Suuntaa luonnosta will organize the IHAN PIMEE sprint orienteering event in Kaavi on Sunday 6 July 2025 from 14:00 to 18:00. The event will be held just before the start of the World Orienteering Championships and after Kainuu Orienteering Week just before the start of FIN5 orienteering week. See the time of the event in connection with the orienteering weeks mentioned above. Kaavi is located 50 km from Tahko, 55 km from Kuopio and 40 km from Nilsiä, where the FIN5 week's 1st part race, i.e. the sprint race, will be run the next day.
The sprint orienteering event is held from the Kaavi municipality school center. The municipality of Kaavi turns 150 in 2025 and this event is one of the events of the jubilee year. At the same time, Kaavi's school receives a fresh school and sprint orienteering map from the school district for teaching use. The municipality of Kaavi has branded its municipality in 2023 "Municipality of Kaavi - it's dark", which is also where the name of the sprint orienteering event comes from.
The event is open to everyone interested in orienteering. In fitness orienteering, the participant shows up, pays the map fee, chooses a course that suits him and goes for orienteering. If they wish, the orienteer can borrow or use their own electronic EMIT stamp card, which allows each orienteer to get the exact end time and the duration of the tick intervals with a second accuracy. In this event, the results are transmitted in real time via the Internet to the results service page of this website.
Event instructions:
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In orienteering, the Competition Instructions and in this case the Event Instructions are published before the event. The instructions give more detailed information about e.g. tracks, map, prohibited areas, potentially dangerous places, road crossing instructions,...
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Will be published about a week before the start of the event.
Courses and journeys: (preliminary)
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About 3.5 km - route selection track - 1:4000 - getting to know the center of Kaavi.
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About 2.5 km - technical race track - 1:3000 - a track with plenty of controls.
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About 1.5 km - for beginners - 1:3000 - also includes demanding intervals.
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About 0.5 km - for small children - 1:1000 - alone or with parents.
Participation fees: (preliminary)
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One person 16 years and older: One track €12, two tracks €20.
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One person under 16: One track €6, two tracks €10.
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Advance payments through the registration service (changes possible) and on-site cash, MobilePay (Finnish) and bank transfer.
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YOU CANNOT PAY with exercise benefits or vouchers.
Stamping method:
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Emit stamp.
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For those who do not have their own EMIT card, the organizers have reserved some loan cards for the venue.
Map:
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Sprint orienteering map 7/2024, which will be supplemented until 6/2025.
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Scale 1:4000/3000, curve interval 2.5 m.
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Weather-resistant material (advance order) and, if necessary, a map to be printed on site, which requires map plastic.
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Prohibited international items on the sprint map (link to the pages of the Orienteering Association).
Registrations:
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Pre-registration via the Registration service (not open yet) is preferred, so that we know how to reserve enough maps.
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You can also come to the place without registering in advance, but please register in advance so that we can reserve enough maps.
Map sales and departure point:
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Map sales and departure point are open from 14:00 to 18:00.
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Both are located in the vicinity of the school center.
Event center:
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The competition center is located at the Kaavi school center, Kaavintie 24a, Kaavi.
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Navigation link: https://bit.ly/4fgaYfN.
WC, washing, dressing:
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No dressing or washing facilities have been reserved on behalf of the organizer.
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Participants have access to the school's toilets. You may not go indoors with studs.
Organizers:
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Course master, mapping and information: Hannu Numminen phone +358503598864, e-mail numminen.hannu@gmail.com
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General organization and permits: Teija Sahlström phone +358503598865, e-mail teija.sahlstrom@suuntaaluonnosta.fi
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