Bruges O-weekend

News

2012-06-03

Results are available for Saturday AM (splits), PM (splits) and the Sunday city-O (splits).

Thanks for participating and see you again next year!

2012-05-29

Bulletin 2 has been published. Read it in Dutch, French or English.

2012-05-14

The entry deadline has been extended to Sunday May 20! Register now at OrienteeringOnline!

There have been some questions about starting times. There will be none. You are free to start whenever you want. The starting teams will make sure no unfair starting order develops.

2012-04-18

Check out this preview of Bruges O-Weekend!

CORNFLAKE will be performing "If you wanna win" and other songs live at the event centre on the 3rd of June!

2012-03-20

By popular demand: you can now enter for any course by sending a mail to Jeroen Hoekx. Please include your first name, last name, year of birth, Emit chip number (if you own one), club and the class you want to run. We will add your entry to OrienteeringOnline.

2012-03-07

Introducing new people to orienteering is an important goal of the Bruges O-weekend. Participants wishing to enjoy the photo orienteering on Sunday can now register for the event using OrienteeringOnline. Alternatively, it's possible to register by sending a mail to Jeroen Hoekx.

All information about the recreational orienteering activities on Saturday evening has been published in English, French and Dutch (PDF).

2012-02-10

While the first entries are rolling in, more information about the various competitions has been published. Check out the map fragments of Bruges!

2012-02-01

Entries for the competition weekend are open!

The first bulletin has been published. You can read Dutch, English and French versions of the PDF.

Read the flyer!

Introduction

Beautiful sceneries in a world-famous city with a rich history. Start on the market square, with lots of small alleys and bridges, inner courts and narrow passageways. All these things will make sure you will have a pleasant experience while orienteering in this city. The main competition is held on Sunday. Saturday morning and evening short sprints are organized. There is plenty of time left to visit the city!

Non-competitors can enjoy adjusted activities and courses.

Programme

How to get there?

The railway station if Bruges is at walking distance of the second sprint and the city orienteering. A free car parking area is situated near the railway station. Sprint 1 is easily reacheable by public transport from the railway station.

Registration

Fee

Emit

The emit electronic punching system is used. It is possible to rent an emit for the weekend. Emit rental fees are 2€ for the weekend, 1€ for Junior classes and younger. A caution of 40€ is asked when retrieving the emit, it will be returned after the last competition.

Entries

Orienteeringonline.net is used for entries. Pre-registration will stop at 13 May 2012.

Your registration is only valid after payment by money transfer to "hamok vzw" IBAN BE68 4581 0482 3134 BIC KREDBEBB

To avoid high bank transfer fees, competitors outside the Euro zone can pay at the first event.

Pre-registered runners will receive a special souvenir.

Limited registration on-site is available, but only for courses 8-13.

Prizes

Prizes will be awarded to the winners of the sprint competitions. The complete podium of the city orienteering will receive prizes. There is no overall ranking.

Panorama by Cavalier JY, CC-BY