Rauland, Norway

Rauland, Norway
Candidate for Junior World Orienteering Championships 2015
Mountain area 700-1200 m altitude
Challenging terrains, top quality competitions
Attractive spectators events
All events within 25 km of JWOC centre at Rauland
High quality, social and inexpensive accommodation
Will JWOC finally come to Norway?
JWOC 2015
Rauland - Norway
Welcome to Rauland and Telemark!
“Telemark County Council is very positive to the proposal for
organizing the Junior World Orienteering Championship in Rauland in
2015, and would like to assist involved partners in the planning and
implementation phases.”
Terje Riis-Johansen, county mayor, Telemark County
“The application for the Junior World Orienteering Championships
for 2015 in Rauland has the full support from the Vinje Municipality.
Rauland is an important part of the municipality with various sports
activities and we look forward to host the championships in the area.
We will do our best to support the event and cooperate with the
national and local organisers.” We look forward to welcome you in
Rauland!
Arne Vinje, mayor, Vinje municipality
Organizers
The Norwegian Orienteering Federation will organize the
JWOC event together with local clubs Porsgrunn OL and IL
Dyre Vaa. Norway, despite being a leading orienteering nation,
has never hosted JWOC before.
IL Dyre Vaa, Rauland (www.ildyrevaa.no)
Local sports club with around 480 members.
Porsgrunn OL, Porsgrunn (www.porsgrunnol.no)
One of the largest and oldest special sports clubs for
orienteering in the country, with around 310 members.
Key persons in the organizing team have extensive and recent
experience from internationals elite competitions including
championships.
Nordic Orienteering Championship 2005 (161 participants +
32 team officials from 20 nations)
Norwegian Championships Sprint (2001, 2009, 2013), Jr Relay
(2009)
Norwegian Orienteering Festival (2001)
Sørlandsgaloppen (2003, 2007, 2011)
JWOC 2015
Rauland - Norway
Proposed programme
Date
JWOC
Competition
JWOC Training
Public races (SG2015)
Arrival
Friday
3 July 2015
Saturday
4 July 2015
Sunday
5 July 2015
Sprint
Monday
6 July 2015
Middle
qualification
Tuesday
7 July 2015
Middle final
Wednesday
8 July 2015
Sprint and middle
Opening ceremony
SG race 1
Middle
Price giving
ceremony
SG race 2
Price giving
ceremony
SG race 3
Long distance
and relay
SG race 4
Long distance
and relay
Thursday
9 July 2015
Long distance
Friday
10 July 2015
Relay
Saturday
11 July 2015
JWOC Ceremonies
SG race 5
Banquette and
Price giving
ceremony
SG race 6
Departure
Public event – Sørlandsgaloppen 2015
Sørlandsgaloppen (SG), the first multi-day orienteering
event in the world, organized yearly since 1965, will be
spectator races during JWOC. More than 2000
participants are realistic.
The very first SG-competition in 1965 took place close to
the JWOC-2015 area (Høydalsmo), and the same venue
and area will be used for the first spectator race. This will
be a remarkable 50 year anniversary!
Terrains
The terrains in Rauland mainly have good
runnability, but still interesting and
challenging orienteering. Competitions will
probably take place from three different
competition centres:
Sprint area (Åmot): Urban sprint terrain
with roads, streets, camping site, tracks,
cycle roads and large complex buildings.
Quite hilly, some smaller forest areas.
500-550 m altitude.
Forest area Rauland (I): Equal parts of
terrain types 1 & 2. Sometimes technically
difficult due to many map details or reduced
visibility combined with few map details.
700-900 m altitude
Forest area Rauland (II): Terrain types 1, 2 ,
3 and 4. Sometimes technically difficult due
to many map details or steep slopes.
750-1100 m altitude.
Terrain types:
1. Birch mountain forest with open and
semi-open marches. Varying hilliness and
difficulty, excellent runnability.
2. Spruce and pine mountain forest. Varying
hilliness, difficulty and runnability.
3. Mountain area above the tree-level with
challenging route choices due to steepness
and runnability.
4. Mountain slopes with alpine tracks,
cabins and apartment buildings.
5. Sprint terrain in Åmot. Urban area with
challenging route-choices due to height
differences.
Map and course team
The map makers will include some of the best in Norway , e.g., former world
champion Morten Berglia. The course team will include some of the best coursesetters in Norway, e.g. head of map and courses for NOC 2005, Thore Kornmo.
Anders Nordberg and Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg will also take part in the
course setting.
Accommodation and prices
Accommodation will be at Vierli Tourist centre, a mountain cabin village. In the area
there are beds for 265 participants and leaders. The remaining participants and
leaders will be located at Rauland Høgfjellshotell in 5-9 person apartments. The
distance between the two locations is 2 km. Lowest cost will be approximately 1250
NOK per person for the entire period (8 nights), but without meals. All cabins or flats
are fully equipped for self service accommodation. Accommodation with full board
will be around 3500 NOK (Vierli tourist centre) and 4500 NOK (Rauland høgfjellshotell) per person.
Rauland’s wide selection of accommodation ranges from top of the line luxury to the
budget-minded, including hotels, cabins, apartments, mountain lodge & motels and
camping. In total, spectators and participants in Sørlandgaloppen will be able to find
suitable accommodation in the area.
Embargoed area in Rauland
Preliminary preparations
Land access
Good contact with local land owners has been established. Local club Dyre Vaa is very
well linked with land-owners. Information meeting has been held and the response is
positive.
Agreements with local authorities
Letter of intent for support and cooperation with Telemark County Council and Vinje
municipality has been received.
Agreement with Sponsors
Letter of intent for economic support from Telemark County Council and Vinje
municipality has been received. Organising clubs have good cooperation with regional
banks and energy sector companies.
Training & Pre-camp
Training package including accommodation, meals and training maps with controls
will be available summer 2013. A training camp including competitions in the area
will be planned for in August 2014, and a pre-camp will be available prior to the
JWOC week in 2015.
Media and visibility plans
Local and regional media has shown great interest in a possible JWOC in Rauland
already. Broad coverage by regional newspaper expected. A live centre with results,
speaker sound and GPS tracking will be set-up. We work to finance a big-screen
production with 4 live cameras and web-streaming.
Special arrangement to attract non-orienteerers
A special school project to market orienteering in the region will be arranged, starting
from 2013. All local schools and kinder gardens will be invited to try out and learn
orienteering in front of JWOC.
Transport & distances
All local and regional transport to the
closest train stations and airports will be
included in the JWOC entrance fee. The
entry fee will be as low as comparative
JWOC events, e.g. in Denmark 2010.
This low-price guarantee is possible
due to a unique agreement with local
authorities.
Rauland has bus connection to train
stations and airports in the region.
Distances: Oslo 200 km; Torp airportSandefjord 190 km; Porsgrunn 140 km
From Gardermoen, Torp and Rygge
airport you can travel inexpensively
to most European countries with SAS/
Widerøe, Norwegian, KLM, Ryanair,
WizzAir and others.
Name
Event Centre
Distance and time of
transport to Event
Centre
Means of transport to
Nearest national/
international
airport
Torp, Sandefjord.
TRF
Bus or rental minibus
190 km (3-3,5 hrs)
Oslo Main airport
Gardermoen
OSL
Bus or rental minibus
260 km (3,5-4 hrs)
Other airports
Rygge, Moss
RYG
Bus or rental minibus
250 km (3,5-4 hrs)
Nearest railwaystation
Notodden
Bus or rental minibus
90 km (1,5-2 hrs)
Social facilities
In the center of Rauland you will find everything you need, a bank, grocery stores,
flowers, sporting equipment, hairdresser, post office, souvenir shop, clothing- gift
and furnishing shop, library, restaurant, sports hall, swimming pool, gas and service
station, doctor, dentist, a coffee shop and art exhibit, several museums and of course
the Tourist Office.
We welcome you to a wonderful visit to the mountain village at the
foot of Hardangervidda!
Anders Nordberg,
Triple NOC winner
2005 and WOC
medallist
Anne Margrethe
Hausken Nordberg
WOC sprint
winner 2008 and
overall World Cup
winner
Ambassadors
One of the best orienteering couple in the world; Anders Nordberg and Anne
Margrethe Hausken Nordberg regularly train in the area and will be marketing
ambassadors for the event. They will also be part of the course team for the long and
sprint distances.
VINJE
KOMMUNE