EVENT CENTRE at Paimio´s School Centre

The Event Centre in the heart of Paimio will be opened on Sunday, July 13th at 8.00 and closed on Saturday, July 19th at 18.00.

All either in the Event Centre or otherweise through the organizers accommodated guests must register at the so called arrival info in Kaaritie. This info stand will be open 8-22 on Sunday 13th and Monday 14th.

Those accommodated in the caravan and tent area should mainly use the sanitary facilities at the School Centre although there are smaller wash and toilet facilities at the camping area. The necessary waste containers are there too. Outside the shower rooms there are places for laundering.

In the rooms, walking in o-shoes is strictly forbidden

The indoor swimming pool SOLINA at the School Centre, will be open daily 13-20. Adults FIM 15, children FIM 8.

Household and drinking water available at specially marked points.

As the Event Centre and the camping area are located in the heart of Paimio, the guests of the orienteering week will certainly adjust themselves to the general night time quiet hours from 23 to 06.

Open fires at the area are strictly forbidden

Faults and disorders at the functioning of the facilities may be reported to phones 050-5161302 or 050-5161321.

COMPETITION OFFICE AND INFO

are located at the Event Centre at Paimio´s School Centre.
INFO serves daily from Saturday to Saturday as well in the Event Centre as in the competition sites on all competition days.

INFO takes care of:

- selling of parking and bus tickets
- selling of phone cards
- registration of VIPs
- lost objects
- registration to the various programmes
- all possible inquiries
- accommodation inquiries
- subscriptions of the result bulletin
- selling of extra starting numbers (10 FIM)
- selling of training maps

The INFO serves in Finnish, Swedish, English, German and Russian languages.

THE RESTAURANTS AT THE EVENT CENTRE

is located in the School Centre. Breakfast, dinner and evening meal are served there daily.
For times and other details see the menu in info!
There is also a beer-terrace and a coffee house open every evening.

THE RESTAURANT AT THE COMPETITION CENTRES

There will be a restaurant in both competition centres serving food, coffee, grill products, soft drinks and pancakes.

FIRST AID

BANK

Paimio Osuuspankki has its service point in the Competition Centres. Money can be withdrawn with the bank card.
Open: Monday 11-16
Tuesday-Wednesday-Friday-Saturday 09-14

In Paimio and Sauvo there are 24 hours bank automates.

CLUB TENTS

Places for club tents are reserved and specially marked at the Competition Centres.

Overnighting in the competition sites is forbidden.

WASHING AND TOILET FACILITIES AT THE COMPETITION CENTRES

There are showers near the Finish, toilets at the Competition Centres and in the starting area.

BUS TRANSPORT FROM THE EVENT CENTRE TO THE COMPETITION CENTRES

Time schedule: From the Event Centre

From the Competition Centres

To Paimio Competition Centre it takes about 15 minutes and to that of Sauvo about 30 minutes.
The busses leave at the Paimio School Centre (Event Centre) and at the Competition Centres in marked places.
Tickets available at the INFO and in the busses

PARKING

Parking areas for cars adjacent to the Competition Centres, about 0,5 km to walk.

Parking fees:

Tickets available at the INFOS at Event and Competition Centres and in the parking areas.

On Monday the tickets are controlled at the exit, on other days the tickets should be visible on the car windows and will be controlled at the arrival.

RESULT BULLETIN

will be printed as a pull-out supplement of the Salon Seudun Sanomat and it is available on the following morning after each competition day at the Event and Competition Centres. Final results of the week will be sent to those who leave name and address plus FIM 15 for mailing cost, at the INFO.

The Internet pages display results daily. http://www.sip.fi/vanhala/fin5.html

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS

Every participant receives his/hers medal on Wednesday at the Finish.

The three first competitions are held in Paimio (ca.10 km from the Event Centre)
The fourth and the fifth in Sauvo (ca 20 km from the Event Centre).


ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation enquires to the
Competition Office / Marja-Leena Sävelkoski
on weekdays 9-16 finnish time.
Visiting address: Tehdastie 2.
Postal address: PO Box 51, FIN-21531 Paimio.

Tel. +358 02 4732 208
Fax +358 02 4732 209

Accommodations fees:
Tent (incl.car) 150 Fim/week
Acc.in schools at Centre 150 Fim/week or 30 Fim/night
Caravans without power hook-ups 250 Fim/week
Caravans with power hook-ups 400 Fim/week
Student hostels/single rooms 750 Fim/week/person (sold-out)
Student hostels/double rooms 600 Fim/week/person (sold-out)
Summer cottages 2000-5000 Fim/week

Hotels in Turku and Salo, only 25-35 km from the Competitions
Centres, offer a variety of accommodation.


MAPS
The maps are five colour orienteering maps issued 1997.Scale 1:10000 in all categories.

STARTS
Competitors receive their start numbers at the start of the first competition. Starts 2-4 D21E/H21E in reverse order and start 5 is a chasing start in all elitclasses.

PRIZES
The class winners will be awarded in the daily competitions; 3-15 best all over runners in every class as well. Every participant gets a commemorative medal.
In classes D21E/H21E there will be sports stipends amounting to 10 000,6 000,4 000,3 000.2 000,1 000 Fim for the six best runners.