Thursday 21 December 2017

2017 Results

Christmas Rogaine 2017 Results








Team Name Team Members Category Late Score
The Merry Manuka Nick Hann, Tane Cambridge Open Mens 0 2310
Rudolph and Santa Tim "Rudolph" Farrant, Greig "Santa" Hamilton Open Mens 4 1880
Martin & Nicole Martin Peat, Nicole Symons Open Mixed 0 1530
Hollands Daniel Holland, Kellie holland Open Mixed 0 1410
PD Peter Cleary, Dominic Open Mens 0 1410
Nick & Stru Struan Webb, Nick Ross Open Mens 0 1360
Compass Conundrum Nydia Castle, Hamish Castle Open Mixed 0 1310
The Tortoise and the Hare David Ruddenklau, Paul Churton Open Mens 0 1250
Ian Huntsman Ian Huntsman Open Mens 0 1230
Metherell Alister Metherell, Cameron Metherell Open Mens 0 1230
Crac face Mark , Jared McCracken Open Mens 0 1190
Solo Sally Sally Lochhead, Clare McLennan Open Womens 0 1160
The Hew Chris Hewlett, Phil Hewlett Open Mens 0 1140
Interlopers Lisa Cutfield , Nick Lhuede Open Mixed 0 1130
Meg & Aaron Meg Masen, Aaron Cach Open Mixed 0 1130
Awesome Foursome Mike Carrigan, Berit Jensen, Frances Charters, Neil Charters Open Mixed 0 1090
Kate & Sophie Kate Salmon, Sophie Harrison Open Womens 0 1090
It's all blurry Joy Talbot, Aiden King, Dave Evans Open Mixed 0 1080
PeMaRu Peter Taylor, Malea Zygadlo, Ruth Ball Open Mixed 4 1080
Pickwickian Pohutukawa Felix Harrison, Logan Fann Junior Mixed 0 1060
Racey Delaceys Emma de Lacey, Guy de Lacey Veteran Mixed 0 1050
S&C Stephanie Farrant, Cris Lovell-Smith Open Mixed 0 1050
date night Jenni Blyleven, Mike Blyleven Open Mixed 0 1020
Rob Robert Munro Open Mens 4 1020
The Bollybristletoes Josie Boland, Greg Bristow Veteran Mixed 0 1010
Team JTG Graeme Read, Trevor Merrifield, John Thornton Veteran Mens 0 1010
Hilltop Gunners Shawn Richards, Ruth McKie, Robert Phillips Open Mixed 0 1010
Where's Jess? Cassandra Herbert, Simon Schneider Open Mixed 0 1010
Sea birds Yvonne McDonald , Debbie Felder Open Womens 0 1000
Millows Wayne Millow, Liz Millow Veteran Mixed 0 980
Vetchers Alice Vetcher, Jack Vetcher, Fiona Vetcher, Peter Vetcher Junior Mixed 0 970
Santa Viv & Santa Dave Santa Dave, Santa Viv Veteran Mixed 14 960
Just me Alistair Boyce Open Mens 0 950
Scottish Rotums Lyn Quinlan, Fergus quinlan, Grant callaghan Open Mixed 0 930
Alison White Alison White Open Womens 0 900
Woodies Douglas Woods, Stephanie Woods Open Mixed 0 880
Team USA Max Earnshaw, Cameron Champion Junior Mens 7 830
Hamster Jam Will Reeve, Mark Henwood Open Mens 0 810
Ample Skills Jarrod Cook Open Mens 0 790
Blake Blake McMillan Open Mixed 0 770
Indecisive but not sure Blake Shirley, Lachlan Rouse, Florence Hinder Open Mixed 0 760
BJS Brian Wilson, Jackie Crampton, Shaun Sands Open Mixed 0 680
Jonathan Jonathan Carr Open Mens 0 680
NI Natalie Irving Open Womens 0 670
Kathrin's Team Kathrin Mueller Veteran Womens 0 660
Jange Josh Gordon, Angela Open Mixed 0 640
Woop Woop Catherine Low, Nadja Zeitheim, Kane Williams Open Mixed 0 610
Winging It Peter Hayman, Jade Hayman Open Mixed 0 540
Kimba and Co Wendy Riach, Adrian Hamill Open Mixed 0 520
Team Rosie Rosie Lane, Brittany Challis, Esther Alson Open Womens 0 440
Tiddly Poms Kate O'Brien, Lara Beskeen Open Womens 0 430
Rattie Horseking Andrew Parreti Open Mens 0 420
Minsons Cara Minson, Jack Minson, Ross Minson Open Mixed 0 410
Team Margo Margo Migirdichya, Victor Dragomiretty Open Mixed 0 300
redcliffs old girls janet MacPherson, Sharon English, Helen Wood Open Womens 0 250
Mum plus 2 Rachael Houde, Annika Houde, Riley Houde Open Mixed 0 210
Lara and Linnea Lara and Linnea Open Womens 0 130

Monday 4 December 2017

Christmas Rogaine 2017

Christmas Rogaine 2017




Date:                    Thursday21 December 2017

Map/Location:     Omahu Bush
Event Type:          Rogaine
Co-ordinator:       Chris Forne

Directions:
From the old Tai Tapu Rd, head past the Rasberry Cafe and continue 2.5km along Rhodes Rd until just before it becomes Otahuna Rd.
From here follow flags and signposting in Omahu bush direction for around 500m to the Registration and Start/Finish.

Times: 
5:00 - 6:00 Registration/ Map handout
6:00 - Short briefing
6:10 - 8.40 pm 2.5hr Rogaine
8:40 - Christmas Party (Free sausage sizzle, christmas fare) + Prize giving

Entry Fees:
Adults - $25
Students - $20
Children - Free (12yrs and under, must be accompanied by a paying adult)

Online entry here
To guarantee yourself a map and avoid queues on the night enter online here.

Compulsory Gear:
You will need a pen! It is compulsory to bring a headlight or torch, jacket and whistle.
Individuals are also required to carry a cell phone.
It is prickly out there, gaiters are sensible. We also recommend taking a polypro top, hat and gloves, compass, cell phone, plus enough food and water for 2.5hrs. Also bring a bowl and cup for food afterwards!

Rules:
Control points are equal to the number of the control truncated to the nearest 10, eg control 53 and 58 are worth 50pts, while 83 is worth 80 pts.
You must be back after 2.5hrs, otherwise you will be deducted 20pts per part minute late, eg 30sec late -20pts, 2min 5 sec late -60pts.
Team members must stay together at all times.
No crossing through out of bounds areas. These are marked clearly on the map with olive green or pink stripe.
Competitors must take compulsory gear – Headlamp/torch, jacket and whistle.
Competitors shall not discard litter or unduly damage or disturb native flora or fauna.
No Dogs, Fires or Smoking.

Safety:
Some areas may be closed due to rock fall or other dangers. These will be shown as out of bounds areas on the map. Please make sure you obey these closures, both for your own safety and ongoing access to these areas for Rogaining.
Please be extremely careful crossing all roads. The Summit Road is open to traffic and a number of people drive very fast along here. You must obey the NZ road rules at all times and not run along the road. If you need to follow along beside the road, please stay well off the seal in the grassy verge.
Our safety ph number during the event is 0221599820. Cell phone coverage is limited in places, so try calling from a ridge / hill top if you have issues.

Sunday 25 December 2016

Lost items

We have a few items left over from the rogaine which are unclaimed. If any of these are yours please email christmas.rogaine@gmail.com  or contact me via facebook to retrieve. 

Thursday 22 December 2016

Results out now!

Drone view from near #74

Thanks so much for coming along last night, what a scorcher! It was awesome to see so many people (including many new to the sport) enjoying locating checkpoints over the hills. We had a record 330 people out there between the 1.5hour and the 3 hour, which I know may have caused a few delays on the gondola...although I also had reports that it was running slower because of the winds which didn't help matters.

Generally it sounded like people were able to locate controls successfully (except the mysterious 103 which went missing, but was replaced about 1 hour into the event). We were impressed with many of the scores and intrigued to hear that the winning team took one gondola ride up, ran down collecting points, then decided the queue was too big so ran up collecting points and took the gondola back down at the last minute. Not a bad strategy methinks!

Teams heading down to control 74

We had a few international teams competing as well... Danish Dynamite did very well with the second highest score. Also AR Poznan who had only been in the country two days managed to find his way around the valley very respectably to come 4th in the men's. In the mixed the top two team's (Matt and La, Team Ink Blob) linked up completing the course as a foursome... but unfortunately for Team Big Ink Blob their score card was mucked up causing points loss in our card reader. The results have now been adjusted to show their true score without the ink blob. Stephanie Smithson blitzed around solo to take out the women's and the speedy juniors Josh Jansen and Reuben Scott had a very high score of 2020 winning the junior grade.

The sausages, mince pies, fresh fruit and christmas puddings seemed to be a hit and it was great to see everyone sharing rogaine stories on the cricket lawn afterwards. Chris's clue card reader perhaps didn't save us so much time this time, but it meant people didn't have to add up their scores and in the future he is optimistic it will get results in faster... just might require a bit more development, so thanks for being our guinea pigs!


All and all we always enjoy putting on the Christmas Rogaine and seeing people getting out and enjoying the navigational and physical challenge in a festive spirit! A big thank you to our parents who slave over the BBQ and food to get it all organised, and to Greg who collected half of the controls today!

Find the official results HERE!

Until next year, happy rogaining and Merry Christmas!

Chris and Em



Tuesday 20 December 2016

Last Minute Things you NEED

Tomorrow is shaping up to be awesome! The weather forecast has a big sun, the controls are happily hiding over nooks and crannies of the Heathcote Valley, watermelons, mince pies and other such goodies fill our garage.... and we have over 60 teams pre-entered!

These are three items you need to remember to pack:
1. You need to remember a pen or pencil to write down your control codes or else you won't get any points!

2.  You need a bowl, cup and spoon if you want any christmas pud or juice at the finish!
3. You need a pair of gaiters and shoes which are reasonably thick fabric on top as the seeds are out in force and you will end up with horrible prickle feet!
Hopefully that helps. Looking forward to seeing you all there tomorrow night, ho ho ho!

Monday 19 December 2016

Preentry Open till 9pm tonight

We have extended online entries until 9pm tonight. After that you will need to enter at the event tomorrow. Yay!

Tuesday 13 December 2016

Online Entry Open Now!

Online Entries are open now! Click HERE to complete.
Save yourself $2 off each adult entry by completing the form and electronic payment before 5pm on Tuesday 20th December.

Chris and I spent a fun weekend exploring the map and setting out some lovely controls for you this weekend and we have found some great places we think you probably haven't been before!

Additional 1.5 Hour Category
We have also added in a fun 1.5 hour category for families wishing to take young ones out for a shorter rogaine experience. This will start at about 6.30 after the 3 hour competitors have started and run until 8pm.