NSW ROGAINING NEWSLETTER 
Number 36 

October 
1992 
In this issue: 
The Lake Macquarie Rogaine - Inside a competitor's mind; all the results and the winner's route. 
World Championships - Top 20; the NSW results and recommendations. 
The President ca!ls us to picnic and ponder. Mamie tells it like it really was. 
Watto wraps up the year. 
Entry for the ACT 12 hr event and the 1993 calendar. 
JAMES JOYCE GOES ROGAINING 
The Lake Macquarie Rogaine, 19th September 1992 
Students of English (Irish?) literature will recognise the 'stream of consciousness' 
style! Or perhaps Trev's computer doesn't have a full stop! 
Bert said at the start that the Lake Macquarie 12-hour was for the road runners; he also said that you had to get #44 from the roads; he was right on both counts. 
Our journey was: with the pack to #18, #22, straight to #23 through the paint-gun course, water stop to #31 and #46 via the Telecom track; messed #33 because we assumed the flag would be some 50m below the road; only tweaked after reading the control description; John Roberts and Karl Schubert teams were also confused; pleasant ridge once you climbed it before the descent to #62; down to the first creek junction then the N-E spur towards #54; didn't climb high enough and traversed through scunge to #54 under a cliffline; it would have been much easier on top of the cliff; steep descent to #39 and tried to go straight to #44 but 30 minutes struggle saw us turned back by the lantana; back in the creekbed downstream to the road; eventually found road but it didn't match the map; we'd taken much longer than anticipated to get this far, had hoped to be at #60 by dark; the gloom in Bangalow Creek suggested early dusk, so dejectedly abandoned #44; met a guy with a massive mastiff hunting pig then climbed northwards towards #43; Netta & Mamie then Ian & Arthur were encountered before #43 - they were leading the contingent who were doing the anti-clockwise loop of the course; easy and pleasant traverse from #43 to #42 then #51; extracted torch and raincoat about half way up hill from #51 to road, things were looking very dismal; encountered a throng on the road to #41 and #45,20-30 people going the opposite direction; no water left at the water drop but we'd carried enough to avoid a problem - did affect other teams I'm told; removed raincoats after #50 then enjoyed a delightful stroll along the road to #4~ wilh good views of city lights Cessnock, Kurri Kurri, Maitland in the west and the southern Newcastle suburbs in the east; half a dozen mopokes choralled our passage; straight to #61; skirted cliffs to the road but lost concentration near #48; walked 300-400 metres beyond attack point, concerned about lack of time to midnight so tried to find it from wrong place; instead found a gully and tree with red electrical tape so conceded defeat; relocated to the knoll beside the road then, confidence shaken again, used the road to the power lines and spiked #35; but a good bearing towards #32 didn't work properly; had our last drink stop on road below #32; 80 minutes left, so reviewed our plan to skip #32; Julian, Steve & Watto passed rowdily by and we travelled with them to #38, #21 and expressway; made one pass at #11, didn't see it but didn't have time to search; home with about 5 minutes to spare. 
Normal regrets; missing #48 was just carelessness; could have got #32 if hadn't wasted time at #48; could have got #11 and still finished on time; but #44 was the main anguish; no way we could have predicted such impenetrable bush; guess that's the luck of the game. The people approaching from the north would naturally aim to use the roads but all who tried from the south had difficulty; knocked the stuffing out of 
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us for a while; partner Steve went well; he's fitter and faster than I (who isn't?); he also suggested we use the roads to #44 and lover-ruled him! 
It was a good event, and great preparation for the World Champs; a notable lack of animals on the course, no wallaby prints even; and we ought to arrange some sort of megaphone for the start - there was no way Ian could speak to 250 people in those conditions! Tom and David were worthy winners; good to see close competition for the prizemoney. Check out their course - they used the roads and even made some mistakes, also getting confused at #33! 
Some people told me that they were disappointed that Ian & Arthur didn't win the $1000, considering their (especially lan's) performance and faithfulness to the sport over the last few years. I don't agree. Bert's intention of raising a significant prize was to attract the elite athletes to the sport. Although only one team was enticed (and I don't know if the cash was the reason for their entry or not) the reputation of the event should spread and, perhaps, attract more quality teams next year. Ian and Arthur should be complimented in that it took such a classy team to beat them. The vast majority of participants were unaware and unaffected by the prize money. There will not be similar prizes offered at other NSWRA events - cash-for-dash is definitely limited to the Lake Macquarie City Games! 
Trevor GoHan 

LAKE MACQUARIE 12 HOUR ROGAINE 	Sugarloaf Range 		19th September, 1992 		
0 		Team 	Score 	M 	W 	X 	V 	N 	
1 	Tom Landon-Smith, David Hislop 	49 	1070 	1 					
2 	Ian McKenzie, Arthur Kingsland 	76 	1050 	2 					
3 	Julian Ledger, Steve Keenlyside, Peter Watterson 	3 	930 	3 					
4 	Mamie Holmes, Netta Holmes 	51 	840 		1 				
5 	Michael Kenderes, Karl Winkler 	50 	810 	4 					
6 	Simon George, Jo Parr 	101 	800 			I 			
7 	Brad Maund, Karen Maund, Ross Parker 	70 	800 			2 			
8 	Trevor Gollan, Stephen Cliffe 	40 	730 	5 					
9 	Tom Cordingley, Ken Skardon 	31 	700 	6 					
10 	David Dash, Ian Deck 	12 	670 				1 		
11 	Wil DeSain, Brett Rapley 	8 	660 	7 					
12 	John Hodsdon, Val Hodsdon 	59 	660 				2 		
13 	Ian Carr, Kevin Rogers 	21 	650 	8 					
14 	Mike Hotchkis, Neil Bourne 	88 	640 	9 					
IS 	Rodger Austen, Eric Metzke 	53 	630 				3 		
16 	Geoff Bailey, Kate Malfroy 	74 	620 			3 			
17 	Richard McNeall, Steve Carrick 	II 	620 	10 					
18 	Paul Naske, Gavin Jefferies 	22 	610 	11 					
19 	Anthony Maloney, John LeCarpentier 	98 	610 	12 					
20 	Damian Welbourne, Anthony Darr 	77 	590 	13 					
21 	Robyn Tuft, Meg Thornton 	57 	580 		2 				
22 	Ian Rank, David Rank 	15 	580 	14 					
23 	W A Mills, Bryce Jamieson 	6 	570 				4 		
24 	Ian Hawkes, Cameron Shorter 	34 	570 	15 					
25 	Peter Coventry, Phil Buchan 	20 	560 	16 					
26 	Lynn Morris, Jim Meek 	39 	550 			4 			
27 	Robert Walter, Michael Bergman 	68 	540 	17 					
28 	Peter Whitfield, Adrian Purnell 	79 	540 	18 					
29 	Jennifer Borrell, Terry Funk, John Keats 	26 	530 				5 		
30 	David Hamaty, Sabina Hamaty 	5 	520 			5 			
31 	Peter Harvey, Lynette Gett 	10 	510 			6 			
32 	John Bevin, Stephen Warr 	69 	500 			7 			
33 	Lindsay Young, Judy Young 	55 	500 			8 			
34 	Alan Mansfield, Sonia Kupina 	75 	500 			9 			
35 	David Palmisano, Richard Connors, Grant Maizels, 	16 	490 	19 					
	David Green 								
36 	Peter Cosgrove, Geoff Holman 	99 	490 	20 					
37 	Lara D'Abreo, Mel Miln 	35 	480 		3 				
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a 					Team 	Score 	M 	W 	X 	V 	N 	
38 	Betty Chen, Robert O'Connor 			44 	480 			10 			
39 	Merv English, Anne Francis 			41 	470 			11 			
40 	Bruce McCaulay, Murray Austin, Chris Minno 	43 	460 	21 					
41 	Stewart Amery, Phillipa Lowe 			78 	450 					1 	
42 	Gordon Johnson, David Thompson, Jarrad Henderson 	61 	450 	22 					
43 	Jacqui Bridge, Robert Spence, Glenda Beehag 	94 	450 			12 			
44 	Paul Morgan, Robert Whitelaw, Ian Griffiths, Gary Joyce 23 	440 	23 					
45 	Chris Mill, Peter Brown, Robin Russell 	45 	440 					2 	
46 	John Ulrichsen, Annie Whynoume 	36 	430 			13 			
47 	Richard Stanaway, William Doyle 	100 	420 	24 					
48 	Bruce Chessman, Carl Chessman 			2 	420 	25 					
49 	Roz Atkins, Frances Martin, Kerry Gilmore 	81 	420 		4 				
50 	Karl Schubert, Gary West 			29 	420 	26 					
51 	Stephen Castle, Robert Loader, Anthony Dunk 	24 	390 	27 					
52 	Kaye Thomas, Alison Senkalski, Bob Gilbert 	52 	370 			14 			
53 	Jitka Kopriva, Rollin Burford 			4 	340 			15 			
54 	Geoff Morley, Michael Jaeger, John Sneddon 	62 	340 	28 					
55 	Daniel O'Connor, Catriona Webster, Craig Allen 	95 	320 			16 			
56 	Bill Pigram, Graeme Robinson 			13 	310 	29 					
57 	Jim Sligar, Lorraine Sligar 			97 	300 			17 			
58 	Nicky Styles, Mark Nicholls 			58 	300 			18 			
59 	Vicki Cooper, Graeme Cooper 			32 	300 				6 		
60 	F Rosser, Rodney Avery 			72 	290 	30 					
61 	Mark Porter, George Liepens 			33 	290 				7 		
62 	George Collins, Christopher Collins 	89 	260 	31 					
63 	Mike Garben, Ingrid Van Der Lee 	83 	260 			19 			
64 	Robert Kenderes, Peter Armitstead 	S4 	260 	32 					
65 	Julie Gray, Peter Gray, Phillip Allen 	9 	250 			20 			
66 	Stephen Harrison, Kitty Harrison 			27 	250 			21 			
67 	Jim Seabrook, Thea Seabrook 			47 	250 				8 		
68 	Tony Bond, Jennie Bond 			87 	240 				9 		
69 	J W Roberts, Andrew Buckle, Don Christie, 	96 	240 	33 					
	Trevor Bissaker 										
70 	Andrew Smith, Adam Everingham 	65 	240 					3 	
71 	Mike Hanrauy, Richard Palmer, Tracey-Ann Palmer 	71 	230 			22 			
72 	Anna Povey, Kevin Roberts, Steven Davis, 	48 	230 			23 			
	Penelope Brown 										
73 	Alf Torrisi, Regina Torrisi 			7 	230 			24 			
74 	Gail Roland, Hans Roland 			17 	230 			25 			
75 	Robert Coulston, Yannick Coulston, Cyril Kirkland 	42 	220 			26 			
76 	Renate Griffith, Margaret Shiel, Sue Bremnar 	80 	220 		5 				
77 	Michael Nelson, Rebecca Webb 			30 	210 			27 			
78 	Victor Poulos, Julie Tay, Cannella Harding, 	91 	210 			28 			
	Clive Chamberlain 										
79 	Peter Diegutis, Jenny Allen, Pat Ewing, Peter McGratt 	90 	210 			29 			
80 	John Waddell, Sean Conn, Michael Baglee 	63 	210 	34 					
81 	Darren Blanch, Janice Sandoz 			93 	210 			30 			
82 	Matthew Weuon, Brian Hooper, Robert Murphy 	67 	190 	35 					
83 	Michael Godfrey, Pauline Godfrey, Alan Murphy 	66 	190 				10 		
84 	Peter Beresford, Sharon Oxen bridge 	60 	180 			31 			
85 	Lynne Dunbar, Judy Panter 			56 	170 		6 				
86 	Jessica Roach, Damien Hollinshed, Gavin Gilroy 	64 	160 			32 			
87 	Kerri Rath, Peter Davis 			86 	120 			33 			
88 	lain McKenzie, Douglas McKenzie, Tamara McKenzie, 	25 	70 			34 			
	Jennifer McKenzie 										
89 	Lee Clark, Nadia Bernardi 			46 	50 			35 			
90 	Janet McLennan, Michael Picklin 	54 	50 					4 	
91 	Harry Cotton, Robert Cotton 			38 		36 					
o - Overall 	M - men 	W - women 	X-mixed 		V - veteran 		N - novice 		
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WORLD WISDOM 
1st WRC, Beech worth, 9th-10th October, 1992 
The first Rogaining World Championships held in Victoria lived up to expectations as an event to be remembered by the NSW crowd who made it down there. It was on the competitive side but enjoyable all the same. And yes, it was on the same weekend as the floods in the area which made creek crossings a potentially serious affair and one part of the course was bisected by impassable water. 
It was wet. Wet at the start and on and off during the event. A bit miserable at times but nothing a good bit of rain gear couldn't handle. At least the moon came out for the first part of the night and made 
navigation much easier. 
The course? Centred on the town of Beechworth it was enormous. So big that after about 23 hours of stomping we had only covered about one third. The 1:50,000 scale meant lots of walking for not much movement across the map. Variety, however, it did have with both wet and dry type forest, both thick and open, also there were pine plantations, farmland and regrowth forest areas. Lots of gold mining meant diggings, ditches, inpenetrable blackberries and everybody's favourite mineshafts. One lucky fellow even fell down one at lam, breaking his torch on the way. It took his partner 3 hours to get help and for the party to refind his mineshaft and rescue him. He was fortunately relatively unhurt and did at least win a spot prize for his troubles! 

We all survived - both the Rogaine and the bush dance that evening. If we grumbled about the extent of the tracks, the weather, the competition (ultra runners?) etc then there is always the next event .... 
One thing that a World Championship brought to mind was just how is the average Rogaining team to get the jump on the competition. Perhaps a technological edge. The coordinator, Geoff Hook, listed in his pre event briefing all the things we were not allowed to take with us on the course. No pedometers (mechanical or digital) to measure distance travelled, no altimeters and no global positioning systems. In case the last one hasn't caught up with you it is a useful little number retailing at around $2500 and said to be accurate to 10 metres. To quote the manufacturers (who must have a rogainer working in their copy writing section) 
" no matter where you are in the world, this revolutionary new handheld navigational tool determines the exact time, latitude, longitude, altitude and more - by satellite! Its rugged, lightweight design makes it perfect for outdoor adventures." 
Sadly whoever thought up the Rogaining rules anticipated all such things when they wrote "thou shalt not take any other navigational aid than a map and compass." Where does this lead the ambitious rogainer - carbon fibre whistle? chlorofibre undies? gore-tex beanie? superstatic shoe laces? 
Part of the good sized NSW contingent travelled by Coaster bus and on the way home collected their particular hints for other rogainers. Here's what they came up with: - 
	Peter Watterson 	Take 2 rolls of quality 'contact' and wear a good looking hat. 
	Meg Thornton 	(Meg's counterattack for cramp attack) 3.5 mg of sodium bicarbonate (baking 
soda) + 1.5 mg of potassium bicarbonate dissolved in 100 rnl of water and taken every 8 hours for 48 hours prior to the event. 
Don't wear Nike Air joggers (deflate on barbed wire fences). 
	Frank Anderson 	Take lots of bananas. 
	Sonia Kupina 	Use a compass with a counter - for pace counting. 
Always get a team mate to check the control card has been punched. Take a couple of cartons of Two Fruits. 
	Alan Mansfield 	President's health warning - Rogaining is compulsive and addictive - beware! 
Ankle problems - try strapping them but remember to shave first. 
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	Robyn Tuft 	Beat 'contact' - use a Coglans sealing mapcase - its recyleable. 
Be friendly to your knees - don't do the Subaru Oassic one week prior to rogaine 
	Steve Keenlyside 	Have fun, keep laughing and don't forget your vitamins. And you may as well run 
everywhere because you are going to be cactussed by the end anyway. 
	Trevor Gollan 	Take a beanie and don't follow other teams - they are probably lost. 
	Jennifer Borrel 	A void blisters with 2 pairs of wool socks and some vaseline on your toes. 
Ward's saline (glucose) for energy. 
	Jenny Anderson 	Glucodin glucose tablets and power bars for energy. Let Frank carry most of the 
bananas. 
	Andy Blakers 	(Andy got off the bus at Yass but had he been asked he might have said - "Eat a 
lot, then eat more and don't forget the carbos".) 
	Julian Ledger 	Take a solid fuel stove and have a brew on the course (only known way of 
stopping Steve Keenlyside in mid flight). 
	Mike Billinghurst 	Training - one schooner per km anticipated travel. 
Urgently seek alternative engagement. 
	Maurice Ripley 	(Not on bus but Peter W said he would have said "The more you eat the less you 
throw up".) 
	Mike Hotchkis 	Don't listen to the advice of other Rogainers. 	I 
The bus crew were also surveyed to find out the preferred torch. A clear winner was the Petzl zoom head torch taking either 3 AA batteries or one 4.5 V battery. Others varied from handheld cheap and light penlights, to Eveready 2 0 battery torch with halogen bulb, to heavier numbers like the Dolphin or 6 V Eveready. At the top end was Frank A's $200+ Swedish Miva - headmounted, hallogen bulb, six battery rechargeable unit (not actually used on the day). 
Finally, what do you do when you finally find the control and your partner is somewhere up the gully in the dark - within earshot of course. Yell "I've found it" and get swamped in the crush of other teams. Here for your guidance and assistance are the secret code words of some of NSW's top teams:- 
	"WOMBA TS" 	"ANY LUCK?" 	"CONT ACT!" 	"KANGAROOS" 
Julian Ledger 
1st WORLD ROGAINING CHAMPIONSHIPS 	Beechworth, Victoria 		9th-10th October, 1992 		
0 			Score 	M 	W 	X 	V 	J 	
1 	James Russell, Michael Walters 	Vic 	1330 	1 					
2 	Paul McComb, Andrew McComb 	SA 	1320 	2 					
3 	Greg Barbour, Eddie Wymer 	NZ/Vic 	1270 	3 			I 	
4 	Peter Gagarin, Fred Pilon 	USA 	1190 	4 			1 		
5 	Andy Buchanan, Dave Lawrie, Peter Squires 	NZ 	1180 	5 			2 		
6 	Martin Jackson •• Ian Kluckow 	Vic 	1100 	6 					
7 	Paul Hoopman, Greg Rowberry 	SA 	1090 	7 			3 		
8 	Geoff Mercer, Peter Taylor 	SA 	1060 	8 					
9 	Tony Woolford, Barb Gare, Adam Smith 	SA 	1050 			1 			
10 	Grant Jeffrey, Ian Thomas 	Vic 	1050 	.9 					
11 	Michael Wood, Ted Van Geldermaisen 	NZ 	1030 	10 					
12 	Paul Frylink, Gordon Nightingale 	ACT 	1030 	11 					
13 	Steve Gurney, Ross Wakelin, Marcus King 	NZ 	1020 	12 					
14 	C Benn, P Cromie 	UK 	1010 	13 					
15 	Fredrik Trahn, P Enochsson 	Sweden 	1000 	14 					
16 	Ian McKenzie, Blair Trewin 	NSW/ACT 	990 	15 					
17 	Stephen Keenlyside, Julian Ledger 	NSW 	960 	16 					
18 	Ian Dempsey, Andrew Blakers 	NSW/ACT 	950 	17 					
19 	Nigel Alyott, Mal Grimmett 	Vic 	950 	18 					
20 	Richard Matthews, D Muir 	WA 	940 	19 			4 		
21 	Frank Anderson, Jenny Anderson 	NSW 	920 			2 			
28 	Maurice Ripley, Peter Wauerson 	NSW 	900 	27 					
31 	Bert & Dianne Van Netten, Phil Creaser 	NSW/ACf 	880 			3 	8 		
39 	Mamie Holmes, Netta Holmes 	NSW 	810 		2 				
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0 					Score 	M 	W 	X 	V 	J 	
50 	T Perrott, R Simmons 		NSW/Vic 	770 	41 					
51 	Sue Clarke, Tony Maloney 		NSW 	760 			6 			
54 	Mike Hotchkis, Ron Hutchings 		NSW 	740 	44 					
63 	George Collins, Trevor Gollan 		NSW 	690 	51 					
67 	Simon George, Joanna Parr 		NSW 	670 			8 			
69 	Cameron Osborne, Mike Billinghurst 	NSW 	670 	56 					
75 	Robert Walter, Alexander Idnurm 		NSW/ACT 	610 	61 				2 	
102 	Bob Bunbury, P Lawrence 		NSW/Vic 	510 	78 			27 		
III 	Anitra Kenny, Alex McGregor 		NSW/ACT 	490 			23 			
116 	Meg Thornton, Robyn Tuft 		NSW 	460 		8 				
139 	Jennifer Borrell, Terry Funk 		NSW 	370 		12 		40 		
147 	D Roberston, Karl Schubert 		NSW 	340 	101 					
159 	M Lenny, Roger Patrick 		NSW 	300 	110 					
165 	Sonia Kupina, Alan Mansfield 		NSW 	250 			39 			
173 	John Hodsdon, Val Hodsdon 		NSW 	160 			43 	51 		
176 	C Rehberg, Rebecca Webb 		NSW 	140 			44 		9 	
182 	S Inman, Michael Nelson 		NSW 	120 	118 					
185 	S Gardner, A Herring 		NSW 	60 		19 				
o - Overall 	M - men 	W - women 	X - mixed 		V - veteran 		J - junior 		
The ideal Christmas gift? 

In the tradition of fine photographic albums of uniquely Australian architecture such as Historic Woolsheds of South Australia ,Railway Stations of Inland NSW and Public Toilets of Southeastern Queensland comes Hash Houses of 1992. Order your copy now from your local rogaining association! 

Clockwise from top: the 'Plum Pudding', Manilla; Wakefield Community Hall, LMCG; Beechworth football ground, WRC. 
	
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And now ... THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT! 
So that's the big event of '92, the World Championships, run and won. It certainly was long and large as forecast by the course setter, David Rowlands. Congratulations to the VRA and the WRC team for a tremendous event. And congratulations to our place getters: 
Frank and Jenny Anderson, 2nd in the mixed. Netta and Mamie Holmes, 2nd in the women's. 
Robert Walter and Alexander Idnurm(ACf), 2nd in the junior. 
Bert and Dianne Van Netten and Phil Creaser(ACf), 3rd in the mixed. 
Also to all the other NSW rogainers who entered and supported the event. The first 20 placings and all the NSW results are in this newsletter. 
Bert Van Netten, Ian Dempsey and the Bankstown Bushwalkers ran a fine event back in September as part of the Lake Macquarie City Games (Alan must have come in before the rain!) That was our last event for the year although the ACTRA are running a 12 hour on the 7th November (entry enclosed, but you'll have to be quick!) and, further away, the Tasmanians, Victorians and Queenslanders are offering events on the the 7th or 14th. So there's still a chance to get out again before the Christmas break. Next year we start 
	early with a Metrogaine (our first) in March. 	/~, 
	One of the big successes of 1992 has been the availability of child-minding at 	~ 	4 
	the events and we thank Anne Francis for motivating us in that direction. 	~~~~ 
	Hopefully we'll have other folk willing to take their tum in 1993 so that 	. ~~.~~' 
	parenthood needn't mean couples never rogaine together again! 	\~ .. ~~ i~ 
	Talking about 1993, Warwick Marsden has offered his backyard up at 	0f. _ ~ ··b.~·: 
	Faulconbridge for a barbeque, cum Christmas party, cum general meeting, on 	.. ' ~ 
	Saturday 28th November. It is intended that this be an opportunity for 	= _ \;plD 
	rogainers and their families to socialise and discuss the coming year and 	~c:::::lC>_ ~ 
debate some issues that are difficult to discuss fully at committee meetings. The venue may change to elsewhere in the lower Blue Mountains if numbers are large. Please contact Warwick (047 51 1892) or myself (02 6654925) by mid-November. If you can't make it on that day but have some thoughts on how we might improve any aspect of rogaining, please talk to a committee member or write an article for the newsletter. The editor will be glad to receive it - he's waited long enough for this one from me! 
Whither rogaining indeed! Read back through this year's newsletters and you will find positive and thoughtful contributions covering many aspects of our sport. These make a good starting point for the November barbeque. (] hope not everybody uses their newsletters in this way!). Below are some things I think we could discuss that might improve rogaining (in no particular order). 
It Improve water drops on the course or have none. Perhaps competitors should carry sufficient water ~ 
	themselves? 	~ 
It Buy or hire a loud hailer for last minute briefings. Use a whiteboard to provide general instructions and final details. 
It Promote the sport by providing the scouting movement with our calendar, advertising in Wild magazine etc. Approach magazines such as Inside Sport and specialist outdoor sports magazines and provide them with our calendar and information about rogaining. Compile results early (yes please!) 
and submit them to newspapers for publication .. 
It Define what makes a good rogaine . 
•• Try to run a bus to as many events as possible . 
•• What can we do for novices before and during an event? 
•• Name tags for the organising team. 
There are probably dozens of subjects we need to look at. Contact a committee member or we'll see you in November. It's your sport. 

Alan Mansfield 
This Newsletter is produced by the NSW Rogaining Association and printed by the University of Wollongong Printery. Contributions. especially photographs. are always welcome and should be sent to 20 Viburnum Road, Loftus NSW 2232. Wordprocessor text files on diskette will save us retyping your article. Both mM and Macintosh formats are acceptable. Alternatively, you could try electronic mail to gcZ@nucleus.ansto.gov.au. 
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ROGAINING WITH MY SISTER 
Out on the course with Marnie and Netta at the Plum Pudding Rogaine. 
It should perhaps have been a warning to me when Netta first said that if you can go rogaining with a friend AND still remain friends at the end of 12 or 24 hours then you'll be friends for life! I fiercely resisted the physical and mental torture of rogaining for several years after she first mentioned it. But one by one her erstwhile partners went overseas. And then I was left and, for some now-forgotten reason, accepted her invitation to compete with her in the Murrumbo event (1989 NSW Champs). What an introduction to the sport! It was a great course (except for a checkpoint or two supposedly located in one of those notorious 'gullies' down on the open flat) but we (to be fair - I) fell to the cold and empty tummy syndrome and learnt that one must eat lots to be able to keep going. Nevertheless, after that I was hooked on to this sport where the mental challenge at least equals that of the physical. 
From that time on, at the end of each rogaine and sometimes in the middle too, we talk about the things we've learnt during the various events. It's amazing how motivating it is at 3 am, when you've got wet feet and it seems that you must have gone past the checkpoint you're searching for, to laugh about the time you (sorry, I mean I) forgot to punch the control card at that first 100 point control and how we'll never do that again! In our minds we catalogue the list of 'Things we have Learnt'. This is not the time to expound on the items of that list but keep your eyes on coming issues ofthe Newsletter. 
However, I would like to briefly mention a few things we learnt at the Plum Pudding Rogaine. We planned a great route and, calculating distance, speed and terrain, expected to cover a goodly portion of the green (high-scoring) part of the map. I had just returned to Australia from a couple of weeks walking in the Austrian and Swiss Alps where the peaks of the mountains looked over the tops of the clouds at an altitude that no mountain should be! These little Australian hills, nothing over 900 metres, would be easy! Well, I was mistaken. When contours make a red blur across the map, it means STEEP, even if they are only 10 m contours. Which leads me to Point #1 - Never underestimate the power of the contour! 
When it started to rain only minutes after the start we looked at each other, my stubborn sister and I, laughed and said that a bit of rain wouldn't deter us! So we continued along with our plunge through the bush. It wasn't long afterwards that it came time to ford the river. So, holding hands to brace ourselves. against the current, we stepped out into the water. After we passed through the fastest flowing section, Netta let go of my hand to step onto the bank and suddenly just sat down in the water!! I just looked in amazement. Although she has been know to do one or two strange things before, I was in no way prepared for that! Laughing so much that I almost tumbled in myself, I grabbed her arm, pulled her out and reminded her of our decision only a few minutes before not to let the water deter us. I was assured that this was different. I'm not quite sure how but it wasn't the time or place to press on with that discussion! Point # 2 - Don't go swimming during the early hours of a rogaine! 
For various reasons, we ended up back at the Hash House earlier than we usually do and so we were able to leisurely appreciate the good food, hot bonfire and lazy conversation while waiting for those other crazy people to come in out of the hills. This is Point #3 - The Hash House before midnight is a remarkably pleasant place to be! 
Now we are looking forward to our next rogaines - Lake Macquarie and the WRC near Benalla. (And they did very well at both!) And what joys are being designed already for next year? Armed with all the things we have learnt, certain that there can't be too many more to find out by bitter experience 0), we hope to be out there on the hills again soon, my sister and me! 
Climb 50 Peaks 
On 17th-18th April, 1993, when rogainers will be limbering down from the Autumn 24 hour event scheduled over Easter, there's an activity which may entice you out into the bush again. This is the 50 Peaks Event which is designed to celebrate YHA's 50th anniversary in NSW and involves teams simultaneously climbing the best 50 mountain peaks in NSW / ACT over one weekend. If this appeals to you then read the brochure included with this newsletter and enter now. Although it is best to enter by the first deadline of 9th November, late entries are also acceptable. Enquiries to Julian Ledger (02 261 1111). 
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Mamie Holmes 

Guest Editorial - YOUR EAR IN WE VIEW 
What a great rogaining year it has been. The highlight, of course, was the 1st World Championships, last weekend around Beechworth, Vic. The open winners, Victorians, Mike Walters and Jim Russell, won by just 10 points, whereas they were second by 150 points in the 92 Vic champs, to the McComb brothers of SA (who came in second this time). We in NSW are a little off the pace, I'm afraid. Trev Gollan and I won our champs at Wuuluman this year walking about 70 km - the top southerners do about 110 km. 

The 12 hour event in September - the "Dash for Cash". Bert and Ian certainly motivated us with $1000 prize money. But that only seemed to attract one new 'gun' team, Dave Hislop and Tom Landon-Smith (who won). So I hope we don't try such cash incentives again. The 1st World Champs got only fame and seemed content with it. However, Trev did win a compass, a spot prize courtesy Paddy Pallin, and Bert, Di and Phil Creaser (3rd in mixed) won a bottle of port, courtesy me. What can we do to improve, team? We do need a few more fit masochists -look around amongst your friends! We might try getting The Sydney Morning Herald to print the placegetters (they didn't have the World's results, whereas The Age did), to make our winners feel good. Why not also subsume the ACTRA - if they don't like it, we'll charge them rent when using NSW land! But let's not worry. As our numbers grow, so will our strength and experience and perhaps by 1994, when we host the Aus Champs, we'll surprise them. In the women's, mixed and junior categories, we already have several stars - congratulations to Mamie & Netta; Frank & Jenny and Robert, runners-up at the World Champs! 

Sorry about the above to those sensible members who don't care less about winning. 30 km is still a lengthy weekend bushwalk and, on a rogaine, food, map, campsite and good company are all provided! Thanks to our organisers, bless them. This year, they excelled in giving us some World Championship scale courses: 
Netta, Warwick and Tony at Wuuluman; Rodger and Erik at Mangrove Mountain; Graeme and Vicki at the 'Plum Pudding'; Bert and Ian at Newcastle; plus all their helpers. 
	Three cheers!. Ooroo. 	Peter Watterson 
And in the next twelve months 
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November 7 	ACTRA 12-hour 		
November 28 	Barbeque and Think Tank 	Warwick's 	
March 7 	Metrogaine 	Sydney 	
April 10-11 	Autumn 24 -hour 		
June 26-27 	Search and Rescue Rogaine 	Bell 	
July 10-11 	Paddy Pallin Rogaine 	Blue Mountains 	
August 28-29 	NSW Championships 	South Coast 	
October 30 	Spring 12-hour 		
NSWRA Committee 1992/1993 
President 	Alan Mansfield 	4/68 St Thomas St, Clovelly 2031 . 	02 665 4925 	
Secretary 	Trevor Gollan 	39 Greenslopes Ave, Mt Ousley 2519 	042854053 	
Treasurer 	Tony Maloney 	560 Mowbray Rd, Lane Cove 2066 	02 428 2001 	
Edi tor 	George Collins 	20 Viburnum Rd, Loftus 2232 	02521 4342 	
Publicity 	Julian Ledger 	108 Cressy Rd, East Ryde 2112 	02 888 1954 	
ARA Rep. 	Ian Dempsey 	138 Tirriki St, Charlestown 2290 	049 43 5790 	
Committee 	Graeme Cooper 	Ouny Rd MSF2005, Armidale 2350 	067 72 3584 	
	Anne Francis 	62A Delmar Pde, Dee Why 2099 	02 982 4836 	
	John Keats 	109 Mississippi Rd, Seven Hills 2147 	02 636 2364 	
	Sonia Kupina 	4/68 St Thomas St, Oovelly 2031 	02 665 4925 	
	David Sigley 	7 Keith St, Peakhurst 2210 	02 53 9937 	
	Warwick Marsden 	35 Grose Rd, Faulconbridge 2776 	047 51 1892 	
	Peter Watterson 	13 Driver St, Denistone 2114 	02 804 6091