1. Organizers

 

Bulgarian Orienteering Federation, Orienteering Club Alexander Logistics Sofia.

 

 

 

Event directors

Plamen Nedyalkov

Competition secretary

Konstantin Koynov

IOF Event Advisor

Juraj Nemec, SVK

National Advisor

Milen Marinov

Address

Bulgrian Orienteering Federation, Bul. “Vassil Levski” 75, Room 502, 1000 Sofia, BULGARIA

 

 

Tel. +359 2 9300613, Fax +359 2 987 44 27, Mob. +359 897 978 712, Mob. +359 887 995 331

 

 

e-mail: bgof@mail.prosoft.bg

 

 

www. bgof.org

2. Venue

 

Event center is located at the city of Dospat, Smolyan Municipality, Rhodopa Mountains, South part of Bulgaria. 200 km South-East from Sofia.

 

 

 

3. Embargoed Area

 

 

 

Area around Shiroka Polyana and Beglika between September 1, 2007 and February 20, 2008.

 

 

 

4. Dates and types of competitions

 

 

 

Tue

February 12

Arrival of the teams

Wed

February 13

Model event

Thu

February 14

JWOC / Worldcup: Sprint

Fri

February 15

JWOC / EYOC / Worldcup: Long Distance

Sat

February 16

Rest day, Model Event

Sun

February 17

JWOC / EYOC / Worldcup: Middle Distance

Mon

February 18

JWOC / Worldcup: Relays

Tue

February 19

Departure of the teams

 

 

 

5. Classes and participation restrictions

 

 

 

W/M 20 (JWOC); W/M 17 (EYOC); M/W 21 (World Cup)

Participation restrictions according to IOF World Cup Rules
In each competition each federation may enter:

- Individual events

max. 6 men, 6 women

- Relay event

max. 2 male teams, 2 female teams

 

 

 

Participation restrictions according to JWOC Rules
Each federation may enter a team of 14 competitors – up to 7 women and 7 men and unlimited number of team officials.

- Individual events

max. 6 men, 6 women

- Relay event (JWOC)

max. 2 male teams, 2 female teams, only the better team will count

 

 

Participation restrictions according to EYOC Rules
Each federation may enter a team of an unlimited number of
members.

- Individual events

max. 4 men, 4 women

Athletes registered for EYOC are allowed to start in JWOC disciplines within the maximum national quota per race.

 

 

 

6. Terrain Type / Opportunities for training

 

Mountine area with steep and flat parts; forest and open fields; altitude 1570 – 1720 m a.s.l. Before the events no Ski-O trainings will be organized in the Shiroka polyana Area. Possibilities to take part in two national ski-O competitions on February 9 and 10.

 

 

 

7. Accommodation

 

Hotels, Apartments, Private rooms, Rest houses of different price level close to the event centre.