Slokenbeka rogaining
The Slokenbeka rogaining is the part of event – Slocenes stāsts (Slocene story)
Bulletin 2nd
All changes and additions compared to previous bulletins are marked blu in text.
Date June 1st, 2019
Organizer Engure parish council and Tour and orienteering club “Silva”.
Event center
The Šlokenbeka Manor, Milzkalne, Smārde Parish, Engure Region, GPS 56.9760160 23.2261073
Competition area Between Tukums-Engure, Tukums-Jelgava, Riga-Venntspils and Tukums-Smarde roads (included Rauda and Milzkalns)
Nature protection board informs that rogaining is taking place in area with limited access to especially protected nature areas – Ķemeru nature Park, therefore one must take in account prohibited areas marked in the map. It is NOT ALLOWED to overpass these areas!
During the race traffic would not be restricted, therefore participants themselves are responsible for complying with the road safety rules. There are possible new crashes not shown on the map.
Do not leave spent jelly, food packages or other types of waste in the race!
Prohibited areas:
Prohibited areas, i.e. territories, which are not allowed to overpass, are marked in with a red hatching (closed area of nature reserve) or areas which are not allowed to overpass, if there is not a road through the area which is marked on the map, are in olive green colour.
Format
6-hour, 3-hour rogaines- distance must be completed by foot.4-hour (bike) – distance must be completed by bike. Two to five people per team.6/3 h time limit 6h or 3h – two to five people per team. 6h, 4h bike, 3h Family rogain – in according to the rules of the IRF and LOF except as otherwise provided by this bulletin. Time limit for Tauta class (T3) is three hours- without competition element.
Classes
| MJ, WJ, XJ | mixed teams – all members must be younger than 23 | |
| MO, WO, XO | men, women and mixed teams – no age restriction | |
| MV, WV, XV | men, women and mixed teams – all members must be at least 40 or older | |
| MSV, WSV, XSV | men, women and mixed teams – all members must be 55 or older | |
| MUV, WUV, XUV | men, women and mixed teams – all members must be 65 or older | |
| Family
T3 |
Members of one family with one child younger than 14
class for everyone who wants to participate – without age or gender restrictions |
Schedule
| from 8:30 | Check-in at event center | |
| 8.30-11.00 | Breakfest for participants (oaut meal, etc.) | |
| 10.00 | Map handout for 6h and 4h race | |
| 11.00 | Race starts for 6h | |
| 11.30 | Race starts for 4h (bike) race | |
| 12.00 | Race starts for 3h | |
| 15.00
15.30 15.30 16.00 17.00 17.30 18.00 19.00 |
Finish for 3-hour rogaine
Finish for 3h closes Finish for 4-hour rogaine Finish for 4h closes Finish for 6 h rogaine Finish for 6h rogaine closes Award ceremony Concert |
Punching
All team members must make punches with SI cards. SI stations will operate in contactless mode too (0.3 m (30 cm), except situation, when the first participant is punching in. If the station is not working in SI AIR mode, participant must punch a control in contact mode.
Si cards (SI Air+) will be available for rent for 1.50 EUR
All team members must punch the control point with their SI card. The whole team must punch the control in time of 1 minute, otherwise the point will not be taken into account. SI card and the wristband will be removed by a referee. If one team member has a broken or damaged wristband, the whole team will be disqualified.
Map
The map will be specially prepared for this event using data of LIDAR and other public cartographic information
Author of the map: Raimonds Lapiņš
46 checkpoints will be in the competition terrain with the values from 3-8. The value of checkpoint is defined by tens (e.g. value of point 32 is 3).
Race planner: Zigfrīds Freimanis
Map scale: 1:25 000;
H:4m and 2m half-horizontal, if necessary
Size: A2
All maps will be waterproof.
Evaluation
Evaluation happens in accordance with the IRF and LOF rules of rogaining.
In evaluation the sum of the points of all collected control points is taken into account. In the case of identical sum, the highest place goes to the team which has finished the distance first. For every extra minute over the control time (less than 1 minute as well), 1 penalty point will be counted off of the collected point sum. For finishing 30 minutes over time the team will get 0 points.
Registration
You can register online through application form in http://www.rogaining.lv/; www.coksilva.lv or through e-mail sveikuli@sveikuli.lv from 01.03.2019 till 26.05.2019
From May 27-th through e-mail sveikuli@sveikuli.lv only.
If in the team there are members, younger than 14 years, it is obliged that there is a participant who is older than 18. There can be an exception, if it is previously arranged with the organizer – COK Silva (write to: sveikuli@sveikuli.lv)
Changes in the team member list without extra payment can be made till the May 27th 23:59 . If a previously arranged team wants to ad a member, the payment is according to the rules valid at the moment of members’ registration.
Entry fees per participant (eur):
Date/groups 6h; 4h (bike) J,UV O,V,SV
01.03-10.03 8,- 12,-
11.03- 06.05 13,- 17,-
07.05-26.05 18, 22,-
From 27.05 25,- 30,-
Date/groups 3h Family Adult Kids till 14
01.03-10.03 8,- 3 ,-
11.03- 06.05 13,- 4,-
07.05-26.05 18,- 5,-
From 27.05 25,- 10,-
Date/groups T3 Adult Children till 18
01.03-10.03 5,- 2,-
11.03- 06.05 5,- 2,-
07.05-26.05 7,- 3,-
From 27.05 10,- 5,-
For any change with entries and SI card after May 27th – Eur 2,00 for every change.
To pay for entry:
Biedrība „Ceļojumu un orientēšanās klubs SILVA”,
Registration No. 40008061499,
Address:”Sveikuļi”, Tumes pagasts, Tukuma novads LV-3139,
Bank: AS Swedbank
Account: LV63HABA0551005150747
When paying for team, you must point out teams name, number.
If the team by any reason doesn’t take part in the event, the participation fee won’t be repaid.
Prizes Top three teams in each time and class category will be awarded, depends on budget of rogaine.
Drinking point, service
In the race area there are 2 drinking points with water and snacks (traditional and vegetarian). Drinking points in the race map will be marked with a glass, but in nature there will be placed extra control flags.
At the race centre WC, shower, tents for distance planning and meals are available.
INFO: sveikuli@sveikuli.lv;
Evita tel. +371 29267142
Zigfrids tel. +371 29232026
https://www.facebook.com/events/407949773364357/
Participants responsibility for their own health and for insurance against accidents and possible injuries borne by the participants (over 18 years) or their parents / guardians (for participants 18 years and younger). Teams will be registered as full team at the event center, will receive participant accessories, will sign by the personal signature responsibility for their own, theirs child or guardians – participants health status, responsibility for possible accidents and possible injuries during the race. It is possible to take routes on distance in order to keep away the health and life hazards.
Participant agrees that during the competition, he or she can be photographed and the photos can be used for publicity of this or any other race, or active lifestyle itself in print, electronic environment and social networks.
Participant, with filling the application form and participating in the race, agrees that his or her personaldata (name, surname, age) will be published in electronical form (application and result reviews at LOF, COK Silva, rogaining and other web pages, as well as be given to LOF).
See you in Slokenbeka!