Training

On the Tuesday before the event, download the Final Instructions. These give details of the starting place, directions, and other necessary information such as the Indemnity Form. This form must be completed and signed by each adult team member, and on behalf of each junior member. Look up your team number, often displayed on a board near the gear check, to complete your form and speed up registration.

Travel to the event and park where directed. All team members must go to the registration marquee. Plan to arrive 1 to 2 hours before the event to allow plenty of time to register and plan your route. Parking is often limited – we encourage car sharing. On 24 hour events we may arrange some form of group transport.

Show any mandatory equipment at the inspection point.

Hand in your Indemnity Form.

Receive maps, descriptions of checkpoints and an Intentions Sheet.

Receive your Navlight tags (bush events only), and attach them to your wrist. Check they are working.

Mark any last-minute map changes identified in the briefing onto your map.

Plan the route you want to follow. When happy with your plan, mark your intended route onto the Intentions Sheet (AKA ‘flight plan’), and mark your direction of travel. Enter your team number, car registration, and phone number.

Flight plans are used if your team is late back and we need to contact you or start a search. Hand in your Intentions Sheet at the briefing 15 mins before the start. You can deviate from the route on the intentions sheet but it is best not to ignore it completely.

About 15 minutes before the start time, move to the Start Corral.

For bush events, hand in your Intentions Sheet at the entrance and have your Navlight tags activated  by one of the volunteers. This starts the scoring system.

Listen to hints about the course.

At Metrogaines, you collect your score sheet immediately after the start from the “washing line”.

Get back to the Hash House at the finish point at any time before the official end time. Teams are penalised points for every minute they are late.

If you are running late and expect to miss the deadline, please contact the event coordinator – use the phone number printed on the map. If you can’t make a call, send a text instead – it is easier for text messages to get through.

At the finish of bush events:

1. Your Navlight tag will be punched to give a finish time.
2. The tags will be cut from your wrist.
3. They will be read into a computer.
4. Your results will be printed and handed to you.
5. Catering – in bush events, good nourishing food is usually provided. Collect your plates, bowl, mug, and a chair. Line up to be served a good feed. Sit, relax and socialise. Celebrate the fun you had.
6. Help the volunteers pack up.

After travelling home, clean any soil or seeds from your equipment and car. This will help reduce the risk of the spread of pests and diseases. See our sheet on Biosecurity in Rogaining.

Results are usually published on the website, Facebook, and in the Mailchimp email newsletter within a few days.

Enter or volunteer to help for the next event. Entries are usually open 2 to 3 weeks before the next event.