TROFEU INTERNACIONAL CIUTAT DE BARCELONA 2018 ORIENTEERING

1 TROFEU INTERNACIONAL CIUTAT DE BARCELONA 2018 ORIENTEERING CLUB ORIENTACIÓ CATALUNYA - BARCELONA CLUB@CLUBCOC.CAT WWW.CLUBCOC.CAT

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS WELCOME... 3 PRESENTATION... 3 HOW TO GET TO BARCELONA... 5 ACCOMMODATION... 5 TICBCN 2018 PROGRAM... 6 COMPETITION CENTER LOCATIONS... 8 CC1 El Bruc - Casal del Bruc Residencial... 9 How to get to the competion center El Bruc from Barcelona:... 10 CC2 Complex Esportiu Municipal Pau Negre... 14 How to get to the Pau Negre competition center!!!... 14 CC3 Institut Jaume Balmes... 21 How to get to the competition center Institut Jaume Balmes... 22 CATEGORIES... 22 REGISTRATION AND FEES... 24 REGISTRATION... 24 TIME-KEEPING... 24 ARRIVAL... 25 TO KEEP IN MIND... 25 COMPLAINTS... 26 RESULTS... 26 PRIZES... 26 CASH PRIZES... 26 MIDDLE DISTANCE RACE: EL BRUC 16/02... 27 TECHNICAL INFORMATION.... 27 BOOKMARK NOTES... 28 LONG DISTANCE RACE: MONTJUÏC HILL 17/02... 28 TECHNICAL INFORMATION.... 29 BOOKMARK NOTES... 30 MICRO-SPRINT RACE DIVERTIMENTO 17/02... 31 SPRINT DISTANCE RACE: LA RIBERA 18/02... 32 TECHNICAL INFORMATION... 32 BOOKMARK NOTES... 33 COLABORATIONS... 34 CLUB ORIENTACIÓ CATALUNYA - BARCELONA CLUB@CLUBCOC.CAT WWW.CLUBCOC.CAT

3 WELCOME Dear orienteers from all over the world, The Club Orientació Catalunya and the City Council welcome you to the 12th TROFEU INTERNACIONAL CIUTAT DE BARCELONA 2018, TICBCN 2018. New challenging and fun circuits are ready for all participants. We want you to know that your smile is our target and the wish which encourages us to turn the TICBCN into a playful and sportive event. Your happiness will be our achievement and the prove that we all did a good job. Welcome on behalf of the COC, and let the orienteering celebration begin! CLUB ORIENTACIÓ CATALUNYA - BARCELONA CLUB@CLUBCOC.CAT WWW.CLUBCOC.CAT

PRESENTATION 4 The TROFEU INTERNACIONAL CIUTAT DE BARCELONA (TICBCN) is a competition that started with the aim of allowing Catalan selection to share an event with other European elite selections. Later, its aim was modified and it was opened to all participants individually. The competition has kept through its eleven editions its playful nature. The organizers are working with the idea to achieve that all participants enjoy the races and the city of Barcelona, which is now a touristic and sportive reference site worldwide. The Club Orientació Catalunya and the City Council welcome you to our city. We wish you a good stay and to get the most out of the races that we have prepared. Now, on its 12th edition, we are preparing an event with a training day at the nearby village of El Bruc(you might feel as being observed by the Montserrat magnificient boulders) and two races starting at the Pau Negre Stadium and the IES Jaume Balmes 16/02/2018 Middle distance tranining at Montserrat El Bruc - Barcelona. 17/02/2018 Long distance race around the Montjuic hill - Montjuïc - Barcelona. 18/02/2018 Sprint at the historical center of Barcelona. The winner of TIC BCN 2018 will come out of the sum of the timings obtained from the last two races (long distance and sprint). CLUB ORIENTACIÓ CATALUNYA - BARCELONA CLUB@CLUBCOC.CAT WWW.CLUBCOC.CAT

5 HOW TO GET TO BARCELONA The nearest airport is Barcelona-El Prat where major airline companies operate (15 km). Girona airport is also near Barcelona (80km). http://www.aena-aeropuertos.es/csee/satellite/aeropuerto-barcelona/ca/ The two Railway companies to get to Barcelona are RENFE http://www.renfe.com/ and FGC http://www.fgc.cat/cat/index.asp. The following companies operate in the metropolitan area: TMB http://www.tmb.cat/ca/home FGC http://www.fgc.cat/cat/index.asp Tourist information: http://turismedebarcelona.com/ ACCOMMODATION Barcelona offers an excellent range of accommodation suitable for any budget. In TURISME DE BARCELONA website, you will find all options: http://turismedebarcelona.com/ CLUB ORIENTACIÓ CATALUNYA - BARCELONA CLUB@CLUBCOC.CAT WWW.CLUBCOC.CAT

TICBCN 2018 PROGRAM TROFEU INTERNACIONAL CIUTAT DE BARCELONA 16/02/2018-18/02/2018 6 Middle distance - El Bruc 16/02/2018 Type Activity Place Day Time Reception Start Bibs handing over El Bruc 16/02/2018 14:00-16:00 Start Race 16/02/2018 15:00 Race Middle distance Race El Bruc 16/02/2018 15:00-17:00 Clousure Race closes 16/02/2018 16:30 Long distance - Olympic ring, Indoor race 17/02/2018 Type Activity Place Day Time Reception Bibs handing over Complex Esportiu Municipal Pau Negre 17/02/2018 09:00-13:00 Activity Course for Beginners Complex Esportiu Municipal Pau Negre 17/02/2018 09:45-10:00 Start Start Race 17/02/2018 10:00 Race Long distance Race Montjuïc 17/02/2018 10:00-13:30 Clousure Race closes 17/02/2018 13:30 Race Indoor race Jaume Balmes Institute 17/02/2018 18:00-20:00 CLUB ORIENTACIÓ CATALUNYA - BARCELONA CLUB@CLUBCOC.CAT WWW.CLUBCOC.CAT

7 Sprint - Barcelona city 18/02/2018 Type Activity Place Day Time Reception Activity Start Bibs handing over Jaume Balmes Institute 18/02/2018 09:00-12:00 Course for Beginners Jaume Balmes Institute 18/02/2018 09:30-10:00 Start Race 18/02/2018 10:00 Race Sprint race Barcelona - Ciutat Vella 18/02/2018 10:00-13:30 Clousure Awards Race closes 18/02/2018 13:30 Prize Giving Jaume Balmes Institute 18/02/2018 13:30 CLUB ORIENTACIÓ CATALUNYA - BARCELONA CLUB@CLUBCOC.CAT WWW.CLUBCOC.CAT

8 COMPETITION CENTER LOCATIONS LINK IN GOOGLE MAPS CC1 El Bruc - Casal del Bruc Residencial Av. Moreneta s/n - El Bruc Residencial 08294 El Bruc GPS 41 34'12.63"N 1 47'55.96"E 41.5702, 1.79888 CC2 Complex Esportiu Municipal Pau Negre Passeig Olímpic, 6, 08038 Barcelona GPS 41 21'42.9"N 2 09'16.2"E 41.36181, 2.15449 CC3 Institut Jaume Balmes C/ Pau Claris Street, 121, Barcelona 08009 GPS 41 23' 32.478"N 2 10'1.722"E 41.39234, 2.16714 LINK TO GOOGLE MAPS

9 CC1 El Bruc - Casal del Bruc Residencial Av. Moreneta s/n - El Bruc Residencial 08294 El Bruc GPS 41 34'12.63"N 1 47'55.96"E 41.5702, 1.79888 LINK TO GOOGLE MAPS

10 How to get to the competion center El Bruc from Barcelona: By Car Autoroute A-2 from Barcelona to Lleida exit 575 LINK TO GOOGLE MAPS

By bus charter direcly to the competition center at El Bruc. We are planning a bus charter service to get back and forth of El Bruc competition center, so that the participants do not encounter displacement problems. 11 The coach will leave at 13:00 hours from the competition center located in Barcelona: IES Jaume Balmes, C / Pau Claris Street, 121 Barcelona 08009 GPS 41 23 '32,478 "N 2 10'1,722 "E The returning trip will be at 18:00 hours from El Bruc competition center, arriving at IES Jaume Balmes around 19:00 hours (depending on traffic entering the city of Barcelona at that time). The price of this service is 8 per person (round trip) and will be paid before taking the bus in Barcelona. Anyone wishing to use this service must register using this form: https://goo.gl/forms/icrtlifca1kl798s2 Warning! there is a 60 seats limitation (coach màximum capacity). LINK TO GOOGLE MAPS

12 By Regular Bus line to El Bruc Bus Station Bus Company Hispano Igualadina - Monbús www.igualadina.com Bus Station Hispano Igualadina Av. Diagonal (Mª Cristina) Take attention to have enough time, The organization suggest to take the charter bus at 13:00 in CC3 (see page 11) LINK TO GOOGLE MAPS

13 Bus Time Table BARCELONA to EL BRUC 6:20 7:45 6:50 7:30 7:00 7:40 7:30 8:10 8:00 8:40 8:20 9:00 8:45 9:25 8:50 9:30 9:20 10:00 9:45 10:25 8:50 9:30 10:15 10:55 10:20 11:00 10:50 11:30 11:20 12:05 11:30 12:10 11:50 12:30 12:15 12:55 12:20 13:00 12:50 13:30 13:00 13:40 13:20 14:00 13:50 14:43 14:00 14:40 14:05 15:00 EL BRUC to BARCELONA 17:45 18:35 18:45 19:35 19:45 20:35 20:45 21:35 Walking from bus stop to Competition Center at El Bruc LINK TO GOOGLE MAPS

14 CC2 Complex Esportiu Municipal Pau Negre Passeig Olímpic, 6 08038 Barcelona GPS 41 21'42.9"N 2 09'16.2"E 41.36181, 2.15449 How to get to the Pau Negre competition center!!! By Metro ( Espanya station) + 30 min. walk. LINK TO GOOGLE MAPS

15 Underground lines to Plaça d Espanya ESPANYA station ESPANYA STATION LINK TO GOOGLE MAPS ESPANYA STATION

16 How to get to the competition center Pau Negre By metro ( Espanya station) + Bus (150 Line) to Piscines Picornell stop + 10 min. walk. LINK TO GOOGLE MAPS

By Underground lines to Plaça d Espanya ESPANYA station + bus to PISCINES PICORNELL 17 ESPANYA STATION TMB BUS 150 to PISCINES PICORNELL BUS TMB 150 METRO STATION ESPANYA

18 LINK TO GOOGLE MAPS

Walking from Piscines Picornell to the Pau Negre competition center. 19 LINK TO GOOGLE MAPS

20 CC3 Institut Jaume Balmes C/ Pau Claris Street, 121 Barcelona 08009 GPS 41 23' 32.478"N 2 10'1.722"E 41.39234, 2.16714 LINK TO GOOGLE MAPS

How to get to the competition center Institut Jaume Balmes Metro station: Passeig de Gràcia 21 LINK TO GOOGLE MAPS

22 CATEGORIES OFFICIAL CATEGORIES TIC BCN 2018 Category M/W Age on December 31 st 2018 Youth (16-) Age <= 16 Junior (20-) 16 < Age <= 20 Men/Women Elite 21 <= Age <= 34 Veteran (35+) 35 <= Age <= 49 Supervet (50+) 50 <= Age <= 64 Ultravet (65+) 65 <= Age <= 75 Ultravet (75+) 75<= Age Open Any age Children (M/W 12-) Age <= 12 Beginners Adults (Long) Beginners Children (Short)

23 REGISTRATION AND FEES Due to the special characteristics of the race on Sunday, parents of young runners will be able to ask for matching starting times so that they can be with the children in turns at the beginning and at the end of the race. Three races Two races One race After deadline >= 07/02/2018 >16-year-olds 45 30 15 +5 per race (**) <=16 year olds 30 20 10 +5 per race (**) Beginner adults 30 20 10 Beginner children 15 10 5 Temporary License (compulsory for non-federated) Daily chip hiring Careful! Deposit needed (*) +1,5 per day 6 per day Free for beginner children Free for < 16-year-olds TIC BCN '18 T-shirt +12 (*) A 50 deposit or an official ID will be required for registration. Returned to you when the SportIDENT is handed in. Loss will be penalized with 50 REGISTRATION Registration will be through Orienteeringonline online platforms. Orienteeringonline before 07/02/2018 (**) Last moment registrations on the day of the race, official cathegories only, must sent a mail to club@clubcoc.cat (to ensure your cathegory`s map) TIME-KEEPING All categories, including beginners, will be controlled with the SportIDENT system. Participants may hire a smartcard or chip if they need to do so.

ARRIVAL 24 On arrival, the finish line SportIDENT base must be punched. Competitors should then address to the finish tent to download the SportIDENT chip in the computer that records the results. If the chip is hired, it will have to be returned. In the event of loss, a 50 charge will be applied. IMPORTANT: Please, after arriving you must go to download your results even if you did not finish your race. This is important in order to make sure that all runners have arrived safe and sound and nobody got lost or injured. Refreshments will be available for all runners at the arrival. You will find a solid and liquid refreshment zone. TO KEEP IN MIND - Car Traffic: roads will not be closed to traffic. Although traffic is limited in those areas, it is very important to watch every time you cross any street and to be very careful with cars and vans,. Pedestrian crossings regulated by traffic lights must be respected too. - Attention to pedestrians: Always respect pedestrians as well as roadways rules. - First aid and ambulance: An ambulance will be ready in the competition centre on Friday and Saturday and at the arrival on Sunday, in order to evacuate anyone if required. In this case, the injured runner will be transferred to the nearest Hospital of the area. - Traffic-Works: We are running within an urban area and, it is possible that works that do not exist at the time of printing the map, may appear at the time of the race. Similarly, the Parks and Gardens city service could change the green zone of the long race if, unexpectedly,they started working on an area. - Locker-Space: COC staff will provide you with a place where bags and objects could be placed, but they will not be held responsible for any objects left there. - Showers: in the competition venues there will be the opportunity to take a shower on Saturday as well as on Sunday. - WC: toilets will be available in the competition venues on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. - Solid & Liquid Refreshment zone: besides the public fountains you might find along the circuit, a solid & liquid refreshment zone will be provided at the end of each race in the competition venues.

25 - Footwear: Metal studs are not recommended for Saturday and Sunday. Versatile/multipurpose footwear is advisable. COMPLAINTS Due to the type of race, no circuit will be cancelled in the event of a control misplacement. Should claims arise due to that reason, the technical jury might decide to cancel the sections defined in the appealed control. Therefore, all runners must consider finishing the race even though they may encounter problems deriving from the accessibility of the public to the controls, or due to organizational errors. Any complaint must be submitted in writing before the prize giving ceremony. RESULTS Provisional results will be published in the competition centre monitor and on the Internet. PRIZES The first 3 competitors for each official and non-official categories of the acumulates times of Saturday and Sunday races will get a prize. CASH PRIZES Cash Prizes will be offered for the top three elite women & top three elite men: Women 1st Place 300 Men 1st Place 300 2nd Place 200 2nd Place 200 3rd Place 100 3rd Place 100

26 MIDDLE DISTANCE RACE: EL BRUC 16/02 14:00 The middle distance race will take place in the neighbourhoods of El Bruc village. The competition venue will be located at the Casal del Bruc Residencial. (See information about the competition center El Bruc - Casal del Bruc Residencial CC1 page 8 ) TECHNICAL INFORMATION. Maps will not be collected at the end of the race. Runners fair play is assumed! Map: " PEU DE MONTSERRAT Scale: 1:7500 1:5000 for (M/W +75, children, begginers short and young) Equidistance: 5 m. Regulations: ISSOM 2007 Cartographers: Sergei Simakin 2012 Updated: January 2018 Course planner: Joel Suñè Category Distance Controls M ELITE 5 16 W ELITE 4,6 15 M VETERAN 4.6 15 W VETERAN 4 13 M SUPERVETERAN 4 13 W SUPERVETERAN 3.4 12 M ULTRAVETERAN 3.4 12 W ULTRAVETERAN 2.8 10 M ULTRAVETERAN +75 2.8 10 W ULTRAVETERAN +75 2.6 8 M JUNIOR 4 13 W JUNIOR 4 13 YOUTH 2.8 10 CHILDREN 1.7 9 M OPEN 4 13 W OPEN 4 13 BEGINNERS LONG 3.7 8 BEGINNERS SHORT 1.4 8

27 BOOKMARK NOTES The race is divided into two different sections. The first section is marked by thicker vegetation and moderate slopes. On the other hand, second section is characterized by a lack of slopes and a very structured road network. There is a busy track that surrounds the eastern part of the map and must be watched when crossing it. There are a couple of bee hives marked on the map as a dangerous zone in the central area of the map, and also a few water wells that are tape - enclosed, but which must be taken into account as some of them will reach 1.5 meters deep. You will find rocky areas, but only those exceeding 1 meter height are drawn on the map

LONG DISTANCE RACE: MONTJUÏC HILL 17/02 10:00 28 The long distance race will take place in the Montjuïc mountain. The competition venue will be located at the Pau Negre Stadium. (See information about the competition center Complex Esportiu Municipal Pau Negre CC2 page 11) TECHNICAL INFORMATION. The start for all the circuits will be located 1.5 km away from the competition center. A 25-minute pre-start will be arranged. The arrival is 5 minutes away only from the competition center. There you will able to empty your SI card, find the fluids and fruit station, showers and toilets. Maps will not be collected at the end of the race. Runners fair play is assumed! Map: " MONTJUïC Scale: 1:5000 first section and 1:7500 for the second section Equidistance: 5 m. Regulations: ISSOM 2007 Cartographers: Rui Antunes June 2009 Updated: Eduard Vizcaya October 2012 Carles Lorè September 2017 Course planner: David Veleda & Sergi Fernández Category Distance Controls M ELITE 9 3 Km 38 W ELITE 8 7 Km 37 M VETERAN 8 5 Km 35 W VETERAN 7 8 Km 32 M SUPERVETERAN 7 1 Km 28 W SUPERVETERAN 6 1 Km 28 M ULTRAVETERAN 4 7 Km 26 W ULTRAVETERAN 4 4 Km 22 M ULTRAVETERAN +75 4 4 Km 22 W ULTRAVETERAN +75 4 1 Km 18 M JUNIOR 7 6 Km 28 W JUNIOR 7 1 Km 28 YOUTH 5 9 Km 25 CHILDREN 2 1 Km 13 M OPEN 7 1 Km 28 W OPEN 6 3 Km 25 BEGINNERS LONG 3 6 Km 13 BEGINNERS SHORT 1 9 Km 11

29 BOOKMARK NOTES Although traffic is limited in those areas, it is very important to watch every time you cross any street. Controls have been placed in green areas. Pay special attention to avoid damages. There will be a neutralized crossing in all circuits. M/W elite and M/W veteran categories will require over 30 control punches. Make sure that your SportIDENT model can accommodate all of them! All categories, excepting beginners and children, would use a map printed on both sides. The first section of the race, the scale is at 1:5000 and the second section at 1:7500 You might find that timings on some of the circuits are slightly over a usual long distance race.,

MICRO-SPRINT RACE DIVERTIMENTO 17/02 18:00 30 The race will be based at Institut Jaume Balmes competition centre, and it will be held during the Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. This is intended as a purely playful, voluntary, cost-free activity, aimed to fill in the participants downtime. No previous registration is required; runners can register at the Micro-Sprint area. This race will be timed using the SI system and no prizes for the winner. We only want you to have a good time. So, you will need to go up and down the floors of the building and maybe find your teacher. Micro-Sprint Design: Albert Davi, from COC club. Thanks, Albert!

31 SPRINT DISTANCE RACE: LA RIBERA 18/02 10:00 The Sprint race, runs through La Ribera. The competition centre will be based at Jaume Balmes Institute. Runners will be provided with a map to help them get from the competition centre to the start and another one to get back from the finish. The routes will also be marked with coloured ribbons as usual. Maps will not be collected at the end of the race. Runners fair play is taken for granted. TECHNICAL INFORMATION The distance from the competition centre to the start is 1000 metres (15-20 minutes walk), and 2000 metres (30 minutes) from the arrival to the competition centre (Sportident download, locker-space, showers). Map: "Barcelona - Ciutat Vella" Scale: 1:5.000 Equidistance: 2,5 m. Rules: ISSOM 2007 Cartographer: Àngel Pi Boada Updated: January 2018 Course planner: Àngel Pi Boada Category Distance Controls M ELITE 3,3 Km 19 W ELITE 3 Km 17 M VETERAN 3,1 Km 17 W VETERAN 2,4 Km 15 M SUPERVETERAN 2,7 Km 17 W SUPERVETERAN 2,3 Km 15 M ULTRAVETERAN 2,3 Km 15 W ULTRAVETERAN 1,9 Km 13 M ULTRAVETERAN +75 2,3 Km 15 W ULTRAVETERAN +75 1,87 Km 12 M JUNIOR 1,9 Km 12

32 Category Distance Controls W JUNIOR 1,3 Km 11 YOUTH 2,1 Km 14 CHILDREN 2,5 Km 16 M OPEN 1,8 Km 12 W OPEN 1,2 Km 10 BEGINNERS LONG 1,9 Km 12 BEGINNERS SHORT 1,3 Km 11 BOOKMARK NOTES The streets used for the course are mainly of pedestrian priority, but some vehicles may use them too, you have to be very careful with the cars and use pedestrian crossings whenever possible. Warning: the pavement in some streets might be slippery and wet after the cleaning services. This is particularly important when turning corners! We have made some changes to make the itineraries more enjoyable, check out the map!! Some fences will be used during the course, it is forbidden to cross them.

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