2020 events:

• June event (Melrose)
• July event (Brooklyn)
• August event (Belmont)
• September event (Skyline)
• October event (Kaukau)
• November event (Mt Victoria)

The Big Trig, 12 December 2020

Full results for the 2020 event along with commentary from planner Simon Rea are at the Big Trig event website.

Thanks once again for entering The Big Trig, have a good summer, and we'll see you at the after-work series again in 2021!

Mt Victoria, 12 November 2020

A great turn out for the last after work rogaine of the year and we lucked out with the weather after a week of down pours. With all checkpoints visited by at least one person. Teams seemed to spread out over the course and concentrate on certain areas, mainly East and North. Some teams had a good go at guessing the answers in other parts of the course! 😂 

In the 90minute walk the Blind Leading the Blind managed to navigate their way around to collect 350points. 

The Traveling Salesmen and Legs were made for going in Circles both managed to grab 640points within the 90minutes running. 

An impressive 1035 points was collected by Bill Edwards in 3hrs walking. 

Nick On took out the 3hrs running top spot with 1467points and clocking up just over 25km. 

Cheers everyone for turning up and helping with the pizza boxes

90 minute walking

1.  Blind leading the blind   350
2.  The Walkers   340
3.  Walker's Anonymous   310
4.  Terrible two   250
5.  Waewae Kai Kapua   240
6.  Skyrunners   160
7.  Ceejay   ???

90 minute Running

1.  Legs were made for going in circles   640
1.  Travelling Salesmen   640
2.  TOGS   580
3.  Aotearoa Eels   500
4.  The Joe Rogaine Experience   470
5.  Eat sleep rogaine repeat   450
5.  Lost Worms   450
6.  Coffee & Cake   420
7.  Steve-o   396
8.  Run Grumpy Finish Happy - RGFH   380
9.  Babbling Brook   360
10.  Purple penthouse   350
11.  Wonton Warriors   340
12.  Team Rocket   310
13.  Spring Chickens   300
14.  Speights on tap   270
15.  Rogaine Renegades   250
16.  Run Rabbit   240
17.  Four40   80
18.  Out of controls   ?

3hr Walking
1.  Bill Edwards   1035
2.  The Flying Takahes   940
3.  Kareering karearea   920
3.  Checkpoint charlie   920
4.  In it for Joe   820
5.  The Mapper   801
6.  No longer in trade   730
6.  J-Ville Jacklegs   730
7.  Missed The Point   710
8.  Tres Amigos   690
9.  B1&B2   540
10.  This Way Up   520
11.  SPACE Cadets   470
12.  M&M   460
13.  AS IF YOU COULD OUTRUN ME   430
14.  Run, Frodo, run!   240

3 Hours - running

1.  Par for the gorse   1467
2.  Doe De Deur Dicht!   1400
2.  Major Red Amoeba Trolls   1400
3.  BART   1370
3.  3 Wise Men   1370
4.  Lightning Speed Robots   1300
5.  Time for a Cuppa   1270
6.  Dream Team   1160
7.  Rich Ford   1150
8.  Dick Dastardly   1120
9.  A Blue Squirrel in 3 overcoats   1100
10.  ICU PLUS TWO   1080
11.  Louise and Kiri   950
12.  Battman & Dave   890
12.  JoKens   890
12.  Liam's Team   890
13.  Konas   860
14.  Joke dads   850
15.  Verloren  and gefunden   840
16.  Rough Diamonds   810
17.  Kina O   800
18.  Checkpoint 52   750
19.  Joggernaut   740
20.  Ruahine   640
21.  Simon Rea   630
22.  Mad Gains   590
23.  Sam's Team   490
24.  bet you weren't expecting us to be called this   430
25.  90 Minute Walk   270?
26.  Mountain Seahorses   ??

Kaukau, 14 October 2020

Well done to you all for participating in the Mt Kaukau Afterwork Rogaine. We were all lucky that the weather stayed dry with only a cold wind to worry about. In designing the course, Gary and Arthur wanted to give the fast rogainers multiple options for routes throughout the 3 hours. We also hoped to give the slower competitors multiple shorter options that were fun, challenging and provided plenty of points! 

This seems to have worked for the 3 hour participants while the 90 minute rogainers found time management much harder with more penalty points resulting. Noone seemed too concerned though as the most overdue had the biggest smiles. Thankyou for texting through if you were going to be late. That helps us enormously.

A few notes regarding the checkpoints:

• Every checkpoint was visited at least once - yeah!
• We have allowed a few that claimed #24 or #35 because of the code having become hard to read.
• We have not allowed the (several) claims for #33 as many did correctly get it. The key was to look at where the centre of the circle was placed and it is clearly a short distance away from the road. So those who poked their heads into the bush did find the correct tree and ribbon.
• We also had a claim for #47 that wasn’t accepted. Again careful reading of the map showed that the ribbon could be found on knoll that was SW i.e below the track on a sharp bend in the track.
• For those who struggled to find #61 (pine tree on spur 20m NW from corner), here are a few tips: 1. There are 2 spurs on the track so it is important to first identify the correct spur. Look for key clues on the map such as the track almost doubling back on itself. 2. 20m is actually quite a long way in dense bush so keep going or count your steps - maybe 40 steps. 3. Ensure you go North West!

MT KAUKAU ROGAINE: 3hr Runners
1. Major Red Amoeba Trolls (Jon Dallimore, Tom Barr, Joe Rea) 1210
2. Louie's Groupies (Angus Watson, Mandy Rowe) 1330 - 140L = 1120
3. Bunters (Grant Hector, James Goodwill) 1120
4. Scrambled Leggs (Georgia Whiting, Nick On) 1110
5. BART (Greg Thurlow) 1200 - 120S = 1080
6. 3 Wise Men (Stephen O'Neill, Tom Crumpton, Gregg Cornwall) 1040
7. Dick Dastardly / Henry Jones (Richard White, Leila Nicholson, Henry Jones) 1040
8. Chilli con carnage (Arran Whiteford, Joane Elleouet) 1000
9. Lightning Speed Robots (Kelvin Thiele, Mary McBride) 1010 - 20L = 990
10. The power of the peanut (Marta Zanetti, Paul Bird) 970
11. Kilgour Vikings (Michael Instone, Hazel Bidmead) 900
12. Battman and Dave (Dave Hume, Rob Batt) 860
13. JoKens (Jo McKenzie, Ann Kendon) 900 - 50L = 850
14. Giddy up Horsey (Katherine Richards, Mike Brewer) 820
15. Piste off (Mark Hearfield, AJ Millward) 810
16. Aotearoa eel conservation society (Heather Kirkham, Daniel Pringle) 800
17. JAM (Jenny Cassie, Merryl Park) 800
18. Lost Worms (Ash Stewart, Tim Lamb) 780
19. Stray the Course (Mark Malone, Geoff Ferry) 770
20. Rougher Diamonds (Jen Thornburrow, Bridget Burt) 720
21. Ruahine (Chris Lowrie, Leonie Waayer) 700 - 10L = 690
22. Mountain dolphins (marie henderson, Aimee Patterson, Kirsten Crawford) 750 - 100L = 650
23. Well Tracked (Simon Rea, Dick Dinsdale) 650
24. Speed Dating (daniel jones, Michelle Ashley) 640
25. Mountain Seahorses (Emily Shrosbree, Sumudu Jayalath, Megan Banks) 630
26. Get2Go T1 / Ben (Sam Mitchell, Ben Corlett, Shayla Ashton, Matt Crawford) 590
27. One lost the rest following (Hazel Ford, Greer Sorenson, Aiden Spence, Charlie Pope) 610 - 40L = 570
28. Dream Team (Nicola Hankinson, Emma Pescini) 560
29. Kina O (Pat van Berkel, Ocean Mercier) 560
30. Willy Nellie's (Jenny Rose, Ailsa Robertson, Angela Clothier, Paul Rodway) 500
31. Mad Gains (Alex Zuur, Mim Sherratt, Fergus Roache) 350 - 20L = 330

MT KAUKAU ROGAINE: 3hr Walkers
1. Holding the Fort (Annabelle Carleton-Brown, Andrew Carleton-Browne, Hannah Janssens) 720
2. We're back! (lizzy Bunckenburg, Deb Lynch) 690
3. No longer in trade (Amanda Gardner, Lucy Elwood, Erin Moriarty, Jaime Monaghan) 660 - 30L = 590
4. COVID coffee club (karen Le Sueur, Freya O'Meara) 590
5. The Mapper (Michael Wood) 590 - 30L = 500
6. Tres Amigos (Ryan Wilmshurst, Mitchell Souness, Jodie Collins) 500
7. A + B (Anna Varnham, Beverley Holder) 410
8. The Flying Takahes (Jenny Visser, Mike Fee) 410
9. This Way Up (Maree Spence, Anna Cornelius, Ruth Berry, Julia White) 380 - 10L = 320
10. SPACE Cadets (Fiona Wharton, Pauline Mallard, Wendy Cameron, Marie Ellis) 320
11. M&M (Megan Carr, Meghan Cavenagh) 530 - 300L = 

MT KAUKAU ROGAINE: 90min Runners
1. Cirque du Sore Legs (Simon Robinson, Will Vale) 520
2. Pink Sparkly Unicorns (Alan Teesdale, Micah Wratt, Ollie Taylor, Finn McKenzie) 530 - 60L = 420
3. Hungarian Horntails (Howard Storey, Mark Lee, Agnes Geriel, Sophie Aitchison) 420
4. The Joe Rogaine Experience (Ella Dangerfield, Anita Radcliffe, Brittany Challis, Andy Ngan Kee, Rex Ulyatt) 390 - 40L = 340
5. Norwegian Ridgebacks (Elisabet Hesvik, Nick Horrell, Meisha Nicholson, Henry Fisher, Shauna McAuley) 340
6. Rough Diamonds (Katie Bramley, Louise Yarrall) 350 - 10L = 330
7. Onslow Drifters (Alex Thompson, Hamish Spence, Lousie Anscombe) 490 - 160L = 320
8. The peelers (Yasemin Kavas, Karl McKenzie) 320
9. Slow down (and slower up) (Paul Teesdale-Spittle) 350 - 10L = 290
10. Rogue gains (Bridget Watson, Alice Cooke, Amy McKeefrey, Zoe D'Ath) 410 - 120L = 280
11. Double crosses (Al Cross, Ruby Cross) 360 - 80L = 260
12. Cruising for a bruising (stevi Fellowes, Lizzy Tankard, Conor Stout, Valerie Schultz) 260
13. Rogaine Renegades (Justin Tampeau, Paula Dunne, Alice Elgar, Jo Wright, Scarlett Bossleyhoyte, Nigel Guy) 260
14. Run rabbit (Rachel Kershaw, Kim Stickney, Monique Webb, Madeleine Denton) 240
15. Shennae and Jem (Jemima Holborow, Shennae Bartlett) 200
16. Ashronomical (Ash Davies, Ro Moody) 290 - 110L = 180
17. Easier Said Than Run (Brandon Kwong, Emily Marino, James Johnston, Juan Morais) 250 - 70L = 150
18. 3 pooh sticks (Liam Moran, Laura Green, Phoebe Therese) 150
19. No Pain No ReGAIN's (Emma Gudsell, Sophie Whitehead, Zoe Groves, Christina Hughson) 150
20. Four40 (Gretchen Joe, Charlotte Stanczuk, Michelle Law, Bindy Tatham) 190 - 180L = 10
21. Spring Chickens (Tracy Klap) 210 - 200L = 

MT KAUKAU ROGAINE: 90min Walkers
1. Eat, Sleep, Rogaine, Repeat (kate wakefield, Fliss Parsons, Sam Read, Emily Osborne) 270
2. RGFH - Run Grumpy Finish Happy (Mike O'Connor, Simon Derbyshire, Steve MacDonald, Joe Munro) 260
3. Kareering Karearea (Simon Faulkner, Isabelle Faulkner, Elliott Faulkner, Jenny Prince) 250
4. Babbling Brook (Sarah Gardner, Bridget Thomson, Polly Scheverien, Nicola Beentjes) 270 - 40L = 200
5. extra points at the pub (John Willmer, Anne van der Pluijm, Rachel Melanie Walton, David Thomson) 240 - 40L = 160
6. NLJW (Val Spooner, Julie Cedarman, Lisa Merwood) 280 - 120L = 140
7. Its my birthday (Nick Johns, Lucy Blackbourn, Gareth Robinson, Ruth Stirling) 240 - 100L = 140
8. The Walkers (Diane Morgan, David Fisher, Serena Pearce) 140
9. Dark horses (Jasmin Danby, Melany Munro, Phillipa Powell, Anna McIllwraith) 100
10. Cirque de Sore Legs (Holly Fordham, Biance Clarence, Avril Ringrose, Paula Ritchie) 130 - 120L = 0
11. Spirited women (Nicky Jackson, Cheryl Pennicott, Toni Wilson) 0
 

Skyline, 9 & 10 September 2020

This week’s Rogaine(s),  had 225 people registered - fairly evenly split over 3 events, over 2 nights to meet Level2 requirements. Thanks to all those who turned out, especially you crazy keen people on Thursday night in the pouring rain.  The significant weather change between the 2 nights meant it really was 2 very separate 3 hour events so results have been kept separate.

All Thursday night teams have been given a bonus 100 points 1. for turning up and 2. for finishing safely and with smiles on most faces!. It was far too wet and windy to make it into the private farm land  on Thursday night. The private land  Includes  controls 70 - 42 - 55 - 31 - 30 and everything else below and to the left of these controls. Ten teams on Wednesday made it as far as control 101.

Excluding the private farm (permission required), the course only has 4 ribbons (3 of which have distinctive location descriptions), so feel free to take the map out and find some controls on a calmer / drier day.

If you had trouble with the below controls:

• Control 60 - ribbon up a stream in Otari - if you needed to go far enough upstream and go through a gap in a fallen tree blocking the stream, the ribbon visible soon after that. The ribbon was found both nights.
• Control 33 - is an old track in otari, they have  a wooden barrier to block it off at both ends . Control 53 was also at the top of and old track (not fenced off) about starting about 5-8 meters from the stile.

Thanks to the teams that were running late for texting/calling - it saved a lot of worry for the organisers at the end.

The winning 90 minute running route by team "Babaji and Me" was controls 33, 60, 24, 100, 61, 53, 71, 31, 55, 36, 64, 34, 20 = 610 points.

3 hours running - Wednesday

1. Why kick a cow cow (Hamish Laing, Jack Thomson) 1570

2. Stuart & no Ellie (Stuart Engleback) 1540 - 70L - 147s = 1323

3. Chilli con Carnage (Joane Elleouet, Arran Whiteford) 1320

4. BART (Greg Thurlow) 1510 - 60L - 145s = 1305

5. Motatacru (Jonathan Wood, Matt Page, Pete Cameron) 1300

6. Tommy and Jack (Tommy Thomson, Jack Braddick) 1250

7. heather kirkham (heather kirkham, Daniel Pringle) 1120 - 10L  = 1110

8. The Hare And The Tortoise (Guy Mexted, Daniel Jones) 1130 - 30L  = 1100

9. Moa Hunters (David Hume, Rob Batt) 1160 - 60L  = 1100

10. Easier said than run (Angus Watson, Amanda Rowe) 1070 - 40L  = 1030

11. Cupid Stunts (Darryn Gordon, Mike Sherwin, Rob Prest) 1020

12. 3 Wise Men (Stephen O'Neill, Tom Crumpton, Gregg Cornwall) 920

13. The 69ers (Arthur Klap, Gary Dick) 780

14. Dream Team (Nicola Hankinson, Emma Pescini) 680

15. Mountain Octopus (Jan Goodwin, Aimee Paterson, Emily Shrosbree, Sarah Fisher) 660

16. Holding the Fort (Annabelle Carleton-Brown, Andrew Carleton-Brown) 640

17. Gordon Balfour (Gordon Balfour, Simon Haughey) 630

18. Mad Gains (Fergus Roache, Stanley Roache, Alex Zuur, Alistair Graham, Mim Sherratt) 710 - 80L  = 630

19. Dick dastardly (Leila Nicholson, Richard White, Henry Jones, Bridget Watson) 620 - 30L  = 590

20. M&M's (Marta Zanetti, Maddalena Dal Sasso) 460

21. One lost and the rest following (Rich Ford, Hazel Ford, Greer Sorenson, Aidan Spence, Charlie Pope) 430 - 190L  = 240

3hrs Walking Wednesday

1. Simon Rea & The Mapper (Simon Rea, Michael Wood) 780

2. The Flying Takahes (Jenny Visser, Mike Fee) 730

3. NLJW (Val Spooner, Karen Orr, Lisa Merwood) 640

4. The Conkers (victoria connor, stephen parker) 520

5. No Pain, Rogaine (Brandon Kwong, Emily Marino, James Johnston, Camilla Gardiner, Jacqui Tizard) 550 - 60L  = 490

6. A+B (Anna Varnham, Beverley Holder) 510 - 30L  = 480

7. Navigation Rookies (Lucy Elwood, Susie Ferkins, Helga Wientjes) 710 - 240L  = 470

8. Newbies (Megan Carr, Roz Griffiths, MJ Cook) 360 - 30L  = 330

9. JK Rolling (Kelly Field, Jane Dee) 250

90 Minutes Running

1. Babaji and Me (Andrew McLellan, Jake McLellan) 610

2. Real speed (Ryan Joe, Frances Wright johns, Malachi Smith) 480

3. Anna & Steph go rogue (Anna Brooke, Stephanie Scheirlinck) 550 - 90L  = 460

4. Magnetic deviation (Gillian Ingham) 530 - 20L - 51s = 459

5. Alone in the Dark (Will Vale) 450 - 45s = 405

6. RGFH - Run Grumpy Finish Happy (Mike O'Connor, Steve Macdonald, Simon Derbyshire) 400

7. Paperbag Randos (Ailsa Robertson, Damien Farrelly, Jen Rose, Adrienne McIntyre, Anne Rose) 410 - 10L  = 400

8. Time it right for a pizza slice! (Sophie Aitchison, Christina Totina) 340

9. Team Power Family (William Power) 360 - 36s = 324

10. MFS Wahine (Cathy Wharehoka, Michelle Ashley, Sharyn Mitchell, Ngarama Milner-Olsen) 360 - 50L  = 310

11. Ashronomical (Ash Davies, Ro Moody) 270

12. Justin (Justin Tampeau, Nigel Guy, Jo Wright) 350 - 100L  = 250

13. Team Crow (Craig Anderson, Joe Ede) 240

14. CrushCrush (stevi Fellowes, Emma Gudsell, Valarie Havel) 240 - 20L  = 220

15. Petron (Sharon Lapwood, Peta McMillan) 420 - 230L  = 190

16. Run rabbit (Jessica Kellow, Kimberley Stickney, Rachel Kershaw) 270 - 160L  = 110

17. Triple Bypass (Laura Green, Liam Moran, Phoebe Hodgins) 160 - 70L  = 90

90 Minutes Walking

1. Skywalker (Michael Blood, Ryan Williams, Brooke Carpenter, Nino Ahrer) 420 - 20L  = 400

2. Kareering Karearea (Simon Faulkner, Elliot Faulkner, Jo Milne) 270 - 10L  = 260

3. HIK (Isabelle Faulkner, Kate Whelan, Hughan Scott) 250

4. FourSquares (Louis Benton-Slim, Katie Bevin, Gareth Leak, Imogen Feslier Holmes) 240

5. Mighty Mulberrys (Jason Brown, Mia Brown) 400 - 160L  = 240

6. Rebel Renegades (Alice Elgar, Paula Dunne, Scarlett Bossley-Hoyte, Yvette Olsen) 230 - 110L  = 120

7. Dark horses (Melany Munro, Anna McIlraith, Phillipa Powell, Jasmin Danby, Bernie Cruise, James McNabb) 130 - 60L  = 70

8. Oca (Illona Keenan, Kate Cushing) 230 - 230L  = 0

3 hrs(ish) running(ish) - Thursday

1. Major Red Amoeba Trolls (Jon Dallimore, Tom Barr) 1060 + 100B = 1160 (2.57)

2. Checkpoint 52 (Nicole Ranger, Glen Warner) 900 + 100B = 1000 (2.57)

3. Onslow (Kiri Shibahara, Sam Harris Voss, Joshua Henshaw, Ben Mitchell) 870 + 100B = 970 (2.49)

4. L2 & Paul (Leon Perrie, Lara Shepherd, Paul Teesdale-Spittle) 780 + 100B = 880 (2.54)

5. Time for a cuppa (Phil Kendon, Harriette Carr) 770 + 100B = 870 (2.57)

6. Dos Locos (Matt Penney, Alex Lark) 760 + 100B = 860 (2.46)

7. The things we do for fun (Tony LeSueur) 780 + 100B - 78s = 802 (2.38)

8. Kilgour Vikings (Hazel Bidmead, Michael Instone) 670 + 100B = 770 (2.38)

9. lightning speed robots (Mary McBride, kelvin Thiele, Jill Westenra) 650 + 100B = 750 (2.08)

10. Currently Lost (Kirsten McCashin, Tina Grove, Beatrice Stewart, Richard Solomons) 510 + 100B = 610 (2.49)

11. More squirrels than overcoats (Alan Teesdale, Ollie Taylor, Micah Wratt, Finn McKenzie) 470 + 100B = 570 (2.04)

12. Rougher Diamonds (Katie Bramley, Louise Yarrall) 480 + 100B  - 20L  = 560 (3.02)

13. Kina O (Ocean Mercier, Pat van Berkel) 240 + 100B = 340 (2.34)

14. Definitely not just here for the pizza (Susannah Lynch, Deborah Lynch, Connor Shivnan) 210 + 100B = 310 (1.18)

15. On the Path (Danny Garrett) no Sheet + 100B = 100 (1.24)

16. WC/WGC Get2go (Sam Mitchell, Matt Crawford, Edward Abbott, Ben Corlett) no Sheet + 100B = 100 (2.08)

17. Rough Diamonds (Jen Thornburrow, Bridget Burt) no Sheet + 100B  - 40L  = 60 (3.04)

3 hrs(ish) walking - Thursday

1. Welly wander women (Nicola Mitchell, Siobhan Quayle) 700 + 100B = 800 (2.43)

2. J-ville Jacklegs (Duncan Aubrey, Anita Froude) 240 + 100B = 340 (1.55)

3. This Way Up (Anna Cornelius, Julia White, Ruth Berry, Maree Spence) 240 + 100B = 340 (2.42)

4. Wainuiomartians (Martin Raudnic, Emma Hayward) 170 + 100B = 270 (1.23)

Belmont, 11 August 2020

Last night’s Rogaine, which, it seems, was just in time to beat level 2.  200 people in 72 teams - what a great turnout.

Where did people go?  Well, about half the teams went up to the trig, half made their way through the maze, and about a third went south down Korokoro stream.  Of course, most went for the high value close to home controls, including the hut just up from the stream.

I had a few good comments about the easy to see ribbon codes, and the reflectors along some of the tracks.  The ribbon codes were made from a $15 safety vest from Mitre 10 - the reflector is quite effective.

There is a lot of detail in that area to squeeze into a 1:16000 map of that area, so hopefully it wasn’t too hard to see what you needed.  There was a comment about the logs covering the track just SW of 43 - these were actually added to this map for this Rogaine (the dark green dot), and the bypass bait line track added, but you had to look carefully.

Thanks to the 2 teams that were running more than 15 minutes late for texting - it saved a lot of worry for the organisers at the end.

Here is the Strava Flyby: 

Claims:
60: 1 claim, 13 found - not accepted
63: 3 claims, 15 found - not accepted (this was a tricky one)
71: 2 claims, 45 found - not accepted (also a bit tricky)       

71 was the most visited control with 45 visits (unsurprisingly) with 90 not far behind with 41 visits and 20 with 40 visits.
All controls were visited, 61 was least with 9 visits.

3hrs running

3hrs Walking

90 Minute Running

90 Minute Walking

Brooklyn, 21 July 2020

Poor weather threatened to put a dampener on the second rogaine event of the year but after some heavy morning rain the skies cleared and 162 keen folk were treated to a relatively pleasant evening. Once again the new registration process seemed to do the trick with a smooth start to the night. 

There was a huge 2540 points on offer and 'Farewell NZ' did their best to claim them all visiting 43/51 controls on their way to 2050 points and first place. 'Major Red Amoeba Troll Joiner' pushed hard for a close 2nd (1910) with 'Dad Jokes' (1770) rounding out the top 3. Angus and Danny both had good runs cracking 1800 points but solo penalties brought them down. Well done to 'Snow Searching' (920) taking 1st in the 3hr walk, 'Between a walk and a hard pace&