INTERNATIONAL ORIENTEERING FEDERATION
RUSSIAN ORIENTEERING FEDERATION

SKI-O WORLD CUP FINAL ROUND
2-8 March,2003,
Cheljabinsk Region, Kyshtym, Russia

BULLETIN 1-2

Dear friends! Welcomes You to Ural!

World Cup Event will take place near the Kyshtym town. The region is well-known for its blue water lakes and old mountains, covered with rich pine forests. Kyshtym is located in the middle of the way between two Ural big cities: Ekaterinburg and Cheljabinsk. The area is full of unique landscapes for any kind of Worldwide race to offer.

VENUE:

Kyshtym, located 120 km South of Ekaterinburg and 100 km North of Cheljabinsk. The competition center is situated in the resort-hotel «Dalnyaya Dacha».

ORGANISER:

Russian Orienteering Federation
Address: Box57, 123060,Moscow,Russia
phone/fax: +07 (095) - 1969089
e-mail: rforient@comail.ru
htpp://www.orienteering.org.ru
Event director: Mr. Andrey Akimov
IOF Advizor Mr Martin Danovsky
National Controller Mr. Igor Leontiev.

LOCAL ORGANISER:

«Roza Vetrov», ski-o club of Ozersk. Club has many talented orienteers including national Teams level. They have a good experience in arranging national events since 1991 including Russian foot-o Championships-95 and Russian ski-o Championships-1997,2000,2001.

EMBARGOED AREAS

The regions around resort school «Gagarin» and to the north from resort-hotel «Dalnjaja Datcha»

CLASSES

W –21. M -21.

PARTICIPATION RESTRICTIONS:

National Teams members allowed to race, see IOF rules for World Cup, (paragraphs 5.7, 6.1, 6.9, 6.10, 6.15) The total size of team including team leaders and accompanying persons is unlimited.

EVENT PROGRAMME:

DATES FOR ENTRY

Preliminary entry by 15th December 2002
information needed:

• country
• number of competitors by sex, number of relay teams by sex
• number of team officials
• category of accommodation
• team manager's name, address, telephone number, e-mail address

Name list for VIZA by 25th January 2003 - each competitor's and official’s first name, family name, date of birth (day, month, year), passport number.

Final entry by 25th January 2003
information needed:

• each competitor's and official's first name, family name, sex, date of birth (day, month, year)
• each competitor's class
• information whether an athlete will borrow SI-card or use one of her/his own (in that case give relevant SI-card number)

Entry fee for the competitors - 90 USD

Entry fee for the officials - 60 USD

Banquet - 20 USD

ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD

The price includes accommodation and food from 2nd March dinner to 9th March breakfast

TRANSPORTS

Organisers will arrange transportation from Pskov to Chelyabinsk (charter flight),- Dalnjaja Datcha and back. Fee - 199,9 USD/pers.

Ekaterinburg airports offer international lines from Prague, Paris, Frankfurt, Tcheljabinsk airports offer international lines from Hanover, and both airports offers domestic lines from Moscow, St. Petersburg and other cities of Russia.

There are bus-lines and railway connection between both airports and Kyshtym.

Organizers can arrange on request transportation from Ekaterinburg and Tcheljabinsk airports or railway stations to the competition centre (20 USD\pers.\ one way).

Transportation to start-finish area is included in start fee.

PAYMENT

Fees related to entries, accommodation and meals, and transportation may be paid in two instalments, i.e. 25% of the total fee by 31st January 2003, and the remaining 75% upon arrival in Kyshtym town, Cheliabinsk, RUS.

Payments in US Dollars must be made for:
Beneficiary OOO «ROF»
Beneficiary account 40702840600001000079
Beneficiary Bank SPARTAK-BANK LTD
Bank account 30109840000000000036
Intermediary BankKRASBANK MOSCOW RUSSIA
SWIFT KRAP RUM Acc. 04414251
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
AMERICAS, N.Y. USA
SWIFT BKTR US 33

MAPS:

The area is mapped by high qualified Russian map-makers, in the 5-colored IOF symbols, generalized for ski-o use, Scale 1:10000, H 5m., no special symbols.

TERRAIN:

Moderate mountains slopes with re-entrances and passages from 200 to 300 m high above the sea level, covered mostly with coniferous woods. Many paths and roads. Visibility is usually good.

CLIMATE:

Continental type. The first half of March which is planned for the event shows mostly stable snow cover 0.5-0.8m an average temperature of this time period is about -4 –7 Centigrade.

ECOLOGY:

The place is ecologically clean. The radioactivity level is very low, water, soil and atmosphere are free of dangerous pollution, all the State Ecology certificates are available if required.

WINNING TIME AND APPROXIMATE LENGTH

Preliminary length of the courses will be announced in Bulletin 3.

SPORT IDENT ELECTRONIC PUNCHING SYSTEM

Sport Ident electronic punching system will be used. Competitors may use their own SI-card or they can borrow one from the organiser. All competitors must inform the organiser about it in the entry form.

Borrowing SI-cards will cost nothing for the competitor, but extra $15 will be taken for lost borrowed SI-card.

MEDIA SERVICES

Press centre is located in Competition Centre. Representatives of media are kindly asked to register by 25th January 2003 and inform the organisers about their status (TV, radio, writing journalist, photo). The accommodation for media representatives is organised under the terms applying to other participants. Media contact person Elena Baranovskaya +7 35171 20807.

TRAINING POSSIBILITIES

Ski tracks of different standard surround the hotel are available -, there are ski-o and foot-o maps.

TRAINING CAMP

The organizers will arrange a training camp on request in the period from December 2002 till 1st March 2003 in Sliudorudnik town, 15 km from Competition Centre. Accommodation in cottages, 2-4 bed-rooms, shower and sauna are available, TV, price is $20/day/person includes accommodation, full board. Full service for ski-orienteering training. Entry fee - $10/day.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Andrey Akimov, club president and the Event Director.
Mail address: 456780 Russia, Tcheljabinsk region, Ozersk, Parkovaja st 1A.
Tel/faxes: +7 35171 28259, +7 35171 25589, +7 35171 26765
e-mail: rv@ozr.ru

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