General Info
Individual Precision Orienteering course, with one Open class and one Paralympic class.- Restrictions to participation: all competitors registered in an orienteering federation, regardless of sex, age or physical ability/disability are eligible to be entered for the Open class competition. Only competitors who have a permanent disability that significantly reduces their mobility are eligible to be entered for the Paralympic class.
ATTENTION: due to the large number of registered athletes, the start of the event was anticipated.
START: there will be no start list – the athletes will initiate their course according to the order of entry into the quarantine.
SI-card: it is mandatory to use a SPORTident card; a SI-card number was automatically assigned to the athletes that did not indicate a SI-card number when they registered. The corresponding SI-card should be picked up in the Event Center, in conjunction with the POM 2014 mandatory bib number.
Detailed program:
11h00 – Opening of the competition office and the quarantine
11h55 – Closing of the PreO quarantine (for Portuguese athletes qualifying for the ETOC 2014)
12h00 – First start / PreO / Park “Senhora dos Verdes”
14h30 – Closing of the PreO quarantine (for the remaining athletes)
18h15 – Award giving Ceremony – PreO
- Deadline for registration: February 10
- Registration fee: 3,00€ for the Open class
Embargoed areas: the whole Park “Senhora dos Verdes”
Special aspects related with the course: mandatory quarentine for athletes participating competitively.
Special aspects related with the facilities: easily accessed site, availability of sanitary facilities, provision for recharging electric wheelchairs, bar, restaurant.
Participants using wheelchairs may be assisted by an accompanying person when moving between controls. The organization may provide a limited number of assistants, that must be requested in the registration act.
Technical Information
Map: Parque Sra. dos Verdes (new map, specifically drawn for Trail-O (PreO format), according to the ISSOM standards, in October of 2013, scale 1:4.000, contour intervals of 5m)
Terrain: The terrain is very rich in natural elements, especially contour and rocky details, but also some vegetation.
Evento Direction (POM 2014): Luis Santos and Ana Porta Nova
Course Direction (PreO): Acácio Porta Nova and Luís Gonçalves
Course Setter: Acácio Porta Nova
Supervisor: Joaquim Margarido
Map Maker: Raquel Costa
- Maximum time allowed for the course: 1 hour and 30 minutes.
The whole route to be followed consists of hard paved roads (tarmac, or stones), suitable for wheelchairs, although there are a couple of steeper slopes. It is not allowed to step out of the hard paved roads, nor to cross sections that will be marked with indicative tape in the terrain, and purple overprinting in the map; any competitor that fails to comply with this will be disqualified.
It is mandatory to maintain SILENCE during the whole course, and the only navigational aids that competitors may use are the map and control descriptions (provided by the organization), and a compass. No aiding devices are allowed, other than a magnifying glass (either incorporated in the compass or separate), an odometer, and a watch. The use of any communication devices will bring disqualification to the competitor.
Eventual complaints must be made, by a competitor, to the competition office, or the course direction, no later than 30 minutes after the competitor has finished is/her course.
Rules
The rules that apply to the competition are the “Regulamento de Competições 2014” of the Portuguese Orienteering Federation (“Federação Portuguesa de Orientação, FPO”). Cases that are not contemplated there will be decided by the organization, taking into consideration the "Competition Rules for IOF trail Orienteering Events" (valid from 1 January 2014).Since several of the implemented challenges have some technical difficulty, we strongly recommend the reading of the following IOF documents: Technical Introduction to "Trail Orienteering for Experienced Foot Orienteers", and, especially, "Technical Guidelines for Elite Trail Orienteering".
