Houghton Valley 22 Nov 16

Course planner

Time 3 hours 5% dark. Weather breezy but a beautiful warm night. 95 participants

The webmaster reminds you about Strava www.strava.com. 8 teams have uploaded their routes and you can play the dots as they did the course. You need to put a route in yourself for this to work. Strava also calculates some running-oriented stats, interesting for us is that it does "time on the move" which could be an indication of puzzlement or otherwise!

Results (Updated 9pm 23 Nov)
L=Late, S=Solo, M=Mapper. There are several ties, noted with an "E" due to the simple-minded web-page layout. Jenny may be able to break the ties by finish time.

2hr (Mainly HVS pupils and parents)

1. 930 -93S =837 Only two hours: Sam Walton
2. 720 KCRM : Karen, Cameron, Rebecca, Megan (Grant)
3. 690 Where’s Wauies: Izzy, Tilly, James Wauies
4. (E) 510 Will & M: Will Gulliver, Susannah Sharpe
5. (E) 510 Speedy Slugs : Brett, Maeve, Isabell, Jackson, Fraser
6. 480 Dare Devils: Louise & David Ayres, Aaron & Jimmy McKirdy
7. 460 Dashing Darbys: Daniel and Heather Darby
8. 420 Three Stars: Ben, Darcey, Caimo
9. 410 M & M: Marta Zanetti, Maddalena Dal Sasso
10. (E) 380 Agents: Stan, Zach, Mike
11. (E) 380 Life Bay Surf Lifesavings: Stu, Isabel Barr
12. 370 Three Generations: Isla & Brielle Morgan, Cecily & Royce Mills
13. 350 Rest of us: Scott & Tom Gulliver
14. 320 Flying Zebras: Zac, Rosie, Catherine
15. 310 Fantastic Funky Foxes: Greta Smith, Noa, Ellis, Adam Ellis
16. 290 Sharks: Will, Rim, Sol & Aanand

1. 1050 -105S =940 Dick Dinsdale
2. 630 Beverley Holder & Anna Engleback
3. 580 John Leonard, David Cooke
4. 580 -58S =522 Ian McCabe

1. 1720 -20L -170S =1530 Bill Edwards
2. 1290 Tough like Jelly: Rachel, Liam Drew
3. 1270 Lightning Speed Robots: Kelvin Thiele, Daniel Engstroem
4. 1200 Stuart + Ellie: Stuart Engleback, Ellie Molloy
5. 1190 Jokens: Jo McKenzie, Ann Kendon
6. 1160 Andrew Crawley Rachel Ward Jeremy Stuart, Emily Walby
7. (E) 1100 Bog Trotters: Andrew Begbie, Ian Harrison, Rob McCrudden
8. (E) 1100 Windsor: Alie F, Euan Christie, Jeremy & Nic Hankinson, Trent Left, Lily McGilwary, Hamish Liddell
9. 1050 Western Hill is slow: No names
10. 1260-126S -113M =1021 The Mapper: Michael Wood
11. 1120 – 112S =1008 Simon Rea
12. 940 Stray the course : Pete Humphrey, Mark Malone (Possibly solo)
13. 880 Sharon Came, Marie Henderson
14. 870 Knit Pros: Laura Clayton, ?Vinore
15. 860 Speedsters: Paul Tryon, Tim Hodginson, Chris Hay, Glen Lambert
16. 850 Leon Perrie & Lara Shepherd

Wilderest West 11 Oct 16

Course planner and Ann Kendon.

Time 3 hours 40% dark. Weather dry but windy night with 73 competitors. Everyone back by 9:16pm

The planners write:
Control 32 - 4 teams had trouble however 21 teams got the right answer; claims not allowed. The stoat box was about 15-20 meters along the trapping line.
Control 22 the Mail box is Red/Orange but 4 teams put down green; have allowed in case some colour blind people out there. Perhaps not a good colour to use in future questions
All the ribbons stayed in place and it sounded like people had a great time.

The winning walking route was 32,21,45,36,82,55,72,56,70,39,100,44,54,81,37,43,60,41,90,30,52,62,51,40,22
The winning running route included everything except 20,25,37,50,60

The webmaster reminds you about Strava www.strava.com. 8 teams have uploaded their routes (some teams had two GPS's going) and you can play the dots as they did the course. You need to put a route in yourself for this to work, from the zillions of records in its database it needs to work which were "near" you last night. You are ethically bound not to use your GPS for navigation, of course.

Results (Speedsters score added 13 Oct)
L=late, S=solo. No mapper penalty, he left the nav to his partner. There's a tie for 8th in the runners, noted with an "E" due to the simple-minded web-page layout.

Walk

1. Ellen & Graeme: Ellen-Mary Pullar, Graeme Silcock 1250 (8:59pm)
2. Racing Grandads: Gordon Balfour, Michael Wood 1150 (8:59pm)
3. Walking Wonders: Ian McCabe, Jenny Cossey 1140 (8:50pm)
4. The Flying Takahes: Jenny Visser, Mike Fee 970 (8:57pm)
5. Diane & David: Diane Morgan, David Cooke 910 (8:35pm)
6. Anna Sarah & Nicole: Anna Lambrechtsen, Sarah Milicich & Nicole Ranger 900 (8:55pm)
7. A+B: Anna Engleback, Beverley Holder 860 (8:54pm)
8. Elwoods: Lucy Elwood, JJ Elwood 690 (8:49pm)
9. Julie & Lisa: Julie Cederman, Lisa Merwood 620 (8:59pm)
10. Just for fun: Tony Kong, Sophie Chen 520 (9:16pm)

1. Swallow: Chris Swallow, 1910 -191S =1719 (8:58pm)
2. Lightening Speed Robots: Richard Persson, Kelvin Thiele & Jo? 1660 (8:59pm)
3. Bill E: Bill Edwards, 1820 -182S =1638 (8:59pm)
4. Magnetic Deviation: Gillian Ingham, Malcolm Ingham 1480 (8:46pm)
5. Time for a cuppa: Harriette Carr, Stuart Palmer 1260 (8:59pm)
6. Navigationally Challenged: John Justice, Geoff Ferry 1260 -10L =1250 (9:01pm)
7. Lara & Leon: Leon Perrie, Lara Shepherd 1340 -130L =1210 (9:13pm)
8. (E) Bog Trotters: Andrew Begbie, Ian Harrison 1200 (8:58pm)
9. (E) Zip: Muriel Seeley, Rebekah Wright 1200 (8:58pm)
10. Dick & West: Dick Dinsdale, Weston Hill 1190 (8:51pm)
11. Stray the Course: Mark Malone, Philip Secker 1190 (8:57pm)
12. Robin Cameron Jones 1310 -131S =1179 (Late start- 3hrs)
13. Mike (just): Mike Phethean 1270 -30L -124s =1116 (9:03pm)
14. Late: Mark Hearfeild, Marte 1080 (8:59pm)
15. Ruahine: Leonie Waayer, Sarah Bramwell & Chris Lowrie 1070 (8:53pm)
16. Boman: Eeva Boman, Markus Boman 1080 -60L =1020 (9:06pm)
17. Simon Rea: Simon Rea, 1050 -105S =945 (8:52pm)
18. Kina O: Ocean Mercier, Pat van Berkel 950 -40L =910 (9:04pm)
19. Dave Hicks 930 -10L -92s =828 (9:01pm)
20. Jenny & Dave: Dave Rudge, Jenny Cassie 810 (8:59pm)
21. PSAG: Andy Newman, Byron Mabbett 900 -90L =810 (9:09pm)
22. Robert, Marie & Meg: Marie Henderson, Robert Coulter & Meg Shaw 750 (8:57pm)
23. Speedsters: Tim Hodgkinson, Paul Tryon & Chris Hay & Dwayne Waterman 700 (8:57pm)
24. Michael & Mark: Michael Leon, Mark Pothecary 660 (8:44pm)
25. The Force: Erica Black, Hugues Liebert 620 (8:38pm)
26. Naughty Nicholas & Dean: Jill Westenra, Dean Patten & Nicholas 500 (8:10pm)

Ngaio 15 Sep 16

Course planner Andrew Begbie and Ian Harrison.

Time 3 hours 90% dark. Weather, fine warm night. Spring is really here! Revised comments 21 Sep plus some participant names fixed. Max score 2980 Participants 75, including a couple of juniors, great to see. All scores above 1,000 were checked. A few problem controls: # 34 (bright light therefore code not visible), #53 (incorrect house # provided), #59 (post/stake removed), #72 (ribbon missing) – claims awarded.

The mapper writes: The course included a 100-pointer on the Anne St Trig, a feature missing on our mapping until a week ago. Spotted in the distance, the planners couldn't find a way in, but trig locations are on the web, and land boundaries are on the web, and...

The webmaster writes: Its not OK to use a GPS to navigate in a rogaine, but it IS OK to record your track for looking at later. Could-have, should-have... And if you store your tracks in Strava, there's a nifty "Flybys" feature that finds all the tracks that are "near" yours and you can replay the dots across their map. At the time of writing there are 13 rogaine tracks there, and a couple of random commuters riding home. Fun!

Results L=late, S=solo. The mapper has no penalty this time, he tried to leave the nav to his team-mate. There's a tie in the walkers, which can't be resolved with 1-minute timing but the simple-minded web page can't handle ties:-))

Walk

1. Trig Spotter: Michael Wood Shalyce Murphy 1320 -20L =1,300 (21:03)
2. Raewyn Moss Beth Masser Mike Judd 1,230 (20:53)
3. Mike Sheridan Fiona Clendon 1,100 (20:50)
4. Katarina Radosavljevic Bojan Radosavljevic 1,100 (20:50)
5. Nicola Hankinson Jeremy Hankinson 1,090 (21:00)
6. Power Rangers: William and Ali Power 1060 (20:51)
7. A+B: Anna Engleback Beverley Holder 1010 -10L =1,000 (21:02)
8. Speed Tourists: Jo Holden Nic Mitchell Gill Gray 980 (20:53)
9. Sweaty Sox: John Leonard David Cooke 960 (20:56)
10. Walking Wonders Ian McCabe Jenny Cossey 900 (20:54)
11. Team Sly: Lynley Ball Yvonne Bolland Sally Harte 880 -30L =850 (21:04)
12. Siobhan Quayle Amber Bieleski Kayleen Wilson 720 (20:32)

1. Nirvana: Steven McKinstry Danny Garrett 1,790 (21:00)
2. Amandagation: Sam Walton Jeremy Watson Amanda Rowdy Tom Wuhoo 1,780 20:59
3. Weston Hill 1870 -187S =1,683 (21:00)
4. Lightning Speed Robots: Richard Persson Marty Bailey 1,680 (20:53)
5. Magnetic Deviation: Gillan Ingham Malcolm Ingham 1,640 (20:52)
6. Stray the Course: Mark Malone Philip Secker 1,330 (20:57)
7. Buddy: Jill Westenra Dean Pattern 1,330 (21:01)
8. Icy ewe: Dick Dinsdale 1470 -147S =1,323 (20:44)
9. Nicole Ranger Lizzy Bunckenburg 1,160 (20:56)
10. Simon Rea 1240 -124S =1,116 (20:50)
11. Just Mike: Mike Phethean 1230 -123S =1,107 (20:58)
12. PSAG: Andy Newman Andrew Swan 1,100 (20:55)
13. Kelly Neighbours Anna Dickinson 1,090 (20:52)
14. Peter Humphrey Chris Chester 1,080 (19:50)
15. Speedsters: Tim Hodgkinson Chris Hay 1010 -70L =940 (21:08)
16. Debbie Buck 1010 -101S =909 (20:50)
17. Julie Cederman Finn McKenzie 900 (20:52)
18. Mark Pothecary Michael Leon 870 (20:51)
19. Leanna Loaw Nat Hogg 780 -20L =760 (21:03)
20. Where's Alice? AJ, Becky 740 (20:57)
21. Jo Boyle Elizabeth Claridge 690 (21:01)
22. Wasabi peas: Vic Mcmurdo Ewan Cormack Bernadette Heaphy 570 -20L =550 (21:03)
23. Jokens: Ann Kendon Jo Mckenzie Withdrawn

Pinehaven 9 Aug 16

Course planner and

Time 3 hours 100% dark. Weather, fine clear night, beautiful surprise after rugged weather last weekend. Brisk temperatures, a bit slippery underfoot esp where logging machinery has been working. Max score 450 (1hr) 1490 (3hrs). Participants 74. Pat writes...

After days of rain, the clouds disappeared, and the moon and stars were visible. 47 people took part in the 3-hour rogaine and 27 in the 1-hour. Most of the 3-hour rogainers found the 100 point giant rata that locals are pushing hard to get protected. The 1-hour rogainers consumed the hot soup and discussed whether the bridge had an extra X.

With Jamie and co unexpectedly finishing early, the Navigationally Challenged were unchallenged in their supremacy, visiting all but 8 of the 39 controls, totalling 1290 points, and covering 20km in the 3 hours. A superb effort.

There was plenty to interest rogainers – steep tracks of pine needles, contour tracks, pleasant long runs on undulating forest roads, and an occasional recently (yesterday) felled pine tree.

One of our 3-hour competitors was visiting from Christchurch, and became an honorary “icy ewe”. (The secretary of the NZ Rogaine Assn.) A number of newcomers from Pinehaven took part in the three-hour event and especially the one-hour event. The track at the end of Elmslie Rd (control 51) passes though land owned by OHV orienteer Gavin Scott. He is happy for people to access the (steep) forest track through his property. The pine forests and forest roads belong to the Guildford Timber Company. The Company is happy for the public to go on their land provided they are careful to avoid forest management activities (especially tree felling !).

Scores recorded here have been checked. In several cases the final score differs from the one you totted up on the night. A bonus 10-points was awarded to two teams who spotted the additional X under the bridge at control 10. We did not subtract the usual 10% for solo efforts in the 1-hour rogaine.

Results (couple of extra people added 11 Aug) L=late, S=solo, M=mapper

Walk 1hr

1. Powers: Will Power and Ali 130 7:28
2. Puriri Plodders: Andrew Riddle Jeanette Riddle 120 7:28
3. Puentero: Barbara Bridger 70 7:20
4. Salmons: Penny Salmon Mike Grace Joe and Ben 50 7:24

1. Keiran Edwards Olivia Healey Dean Braun 270 7:30
2. Alex Ravens Jonathan Ravens 210 7:26
3. Muppet Woozles: Susan Edwards Oliver, Larissa 200 7:29
4. Daniel, Charmaine 190 7:29
5. Mt Burt: Gavin Scott 180 7:29
6. JA: Amber Riddle Josie Reeves 160 7:29
7. David Antliff Peter 210 -50L =160 7:40
8. Kate and Flynn Hunter 140

1. Flying Takahes: Jenny Visser Mike Fee 890 8:58
2. Walking Wonders: Ian McCabe Jenny Cossey 890 8:58
3. The Mapper: Michael Wood 1090 -100L -99S -89M =802 9:10
4. A+B: Beverley Holder Anna Engleback 590 8:55
5. The Lizard People: Zavana Davies Chris Buckham 160 8:46

1. Navigationally Challenged:John Justice Geoff Ferry 1290 9:00
2. Stray the Course : Mark Malone Philip Secker 1130 8:58
3. Eagles Nest: Meg Shaw Rochelle Andrews 1090 8:53
4. Wasabi Peas: Ewan Cormack Vic McMurdo 1070 8:55
5. Team Nikki: Sam Walton 1170 -117S =1053 8:57
6. Cupid Stunts: Mike Sherwin Darryn Gordon 1040 8:49
7. Trumps Mexicans: Grant Hector 1150 -115S =1035 9:00
8. JoKens: Ann Kendon Jo McKenzie 950 8:59
9. Lara & Leon: Leon Perrie Lara Shepherd 960 -10L =950 9:01
10. Robin + Cameron: Robin Cameron-Jones Colin Boyd 910 8:59
11. The Icy Ewes: Dick Dinsdale Colin Dixon 890 9:00
12. Maz Mart and Ant : Mary McBride Anton Marsden 870 8:59
13. PSAG: Andy Newman Andrew Swan Byron Mabbett Murray Munro 750 8:56
14. Bomans: Eva Boman Mark Boman 700 8:46
15. Speedsters: Tim Hodgkinson Paul Tryon Chris Hay 650 8:56
16. AJA: Annie Gibson Julie Gibson Tracy Klap 590 8:48
17. Ants and Jeremy: Jeremy Paterson Ants Harmer 590 8:48
18. Dad Jokes: Jamie Stewart Caspar Harmer No sheet 7:54

Mt Victoria 12 July 16

Course planner and Lara Shepherd.

Time 3 hours 100% dark. Weather, beautiful still evening, crisp but not cold. 100 participants. Max score 1610. Results with checking of top 5 teams in each category. Leon and Lara write...

Big turnout with 100 people in 43 teams. Apologies for the slow start. About 1/3 of people were not pre-registered; hence the shortage of maps and delay. If you’re a club member and pre-registered for an event, the cost is only $10 per person, and we’d prefer to take that from you rather than $20.

We were fortunate with the mild weather. The four ‘Roman’ columns of Control 23 were apparently obscured by scaffolding; points awarded to those making a claim. The leading teams nearly cleaned us out, with the total points available being 1610. The top five running teams each got all of the controls worth 60 or more points.

Among the running teams, the most popular control was 39 visited by 22 teams (followed by 100 and 30, each visited by 21 teams); the least popular control was 20 which only one team scored correctly (while only five and six teams visited controls 38 and 40, respectively). We have verified the answers and addition for the top five places in each of the walking and running categories. With times recorded to the minute there are a couple of ties, the simple-minded web page doesn't handle this so we've shown those with "Equal" in brackets. Where the finish time is different the first back gets the nod.

Results, slight amendments 14 July. L=late, S=solo, M=mapper

Walk

1. Walking Wonders; Ian McCabe, Jenny Cossey 1020
2. The Mapper; Michael Wood 1060-106M-95S=859
3. Jo Holden, Chris Sherwood 850
4. Flying Takahes; Jenny Visser, Mike Fee 830
5. Aunty Mary's Canary; Mary McBride, Anton Marsden 760
6. (Equal)A+B+Me; Beverley Holder, Anna Engleback, Megan E 720 (2.52)
7. (Equal)Blackberry Jam; Robert Breukers, Dijana Bogunovic, Pauline Calloch 720 (2.52)
8. Simon Faulkner 730-73S=657
9. Dianne, Bernice 610
10. Raewyn, Mike, 580
11. Mike, Corina, 310
12. Once were warriors; Jenny, Ross, score not recorded

1. Microdoses; Steve McInstry Tom Charles, Danny Garrett 1470
2. Tough like Smidgey; Rachel Drew, Liam Drew 1440-20L=1420
3. Mike(s); Mike Phethean; Mike Dalziel 1360
4. Trumps Mexicans; Greg Dobson, Grant Hector, Ross Woodley 1330
5. Lightning Speed Robots; Kelvin, Richard 1350-20L=1330
6. Shepherd x2, 1190
7. Stray the Course; Mark Malone, Philip Secker, Chris 1170
8. Local Knowledge; Nikki Wilson, Sam Walton 1150 (2.55)
9. Navigationally Challenged; John Justice, Geoff Ferry 1150 (2.58)
10. Wayward Wanderers; Andrew Crowley, Rachel Ward, Abby Ward 1130
11. Where's Alice? Mark Hearfield, Simon Rea 1090
12. (Equal)Nicole Ranger, Nathan Watson 1080 (2.54)
13. (Equal)Dick and co; Dick Dinsdale, Kirsty Macdonald, Aaron, Ben 1080 (2.54)
14. Muriel Seeley, Amy 1050
15. PSAG; Andrew Swan, Andy Newman, Byron Mabbett 1020
16. Pootle Parade; Alastair Kendrew, Mark Bennett 1020-20L=1000
17. Team K; Ann Kendon, Phil Kendon 950
18. Jenny Cassie Dave Rudge 1000-50L=950
19. Shane, Cam, 930
20. Speedsters; Tim Hodgkinson, Paul Tryon, Dwayne 900
21. Kina O; Pat van Berkel, Ocean Mercier 890
22. Eva, Marcus 850 (2.38)
23. Gary, Arthur & Vic; Arthur Klap, Gary Dick, Victor Klap 850 (2.49)
24. Tony Kong, Sophie Chen 850-30L=820
25. Leana Louw, Natalie Hogg, Jimmie Fourie 700
26. Lucy, Julie, Maria, 570
27. Ruahine; Leonie Waayer, Sarah Bramwell, Jo Boyle, Elizabeth Claridge 540
28. Buddy's pack; Dean Patten, Jill Westenra 520
29. Team Woody; Kelly Neighbours, Dave Leppard, score not recorded
30. Sarah, David, Yuri, score not recorded
31. Scott, Adrian, score not recorded

Belmont Regional Park 8 Jun 16

Course planner and Philip Secker.

Time 3 hours 100% dark. Weather, beautiful still evening, crisp but not cold. 63 participants. Max score 1370. Preliminary results straight off the whiteboard in the comfortable "woolshed" (thank you regional council). Great to have the ranger taking part too:-) The pole on the ground at 22 had been removed, so claims allowed there. Checking of scores and names later. The Mapper didn't take his usual penalty, Mark prepared the map.

Results now checked 15 Jun. A few adding errors, penalties applied, found a couple more results sheets. Most popular control points (in order, most first): 21, 60, 90, 54 Least popular control points (in order, least first): 71, 41 30, 43

Results, Walk

1. Walking Wonders: Jenny Cossey Ian McCabe 800
2. Jo McKenzie Michael Wood 780
3. BOB: Glen Warner John Kowaczyk 730
4. The Flying Takahes: Jenny Visser Mike Fee 720
5. Jo Holden 730 -73S =657
6. Anna Lambrechtsen Sarah Milicich 470
7. Pipdon: Fiona Clendon Philippa Le Couteur 440 -60L =380
8. Staffordians (Plod & Slog): Jane Boyden Mel Cotterill 290

1. Chris Swallow & Laurence Pidcock 1370
2. Rach & Wal (Drew and Wallace) 1190
3. Dean Ford 1320 -132S =1188
4. Lightning Speed Robots: Kelvin Thiele Richard Persson 1090
5. Mikes & Katy: Mike Phethean Mike Dazell 990
6. Where’s Alice: Simon Rea Mark Hearfield 980
7. Slackers: Meg Shaw Rochelle Andrews Dave Nicholls Jeremy Paterson 960
8. Navigationally Challenged: John Justice 960 -96S =864
9. Keen: Anton Marsden Mary McBride Marta Zanetti 830
10. Lara Shepherd Leon Perrie 810
11. HotLoadeD: Vic & Jared McMurdo 800
12. Cupid Stunts: Mike Sherwin Darren Gordon 780
13. Flying Scotman: Nikki Watson Maddy Hale Sam Walton 740
14. Steve Oram (Auckland) 800 -80S =720
15. Rob McCrudden Cathy Fraser 680
16. Traction: Jenny Rose Janet Marsh Adrian MacIntyre 590
17. PSAG: Andy Newman Biron Mabbett 530
18. B&E: Ewan Cormack Bernadett Heaphy 500
19. Kina O: Pat van Berkel Ocean Mercier Lucian Mercier 560 -70L =490
20. BHS: Bayey Rose Harrison Hitchin Scott MacIntyre 370
21. Night Raiders: Tony Kong Sophie Chen 220
22. What Runners Do: Orsi Vinae Chan Kuathilake No Result

Papakowhai 5 May 16

Course planner (aged 12) assisted by Kelvin Thiele and on the night Michael Wood.

Miramar 14 Apr 16

Course planners Paul Tryon and Chris Hay, who made a great job of planning their first rogaine, especially getting permission for several parcels of land at the north end. Tim writes...

It was a lovely clear evening in Miramar for the first 3 hour rogaine of the year. Twenty four teams came out to explore the highlights of the peninsula. Most teams chose to explore the northern end of the peninsula with at least 12 teams finding the 100 point control. Only one team visited the 80 point controls at the southern end. The most popular control was under the climbing frame at Scorching Bay. Some teams had trouble with a fallen log at control 45. Thanks for coming and I hope you all enjoyed the course, Tim, Chris and Paul.