What is Rogaining?

Rogaining is the sport of cross country navigation in which individuals or teams visit as many controls (checkpoints) as possible within a given time limit. The time limit for each rogaine in this series is 90 minutes.

Participants travel on foot, navigating by map and compass. Controls may be visited in any order, and are allocated differing points. There are controls suitable for everyone:

• 10 yellow level controls (numbers 30-39, 30 points each), which are suitable for absolute beginners (located near handrails such as tracks or fences);
• 10 orange level controls (numbers 40-49, 40 points each), which are achievable for newer orienteers; and
• 10 red level controls (numbers 50-59, 50 points each) which are designed for experienced orienteers.

You may be able to find controls that are beyond your usual abilities, because a lot of people around you will be going to them as well. If you have trouble with a control, move onto another.

You can return early if you wish. Penalty points (20 points per minute or part minute) are deducted from your score if you return late. Remember to bring a watch!

We will have experienced orienteers available to help with coaching before and after each event. We also welcome volunteers for collecting controls after the event. This can be a great learning opportunity because you are not pressured by the race situation.

For this series we are encourage individual or pair entries, but we are also accepting teams of 3 or 4; enter now! Contact the Rogaine Series Administrator, Rob Garden (rgmg@xtra.co.nz) if you have any questions.