No Records, But Heaps of Fun!

Participation in 2007 didn't zoom up like the previous years, but after an extraordinary 2006 it was very similar to 2005. (In 2006 we ran the NZ Rogaine Champs and the NI Sec Sch Champs, whew!) In 2004, 05 and 06, particpation grew by 25-27% on the year before, even when you took off the rogaine champs! But you can't run a year like that every year, the health of the club is shown by the underlying programme of small close-to-home events. We ran 29 events during the year, and average participation was 66. There were 1925 starts, and if you count rogainers in 3hr units we get 2105. This measure has doubled since we started counting in 1999.

You can see that traditional figures were down. Look back and they yoyo around depending on whether we do any biggies that pull people from far and wide. Park/Street/Trail events you might say are our bread and butter. (The O-Max series keeps attracting experienced orienteers to well-known parks time and time again!) Rogaines are very solid considering that there was no long event this year, as a suitable date was sought for Eastbourne. MTBO the second-highest ever.

In 1997 we narrowly decided not to close up. The resurgence of the club owes a lot to two things: we schedule events that people are prepared to organise; and by trying different forms of orienteering we've discovered how to reduce the work. Most of our events are close to home.

Here are the stats alongside those from previous years. And below is a list of the volunteers who made this possible. There are at least 75, thanks heaps!

Year Traditional Events Park/Street/Trail Events Rogaines MTB-Orienteering Total
1999 478 (51%) 382 (41%) 76 (8%) 0 (0%) 936 (100%)
2000 97 (10%) 383 (40%) 317 (33%) 153 (16%) 950 (100%)
2001 611 (45%) 404 (29%) 44 (3%) 312 (23%) 1371 (100%)
2002 220 (17%) 422 (34%) 425 (34%) 186 (15%) 1253 (100%)
2003 374 (26%) 390 (27%) 433 (31%) 222 (16%) 1419 (100%)
2004 569 (32%) 414 (23%) 502 (28%) 314 (17%) 1799 (100%)
2005 208 (9%) 527 (23%) 1327 (58%) 224 (10%) 2286 (100%)
2006 780 (19%) 320 (8%) 2618 (64%) 376 (9%) 4094 (100%)
2007 263 (12%) 414 (20%) 1005 (48%) 349 (20%) 2105 (100%)

(A "participation" in most events is a person who starts. In 2003 we didn't count people in groups except for rogaines, so the figures for trad and park/trail events for that year are a bit low. Rogaines can be much more substantial efforts than orienteering, so one rogaine "participation" is counted for each person for each 3-hour block rounded to an integer.If we counted each rogainer at par, 2007 particip would be 1925. Number of events was 29. The Ak Attack is counted as MTBO, not rogaine. NB 2006 was inflated by the Tararua 24, a national championship and being 24hrs many participants counted as 8 units. And we also ran the NISS Champs (2 major traditional events) besides an OY.

Volunters 2007

List of volunteers who made these events happen. Taken from the committee and results lists, so probably have omissions. Thank you to all volunteers both listed and unlisted:-))
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