UIAA CLIMBING WORLDCUP 2006 – GRINDELWALD (SUI) BOULDERING Friday 9 June – Saturday 10 June 2006
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UIAA CLIMBING WORLDCUP 2006 – GRINDELWALD (SUI) BOULDERING Friday 9 June – Saturday 10 June 2006 1. Organisation The competition is organised by Eiger Live, Grindelwald, Beat Hofer +41 79 311 84 10 www.eigerlive.ch is the general homepage of the Eiger Live Event www.eigerlive.ch/cms/front_content.php?idcat=85 is the page of the Worldcup 2. Participation / Team quotas Each national federation: 3 male and 3 female competitors for each category The host federation: 6 male and 6 female competitors for each category The first 10 women and men listed in the CUWR at the registration deadline and those placed first in the Youth A and Junior age groups in the last Youth Continental Championships have the status of pre-qualified competitors and can be registered on top of the quota stated above. Any other supplementary participants need to be approved by UIAA Climbing according to the rules. 3. Registration Please use the new system for registration at http://uiaaclimbing.com/egroupware Kindly send a list of your competitors also to: [email protected] and a copy to the organizer: [email protected] IMPORTANT: Those competitors for whom their belonging Federations have not applied for an International License, will NOT be allowed to compete. VISA: If you need an invitation letter to come to Switzerland, please let us know: [email protected], Tel. +41 31 370 18 31, Fax +41 31 370 18 00 4. Deadline for registration The registration deadline is Tuesday, May 30, 2006. 5. Prizes According to the UIAA Climbing standards. 6. Accommodation Please book your rooms as soon as possible (above all the hotels in the town are well booked for this period.) Please have a look at our homepage: www.eigerlive.ch www.eigerlive.ch/cms/front_content.php?idcat=85 or www.grindelwald.com 1 08.05.2006 7. Competition Venue The competition will be held in the centre of the town of Grindelwald (open air). The place is called Baerplatz. Registration, Technical Meeting, Isolationzone 8. Travel details www.grindelwald.com/summer-uk.php?frameset=41 Grindelwald, a hospitable glacier village, lies well embedded in an alternating but yet genuine alpine landscape. The spectacular and world famous, ice-topped mountains - Wetterhorn, Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau - belong to Grindelwald's scenery. Arriving by car: Motorways lead from Bâle, Geneva or Zürich via Berne to Spiez. From Spiez onwards, good main roads lead via Interlaken to Grindelwald. Arriving by rail: Fast and direct trains run daily to Interlaken from many main cities in Europe. From Interlaken Ost, there is a connecting train to Grindelwald. Interlaken-Grindelwald approx. 35 min. For train schedules, take a look at: www.sbb.ch. Arriving by air: The international airports, Zürich-Kloten and Geneva-Cointrin, have connecting trains to Interlaken and Grindelwald. From the airport of Berne-Belp an airport taxi will bring you to the next railway station. For train schedules, take a look at: www.sbb.ch. 2 08.05.2006 9. Registration Thursday, 08.06.06 18:00 to 20:00 in the Sportzentrum in Grindelwald. Note: There will be a technical meeting at 20:00 at the same place. 10. Competition wall RAB “Rent a Bloc” 3 08.05.2006 Provisional Program Worldcup Grindelwald 2006 Thursday, June 8 18:00 – 20:00 Registration 20:00 Technical meeting at the Sportzentrum in Grindelwald Friday, June 9 08:00 Isolation zone opens for male competitors 08.30 Isolation zone closes for male competitors 09.00 Start qualification - male athletes 15:00 Isolation zone opens for female competitors 15.30 Isolation zone closes for female competitors 16.00 Start qualification - female climbers Saturday, June 10 08:00 Isolation zone opens for female and male competitors 08.30 Isolation zone closes for female and male competitors 09.00 Start semi final - female and male competitors 13:00 Isolation zone opens for female and male competitors 13.30 Isolation zone closes for female and male competitors 14.00 Start final - female and male competitors 17:00 Award ceremony Jury President: Fabrizzi Minnino Forerunner: L. Boudier; L. Laporte Organisation: Eiger Live, Grindelwald, Beat Hofer; Michael Guggisberg; Swiss Alpine Club 4 08.05.2006 .