Bulletin(For foreigners)

25th Sapporo Orienteering Club Competition
at Hokkaido Tomakomai 
4.-5.Aug.2018

Competition program

Saturday 4.Aug.2018        Tomakomai city

1st day. Middle distance. First start at 1:30 PM.

Sunday   5.Aug.2018         Tomakomai city

2nd day. Long distance. First start at 9:30 AM

Competition rules

The competition will be governed by the rules of Japan Orienteering Association (JOA) and instructions given by organizer.

Competition organizer

Sapporo Orienteering Club. (Sapporo OLC)

Terrains

All terrain orienteering competitions will be arranged in the Tomatoh industrial area “Kashiwabara”, located in border of Tomakomai city nearby Hidaka expressway. 

Terrain in the Tomatoh “Kashiwabara” area is mainly flat terrain with good runability and technically demanding orienteering. The new maps are made by Kenichi Yamada and Keiya Matsumoto (Sapporo Orienteering Club).

Embargoed areas

Organizer will set a full embargo on the competition areas in the Tomatoh “Kashiwabara” Industrial area prior to the competition. 

Entry fees

Entry fee payments shall be made the international remittance. 

Bank account:

The HOKKAIDOBANK, Ltd.
KIYOTA BRANCH
Account No. 168-1125882
SWIFT Code: HKDBJPJT
“Sapporo Orienteering club”
The participant shall pay all bank transfer fees.

Entry fees are determined according to payment date as follows:
By 30^st of June 2018

Day 1 Middle distance competition.

M/W 21E                 4,500 JPY (College student 3,000 JPY)

M/W 21A older        4,000 JPY (College student 2,500 JPY)

M/W 20A earlier      2,500 JPY (High school student and earlier 2,000 JPY)

M/W 12                   1,000 JPY (Elementary school student and earlier only)

B and N classes      2,500 JPY 
                               (College student 2,000 JPY. High school student and earlier 1,500 JPY)
                               Add 1 persons plus 1,000 JPY (All ages)

EMIT card rental     300 JPY/day

Day 2 Long distance competition.

M/W 21E                 6,000 JPY (College student 4,500 JPY)

M/W 21A older        5,500 JPY (College student 4,000 JPY)

M/W 20A earlier      4,000 JPY (High school student and earlier 2,500 JPY)

M/W 12                   1,500 JPY (Elementary school student and earlier only)

B and N classes      3,000 JPY 
                               (College student 2,500 JPY. High school student and earlier 2,000 JPY)
                               Add 1 persons plus 1,500 JPY (All ages)

EMIT card rental     300 JPY/day

Notice:

• Entry fee is included the official bus transportation between competition center and start, finish areas.
•  The college student is not involved the masters and doctors student. 

 

The on-site registration

We can’t accept the on-site entry for foreigners, sorry.

Cancelling entry.

If you cancel your participation before 31st of May 2018, organizer will refund your participation fee without financial costs.
After 1st of June 2018, we don’t refund your participation fee if any other reason. 

Emit punching system

The Emit punching system will be used in all categories. Provide the number of your own Emit card in connection of your registration. Otherwise, the organizer will issue you with a rental card for 300 JPY /day.

The organizer charges 9,000JPY for unreturned Emit cards.

 

Classes and course lengths

Middle and Long course lengths are based on the instructions of Japan Orienteering Association. Course lengths will be released on the bulletin 2 July.

class	target	Day 1 Middle Winning time	Day 2 Long Winning time
M21E	Restricted	25min	90min
M21A	Born before 1.Apr.2000.	30min	80min
M21AS	Born before 1.Apr.1998.	30min	60min
M30A	Born before 1.Apr.1989.	30min	70min
M40A	Born before 1.Apr.1979.	30min	65min
M50A	Born before 1.Apr.1969.	30min	55min
M60A	Born before 1.Apr.1959.	30min	50min
M70A	Born before 1.Apr.1949.	30min	45min
M80A	Born before 1.Apr.1939.	30min	40min
M20A	Born between before 1.Apr. 2000.and after 2.Apr.1998.	30min	70min
M18A	Born between before 1.Apr. 2002.and after 2.Apr.2000.	30min	60min
M15A	Born after 2.Apr.2003.	30min	50min
M12	Born after 2.Apr.2006.	30min	50min
W21E	Restricted	30min	75min
W21A	Born before 1.Apr.2000.	30min	65min
W21AS	Born before 1.Apr.1998.	30min	50min
W30A	Born before 1.Apr.1989.	30min	55min
W40A	Born before 1.Apr.1979.	30min	50min
W50A	Born before 1.Apr.1969.	30min	45min
W60A	Born before 1.Apr.1959.	30min	45min
W70A	Born before 1.Apr.1949.	30min	40min
W80A	Born before 1.Apr.1939.	30min	40min
W20A	Born between before 1.Apr. 2000.and after 2.Apr.1998.	30min	60min
W18A	Born between before 1.Apr. 2002.and after 2.Apr.2000.	30min	50min
W15A	Born after 2.Apr.2003.	30min	50min
W12	Born after 2.Apr.2006.	30min	50min

Notice:

• M=Male, W=female
• Female orienteer can entry male classes if you want.
• Organizer may integrate classes within few participants.
• ALL participants will be assigned your start time in advance.

Unrestricted classes:

B (easy class), N (beginner)

Only B and N classes, you can entry more than one person.   

The competition center is “Shinei koen park” nearby “Dynax Numanohata Ice Arenar” located in Hokueicho 3 Tomakomai city about 500m north-west from “Numanohata station (H17)” the JR Hokkaido railway.

Organizer will not produce your accommodation in officially.
Please get accommodation your own search. But the hoteles of central Tomakomai are very crowded because of another ice hockey events.
So we recommend you will book accommodation as soon as possible. 

We can help you individually if you want. Please tell me by E-mail.  

Training opportunities is not available. Sorry.

Competition maps (Day 1) are inkjet printed in July 2018.
The scale of the maps is 1:10,000 with a contour interval of 5 m.
The size of the map is A4. The maps will be inside a plastic cover. 

Competition maps (Day 2) are inkjet printed in July 2018.
The scale of the maps is 1:15,000 with a contour interval of 5 m, classes M/W21E・M/W21A・M30A・O21・O30 use. 
The another classes use map in scale 1:10,000. with a contour interval of 5m. 
The size of the map is A4. The maps will be inside a plastic cover.

All maps will be based on ISOM 2017 and ISCD 2018. 

The start and finish area are located max 10 km from the competition centres.
The exact distances to the starts will be given on the competition instructions.

Day 1 middle distance competition on Aug. 4 the first starts happen at 1:30 PM.
Day 2 long distance competition on Aug. 5 the first starts happen at 9:30 AM.

All participants must use the official bus transportation (included entry fee) between the competition centres and start, finish areas.  
It takes about 15min(day1), 20min(day2). 

Parking areas are located “Dynax Numanohata Ice Arena” and “Numanohata sports center”. Parking fees is no charge.

Bus transportation from New Chitose airport and central Tomakomai and Sapporo city are public transportation “Hokkaido chuo bus”,”Dohnan bus”.

These bus stop  “Dynax Numanohata Ice Arena” are located nearby competition center “Shinei koen park”. 

President of organizing committee:

Norio Harada (The master of Sapporo orienteering club)

Chief of competition and information coordinator :

Kenichi Yamada + 81 90 5985 8940
yamaken@mvf.biglobe.ne.jp

Course setters:

Kenichi Yamada
Keiya Matsumoto

Event advisor and Course controller: 
Toru Tanaka (Chiba pref. orienteering association)