IOF World Masters Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships (WMMTBOC)

Application for the year 2017

To be filled in and signed by the national federation.The application has to reach the IOF Office
by 1 January 2015.

Federation:

Name of the responsible English-speaking contact person:

Function within Federation:

Address:

Phone: Email:

Signature:

Local Applicant:

Name of the responsible English-speaking contact person:

Address:

Phone: Email:

The (local) applicant’s experience in organising major mountain bike orienteering events:

Date

Preferred date or period:

Reason for proposing this period:

Notice that the following events will take precedence over WMMTBOC 2017 when dates for season 2017 events are approved:

World MTB Orienteering Championships 2017 (Lithuania)

World Masters Orienteering Championships 2017 (New Zealand)

Events to be held in conjunction with the World Masters MTB Orienteering Championships

Is the event intended to be combined with another event? If yes, which event?

(The IOF encourages the combination of World Masters events with other events, see proposal from the IOF MTBOrienteering Commission below)

International Calendar

The IOF MTBOrienteering Commission proposes the following structure of International events for season 2016 and onwards:

May/June / July/August / September/October
odd years / World Cup round 1
EMTBOC / World Cup round 2
WMTBOC + JWMTBOC / World Cup round 3
Final
WMMTBOC preferably with World Cup round 3 (Final) or 1 (EMTBOC)
even years / World Cup round 1 / World Cup round 2
WMTBOC + JWMTBOC / World Cup round 3
Final
WMMTBOC preferably with World Cup round 3or 1

There should be at least 6 weeks between two rounds.

European Championships (in odd years) should be organised before the World Championships.

Venue

District:

Town of Event Centre:

Distances between Event Centre and planned competition areas:

Distance between event centre and planned accommodation:

Name / Means of transport to Event Centre / Distance and time of transport to Event Centre
Nearest international airport
Nearest domestic airport
Nearest railway station

Accommodation

Description of planned accommodation for teams, media representatives, IOF officials and spectators:

What facilities (at the accommodation, Event Centre or town) are provided to enable contacts amongst participants outside of the competitions?

Terrain and Maps

Description of terrains and vegetation:

Do previous MTB, foot or ski orienteering maps of the planned competition areas exist?

No

Yes To what extent?

Please give information about the major events held in the planned competition area within the last 5 years

(year, name and type of event, number of participants etc.)

Climate

Planned accreditation and entry fees

(Please give fees separately for each competition)

Comment on

Land access(permissions obtained from landowners and/or relevant authorities?)
Agreements with local authorities
Agreement with Sponsors
Agreements with Media, in particular TV
Special arrangement to attract spectators

Further comments

Sanction fee to be paid for the World Masters MTB Orienteering Championships organising rights

In accordance with the Competition Rules for IOF MTB Orienteering Events, the IOF Council has taken the decision to impose a levy on the event. This compulsory fee shall be paid to the IOF to obtain the organising rights for the event. The fee applicable to the 2017 World Masters MTB Orienteering Championships is 1,000 EUR + 12 EUR per participant.The fee includes full sponsorship rights.

The IOF sanction fee shall be paid by the due date. An interest of 10 % will be added to all sanction fees that remain unpaid after this date. The IOF Council also reserves the right to impose restrictions on the IOF membership privileges of the respective national federation (e.g. the right to organise IOF events or to enter teams to IOF competitions) should the sanction fee not be paid.Questions related to the payment of the sanction fee can be addressed to the IOF Office.

The application must be accompanied by the following enclosures:

  • Overview map showing the event centre, accommodation sites, competition areas, airports, railway station, and main roads.
  • If MTB, foot or ski orienteering maps of the planned competition areas exist, the latest edition of each map.
  • If the planned competition areas are not covered by any orienteering maps, the best available map of the areas together with a MTB orienteering map of a similar terrain.

ALL FILLED-IN FORMS AND MAPS WILL BE HANDLED STRICTLY CONFIDENTIALLY.

Applicationsand the appropriate attachments shall reach the IOF Office()by 1 January 2015.

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