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Madeira Orienteering Meeting

Competition nameMadeira Orienteering Meeting
Start date20150501
End date20150503
CountryPortugal
Race typeNational
Nearest place or cityMadeira
Club/organizerClube Aventura da Madeira
Region of countryMadeira
Number of competition days3
Expected number of runners500
WRE event?No
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URL for invitation[Link]
Contact email address
Contact phone number+351 962 837 491
Contact postal addressEstação Zarco Apartado 191, 9001-903 Funchal
Latest entry date25.04.2015
Entry fee (Euro)30,00
Event descriptionClube Aventura da Madeira organises the 7th edition of Madeira orienteering Meeting (MOM) which will take place between 1 and 3 of May. The MOM is as a foot orienteering event counting for the Portuguese Orienteering Federation’s Cup offering three courses of middle distance in mountain areas, and a sprint course scoring to the Portuguese National Urban Circuit, in Funchal City, Madeira Island. The courses that compose MOM 2015 are open to the participation of all interested, that might participate in competition, in leisure or in initiation courses, individually or in groups. Orienteering is a challenge present on the discovery of new territories, and a sports that offers multiple experiences and knowledge. Madeira Island is a territory of adventure, with mountains rising from the sea level to the 1861 meters of altitude, providing wide landscapes, which highlight is his luxuriant vegetation with natural highlight to the Laurel Forest, classified by UNESCO in 1999 as World Natural Heritage. Besides Orienteering, walking, diving, canyoning, mountain biking and the Sea tours are some experience not to be missed and which enable visitors to explore the island. Join us at MOM 2015, where three middle distance courses on mountain area, between the 850m and the 1420 meters above sea level, and a sprint competition that takes place on the first city erected (1508) on the Portuguese Discoveries era throughout the world, the city of Funchal, are waiting for you.
Terrain description1st May – Middle Distance – Chão das Aboboreiras Terrain: pine forest, cypress and hardwood alternating with open areas and dense vegetation zones, some paths, medium relief. Map: Chão das Aboboreiras at scale 1/10.000 Cartographer: Tiago Aires (December 2014) Course Planner: António Olival Chão das Aboboreiras 2014-12-09 DSC03134 2nd May – Middle Distance – Montado do Pereiro and Sprint – Funchal City Montado do Pereiro – Middle Distance Map: Montado do Pereiro at scale 1/10.000 Terrain: mostly of pine and hardwoods forest, more or less clean, alternating with some open areas, dense vegetation details, reasonable network paths, medium to high relief. Cartographer: Tiago Aires (November/December 2014) Course Planner: António Olival Montado do Pereiro 2014-12-09 2 - CópiaDSC00428 Funchal City – Sprint Terrain: Urban area in the central city of Funchal, with several squares, public gardens and century-old buildings with visitable interior areas. Map: Funchal City at Scale 1/4.000 Cartographer: António Olival (February 2015) Course Planner: Bruno Berenguer/António Olival 3rd May – Middle Distance – Poiso/Montado do Pereiro Map: Montado do Pereiro at scale 1/10.000 Terrain: pine and hardwoods forest, more or less clean, abundance of details of dense vegetation, reasonable network paths, medium to high relief. Cartographer: Tiago Aires (November/December 2014) Course Planner: António Olival
Holiday activities,nature,hiking etc.Nature, Hiking, snorkeling, diving, surfing, sightseeing
Street address of navigation pointFunchal
Live results available?No
Live GPS tracking available?No
Live TV available?No
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