EUROPEAN DETAILS

RULES.

The International Tree Climbing Championship Rules book is available for download from the ISA web site and is freely available to everyone.

It is the responsibility of all those involved with the Competition to have read and to understand the Rules. The following rules are additional to the ITCC Rules.

ELIGIBILITY

Prior to their selection for a European Team, competitors must be a member of the ISA or (where a local ISA Chapter does not exist) a member of an Affiliated Organization or a member of a Nationally recognized body, of the country they are representing,

they must have been a citizen or official resident of that country for a minimum of 6 months in the current year

European ISA members whose own country does not have an ISA Chapter, or whose National or Affiliated Organisation does not hold their own Climbing Competition, may apply for inclusion in the European event as European guest climbers provided they have competed in another countries Nationally recognized event and been placed within the three top places, but were not eligible to compete as a member of that countries team.

European Members may not apply for inclusion as guest climbers if their own country, or the country they generally reside and work in has an ISA chapter of which they could be eligible to represent

European members applying to compete as European guest climbers must pre-register and all entry fees must be paid prior to the European Event taking place. Applications for inclusion will not be accepted on the day of the event.

International climbers who are members of non-European ISA Chapters may be proposed for inclusion by their own Chapter, who must be able to validate their current years performance.

International climbers applying to compete as International guest climbers must pre-register and all entry fees must be paid prior to the European Event taking place. Applications for inclusion will not be accepted on the day of the event.

A maximum of 5 international guest climbers may take part in the competition of which no more than three may be male and this “International Guest Team of up to 5” may only compete in the preliminaries.

No International guest climber may compete in the Masters round of the competition but if time permits, may be allowed to demonstrate the Masters Climb.

In the event of there being more than 5 applications for the International guest climbing team, 5 names will be randomly drawn, and this draw will exclude the names of any International climbers who competed as guests in the previous year.

EQUIPMENT

All Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) shall be manufactured to meet or exceed minimum European Industry Standards for Work at Height. If equipment is not clearly labelled with a relevant marking, it is the competitors responsibility to provide evidence to the Head Judge that the equipment has been manufactured to meet the accepted European Standard for that piece of equipment and it’s application.

OTHER

A European country may have a team of up to 5 competitors, no more than 3 of which may be male.
The returning European Champion competes as an additional climber and not as a member of their country’s team and their points scored will not be counted as part of the overall team score.
The European Team Competition will be scored on the preliminary round results, and will be based on the total individual points scored, averaged between the number of team members.
During the competition and the presentation of prizes, all competitors/judges/technicians must wear the official T shirts.

DIRECTIONS

If you're driving from the north or south, follow the signs towards the Brussels international Airport, Zaventem, but exit at junction 23, the R22, towards Woluwe, continue straight on through lots of traffic lights (stop on red!) A short tunnel and more lights for 5.5Km, to where the road has a left turn junction (by the side of the Woluwe Park), 200m after this junction and immediately under a foot bridge is a set of traffic lights, turn right, on to 'vorstlaan' continue for 1.3Km till you see a Texaco station, turn right before the station, then 2nd exit right,on to 'Park Van Woluwe Laan' for 900m to the site

If your flying, at the airport there is a tourist info desk in the arrivals
area and they can give you maps ect. A taxi to the park will cost about 25 euro; or, go down 2 floors and take the train to the centre it will cost 3 euro; then get the 1A tram to Hermann Debroux terminal (end of line)then continue walking straight along, or wait for the No 42 bus, past a large Carrefour Hypermarket, bars and restaurants ect for 1km till you get to a Texaco petrol station (and Mimi mart) turn left up the side of the station and walk for another 900m to the site.

PROGRAM - EUROPEAN TREE CLIMBING CHAMPIONSHIPS

FRIDAY 15^TH JUNE 2007

The Registration Desk will open at 12.00 noon.

All Competitors must report to the desk before closing at 7.30pm.

All Competitors must complete a Waiver Form and present this and their gear check form to the Scorer at the Registration Desk.

All Fees if not already paid, must be paid at Registration.

There is no facility for Credit/Debit Cards at the site. Cash(Euros) only. Entry Fee €100 per person.

The Gear Check (Mandatory for every Competitor) will commence from 12.00 noon Friday and close at 8.30pm Friday Evening. No exceptions. All gear and PPE must meet approved standards. The Head Judges decision is final on any disputed items. Items not previously submitted for checking will not be allowed to be used during the competition.

Walk Round/Questions will start at ??? Friday Night All preliminary events will be held on Saturday.

SATURDAY 16^TH JUNE 2007

Competition Events commence at 8.00am Saturday. Competitors more than 5 minutes late for their event will not take part in that event.

SUNDAY 17^th JUNE 2007

Head to Head Footlock Event will take place at 9.00am on Sunday morning. The top placed competitors in the prelim event will be eligible to take part in this event. This is not mandatory if any competitor does not wish to take part they may elect not to.

WOMENS MASTERS Will take place at 10.00am Sunday morning.

MENS MASTERS Will take place at 12.00noon Sunday morning.

PRESENTATION OF PRIZES WILL COMMENCE AT 3.30PM

ESTIMATED TIME OF EVENT CLOSURE – 5.00PM.

Each competitor will receive a timetable of Their Events at registration

Competiton T Shirts etc., will be handed out at the Walk Round together with their competitors numbers which should be pinned onto their shirts.

FACILITIES

THERE IS A SECURE CAMP SITE ADJACENT TO THE COMPETITION SITE WHICH COSTS €10 PER PERSON FOR THE ENTIRE WEEKEND, OPENS ON WEDNESDAY AND CLOSES ON MONDAY SHOWERS AND TOILETS AVAILABLE. NO OPEN FIRES PLEASE, IT'S A FOOTBALL PITCH. ALSO SUITABLE FOR CAMPER VANS ETC; YOU SHOULD REGISTER
IN ADVANCE TO GAURANTEE YOUR SPOT. CONTACT camping@baas-isa.be

HOTELS
AT THE MOMENT, YOU CAN BOOK A HOTEL VIA A RESERVATION
SYSTEM IN BRUXELLES - GO THROUGH '2007 SITE, BUTTON'. IT IS HOPED TO GET A DECENT RATE FROM BEST WESTERN SHORTLY, WATCH THIS SPACE FOR OTHER POTENTIAL ARRANGEMENTS.

FOOD
900 MTS FROM THE CAMP SITE IS A PETROL STATION/MINI MARKET. 1KM FROM THE SITE IS A LARGE CARREFOUR HYPERMARKET, PIZZA HUT HAMBURGER RESTAURANT ETC.
MANY BARS & RESTAURANTS IN-BETWEEN CARREFOUR AND TEXACO.

Austria
Belgium
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Italy
Ireland
Norway
Netherlands
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom
Bulgaria
Hungary
Luxembourg
Poland
Portugal
Switzerland