O-Ringen Magazine, nr 1 2024
The worlds biggest orienteering adventure. Oskarshamn, Smålandskusten, July 21st to 27 th 2024.
The worlds biggest orienteering adventure. Oskarshamn, Smålandskusten, July 21st to 27 th 2024.
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STAGE 1<br />
STAGE 2<br />
STAGE 3<br />
STAGES 1–5<br />
TRAIL-O<br />
The Trail-O at O-<strong>Ringen</strong> Smålandskusten <strong>2024</strong> will be held<br />
over five stages, at five different arenas. The three stages<br />
near Oskarshamn are within cycling distance and there are<br />
buses to Stage 1. For Stage 4 at Berga you will need to<br />
take your own car. All the arenas have car parking nearby. .<br />
How to get to each competition stage<br />
Stage 1 – Monday 22 nd July <strong>2024</strong><br />
Arena MÅLILLA OK:S KLUBBSTUGA<br />
Middle distance<br />
Stage 2 – Tuesday 23 rd July <strong>2024</strong><br />
Arena HAVSLÄTTS FRILUFTSOMRÅDE<br />
Long distance<br />
Stage 3 – Thursday 25 th July <strong>2024</strong><br />
Arena STADSPARKEN<br />
TEMPO for E and A/Middle for B and C<br />
Stage 4 – Friday 26 th July <strong>2024</strong><br />
Arena BERGA IP<br />
Long distance<br />
Stage 5 – Saturday 27 th July <strong>2024</strong><br />
Arena KRISTINEBERG<br />
Long distance<br />
Photo: Peter Holgersson<br />
Stage 1 will be held at Arena Rosenfors, where you can use the<br />
stage bus for the Foot-O, after which Trail-O competitors will be<br />
transported by minibus to the competition area, which is next to<br />
Målilla Orienteringsklubb’s club house. Once you have competed,<br />
take the minibus back to the Arena to download and to join other<br />
Trail-O and Foot-O competitors.<br />
Stage 2 will be held at Arena Havslätt in Oskarshamn, within<br />
cycling distance of O-<strong>Ringen</strong> City in Döderhultsdalen, in a wonderful<br />
recreation area. The terrain is easily accessible and visibility is<br />
good. This stage will also host “Come and try Trail-O” on the activity<br />
day on 24th July.<br />
Stage 3 will be held at Stadsparken in Oskarshamn and for the first<br />
time at O-<strong>Ringen</strong>, this will be a TEMPO stage for the classes Pre-<br />
Elit and Pre-A. For Pre-B and Pre-C there will be normal Trail-O.<br />
This will be park terrain mixed with forest. This stage is also within<br />
cycling distance.<br />
Stage 4 will be at Berga sports ground, which has a football pitch<br />
and exercise tracks. This will be a competition area with good visibility<br />
and lovely paths and tracks. Competitors must take their own car<br />
to this stage, as it is around 30 km to Berga from O-<strong>Ringen</strong> City.<br />
Stage 5 will be held at Kristineberg in Oskarshamn, again within<br />
cycling distance of the campsite. A pleasant arena next to the hilly<br />
terrain and great exercise tracks.<br />
Staying at O-<strong>Ringen</strong> Campsite Staying in Oskarshamn Other<br />
Etappbussar från<br />
O-<strong>Ringen</strong>staden eller<br />
bil till etappens parkering.<br />
Stage bus from O-<strong>Ringen</strong> City<br />
or car to stage parking.<br />
Stage bus from O-<strong>Ringen</strong> City<br />
or car to stage parking.<br />
Car to stage parking.<br />
Car to stage parking.<br />
Car to stage parking.<br />
Car to stage parking.<br />
Car to stage parking.<br />
Car to stage parking.<br />
Car to stage parking. Car to stage parking. Car to stage parking.<br />
Stage bus from O-<strong>Ringen</strong> City<br />
or car to stage parking.<br />
Car to stage parking.<br />
Car to stage parking.<br />
STAGE 4<br />
Photo: Peter Holgersson<br />
Prize money<br />
New for this year, there is prize money for the Pre-Elit class. The<br />
overall winner will take home SEK 5,000, second place will win<br />
SEK 2,000 in vouchers and third place SEK 1,000 in vouchers.<br />
TEMPO for the first time<br />
On the third stage, TEMPO will feature for the first time in<br />
O-<strong>Ringen</strong>’s history. This type of Trail-O focuses on quick decisions.<br />
There will be six TEMPO stations in Stadsparken in Oskarshamn<br />
for competitors in Pre-Elit and Pre-A. Competitors in Pre-B and<br />
Pre-C will have traditional Trail-O courses. The course setter, Per<br />
Stålnacke from Norway, tells us the TEMPO stage will focus on a<br />
high tempo, where it will be important to assess the shapes in the<br />
terrain quickly, while at the same time staying focused on the map<br />
and the problem to solve. Even though this stage is in a park close<br />
to the town centre, the course setter promises forest terrain for<br />
most of the TEMPO stations. Classes B and C, however, will be in<br />
open park terrain.<br />
STAGE 5<br />
What is Trail-O?<br />
Trail-O focuses on map-reading. Anyone can take part,<br />
however physically mobile they are.<br />
A Trail-O course has a start, controls and a finish, just<br />
like other orienteering courses. At every control there<br />
are up to five flags to choose from. Without leaving the<br />
path/road, you must decide which flag is in the position<br />
indicated on the map and descriptions. Sometimes the<br />
answer might be none of the flags. You score points for a<br />
correct answer and the highest combined score wins.<br />
Everyone competes on the same course regardless of<br />
sex, age and mobility. The course must be accessible for<br />
wheelchairs, bikes and other mobility aids. Anyone needing<br />
help, for example someone to push, can normally<br />
get this help by requesting it on their entry form.<br />
The course length is usually about two and a half<br />
kilometres. Everyone has a maximum time to complete<br />
the course and the problems at the controls. The<br />
maximum time is worked out using the course length and<br />
the number of controls and is usually around two hours.<br />
If more than one competitor has the same number of<br />
points, their final position is decided by their time on one<br />
or more controls.<br />
Timed control<br />
At the timed control, a station visited either before or after<br />
the Trail-O course, you have to be quick to decide which<br />
flag is correct. The timed control can have up to six alternative<br />
flags, and one competitor at a time may go and sit<br />
on a chair from which you can see the flags. From this chair<br />
you must answer which flag is correct on the map handed<br />
out by the official. The timing starts at the moment you see<br />
the new map and control descriptions, and stops when you<br />
give an answer. Answering incorrectly at the timed control<br />
means you will receive a time penalty. There are normally<br />
2-3 maps/problems per timed control.<br />
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