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Estonia:




Facts about Estonia

Geographically, Estonia is on the north-eastern edge of the European Union, bordering Russia and Latvia.

• Finland is a short hop across the sea – just 80 km away.
• There are ferries to Tallinn from Helsinki (Finland) or Stockholm (Sweden).
• Estonia is in the Schengen Area, so they have open borders with the rest of Europe.
• Estonia has a population of just 1.3 million but is larger than Denmark or Holland.
• The Estonian language s a finno-ugric language - resembles most to Finnish and is different from Latvian and Russian language.
• Everyone in tourism speaks good English and often German, Finnish, Russian and Swedish too!
• Estonia was occupied by the Soviets for decades but Estonia sees itself as more influenced by Nordic tastes and traditions - Scandinavia with a twist.
• Occupation by Germans, Swedes and Russians has influenced the architecture of cathedrals, cobbled streets, manor houses and palaces.
• Great food is everywhere and you can even eat marinated bear here!
• In winter it gets very cold and has plenty of snow.
• Roads are traffic jam free.
• Estonia is almost 50% forest.
• Tallinn is the medieval capital and by far the biggest city, with a population of around 400,000.
• Estonia has over 1,500 islands.

The country of beautiful and accurate female archers is hosting the European 3D Championships. The tribes have already started gathering and familiarising themselves.

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The programme follows a familiar pattern for these class of events.


Sunday 14th & 15th Monday September

• Arrival of the Delegations
• 9.30 – 19.00 Team Registration
• 12.00 – 14.00; 17.00 – 19.00 Practice field open for unofficial training

Tuesday 16th September 2014
• 10.00 – 14.00 Equipment inspection and Official Practice
• 15.00 Team Captain’s meeting
• 18.30 Opening Ceremony


Wednesday 17th September 2014
• 08.00 – 09.30 Warm up
• 09.45 Calling of the groups/scorecards/transportation to course Yellow and White
• 10.30 Start: 1st Qualification Round – 24 targets
• Approx. 14.00 till 15.00 Transport back


Thursday 18th September 2014
• 08.00 – 09.30 Warm up
• 09.45 Calling of the groups/scorecards/transportation to course Yellow and White
• 10.30 Start: 2nd Qualification Round – 24 targets
• Approx. 14.00 till 15.00 Transport back



Friday 19th September 2014
• 8.00 – 9.00 Warm up at practice field
• 9.05 Calling of the groups/scorecards/transportation to the courses Yellow, White, Red
• 9.45 Start of 1st Individual Elimination Round – 12 targets
• Shoot-offs (if needed)
• 12.30 – 13.00 Warm up for Teams at practice field
• 13.00 Calling of the teams/scorecards/walking into the courses
• 13.15 Start of Team Elimination Round – 8 targets
• Shoot-offs (if needed)
• 15.00 Calling of the groups/scorecards/walking into the courses
• 15.15 Start of 2nd Individual Elimination Round – 12 targets
• Shoot-offs (if needed)

Saturday 20th September 2014
• 8.30 Warm up possibility for participants in semi-finals and finals
• 9.30 – 12.30 Individual Semi Finals – 4 targets
• 12.45 – 13.30 Team Semi Finals – 4 targets
• 14.15 – 16.00 Individual Bronze and Gold medal matches 4 targets
• 16.15 – 16.50 Team Bronze and Gold medal matches 4 targets
• 17.00 Award Ceremony and Closing Ceremony on the finals field
• 20.00 Disco Party at Nautica Hall (in Hotel), after normal dinner.


Sunday 21 September 2014
Departure of the delegations.

Good weather is forecast.

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Good weather is forecast for the week.

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The day of Unofficial Practice.

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A list of participants can be found here.

Up to date results should be available here once the competition begins.

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The day of Official Practice.

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There may be some photos to be found somewhere...





That's a lot of spares.........

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Opening Ceremony.

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Qualification Day 1.

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