Wow what a day. Well done everyone! A full report and great photos are to come – in the mean time checkout the preliminary results . Issues all resolved – including number 40 identifying as something else (showed up as XP (extra punch) on most printouts)
Schedule on the day
09:00 – 4hr event registration opens
09:50 – 4hr briefing (compulsory)
10:00 – 4hr starts
10:30 – 2hr event registration opens
11:20 – 2hr briefing (Compulsory)
11:30 – 2hr event start
13:30 – 2hr finish
14:00 – 4hr finish
14:30 – Prizegiving
Rogaining is the sport of long distance cross-country navigation. The championship rogaine is a continuous twenty four hour event. Teamwork, endurance, strategy and map reading are features of the sport. Rogaining originated in Australia, where the sport can be traced to the creation of the rules in 1968 and the first intervarsity 24 hour score orienteering competition in 1969.
The objective of rogaining is to collect the highest score by finding checkpoints within a set time limit. Teams of two to five members travel entirely on foot, navigating with the aid of a topographic map and analogue compass. Teams select their own order of visiting checkpoints, in terrain that varies from open countryside to hilly forest. The classic rogaine includes both day and night navigation.
Teams travel at their own pace, and anyone from children to grandparents can experience the personal satisfaction that comes from cross-country navigation at individual levels of competition and comfort.
Rogaining aims to support and encourage people to develop respect for and enjoyment of rural and forest environments; and to encourage the development of navigational skills, self reliance, general fitness, and the ability to work in a team.
