20 Sq.km Plenty for First Taranaki Rogaine
Billygoat Rogaine, 3 Feb 02
The deceptive nature of Taranaki's back country lulled many of the teams in
our inaugural rogaine into planning much longer courses than they were able
to achieve. We had selected a small area of 6.5 x 3 km
(link to 75KB map) and were concerned that
some teams would finish the course in under 6 hours, however the complex terrain
and heat of the day were on our side.
We spent a lot of time selecting the control sites to provide multiple route
choices, and we chose large objects as sites wherever possible. We also played
around with the allocation of points for some time to ensure that the most obvious
loops provided almost equal points.
In a departure from normal rogaine practice, we prepared this course to include
use of GPS units as a training aid for the local Search & Rescue teams. Alan &
Barbara entered to do just this and found that while a map and compass were vital
to selecting a good route, the GPS made life a whole lot easier near the control
site.
The team of Phil, Darren & Jukka were clear winners on the day, but avoided the
slog to the trig for 100 points. The local lads (Ramesh & Mark) and the veteran
team of Michael & Don made determined bids for maximum points by linking together
the majority of high value sites.
Results have been loaded.
Some comments:
- Teams 9 & 13 were the only teams to start with an anticlockwise, westward loop
- Team 7 have never rogained before and started ½ hour late - great work
Richard & Shanon
- Team 6 spent all Saturday night searching the local park for a missing person
as part of our local Search & Rescue, and then came out to do the 3 hour. Who knows
how many points they'd have got if they'd had some sleep and been able to compete
in the 6 hour as planned ?
Out of interest, we have taken information from the intended routes of the top
finishers, matched them up with the controls they visited, and come up with the
route we think they took. How did your plan compare?
- In the 6 hour category, team 18 (Phil, Darren & Jukka) visited 28 controls,
missing out numbers 13 & 100.
83, 52, 14, 61, 32, 34, 41, 21, 54, 81, 31, 24, 45, 72, 51, 23, 22, 11, 25, 43, 82, 44, 33, 91, 71, 53, 42, 12
- Team 16 (Ramesh & Mark) visited only 19 controls
52, 83, 21, 54, 81, 100, 72, 45, 51, 71, 91, 33, 44, 82, 43, 25, 11,
(and presumably 22 - MJW), 23, 53
- Team 13 (Michael & Don) visited 21 controls
53, 23, 22, 11, 25, 43, 82, 44, 33, 91, 71, 51, 45, 72, 100, 31, 81, 54, 21, 12, 83
(compare that with team 16 in reverse - MJW)
- In the 3 hour category, team 6 (Alan & Barbara, with GPS) visited only 8 controls, but most were of high value
52, 83, 21, 54, 81, 100, 72, 45
- And team 21 (Rebecca) visited 12 controls, while avoiding the slog to the trig for 100 points
12, 83, 52, 14, 61, 32, 34, 41, 54, 21, 31, 24
Thanks for making our first rogaine a great success.
Jacqui & Neil Sinclair
Written by Jacqui Sinclair
and installed on 4 Feb 02, link to map added 7 Feb 02.
