Invitation to race series

Gapp Czech O-Tour 2025

About the Event

A series of races for all generations and levels. From children to masters, from beginners to experienced competitors.

• If it’s a year-round series, it’s year-round now! This year we are adding a fourth January date, and Czech O-Tour 2025 will take place during winter, spring, summer and autumn.
• Accompanying program. Enjoy the whole race day. In the 2025 season, you will find an orienteering bazaar, an improved mobile app and a new entertainment programme in the arena for children and adults.
• Big club competition. Smaller clubs are going head to head in the club competition too! Who will we see on the podium this year? Points are being scored in all age categories.
• Sign up for the whole series. Entry for the whole series means a race at the Prague Zoo including free entry for fee, a guaranteed starting place at the Prague Zoo and Moravian Karst and an extra bonus!
• Lucky seven. The best 7 results from 8 races count towards the overall ranking. The winner of each race gets 100 points, the others get a percentage less, depending on the loss to the winner, up to twice the time of the winner.

Dates and locations

• January 26, 2025 – ZOO Praha – A longer sprint race between penguins, elephants and gorillas? No problem!
• April 5, 2025 – Žacléř – 2 races (WRE sprint and longer sprint) at the Jan Šverma mine, a former underground coal mine
• July 18–20, 2025 – Moravský kras – 3 races (long, sprint, middle) together with the European Youth Orienteering Championships
• October 25–26, 2025 – Krušné hory – 2 forest races (long and middle) in the beautiful mountain terrain near Lesná during the autumn holidays

Entries and payments

• Entries for the 2025 edition open from November 12, 2025 at 20:25
• Entries are registred via ORIS (entire series, ZOO Praha, Žacléř, Moravský kras, Krušné hory). For not registered in ORIS via one-time entry
• For each race separately or for the whole series at once. Entries for the entire series will be imported for each round after the entry deadline. Entry fee for the series will only be valid for the event in ORIS “series”, for individual rounds the entry fee of the series entries will be set to 0 CZK. ATTENTION, if the entry form is tampered with (e.g. SI card change) the deposit amount will be overwritten! If you find a discrepancy, please contact info@o-tour.cz.

The limit of starters is only for ZOO Praha (currently 1900 competitors + series entries) and Moravský kras (currently 500 competitors + series entries). In case the limit is reached, the organiser may increase the number of participants if the organiser has a higher number of participants approved for the race by the nature conservation body or the owner of the race area. Registrations for the entire series will be given priority.

Payments must be sent within the entry deadline to the account of the Czech Orienteering Federation:

IBAN: CZ35 2010 0000 0029 0129 6231

SWIFT code BIC: FIOBCZPPXXX

Bank: Fio banka, a.s., V Celnici 1028/10, 117 21 Praha 1

Unpaid entries may be cancelled due to the limit of participants.

Classes

Competition classes: DH10F, DH10, DH12, DH14AB, DH16AB, DH18AB, DH21EAB, DH35AB, DH40, DH45AB, DH50, DH55, DH60, DH65, DH70, DH75, DH80 (D = women, H = men)

In the case of a smaller number of entries, the organizer reserves the right to merge some subclasses and vice versa, in the case of a large number of entrants to one subclass, divide it.

Public classes: OPEN-S, OPEN-M, OPEN-L, HDR (child on string course shadowed by adult)

Public classes have a free start time within the range specified by the organizer in the Bulletin 2

• more about Classes

Entry fee

Series

Entry dedaline until January 12, 2025

Entire series (8 races of which you get the Prague Zoo race for free)

• competition classes: 1400 CZK up to and including DH14, 1750 CZK DH65 and older, 2240 CZK others
• public classes: 1400 CZK HDR, 1750 CZK OPEN and T

Single race

ZOO Praha (higher entry fee – among other things, it also includes a full-day entry fee to the Prague Zoo)

Basic entry deadline until January 12, 2025 (or until the entry limit is reached) 

• competition classes: 350 CZK up to and including DH14, 290 CZK DH65 and older, 490 CZK others
• public classes: 350 CZK HDR, 490 CZK OPEN and T
• accompaniment: 290 CZK (accompaniment for HDR, who does not run his own course; anyone who wants to see the ZOO and does not race)   

Last entry deadline until January 15, 2025 (or until the entry limit is reached)

• competition classes: 400 CZK up to and including DH14, 350 CZK DH65 and older, 520 CZK others
• public classes: 400 CZK HDR, 550 CZK OPEN and T
• accompaniment: 290 CZK (accompaniment for HDR, who does not run his own course; anyone who wants to see the ZOO and does not race)

Other races – Basic entry deadline

Žacléř until March 26, 2025, Moravský kras until June 29, 2025 (or until the entry limit is reached) and Krušné hory until October 12, 2025.

• competition classes: 200 CZK up to and including DH14, 250 CZK DH65 and older, 320 CZK others
• public classes: 200 CZK HDR, 250 CZK OPEN and T

Other races – The last entry deadline

Žacléř until March 26, 2025, Moravský kras until July 2, 2025 (or until the entry limit is reached) and Krušné hory until October 15, 2025.

• competition classes: 230 CZK up to and including DH14, 320 CZK DH65 and older, 420 CZK others
• public classes: 230 CZK HDR, 320 CZK OPEN and T

Entries on the day (on site)

According to the capacity of the organizer. For the price of the last entry deadline, only for public categories (unless otherwise stated).

Benefits

We are preparing a number of interesting benefits for participants who sign up for the entire series. Which ones are they?

• Cheaper entry fee for the entire series – race in the ZOO Praha for free
• Guarantee of a starting place for all races (incl. limited ZOO Praha and Moravský kras)
• Special discounts with our partners

Cancellation Policy

Refund of fees upon entry cancellation:

• basic entry deadline, 100 % of fees will be refunded
• the last entry deadline, 50 % of fees will be refunded
• in case of entry for the entire series, 100 % of fees will be refunded only when cancelling by January 12, 2025. Later it is possible to change the class during the year (in the basic entry deadline for free, later for a fee of 100 CZK) or transfer the starting place to someone else for an administrative fee of 100 CZK.

Prize giving

After each race, all participants will be announced, regardless of the order in the HDR, DH10F, DH10 classes. The top three in the DH12, DH14A, DH14B class and the winners of the other classes.

At the end of the series, the 3 best competitors in the overall ranking of the given class will be announced (7 out of 8 races count).

Club competition

As part of the Czech O-Tour, we are again announcing a year-round club competition. The 12 best results achieved by members of one club across the classes from 8 races are counted. The points earned by children, youth, seniors, younger and older masters are important for the overall placement.

At the end of the series, the top 8 clubs in the overall rating of the club competition will be awarded.

• More about Club competiton

Regulation

• The race is held according to the valid orienteering Rules. Please see the expected times of the winners in the table.
• A protest against violation or non-compliance with the Rules or against a decision of the controller may be submitted in writing, on the spot and supported by a deposit of CZK 400 to the controller.
• Protest against the official results then in writing within 14 days of the publication of the official results – via e-mail to the address rozhodci@o-tour.cz, with a deposit of CZK 400 sent to the organizer’s account.

Electronic punching

The SPORTident electronic punching system will be used, and all versions of SI card are accepted. Contactless punching will be enabled for use with SIAC cards. Only standard SI-cards will be available for hire when entering (fee 50 CZK/race). If lost, compensation 900 CZK will be required.

Organizing body

Czech Orienteering Federation (Český svaz orientačních sportů, Zátopkova 100/2, 169 00 Praha 6 – Břevnov)

Information

On the www.o-tour.cz website or via the mail  info@o-tour.cz.

Kindergarten

Will be provided for the necessary time.

Protection of personal data and photography

The organizer, as a personal data administrator, is entitled to process the personal data of the registered participant for the performance of his/her duties as the organizer of the race, for the purpose of fulfilling the contract that occurs between the organizer and the participant of the race by accepting the entry. For the purpose of fulfilling its obligations, the organizer will publish the participant’s personal data in the valid ČSOS format in the form of an entry, start list and results in the ORIS information system (https://oris.orientacnisporty.cz/) and on the event website (https://www.o-tour.cz).

Photography: During the event, news photographs will be taken to inform the public about the race, billing subsidies for the event, etc. in accordance with Section 89 of Act No. 89/2012 Coll., the Civil Code. In addition, photos can be taken for the personal use of the competitors (as a memory of the races, promoting the club etc.) especially from the prize giving and the finish. In case you do not agree with the photo shooting, please explicitly notify the photographer.

Please note

Everyone participates in the race at their own risk.

We ask participants to behave in a respectful manner towards the environment. Sort the waste into prepared containers.

Information about individual races

• January 26, 2025 – ZOO Praha 
• April 5, 2025 – Žacléř
• July 18–20, 2025 – Moravský kras
• October 25–26, 2025 – Krušné hory