National Foot Orienteering Championship,Trofeul Olteniei, 30th Edition

From 1 to 4 September 2011, the Romanian Orienteering Federation will hold the National Foot Orienteering Championship, Trofeul Olteniei (the Oltenia Trophy), 30th edition. The event will take place over 4 days as follows: Thursday, 1 September 2011: 17:00 – Sprint Start, held at the amphitheatre in the centre of Târgu Jiu, followed by the artistic programme and then the prize-giving. Friday, 2 September 2011: 10:00 – Middle Distance Start, 16:30 – 2012 Calendar Meeting. Saturday, 3 September 2011: Long Distance Start, followed by the Awards Ceremony. Sunday, 4 September 2011: Relay Start, taking place in the Bârsești forest, followed by the Awards Ceremony
Over 400 people from all over the country are expected at this event, young athletes affiliated or not to the Romanian Orienteering Federation.
The maps on which the competitors will run are new maps made in 2010/2011; for the SPRINT the scale will be 1:4,000/5 m, for the Long Distance – scale 1:10,000/1:15,000/5 m, for the Middle Distance – scale 1:10,000/5 m, for the Relay – scale 1:10,000/5 m.
The electronic system called SportIdent will be used for timing the competitors.
The rules, as well as details about the running of the competition, the categories, the compulsory equipment, the rankings and the prizes, are available on the website www.fro.ro
We thank our partners the Drumeții Montane Association, the National Authority for Sport and Youth, Târgu Jiu Town Hall, C.S. Pandurii Târgu Jiu, the Târgu Jiu Children's Palace, Eco Sport Club, the Students' League of the "Constantin Brâncuși" University
We warmly look forward to seeing you.