53rd MECSEK CUP
24th – 25th March 2012
Country Ranking Event, World Cup Event
Bulletin

Patron-general: Zsolt TIFFÁN, President , Local Goverment of Baranya County
Patrons: Dr. Endre KISS, President, Szigetvár Savings Cooperative and János KISFALVI, Mayor, Abaliget

Organizing Committee

President	Dr. László TIHANYI
Vice-President	Dr. Endre KISS
Secretary	Péter VONYÓ
Course Planners	Sándor AMBRUS (Day 1) and Ferenc VINICZAI (Day 2)
Controller	Tibor ERDÉLYI
Mapping	Ferenc VINICZAI
Logistics Director	József LIPP
Start Directors	László BALÁZSY, Dr. György SZŰCS
Finish	István FLUCK, Sándor LAJTAI, Sándorné LAJTAI,
SI Control Staff	Dániel PÉLEY, Bálint KOVÁCS, Tamás DOMJÁN
Registration Staff	Éva MEZŐ, Kati BALÁZS, Éva ANGSTER
Directors of Public Events	István IJJÁSZ, Réka VONYÓ
Organizer of Children’s Competition	Mrs. VINICZAI Ildikó Kovács

Contact phone numbers: 06-20-476-6131, 06-30-442 2286

Event Center: Camping, Abaliget (gps: 46.137274,18.118273)
Covered area for changing clothes and warm water is available in the Event Center. Toilets are in the dressing-lavatory building in the camping.

Reaching the Event Center:
By car: drive on road No. 6, Orfű-Abaliget junction, Abaliget – Cave drive – and follow the signs and personal guidance.

By scheduled bus: route Pécs – Abaliget. Buses start at 7:30 am, 9:30 am, 2:00 pm to Abaliget from Pécs Coach Station, and return at 12:26 am, 5:01 pm, and 8:21 pm. Journey time is about 60 min.

Parking: 50 – 300 m from the Event Center. You will be guided by the organizers. Attention! Drainage-works are going on in Abaliget. Therefore, please drive with care within the village.

Registration:
Between 10:30 am and 1:00 pm on 24th March (Saturday) in the Event Center, and between 8:30 am and 9:30 am on 25th March (Sunday) only for those who start on this day.

Start Bibs
Competitors in categories M/F21 E and W/N21 E must wear start bibs on the chest on both days.

Category Combinations
The following categories are combined due to low number of entries:
From M/F15-18C, W/N15-18C, M/F21C, W/N21C to Open OP/Nyílt T,
From W/N50 to W/N45,
From M/F35 to M/F35Br,
From W/N35B to W/N35Br
If competitors transferred want to start in a different category, they can ask it without extra fee. Your request has to be sent without delay to info@mecsekkupa.hu

Accommodation:
Youth Hostel: Apáczai Nevelési Központ (ANK) Kollégium, Pécs, Apáczai körtér 1. If you arrive on 23rd March evening, you are requested to check-in by name at the reception of ANK Youth Hostel.

Gymnasium: Széchenyi István Általános Iskola, Gimnázium, Szakközépiskola és Sportiskola (TÁSI) Pécs, Radnóti u. 2. - On hard floor. Sleeping bag is necessary.
Check-in time from 6:00 pm on 24th March and check-out time up to 8:00 am on 25th March morning.

You are allowed to take your accommodation only with ticket received at the Registration.

First start
At 2:00 pm (Day 1) and 10:00 am (Day 2)
Attention ! Summer time is starting by 25th March. Don’t forget to readjust your watch.

Distance between Finish and Start
Day 1. length: 1200 m, climb: 100 m
Day 2. length: 850 m, climb: 75 m (last 400 m with climb of 65 m)
Blue-white bands sign the route from Finish area to the start.
Start. You are only allowed to take your map at your start-time. From the Start to Map-start you must follow the route signed with bands.

Map: Maps are drawn according to IOF specifications and surveyed by the WMOC mapping team in 2011.
Size: 32 x 32 cm on both days.

Day 1. Scale: 1:10.000, contour interval: 5m, in all categories.

Day 2. Scale: 1:15.000, contour interval: 5m, in categories W/N18B, 20A, 21E, 21BR, M/F18B, 20A, 21E, 21B, 21BR, 35BR, 40, OP/Nyílt Tech.

Maps are laminated. Control descriptions with symbols are printed on the map. An extra symbol on a slip of paper will be available at the Start area (max. size 18 x 6 cm, in category M/F21E)

Maps are collected in club bags on both days after your finish in the Finish area and you will get them back after 12:00 am on 25th March.

Terrain: Mainly karst terrain with many negative land forms (dolinas, pits, gully). Generally good runnability. Several parts of the terrain are very detailed. Dangerous gullies are labelled with black „V” on the map. Avoid them. The fresh vegetation of ramsons (Allium ursinum) and rainy weather in the last month require a more careful running style. In a few areas the quality of forest roads and paths has changed due to recent foresting works. If you lose your way, go North to get back to the Finish area.

Punching System: The punching system used in Mecsek Cup will be SPORTident (SI). If the control box fails to give a signal, competitors have to use pin-punch on their maps. Hired individual control chips (e-cards) must be returned after the finish on 25th March.

Refreshment Stations: On Day 2, refreshments will be provided in categories W/N21 (at 23% and 66% of course) and M/F21 (at 36% and 60% of course).

Prize-giving Ceremony: Final results are counted with combination of results reached in two days. Prize-giving ceremony is organized at 2:00 pm on 25th March in the Finish area. The ceremony in categories N21E?? and F65 will be held in commemoration of Nóra SÉRTŐ and András BODNÁR, respectively. A separate prize-giving ceremony will be organized for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd placed runners in the World Cup Event.

Other information:

Competitors participate at their own risk.
• Buffet is available in the Finish area.
• Emergency medical service is provided in the Finish area (Dr. Iván PÉLEY, phone: 06-20-945-7441)
• All participants are kindly requested to care about cleanness of the entire competition area.
• Dogs must keep on a leash and are not allowed on the competition terrain.
• Children’s competition: The children’s competition runs from 3:00 pm (Day 1, start at SW corner of the big lake) and 11:00 am (Day 2, start close to the Finish area). All participating children will receive a small gift.
• Commercial activity can only take place with the organisers’ approval and the Local Goverment’s permission.
• Abaliget cave and Museum of Bats are open for visitors from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm and from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, respectively.