World Rogaining Championships
The World Rogaining Championships are the championships of the International Rogaining Federation (IRF) and the pinnacle rogaining event in the world. The championships are organised by the national rogaining organisation chosen by the IRF as the host of that particular championships.
World championship rogaines are always of 24 hours duration, and are conducted in accordance with standard rogaining rules.
The team with the highest score in each of the three gender classes (Men's, Women's and Mixed teams) are declared the World Rogaining Champions. Within each gender class, all teams participate in the Open age category. Additionally, there are age sub-categories as follows: Junior (under 20), Veteran (over 40), Super Veteran (over 55) and Ultra Veteran (over 65).[1]
From 1992 to 2012 the World Rogaining Championships were held every two years, from 2012 to 2020 they have been held annually (with the exception of 2018), from 2020 onwards they will again be held biannually
History of the Championships
No | Year | Country | Place | Number of teams | Men's teams | Women's teams | Mixed teams |
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1 | 1992 | Australia | Beechworth | 194 | James Russell,
Michael Walters |
Drusilla Patkin ,
Alexandra Tyson |
Tony Woolford, Barb Gare |
2 | 1996 | Australia | Mt Singleton | 271 | David Rowlands,
James Russell |
Christine O'Keefe,
Jenny Casanova |
David Ellis, John Nitschke, Vanessa Walker |
3 | 1998 | Canada | Kamloops | 134 | Nigel Aylott, | Catherine Hagen, Pam James | Richard Matthews,
Helen Bailey |
4 | 2000 | New Zealand | Christchurch | 193 | David Rowlands, | Rachel Smith, Encarna Maturana | Rob Hart, Jenni Adams |
5 | 2002 | Czech Republic | Lesná | 182 | David Rowlands, | Julie Quinn, Kay Haarsma | Guntars Mankus, Raimonds Lapiņš, Anita Liepiņa |
6 | 2004 | United States | Arizona | 176 | Mike Kloser,
Michael Tobin |
Victoria Campbell, Jennifer Knowles | David Baldwin, Julie Quinn |
7 | 2006 | Australia | Warrumbungles | 308 | Dennis de Monchy,
Chris Forne |
Heather Logie, Julie Quinn | Guntars Mankus, Raimonds Lapiņš, Anita Liepiņa |
8 | 2008 | Estonia | Karula National Park | 339 | Evgeny Dombrovskiy,
Pavel Shestakov |
Alīda Ābola, Baiba Ozola | Pavel Sysoev, Irina Safronova |
9 | 2010 | New Zealand | Cheviot | 250 | Chris Forne, Marcel Hagener | Gill Fowler, Alexa McAuley | Seppo Mäkinen, Ulla Silventoinen |
10 | 2012 | Czech Republic | Prebuz | 333 | Silver Eensaar, Rain Eensaar | Anastasia Galitarova, Irina Safronova | Andrey Shvedov, Anna Shavlakova |
11 | 2013 | Russia | Alol | 314 | Silver Eensaar, Rain Eensaar | Nastia Rostovtseva, Anna Shavlakova | Andrey Shvedov, Natalija Abramova |
12 | 2014 | USA | South Dakota | 180 | Silver Eensaar, Rain Eensaar, Timmo Tammemäe | Marina Galkina, Nina Mikheeva | Heiti Hallikma, Viivi-Anne Soots |
13 | 2015 | Finland | Saariselkä | 374 | Petteri Muukkonen, Hannu-Pekka Pukema | Anna Shavlakova, Natalija Abramova | Konstantin Ivanov, Natalija Zimina |
14 | 2016 | Australia | Alice Springs | 303 | Chris Forne, Greig Hamilton | Georgia Whitla, Lara Prince | Rob Preston, Kathryn Preston |
15 | 2017 | Latvia | Rāzna National Park | 426 | Jānis Krūmiņš, Andris Ansabergs | Marina Galkina, Nina Mikheeva | Georgia Whitla, Greig Hamilton |
16 | 2019 | Spain | La Molina, Catalonia | Timmo Tammemäe, Riho Seepõld | Anna Burlinova, Maria Plyashechko | Polina Zakharova, Artem Gorodynets, Ievgenii Tsyren | |
17 | 2020 | USA | Northstar California | ||||
18 | 2022 | Czech Republic | Staré Město |
Multiple winners
Men's Silver Eensaar - 3 Rain Eensaar - 3 David Rowlands - 3 Chris Forne - 3 Greg Barbour - 2 James Russell - 2 Timmo Tammemäe - 2
Women's Anastasia Shavlakova - 3 Julie Quinn - 2 Marina Galkina - 2 Nina Mikheeva - 2
Mixed Raimonds Lapiņš - 2 Anita Liepiņa - 2 Guntars Mankus - 2 Andrey Shvedov - 2
Overall Silver Eensaar - 3 Rain Eensaar - 3 Julie Quinn - 3 David Rowlands - 3 Chris Forne - 3 Anastasia Shavlakova - 3 James Russell - 2 Natalija Abramova - 2 Andrey Shvedov - 2 Marina Galkina - 2 Nina Mikheeva - 2 Greg Barbour - 2 Georgia Whitla - 2 Greig Hamilton - 2 Raimonds Lapiņš - 2 Anita Liepiņa - 2 Guntars Mankus - 2 Timmo Tammemäe - 2
References
External links
- 2WRC1996 Mt. Singleton, Australia
- 7WRC2006 Warrambungles, Australia
- 8WRC2008 Karula National Park, Estonia
- 9WRC2010 Cheviot, New Zealand
- 10WRC2012 Přebuz, Czech Republic
- 11WRC2013 Alol, Russian Federation
- 12WRC2014 Black Hills, South Dakota, USA
- 13WRC2015 Saariselkä, Finland
- 14WRC2016 Alice Springs, Australia
- 15WRC2017 Rāzna National Park, Latvia
- 16WRC2018 La Molina, Catalonia
- 17WRC2020 Sierra Nevada, California, USA