BULLETIN 2

Organisers The events will be organised by the orienteering club Turun Metsänkävijät. FinTrailO 31.3. - 1.4.2018 Event Director Course setters Results manager Kari Lehto Juha Hiirsalmi (TempO&PreO1), Pinja Mäkinen, Koovee (PreO2) Hannu Arki PreO + TempO Competition 30.3.2018 Event Director Rauli Helkkula Course setters Henni Hiirsalmi (PreO), Ville Hiirsalmi (TempO) Results manager Hannu Arki Night TempO 31.3.2018 Event Director Course setters Results manager Rauli Helkkula Kari Lehto Hannu Arki Relay 2.4.2018 Event Director Course setters Results manager Mikko Knuuti Rauli Helkkula Hannu Arki Event Advisers FinTrailO: PreO + TempO Competition Night TempO Relay Pinja Mäkinen, Koovee (TempO&PreO1), Juha Hiirsalmi (PreO2) Anni Lumiainen, MS Parma Jyrki Lumiainen, MS Parma Henni Hiirsalmi, TuMe Contacts Contact person: Website: Facebook: Juha Hiirsalmi, juha.hiirsalmi@tume.fi www.tume.fi/fintrailo2018/ https://www.facebook.com/fintrailo2018/

Event Programme Friday 30. March PreO + TempO Competition First start at 13.30 Uittamo, Turku Saturday 31. March FinTrailO TempO Competition First start at 08.30 Ruissalo, Turku FinTrailO PreO1 Competition First start at 10.00 Ruissalo, Turku Night TempO Competition First start at 20.30 The center of Turku Sunday 1. April FinTrailO PreO2 Competition First start at 10.00 Ruissalo, Turku Monday 2. April Relay Competition First start at 10.00 Suikkila, Turku Start times can be adjusted for competitors having to catch a flight or a ferry. If you have troubles with time schedule with either arrival or departure, and would like to have an adjusted start time, please write to fintrailo2018@tume.fi before 25 March. After that date we cannot guarantee changes in start times (but will be flexible when possible!). Competition information, terrains and maps PreO + TempO Competition 30.3. Sprintmap 1:4 000 / 2 m / 2016. Updated 2018. About 1,7 km with about 25 PreO-tasks + 3 TempO-stations with 5 tasks. A-class course has same distance, but easier and less tasks. Paved roads, no steep downhills or uphills. Total climb about 20 m. PreO-timing with Emit. Control punching with own spike punch. FinTrailO TempO Competition 31.3. Sprintmap 1:4 000 / 2 m / 2018. 6 TempO-stations with 6 flags and 5 tasks. Pretty firm paved and dirt roads, no steep downhills or uphills. Park-like recreation area. Grassland, pine forest, coastal terrain etc. Total climb about 10 m. First competition of ECTO 2018 (open European Cup of TrailO) WRE (World Ranging Event)

FinTrailO PreO1 Competition 31.3. Sprintmap 1:4 000 / 2 m / 2018. Paved or firm roads. Total climb about 10 m. Mainly pine and fir forest with lots of contour forms, but also some man-made landscape. PreO-timing with Emit. Punching at start and finish. Control punching with own spike punch. Time control with 3 tasks and 6 flag before start. 1,4 km with about 30 tasks. A-class course with same distance, but easier and less tasks. Two one way parts on the track. Assistance on one uphill of the track. WRE (World Ranging Event) Night TempO Competition 31.3. Sprintmap 1:3 000 / 2 m / 2017. Updated 2018. 6 TempO-stations with 6 flags (light inside) and 5 tasks. Paved roads with minimal climb. Total climb about 10 m. Typical old city center terrain with buildings, riverbanks and parks. Individual competition, but also team results calculated (3 persons). Team line-ups before first start to info. Moving on the route does not require your own light, because route is all the time under street lights. All controls are visible without headlight, but street lights are not enough for map reading. A good lamp is definitely useful for seeing the terrain as well. FinTrailO PreO2 Competition 1.4. Sprintmap 1:4 000 / 2 m / 2018. Partly quite soft dirt roads and partly paved roads. Total climb about 15 m. Mainly typical Southern Finnish forest terrain with good visibility. Partly open man-made landscape. PreO-timing with Emit. Punching at start and finish, but also at the end of part 1 and part 2 and in the start of part 2 and part 3. Time between ends and starts won t be counted to the total time. Control punching with own spike punch. There is canteen with free snacks and drinks between parts 1 and 2. Time control with 3 tasks and 6 flag before start. 1,7 km with about 40 tasks. A-class course with same distance, but less and easier tasks. One way parts on the track. Assistance on uphill parts of the track. Second competition of ECTO 2018. Relay Competition 2.4. Sprintmap 1:4 000 / 2 m / 2017. Updated 2018. Teams of 3 person, but possible to compete on your own without team. Team line-ups to info latest 30 minutes before start of the competition.

There is about 30 PreO-tasks. Each leg should punch 20 controls and team should punch at least once on each control. Time limit for the team is 300 minutes. TempO-station with 5 tasks and 6 flags after PreO-part. A-class course is shorter and easier. Firm roads. Total climb about 0-20 m depending which controls taken. Mainly typical Southern Finnish forest terrain with good visibility. PreO-timing with Emit. Control punching with own spike punch. Mass start for each leg separately. Each team gets 3 punching cards and TeamControlCard from the info. First leg runners can enter to the starting area 15 minutes before actual starting time and get map. They choose 20 controls that they will take and mark those to the TeamControlCard. Latest on starting time they give TeamControlCard to official and start their competition after start signal. Second leg gets TeamControlCard as they enter the starting area 15 minutes after first leg mass start. Routine for the second and last legs will be the same as it was on first leg. Second leg mass start is 30 minutes after the first leg and the third leg start is again 30 minutes later than second leg start. TeamControlCard is only for teams own use to make sure that all controls will be taken. One Person -class: Start with the first leg. About 30 PreO-tasks and one TempO-station. Embargoed areas FinTrailO competitions: Area shown on the map is embargoed until FinTrailO PreO2 results are final. It is Ok to use main road (Ruissalon puistotie) or visit business on the area. Area is island of Ruissalo, Turku.

PreO + TempO competition: Area shown on the map is embargoed until PreO+TempO results are final. It is Ok to use main roads or visit business on the area. NightTempO competition: Area shown on the map is embargoed until NightTempO results are final. It is Ok to use main roads or visit business (also hotels and restaurants) on the area.

Relay competition: Area shown on the map is embargoed until Relay results are final. It is Ok to use main roads or visit business on the area. Results Online results will be available at page preoresulta.se after the last competitor has started. Combined results for all three competitions will be counted using the relay model: All results are transformed to seconds (60 sec per mistake in PreO course + 30 seconds per mistake on PreO timed controls + time spent on PreO timed controls + 30 sec per mistake in TempO + time spent in TempO). The competitor with shortest total time is the winner. Classes All competitions: Elite (E) and A. In Relay competition there is also One Person -class. And in NightTempO there is also team competition, counted from personal competition results. The FinTrailO TempO and PreO2 in Elite class are part of the Unofficial European Cup in Trail Orienteering. The FinTrailO TempO and PreO1 in Elite class are WRE (world ranking event) competitions. All E class competitors in WRE competitions must have IOF license number (IOF ID). Valid (paid) license is not required. More info on next page. Finnish E class competitors must have a valid Finnish orienteering license in individual competitions. No license is needed in relay competition. There are no requirements for A class competitors. A class has in PreO less controls and easier tasks than E class. In TempO, both classes have the same controls.

Entry fees: FinTrailO E class: FinTrailO A class: Other individual competitions: E class: A class: Relay (both E and A class): Emit-card rental: 20 euros/competition 12 euros/competition 15 euros/competition 10 euros/competition 30 euros/team or 12 euro in One Person -class 5 euros/whole period. Lost card 70 euros. There are some spike punches (that are needed in PreO competitions) to borrow in info. Entries Finnish competitors enter via IRMA, foreign competitors via email to fintrailo2018@tume.fi. Foreign competitors can pay either via bank transfer (Turun Metsänkävijät, IBAN: FI69 1590 3000 1511 32, BIC: NDEAFIHH) or on-site. Entry deadline is March 22. Late entries deadline is March 26 with 1,5 x entry fees. When entering, please let us know the following information: Name, IOF ID, Club (if any), Country, class (E or A), Emit-card number or need of rental-card. Also let us know, if you have a Paralympic status (there is only open class, but for possible extra time) and if you need wheelchair assistance (in steep hills there is extra assistance). Use of own assistant is allowed. Teams for NightTempO by email to fintrailo2018@tume.fi or at competition site Relay running orders by email to fintrailo2018@tume.fi or at competition site IOF license number (IOF ID) for WRE competitions You will get IOF license number by creating user account in IOF Eventor. It doesn t cost anything, you only have to enter your information to the system. Please contact us if you need assistance. Competition Rules The Competition Rules for IOF Trail Orienteering Events (valid from 1 January 2018) apply. Copy of the rules is available for download on the IOF website http://orienteering.org/trail-orienteering/rules/. The time limit for complaints is 10 minutes after the final results have been published at the competition centre. Any protest shall be made in writing to a member of the jury no later than 15 minutes after the organiser has informed the complainant of the decision about the complaint. A protest fee of 50 EUR shall be paid to the Event Controller in cash when making a protest. The fee will be returned if the protest is accepted by the jury. If the protest is signed by several competitors, each of them shall pay the protest fee.

Competition systems in PreO+TempO (30.3.) and Relay (2.4.) are not totally compliant with the IOF rules. Those deviations will be introduced in competition instructions. Travelling Ferry from Stockholm/Kapellskär www.vikingline.com (Turku Harbour) www.tallink.com (Turku Harbour) www.finnlines.com (Naantali Harbour) To Turku Airport www.finnair.com www.airbaltic.com www.wizzair.com www.nextjet.se www.flysas.com Train to Turku www.vr.fi Bus to Turku www.expressbus.fi www.onnibus.fcom www.åbus.fi www.matkahuolto.fi Bus inside Turku area www.foli.fi With line 1 from harbour and from airport to city center (Kauppatori). With line 8 from city center to Ruissalo (FinTrailO TempO, PreO1 ja PreO2). With line 13 from city center to Uittamo (PreO+TempO 30.3.). With line 60 and 61 from city center to Suikkila (Relay 2.4.) Almost all lines go through city center (Kauppatori). There is about 300 m to NightTempO competition center from Kauppatori. Welcome to Turku in Easter 2018! Turun Metsänkävijät