2014 Australian Rogaining Championships
2014 Australian Rogaining Championships held near Malmsbury in Central Victoria.
Over 20 ACTRA members headed to the Australian Champs near Malmsbury in Victoria on 11-12 October. Barkley, the ACTRA mascot, even headed along teaming up with Benita Sommerville and Matthew Hollingworth.
The weather was perfect (if anything a bit hot!), the terrain lovely and open and the event well organised. There was much raving about the post-event food – never had pork and fennel rissoles, chicken wings and Caesar salad as Hash House food before!
David Baldwin and Julie Quinn were the best placed ACT team, coming second overall (second Mixed Open and first Mixed Veterans) losing out on an overall win by a measly 20 points to a gun team from NZ. The ACT also won the Intervarsity Challenge with Oleg Kovdashev and Daniel Comber-Todd from the ANU coming in first place (16th overall).
Other placegetters were:
- First Family Category - Glenn Bridgart and his daughter Jessica
- Second Women’s Open – Susie Sprague (who teamed up with Sara Hely from Vic)
- Third Mixed Supervets – Jean Douglass and Ron Simpson
- Fourth Women’s Supervets – Colleen Mock and Parissa Poulis
- Fourth Men’s Open - Ben Corry (who teamed up with Shane Lewis from WA).
Overall the ACT came fourth in the interstate challenge (but only just!) (Vic: 23 points; NSW: 12 points; QLD: 11 points; ACT: 10.5 points; Tas: 6 points; WA: 2.5 points; SA: 1 point; NT: 0 points).
Read MoreOver 20 ACTRA members headed to the Australian Champs near Malmsbury in Victoria on 11-12 October. Barkley, the ACTRA mascot, even headed along teaming up with Benita Sommerville and Matthew Hollingworth.
The weather was perfect (if anything a bit hot!), the terrain lovely and open and the event well organised. There was much raving about the post-event food – never had pork and fennel rissoles, chicken wings and Caesar salad as Hash House food before!
David Baldwin and Julie Quinn were the best placed ACT team, coming second overall (second Mixed Open and first Mixed Veterans) losing out on an overall win by a measly 20 points to a gun team from NZ. The ACT also won the Intervarsity Challenge with Oleg Kovdashev and Daniel Comber-Todd from the ANU coming in first place (16th overall).
Other placegetters were:
- First Family Category - Glenn Bridgart and his daughter Jessica
- Second Women’s Open – Susie Sprague (who teamed up with Sara Hely from Vic)
- Third Mixed Supervets – Jean Douglass and Ron Simpson
- Fourth Women’s Supervets – Colleen Mock and Parissa Poulis
- Fourth Men’s Open - Ben Corry (who teamed up with Shane Lewis from WA).
Overall the ACT came fourth in the interstate challenge (but only just!) (Vic: 23 points; NSW: 12 points; QLD: 11 points; ACT: 10.5 points; Tas: 6 points; WA: 2.5 points; SA: 1 point; NT: 0 points).
