General News
28 September, 2023
Rogainers on point for bush success
HUNDREDS of rogainers have taken to bushland around Kingower for their state championships. Runners and walkers, who plot their course to collect point markers, competed in events over six or 24 hours. They camped at Kingower cricket ground for the...
HUNDREDS of rogainers have taken to bushland around Kingower for their state championships.
Runners and walkers, who plot their course to collect point markers, competed in events over six or 24 hours.
They camped at Kingower cricket ground for the first Victorian Rogaining Association championships since COVID.
Course designer Rob Taylor said rogainers last competed around Kingower in 2014. “There is a variety of terrain ... it’s a great course,” he said.
“There’s the rugged terrain with dense bush and granite rocks in Kooyoora State Park or relatively flat terrain where navigation is more subtle and the Rheola bushland with panoramic views of Bald Hills.”
Taylor said competitors were given their maps three hours before competition started with teams of two or three in age groups from open to ultra veterans.
“All up there are 75 checkpoints. No one will cover every point but the aim is to get the most points and return to base in time.”
Merv Trease and Vic Sedunary covered more than 80km and visited 50 checkpoints over 24 hours to win the ultra veteran category with 2920 points.
Overall winner was Alaster Meehan with 3620 points.