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Regulation of the 5th World Mushroom Championship
Porcino mushroom hunting and picking event Cerreto Laghi (Reggio Emilia), 7th-8th October 2017
Art.1 - Purpose and principles of the competition
Appennino Tosco-Emiliano National Park and Briganti di Cerreto, in collaboration with "Passione Funghi e Tartufi" and the association "A passeggio nel bosco" organise a competition named "World Mushroom Championship", a Porcino mushroom hunting and picking event - Cerreto Laghi (Reggio Emilia), 7th-8th October 2017.
The purposes of the competition are:
Art.2 - Organisation Committee
The Organisation Committee is composed of 5 members:
Art.3 - Eligible participants
The competition is open to individuals in possession of a valid identity document; minors are admitted, provided consent is given in compliance with the law.
Art.4 - Participation
Participants must register by filling in the form (available at the Park offices or online) and submitting it no later than midnight on 30th September 2017. Submissions will be accepted up to a maximum of 500 participants.
Registration fees are:
To register for the team competition, the team captain must make a single payment to cover the total amount (5X20€ or 5X30€ according to the submission date), indicating the team's and the participants' names.
The fee includes:
Art.5 - Competition administrative offices
The competition's secretariat is located at Appennino Tosco Emiliano National Park's offices: Via Comunale n. 23, 54013 - Sassalbo di Fivizzano (MS); info: www.parcoappennino.it/campionato.mondiale.fungo
Art.6 - Competition regulation
According to the principles set out in Art.1, the event is primarily a mushroom-picking competition, but combined with activities promoting respect for the environment (garbage collection) and strengthening the connection between man and nature: it is thus envisaged as a cultural incentive reinforced by competition.
The competition is structured in the following categories:
Mushroom hunting and picking individual World Championship
Participants will try - in compliance with the Regulation and applicable norms, as well as with instructions provided during the information evening on 7th October 2017 - to find and pick: the heaviest basketful of porcino mushrooms; the biggest mushroom; the most handsome mushroom.
Each participant will have to be equipped with a stiff, wicker (or other vegetal fibres) hand-basket; pack baskets or rucksacks are not allowed.
Upon registration, participants will receive a bag (to be placed inside the basket) where up to 3 kilos of mushrooms may be stored; participants can take a small rucksack with them, to carry clothes or hiking material only. Judges will however be entitled to check the contents.
If a participant picks 3 kilos of mushrooms, and especially if he/she manages to do so before the competition is over, he/she will have to go back immediately to the point of departure, to have the bag precisely weighed; if the judges deem the weigh valid, the time of delivery will be marked on a tag to be placed on the bag itself, and the participant will have finished the competition; if, on the contrary, the weigh is judged insufficient, the participant will have the possibility to return in the wood and complete his/her search. It is therefore advisable to be equipped with a small or spring scale, in order to weigh the mushrooms directly in the wood.
When the competition's four hours expire, participants will have to go back to the point of departure to have their bags sealed; participants arriving after the time limit will be disqualified.
If all participants finish the competition at the end of the time limit, they will be ranked according to their bags' weight and, in case of a draw, according to the number of mushrooms picked; if, instead, one or more participants deliver 3 kilos of mushrooms before the time limit, they will be ranked according to the time of arrival.
On the basis of the final ranking, the following prizes will be awarded:
Mushroom hunting and picking Team World Championship
Each team, composed of 5 participants, will try - in compliance with the Regulation and applicable norms, as well as with instructions provided during the information evening on 7th October 2017 - to find and pick the heaviest amount of porcino mushrooms.
Participants to the team competition CANNOT TAKE PART IN THE INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION.
Teams will be ranked by adding together the amounts picked by their 5 members. In case of a draw, the following criteria will be taken into consideration:
number of participants having picked 3 kilos of mushrooms before the time limit
number of mushrooms picked
On the basis of the final ranking, the following prizes will be awarded:
The Championship's face - Selfie with the Mushroom
Participants competing in this category must send an e-mail to turismo@parcoappennino.it with their name and surname, attaching a selfie of their face with a mushroom.
E-mails may be sent after online registration and no later than 30 September 2017.
A "global" jury composed of 5 members and appointed by the Organisation Committee will judge the participating selfies.
The images will remain property of the Park Authority, which may use them for its institutional activities and indicate the name of the author. Prizes will be awarded on 8th October 2017, during prize-giving for the other categories.
Prizes
World Combined Competition of the Apennine
This discipline, already tested during the last edition, merges two challenges for a single final judgement:
Participants to the Combined Competition take part in the Individual Competition as well (not in the Team Competition), and the mushrooms they pick are included in the rankings for the biggest and the most handsome mushroom. Participants will try to pick the heaviest amount of porcino mushrooms, in compliance with both the 3-kilo ceiling and applicable local norms. Participants who, beside the garbage, fail to pick at least one mushroom, may not be ranked. The challenge is over at the end of the time limit: early deliveries are not allowed.
When the competition's four hours expire, participants must go back to the point of departure to have their bags sealed.
Judges will calculate the rankings according to the weight of the mushrooms and of the garbage in equal measure (within the limit posed by the bag's capacity).
Participants wishing to take part in the Combined Competition must state it upon delivery of materials during the information evening.
Prizes:
Art.7 - Competition procedure
The competition will take place on two days, Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th October 2017, according to the following programme:
Saturday, 7th October 2017
10am: Meeting at Cerreto Pass - Nature-and-fungi hike on Mt. Casarola, to discover edible and non-edible mushrooms
Starting from the afternoon:
Handcraft and culinary market
Exhibitions and music in the town's streets
Minimushroom for children: mushrooms to colour and compose, mini mushroom-hunt
4.30pm: "Un mondiale di funghi: porcini e non solo, dall'Italia all'Australia" - Conference by Nicolò Oppicelli, Director of "Passione Funghi & Tartufi"
5.30pm: Compulsory training on environmentally-friendly search and collection of porcino mushrooms and explanation of competition rules; assignment of bib numbers and delivery of materials
8pm: Aperitif time at Palaghiaccio with live music, roast chestnuts and mulled wine
9pm: Live music in Cerreto's streets and bars
Sunday, 8th October 2017
7.30am: Meeting at Palaghiaccio and departure to the competition starting point
8am: Start of competition
12 noon: End of competition
Starting from the morning:
Handcraft and culinary market
Exhibitions and music in the town's streets
"Mushrooms on the table": on occasion of the World Championship, Cerreto's restaurants offer local mushroom menus at a special price
Minimushroom for children: mushrooms to colour and compose, mini mushroom-hunt
3pm: Announcement of the winners, prize-giving and closing party
Art.8 - Admission and exclusion criteria
The organisation committee reserves the right to admit to the competition participants who complied with the registration procedure.
In the case of obvious lacks, candidates will be excluded from the competition.
Art.9 - Jury
The organisation committee appoints a jury composed of five members, chosen among experts in the fields of journalism and photography, and representatives of relevant institutions.
The jury calculates the rankings proposal, on the basis of the necessary measurements and evaluations.
The jury's decision is final and incontestable.
Art.10 - Competition rankings
The organisation committee endorses the proposed rankings calculated by the jury as per Art.9
Art.11 - Publicity
Members of the organisation committee and/or any other authorised individual or institution may advertise the competition.
Art.12 - Participants' obligations
By taking part in the competition, participants unconditionally accept the present Regulation.
Information:
Parco Nazionale Appennino Tosco-Emiliano
Via Comunale, 23 - 54010 Sassalbo di Fivizzano (MS) - Tel. 0585-947200 - turismo@parcoappennino.it
Appennino Tosco-Emiliano National Park and Briganti di Cerreto, in collaboration with "Passione Funghi e Tartufi" and the association "A passeggio nel bosco" organise a competition named "World Mushroom Championship", a Porcino mushroom hunting and picking event - Cerreto Laghi (Reggio Emilia), 7th-8th October 2017.
The purposes of the competition are:
- To train mushroom hunters on sustainable porcino mushroom hunting and picking methods
- To promote environmentally-friendly forms of tourism
- To promote outdoor activities that strengthen the connection between man and nature
- To encourage outdoor activities that have a positive impact on human health
Art.2 - Organisation Committee
The Organisation Committee is composed of 5 members:
- 1 representative of Appennino Tosco-Emiliano National Park
- 1 representative of the cooperative "I Briganti di Cerreto"
- 1 representative of the editorial staff of the mushroom blog at www.parcoappennino.it
- 1 representative of the editorial staff of the magazine "Passione Funghi e Tartufi"
- 1 representative of the association "A passeggio nel bosco"
Art.3 - Eligible participants
The competition is open to individuals in possession of a valid identity document; minors are admitted, provided consent is given in compliance with the law.
Art.4 - Participation
Participants must register by filling in the form (available at the Park offices or online) and submitting it no later than midnight on 30th September 2017. Submissions will be accepted up to a maximum of 500 participants.
Registration fees are:
- €20 per participant, by registering before 15th August 2017
- €30 per participant, by registering after 15th August 2017
To register for the team competition, the team captain must make a single payment to cover the total amount (5X20€ or 5X30€ according to the submission date), indicating the team's and the participants' names.
The fee includes:
- The ticket authorising mushroom picking during the event's two days
- Participation to the COMPULSORY information evening, including admission to the world championship's party
- Admission to the competition
- Discounts at partner shops and restaurants
Art.5 - Competition administrative offices
The competition's secretariat is located at Appennino Tosco Emiliano National Park's offices: Via Comunale n. 23, 54013 - Sassalbo di Fivizzano (MS); info: www.parcoappennino.it/campionato.mondiale.fungo
Art.6 - Competition regulation
According to the principles set out in Art.1, the event is primarily a mushroom-picking competition, but combined with activities promoting respect for the environment (garbage collection) and strengthening the connection between man and nature: it is thus envisaged as a cultural incentive reinforced by competition.
The competition is structured in the following categories:
Mushroom hunting and picking individual World Championship
Participants will try - in compliance with the Regulation and applicable norms, as well as with instructions provided during the information evening on 7th October 2017 - to find and pick: the heaviest basketful of porcino mushrooms; the biggest mushroom; the most handsome mushroom.
Each participant will have to be equipped with a stiff, wicker (or other vegetal fibres) hand-basket; pack baskets or rucksacks are not allowed.
Upon registration, participants will receive a bag (to be placed inside the basket) where up to 3 kilos of mushrooms may be stored; participants can take a small rucksack with them, to carry clothes or hiking material only. Judges will however be entitled to check the contents.
If a participant picks 3 kilos of mushrooms, and especially if he/she manages to do so before the competition is over, he/she will have to go back immediately to the point of departure, to have the bag precisely weighed; if the judges deem the weigh valid, the time of delivery will be marked on a tag to be placed on the bag itself, and the participant will have finished the competition; if, on the contrary, the weigh is judged insufficient, the participant will have the possibility to return in the wood and complete his/her search. It is therefore advisable to be equipped with a small or spring scale, in order to weigh the mushrooms directly in the wood.
When the competition's four hours expire, participants will have to go back to the point of departure to have their bags sealed; participants arriving after the time limit will be disqualified.
If all participants finish the competition at the end of the time limit, they will be ranked according to their bags' weight and, in case of a draw, according to the number of mushrooms picked; if, instead, one or more participants deliver 3 kilos of mushrooms before the time limit, they will be ranked according to the time of arrival.
On the basis of the final ranking, the following prizes will be awarded:
- To the first place winner in the "heaviest basket" category/men
- To the second place winner in the "heaviest basket" category/men
- To the third place winner in the "heaviest basket" category/men
- To the first place winner in the "heaviest basket" category/women
- To the second place winner in the "heaviest basket" category/women
- To the third place winner in the "heaviest basket" category/women
- To the heaviest individual mushroom
- To the most handsome mushroom
Mushroom hunting and picking Team World Championship
Each team, composed of 5 participants, will try - in compliance with the Regulation and applicable norms, as well as with instructions provided during the information evening on 7th October 2017 - to find and pick the heaviest amount of porcino mushrooms.
Participants to the team competition CANNOT TAKE PART IN THE INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION.
Teams will be ranked by adding together the amounts picked by their 5 members. In case of a draw, the following criteria will be taken into consideration:
number of participants having picked 3 kilos of mushrooms before the time limit
number of mushrooms picked
On the basis of the final ranking, the following prizes will be awarded:
- To the first place team
- To the second place team
- To the third place team
The Championship's face - Selfie with the Mushroom
Participants competing in this category must send an e-mail to turismo@parcoappennino.it with their name and surname, attaching a selfie of their face with a mushroom.
E-mails may be sent after online registration and no later than 30 September 2017.
A "global" jury composed of 5 members and appointed by the Organisation Committee will judge the participating selfies.
The images will remain property of the Park Authority, which may use them for its institutional activities and indicate the name of the author. Prizes will be awarded on 8th October 2017, during prize-giving for the other categories.
Prizes
- For the best image
- To the second place winner in the "best image" category
- To the third place winner in the "best image" category
World Combined Competition of the Apennine
This discipline, already tested during the last edition, merges two challenges for a single final judgement:
- Environmental challenge: upon registration, each participant choosing to compete in this discipline will receive a plastic bag, where he/she will store all the garbage he/she finds during the competition; participants may fill the plastic bag completely, but may not use other bags; the type of garbage collected must be compatible with the bag's capacity.
- Mushroom challenge: this discipline forms however an integral part of the individual, traditional competition.
Participants to the Combined Competition take part in the Individual Competition as well (not in the Team Competition), and the mushrooms they pick are included in the rankings for the biggest and the most handsome mushroom. Participants will try to pick the heaviest amount of porcino mushrooms, in compliance with both the 3-kilo ceiling and applicable local norms. Participants who, beside the garbage, fail to pick at least one mushroom, may not be ranked. The challenge is over at the end of the time limit: early deliveries are not allowed.
When the competition's four hours expire, participants must go back to the point of departure to have their bags sealed.
Judges will calculate the rankings according to the weight of the mushrooms and of the garbage in equal measure (within the limit posed by the bag's capacity).
Participants wishing to take part in the Combined Competition must state it upon delivery of materials during the information evening.
Prizes:
- To the first place winner in the "combined competition" category/men
- To the second place winner in the "combined competition" category/men
- To the third place winner in the "combined competition" category/men
- To the first place winner in the "combined competition" category/women
- To the second place winner in the "combined competition" category/women
- To the third place winner in the "combined competition" category/women
Art.7 - Competition procedure
The competition will take place on two days, Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th October 2017, according to the following programme:
Saturday, 7th October 2017
10am: Meeting at Cerreto Pass - Nature-and-fungi hike on Mt. Casarola, to discover edible and non-edible mushrooms
Starting from the afternoon:
Handcraft and culinary market
Exhibitions and music in the town's streets
Minimushroom for children: mushrooms to colour and compose, mini mushroom-hunt
4.30pm: "Un mondiale di funghi: porcini e non solo, dall'Italia all'Australia" - Conference by Nicolò Oppicelli, Director of "Passione Funghi & Tartufi"
5.30pm: Compulsory training on environmentally-friendly search and collection of porcino mushrooms and explanation of competition rules; assignment of bib numbers and delivery of materials
8pm: Aperitif time at Palaghiaccio with live music, roast chestnuts and mulled wine
9pm: Live music in Cerreto's streets and bars
Sunday, 8th October 2017
7.30am: Meeting at Palaghiaccio and departure to the competition starting point
8am: Start of competition
12 noon: End of competition
Starting from the morning:
Handcraft and culinary market
Exhibitions and music in the town's streets
"Mushrooms on the table": on occasion of the World Championship, Cerreto's restaurants offer local mushroom menus at a special price
Minimushroom for children: mushrooms to colour and compose, mini mushroom-hunt
3pm: Announcement of the winners, prize-giving and closing party
Art.8 - Admission and exclusion criteria
The organisation committee reserves the right to admit to the competition participants who complied with the registration procedure.
In the case of obvious lacks, candidates will be excluded from the competition.
Art.9 - Jury
The organisation committee appoints a jury composed of five members, chosen among experts in the fields of journalism and photography, and representatives of relevant institutions.
The jury calculates the rankings proposal, on the basis of the necessary measurements and evaluations.
The jury's decision is final and incontestable.
Art.10 - Competition rankings
The organisation committee endorses the proposed rankings calculated by the jury as per Art.9
Art.11 - Publicity
Members of the organisation committee and/or any other authorised individual or institution may advertise the competition.
Art.12 - Participants' obligations
By taking part in the competition, participants unconditionally accept the present Regulation.
Information:
Parco Nazionale Appennino Tosco-Emiliano
Via Comunale, 23 - 54010 Sassalbo di Fivizzano (MS) - Tel. 0585-947200 - turismo@parcoappennino.it
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