Rogaining Tasmania

4-Hour Bike and 4-Hour On Foot

By the Lindisfun team

Entries for the Lindisfun Metrogaine are open until Sunday night, the 21st of November. This is an event for those on bikes and those on their legs. Ranging from Howrah Beach in the south to Shag Bay in the north and venturing deep into the Meehan Range, this event has a bit of everything. For those looking for a casual day out there are quirky local sights a-plenty and a generous array of interesting checkpoints in an achievable radius. For those on bikes looking to destroy their legs and lungs, there are some far-flung and deviously placed checkpoints out on the technical trails of the Meehan Range/Geilston Bay mountain bike network.

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To answer some questions we’ve had from entrants:

  • E-bikes are not permitted at this event. There are some strong and opposing views on this matter, and the RT committee will be reviewing this policy for a future event.
  • If you enter the bike category you are required to stay with your bike at all times, unless safety or specific track markers requires you to temporarily leave your bike or when in the immediate vicinity of the control (roughly within 100m).

You must return to your bike between checkpoints, that is you cannot link up any checkpoints on foot.

Enter at www.rt.asn.au/events.

Promo image 24 smallResults for both events along with the 3 and 6 Hour winning routes are available HERE. Congratulations to Oskar Bucirde and Joseph Dickinson for collecting 50 checkpoints over 40kms to be first overall in the 6-hour. The 3-hour was a battle of the junior men, with Niko Stoner Jett McComb best on the day visiting 30 checkpoints over 23kms.

There are photos from the event at https://photos.app.goo.gl/FQviDt1MBRREDKPx9

Thanks to everyone for coming. 

Lucy, Gary,  Neil, Sue, Janet & the admin elves.

 

By Susan Gardner.

After competing in a metrogaine around 2 years ago with my husband and bushwalking friend John, he asked if we would like to do a rogaine. We were a little apprehensive at first but thought why not try something new.

The venue at Murrayfield on Bruny Island was a bonus, I had stayed there several times with bushwalkers and scouts. We soon signed up and received our information packs. As we are all over 65, we were put in the ultra-veterans class.
Arriving at Murrayfield on the Saturday morning we saw a mass of people of all ages and the tents of people who had stayed overnight. We picked up our maps and sat down to plan our route for the 6-hour course. We decided on a route towards the south that took in coastal scenery and the church ruins where we have walked several times. This involved finding 15 checkpoints.

By Peter and Robyn Tuft.

We have cycled regularly on Bruny because we live nearby, and every time we rode through some part of North Bruny we couldn’t help thinking how perfect it seemed for rogaining because of its undulating terrain divided between pasture and delightfully open forest. As all competitors now know it is indeed ideal for a rogaine, with the added bonus of the glorious eastern coastline.

Setting a rogaine has many interesting challenges, one of which is deciding on the length of the course. Ideally the setters want to tempt elite teams to collect every checkpoint, but to put that target just out of reach. Setting more checkpoints than anyone can reach is just wasted effort. In this case we almost got that right - one team did get the lot, but only one. Congratulations to John McComb and Ian Parker for cleaning-up by travelling 66kms in just 10 hours 25 mins. Also congratulations to Oskar Bucirde and Joseph Dickinson who won the 6-hr.