Making Rogaining Professional – A History of the Navlight Scoring System
By Tristan White 29-Nov-2019 Those who partook in their first rogaine within the past decade will most likely only know the electronic scoring system known as “Navlight,” used at all NSW (and most other Australian) rogaines. In addition to simplicity of registering or “punching” a tag at the checkpoint and bringing up the results within […]
Paddlegaine 2019, Coordinators Report from Geoff Peel
THE GENESIS While researching the 2017 world orienteering day, Margaret stumbled across a South African based paddle orienteering event and thought – “we can do that”. The seed was planted but it needed a lot of effort to finally germinate. THE EVOLUTION Initially slated as a Newcastle Orienteering event for 20 people or so, we […]
My Wrap of the 2019 Paddlegaine and being on the right side of the Ledger
I was really looking forward to the Paddlegaine and I am very happy I competed and I will remember the event for the rest of my life. I am a semi regular kayaker and have access to a number of different kayaks. Unfortunately, none of the kayaks are racing kayaks, but I had a choice […]