NSW Rogaining Association

Results

Results were last updated at midday on 26/8/12.  Changes were made to the 6 hour Novice category that affect the placings.  The individual team sheets now show the leg distances and speed.  If you do not wish to have your name appear in the results published on this web site, write to Graeme Cooper.

RouteGadget

You can see here the map of the course. Competitors can plot their course for others to see and compare.

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For FaceBook users there is a NSW Rogaining page you can use to share photos, comments etc about your experiences.

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Organiser's Report

Gale force winds and cold conditions did not deter 373 competitors from setting out on this years rogaine at midday on 18 August. A challenging course with steep climbing, many cliff lines and how to include T&D made good route planning a necessary part of the preparation.

Congratulations to all competitors who successfully completed the course in their allotted time and especially to the winners and placegetters in each category. The experienced team of Mike Hotchkis and Alec Deslandes with 1610 points won the 12 hour event from the hot team of Phil Whitten and Stu Adams who scored 1590 points. The 6 hour event was won by Team 61 – David Frazer, Anna Rayward and Duncan Rayward – with an excellent score of 1070 points, however they lost 10 points for being 10 seconds late.

Competitors were once again treated to the culinary delights of the Cardiff Scouts at the hash house and the very welcomed refreshments at the T&D, provided by Sylvia Burgess and her helpers. The T&D site is under the control of the Keepa Keepa aboriginal group and the 2 shipping containers they have stored there proved to be a comfortable place for competitors to shelter from the cold and wind, in fact one competitor was heard to say that he never thought he would ever enjoy sitting inside a shipping container as much as he did that night.

Thanks to the professionalism and skills of the Cooranbong SES with assistance from Jakub Zverina of BWRS a safe retrieval was made of a competitor who had a suspected broken ankle. The injured competitor needed to be stretchered from control 36 to a waiting ambulance. Well done to those who assisted with the retrieval.
The importance of checking in at the finish and accurate information on entry forms etc was highlighted when one team was unaccounted for at the end of the 12 hour event. After an all night exercise by the Safety Officer (Dug Floyd) to locate them, they were found at the camp site early next morning.

An area of some concern and certainly inconvenience is the accuracy of information on entry forms. Correct addresses and emergency phone details can be very useful when there is a need to confirm a team’s status during an event. Also competitors should be aware of the guidelines regarding the criteria for the novice and family categories when entering teams to avoid the confusion of having to amend results because of inaccurate information on entry forms.

Many thanks to the landowners, Paul & Janette Foster, who not only allowed us to use their property but to virtually allow us to take over their house as an admin area after an unfortunate incident on Friday evening. Paul even spent Saturday afternoon collecting firewood for the camp fire.

Although Graeme Cooper was not there ( due to an unexpected illness) he virtually set up the admin for the event from his hospital bed and was available on the day by his phone to solve any problems.

Finally a big thank you to Peter Charlton and his daughter Robyn for the course setting which drew a lot of praise from competitors for its challenge and fairness.

It’s on again next year - 17 August

Bob Gilbert

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