INVITATION

Orienteering Club ILVES is founded in October 1978; that was the first specialized orienteering club in Estonia. The club has orientated its activities towards organizing of top orienteering events in Estonia: Ilves-3 (individual multiday) in spring and ILVESTEADE (relay multiday) in summer. The jubilee relay, XXV ILVESTEADE will be held in South-Estonia in the territory of Karula National Park. Thanks to picturesque landscape and higher biodiversity, Karula Upland is highly appreciated for orienteering- and nature-lovers.

NB! XXV Ilvesteade will be in the previous week before the Junior World Orienteering Championship 2003 that will be held on July 7-13; the event centre of Ilvesteade will be just about 60 km from JWOC landscapes. In Ilvesteade there would be a good possibility to practice Estonian terrain before JWOC!

XXV ILVESTEADE

3-leg relay for men and women teams. Each team can have one substitute member. Groups on the same courses:
D21, D21jun (born 1985 and later), D21vet (born 1968 and before);
H21, H21jun (born 1985 and later), H21vet (born 1968 and before).

Senior Ilves

3-leg relay for HD50+ mixed teams:

• At least one member is born 1948 or before, and the other members born 1953 or before;
• At least one of the members is a women.
• Each team can have two substitute members.

Youth Ilves

3-leg relay for HD10-14 mixed teams:

• At least one member is born 1991 or later, and the other members born 1989 or later;
• At least one of the members is a girl.
• Each team can have two substitute members.

Courses are on the different levels:

• the longest course - in middle difficulty;
• the medium length course - easy;
• the shortest course - elementary.

Mini-Ilves

July 4, 10.30: 1-day competition for the children up to 10 years with scheme, on the marked distance. Sport-ident electronic system will be used. There will not be making note of the results. Small awards. Registration in the competition centre on July 3 from 16.30. Free of charge.

Individual open courses with direct registration will be available. Entry fee is 4 EUR per day.

PARTICIPANTS

• teams
• teams with members
• first day starting protocol

SCHEDULE

• Till Wednesday, July 2, 18:00 - send SI-card queue by legs to e-mail address kaido.hallik@mail.ee. This queue will be used all three days. Please send first day starting order also.
• Thursday, July 3, Perajärve

  13.00-15.00		Materials are distributed; registration of the starting order. Please send first day starting order to email address kaido.hallik@mail.ee before July 3. Organizers can impose sanctions in case of unpunctuality in registration of the starting order.
  15.45		Opening of the start area for the competitors of the 1. leg of ILVESTEATE, YOUTH ILVES and SENIOR ILVES
  16.00		Group start of the ILVESTEADE, YOUTH ILVES and SENIOR ILVES
  16.00-18.00		Open course start
  18.00		Winner at finish
  18.20		Group start for unstarted 2. and 3. legs
  18.30		Maps are distributed
  20.15		Finish is closed

• Friday, July 4, Perajärve

  -10.00		Registration of the starting order. Please announce starting order already in previous day.
  10.30		Group start of the MINI ILVES
  10.45		Opening of the start area for the competitors of the 1. leg of ILVESTEATE, YOUTH ILVES and SENIOR ILVES
  11.00		Group start of the ILVESTEADE, YOUTH ILVES and SENIOR ILVES
  12.00-14.00		Open course start
  13.00		Winner at finish
  13.20		Group start for unstarted 2. and 3. legs
  13.30		Maps are distributed
  15.15		Finish is closed
  20.00		Beginning of the party near to the competition centre on the shore of Lake Ähijärv.

• Saturday, July 5, Ähijärve

  -09.00		Registration of the starting order. Please announce starting order already in previous day.
  09.45		Opening of the start area for the competitors of the 1. leg of ILVESTEATE, YOUTH ILVES and SENIOR ILVES
  10.00		Group start of the ILVESTEADE, YOUTH ILVES and SENIOR ILVES
  11.00-13.00		Open course start
  12.00		Winner at finish
  12.20		Group start for unstarted 2. and 3. legs
  12.30		Maps are distributed
  13.30		Prize giving ceremony
  14.15		Finish is closed

PUNCHING SYSTEM

The SPORTIDENT electronic punching system will be used. Each team must have at least two SI-cards. The same card may be used by the 1. and 3. leg. The order of SI-card using has to be same every day. Rent of SI-card: 4 EUR/ 3 day. SI is used also in Mini-Ilves ja open courses. In case of losing rented SI-card participant must compensate its cost 30 EUR (55 EUR in case of 6th generation SI-card).

ENTRY FEES

D21, H21, D21vet, H21vet, Senior Ilves (HD50+)  36 EUR per team 
D21jun, H21jun                                  30 EUR per team
Youth Ilves (HD10-14)                           15 EUR per team

REGISTRATION

Until June 19, 2003 by Internet Competition Centre (www.sportnet.ee/ivk/)
Address: Box 161, 50002 Tartu, ESTONIA
Fax: +372 7 309914
E-mail: ok.ilves@mail.ee Website: www.okilves.ee
OK Ilves bank account: No. 1120086880 Estonian Hansabank SWIFT HABA EE2X

ACCOMMODATION AND TRANSPORTATION

The accommodation and transportation during whole time of the presence in Estonia will be organized (including the time of JWOC if needed). For the groups that is available to order the bus transportation from the arrival to Tallinn until the departure from Estonia. There are different accommodation options (hotels, motels, guesthouses, holiday villages) with price range 13-55 EUR per night in range 5-45 km from the competition centre. Check out also http://www.karularahvuspark.ee/?nodeid=62&lang=et. Camping will be near to the competition centre on the shore of Lake Ähijärv, the largest and best known of the lakes in the Karula National Park. Tenting fee is 2 EUR per tent for one night. The sight-seeing tour in Southern Estonia will be organized by request between Ilvesteade and JWOC, if you are interested then give a signal to e-mail ajarvet@ut.ee before June 20.

Some accommodation links:

• Hotel Kubija
• Nakatu Guesthouse
• Taheva sanatorium
• Niidu Guesthouse
• Wood-crone's family park
• Veetka farm

If you need additional help then contact us by e-mail: ajarvet@ut.ee

Visas

Citizens of all EU countries, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Latvia, Lithuania, USA, Australia and New Zealand can enter Estonia without a visa. Visas are not issued at the border. Passports are required from everyone. NB! EU identity card is not valid in the border. For all the details contact the consular department of the Foreign Ministry of Estonia, tel. +372 6317440, or website www.vm.ee .

MAPS AND LANDSCAPE

Mapping will be done March-June 2003, earlier maps are from 1990. Scale is 1:15000 in Ilvesteade and 1:10000 in Youth and Senior Ilves, interval for altitude lines is 2,5 m.
Terrain. Hilly undulating terrain nearly 100% forested. Pine and mixed forest of different age with very varying runnability from open pine forest to thickets. Runability is reduced by undergrowth and fallen trees. The marshes are with various water-level and runability. Maximal height difference on the map - 50 m, on a slope - 35 m.
Control descriptions are on the maps.

Previous maps:

• Pikksaare (1990)
• Perajärve (1990)
• Pikksaare (1979 First Ilvesteade)
• Perajärve (1979 First Ilvesteade)

TRACKS

MEN

Day	Leg	Length	KP	Sight KP	Distance to sight KP
Thursday, July 3	1	7,88-7,97	15	11	6,9
	2	5,16-5,22	9	7	4,5
	3	6,54-6,63	13	9	5,6
Friday, July 4	1	7,91-7,94	13	9	6,3
	2	5,11-5,21	10	6	3,6
	3	6,44-6,52	11	7	4,9
Saturday, July 5	1	7,31-7,46	15	10	4,8
	2	5,06-5,13	10	5	2,5
	3	6,12-6,27	13	8	3,7

WOMEN

Day	Leg	Length	KP	Sight KP	Distance to sight KP
Thursday, July 3	1	5,65-5,72	12	8	4,7
	2	3,54-3,6	7	4	2,7
	3	4,58-4,65	9	5	3,6
Friday, July 4	1	5,83-5,85	12	7	4,2
	2	3,58-3,63	7	4	2,4
	3	4,28-4,3	9	4	2,6
Saturday, July 5	1	5,35-5,46	10	6	3,4
	2	4,09-4,14	9	5	2,1
	3	5,31-5,43	10	6	3,3

YOUTH

Day	Leg	Length	KP	Sight KP	Distance to sight KP
Thursday, July 3	1	3,7	8	6	3,0
	2	2,3	5	3	1,6
	3	2,9	7	5	2,2
Friday, July 4	1	3,6	7	4	2,3
	2	2,2	5	-	-
	3	2,9	6	-	-
Saturday, July 5	1	2,01	4	-	-
	2	3,02	8	4	1,34
	3	4,32	10	5	2,4

SENIOR

Day	Leg	Length	KP	Sight KP	Distance to sight KP
Thursday, July 3	1	4,58-4,64	9	6	3,8
	2	3,11-3,17	6	4	2,4
	3	3,53-3,59	7	4	2,8
Friday, July 4	1	4,62-4,77	9	6	3,5
	2	2,9-3,05	6	4	2,2
	3	3,45-3,61	7	4	2,3
Saturday, July 5	1	5,06-5,18	13	6	2,4
	2	4,13-4,25	9	4	2,0
	3	4,46-4,58	11	5	2,1

Open courses

• ~3 km - elementary
• ~5 km - easy
• ~7 km - difficult

Restricted area in the third day

There is forbidden area marked with red colour in the map. The border of forbidden area is marked also in the landscape.

COMPETITION CENTRES

First and second day - Perajärve

Third day - Ähijärve

RULES FOR THE COMPETITION

START

The start area will be opened for the competitors of the 1. leg for 15 minutes before the start. The competitor have to clear and check the SI-card in the start area. Both actions are correct when a visible / or audible signal will be given. In emergency the new SI-card will be given by the officials. Rent of the SI-card is 20 EEK per day.
The competitors of the 1.leg must be in the start area at least 5 minutes before the start, the competitors of the 2. and 3. leg could enter start area with time enough to clear and check SI-card. The competitors begin their course via the K-control after the start signal.
It is the competitor's responsibility to be in the start at the right time, with the correct number bib and SI-card. It is the competitor's responsibility to clear the SI-card, and to take the correct map.
Starting with the wrong SI-card will result in disqualification.

PUNCHING AT THE CONTROLS

When punching at the controls, by placing the SI-card in the hole on top of the control unit, the competitor will know that it has been registered with a visible and/or audible signal from the electronic control unit. The competitor can punch repeated times at a control, but only the first one will register in the SI-card.
The competitor is responsible for punching at the correct control and getting confirmation that the punch has registered.
If the punch did not register the competitor has to use the manual punch in the reserve boxes on the map, R1, R2, R3 or into edge of the map on lack of the reserve boxes.
A lost SI-card counts as a lost control card and will result in disqualification.

FINISH

The 1. and 2. leg finish-punching will be done after finish line. The 3. leg finish time will be fixed by the light-beam time taking system with "photo-finish" at the moment of the acrossing the finish line by the competitor.
After the finish punch the information from the SI-card will be "emptied". Those competitors who have used a manual punch have to inform the finish officials. The hired SI-cards have to be returned to a finish official as soon as they have been emptied on the last competition day. Each competitor can take the result list with the finish and split times leaving finish area.
Competitors are responsible for checking that the SI-card is correctly emptied at the appropriate unit.

Retirals

Retirals have to go through the finish or inform the finish officials immediately.

Control time

The team gets a result if all members of the team finish before the closing of the finish. The results of the competitors of the 2. and 3. legs started from the group start will be added up to the result of the team.

Results

Each competitor can take a result list with the finish and split times, leaving finish area. Provisional results will be displayed in the event centre during the competition. The official results will be displayed on the result board in the event centre at the next day, the official results of 3rd day will be displayed at the end of the competitionThe official results will be published in the journal "Orienteeruja" and in the OC Ilves home page http://www.okilves.ee/ilvesteade.

Numbers

All competitors have to wear official numbers in the start. Numbers will be available at the event centre. Competitors who have lost their number can buy a new one at the competition office (10 EEK).

Team members

Some regulations about teams:

• If there in any team run more than 4 members during Ilvesteade (or more than 5 runners in Youth and Senior Ilves) then the team will be disqualified.
• A competitor can run in several teams (in the basis of substitute member).
• The competitors who have participated in several rewarded teams will be awarded a prize only by the best result.
• A competitor cannot run more than one leg per day.

LOCATION

Designation begins:

• from sothern end of town Antsla (the beginning of the Antsla-Kaika road);
• from crossroad Saru on Valga-Võru road;
• from crossroad Litsmetsa on Antsla-Tsooru road.

• Location in Estonian map
• Location in county level
• Detail location (intermediate, 537x577, 109 KB)
• Detail location (big, 2147x2307, 410 KB)

Some possible distances to designation:

• Tallinn-Tartu-Antsla: 189 + 86 = 275 km
• Tallinn-Tartu-Võru-Antsla: 189 + 68 + 36 = 293 km
• Tallinn-Tartu-Võru-Saru: 189 + 68 + 45 = 302 km
• Tallinn-Tartu-Valga-Antsla: 189 + 87 + 35 = 311 km
• Tallinn-Tartu-Valga-Saru: 189 + 87 + 42 = 318 km

PARKING

In the encampment free of charge, in the competition centre 1 EUR per day.

WASHING

1. and 2. day - shower, 3. day - lake.

CATERING

The buffet is in the competition centre every day.

ORGANIZERS

Chief organizer	Arvo Järvet
Chief judge	Minija Pääslane
Chief secretary	Kaido Hallik
IT	Tarmo Klaar
Chief courses	Toomas Ellervee
1. day course	Madis Oras
2. day course	Madis Oras
3. day course	Toomas Ellervee
Mini Ilves	Minija Pääslane
Open courses and SI	Margus Sarap
Maps
	Toomas Ellervee
	Kalle Kalm
	Arvo Kivikas
	Madis Oras
	Avo Veermäe
Start and change over	Tiina Oras
Finish	Piia Jõesaar
Information	Arvo Kivikas
Chief builder	Tõnis Jürimäe

SPONSORS

Please visit our website : http://www.okilves.ee/ilvesteade
You are welcome to contact organisers by e-mail: ok.ilves@mail.ee

© OK Ilves 2002-2003, www.okilves.ee