INTERNATIONAL ROGAINING FEDERATION Inc. A0040409P Box 3, Central Park, 3145 Australia Newsletter No. 161 www.rogaining.org October 2010 IRF Team 11th TAOK Rogaine, Estonia By Lauri Leppik President: Neil Phillips Promotions and Development: Alan Mansfield Saturday, 2nd October: held in a Secretary/Treasurer: Rod Phillips picturesque area of South Estonia featuring Technical Manager: Lauri Leppik the Ahja river valley with Devonian World Rogaining Championships Manager: vacant sandstone cliffs surrounded by areas of Members of IRF open pine forests and a few wetlands. Czech Republic: Miroslav Seidl, Jan Tojnar New Zealand: Alan Holdaway, Nick Collins Canada: Murray Foubister The 8-hour TAOK rogaine is again the United States of America: Bob Reddick, most populous rogaining event in the Eric Smith world with 950 participants in 380 teams Estonia: Eduard Pukkonen, Lauri Leppik Latvia: Guntars Mankus this year. Russia: Sergey Yashchenko, Evgeny Dombrovskiy Ukraine: Efim Shtempler Besides the local Estonian teams, there Members from Australia: Alan Mansfield, Rod Phillips, Neil Phillips. were several from Latvia and Russia, and representation from Finland, Ukraine, Observer status USA, Canada and Czech Republic. Brazil: José Nilton Silva Vargas Canada: Francis Falardeau, Allan Stradeski Finland: Iiro Kakko Brothers Silver and Rain Eensaar, silver Germany: Marko Rößler Great Britain: Jeff Powell Davies medal winners from 2009 European Hong Kong: Patrick Ng Rogaining Championships, showed their Ireland: Denis Deasy high speed and good route planning skills, Israel: Dan Chissick Japan: Kazuhiro Takashima finishing the course in 7.5 hours with the Norway: Ross Wakelin direct distance of 52 kilometers. Poland: Magda Czapluk Results with the route choices of teams at: Russia: Syropyatov Valeriy South Africa: Lisa De Speville, Pieter Mulder http://www.rogain.ee/web_uus/results.htm Spain: Felip Gili Sweden: Bengt Nilsson 1st South American Rogaining Switzerland: Dieter Wolf USA: Barb Bryant Championships 4th WRC: Pete Squires 02-03 July 2011 6th WRC: Peg Davis, 9 th WRC: Grant Hunter 24hr: Santa Maria City in Rio Grande do World Rogaining Championships Sul State, Brazil Cheviot, New Zealand 20-21 November 2010. Organiser: Clube de Orientacão de Santa http://wrc2010.org.nz/ Maria [email protected] General Director: Paulo Calisto Becker 22-23 January 2011 www.cosm.esp.br 31 st Australian Rogaining Championship 24hr championship rogaines José Nilton Silva Vargas - Ten Cel ENG northern midlands of Tasmania 6º Batalhão de Engenharia de Combate http://www.arc2011.rt.asn.au/ www.6becmb.eb.mil.br 29-30 January 2011 Hong Kong Rogaine 24 Other rogaines 24-hour, 6-hour events Central & western part of New Territories, 18-19 September 2010 Hong Kong 35 th Victorian Rogaining Championships [email protected] Barkly, western Victoria http://www.ayp.org.hk/rogaine24/ 25 September 2010 26 March 2011 Rogaine Tres Valls Israel Annual Rogaine, 12, 8(?), 4 hours 12 hour plus 6 hour Latrun area, Israel Sant Feliu de Pallerols - Catalunya, Spain http://israelorienteering.org/rogaine/ www.elsarro.cat 25-26 June 2011, Rogaine Ireland 9-10 October 2010 24hr and 6hr Three15er Rogaine Wicklow Mountains, South of Dublin 3, 6, 12 or 24 hour http://setantaorienteers.org/event/rogaine- Foot, Bike or Duathlon ireland-2011 Teanaway Valley near Cle Elum, WA, USA 23-24 July 2011 www.three15er.com European Rogaining Championships 24hr, Vidzeme region, Latvia 16 October 2010 http://www.okzk.lv/index.php?rogaine Rogaine del Vi 2011, 6 hours Pacs del Penedés - Catalunya, Spain 17-18 September 2011 rogainingdelvi.wordpress.com Carpathian Mountain Rogaining 24 hr, 12 hr Sat 30 October - Foot Rogaine 8 and 4 Bukovel, Ukraine hours Sun 31 October - MB Rogaine 5 and http://www.rogaine-carpaty.org.ua 2 hours Capestorm Rogaines, South Africa th 10 World Rogaining Championships Kaapschehoop,Mpumalanga 350 km from 2012, Czech Republic Johannesburg, and a 75 km drive to the Kruger National Park. www.roc.org.za [email protected] Looking for some great walks to do in 13-14 November 2010 th New Zealand before or after the 9 World Shawnee Extreme Rogaining Championships, go to: 12 and 24 hour events http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and- Shawnee State Park/Forest recreation/tracks-and-walks/great-walks/ Portsmouth, Ohio nsfadventures.com/shawnee.html 2.