World Championships in Park Orienteering!
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Park PWTWorld Tour NOW NEWS NOW PWT at the Olympics tions and see what it looks like", was nese orienteers, officials and media Samaranch's answer. representatives. Two hundred students Park The Park World Tour President, Anders Sepp Hartinger, in charge of the Park will run the whole 5 days of the O- World Tour Vestergård, is spending half of the year World Tour Champions' Week in Au- Ringen, while the officials will complete PWT NOW 2000 in Sydney, Australia. Based at the gust, is NOW! sending the IOC Presi- at least one race. Orienteering and OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE PARK WORLD TOUR SUPPORTERS´ CLUB • ISSUE 1/2000, APRIL Centre for Olympic Studies, University dent an invitation. The main officials mapping education, business presenta- of New South Wales, Anders is working of the Olympic Committees in Austria tions, cultural events - also with the on his Masters thesis in Social Sciences and its neighbouring countries are also Chinese performing - and tourism are entitled "What is required from a sport sure to be invited. all included in the visitors' programme, in order to be admitted to the Olympic and will be organised in co-operation PWT heads for official status in 2001 Programme?". He is NOW! studying with local universities, authorities and the formal and informal criteria requi- companies. World Champion Jörgen red for inclusion in the Olympic pro- Four babies - and at least Mårtensson and his PWT China com- gramme, and focusing on the two new two weddings! panion Gåvert Wååg will be acting as hosts for the guests from China, where World Championships sports at the Sydney Games: tae kwon- do and triathlon. Anders will present Another PWT athlete close to the the interest for orienteering has grown his thesis early next year - before the Olympic tracks is Natasha Key (Rowe), rapidly since the PWT premiere in IOC deadline for applications from who could have made it into the Au- Beijing in 1998. new sports for the 2008 Olympics. stralian Mountain bike team after se- in Park Orienteering! veral good results in national races in 1999. Natasha, however, is currently Norway introduces An official World Championships series in Park Orienteering, "We need a Park World Championships in the same condition as Gunilla Svärd, series NOW! - in order to strengthen the Carsten competing Johanna Asklöf and Vroni König-Salmi Park Championships which will gather the world's best orienteers for a 14- day final orienteering movement as a whole, and against time - she is expecting her first baby this tour with 5-8 races in 3-5 countries. Prize money for the top not least the traditional format of classic summer! In the Czech Republic, Jana China, Czech Republic and Slovakia orienteering. This would enable us to Several orienteers will be present in the Cieslarova got married early this year are some of the countries to organise athletes, all expenses covered by the organisers - and an attractive attract new participants, new member Olympic Park in Sydney in September. - as did Rudolf Ropek. Jana has decided national championships in park orien- package also for spectators, sponsors and the media. nations, to raise the profile of the sport Carsten Jørgensen of Denmark has not to compete at elite level this year, teering. Now they are joined by the and to secure a sound financial basis for qualified for the 10,000 metres with a while Rudolf though is looking to add world's strongest orienteering nation This is the goal for the Park World Tour Council in the offer the sport", says Jörgen Mårtensson, personal best of 27.54, but has to prove to his impressive array of PWT titles. at the moment - Norway. The first it has presented to the International Orienteering Federation multi-World Champion and one of his capacity at a race in Prague in June official Norwegian Championships in the Park World Tour founders. in order to gain final selection for the Park Orienteering will be held in Ny- for the 2001 season - an offer which will be hard to refuse. Applicants for PWT/PWOC races in Olympics. Carsten, who is currently gaardsparken in Bergen, one of this the year 2001 include Norway, Czech injured, is competing against time but Enter for the year's European Culture Cities, on 20 Republic, Greece (Rhodos), South hopes to be fit for the Vårstafetten Champions Week! May. Hanne Staff, Park World Tour Africa and China. The competitors relay in Norway. His goals this year Champion in 1998, and Bjørnar Val- would be selected through continental include both the Olympics, the Park The PWT Champions' Week, held in stad, reigning World Champion for qualification races worldwide. World Tour and the European Orien- conjunction with the IOF Congress the classic distance are sure to face teering Championships. His compatri- in Leibnitz, Austria between 1-5 Au- tough competition! Olympic destiny ot, Dorte Dahl, the bronze medallist gust, will be a superb demonstration in PWT 1999, has already booked her of the media and spectator-friendly "Introducing a World Championships ticket to Sydney. Dorte works as a side of orienteering. All the IOF mem- series NOW! would also dramatically photo journalist for the Danish Televi- ber nations are invited to enter teams Support the Park increase our possibility of inclusion in sion (DR) and will be among the of two women and two men for the World Championships! the 2008 Olympic Games. Beijing will 10,000 media representatives attending open PWT qualifications and the mi- most probably be the host city in 2008 the Olympics - as will Kjell-Erik Kri- xed relay - with all meals, accommoda- What the Orienteering World needs - the organisers will be selected in 2001. stiansen, the PWT speaker and Nor- tion and local transport costs covered NOW! is a World Championships se- This is why we should act NOW!, before wegian voice of Eurosport. by the Park World Tour. If you or your ries in Park Orienteering! This is the it is too late," says Mårtensson. nation have not yet entered for the opinion of several of the world´s best The number one orienteering ambassa- Champions' Week, be sure to do so orienteers - and the PWT has given dor of the world is currently visiting NOW! the IOF a unique offer to organise this Beijing, to sign a new agreement with Samaranch at PWT? [email protected] can provide series from the year 2001 onwards the Ministry of Education, which will more information. (pages 1-3). Support the Park World secure the inclusion of orienteering as When IOC President Juan Antonio Championships by joining the Cham- a subject for millions of students in Samaranch was interviewed for the pions and signing your name on the several provinces in China. Swedish publication "Olympiaboken" PWT home page at www.pwt.org after the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, 500 Chinese at the PWT Page 2 Read the entire Park World he was asked: "Why has such a wide- race in Kumla Tour offer to the IOF! spread and popular sport as orienteering PWT NOW! ISSUE 1/2000, APRIL Page 6 Text: Anders Vestergård & Iain Rochford. Exclusive presentation of never been considered for inclusion in Park World Tour stage 2 in Kumla, Pictures: Thommy Nyhlén, PWT Archive. the 2000 Park World Tour series! the Olympic programme?" Sweden, and the Swedish O-Ringen Layout & Printing: Hartinger Consulting. Jörgen Mårtensson has retired from international racing, but he is NOW! Special Join the Park World Tour "Is this a recognised Olympic sport? If so, Publisher: PWT Supporter Club, Jan Fogeby, racing to obtain World Championship status for the PWT, and thereby held during the last week of July, will Dadelgränd 6, 17557 Järfälla, Sweden, Supporters´ Club, join the Tour I must really try to attend some competi- be visited by a delegation of 500 Chi- E-mail: [email protected] making orienteering attractive as an Olympic sport. and enjoy our offers! 12 www.pwt.org Park Park PWTWorld Tour NOW PWTWorld Tour NOW Park World Tour´s offer to the IOF Family: Hobbies: Sportident Orienteering, cooking, eating, reading Lives with partner Gunnel, punches in for PWT 2000 4 + 4 children, 9 + 6 grandchildren. [email protected] The Park World Tour competitors will Sports achievements: be using the Sportident punching and World Championships District champion in orienteering and timekeeping system during the PWT night orienteering, 1 x Vasaloppet, 2000 season. The Park World Tour has Club champion in table tennis 1948. Jörgen Mårtensson signed a contract with the Swedish Series in Park Orienteering Hobbies: company Sportident International AB, Orienteering, whisky parties, literature. Promotion which will be providing all the [email protected] timekeeping equipment and associated The Park World Tour association hereby confirms its willingness to organise the Park World Tour services at the PWT 2000 races. The as an official World Championships series in Park Orienteering to be held on an annual basis Sponsor Contact, contract also aims to increase the service PWT China, provided for the spectators during the from the year 2001 onwards. Promotion Jaroslav PWT races. Class & Club: The Park World Championships series 2001 would be organised as a seven to fourteen (7-14) day tour in Kacmarcik October - November, including five to eight (5-8) races in three to five (3-5) countries. Accommodation, meals and Controller H 40 E - Strängnäs-Malmby OL, Deimos inc. transport costs for all the participating athletes would be covered by the Park World Tour from the organising city of Sweden. the first race, two days before the opening race, to the city venue of the last race, the day after the final race.