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Houses, History and (H)art Metrogaine – Sandy Bay – Saturday July 28th
Grab a friend or go with the family. Explore historic Battery Point and Upper Sandy Bay in this 4 hour metrogaine. A deluge of clues will involve the names, build dates and occupants of HOUSES, the nineteenth century HISTORY of Hobart Town and the modern mainly sculptural (H)ART in public places.
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| (H)art ... What is the name of the artist who created this sculpture? |
History ... How much did it cost to build this little cottage? |
All teams start at 10 am and should finish before the 2:15 pm deadline. Scores are determined by the total point value of the questions answered minus any late penalties. Watch out - there are big penalties for getting back late.
Catering will not be provided. Everyone has to make a minimum 15-minute lunch stop - choose your own café or perhaps a stall at the markets!
More details can be found and on-line entries are now open at www.rt.asn.au/events/upcoming-events/houses-history-and-h-art.
Entries close on Monday night 23rd July. And if you have any queries contact Mark Hey (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
Bangor 3 - Return of the Oysters Rogaine – Forestier Peninsula – December 1st and 2nd
Later this year we’ll be headed to Bangor farm to revisit an area previously used in 1998 & 2003. If government permissions allow access we’ll hold a 24 hour, a roving 15-hour event and 6-hour event. In the roving 15-hour event you can compete for a total of 15 hours within the overall 24hr event.
The course will see you taking in scenic soaring coastal cliffs, beaches, historic monuments, broad acre paddocks, the occasional burnt out Hyundai Excel, and if you get your timing right, a cheeky stop for oysters and coffee.
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With a high density of controls close to the hash house and a beautiful spot to camp we are hoping to lure a host of families and less confident navigators into the world of Rogaining as well as entertain the gnarled competitors of yesteryear.
More info on this event will be available later in the year – but reserve the weekend!
Run Rheban Run Rogaine – 28th April 2018 Event Report
By Hugh Fitzgerald
Initially planned to be a 24 hour event, a mix of thick scrub and limited land access saw the Run Rheban Run Rogaine trimmed down to 6 and 12 hour events. Confronted with such a small map, we decided to infill the area with controls. This had two benefits: it increased course planning decisions (gratifying for setters) and made many legs to nearest control less than 1 km (gratifying for competitors). The final map excluded the worst areas of scrub, but there were still minor patches here and there. Inevitably, a few teams came in with vegetation horror stories.
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There were 117 entrants in the event, with an unusual distribution of 31 teams in the 6-hour and only 19 teams in the 12-hour. All teams were off at 11 am, at which point the organisers started eyeing off all the wine and chocolate lying about. Some thought was put into replenishing water drops, preparing a bonfire for after dark (thanks to Mick Cooper), and patting the friendly dogs from down the road.
Australasian Rogaining Championships 2019
Next year it is Tasmania’s turn to host the Australasian Rogaining Championships. This big event will be held on the weekend of November 9th and 10th in the St Helens - Bay of Fires Region. There will be a wide variety of terrain types in the event area – steep, subtle, granite, coastal, marshes and some former tin mining areas. Don’t be put off because it is a “championship event”. There will be control sites that test the navigational ability of the elite teams, but there will be something for family and social rogainers to enjoy. The event website can be viewed at arc2019.rt.asn.au.
Peter Tuft (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) is the event director. Even though it’s a long time until we host this event there is a whole lot of planning to be done now. We are putting together the organising team and already have most of the key positions filled, but need people to help with the following roles:
Australasian Rogaining Championships 2018
This year’s Australian Championships are being hosted by Queensland and are being held in the Gympie region – a couple of hours north of Brisbane on August 25th and 26th. The event organisers are very experienced and the terrain looks open and very interesting so it will be a great event. There is lots of information at arc2018.qld.rogaining.org.au. Regular entries close on the 1st of August.
Tasmania’s recipients for the Nigel Aylott Memorial Sports Foundation funding to attend the Intervarsity Champs and Australasian Champs are Rachel Allen and Callum Thompson-Young. They are both Australian Maritime College (UTAS) students.
Congratulations and good luck to you Rachel and Callum and to the other Tasmanians who have entered.
