10th ANNIVERSARY OF DOWNSIDE UP IN RUSSIA

RUSSIAN CHALLENGE Charity Ski Race- New Format this Year! The Downside Up Russian Challenge is a charity ski event for corporate teams and private individuals. This annual event raises funds for Russian children with Down syndrome and will take place on 9th February, 2008 at Izmaylovo Lesopark, Moscow from 11am-3pm .

General support

With the support of

All partners

New format this year: New Location- Izmaylovo Lesopark. (metro: Izmaylovskaya) Toilets, changing rooms and other facilities in comfortable Downside Up premises (14A, 3rd Parkovaya street) within a 5 minute walk from Izmaylovskaya metro. Start and Finish line at Downside Up Individual distance races: 3km or 6km Corporate teams are permitted 6 members to a team- not 4! New elements: various tasks in the forest (7 total) Total track distance for all participants - approx. 6km! We will try to arrange tracks for both classical and free style skiing, but this will depend on snow conditions. Traditional mulled wine and shashlyk Prize giving ceremony Opportunities to meet the families and children you support Great team building experience Ski rental is included in fee - please be sure to fill out the appropriate measurements on the registration form

Participants are welcome to invite families and friends but we encourage a minimum donation of 100 rubles from each supporter to reduce the cost of shashlyk, hot tea, and mulled wine. If you are interested in participating this year - please fill complete and return the registration form today at: http://www.downsideup.org/Ski2008/skiforeng2008final.doc For further questions, please contact Jill Smith at 165 55 36 or on jill@sownsideup.org or view the ski presentations at http://www.downsideup.org/Ski2008/Ski2008eng.ppt

Time of Events: 9 th February, 2008

Time	Schedule
9:30	Ski fitting for participants who need to borrow skis.
10:00	Registration: team captains register their teams and receive start numbers, individual participants can also form a team and get registered or register for individual 3 or 6 km races.
10:30	All participants should be ready for the race
10:40	Line up for the opening Ceremony, teams ballot for starting order
11:00	Start of individial 3 and 6km races
11:10	Start of team races, 2 teams will start simultaneously with 5 minute intervals between pairs of teams
After the race the participants can get changed and will be offered mulled wine, hot tea and shashlyk.
13.30 - 14.00 (depending on the finishing time of the last team)	Award Ceremony

Click to see the photo album of the Charity Ski Race 2007