International Rogaining News
The International Rogaining Federation has a new interim President, Julie Quinn, and she has produced a newsletter featuring interesting rogaining news from around the world:
Check out this Tasmanian event for your summer rogaining fix!
The IRF has a new interim President, Julie Quinn, and she has pulled together a newsletter highlighting the latest rogaining news from around the world:
Hi all, here is a roundup of rogaining news within Australia and overseas:
42 Australians will take part in the 19th World Rogaining Championships on 5-6 July, to be held in elevated terrain near Quintanar de la Sierra, about 3 hours drive north of Madrid.
The challenging terrain will test our Aussies' hill-climbing fitness, but at least we will be prepared for high temperatures, which could be over 30 degrees if the current hot conditions persist.
The organising team is arranging live tracking, so you can track your favourite team via their website: https://wrc2025.org/
Check out the Aussie teams and their competition, here: https://nonstoprun.com/WRC2025/participants
An important function to be carried out by the Australian team is to help promote the next World Championship, which will be held in the Flinders Ranges in September 2027. Check out the new promo video on the event website!
Best wishes to all participants in the event, and especially to the Aussies!
The 2025 Australian Intervarsity Rogaining Championships will be held in conjunction with the NSW State Rogaining Championships on 13-14 September. Travel bursaries are available for university students - details provided below.
To participate in an Australian Intervarsity Rogaining Championships, students must be enrolled at a tertiary education institution recognised by UniSport Australia.
Teams consist of 2-5 students from the same university. Both part-time and full-time students are eligible. There is no age restriction, ie. under-graduate, mature age and post-graduate students qualify.
The Intervarsity rogaining competition began in 1969 and from 1981 was coordinated by the Australian Rogaining Association.
Travel bursaries are available to cover the travel costs of one team from each state/territory to compete at the Intervarsity Rogaining Championships.
The Nigel Aylott Memorial Sports Foundation (NAMSF) sponsored the re-establishment of the Intervarsity competition in 2007. The NAMSF provided a perpetual trophy for the winning Intervarsity team named ‘The Nigel Aylott trophy’. For many years the Foundation paid the travel costs for one university team from each state so that there can be a well-represented national competition. The Foundation left a generous legacy to the Australian Rogaining Association to enable continuation of this support.
State Rogaining Associations are responsible for determining their own selection criteria for the travel bursaries (ie. a single qualifying event, or a cumulative point score from multiple events, whether 24 hour or shorter qualifying events). However, for the purposes of the subsidy, preference must be given to under-graduate full time students.
Entrants should contact their state rogaining association as soon as possible for details about their selection process for the state representative team.
The Nigel Aylott Memorial Sports Foundation was set up in memory of Nigel Aylott to encourage engagement in the outdoor sports of rogaining and adventure racing. The Foundation left the Australian Rogaining Association a generous donation to enable us to continue the valuable work of the NAMSF in the promotion and development of youth participation in rogaining.
Nigel Aylott showed some talent as a long-distance runner at school but at university got into the full range of outdoor activities available through the Monash BushWalking Club, which included skiing, kayaking, and rogaining. As his endurance and navigation skill developed, so did his success at rogaining, eventually winning the World Rogaining Championships in 1998 and the Australian Rogaining Championships in 2000 and 2001.
As adventure racing developed, Nigel saw it as the natural progression from long-distance running and rogaining. He loved experiencing the different locations in which the adventure races were set. Nigel competed in several Southern Traverse and EcoChallenge events before teaming up with Tom Landon-Smith, Alina McMaster, and Matt Dalziel to form the successful team AROC. Nigel was tragically killed in the 2004 Primal Quest race after being hit by a large boulder dislodged at the top of a gully.
Nigel was highly regarded in the community and friends encouraged Nigel’s family to set up the foundation to leave a legacy by supporting the sports Nigel loved and gave so much to.
Hi all, welcome to a new rogaining year. Here is a round up of news from Australia and the world.
Early Bird entries close this Sunday 16 Feb
Australasian Rogaining Championships 15-16 March 2025
Experience the open plains and high-country bush of Northern Kosciuszko National Park on 15-16 March 2025. The ACT Rogaining Association is hosting the event and have 24 hours of fun organised for you and your friends. The
course is around the headwaters of the Murrumbidgee River. You don't need to be an elite competitor or highly skilled at navigation to enter. It is open to anyone who would like to explore this beautiful area and compete in a national
championship.
Information you need to know:
Early-bird entries until 11:59 pm Sunday 16 February 2025. Regular entries until 11:59 pm Sunday 9 March 2025. There will be NO late entries accepted after entries close on 9 March.
Full entry fee: Early bird $150, Regular $165 (after 16 Feb). Concession entry fee: Early bird $120, Regular $135 (after 16 Feb)
Event bus leaving Canberra 2 pm Friday afternoon returning Sunday afternoon for $50.
A carpooling service is also available on the website.
We have now opened orders for event t-shirts in a technical fabric in bright blue with the event logo for a bargain $30 each. Limited stock. https://arc2025.rogaining.au/about-event/event-t-shirt
ACTRA have a partner finder service if you are looking for a partner.
Visit the website at https://arc2025.rogaining.au/
PS where are all the Victorians? As the largest rogaining club in the country, surely more than 10 of you can make it along to the Australasian Champs! :)
Entries Open in the 2025 World Rogaining Championships
All rogainers are invited to enter the 2025 World Championships, which will be held in northern Spain on 5-6 July 2025: https://wrc2025.org/
You don't have to be an elite rogainer to enter - open to all. If you are planning to attend, please let us know by return email so we can fit you out with a promotional t-shirt for the 2027 WRC to be held in Australia!
2027 World Rogaining Championships
Early planning continues for the 2027 World Championships, which will be held in the Flinders Ranges. If you are keen to get involved, let me know by return email.
https://www.rogaining.org.au/news/world-rogaining-championships-for-2027-awarded-to-australia
From the WARA archives: The Future of Rogaining
Shane Lewis recently pulled this cracker of a newsletter from the WARA website archives. Published in February 2000, it ponders the future of rogaining in 2020. 'The Future of Rogaining' was written by 'Mr Rogaine' Ian Thomsett, who
was a beloved WARA life member.
NSWRA Quiz
Have some fun testing out your rogaining knowledge with the NSWRA Quiz!
IRF News
Recent voting decided that Russia and Belarus will continue to be banned from hosting the WRC and the European Rogaining Championships until the end of 2025, and decided that individual competitors from Russia and Belarus will be allowed to compete, but not under national flags.
Two bids have been received for the 2026 European Rogaining Championships, from Czech Republic and Latvia.
ARA Grants
One application for financial support was received, from ACTRA, for co-investment in a new trailer. The ARA supported the application. Applications are due in November each year, according to the Grants Policy.
I hope to see you all at the Australasian Championships soon!
Paul Guard
ARA President