Australasian Rogaining Championships 2023

Tekapo will hold the Australasian Rogaining 24hr Championships on 16th-17th of December 2023. There is also two other options, 24hr/15hr & 6 hour non-championship rogaines held on Saturday 16th December.

24hr Australasian Championships – teams will have a total of 24hr to score as many points as they can. The time is non-stop.

24hr/15hr – Teams will be allowed 15 hours on the course in the interval of 24h hours. That means that teams can come back to base, rest and re supply for 9 hours in total.

6hr Rogaine – our traditional 6hr Xmas rogaine will be held on Saturday, form 9am till 4pm.

Registration will be held at The Lake Tekapo Community Hall, located at 8 Aorangi Crescent, a short distance from the town centre.
The event hub (start/finish) will be at Glenmore Station, located in the Cass Valley, a 15-minute drive from Tekapo township. Covering 19,000-odd hectares, the property rises from the western shore of Lake Tekapo to the border of the Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park.

About Rogaining

Rogaining involves teams of two to five members visit as many checkpoints as possible in the time allowed. Shorter duration rogaines often allow solo competitors. Checkpoints are scored differently depending on level of difficulty in reaching them; therefore teams choose a strategy (for example, to visit many low score checkpoints)and route selection becomes a vital component.

Teams travel entirely on foot, navigating by map and compass between checkpoints in terrain that varies from open farmland to hilly forest. Teams travel at their own pace and anyone from children to grandparents can experience the personal satisfaction that comes from cross-country navigation at their own level of competition and comfort. Team members stay within earshot of each other.

The best thing about rogaining is the social aspect. Everyone starts at the same time, and generally finishes at the same time, it is just the amount of ground that has been covered by teams that differs. Rogaining can be held in city environments or in farmland and bush, and you get to visit parts of the country you never knew existed.