P-Max and CSW Rogaine #4, Percy's Reserve, 5 Aug 14

Course Planner

Time 90min. 100% dark. Clear crisp evening after a rugged weekend Max score 860. Participants 53.

Rob comments...

Results College Sport Wellington teams
M=Mapper, S=Solo, L=Late.

1. Nicholas More (Onslow) 510 -51S =459 (1-29)
2. Night Funk: Sean Pool Scott Pool Casey Norman (Newlands) 450 (1-27)
3. A-Z: Amber Riddle Zoe Keane (Chilton) 160 (1-25)

1. Michael Wood 420 -42M -38S =340 (1-06)
2. Mum: Anna Engleback 280 -28S =252 (1-25)

1. Tortoise and Hares: Andrew Bridger Mark Malone Philip Secker 630 (1-26)
2. Dean Ford 690 -69S =621 (1-29)
3. Vincent Zintzen Paul Bird 620 (1-29)
4. Rob Smith Keri Devine 580 (1-29)
5. Megan O'Sadnick and Gillian Ingham 590 -20L =570 (1-32)
6. WOCers: Ellie Molloy Stuart Engleback 520 (1-30)
7. Georgia Wedd 570 -57S =513 (1-29)
8. Adam Hampshire 550 -55S =495 (1-27)
9. Lost in the Woods: Chan, Orsi 540 -50L =490 (1-35)
10. Nicole Ranger 530 -53S =477(1-25)
11. David Antliff and Jacob Sankey 380 (1-28)
12. Night Raiders: Boris Shneider Geoff Ferry 380 (1-29)
13. Leon Perrie and Lara Shepherd 340 (1-28)
14. Speedsters: Tim Hodgkinson Paul Tryon Chris Hay 370 -40L =330 (1-34)
15. Simon Rea 340 -34S =306 (1-30 incl late start)
16. Marco Renalli 340 -30L -31S =279 (1-33)
17. Stefan Janssens Helen Curtis and Bob Brekker 310 -40L =270 (1-34)
18. Turtlenecks: Ravi Chandra Tony Kong 310 -70L =240 (1-37)
19. Ross Tribe: Shane Jill Angus & Lachlan 210 (1-25)
20. Duckies of Awesome: Ants Sarah Maggie & Cooper Harmer 170 (1-27)
21. Sarah Dunn Claire van D and Rachel Duff 160 (1-29)
22. Bill Thomson 80 -8S =72 (1-28) (perhaps some answers were not on your card Bill?_

P-Max and CSW Rogaine #3.5, Island Bay, 23 Jul 14

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Time 2hrs. 100% dark. Crisp evening on the tail end of a stormy few days. Not too cold either. Max score 850. Participants 53.

Michael comments...
A great night after the stormy weather, and I hope the course achieved its objective of getting you into bush nav without going far off track. In orienteering this is the second navigation step out of four (yellow), but of course darkness increases the difficulty by a notch, so probably level three (orange).

This is different from other rogaines where you have easy controls and hard controls (a long way from a track or other handrail). Then you might have to ask yourselves, is this within our skills, or is it within our skills provided it isn't dark? But here we are aiming at those heading to the Sec Sch Rogaine Champs, or the equivalent adult beginner level.

I haven't checked your sums, this isn't a championship and on the average card I'm likely to misinterpret your writing. I've just done the lateness and solo calcs, if this means they've been done twice sing out. A couple of hints: I'm a fan of Inkjoy pens, they don't cost any more than Bic but write in the wet. Please give us your FULL names on the tear-off butts, we have them in case of emergency and we'd like to know exactly who the emergency is happening to. And lastly a lot of you are paying more than you need to, join up with an orienteering club and save $5 each time. Go to www.ohv.org.nz and follow the links to an online form, and stick the money in our bank. It's half price if you have never belonged to an orienteering club before.

PS there are more tracks out there to be found, I heard about a couple after I finalised the map. If you have any hints (anywhere in greater Wgtn) let me know, better still send me a sketch or GPS track. That's how our mapping improves.

Results College Sport Wellington teams
S=Solo, L=Late.

1. Matthew Stark Casey Norman (New) 320 (Time not rec but OK)
2. Scott Pool Sean Pool 260 (1-56)

1. Barbara Bridger 115 (1-53)

1. Bill Edwards 660 -66S =594 (1-59)
2. Lightning Speed Robots: Kelvin Thiele Richard Persson Martyn Bayly 550 (1-58)
3. Tortoise and Hares: Thomas Robinson Mark Malone John Justice 490 (1-57)
4. Geoff and Greg 480 (1-59)
5. Ropain Rogaine: Andrew Bridger Philip Secker Chris Dewbury 470 (1-57)
6. Paul Bird 490 -49S =441 (1-55)
7. Megan ? and Gillian Ingham 430 (1-55)
8. Nick Engleback, Siobhan and Jo Holden 420 (1-50)
9. Jokens: Ann Kendon Jo McKenzie 420 (1-56)
10. Adam and Kelly 420 (1-56)
11. Puriri Plodder 450 -45S =405 (1-55)
12. Mark Wallace 450 -45S =405 (1-57)
13. Lost in the Woods: Chan, Orsi 390 (1-56)
14. Tom/Matt/Nicole Ranger 390 (1-57)
15. Ben and Nicola Mitchell 380 (1-58)
16. Jenny Visser & Mike Fee 370 (1-57)
17. DJ: Jacob Sankey David Antliff 360 (1-53)
18. Leon Perrie Lara Shepherd 350 (1-52)
19. Night Raiders: Ravi Chandra Boris Shneider 340 (1-59)
20. Speedsters: Tim Hodgkinson Paul Tryon 330 (1-58)
21. Simon Rea 350 -35S =315 (1-56)
22. WOCers: Ellie Molloy Stuart Engleback 310 -40L =270 (2-04)
23. Moss Plus: Richard Arnold Raewyn Mow 240 (1-54)
24. Cathy Fraser Rob McCrudden 270 -120L =150

P-Max and CSW Rogaine #3, Tinakori, 10 Jul 14

Course Planner assisted by Greg Thurlow.

Time 90 minutes. 100% dark. Pleasant evening with un-winter temperatures. Max score 1780. Participants 42.

The organiser comments..
This was intended to be a little step up but Tinakori turned out to be a BIG step with the number of controls off-track. Plus a stump in the bush is pretty hard in the dark. As with all Q&A events we are liberal about controls that you can't find after a few minutes searching, just write "claim" as the answer and count it in your total. If there are enough claims on a control, that suggests the control site wasn't within the normal range.

My suggestion to the boys who got bushed, and it applies to anyone: go back in the daylight. This isn't a championship, its navigation practice, and the ribbons will be there for a few days. They will be brought in eventually though so we won't put this map on the web, however P-Max 1 and 2 are there if you missed them, they mostly use permanent features as questions.

The next rogaine was intended to be a 3hr one on 23 July but the planner has eveporated. So we'll have a P-Max instead, probably a 2hr one around the Mt Albert/Island Bay area. There will be a bit of street navigation but we'll concentrate on the bush reserves, and again there will be off-track controls. You don't learn without being challenged! Then P-Max #4 is on 5 August, that's just before the SS Rogaine Champs and Great Forest Rogaine in Rotorua!

Results College Sport Wellington teams
S=Solo, L=Late.

1. Matthew Stark Casey Norman (New) 390 (1:29)
2. A-Z: Amber Riddle Zoe Keane (Chilton) 300 (1:20)
3. Scott Pool Sean Pool (New) 440 -210L =230 (1:51)

1. Barbara Bridger Rtd torch problem

1. Bill Edwards 1210 -121S =1089(1:28)
2. Tortoise and Hares: Thomas Robinson Geoff Ferry Glen Southwood 930 -20L =910 (1:32)
3. Megan ? and Gillian Ingham 780 (1:31)
4. Simon Rea 820 -82S =738 (1:29)
5. Nicole Ranger 730 (1:21)
6. Ben and Nicola Mitchell 710 (1:27) moved from "walk" results
7. WOCers: Ellie Molloy Stuart Engleback Islay Dickie 690 -10L =680 (1:31)
8. Ropain Rogaine: Andrew Bridger Philip Secker 650 (1:34)
9. Stephen Xu 690 -69S =621
10. Sarah and Ben O'Sullivan 800 -210L =590 (1:51)
11. Rob van der Poel 650 -65S =585
12. Adam Hampshire 640 -64S =576 (1:27)
13. Speedsters: Tim Hodgkinson Paul Tryon Ravi Chandra 550 -10L =540 (1:31)
14. Puriri Plodders: Andrew and Jeanette Riddle 520 (1:20)
15. Matt Hassed and Darryn Gordon 520 -10L =510 (1:31)
16. A & B: Andrew Williams, Brian Hallinan 490 -30L =460 (1:33)
17. Alice Fisher Nicole Kennedy 460 -70L =390 (1:37)
18. New Kids: Brooke Thomas Kirsten Stallard 370 (1:24)
19. HMS Wellington: Holly Le Heux Sara MacMillan 340

P-Max and CSW Rogaine #2, Te Aro, 25 Jun 14

Course Planner

Time 1 hour. 100% dark. Terrible forecast but all that eventuated was the wind. No rain. Temperature a balmy 16 degrees. Max score 355. Participants 33.

P-Max and CSW Rogaine #1, Kaukau, 10 Jun 14

Course Planner

Time 1 hour. 100% dark. Light rain all day but stopping just before the event. Supposed southerly wind but quite calm and warm in the bush. Max score 315 or 295 for CSW. 37 participants.

Michael comments..
Designed as a first night nav bush experience, this was all on tracks, and overlapped with Sunday's orienteering - but would still have been a step up for anyone new to it. Well done to college team Nicholas and Matthew who almost topped the board, beaten only by one other team. To those put off by the weather, it's really nice in the shelter of the bush, and we knocked out three controls that might have been a bit breezy. Night nav is fun! The next one will start at Central Park and take in town belt and Polhill Reserve.

Results College Sport Wellington teams
S=Solo, L=Late.

1. Nicholas More and Matthew Dagger Onslow 180
2. Scott Pool and Casey Norman Newlands 120
3. Sean Pool and Matt Stark 125 -20L Newlands =105

1. MME AND A: Megan and Anna Engleback 105
2. Barbara Bridger and Benedicte? 80

1. Tortoise and Hares: Thomas Robinson Mark Malone 205 -10L =195
2. WOCers: Ellie Molloy Stuart Engleback 165
3. Jokens: Jo McKenzie Ann Kendon 165
4. Lightning Speed Robots: Kelvin and Cam Thiele 175 -10L =165
5. Andrew Bridger Brook Powell 155
6. Hampshire 220 -50L -17S =153
7. Ben and Nicola Mitchell 150
8. Knight Raiders; David Antliff Ravi Chandra Boris Shneider 155 -10L =145
9. Puriri Plodder Andrew Riddle 155 -10L -14S =131
10. Simon Rea 140 -14S =126
11. CRAM; Megan Davidson Cameron Grant Rebecca Grant 145 -20L =125
12. Kim Meredith and Jenny Cassie 115 -40L =75
13. Rob van der Poel 170 -150L -2S =18
14. Graeme Silcock and Sue Eastwood: separated due to equipment issues.