Mens World Rogaining Champions Greg Barbour and David Rowlands are planning to defend their title at the 5th World Championships in the Czech Republic in July. Rowlands is an Australian with long rogaining experience who planned the first World Rogaine Champs at Beechworth, Victoria in 1992. Barbour is an all-round natural terrain athlete, including kayaking, mountain marathons, and several disciplines of orienteering in his repertoire. He represented NZ in the last World foot-orienteering champs, and is the current Belgian champion in MTB-orienteering. The New Zealander currently lives in Holland.
And the two have revealed that they are now 40 years of age, and therefore
eligible for the veterans class. However they say they are aiming to win overall!
Written by Michael Wood
and installed on 25 Feb 02.