eNewsletter 211 - Monday 22nd September, 2025
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2025 NSW & Intervarsity Champs -- summary & results
The winning 24hr family team, Craig, Archer, & Violet Mottershead from the ACT Finally, a rogaine where it didn't rain. A big thanks to all the teams who took part in the 'Werong a mission' NSW 24-hour and national Intervarsity Championships, especially the 8 intervarsity teams and the 9 other interstate teams (not counting the nearby ACT) containing members from Vic, Tas, SA, Qld & WA, who came so far. We were lucky to have crisp sunny days and cold clear nights -- ideal weather for a 24-hour rogaine -- and reports are the food was to a very high standard at both the main Hash House as well as the mid-course all-night café. Tristan White, the organiser and setter, created a traditional 24-hour bush rogaine in a very scenic setting. It was deliberately set in moderately tough terrain with challenging but gratifying navigation that makes you want to come back for more (when you get it right that is). And, by the accounts of some of the subsequent Facebook posts, Tristan succeeded in doing that admirably. David Baldwin described it as "a tough event! Lots of steep hills and slow off the tracks. A challenging course to plan and execute." The absence of a moon for the first half of the night made things even more interesting. No room for complacency. There's nothing like being out in the bush in pitch blackness to focus the mind on the problem at hand and keeping on going when things get tough. That's rogaining -- "the sport of thought"!
Results Championships: Congratulations to Xanda Kolesnikow and Ivan Koudashev, the overall winners of the 24-hour who clocked up 2820 out of a possible 3500pts with less than 7 minutes to spare. Also in the 24-hour, the Mixed team of Gill Fowler & Mitchell Isaacs came second with 2520pts, winning both the Mixed and Mixed Veterans categories. Interstate teams: Interstate teams performed extremely well, with third place overall taken by the ACT Mixed Veterans Julie Quinn & David Baldwin who got 2440pts. Special mention should also go out to the hybrid Vic/ACT team of Paul Monks & Tim Cochrane, who took the Mens Veterans trophy home and came fifth overall with 2410pts. A spectacular effort was also put in by the ACT womens team Peggy Douglass, Jeannie Douglass & Tassia Kolesnikow, who took out all of the Womens categories with 1380pts, and Anthony Slatyer & Brett Davis, also from the ACT, who won both the Mens Vets and Supervets with 1320pts. Intervarsity: The winners of the 2025 Intervarsity Championships were Oscar Woolford & Kelvin Meng from the the Australian National University who also won the Under 23 category with 2420pts, coming fourth place overall. Second were Sam Woolford & Xavier Scott from the University of Tasmania with 2190pts, and third were a mixed ANU team, Martin Duong & Olivia Yates who came back with 1130pts. 8-hour: In the 8-hour event the overall winners were Lyndon & Fraser Hall with 830pts, followed by a Family team of David & Oliver Lee with 780pts, and then the Mixed team of Margot Mason, Angela Ha, Daniel Gilbert, & Juri Hemmi with 770pts.
The category winners in the 24-hour Championships are as follows:
And here are the category winners in the 8-hour rogaine:
Links to the full results are available from the event page. The results have also been uploaded to rogaine-results.com where all the team routes for both the 24- and 8-hour events can be analysed and compared using interactive course maps. Many more of these quality photos by Bruce Sutton and Michael Watts can also be found on the event page.
Thanks to our volunteers Our 24-hour rogaines are the most challenging to organise and they are also the events that need the greatest number volunteers to run. This event could not have happened without the help of the following:
We would also like to thank the following organisations for their support and providing essential services:
Wombat woes ("location, location, location"!) |
Spring Challenge Cancelled We rarely cancel events, but unfortunately the Spring Challenge Rogaine, scheduled for 18th October, has been cancelled due to circumstances that compromise the safety and quality of the event. After much work by the organisers, it became clear that it would be impossible to proceed with an event that maintained the safety and rogaining experience that we strive to deliver. We understand the disappointment this may cause, especially for those who’ve planned and trained for this inaugural State vs Territory challenge. We anticipate that the effort the organising team has put in on the excellent rogaining country in the Bungonia area won’t go to waste and the event may re-emerge in next years calendar. Stay tuned. Thank you for your understanding and continued support. The good news is that entries in the Socialgaine on 2nd November have just opened (see below). This'll be our last event for the year, so don't miss it. Graham Field |
Time to enter the Woronora Explorer 6-hour Socialgaine
For your calendar: add event date & add closing reminder "Didn’t we have a lovely time the day we went to Bangor?"* *Daytrip To Bangor (Didn't We Have A Lovely Time) - Fiddler's Dram (Top of the Pops 1979) Prepare for a big day out on Sydney’s southern fringe for an urban-to-wilderness experience where people and the bush meet. The course will have superb views from numerous scenic lookouts, and swimming spots. Public transport will be a viable travel option, with the Hash House only a 25 minute walk from Engadine Railway Station. Imagine stepping back in time to a pre-European existence in the midst of long gentle valleys, steep hillsides, rarely travelled gullies, and gravity-confirming creeks looking for the mysteriously named Woronora River.
You'll encounter sculptured sandstone formations amongst eucalypts, cockatoos, Gymea Lilies, kookaburras, grass-trees, water dragons, tree ferns, wallabies, and even koalas; and there'll be a multitude of course planning options for your puzzle-hungry brain. And, when you finish exploring, return to the well-appointed Hash House at Engadine’s spacious Anzac Oval Youth & Recreation Centre for delicious and refreshing food & drink, and swap stories about the day’s adventures. So, mark your diary for the 2025 6-hour Socialgaine to explore the "Woronora River, Valleys, & Heights" on Sunday 2nd November. (There'll be plenty of parking at Anzac Oval and in surrounding streets if you don’t come by train.)
Key info at a glance:
Course times Sunday 2nd November 2025
Note: Teams can be on the course for as long or as little as they wish between 10am & 4pm. Points are deducted for each minute (or part thereof) a team returns late (after 4pm). And all team points will be lost if a team/member has not returned by 4:30pm!
In case there are any late changes, stay up to date by regularly visiting the event page on the website. A team finder service and info for novices with advice on what gear to bring and other information can be found on the website. Final Instructions Final Instructions containing more event-specific info will be posted on the event page on Monday 27th October. Event related queries can be directed to: admin@nswroganing.org |
2025 NSW rogaining calendarOnly one event left this year, but remember to check the website in case there are any further changes.
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