Rogaine is a form of cross-country navigation, or orienteering, in which individuals or teams visit as many checkpoints/controls as possible within a given time limit. For this event we have set the limit at 90 minutes.

Participants travel on foot, navigating by map and compass. Instead of following a defined course, the controls may be visited in any order. Each control is allocated different points which are acquired by competitors through visiting the control.

The competitor(s) in each category and grade with the highest score wins! In the case of equal points, the quickest times will determine placings. Please note that points are deducted from your overall score for late returns.

Participants may return to the Event Centre area as often as they like, and do not have to stay out for the entire time allowed. All Participants MUST download before leaving the event regardless of when you choose to finish.

The event will be suitable for all ability levels (total beginners to experienced rogainers), with controls for less experienced orienteers (very near or visible from tracks and fences), and graduating to more developing orienteers, as well as red controls, which are designed for more experienced orienteers.

We recommend that entrants look at the North West Orienteering Club (NWOC) website and check the rogaine pages for more information about rogaines: https://www.nwoc.org.nz/rogaine-series

Please note that this event is being held in conjunction with a NWOC public event so parents, teachers, coaches etc can all enjoy a rogaine to!

Also note that coaching will not be provided before the event.

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Also check out this awesome blog post by the organisers here.

Date	Sunday 08 June 2025
Organising Club	North West Orienteering Club
Enquiries to	northwestorienteeringclub@gmail.com
Location	Woodhill Forest and the ARC park surrounding the Muriwai golf course.
Event Centre	The Surf Club at Muriwai, 100 Jack Butt Lane, Muriwai 0881
Course planner	Rob Garden
Event Controller	Marquita Gelderman
Event Coordinator	Jenny Cade
Map Scale	1:7,500
Contour Interval	5m

All information can be found here.

Entries

Entries are done online through SPORTY, and schools are to enter their students.

Schools with Year 7-13 students may include their Year 7 and 8 students on the College Sport entry form.

Intermediate Schools will use https://entero.co.nz/evento.php?eventName=akssr-2025 for entries. Entries must be received by 11.59pm Tuesday 03 June 2025

Cost

Cost $15 per student (includes SPORTident hire – students may use their own SPORTident and must provide the SPORTident number on the entry form).

Registration

Registration will be open from 8:30am at the event centre. At registration, you will sign in and be allocated a SPORTident (timing chip) if hiring one. There will be one SPORTident per team. Those competing as an individual will each have a SPORTident.

There will be a briefing for all participants at 9.30am, followed by the maps being handed out, allowing time for route planning before the mass start.

Timetable

• 8.30 – Registration opens to pick up ident (timing) sticks
• 9.30 – Briefing by start area
• 9.45 – Maps distributed
• 10.00 – Mass Start
• 11.30am – Finish
• 11.45am – Prize giving

Start 

There will be a marked start area that we will ask all students to be inside by 9:55am.

All students need to ensure they have Cleared and Checked their Sport Ident. SportIdent AIR will be switched off.

At 10:00 the students will head off on the course. This will be a timed start.

Finish

The rogaine is a 90-minute event and ALL competitors should return to the finish by 11.30am. You must punch a finish control to stop your timing and record your time. You can return early if you wish. Penalty points (20 points per minute or part minute) will be deducted from your score if you return late.

Terrain Notes

Forested sand dune type terrain plus gully spur with lots of tracks in Woodhill Forest, and open dune terrain in the ARC park, also with lots of tracks.

Entry Category and Grade Details

The individual category is for experienced orienteers only. If you are inexperienced or new to orienteering you must run as part of a team, preferably with a more experienced orienteer. The event organisers retain the overall decision whether a competitor may compete as an individual or must be in a team.

Categories:

• Individual boys/open
• Individual girls
• Teams of 2 boys/open
• Teams of 2 girls

Age categories:

• Senior Year 12/13
• Intermediate Year 10/ 11
• Junior Year 9
• Year 7/8

Mixed teams are permitted, however girls or nonbinary/agender runners in “mixed” teams with boys must enter the “boys/open” category. Pairs must stay together at all times.

Timing system

Timing will be done using the SportIdent electronic punching system. Students may use their own SportIdent card, or a SportIdent card may be borrowed for the day if the student doesn’t own one. If providing their own card, the number must be given on the entry form. Loan SportIdents must be collected from registration by each school on arrival. Non return of an ecard will be charged at $75 each.

 

Personal Responsibility and Safety

• Whistles: If injured or distressed, the recognised signal for assistance is a series of six short blasts on the whistle. Do not use your whistle unless it is an emergency. If competitors hear this signal, they are expected to render assistance. Please ensure at least 1 person remains with the distressed party, while others inform the event organisers (Controller – orange vest) and officials so that they can respond appropriately.
• Roaming in-field coaches/safety staff: We will also have coaching and support staff (pink vests) in the field to assist as required, do not hesitate to ask them for support as required.

 

Waste and green thinking

The organisers aim to be eco-friendly and reduce waste where possible, and this event will operate under a ‘Pack-in, Pack-out’ policy (so if you carry it into the venue, please carry it out again).

Please BYO water as water and cups will not be supplied at the Event Centre.

What to bring

• Water/lunch/snacks – there will not be any shops or vendors on site
• A watch watch to ensure you return by the 90 minutes allocatedand avoid being late and incurring penalties
• A compass and a whistle
• A highlighter can be useful for planning your route
• Shoes with a grippy sole as it can be quite muddy – the farm gets very wet
• Raincoat or jacket
• Towel
• Change of clothes for afterwards as you will get muddy/wet

H&S document

The H&S document for the event is HERE

Safety Bearing

Safety bearing will be west to the nearest road from Woodhill Forest for anyone completely lost or injured.
We only want people to leave or enter Woodhill forest in the southern part via one compulsory crossing point, which is 400 metres from the start/finish.
If a competitor is still in the forest at course closure time, they should take the shortest route to return to the event centre.

Start and Finish

The start and finish will be at the event centre. All competitors must punch at the finish and proceed to the download, otherwise they will be registered as still in the forest and a search party will be mounted for them at the end of the event.

Parking

Parking is adjacent to the event centre.

Rogaine Rules

Rogaine is the sport of cross country navigation in which teams (or individuals) visit as many check-points as possible within a given time limit. The time limit for this event is 90 minutes.

Participants travel on foot, navigating by map and compass. Checkpoints may be visited in any order, with checkpoints being allocated differing points. The highest score wins.

Participants may return to the event centre as many times as they like and do not have to stay out for the entire time allowed. Penalty points are deducted from the overall score for a late return.

There are checkpoints/controls for everyone: 10 suitable for less experienced orienteers, which are very near handrails like tracks and fences – yellow standard controls; 10 orange standard controls, which are achievable for developing orienteers; and 10 red controls which are designed for more experienced orienteers. Many people will be able to get controls that are more difficult than their usual abilities because a lot of people around you are going to them as well.

Points

There will be 30 controls numbered 130 to 159, with the points value being:

• 30 for the 130 series
• 40 for the 140 series
• 50 for the 150 series

Making a total of 1200 points available.

• 20 points will be deducted for each minute or part minute you are late to the finish after 90 minutes, so remember to have a watch.

Previous Rogaine Map Example

More information about this event is available on https://www.nwoc.org.nz/events or contact northwestorienteering@gmail.com.

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