General Informations

Bibs and SI-Card

• Each Team Leader must collect their team’s bibs at the Secretariat (located at the Hotel Quiaios on the 12 of February and at the Arena of each following day);
• The official POM 2010 bib is compulsory; on it every athlete will find their starting time for each day, SI Card Number, Class, Club and Country;
• You will not be allowed to start your race without your bib. Should you loose your bib, another one will be made available for you at the Secretariat (€1,00 (one euro) surcharge);
• Please check your data on the bib and carefully cross-reference your SI Card number;
• All data modifications must be presented at the Secretariat before presenting yourself at the Start.

Starting time and race maximum time

• All changes to competition starting times must be made before the day of the Stage they concern;
• The time limit for each Stage is of 3h00 (three hours) for Long Distances and 02h00 (two hours) for Medium Distances.

Results

• POM 2010’s final results are defined by the sum of points of each athlete in all four stages;
• This competition is ruled by the FPO Competitions Regulation (2009/2010 season). Any case not present in that document will be ruled by IOF regulations.

Maps (fair-play)

• Maps will not be collected at the end of any stage;
• POM 2010’s staff is confident that all athletes will maintain an attitude of fair-play and sportsmanship throughout the event.

Electronic Control System

• Sport Ident (SI Card) is the system used by POM 2010;
• Every athlete or group (in open OPTs classes) will run with a SI Card (rented if necessary) and map;
• At the beginning of every stage the SI Card must be cleared and checked (please make sure you already downloaded the information of the previous stage);
• Every control is done by inserting the SI Card into the station (roughly 1 second until it beeps and flashes);
• The controls must be made according to the sequence in which they are presented in each Course;
• The SI Cards’ information must be read/downloaded at the end of every stage.
• Rented SI Cards are subject to a down payment of €50,00 (fifty euros) each. Should you loose of fail to return a rented SI Card, you will loose this down payment.

POM 2010 Official Dinner

• POM 2010’s Official Dinner will be held on the 14th February (Sunday), at the Hotel de Quiaios, in Praia de Quiaios, at 19h00. in the Restaurant and Bar Rosa Náutica (maximum capacity 250 places).

  

  You may view more information about the place of the banquet directly at webpage of the Hotel - Restaurant and Bar Rosa Náutica

Awards
WRE (POM 2010’s Stage 2)

• Awards to first 5 W/M Elite.

POM (Portugal’s Cup – 4 stages’ point sum)

• One award to every first 3 (5 if Elites) athletes of all junior and competition classes;
• One award to every first athlete/team of all Open Classes (OPT 1,2,3 e 4);
• Trophies for all 3 most punctuated Clubs .

Arena
Start, Finish, Secretariat, Snack-Bar, Baby Sitting, Orienteering School and First Aid will be located at or nearby each Stage’s Arena.

• Start
  Signs will guide your from the Arena.
• Finish
  At the Arena.
• Secretariat
  At the arena.
  Car keys can be left at the Secretariat.
  
• Baths
  Colégio de Quiaios Sports Hall (sleeping floor), through out POM 2010 4 Stages.
  Additional facilities for Stage 1 at the Football pitch of Leirosa, 400mts from the Arena
• Baby Sitting
  At the Arena (close to Start and Finish); if weather conditions worsen, service will be relocated to Colégio de Quiaios Sports Hall (sleeping floor). Information will be available close to the starting times lists.
• Orienteering School
  At the arena during Stages 2 and 3.
• Snack-Bar
  At the Arena, through out POM 2010 4 Stages.
• First Aid
  Each Stage will have a support and First Aid area and service. Ambulance and transport to the nearest clinic/hospital will be assured, in case of need.

  Arenas' Layout