Wellington Spring Afterwork Rogaine Series Results

St Pats Forest, 8 Nov 05

Course Planners Rob Harrow, Job Forbes, Al Cross and Jerome Sheppard. Time 2.5hrs, 30% dark?

Jerome writes...

Great weather and a good crowd (90 Competitors) turned out for the St Pats Forest Rogaine on Tuesday 8 November. The course and event was part of the Hutt Valley Orienteering Club's Spring series and was put together by Team Norsewear (Rob, Jo, Al & Jerry) as part of the led up to the World Adventure Racing Championships being held in the Buller Region from 14 November 2005. We really appreciated the support and donations provided as part of the event.

Winners overall on the night were the dymanic mixed duo of Fluer Pawsley and Dean Ford with 620 points. Next was the mens team of Bill Martel and Simon Dearsley with 590 points, good to see Bill getting himself back into action after a long injury. In third was Bill Edwards who rocked around the course to pick up the highest raw score of 720 but due to a combination of lateness and individual penalities ended up with 578 points. 1st women was relative newby to the sport Nicole Ranger with 280 points. In the college teams race it was a battle between three Upper Hutt College Teams versus the sole but very large Taita College team, with Hutt College taking out the victory. We suspect some collusion between the Upper Hutt College teams as they all come in with the same score.

The event was also the first time a mix of MTB's and Runners did the race. General comment was that this worked well in place due to the nature of the tracks around the course and limited number of bikers However some MTB's did comment that it took them a while to realise they had to get off their bikes to find the checkpoints. First in the MTB section was the Adventure Racers Liam and Barry, although Steve Meeres only lost out due to the 10% time penalty for individual competitors. The aftermath sausages were well apreciated although a number will be still be seen in various stews and sandwches etc over coming days. On the checkpoint placement, out of all the checkpoints visited only CP 32 was not found by a competitor. We will revisit in the future to see if it was in the correct spot or removed.

Cheers Jerome

  1. Dean Ford & Fluer Pawsey (2:31) 630 -10L =620 1st Mixed Team
  2. Bill Martel & Simon Dearsley (2:30) 590 1st Mens Team
  3. Bill Edwards (2:37) 720 -70L -72solo =578 1st Individual Man
  4. Debbie Mansfield & Julie Gordon (2:27) 570 1st Womens Team
  5. Mike Sheridan, Fiona Clendon, Pip Le Couteur (2:29) 520
  6. Nigel Corry & Christie Smith (2:28) 510
  7. Juan & Rob McCrudden (2:30) 500
  8. Jenny Cassie & Murray Sim (2:30) 490
  9. Matt & James Flannery (2:33) 520 -30L =490
  10. Eva Lottermoser & Ken Quarrie (2:25) 480
  11. Jo McKenzie, Andrew Mclellan, Stuart Palmer (2:26) 470
  12. Andrew, Nicole, Damon & Paul (2:25) 450
  13. Mike Fee & Terry Paterson (2:25) 450
  14. Matt Gleeson, Phil Nicholls (2:29) 450
  15. Liam & Barry MTB (2:30) 430 1st MTB Team
  16. Gerry Whitehouse & Anton Marsden (2:24) 430
  17. Steve Meeres MTB (2:27) 460 -46solo =414 1st Individual MTB
  18. Chris & Adrian (2:27) 400
  19. Upper Hutt College (1) Andrew Dewit, Nick McCulloch, Nicola Dewit, Chris Matsopoulos (2:25) 390 1st Equal College Team
  20. Upper Hutt College (2) Claire Smith, Bridget Mason, Kurt Bootten, Sean Ronald (2:25) 390 1st Equal College Team
  21. Upper Hutt College (3) Ryan Smith, Joel Marshall, Matthew Vankesteren (2:25) 390 1st Equal College Team
  22. Sandra, Shona & Mary (2:30) 390
  23. Paul Abbot, Emma MacKintyre, Justin Donnelly (2:32) 410 -20L =390
  24. Andy Jones MTB (2:31) 410 -10L -41solo =359
  25. Peter & Christine Whiteford (2:26) 350
  26. Jan & Andrew Shelley (2:30) 340
  27. Trish Hannan, Josie Chesterman, Craig Fairhall (2:22) 330
  28. Graeme & Lawrie Silcox & Sue & Naomi Eastwood (2:31) 330 -10L =320
  29. Kate Wilson, Darryl Stephens (2:30) 320
  30. Gordon MacDonald (2:31) 360 -10L -36solo =314
  31. Ashley Dingle & Jordan Jessup MTB (2:17) 290
  32. Nicole Ranger (2:27) 280 1st Individual Woman
  33. Wayne Redmond MTB (2:17) 290 -29solo =261
  34. Taita College (8) (2:25) 240
  35. Brian Astridge, Jess Patchett (2:00) 160
  36. Greg Thurlow & Claire Sherrington (2:42) 270 -120L =150
  37. Tim Collinson, Charlotte Ireland (2:32) 160 -20L =140
  38. Lisa Phelan & Katie Keedwell (2:41) 240 -110L =130

Karori and Much More, 13 Oct 05

Course Planners Paul Chaplow and Bill Brierley. Time 3hrs, 40% dark, weather fine and warm, the forecast showers didn't show:-)) Max score 4220, elevation range 340m.

Regulars got a shock when the maps were handed out - 95 controls covering not only Karori to the bus-turn but Wilton Bush and the Skyline Walkway, Tinakori Hill, Gardens, University and Brooklyn right up to Polhill! The usual planning method for top competitors - aiming for most of the controls - was not a goer, and winning score (Mark Hearfield and Andy Foster) was just 40% of max. Brothers Matt and James Flannery were next, though Bill Edwards was slightly in front before his solo penalty.

The next event is the Terawhiti rogaine on Saturday 29 Oct for which pre-entries are required by 23rd. The next afterwork one is Tue 8 Nov in St Pats Forest Silverstream.

  1. Mark Hearfield, Andy Foster 1700
  2. Matt Flannery, James Flannery 1590
  3. Glen Warner, Debbie Mansfield, Julie Gordon 1550 -10late =1540
  4. Bill Edwards 1610 -161solo =1445
  5. Greg Thurlow, Dave King 1430
  6. Anton Marsden, Gerry Whitehouse 1380
  7. Barryn Westfield 1450 -145solo =1305
  8. Dorothy Hartley, Bernie Cuttance, Michael Murphy 1260
  9. Mike Sheridan 1380 -138solo = 1242
  10. Rob McCrudden, Juan McDonald 1230
  11. Hazel Bidmead, Ross Bidmead 1200
  12. Gordon Balfour, Michaael Wood (Unoff)1190
  13. Sue Eastwood, Graeme Silcock 1170 -10late =1160
  14. Eva Lottermoser, Ken Quarrie 1140
  15. Tim Bailey, Eddie O-Connor 1090
  16. Henry Smith 1230 -20late -121solo =1089
  17. Mick Finn 1150 -115solo =1035
  18. Simon Faulkner 1150 -115solo =1035
  19. Chris Birch, Jason Brown, Mike Sherwin 1020
  20. Gerald Crawford, Brent Burson 1010
  21. Rob Harrow 1070 -107solo =963
  22. Hamish Farrar 1010 -101solo =909
  23. Paul Abbott 1000 100solo =900
  24. Fiona Clendon, Philippa Le Couteur 880
  25. Jenny Visser, Mike Fee 880
  26. Bill Martel, Simon Dearsley 860
  27. Gordon Macdonald 950 -95solo -855
  28. Christie Smith, Stephen Peterson 850
  29. Vicki Connor 920 -92solo =828
  30. Pete & Christine Whiteford 800
  31. Luke Paardekooper 870 -87solo =783
  32. John Stobba, Tricia Hannan 750
  33. Sari Lewis, Amanda McDowell, Leslie Woudberg, Dianne Theobold 700
  34. David Chamberlain, Tony Reeve 740 -40late =700
  35. Anthony Zytecka 680 -68solo =612
  36. Charlotte Ireland, Tim Collinson 570

Western Hills, 28 Sep 05

Course Planner Allan Stowell. Time 3hrs, 80% dark, weather fine and crisp following a southerly, max score 1600, elevation range 350m.

A nice course with well-positioned controls in the hill suburbs of Lower Hutt and extending into Belmont Regional Park. Allan Stowell used a mix of suburban control sites (number on the letterbox etc) and ribboned rural features. The map which began the rogaine mapping now covering several hundred square-k was able to support difficult but fair off-track controls such as knoll 92 on the way down to the Korokoro Dam. Surprisingly one third of the teams were back late, which shows the challenge of the gullied earthquake scarp. The Rudolf Steiner School bus garage provided a comfy site for the post-race sausages and post-mortem.

Bill Edwards overcame a late start and headlamp troubles to stay ahead of "The Usual Suspects" Debbie Julie and Glen; perhaps helped by living and training on the map, but then the suspects are also from Lower Hutt. Given that, the score of Wellingtonians Nigel Corry and Christie Smith was very good. Then there was a gap of nearly 200 points to the chasing pack, headed by Greg Thurlow. The next event is in and around Karori on Thursday 13 Oct

  1. Bill Edwards 1210-121solo =1089
  2. Debbie, Julie and Glen 1080
  3. Nigel Corry and Christie Smith 1060
  4. Greg Thurlow 1060-70late-99solo = 891
  5. Sue Eastwood and Graeme Silcock 910-30late = 880
  6. Mike Sheridan and Fiona Clendon 880-10late = 870
  7. Barryn Westfield 950-95solo = 855
  8. Ross and Hazel Bidmead 920-80late = 840
  9. Rob McCrudden and Juan 790
  10. Simon Faulkner and Peter Armstrong 790
  11. Jo McKenzie and Andrew McLellan 780
  12. Gordon Balfour and Jenny Cossey 730
  13. Antony Zytecka 790-79solo = 711
  14. Gerry and Ethan Whitehouse 670
  15. David Speed and Michael Wood 810-140late = 670
  16. Sherwin, Andrew, Jason and Jim 650
  17. Gordon McDonald 680-68solo = 612
  18. Lisa Phelan and Daniel Pringle 590
  19. Claire Sherrington and Sharon Ross 570
  20. Vicki Connor and David Rohan 520-40late = 480
  21. Nic Gorman (1.5 hours only) 510-51solo = 459
  22. Nicole and Tony 390
  23. Shelley 420 -42solo = 378

Miramar, 13 Sep 05

Some updates 15 Sep and 21 Sep. Course Planner assisted by Barryn Westfield. Time 3hrs, 90% dark, weather fine, warm and calm, max score 2350, elevation range 135m. Colin writes...

78 Hardy souls ventured out on a superb night to experience the Eastern Suburbs. The course ran full length of the peninsula and also included the tunnel under the airport runway through to controls in the industrial area of Kilbirnie.

One SNAFU saw us relocate the Miramar Physio one block from where it actually is - sorry about that - scores credited where I could work out if you had been there. If not, add on another 20 points to your score ! Contentious controls - 22 Lampost with 5 digit number, is marked halfway on the track from Kai-something-something Rd to Karaka Bay. Some (not many - 3 I think) went to the lamppost 4m off track S at the top of the stairs which is not really where its marked, the rest marked the correct number although I could see some had gone up, marked the 6 digit and then found the right one. 5 digit number was correct though. 82 warehouse lights - we gave this to most with varying numbers between 4 and 7. 101 - Lighthouse squares - we gave this to within 2/3 each side of the right number as its quite hard to see. 32 - Same as above

Hope you all had fun - welcome your feedback and comments.

  1. Andy Foster Greg Thurlow 1890
  2. Al Cross Nigel Cory 1700
  3. Dean Ford Nick Warren 1570
  4. Ian Bowie Paul Kelly 1510
  5. Hazel Ross Bidmead 1340
  6. Debbie Julie Glen 1330
  7. Simon Bickers Geoff McDonnell 1280
  8. Dave King 1380 -138solo =1242
  9. Allan Stowell Gerry Whitehouse 1240
  10. Jo Holden Chris Sherwood 1230
  11. Ben Wilson Matt Short 1220
  12. Andrew McLellan Jo McKenzie 1220
  13. Paul Chaplow 1350 - 135solo =1215
  14. James Flannery 1410 -100late -131solo =1179
  15. Antony Zytecka 1300 -130solo =1170
  16. Fanny Lariviere 1290 -129solo =1161
  17. Stuart Palmer John Duggan 1150
  18. John Marshall 1250 -125solo =1125
  19. Simon Hughes Chris Mahoney 1120
  20. Mick Finn Nic Gorman 1110
  21. Richard Davies Ben Clendon Ben Clarke Pete Rowe 1100
  22. Rob Harrow 1190 -119solo =1071
  23. Kim Murray Hamish Farrar 1070
  24. Jenny Cossey Gordon Balfour 1060
  25. Michael Wood Brendan Bayliss 1060
  26. Fraser Clarke Andrew Jones 1040
  27. Gordon Macdonald 1130 -113solo =1017
  28. Matt Gleeson Phil Nichols 940
  29. Jo Forbes 1020 -102solo =918
  30. Heather Kirkham Iain Cossar Rachel 850
  31. Lara Leon 840
  32. Harry Smith 910 -91solo =819
  33. Andy Jones Jason Brown 770
  34. Luke Paadekooper Richard 760
  35. Chris Birch + friends 760
  36. Sharon Ross Claire Sherrington 700
  37. Christine Whiteford Peter Whiteford 690
  38. Sari Lewis Diane Fairborough Amanda McDowell 560
  39. Jimmy Kemp 590 -59solo =531
  40. Nicole Ranger Tony 530
  41. David Whitfield And Family 130

Ngaio, 6 Sep 05

Training Rogaine. Routes added 7 Sep. About a dozen had another run on the course on the following Saturday.

Course Planner assisted by Greg Thurlow. Time 3hrs, 90% dark, weather fine, windy and foggy on the tops, max score about 1500, elevation range 440m. 75 participants, many graduates of the recent classroom sessions, with experienced rogainers tagging along for hints.

Greg Thurlow who assembled the results says: Sorted - gave evryone who had claimed the 50 ptr; Haven't got 3 scores; Didn't discount the single penalty; Also got one sheet for 305 with no name.

Winning route: 10 41 49 (Crow's Nest) 38 28 44 70 21 33 34 16 43 (Tunnel) 42 (Tunnel) 39 17 14
Second place route: 48 (Tunnel) 11 28 44 70 34 16 43 (Tunnel) 42 (Tunnel) 39 20 46 32 (Tunnel) 15.

Place Team (Instructor) Score

  1. Jo McKenzie Fleur Pawsey (Hazel) 515
  2. Andrew Fraser Ian Macfarlane Brendan Quirke (Michael Wood) 480
  3. Simon Faulkner 465
  4. Iain Heather (Mark Hearfield) 445
  5. Dean Ford Nick Wamen (Greg) 420
  6. Ants Harmer Paul (Gerry) 395
  7. Kim Murray Hamish Farrar Tricia Hannan (Andrew) 395
  8. Duncan 385
  9. Mike Judd Mark (Leo) 380
  10. Gordon Balfour 380
  11. Paul Kelly 370
  12. Dave Rudge Vicki Robertson 350
  13. Alex Nairn Duncan Gibb Chris (Ian) 335
  14. Andy Jones Jason Brown Mick Finn 305
  15. Steve Full Chrisie (Jo Holden) 280
  16. Matt Malcolm 280
  17. Christie Smith 260
  18. Peter Jeromson Dave 255
  19. Phil Nichols 255
  20. Rob Harrow 245
  21. Simon King Brendon Miller (Simon) 185
  22. Lisa Jo Forbes Jo 185
  23. Merryl Park Jenny Cassie Pip Le C (Allan Stowell) 170
  24. Andrew Shelley Jan Bliekendaal 170
  25. Matt Cluson 125
  26. Debbie Bidlake Heather Bates Craig Jones (Anton) 115
  27. Mike Sheridan 115
  28. Jenny Cossy 115
  29. Turner Family 85
  30. Brendan Bayliss Nathanial Ormsby (Rob) -30
  31. Gordon Macdonald Liam Drew ?
  32. Debbie Mansfield Julie Glenn Warner ?
  33. Claire Sherrington ?
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