2x6hr Rogaine (12 & 13 April 2025)

Saturday 6hr - Saturday 12 April 2025

Admin Opens:8:00 am , Event Start:10:00 am, Event Finish:4:00 pm Duration:6 hours

Sunday 6hr - Sunday 13 April 2025

Admin Opens:8:00 am , Event Start:10:00 am, Event Finish:4:00 pm Duration:6 hours

Return to bush Rogaining with a 2x6hr rogaine. This format a 6hr rogaine on Saturday starting at 10am and the same again on Sunday starting at 10am. a great weekend to volunteer on the day you don’t compete. We are likely to offer training on the Sunday provided by experenced rogainers who competed on Saturday.

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Sunday Navigation Training

For our 2x6hour rogaines we offer training. Below is the what we offered last year and expect similar in 2025

Wondering how to use your 2 hours of preparation time best and improve your route choice? Or how to get more points? Did you run out of time, were late back to the Hash House, and want to get better at that? What about route selection techniques and optimal routes?

As was done at 2x6hr rogaines in 2023 and 2024, on Sunday 13th April we are planning live navigation coaching in conjunction with Sunday bush rogaine. The plan is to pair up an experienced rogainer to travel with each trainee team and provide coaching. The coaching will be aimed at people new to bush navigation, or those who have tried some rogaining but struggle to find checkpoints.

We’ll invite interest teams or individual to register there interest in being in a coached team with a link to be available here in the month before the event. As we confirm the availability of coaches, we will invite those registered to enter via a link sent by email. The first to register will be the first invited to enter. If you are a group of friends, register as a group and we’ll keep you together. The training teams will score results in the Sunday rogaine but the focus will be on learning and not scoring. You will also be able to register as an individual as we will create teams of 3 to 5 people and allocate a coach.

Please Do NOT enter the normal Sunday event if you want coaching – wait until you receive the registration link.

Volunteers Needed

Rogaines could not run without volunteers. If you have any friends who would like to help us while you storm the course, to date we still have several volunteer roles to fill.

There are many ways you can volunteer without missing out on doing the event. The great thing about having two separate 6hr events over one weekend is that you could enter one day and volunteer on the other, or you could help with setup before, or collecting checkpoints after the event.

Sign up to volunteer at this event here.

Location Description

We have started planning however planned burns may force us to plan elsewhere. More information when we are confident of the location we will be able to use.

Map

The map is likely to be at 1:25,000 scale with 10m contours, printed on SRA3 non-waterproof paper.

Entry details

Entries will open about a month prior to the event. Entries close about a week prior to the event.

Event Entry Fees

Adults $45
Juniors (14 to under 18) $20, Juniors (under 14 free entry when in a team with an adult.)

Final Instructions and Start location

Final Instructions will be available on the VRA website from Tuesday 8th April. The final instructions will include details of the start location, how to get there, important information about the event, and the Indemnity Form.

Please print out and complete the Indemnity Form attached to the final instructions and ensure you bring it to the event. All team members must sign the form.

Please note that no pets are allowed at rogaines either on course or at the Hash House.

Please read our information about Biosecurity in Rogaining and make sure your equipment is clean before you leave home.

Mandatory equipment

There will be a friendly gear check at registration, and all team members must bring their individual and team mandatory gear for inspection prior to receiving a map.

Mandatory items Per Person:
- compass
- whistle (A digital compass on a phone is not accepted.)
- headlamp/torch (A torch on a phone is not accepted.)

Mandatory items Per Team:
- mobile phone
- first aid kit - should contain, as a minimum, 1 heavyweight compression bandage for snakebite, 1 roller bandage, 1 triangular bandage (or blood absorbent cotton pads), sticking plaster, and the VRA first aid instruction sheet.

First aid kits and other items are available from Event Admin if needed.

Event Timeline

Planned timeline for each day:

8:00am Admin opens for registration, map and Navlight collection
9:45am Briefing – all must attend
10:00am Rogaine starts
3:00pm Catering opens (sausage sizzle, soup, pasta and some cake)
4:00pm Rogaine finishes
4:10pm Results presentation

Presentations are based on teams that have finished – it is possible a late finishing team could still win a category but be omitted from the presentation. Late teams will be included in the results that appear on the website.

Accommodation

Camping at the Hash House to be confirmed.

Hash House Meal

Our normal plans are: A sausage sizzle will be provided by a service club at the end of each day's event, this includes a couple of sausages or a veggie burger each. In addition, the VRA will provide a vegetarian soup and some pasta to go with the soup plus cake, hot water, tea, coffee, and Milo. Please bring your own chair, plate, bowl, cup, and cutlery.

Course Enquiries

Phil - 0427 012 863 - membership@rogainevic.org.au

Admin Manager

Team Changes & Withdrawals - - admin@rogainevic.org.au

Online Entry Assistance

Entry Support - - entries@rogainevic.org.au