Ciara Smart’s account of the 2017 World Rogaining Championships in Rēzekne, Latvia
Posted on 09/09/2017 by Chris – for Ciara Smart And they say Australia is inhospitable! This year I was lucky enough to travel to Latvia to compete in the World Rogaining Championships, along with nearly a thousand others. At the closing ceremony of the previous World Championships, held near Alice Springs in Australia, I recall the […]
Trev’s Puzzle
Posted on 06/11/2017 by Chris Stevenson Finally, a small puzzle… Dave Williams nominated as his favourite place on the course, “the dramatic knife-edge spur above 92 on the way from 70. We timed it perfectly with great views east just before sunset.” Here is a great example of the difficult country that the top teams […]
Rogaining’s Social Structure
Posted on 10/11/2017 by Chris Stevenson I do not remember much about studying ancient history at school but I do remember the class structure of Ancient Greek society and the “Pentacosiomedimni” whose wealth can be defined as being greater than 500 bags of wheat. Like Ancient Greek society rogaining has its own class structure, of […]
Strategic Plan – What’s Wrong with Rogaining
Posted on 18/11/2017 by Chris Stevenson What’s wrong with Rogaining? I reckon there is nothing wrong with rogaining. I love the sport and I have been happily competing for 23 years now and I am looking forward to giving the Super Veterans a run for their money when I qualify next year. So I am probably […]
Night Navigation
[Due to a server failure in Aug-2019 we have restored this historic post] Posted on 27/02/2018 by Chris Stevenson With the Navigation Workshop coming up in April, I thought I would write some of my thoughts and experiences about night navigation. My first experience of night navigation was during my first event, which was the […]
Outcomes from our 2017 Survey
[Due to a server failure in Aug-2019 we have restored this historic post] Posted on 14/03/2018 by Trevor Gollan We were most pleased with the number of people who participated in our survey over the summer. Thanks again to all who took the time and effort. Further comments are always welcome – that’s what this Forum […]
My Wrap of the Navigation Workshop at Rydal, 14-15 Apr 2018
[Due to a server failure in Aug-2019 we have restored this historic post] Posted on 16/04/2018 by Chris Stevenson Gertrude and Wind The navigation workshop was just great fun. Many newbies and some experienced rogainers learned how to improve their skill of bush navigation from some of our sport’s pros. For my part I was […]
Ian and Trev reminisce – 40 years of rogaining
(from Trevor Gollan, 23 Aug 2019) For 40 years Ian Dempsey has been a regular rogainer and in the 80’s and 90’s had a vital role in organising and promoting the sport in NSW. I first met Ian in 1988 but this year was the first time we’ve teamed together to compete, at the 2019 […]
My Wrap of the Wingello Wingaine, 12 May 2018
Posted on 13/05/2018 by Chris Stevenson On Saturday I competed in the Wingello Wingaine and I was very glad I did. I have competed at Wingello before and I like the area. The bush varies from pine tree plantations to open forest and fight scrub. My partner Julian and I elected to do the 12 […]
World Rogaining Champs 2019 Wrap-up
(from Tristan White, 18 Aug 2019) Last month we had six NSW teams proudly represent us at the World Rogaining Championships in La Molina, Spain on the 27–28th July. We congratulate all teams for making this great journey across the world and completing the event, with NSW (and honorary NSW teams) teams listed below (full […]