Bulletin 2

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Welcome to OL WM 2003
the 20^th World Orienteering Championships in Rapperswil/Jona, Switzerland

Dear orienteering friends,
It is our honour and our pleasure to invite you to Rapperswil/Jona to participate in the 20^th World Orienteering Championships 2003. Your participation as athlete, official, sponsor, media representative or spectator will be highly recognised by a broad public. It is our challenge to organise OL WM 2003 as an exciting and thrilling event, clearly visible to the public through the media and especially to the non orienteers all over the world. We are committed to bring our sport on the highest level to the people by organising easy accessible events. For a few days in August 2003 Rapperswil/Jona shall be the centre of world elite sports and orienteering will be in the headlines around the sporting world.

The new IOF rules allow an attractive event program: the opening ceremony in the ice stadium of Rapperswil will immediately be followed by the Sprint Distance Final, a city race through the old town of Rapperswil where thousands of spectators will cheer the world’s best athletes through the streets of the host city.

The decentralized race concept of OL WM 2003 includes four completely different types of terrain: sprint through the city, fast running in the Swiss Midlands, steep hills in pre-alpine forests and the fight through a unique arena built of rocks and boulders in the Swiss Alps.

In all the finals the athletes will be passing several times through the finish arena or will be shown on big screens which make the OL WM 2003 races exciting events for the spectators. The closing ceremony will be integrated into a great lake festival in Rapperswil/Jona where we expect some 30’000 spectators to celebrate their new world champions.

We invite you all to join us making OL WM 2003 a great event with an open, cheerful and public minded appearance. We hope to see you next year at OL WM 2003 in Rapperswil/Jona Switzerland.

Sönke Bandixen
President OL WM 2003


1. The Host Cities Rapperswil and Jona
Rapperswil, the town of roses and Jona, the hub of sports and leisure activities on the upper Lake Zurich Riviera, together they form a regional centre resplendent with Mediterranean charm and hospitality, one of Switzerland’s most beautiful leisure resorts. Rapperswil has been commended by the Council of Europe for the conservation of its cultural heritage and enjoys protected status as a national historical monument. Rapperswil is bordered by Jona, a former farming district that has since developed into a versatile municipality.

Rapperswil/Jona is situated 30 km south east of Zurich and 40 km from Zurich airport. From there you can reach Rapperswil/Jona by motorway in about 40 min. Rapperswil/Jona has very good transportation connections and is a true hub for public transportation. There are trains to and from Zurich every 15 minutes throughout the whole day.

With a total surface area of 21 square kilometres, the political municipality of Jona is 12 times larger than Rapperswil with its 1.8 square kilometres, and fully encompasses the city on all its land borders. Together some 25’000 inhabitants live in Rapperswil/Jona.

The breathtaking countryside between the mainly public shores of Lake Zurich’s upper and lower coasts – the shore’s length stretches a whole 12 kilometres – and the rolling hills and lush forests are becoming an appealing residential area for more and more people. People working in agriculture, carpentry, trade and industry harmoniously coexist in the city of Jona.

Rapperswil/Jona has always been a hospitable city, pleased to share its beauty with its many friends.


2. The Organisers
The Patron of OL WM 2003
We are honoured and pleased that Federal Councillor, Mr. Samuel Schmid, Head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports, has consented to be the president of the honorary board of OL WM 2003.

The organisation of OL WM 2003 is co-ordinated with a total of 10 orienteering clubs with 700 volunteers and a unit of 500 soldiers of the Swiss Army. Together with Rapperswil/Jona and the Swiss Orienteering Federation we are delighted to be the host for the 20^th World Orienteering Championships 2003.

4. OL WM 2003 Program
4.1 Training Camps
Individual training camps can be organised on demand. For any information (maps, controls, transportation, accommodation) please contact:

Thomas Meier
OL WM 2003 Training
Lindenweg 16a, CH-3110 Münsingen
Tel +41 79 338 1718
E-mail: training@olwm2003.ch

The official Training Camp 3 will be organised from July 26, 2003 to August 2, 2003. The applications for the Training Camp 3 shall reach the OL WM 2003 office not later than March 31, 2003. See entry form E1 attached.

4.2 Selection Races
Selection races can be organised from July 12, 2003 for national teams. The demands for selection races shall reach the OL WM 2003 office not later than March 31, 2003. See entry form E1 attached.

Sun	Aug 3	all day 20:00	Models Long Q, Sprint, Long F, Middle, Relay Team Officials Meeting
Mon	Aug 4	all day 09:00 20:00	Models Long Q, Sprint, Long F, Middle, Relay Long Distance Qualification, Unterägeri Team Officials Meeting
Tue	Aug 5	all day 15:15 16.00 18:00 20:00	Models Sprint, Long F, Middle, Relay Opening Ceremony, Rapperswil Sprint Distance, Rapperswil Medals Ceremony, Rapperswil Team Officials Meeting
Wed	Aug 6	all day 11:00 16:00 19:00	Models Long F, Middle, Relay Long Distance Final, Winterthur Medals Ceremony, Winterthur Official Banquet, Jona
Thu	Aug 7	all day 10:00 18:00	Models Middle, Relay IOF/VIP/Media Race Team Officials Meeting
Fri	Aug 8	all day 10:00 14:30 17:00 20:00	Models Middle, Relay Middle Distance Qualification, Trin Middle Distance Final, Trin Medals Ceremony, Trin Team Officials Meeting
Sat	Aug 9	all day 13:30 16:30 21:15 21:35 22:00	Models Relay Relay, Jona Flowers Ceremony, Jona Medals Ceremony, Rapperswil Closing Ceremony, Rapperswil Fireworks & Seenachtfest

5. Competition Rules
OL WM 2003 will be organised in accordance with the Competition Rules for IOF Foot Orienteering Events, valid from June 1, 2000, published on the IOF Internet page www.orienteering.org. Exceptions, deviations and supplements to these rules are fixed in the "Special Rules for the 2003 World Orienteering Championships", version 1.3, May 29, 2002, sent to the IOF Member Federations by the IOF Secretary on June 24, 2002.

6. Classes and Participation Restrictions
(Extracts of “IOF Competition Rules” and “Special Rules for the 2003 World Championships in Orienteering ")

6.1 Classes
There is one class for women and one class for men. There are no age restrictions.

• A competitor may represent only one Federation during any one calendar year.
• Competitors who are representing a Federation shall have full passport-holding citizenship of the country of that Federation.
• Each participating Federation shall appoint a team manager to act as a contact person between the team and the organiser. It is the team manager’s duty to see that the team receives all necessary information.
• Competitors participate at their own risk. Insurance against accidents shall be the responsibility of their Federation or themselves, according to national regulations.
• All competitors represent a Federation. Each Federation may enter a team of up to 14 competitors - up to 7 women and 7 men - and up to 6 team officials.

6.3 Sprint Distance

• Each IOF Member Federation can enter one competitor per class (women and men).
• The 15 best Federations calculated by aggregate in the last two World Cup 2002 sprint events (events 13 and 15 respectively) are entitled to enter a second competitor:
  • The World Cup scores form the base for the calculation.
  • The Federations rankings are calculated for women and men separately by adding the best 3 scores accumulated in each race.
  • In case of a tie, each Federation concerned can enter a second competitor.
  • Should fewer Federations than 15 receive points according to the above schema, the field size in the Sprint Distance race is limited accordingly.
• In addition, the current Sprint Distance World Champions may be entered by their Federations provided that they are members of their Federation's team.

6.4 Long Distance

• Each Federation can enter 3 competitors per class (women and men).
• In addition, the current Classic Distance World Champions may be entered by their Federations in the qualification race provided that they are members of their Federation's team.

• Each Federation can enter 3 competitors per class (women and men).
• In addition, the current Short Distance World Champions may be entered by their Federations in the qualification race provided that they are members of their Federation's team.

• Each Federation can enter one team per class (women and men).
• Each relay team consists of 3 competitors.
• Incomplete teams and teams with competitors from more than one Federation are not allowed.

7. Clothing
According to the SOLV Competition Rule 185a it is forbidden to run with spike shoes in Switzerland. However dobb spikes and common orienteering shoes are allowed.

There are no regulations about any other clothing, but it is recommended to cover arms and legs to avoid tick bites. Ticks might transmit Boreliosis and Meningo-Encephalitis.

8. Anti-Doping Code
Doping is forbidden: “think positive – test negative”.

The organisers are committed to do everything required to support the official anti-doping authorities at OL WM 2003 to successfully and transparently do their work. We strongly support all positive efforts to keep our sport clean and doping free.

IOF Anti-Doping Code: the rules of the IOF Anti-Doping Code, valid from January 1, 2001 apply.

SOLV Anti-Doping Rules: the SOLV Anti-Doping Rules are harmonised with the Anti-Doping Rules and Procedures of Swiss Olympic Association (www.swissolympic.ch) and apply as well.

Both, the IOF and/or the Swiss Olympic Association can order doping tests at any time during the stay of the participants of OL WM 2003 in Switzerland.

9. Embargoed Areas
According to the SOLV Competition Rule 49 and the IOF Competition Rule 26.5, it is prohibited for any potential member of an official OL WM 2003 team (heads of delegation, athletes, coaches, medical staff) and others who, through knowledge of the terrain and the competition details may influence the results of the OL WM 2003 competitions, to enter these areas.

Exceptions:

• The passage through the embargoed areas is allowed on paved main roads.
• In contrary to all the other embargoed areas of OL WM 2003, potential members of an official OL WM 2003 team are explicitly allowed to visit Rapperswil/Jona (no. 10) as tourists (sightseeing, visiting restaurants, shopping, partici­pating in other sports events etc.). At the day of the Sprint Distance race, there will be valid special rules to embargo this area some hours prior to the first start (see Bulletin 3).

Offences to above rules shall be reported to the technical director of the organising committee of OL WM 2003, Hansueli Steinmann, Im Freien 5, CH-8712 Stäfa, Switzerland, hsteinmann@olwm2003.ch.

The following areas, also indicated in the map below, are embargoed until further notice.

Copies of the latest orienteering maps or of Topo maps 1 : 25'000 - if there doesn’t exist any orienteering map - of the embargoed areas were included in Bulletin 1 and were sent to each Federation on July 20, 2001. Therefore Bulletin 2 contains only the city map of Rapperswil/Jona, which was not included in Bulletin 1.

Copies of more detailed maps of each embargoed area have been sent with Bulletin 1 to all IOF Member Federations. They are also published on the OL WM 2003 homepage under OL WM Areas.

10. Map Details

11. Courses

13. Peculiarities of OL WM 2003

• The Long Distance Qualification race will be held the day before the opening ceremony.
• The Sprint Distance race will be combined with the opening ceremony and will be the first ever World Orienteering Championship race on a city map. The finish and the opening ceremony will be in the ice-hockey stadium Lido in Rapperswil.
• The courses in the Long Distance Final, Middle Distance Final and Relay will have several loops with passages of the athletes through the finish arenas.
• The qualification race and the final race of the Middle Distance competition will be held at the same day.

14. Punching System
The punching system in all OL WM 2003 competitions will be SPORTident.

15. OL WM 2003 Event Centre
The OL WM 2003 Event Centre and also the OL WM 2003 Media Centre are located at Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil, HSR (Technical University of Rapperswil), just opposite the train station and in the city centre of Rapperswil. The official team leader meetings and the media conferences will be held at the Event Centre.

16. Weather and Climate
That’s the only thing we cannot organise, the weather! And who ever has been to Switzerland knows, that you eventually must be prepared to face snow even in summer. But usually it is warm and pleasant (around 25° C up to 30° C) and the water temperature in the Lake of Zurich is above 20° C as well.

17. Federation Teams
Accommodation:
We offer 5 alternative classes for accommodation for athletes and team officials in the region of Rapperswil/Jona. The different standards shall meet the individual budget requirements of the Federations. All arrangements are within 8 km from the Event Centre. The package prices represent the official room rates (or lower prices) of the hotels and do not include any trade commissions. Therefore the offered prices are within a certain range, different from hotel to hotel. See entry form E1 for details.

For lunch we offer warm meals in the restaurants of the OL WM 2003 finish arenas (CHF 15.-) or lunch packets (CHF 12.50).

Entry:

• Entry applications including reservations for accommodation and transportation for Federation teams (form E1 attached) shall reach OL WM 2003 office not later than March 31, 2003.
• The required reservations will only be secured if the applicable non-refundable deposit payment of CHF 100.- per person has been made until March 31, 2003 as well.
• A final participation will only be confirmed if the balance payment has been received until June 30, 2003.
• Final entries for Federation teams with name, first name, gender and date of birth of each athlete and team official shall reach the OL WM 2003 office not later than July 19, 2003. More details see Bulletin 3.

18. Media Services
We welcome all media representatives as our guests and partners to bring out the thrilling events and the cheerful atmosphere of OL WM 2003 to a broad public around the globe. For accreditation and transportation details please see entry form E2 attached.

The OL WM 2003 Media Centre and also the OL WM 2003 Event Centre are located at Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil, HSR (Technical University of Rapperswil), just opposite the train station and in the city centre of Rapperswil. Full media services and facilities are available. The media conferences will be held there.

Extended media facilities will also be available in the finish arenas of:

• Long Distance Final, August 6, 45 km from the Media Centre,
• Middle Distance Qualification and Final, August 8, 100 km from the Media Centre.

• Sprint Distance, August 5, 0.5 km from the Media Centre,
• Relay, August 9, 5 km from theMedia Centre.

Swiss National Television, SRG SSR idée Suisse will act as Host Broadcaster and will offer in that capacity daily highlight summaries of 15 minutes. The summaries will be distributed through the EBU channels.

Accommodation:
As adequate accommodation we recommend Seedamm Plaza Hotel****, an international conference hotel with air conditioning, Internet access in rooms etc., 3 km from the Event Centre, where we can offer attractive special OL WM 2003 rates. Any reservations for these special rates however have to reach OL WM 2003 office not later than March 31, 2003.

Entry:
Entry applications of media representatives (form E2 attached) shall reach OL WM 2003 office not later than June 16, 2003. The required reservations will only be confirmed if the applicable payment has been received until June 16, 2003 as well.

Media Director OL WM 2003
Lukas Jenzer, Dornackerweg 16c, CH-4950 Huttwil
Phone +41 62 962 3332,
Fax +41 62 962 3311
ljenzer@olwm2003.ch

19. IOF Officials and Guests of OL WM 2003
Accommodation:
We offer special accommodation and transportation packages for IOF officials and guests that allow to visit all official OL WM 2003 events and to enjoy the cheerful atmosphere in the event arenas. For details please see entry form E3.

As adequate accommodation we recommend Seedamm Plaza Hotel****, an international conference hotel with air conditioning, Internet access in rooms etc., 3 km from the Event Centre, where we can offer attractive special OL WM 2003 rates.

Entry:
Entry applications of IOF Officials and Guests of OL WM 2003 (form E3 attached) shall reach OL WM 2003 office not later than March 31, 2003. The required reservations will only be confirmed if the applicable payment has been received until June 16, 2003.

20. Entry Permits to Switzerland
According to the present rules of the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs, citizens of the following countries do need visas to enter Switzerland:

Belarus, Bulgaria, People’s Republic of China, Ecuador, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Yugoslavia, Kazakhstan, Columbia, North Korea, Cuba, Malaysia, Macedonia, Moldova, New Zealand, Pakistan, Romania, Russia, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine.

Visas have to be applied for at a Swiss Embassy. Attach Bulletin 2 to the applications. However, conditions of entry can change and all visitors are advised to check on the latest information from the local Swiss Embassy.

21. Transportation
We offer 2 alternative packages for transportation to and from all the OL WM 2003 events (see entry forms for details):

a) “Rental”: independent transportation with attractively priced rental busses/cars,
b) “Scheduled”: organised transportation with busses/vans provided by OL WM 2003.

For individual rental car arrangements we recommend Sixt, the official rental car partner of OL WM 2003. For bookings with special discount rates (up to 35%) please call +49 180 5252525 or your local Sixt reservation office. OL WM 2003 discount code: 9900982.

For online reservations: http://www.e-sixt.com/main.php3?/content/rental

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• Account Number 9900982
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22. Payments
All payments to OL WM 2003 have to be made to:

CREDIT SUISSE, CH-8070 Zurich, Switzerland
SWIFT-Code: CRESCH2280B
IBAN: CH1604839084173591000
To the credit of: Verein OL WM 2003, Wetzikon

Please note that bank charges might be added to your payment.

23. Public Events Tour O Swiss and Swiss O Week
We offer very attractive public orienteering events prior and during the week of OL WM 2003 in Switzerland. For details see http://www.olwm2003.ch/tos resp. http://www.olwm2003.ch/sow.

24. Information
Please contact:
OL WM 2003
Marianne Bandixen
Langweidstrasse 2
CH-8620 Wetzikon
Phone: +41 1 932 5080
Fax: +41 1 932 5084
info@olwm2003.ch

More details will be released in Bulletin 3 of OL WM 2003 in June 2003.

Appendix: Forms to download

Entry Forms E1 - E3

Posted: 2003-02-12 19:07:37