World Rogaining Championships

Summary

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 Rogaining Championships 2013 Men's Open winners. From left: Rait Pallo, Timmo Tammemäe – silver (Estonia), Rain Eensaar, Silver Eensaar – gold (Estonia), Oleg Kalinin, Evgeny Dombrovskiy – bronze (Russia)

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: Youth (up to 23), Veteran (45 and over), Super Veteran (55 and over) and Ultra Veteran (65 and over).[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 are again held every other year.

History of the Championships edit

No Year Country Place Number of teams Men's teams Women's teams Mixed teams
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,

  Iiro Kakko

  Catherine Hagen, Pam James   Richard Matthews,

Helen Bailey

4 2000   New Zealand Christchurch 193   David Rowlands,

  Greg Barbour

  Rachel Smith,   Encarna Maturana   Rob Hart, Jenni Adams
5 2002   Czech Republic Lesná 182   David Rowlands,

  Greg Barbour

  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   Anna Shavlakova, Anastasia Rostovtseva   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 386   Timmo Tammemäe, Rain Seepõld   Anna Burlinova, Maria Plyashechko   Polina Zakharova, Artem Gorodynets, Ievgenii Tsyren
17 2022   Czech Republic Paprsek 257   Andris Ansabergs,   Albert Herrero Casas   Mariann Sulg, Maris Terno   Jaroslav Najman, Marie Zelena
18 2023   USA Northstar California 130   Timmo Tammemäe, Sander Linnus   Polina Zakharova, Anna Hudelaitis   Guntars Mankus, Irita Pukite
19 2025   Spain Quintanar de la Sierra

Multiple winners edit

 
Perpetual trophies for World Rogaining Championship category winners

Men's   Silver Eensaar - 3   Rain Eensaar - 3   Timmo Tammemäe - 3   David Rowlands - 3   Chris Forne - 3   Greg Barbour - 2   James Russell - 2

Women's   Anna Shavlakova - 2   Julie Quinn - 2   Marina Galkina - 2   Nina Mikheeva - 2

Mixed   Guntars Mankus - 3   Raimonds Lapiņš - 2   Anita Liepiņa - 2   Andrey Shvedov - 2

Overall   Julie Quinn - 3   David Rowlands - 3   Silver Eensaar - 3   Rain Eensaar - 3   Timmo Tammemäe - 3   Guntars Mankus - 3   Chris Forne - 3   Anna Shavlakova - 3   James Russell - 2   Natalija Abramova - 2   Irina Safronova - 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   Andris Ansabergs - 2

See also edit

European Rogaining Championships

References edit

  1. ^ "IRF Rules of Rogaining".

External links edit

  • 2WRC1996 Mt. Singleton, Australia
  • 7WRC2006 Warrambungles, Australia Archived 2012-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
  • 8WRC2008 Karula National Park, Estonia
  • 9WRC2010 Cheviot, New Zealand
  • 10WRC2012 Přebuz, Czech Republic
  • 11WRC2013 Alol, Russian Federation Archived 2012-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
  • 12WRC2014 Black Hills, South Dakota, USA
  • 13WRC2015 Saariselkä, Finland
  • 14WRC2016 Alice Springs, Australia
  • 15WRC2017 Rāzna National Park, Latvia
  • 16WRC2019 La Molina, Catalonia
  • 17WRC2020 Sierra Nevada, California, USA