Bulletin 1

Event Information

The 5th "Istanbul 5 days" Competitions will be held between October 29 - November 2, 2008 in the forests and special places of Istanbul. Many of the sportsmen from 24 countries know already the beautiful Belgrad Forest and looking forward to come again in 2008. Last day of our competition will be historical Grand Bazaar.
Surprise of this year is orienteering on the Island of Heybeli Ada, one of the Prince's Islands in the Sea of Marmara (Asia).
 

Organizer

The competition will be organized by IOG (Istanbul Orienteering Club)

Event Director / IOF Event Advisor

Alex Kalenderoglu ( info@ist5days.com )

Event Inspectors

Tatiana Kalenderoglu (Course Planner)

Kazim Yesilkaya (Coordinator)

Competition (Event) Center

Lady Diana Hotel, Meeting Room
Binbirdirek Mahallesi Terzihane Sokak No.9
Sultanahmet - Istanbul, Turkey
e-mail : info@ist5days.com

Working Hours for the Competition Center:

Competition Schedule

* World Ranking Event

Classes

(W stands for Women/Female and M stands for Men/Male)

Entries

Normal entries have been accepted up to October 1st, 2008. The date of money wire will be taken into consideration for early registrants. Late entries till October 20 will be accepted. Daily and late entries are subject to map and start time availability. Late entrants cannot be guaranteed participation in the desired class.

Fees

Payments shall be sent to this account:
Receiver: Istanbul Orienteering Spor Kulubu Dernegi

Address: Esentepe Mah. Kardesler Cad. No: 51/1 Levent, Istanbul - Turkey

SWIFT Code of the Bank: ISBKTRIS

Turkiye Is Bankasi A.S., Gayrettepe Subesi
Euro Account Number: 1080 1433442
IBAN: TR410006400000210801433442

Electronic Punching

The Sportident electronic timing and punching system will be used. If you have your own SI card you may use that, otherwise you must hire a card when you buy your number bib. Remember that you cannot borrow or lend a SI card from/to another competitor who has run another stage during the week. If you hire a SI card for more than one stage, you will receive a card to use during all stages. The hired card is personal and must not be lent to another runner. SI cards to hire will be given by the organizers at the Competition Center with the other competition materials. The SI card hire fee for the whole event will be €15,- ; for one day will be €3.-

Prizes

All winners will receive medals, prizes and souvenirs from our sponsors.
The winners of WRE will receive the cash prizes below.
Gold medalists (M/W) will get 400.- $
Silver medalists (M/W) will get 200.- $
Bronze medalists (M/W) will get 100.- $

The prize giving ceremony for WRE will be held on Saturday, November 1st, together with the main prize giving ceremony.

Accommodation

There is NO possibility to stay in tents.
We offer some various accommodation in the city center, close to the bus departure and Competition Center. More hotel info will be available with Bulletin 2.
The group transfer: Airport-Hotel-Airport will cost approx. $10.- per person.
 

Transporation

Bus transportation will be arranged from the city center (in front of Hagia Sophia) to the start areas on days 1, 2 and 3. On day 4, sea transport will be arranged from the pier in Sirkeci or Kabataώ. The cost of all transportation and event sites entry fees, is €20.- per person for all four stages.

Technical Information

Printed Courses & Descriptions

Map be handle outed in a waterproof plastic pack.
Control descriptions will be printed on the map and will be available at start areas as well.

 Day 1 - Europe
Long Distance, Belgrad Forest
This area offers runnable but hilly terrain with lots of various depressions, small streams and fallen trees. Difference of height at one slope can be up to 150m. In some places thorny undergrowth may slow down your pace. This is basically a beech forest with some pine areas as well.
Dangerous places: Asphalt road with minor traffic, steep slopes and strong thorny bushes, small stream at the bottom of the deep gullies and numbers of pits remained after local treasure hunting.
Scale: 1 / 10 000  Contour Intervals: 5 m  Map-size: A3 - A4
Mapmaker: Gennady Yashpatrov, 2005 - Orest Kotylo / Bogdan Stramyk / Roman Stramyk / Ibrahim Yilmaz, February 2007

Last Map Work: Map correction will be done in September 2008

 Day 2 – Europe
Classical Distance, Belgrad Forest
This area offers runnable but hilly terrain with lots of various depressions, small streams and fallen trees. Difference of height at one slope can be up to 150m. In some places thorny undergrowth may slow down your pace. This is basically a beech forest with some pine areas as well.
Dangerous places: steep slopes and strong thorny bushes, small stream at the bottom of the deep gullies and numbers of pits remained after local treasure hunting.
Scale: 1 / 10 000  Contour Intervals: 5 m  Map-size: A4
Mapmaker: Orest Kotylo, March 2008 www.o-maps.com

 Day 3 (Morning) – Europe  (WRE)
Middle Distance, Belgrad Forest
This area offers runnable but hilly terrain with lots of various depressions, small streams and fallen trees. Difference of height at one slope can be up to 150m. In some places thorny undergrowth may slow down your pace. This is basically a beech forest with some pine areas as well.
Dangerous places: Asphalt road with minor traffic. Steep slopes and strong thorny bushes, small stream at the bottom of the deep gullies.
Scale: 1 / 10 000  Contour Intervals: 5 m  Map-size: A4
Mapmaker: Orest Kotylo, March 2008 www.o-maps.com

 Day 3 (Night) – Europe
Halloween Race, Super Sprint, Historical Grand Bazaar, Cemberlitas
This covered bazaar area offers short and very fast orienteering within the net of small streets, which are like in a complicated labyrinth crossing each other by different angles. Technically it reminds ski-o: High speed, high concentration. The most difficult part is a "multilevel" orienteering for groups 14+, which requires climbing stairs. This place did change winners of the multiday event every year!

Due to the historical ground competitors are kindly asked to run in sports running shoes only. No orienteering or spiked/stud shoes will be allowed. Don't forget to bring your headlamps!
Scale: 1 / 1 500  Contour Intervals: No Contours  Map-size: A4
Mapmakers: Direnη Azaz / Stas Zolotareov, June 2003
Correction: Tatiana Kalenderoglu, 2008

 Day 4 - Asia
Middle Distance, Heybeliada, Prince's Islands
Link to location:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&om=1&msa=0&ll=40.875363,29.089222&spn=0.048545,0.073128&t=h&z=13&msid=104993971459104716752.0004449eeb2ea84989704
Difference of height at one slope from sea level is 140m. Smooth, hilly terrain with some technical parts, which appeared due to a local copper industry. 60% very good to exellent runnability. 100% green is a young and not passable vegetation.
Dangerous places: High cliffs by sea side, horse carriages (phaetons)
20% of the map is a city terrain without car traffic.
It is fobbiden to use phaetons during the competitions.
Special features: Brown cross-microterrase , black circle-playgrounds.
Scale: 1 / 10 000  Contour Intervals: 5 m  Map-size: A3-A4
Mapmaker: Orest Kotylo, March 2008 www.o-maps.com

Results

Overall results will be the sum of all 5 days. In case of equity the rank of 5 days will be taken into consideration.