CISM Championships 1998

5th to 10th October
Bière, Switzerland

Location

Bière is situated about 35 km NW of Lausanne.
Can be reached by car from the higway LausanneGeneva, drive Morges-Ouest, then to the villages LullyDenensBussy-ChardonneyReverolleApplesBallensBière.

By train from Lausanne or Geneva to Morges. From Morges to Bière 28 minutes by train.

Organisation

Organiser: Swiss Armed Forces

Event commandant: Oberstlt i Gst Joss Jean-Jacques

Technical director: Hptm Bösiger Jürg (known as Giorgio Bösiger)
Substitute: Oblt Aebi Fritz

Course setting: Sdt Steiner Urs, Gfr Flühmann Urs, Sdt Bosshard Hansulrich
TD Switzerland: Kpl Müller Willi
TD CISM: Maj Nielsen Jan Vidar,Norwegen

General Technical Information

Competition rules:
Applicable are the latest competition rules of the IOF events unless superseded by specific CISM regulations.

Course lengths:
1st race, 07.10.98:
Men: 8.8 km, 345 m climb, 20 controls, estimated winning time 60 min
Women 5.1 km, 210 m, 13, 45.
2nd race, 08.10.98:
Men A: 10.1 km, 320 m, 20, 80
Men B: 7.9 km, 190 m, 15, 60
Women: 6.2 km, 120 m, 12, 50
Relay
Men: 3x9.7 km, 3x220 m, 3x about 20, 3 x 50
Women: 3x5.8 km, 3x110 m, 3x about 14, 3 x 40

Shoes and Clothes
On all days of competition full body cover is recommended.
Spike shoes are forbidden. Rubber studs with blunt metal spike are allowed.

Controls
The electronic punching system «SPORT ident » is used for punching and collection of intermediate times at all controls. It is used as well for the model event.

Transports
Transports to the competition areas and back to Bière by bus. Schedules are available at the preliminary meeting.
For transport to the model events the teams will have minibuses at their disposal.

Model Event / Training
Model event for the individual races
Location: near the start area of the first individual race.
Date: 6th October 1998
Starting time: 10:00 - 12:00
Terrain: The terrain is truly representative for the individual races, featuring all terrain types except the type described last
for the second individual race.
Map: «Haut du Mollendruz», IOF norms, Scale 1:15'000, contour interval 5m. Surveyed and drawn in June 1998 by Urs Steiner.

Training course for the relay
Date: 5th October - 9th October
Terrain: Being part of the same forest, the terrain is fully representative of the relay terrain.
Map: «Forêt de Fermens Nord», IOF norms, Scale 1:15'000, contour interval 5m. Surveyed and drawn in June 1998 by Urs Steiner and Beat Imhof

First Individual Race

Date: 7th October 1998
Terrain: The terrain is a mix of
open areas (pasture, without trees), of quite good runnability and
forest areas with stony ground and in many parts very detailed contours.
Map: «Communal de L'Abbaye», IOF norms, Scale 1:15'000 contour interval 5m. Surveyed and drawn in June 1998 by Urs Steiner
Type of race: The first part of the race leads the runners from the start to the finish area. From the finish each competitor runs three loops (whereof one short loop in the end), changing his map three times in the finish area.
Qualification: This first individual race is the qualification race for the mens final of 8th October
First start: 09:00
Start intervals: 1 minute for men, 3 minutes for women
Wardrobe: In team tents
Showers: Warm showers in the finish area

Second Individual Race

Date: 8th October
Terrain: There are three distinct types of terrain. One part is closed forest with thick vegetation and partly stony ground. Its relief is coarsely structured. Another part is semi-open with no clear structures and quite good runnability. A third part consists of slopes with plenty of details and closed forest; due to the stony ground runnability is extraordinarily difficult.
Map: «La Dôle», IOF norms, Scale 1:15'000, contour interval 5m. Surveyed and drawn in June 1998 by Beat Imhof, Pierre-Alain Matthey and Urs Steiner.
Type of race: Individual race (classical length)
First start: Men: 9:00
Women: not before 9:30
Starting intervals: Men A- Final : 3 minutes
Men B-Final: 2 minutes
Women: 3 minutes
Wardrobe: In team tents
Showers: Warm showers can be reached by shuttle bus

Relay

Date: 10th October 1998
Terrain: The terrain is not very structured. Forest is closed with varying runnability but a dense path network. Slopes are shallow. The technical difficulties do not match those of the individual races.
Map: «Forêt de Fermens Sud», IOF norms, Scale 1:15'000, contour interval 5m. Surveyed and drawn in June 1998 by Urs Steiner
Type of race: 3 (wo)men relay
Mass start: Men: 9:00
Women: 9:15
Wardrobe: In team tents
Showers: Warm showers near the finish area

Restricted areas
It is prohibited for competitors and leaders and others who, through knowledge of the terrain may influence the results of the CISM-championships, to enter the competition areas until the races are over.
These embargoed areas are shown under http://www.solv.ch/1998/gelaende/gecism98.htm

Services

Information Office
Phone number of the information office in the CISM quarters during the competition week
from Switzerland (021) 809 02 92
from abroad +41 21 809 92

O-Clinic
The organisers offer a possibility for all competitors to discuss O-related questions with competent orienteers, individually or in groups. By request we offer also escorted trainings in terrain. Opening hours see programme above.

CISM Club
The friendly staff at the CISM club team will be pleased to accommodate the competitors and officials in the evening for drinks and small snacks.

Programme

Monday 5th October
Arrival of missions
Registration
Free individual training
07:00 - 08:30 Breakfast
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
14:00 - 20:00 Technical information office open
15:00 - 22:00 O-Clinic open
17:00 - 01:00 CISM Club
19:00 - 20:00 Dinner

Tuesday 6th October
06:30 - 08:30 Breakfast
06:30 - 08:30 Technical information office open
07:00 - 22:00 O-Clinic open
10:00 - 12:00 Technical information office open (finish area)
10:00 - 12:00 Model event
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch
15:30 - 16:30 Preliminary meeting
17:00 Opening ceremony
17:00 - 00:00 CISM Club
18:00 - 20:00 Dinner
20:00 - 22:00 Technical information office open

Wednesday 7th October (1st individual race)
05:30 - 08:30 Breakfast
06:30 - 08:30 Technical information office open
07:00 - 22:00 O-Clinic open
09:00 First start
10:00 - 13:00 Technical information office open (finish area)
12:00 - 15:00 Lunch
17:00 - 00:00 CISM Club
18:30 - 20:00 Dinner
18:30 Reception of Authorities and Chiefs of Missions at ...........
20:00 - 22:00 Technical information office open

Thursday 8th October (2nd individual race)
05:30 - 08:30 Breakfast
06:30 - 08:30 Technical information office open
07:00 - 22:00 O-Clinic open
09:00 First start
10:00 - 13:00 Technical information office open (finish area)
14:00 - 16:30 Lunch
17:00 - 18:00 Open PTC-Meeting, afterwards handing over of gifts
17:00 - 02:00 CISM Club
19:30 - 20:30 Dinner
20:00 - 22:00 Technical information office open

Friday 9th October
Rest day
07:00 - 08:30 Breakfast
07:00 - 22:00 O-Clinic open
08:00 - 11:00 Technical information office open
09:00 Departure of busses for sight-seeing in Lausanne
13:00 Lunch
14:00 - 18:00 Technical information office open
17:00 - 00:00 CISM Club
18:30 - 20:00 Dinner

Saturday 10th October (Relay)
05:30 - 08:30 Breakfast
06:30 - 08:30 Technical information office open
07:00 - 16:00 O-Clinic open
09:00 Start of the mens relay
09:15 Start of the womens relay
10:00 - 13:00 Technical information office open (finish area)
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
16:00 - 17:00 Technical information office open
17:00 Awards and Closing Ceremony
17:00 - (open) CISM Club
18:30 Farewell dinner

Sunday 11th October
05:00 - 08:30 Breakfast
Departure of missions

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