br />
and must be checked at the control station<br />
before starting. Bib numbers can be picked<br />
up at Competitor Services at O-<strong>Ringen</strong> City<br />
until 9pm on Saturday, July 22. After that, bib<br />
numbers must be picked up at the competition<br />
arena. Competitors who lose their bib<br />
numbers must purchase a new bib number at<br />
Competitor Services.<br />
Competitors racing in multi-day competitions<br />
must use the same bib number during<br />
each stage, with the exception of the first 15<br />
starters for stage 5 in classes with chasing<br />
starts. Those competitors pick up a new number<br />
at the start. That number corresponds to<br />
the competitor’s placing in the overall standings<br />
in their class. Competitors who purchase<br />
individual stage starts receive a new bib number<br />
for each stare. For detailed information,<br />
see further under the heading Competitor<br />
Services.<br />
GPS-units and tracking<br />
The organizers have the right to distribute<br />
GPS-units to any competitors in regular or elite<br />
classes. The decision about which competitors<br />
will carry GPS-units will be made the evening<br />
before the race. For the selected competitors,<br />
it is obligatory to carry GPS-units on the<br />
course. All courses will be available for analysis<br />
using the Livelox tool from 2pm on the competition<br />
day, with the exception of stage 2 of<br />
the Elite Tour (Elite sprint), which will be published<br />
at 8pm on competition day.<br />
Clothing and shoes<br />
According to SOFT’s competition rules, all<br />
competitors must wear full body covering<br />
during their races. Clothing should not be torn<br />
or have gaps. Socks/gaiters must be pulled<br />
up during the entire race. Competitors are<br />
responsible for following competition rules<br />
regarding clothing when they come to the<br />
start. Start officials have the right to deny start<br />
to any competitor who does not follow these<br />
rules. Self-service stations for taping clothing<br />
and covering gaps are available at each start.<br />
Shoes with full-length spikes are forbidden for<br />
all stages. Breaking this rule leads to immediate<br />
disqualification.<br />
Maps<br />
All maps were drawn between 2015-17 according<br />
to ISOM2000 map standards and were<br />
approved for Level 1 competition. The maps<br />
are offset-printed and are placed in map cases.<br />
Courses are overprinted in violet.<br />
Mappers<br />
Stages 1 and 2:<br />
Stages 3 and 4:<br />
Stage 5:<br />
Per Bengtsson<br />
Nils-Göran Olsson<br />
Erik Sundberg<br />
Contour interval is 5 meters on all maps. The<br />
scale depends on the class and course. For detailed<br />
information, see the section of Competition<br />
Facts and Tables.<br />
Any necessary last-minute map adjustments<br />
will be shown at each start and in the<br />
affected start chutes.<br />
For classes Introduction, U1, and U2, extra<br />
maps will be available for individuals interested<br />
in shadowing competitors.<br />
Classes and courses<br />
Certain classes with expected high numbers<br />
of competitors have been split. This applies to<br />
classes H21 (H21-1 and H21-2), H45K (H45K-<br />
1 and H45K-2), and H50 (H50-1 and H50-2).<br />
Check the class you are registered for on<br />
oringenonline.se.<br />
Class and course data, as well as course<br />
lengths, distance to the starts, scales, start locations,<br />
etc. are presented in the section on<br />
Competition Facts and Tables.<br />
Terrain<br />
Terrain descriptions are published together<br />
with information for each stage.<br />
Start<br />
There are eight different starts. It is the competitor’s<br />
responsibility to go to the correct<br />
start. Information about which start corresponds<br />
to which class, as well as distances to<br />
the starts, is available in the section on Competition<br />
Facts and Tables, as well as on each<br />
competitor’s bib number.<br />
All competitors must pass the control station<br />
on the way to the start. Control stations<br />
are located on the edges of the arena (see arena<br />
maps for each stage). The following takes<br />
place at the control stations:<br />
• clearing your Punching Card;<br />
• checking your Punching Card;<br />
• self-check that the correct Punching Card is<br />
being used. It is the competitor’s responsibility<br />
to make sure that the Punching Card<br />
being used is the same as the one registered<br />
in O-<strong>Ringen</strong>’s competition system. The<br />
competitor can do this by checking that<br />
the number displayed in the SI unit at the<br />
control station matches the Punching Card’s<br />
number. If it does not match, the competitor<br />
must go to the Red Start, where necessary<br />
corrections can be made. The Red Start<br />
is located next to the control station;<br />
• check that you are wearing your bib number.<br />
The Punching Card number that you have registered<br />
can be checked at oringenonline.se.<br />
You can change your Punching Card number<br />
for free at any time at oringen.se/bytbricka.<br />
The competitor is responsible for taking the<br />
correct map. This can be done by checking<br />
that the correct class name is printed on the<br />
map. The class name is printed on the front of<br />
the map. For those classes where the maps are<br />
not shown until the start signal, the map container<br />
has a lid with an open corner, where the<br />
class name can be seen before the start. Competitors<br />
in the Personal Program competitions<br />
may be competing in a different class and on<br />
a different course each day. It is the competitor’s<br />
responsibility to pick up the map with the<br />
correct course each day. The correct course for<br />
each stage can be seen on oringenonline.se<br />
and on the competitor’s bib number.<br />
There will be no clothing return from the start<br />
by the organizers.<br />
Start methods<br />
O-<strong>Ringen</strong>’s competitions allow four different<br />
start methods, depending on class and competition<br />
format. Detailed information about<br />
the different start methods can be found in<br />
the section “From registration to start”.<br />
Assigned start times<br />
Regular and Elite Tour classes have assigned<br />
start times for stages 1-4. Classes DH10 also<br />
have assigned start times for stage 5. Updated<br />
start lists can be found at oringenonline.se.<br />
Competitors will be permitted to start late up<br />
to 30 minutes after their assigned start time<br />
and must be done from a special start chute<br />
marked “Sen start” / “Late start”. Race time will<br />
be counted from the assigned start time.<br />
Free interval starts<br />
For short classes in the 5-Days competition,<br />
stages 1-4 feature free interval starts. This<br />
means that, when arriving at the start, each<br />
competitor must select an available start time<br />
by picking up a corresponding sticker and attaching<br />
it to the bib numbers. The competitor<br />
must then come up the start chute according<br />
to the selected start times. Start intervals<br />
within a given class are 1 minute. However, if<br />
necessary, start officials can decide to shorten<br />
the interval between starts within a particular<br />
class. Start times are available between 8:30am<br />
and 1:30pm.<br />
The clock starts running when the competitor<br />
punches the start. It is the competitor’s<br />
responsibility to remember to punch the start.<br />
Free starts<br />
The Personal Program, Stage Start, Introduction<br />
& Development, and Try-It-Out competitions<br />
will have free start times for stages 1-5.<br />
This means that the competitor can choose<br />
when to start. No start interval will be observed.<br />
The clock starts running when the<br />
competitor punches the start. It is the competitor’s<br />
responsibility to remember to punch<br />
the start.<br />
Chasing start<br />
The Elite Tour and regular and short classes<br />
running 5-Days will feature a chasing start for<br />
stage 5. The exception to this are the HD10<br />
classes, which will have assigned start times<br />
for all five stages. A chasing start means that<br />
the competitor with the lowest total time after<br />
four stages starts first. Other competitors<br />
in that class start later, with the start time determined<br />
by their time difference to the class<br />
leader’s total time. Competitors who are more<br />
than 90 minutes behind the leader or do not<br />
have a total four-day time start at the end of<br />
the start field at 15-second intervals. The first<br />
15 starters in each class that has a chasing start<br />
must wear special bib numbers showing their<br />
class and place in the class. These bib numbers<br />
can be picked up at the stage 5 start.