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ACTRA Bulletin September 2025

ACTRA Bulletin September 2025

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ACT ROGAINING ASSOCIATION BULLETIN

‍In this edition:

Night/Day/Cyclegaine

Sunset over the Lower Cotter

As you read this your legs still may be itching as the blackberry scratches heal, but that doesn't mean the 2025 Night/Day/Cyclegaine wasn't a great event, especially for the many first time rogainers who are training for ANU Inward Bound. Many thanks must go out to the Inward Bound Committee who provided the bulk of volunteers, and to Hartley Lifecare who fed many hungry rogainers with their usual high standard of catering.

 

Natali Heil Koerbel hosted an excellent event, with Jackson Jolly and Ben Grace setting the course. Route planning was key to success, with the course setters deviously placing a concentration of high value controls in the far reaches of the map in what can only be described as the rogaining equivalent of the sweet nectar bait found in carnivorous plants.

 

Congratulations to Caleb, Sebastian and Brad Addison who were the overall winners of the day foot rogaine, Cathy Hogg and Rohan Hyslop winning the day cyclegaine, and Brad Carron-Arthur and Ryan Stocks winning the night rogaine.

 

Good luck to all the Inward Bound runners for the race next month, we hope to see you back!

 

Spring ACT/NSW Rogaine Cancelled

Sadly the NSW Rogaining Association made the tough call to cancel the Spring Challenge Rogaine that was scheduled for 18 October. As the rogaine was planned to be a combined NSW/ACT event, ACTRA has no planned alternative.
 
The cancellation was caused by unmapped and potentially collapsing mine shafts in the National Park area planned for the rogaine, which meant off-track navigation was effectively banned. Unfortunately, there as there was not enough time to plan an alternate location, so the event was cancelled.
 
NSWRA will be looking for alternatives next year and sincerely apologise to anyone that has been affected by this cancellation - they made this call early so that this gap in your rogaining schedule can hopefully be plugged by the other events on offer this year.

NSW Socialgaine - 2 November 2025

Don't despair too much! There is still an opportunity to get your rogaining fix. The NSW 6 Hour Socialgaine will be held in Engadine, in South Sydney! Event entry will open soon.

‍Rogaine Results Website

With this unexpected downtime between rogaines, it's a great time to practice route planning from the comfort of your home! Rogaine-results.com is a great resource with maps, routes, and scores from rogaines in Australia and around the world.


See how winning teams methodically clear the course whilst minimising their elevation change, or see how teams who uploaded their GPX files struggled to find an 'easy' control!

ACT/NSW Calendar

WhenEventLocation
Saturday, 13 SeptemberNSW Championships 24/8 Hour + Invervarsity ChampionshipMt Werong
Saturday, 18 OctoberACT/NSW Spring 6/12 HourBungonia
Sunday, 2 NovemberNSW Socialgaine 6 HourEngadine
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