Rogaining

Rogaining is a sport of long-distance, cross-country navigation. It is an adventure discipline where navigation is by map and compass only; route planning is as important as speed and endurance on foot. Participants compete in teams of two to five people. Urban events may be as short as one hour in duration with Championship events limited to 24 hours. Events take place in urban and wilderness locations across the disciplines of running, mountain biking, paddling and snow ski.

The sport of rogaining was started in South Africa by Pieter Mulder, with an eight-hour foot rogaine at the Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve in Gauteng. A foot (running/walking) event (usually up to six or eight hours) has been held annually since in the forested areas of Belfast and Kaapschehoop and, in recent years, a mountain bike rogaining event was added the following day. This major annual rogaining weekend is organised by Rand Orienteering Club.

Adventure racer and orienteer Lisa de Speville started a series of urban rogaining events, Metrogaine Jo’burg, in 2011. One-hour and 90-minute  courses see participants running through Jo’burg suburbs on a week night. Other events have subsequently sprung up.

For more information on the sport of rogaining, visit the International Rogaining Federation at www.rogaining.com.

EVENT CALENDAR

Date & Venue Event Contact
15 February 2012
Pierre van Ryneveld,
Centurion
Cupid’s Night Rogaine
Duration: One-hour and 90-minute courses
Disciplines Run with navigation (street map)
Start time: 19h00
Team Format: 2′s
Entry fee: R80/pair for both courses
Fernando Santos
Tel: 083 367 3066
Email: fernandos@spoormaker.co.za
Website: www.tshwane.wordpress.com
11 April 2012
Melville, JHB
Metrogaine Jo’burg
Duration: One-hour and 90-minute courses
Team Format: 2′s
Event information: Now available
Lisa de Speville
Tel: 082 936 2509
Email: lisa@ar.co.za
Website: www.ar.co.za/metrogaine-joburg/
21 June 2012
TBC, JHB
Metrogaine Jo’burg
Duration: One-hour and 90-minute courses
Team Format: 2′s
Event information: Now available
Lisa de Speville
Tel: 082 936 2509
Email: lisa@ar.co.za
Website: www.ar.co.za/metrogaine-joburg/
Late-October 2012
Mpumulanga
Capestorm Rogaine
Distance: Saturday, Foot Rogaine (4hr and 8hr options)
Sunday, MTB Rogaine (2.5hr and 5hr options)
Team Format: 2′s
Ian Bratt
Tel: 082 887 6611
Email: ianbratt@global.co.za
Website: www.roc.org.za