2 Day Mountain Marathon or 1 Day Raid (Sunday only)
combined with the FFCO(Fédération Française de Course d'Orientation)
Championnat de France (2 Day) and Classement O'TOUR (1 Day) competitions
FIMM 2016
Under a new name, but still the fantastic French Mountain Marathon organised by Jacques Amiot since 2000,
the event moves to Ornans, a picturesque small town located in the North Western part of the Jura Mountains on the River Loue.
Ornans est situé dans la partie nord ouest du Massif du Jura sur la Loue, très jolie rivière qui coule dans une vallée pittoresque.
Cette région est touristique, on y pratique beaucoup la randonnée, le VTT, la pêche, le canoé kayak...
Ornans est à 30 km de Besançon. Besançon est une ville touristique de 130.000 habitants; on peut en particulier y admirer
une très belle citadelle et des fortifications de Vauban inscrites au patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO.
Extract from the April 2016 edition of CompassSport (page 7) As usual, the organiser Jacques Amiot, will have planned interesting courses, all score, which will involve some technical orienteering since the event forms part of the FFCO (Fédération Française de Course d'Orientation) Championnat de France. Adrian and I have completed 15 Euro KIMM / Alpine KIMM / OMM France events, and it remains one of our favourite mountain marathons, because of its friendly, informal atmosphere, because it’s organised superbly by the same friendly, helpful, enthusiastic team each year, in glorious weather with wonderful scenery, no midges, no tussock grass, no bogs, and no peat hags. The camp-fire and free Génépy (a French herbal liqueur) at the mid camp really does make it seem like a holiday. Come and join us!
Ellie Salisbury (& Adrian Moir)
Courses
All the events use SCORE courses with the following time limits:
| Event/Épreuve
|
Sat/Samedi
|
Sun/Dimanche
|
| Championnat de France Circuit A / 2 day Long
|
5h30
|
5h30
|
| Championnat de France Circuit B / 2 day Medium/Moyen
|
4h30
|
4h30
|
| Championnat de France Circuit C / 2 day Short/Court
|
3h30
|
3h30
|
| Classement O'TOUR Circuit D / 1 day Long
|
|
4h30
|
| Classement O'TOUR Circuit E / 1 day Medium/Moyen
|
|
3h45
|
| Classement O'TOUR Circuit F / 1 day Short/Court
|
|
3h00
|
Competitors are categorised into Male, Female and Mixed pairs in each of 5 age classes:
| Age category
|
Age range
|
| Junior
|
combined age 32 to 41
|
| Senior
|
combined age 42 to 79
|
| Veteran 1
|
combined age 80 to 99
|
| Veteran 2
|
combined age 100 to 119
|
| Veteran 3
|
combined age 120+
|
Championnat de France entrants must enter the course (A, B or C) allocated to their
age category as detailed in Article 4 of the FFCO Rules and Classement O'TOUR entrants must enter the course (D, E or
F) as detailed in Article 5 of the FFCO Rules. All other entrants can enter the course of their choice.
Entry Fees (per team)
| Date
|
OMM 2 Day
|
Raid 1 Day
|
| Until 25/07/16
|
€80
|
€45
|
| Until 01/08/16 |
€95
|
€55
|
| From 02/08/16
|
€110
|
€65
|
| Junior (under 21) discount per Junior
|
€10
|
€5
|
| FFCO member discount per member
|
€5
|
€4
|
Competitors under 18 must provide parental agreement. Minimum age 16.
Members of the FFCO (Fédération Française de Course d'Orientation) - photocopy
of licence required.
Online Entry
View the current start
list.
Free Camping on the Friday night
Free camping is available on the Friday night at the local campsite. Please collect a camping voucher and campsite directions from event registration (17:00 to 19:00).
Further event information from ADORR
Further information about the event can be found on www.adorr.fr (the official event website in English).
Tourist Information
Ornans tourist information
Directions
or
Air Travel
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