Smålandskavlen Isaberg Hestra 25-26/10 2008

 

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Assembly and check-in.

Check-in takes place at the different accommodation alternatives. Pick-up of team documents are possible at the competition centre from 15.00 on Saturday.

The competition centre is situated on Isaberg Arena by Isaberg Ski resort. Road guidance from road 26, southern entry to Hestra.

 

Competition Centre Office.

Located at ISABERG ARENA, see Overview on the Website. Open: Saturday the 25th of October 14.00 – 23.00, Sunday the 26th of October 07.00 – 14.00.

In case of any problems complains are received by the Competition Centre Office

Team documents with number bibs, forms for change of team composition, lunch and breakfast tickets, hired SI-cards (if any), map coupon, program etc will be handed out to the teams which have paid all fees. In case payment has been made late, receipt shall be shown to the treasurer.

NB Team documents are only handed out to clubs who have delivered full payment.

 

ATM (Cash machine)

Situated on Mogatan in Hestra (opposite of the train station).

 

Lost and found

Are handled by the Competition Centre Office

 

Team composition.

Name and SI-card number for the runners of the differents legs should be submitted latest on Friday 24th of October at 24.00 through our website www.smalandskavlen.nu  Changes made after this time should be made on a special form at the Event Centre latest at 18.00 on the first day of the race. Teams without complete composition are not permitted to Start.  Reported SI-cards for each leg must be used.

 

Accommodation, dinner, lunch and breakfast

The accommodation may be used from Saturday 14.00 until Sunday 09.00. Please notice that there will be a special information sheet for the accommodation. Pre-ordered breakfast will be served at the accommodation sites between 05.30 and 08.00. Please be on time considering the risk of queuing.

 

Parking

Only permitted in assigned places by the Competition Centre, maximum walking distance 200m. Parking fee: 10 SEK/day. Busses parks for free. 

Caravans are directed to the campning nearby. See accommodation booking for more information

 

Windshields / Club tents.

Only permitted in assigned areas.

 

Opening ceremony.

At ISABERG ARENA ,see special program

 

Terrain

 

Hilly terrain with slopes that are rich in details. Mixed forest, mainly spruce, with few marshes. There are paths and forest roads crossing the area.

There are several ski slopes crossing the area. Mainly good runability, but there are some areas with dense forest and clear-cut forest as well.

 

Warning! The steep slopes can be very slippery, specially when the weather is humid

 

Prohibited areas.

Gardens and other forbidden areas marked on the map must be kept off.  Prohibited area which on the map is marked with a whole line is in the terrain marked with long blue/yellow strips.

The terrain surrounding Isaberg Holiday Village is competion area and is thereby prohibited area.

This includes the ski slopes as well.

The walking track between Isaberg Holiday Village and the Competion Centre is only open for passage on Saturday until 18:00 and opens after the last runner has finished. On Sunday morning is the track open until 8:00 and opens again when the competition has ended.

The walking track cross the competition area and are marked with white strips, please respect this.

 

Map.

 

Scale 1:15 000 for H21, D21.

Other classes:  1:10 000.

Contour 5 m.

Revised in 2008 by Bo Herdersson., Offset printing.

 

Local signs:

Snow cannons are marked on the map with a small black circle and an “x” on the Checkpoint descriptions.

Charcoal burning ground are marked with a black circle on the map.

Stones, minimum height about 0,9 m.

 

Trees which have fallen due to storms are marked as dense areas.

 

Checkpoint descriptions.

Descriptions are printed on the map, no lose descriptions.

 

Checkpoints

Checkpoints during the night legs are only marked with a red-white-blue reflector.

Checkpoints used on the day are marked with a orange-white control flag.

A sample checkpoint is available at start.

 

Number bibs.

Last leg has the team number printed in red. Leading team of Swedish League will have specially marked number bibs.

NB! No security pins will be provided for the number bibs. Security pins  can be picked up at the Event Centre Office for those who wishes.

 

Warming up.

By ISABERG ARENA Please respect prohibited areas, marked with strips.

 

Punching system

Sportident (SI). Clearing and checking of the SI-cards will be made at the start and at the changeover area. Ensure to clear your SI-card. Runners are responsible for using correct SI-card. When punching with the SI-card you must receive a light/sound signal as confirmation. In case of an SI unit failure, try the other units. In last case use the punch boxes on the map together with the pin punch. Runners who have used the pin punch shall keep the map and show it at the “red exit” after changeover/finish.

After changeover or finish runners must proceed to the area for downloading the SI-cards, follow instructions. Hired cards must be returned after downloading.

 

SI-card rental

SI-cards can be rented at the Competition Centre Office at a cost of 30SEK.

 

Course lengths, radio controls and estimated finish- and changeover times.

Se separate list below.

 

Differing method.

In all classes.

 

Map change

H21 and D21 has to change map once on the last leg.

Note that checkpoint 200 occurs on both parts of the last leg of H21 and D21.

There is no map change for the shorter version of the last leg of H21 (i.e.  teams participating in the restart)

 

Changing area.

Only runners may stay in the changeover field. The Entrance is clearly marked on the area.

 

Changeover.

The runner is responsible for using correct lane when running to the changeover field. When changing over, the punching will be made at the finishing line, thereafter the map is dropped. Incoming runners will change with the map of the outgoing runner. TAKE THE MAP WITH YOUR TEAM NUMBER! Team with the wrong map will be disqualified. Teams that are affected will have a new map from a funtionary at the end of the map board, but will have no time compensation. Always control that the teamnumber and legnumber on the map is correct. It is the responsibility of the runners to change over with the right map.

 

Finish.

Runners are responsible for using correct finishing lane. Punching will be made after the finish line. Referee will determine the order.

 

Wild animal report.

At the finish, please report observations of moose and roe deer

 

Beverage.

Water/Energy Drink

Available on all legs except legs with expected winner time below 40 minutes.

Marked with a square on Sunday.

Marked in Checkpoint Descriptions on Saturday (night legs)

 

Delivery of maps.

Will be made at the event centre office when first team in H21 have reached the finish and the restart, if any, has been made. The speaker will inform about the time for this. The map coupons are found in the team documents.

 

Changing and shower.

Outdoor shower and tents next to the Arena.

 

Toilets.

Indoors for Women and outdoors for Men, situated behind the sports tent. Also by the changing lane (limited capacity).

 

First aid.

Situated in the floor below the Competition Centre Office, entrance behind the results. There is one first aid place in the competition area, marked on the maps with a red cross.

 

Restaurant

Forehand ordered food will be served on the Arena on Saturday from 18.00 to 22.00 and on Sunday from 10.00 until 14:30.

See the webpage for menu and ordering.

There are also traditional grill, kiosk and café at several places on the arena. 

 

Price ceremony.

In conjunction with ISABERG ARENA at 12.30 (approx.). The Småland Trophy:10 000 SEK to the best club totally in H21, D21, H16 and D16.

Prices will be given to the best teams of each class.

 

Information.

Event Centre Office of the organisation, see phone numbers below.

 

Competition rules.

As to SOFT, Swedish Orienteering Federation and SmOF, Småland Orienteering Federation rules for Smålandskavlen.

 

Handover to next years hosts of Smålandskavlen

In a special ceremony after the Price Ceremony, Smålandskavlen will be handed over to next years hosts of Smålandskavlen.

Next years event will be held in Tenhult hosted by Tenhults SOK, Jönköpings OK and IK Hakarpspojkarna.

 

Internet

The competition will be possible to follow from home via Internet.

There will be live-speaker sound and live-results available on the website www.smalandskavlen.nu during the competition.

 

112 within Europe

112 is the valid emergency number all over Europe.. 

 

Start.

By ISABERG ARENA, Isaberg Ski Centre . First start Saturday at 19.00.

 

Chasing start Sunday:

H21    08.15        

D21    08.30

H180  08.40

D16    09.10

H16    09.30

 

Start lists for the chasing start can be found by the accommodation and the arena, latest on Sunday 05.00.

 

Common start on Sunday for the following classes:

H165    08.45

D120   09.00

Open  09.45

 

NB! Summer time will end this night. The clock will be set back one hour

 

Restart:

Sunday at 12.00  for all legs. The changing over will be closed at 11.45.

Shortening of the last leg for H21 in the restart: 2,7 km

The shortened last leg of H21 will not have a map change.

I.e. the runners shall head for the finish after punching checkpoint 200 on the first part of the last leg of H21.

There will not be any Finish sign on the Map for the last leg of H21 due to printing reasons.

 


 



Course lengths, radio controls and estimated finish- and changeover times for Smålandskavlen 2008

 

Class

Leg

Cource length
km

Radio 1
km

Radio 2

Calc. time

Start

Changeover-time

H21

1 N

10,4-10,6

6,5

9

63 min

 

 

 

2 N

10,4-10,6

6,5

9

63 min

 

 

First Chasing Start 08:15

3

6,6 – 6,7

4,1

 

39 min

08.15

08.54

 

4

10,5-10,6

5,1

8,1

63 min

 

09.57

 

5

13,2 – 13,3

5,1

8,1

78 min

 

11.15

Shortened course

5

10,5 - 10,6

 

 

 

 

 

D21

1 N

6,3

4,1

-

48 min

 

 

 First Chasing Start 08:30

2

5,1

2,5

-

35 min

08.30

09.05

 

3

6,0

3,5

-

42 min

 

09.47

 

4

 7,9 - 8,0

3,5

6

56 min

 

10.43

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H16

1 N

5,5

-

-

40 min

 

 

 First Chasing Start 09:30

2

4,3 – 4,4

-

-

29 min

09.30

09.59

 

3

3,0

-

-

20 min

 

10.19

 

4

5,1

-

-

33 min

 

10.52

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D16

1 N

4,3

-

-

36 min

 

 

 First Chasing Start 09:10

2

3,3 - 3,4

-

-

27 min

09.10

09.37

 

3

3,0

-

-

22 min

 

09.59

 

4

4,6 – 4,7

-

-

35 min

 

10.34

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H180

1 N

6,4

-

-

44 min

 

 

 First Chasing Start 08:40

2

5,4 – 5,5

-

-

36 min

08.40

09.16

 

3

4,6 – 4,7

-

-

32 min

 

09.48

 

4

6,3

-

-

40 min

 

10.28

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H165

1

4,8

-

-

38 min

08.45

09.23

Start 08:45 leg 1

2

3,4

-

-

30 min

 

09.53

 

3

5,4

-

-

42 min

 

10.35

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D120

1

4,7 – 4,8

-

-

40 min

09.00

09.40

Start 09.00 leg 1

2

3,4

-

-

30 min

 

10.10

 

3

4,7 – 4,8

-

-

40 min

 

10.50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Öppen

1

4,0

-

-

28 min

09.45

10.13

Start 09:45 leg 1

2

3,0

-

-

21 min

 

10.34

 

3

4,5

-

-

31 min

 

11.05

N= Night

 

Course length includes 400m marked with strips.

 

 

Tävlingsledning

Competition Manager

Peter Thelin

+46 (0)70-5952887

Assisting Competition Mngr:

Torbjörn Johansson, SmOF

+46 (0)73-0832997

Arena Cheif:

Ulf Johansson

+46 (0)371-31572

Cource Planner:

Mikael Johansson

Jenny Johansson

+46 (0)70-6681237

Press host:

Helena Johansson

+46 (0)73-8175601

Accomodation:

Lars Pettersson

+46 (0)708-837041

Course Check:

Krister Rosjö

+46 (0)70-3133277

Competition inspectort:

Sven-Åke Karlsson

+46 (0)70-2462230

Competition jury:

Carin Gustafsson, Jönköpings OK, Göran Bergander Smålands OF Magnus Svensson Nässjö  OK