World Rogaining Championships

World Rogaining Championships 2013 Men's Open winners. From left: Rait Pallo, Timmo Tammemäe – silver (Estonia), Rain Eensaar, Silver Eensaar – gold (Estonia), Oleg Kalinin, Evgeny Dombrovskiy – bronze (Russia)

The World Rogaining Championships are the Championships of the International Rogaining Federation (IRF). Their organisation is the responsibility of the designated national organising group chosen for that event by the IRF.

World championship rogaines are always of 24 hours duration. The object is to score points by finding checkpoints located on the terrain within 24 hours. Checkpoints may be visited in any order.

The team with the highest score in each of the three gender classes (Men's, Women's and Mixed teams) shall be the World Rogaining Champions. Within each gender class, all teams participate in the Open age category. Additionally, there are age sub-categories as follows: Junior (under 20), Veteran (over 40), Super Veteran (over 55) and Ultra Veteran (over 65).[1]

World Rogaining Championships have been earlier held every two years. As from 2012 the World Rogaining Championships are held annually.

World Rogaining Championships

Perpetual trophies for World Rogaining Championship category winners
World champions
No Year Place Number of teams Men's teams Women's teams Mixed teams
1 1992 Australia Australia, Beechworth 194 James RussellAustralia, Michael Walters Australia Drusilla Patkin Australia, Alexandra Tyson Australia Tony Woolford Australia, Barb Gare Australia
2 1996 Australia Australia, Mt Singleton 271 David Rowlands Australia, James Russell Australia Christine O'Keefe Australia, Jenny Casanova Australia David Ellis Australia, John Nitschke Australia, Vanessa Walker Australia
3 1998 Canada Canada, Kamloops 134 Nigel Aylott Australia, Iiro Kakko Finland Catherine HagenCanada, Pam James Canada Richard Matthews Australia, Helen Bailey Australia
4 2000 New Zealand New Zealand, Christchurch 193 David Rowlands Australia, Greg Barbour New Zealand Rachel Smith New Zealand, Encarna Maturana Spain Rob Hart New Zealand, Jenni Adams New Zealand
5 2002 Czech Republic Czech Republic, Lesna 182 David Rowlands Australia, Greg Barbour New Zealand Julie Quinn Australia, Kay Haarsma Australia Guntars MankusLatvia, Raimonds Lapinš Latvia, Anita Liepina Latvia
6 2004 USA United States, Arizona 176 Mike Kloser United States, Michael Tobin United States Victoria Campbell United States, Jennifer Knowles United States David Baldwin Australia, Julie Quinn Australia
7 2006 Australia Australia, Warrumbungles 308 Dennis de Monchy New Zealand, Chris Forne New Zealand Heather Logie Australia, Julie Quinn Australia Guntars Mankus Latvia, Raimonds Lapinš Latvia, Anita Liepina Latvia
8 2008 Estonia Estonia, Karula 339 Evgeny DombrovskiyRussia, Pavel Shestakov Russia Alida Abola Latvia, Baiba Ozola Latvia Pavel Sysoev Russia, Irina Safronova Russia
9 2010 New Zealand New Zealand, Cheviot 250 Chris Forne New Zealand, Marcel Hagener New Zealand Gill Fowler Australia, Alexa McAuley Australia Seppo Mäkinen Finland, Ulla Silventoinen Finland
10 2012 Czech Republic Czech Republic, Prebuz 333 Silver Eensaar Estonia, Rain Eensaar Estonia Anastasia Galitarova Russia, Irina Safronova Russia Andrey Shvedov Russia, Anna Shavlakova Russia
11 2013 Russia Russia, Alol 314 Silver Eensaar Estonia, Rain Eensaar Estonia Nastia Rostovtseva Russia, Anna Shavlakova Russia Andrey Shvedov Russia, Natalija Abramova Russia
12 2014 USA United States, South Dakota 180 Silver Eensaar Estonia, Rain Eensaar Estonia, Timmo Tammemäe Estonia Marina Galkina Russia, Nina Mikheeva Russia Heiti Hallikma Estonia, Viivi-Anne Soots Estonia
13 2015 Finland Finland, Saariselkä 374 Petteri Muukkonen Finland, Hannu-Pekka Pukema Finland Anna Shavlakova Russia, Natalija Abramova Russia Konstantin Ivanov Russia, Natalija Zimina Russia
14 2016 Australia Australia, Alice Springs
15 2017 Latvia Latvia, Rāzna National Park

References

  1. ↑ "IRF Rules of Rogaining".

External links

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