Auspeed stars 2019 SPEED - Ifsc International Climbing series

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                       IFSC International Climbing Series - Speed Stars 2019

Ifsc International Climbing series

auspeed stars 2019
SPEED

AKISHIMA, TOKYO, JAPAN
12, May 2019

ORGANISED BY:

SHOWA AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY Co., Ltd.

TOKYO Mountaineering federation

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ORGANISATION
                          Showa Aircraft Industry Co., Ltd.
Event Organiser:          600 Tanaka-cho, Akishima-shi, Tokyo

Organiser Website         http://www.showa-aircraft.co.jp/
                          Tokyo Mountaineering Federation (TMF)
Local Organiser
                          Japan University Sport Climbing Association (JUSCA)
                          Shinji Mizumura, TMF Sport Director, JUSCA President
Main Contact              mizumuras2@gmail.com

Event Manager             Shinji Mizumura, TMF Sport Director, JUSCA President

Sport Manager             Kyohei Momose, Head of TMF Competition Committee

Vice-Sport Manager        Hiromu Onuma, Vice-Head TMF Competition Committee

Main Sponsor              au by KDDI

This event would be supported by Akishima City, Akishima City Board of Education and Japan Mountaineering
& Sport Climbing Association (JMSCA).

Competition Format
au Speed Stars 2019 is composed by 2 rounds in each category as below.
 a. Qualification
 b. Final

The quota for Final round is between 4 (four) to 16 (sixteen).

invited athletes
Event Organiser invites a total of twelve (12) top athletes (six (6) athletes in each category) except host
country. They are selected by following procedure.

 a) Current defending champion of this competition in each category.
 b) Top three (3) athletes in Speed discipline of World Championships 2018 in each category except criteria a).
 c) Top two (2) athletes of current World Ranking in each category except criteria a) and b)
 d) Four (4) Olympic candidate athletes from Host country in each category

If the invited athlete(s) selected by this procedure cancelled to participate, Event Manager would
select another invited athlete(s) from World Ranking holders.

The invited athletes of criteria a), b) and c) can receive 100,000 JPY as their transportation fee between
Wujiang, China and Tokyo, Japan and can stay at the official hotel (HOTEL FOREST INN SHOWA-
KAN) by free of charge up to 7 nights and 8 days including breakfast.

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REGISTRATION
Registration Licenses
Competitors WITHOUT IFSC international license CAN register to this competition. Apply on Online Registration
System by google forms https://forms.gle/BoxJHnvuaCMNYK7o8

REGISTRATION FEE
Registration fee is 10,000 JPY for athletes who are not invited. Invited athletes do NOT pay any registration fee.
Registration fee must be paid in Japanese Yen by cash at the registration desk. Please note that foreign cash and
credit card are not available.

DEADLINE
The deadline for registration is the midnight of 4 MAY 2019 UTC+9.

START LIST
Registered competitors not confirmed as present by 18:00 hrs, 11 May 2019 will be deleted from the
Official Starting List.

CONFIRMATION OF ATTENDANCE FOR DELAYED ARRIVAL
In case you are not able to make the registration in time due to flight delays or other unpredictable
reasons, please contact the Event Manager: Shinji Mizumura (mizumuras2@gmail.com)

 PRIZE MONEY
 1st Place        300,000JPY
 2nd Place        200,000JPY
 3rd Place        130,000JPY
 4th Place         80,000JPY
 5th Place         50,000JPY
 6th Place         30,000JPY
 The prize money will be paid by cash at the official hotel in the evening of 12th May.

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     TRAVEL DETAILS

     VISA
     Please check if you need visa on website of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan:

     http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/index.html

     If you need visa, please contact Shinji Mizumura (mizumuras2@gmail.com) and copy to Hiromu
     Onuma, (h_ohnuma0320@yahoo.co.jp). The organiser will make an invitation letter for getting visa.

     Please contact before 18 APRIL 2019 UTC+9.

First Last Date Place National Passpo Expirati Address Phone                       Occupat Place Date of Date of
name name of     of    ity     rt     on date          number/                     ion     of visa arrival departur
           birth birth         number                                                      applicat        e
                                                       E-mail                              ion

     Please do not forget to attach a scanned passport copy

     How to get there:
     BY BUS:
     You can take a shuttle bus from Narita airport to Akishima station north exit. From Haneda airport, you
     take a bus bound for Tachikawa station, then you take JR Ome line to Akishima station.
     Timetable (from Narita to Akishima): http://www.limousinebus.co.jp/en/platform_searches/index/2/272

     Timetable (from Haneda to Tachikawa): http://hnd-bus.com/airport/route/haijima.html

     BY TRAIN:
     You can use "HyperDia" which offers the route and the timetable of the railway and the aviation of
     Japan.
            http://www.hyperdia.com/en/

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 ACCOMODATION
 The following hotels are in 5 minutes by walk. You can book a room via hotels.com or booking.com or
 their official web sites, etc. If you stay these hotels, please input next words in the remarks column on
 reservation form on website above: SPEED STARS PARTICIPANT

 HOTEL S&S MORI TOWN
 Address:     562-8 Tanaka-cho, Akishima-shi, Tokyo, Japan 196-0014

 HOTEL FOREST INN SHOWA-KAN
 Address:      Showanomori, Akishima-shi, Tokyo, Japan 196-8601

 COMPETITION VENUE
 MoriPark Outdoor Village
 Tanaka-cho 610-4, Akishima-shi, Tokyo 1960014
 Website: http://outdoorvillage.tokyo/lang/index.html
 https://goo.gl/maps/B46pDgMp6bS2

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 IFSC OFFICIALS
 IFSC Technical Delegate:                           Graeme ALDERSON (GBR)
 IFSC Jury President:                               Evgeny Levin (RUS)
 IFSC Judge:                                        Naoto HAKAMADA (JPN)

 PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME (tentative)
  SATURDAY, 11 MAY
  Outdoor Village
   meeting room         17:00 – 18:00     Registration for all athletes to confirm attendance

  Outdoor Village       19:00 – 19:30     Technical Meeting for all athletes.
  meeting room
                        19:30 – 20:30     Practice for all athletes
SUNDAY, 12 MAY

                        09:00 – 10:20     Warm-Up Area Open / Close

                        10:30 – 10:50     Opening Ceremony (mandatory for all athletes)

  Outdoor Village       11:00 – 12:00     Qualification (Women, Men)

    speed wall
                        13:30 – 14:30     Warm-Up Area Open / Close

                        15:00 – 15:30     Final (Women, Men)

                         Afterwards       Award Ceremony

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