Comité départemental de course d orientation de la Loire. Le Bessat, France. Bulletin. n O 2

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1 Comité départemental de course d orientation de la Loire Le Bessat, France Bulletin n O 2

2 Welcome! by President of CDCO 42 (organising Committee) Dear Orienteering friends, On behalf of the organising committee, I am pleased to welcome you to the 2013 European Junior Cup in France, October 4th to 6th, in the Pilat Regional Park just above the city of St-Étienne, well-known among orienteers. The Pilat Regional Park, an orienteering terrain above all, is the ideal place to practise our sport. Indeed, the French national team has recruited many orienteers coming from our forests such as Thierry Gueorgiou, the most famous French orienteer. For competitors, we wish to organize a challenging event, where you will be offered the possibility to show all of your technical and physical skills, with competitions set by some of the most experienced course-setters in France. For spectators we wish to provide an exciting show, and the possibility to enjoy competing on the same terrain as the JEC races. Competition areas, official accomodations, and the event centre are all located close to the village Le Bessat in the Pilat Regional Park ; a perfect way to optimize travel time, and improve your comfort as much as possible. I wish good luck and a lot of fun to all the athletes. Welcome to JEC 2013! Hervé Bodelet Chairman of the Orienteering Departmental Committee of La Loire 1

3 Paris Clermont Ferrand Paris Lyon Genève St-Étienne Grenoble A7 A42 Marseille Lyon A43 Grenoble Clermont Ferrand A47 A72 St-Étienne N88 D8 D2 Pilat Mountain Le Bessat A7 Marseille Location The Junior European Cup 2013 will be held in Le Pilat Mountain (altitude between 1150m and 1300m), next to the village of Le Bessat, 15 km from St-Étienne, France. All the competitions will be located next to the Event centre : Le Chalet des Alpes, in Le Bessat village. There is no need to take the car to go to the race areas. Airports St-Étienne ( Andrézieux-Bouthéon ) : 37 km Grenoble ( Grenoble Isère ) : 80 km Lyon ( Saint-Exupéry ) : 90 km Clermont-Ferrand ( Aulnat ) : 165 km Geneva international airport : 230 km Marseille ( Marignanne ) : 280 km Paris ( Charles de Gaulle ) : 560 km Railway station St-Étienne ( Châteaucreux ) : 18 km 2

4 Program Date Friday 4.10 Saturday 5.10 Sunday 6.10 Event Sprint Long distance Relay Place Le Bessat La Valla-en-Gier La Valla-en-Gier Open races will take place alongsides competition on Saturday and Sunday. National Team Scoring A National Team score will be established based on the results of all three competitions according to : Sprint and Long Distance : The two best runners from each nation and each class will be counted. The number of points earned equals the ranking (1st = 1 pt, 2nd = 2 pts, etc.). If a nation has only one or no runner in a class, the non-existent starts will be counted by taking the total number of starters in that class +1. Relay : The best team for each nation, in each class, will be counted, with its ranking multiplied by 6. Overall score : The National Team with the lowest total after the three competitions wins and becomes Junior European Cup Team Champion Competitors The Junior European Cup is open to National teams of competitors aged 20 or younger on December 31st Sprint and Long Distance : W18, M18, W20, M20. (max 6 runners per nation in each class). Relay : Women, Men (3-leg relay). (max 4 relay teams per nation in each class). A maximum of 4 staff members per Nation is allowed. Classification There will be a separate classification for every race of the JEC A combination with the National course is not possible. 3

5 Event Centre Le Chalet des Alpes La Croix de Chaubouret Le Bessat Accomodation Le Chalet des Alpes (Event Centre). La Traverse in the middle of Le Bessat, 1,4 km from the Event Centre. 3 classes of accommodation are offered : // Class 1 : Room with 2 to 8 single beds (shower and toilet in the room). Rooms with more than 3 beds have their own kitchen. // Class 2 : Room with 4 to 6 beds (shower and toilet outside the room). // Class 3 : Dormitory 25 beds (shower and toilet outside the room). Catering Breakfast and dinner will be taken at your accommodation. Lunch-packets will be distributed at your accommodation during breakfast. Breakfasts, lunch-packets and dinners are included in the accommodation price. We will do our best to cater for special requests such as vegetarian meals. Let us know by when registering. 4

6 Embargoed area : sprint Le Bessat Embargoed area : LD + relay La Jasserie Accomodation (2) La Traverse Event centre and accomodation (1) Le Chalet des Alpes Maps and terrain Scale and contour interval Sprint : 1/4000-2,5m - Summer 2013 Long Distance : 1/ m - Summer 2013 Relay : 1/ m - Summer 2013 Embargoed areas Sprint : Le Bessat village and surroundings. You are allowed to wander through the village, but it s forbidden to use a map or any other documents, to run or to test route choices. Long Distance and Relay : The entire surface area of the old map of La Jasserie (map from 1999) is a prohibited area, except for paved roads. You will find the old map of La Jasserie in the official JEC 2013 website : >> jec2013.free.fr Terrain description Sprint : Mix of urban terrain, forest and fields. Relay : Large forest with a mix of pine and beech trees. Very steep slopes with quite dense paths network on hillsides. Rocky ground on some parts. Long Distance : Same features as the relay, with open areas on upper parts. 5

7 Team leaders and Team leader meetings Each National team nominates a Team leader who shall take part in the meetings and who will be the main contact for the organising staff. Team leader meetings will take place at the event centre Le Chalet des Alpes. There will be a meeting before each competition, except for the Sprint. Transport to races All finish areas are within walking distance from both accommodations (1,4 km max.). It is strongly advised to get to the finish areas on foot. Clothes Please abide by IOF rules (long trousers for Long Distance and Relay). The use of spikes is not recommended for the Sprint. Punching system SportIdent system will be used in all JEC 2013 races. Please ensure your team bring their own SI cards. SI cards can be hired on request (please state in your final entry). Prize giving ceremonies Prize giving ceremonies for Sprint and Long Distance will take place together on Saturday, on the Long Distance arena. Relay and National Team Scoring ceremony will take place on the arena after the Relay. Please notice that all nations with potential top3 runners should bring one or two extra National flags for the prize giving ceremonies. Protests Arbitration will be settled by the organisers. Antidoping The current anti-doping regulation by l Agence Française de Lutte contre le Dopage applies to all participants ( > The antidoping statute will be detailed on the next bulletin. photo : GF-18 (FFCO) Maps for training A model event (free order with flags) will be organised before JEC One map of this model event will be offered to each and every competitor and team leader. The maps will be available at the Event Center ( Le Chalet des Alpes ). The organising team can arrange trainings of any kind on request (with or without flags and SI). Interested? please apply via jec2013@free.fr Blank maps of the other training terrains around will be available at the Event Center for 4 /map. Excursions For excursions in the Natural Park of Le Pilat please contact : 6

8 Competitors : Class 1 : Room 175 (en-suite bathroom and toilets) Class 2 : Room 145 (showers and toilets outside the room) Class 3 : Dormitory 125 Price includes entry fees for the races, accommodation from Thursday evening to Sunday (13.00) and all meals during this period. Please, bring your own sheets or sleeping bag. Sheets can be hired for 5 (on-site payment). Entry fee for races only : 45 Cost and registration Team officials : Class 1 : Room 130 (en-suite bathroom and toilets) Class 2 : Room 100 (showers and toilets outside the room) Class 3 : Dormitory 80 There will be no discount for competitors arriving later than Friday. For competitors who wish to arrive earlier, please contact the organisers. Registration Final entries are to be submitted before 15 August 2013 via the contact >> jec2013@free.fr Organising Committee Event Director : Hervé BODELET Event coordinator : Jean Baptiste BOURRIN Event National Controller : Philippe POGU Course setters : Sprint : Eric PERRIN Long Distance : Michel DEVRIEUX Relay : Jean Baptiste BOURRIN photo : Benoit Cochey Contact CDCO 42 Orienteering Departmental Committee of La Loire jec2013@free.fr Phone : Further details will be published in Bulletin n 3 (July 2013) and on the official JEC 2013 website (jec2013.free.fr) Any question? please contact jec2013@free.fr 7