2007 Cycle and foot rogaine Kowen and Sparrow Hill 6 hr 6 May
Course Description
The 2007 cycle rogaine was held 25 minutes from Canberra in eastern Kowen Forest and Sparrow Hill. Lots of fun riding on forest trails and smooth singletrack. High quality pre-marked map. Foot entrants also welcomed.
The people who brought this event about
| Coordinator | Setters/Vetters | Admin | General Help | Catering | Control Collection |
| David Baldwin | Steve Dowlan, Adam Hunter | Pat Miethke | Jonathan Miller, Matthew Hollingworth, Emily Stewart-Reed, Kathy Saw, Karen Graham | DEWR Hartley Team | Steven Hanley, Danealle Lilley, Chris Thompson, Libby Adamson, Penny Burrell |
Full Results of the ACT cycle rogaine Rogaine held on 6/5/2007 at Kowen Forest
Bike event results
Overall Category/Age
Place MO MV MS XO XV XS WO WV WS J F Score Time In Team Names
1 - - - 1 - - - - - - - 3170 556 24 David Baldwin, Julie Quinn, Randall Fitzsimon, Gary Lilley
2 1 - - - - - - - - - - 3050 600 12 Adrian Sheppard, David Osmond
3 2 - - - - - - - - - - 3020 558 71 Nathan Versey, Kevin Moore
4 3 - - - - - - - - - - 2920 553 30 David Searle, Michael Munro Mobbs
5 - - - 2 - - - - - - - 2830 558 61 Selina Stoute, Mark Mc Donald, Alex Ramsey
6 4 1 - - - - - - - - - 2660 542 1 Malcolm Leslie, Harry Dunstall
7 5 2 - - - - - - - - - 2580 558 48 Mike Hotchkis, Chris Waring
8 6 - - - - - - - - - - 2530 554 75 Keith Conley, Julien Wicks
9 - - - 3 - - - - - - - 2320 554 28 Peter Marshall, Ria Johansen
10 - - - 4 1 - - - - - - 2320 559 4 Marea England, Ian Richman
11 7 - - - - - - - - - - 2280 545 6 Michael Moore, Andrew Gamlen
12 8 - - - - - - - - - - 2270 550 27 Richard Smyth, Michael Reed
13 - - - 5 - - - - - - - 2220 551 23 Matt Koerber, Amanda Gross
14 9 - - - - - - - - - - 2220 603 10 Jason McAvoy, Adam McGrath
15 10 - - - - - - - - - - 2160 546 47 Aditya Wakhle, Daniel James
16 11 - - - - - - - - - - 2160 548 66 Eddie Fardell, Mathew Corby
17 - - - 6 2 - - - - - - 2150 551 78 Malcolm Bradley, Wendy Stevenson
18 - - - 7 - - - - - - - 2140 537 11 Darren Marks, Cheryl Woods
19 12 3 - - - - - - - - - 2060 600 21 Marc Murphy, Andrew Wain
20 13 - - - - - - - - - - 2040 554 41 Douglas Cook, David Owen, Paul Lloyd, Bodin Campbell
21 - - - 8 3 - - - - - - 2030 553 53 Shane O'Brien, Helen Jeffs
22 14 - - - - - - - - - 1 2000 538 68 Shane Russell, Chris Swansborough
23 - - - 9 - - - - - - - 2000 558 51 Erin Hunt, Peter Evans
24 15 4 - - - - - - - - - 1970 537 72 Brian Evans, Chris Wall
25 - - - - - - 1 - - - - 1940 535 54 Kathie Dent, Mace Neve
26 16 5 - - - - - - - - - 1870 558 49 Michael Franklin, Geoff Gleeson
27 - - - 10 - - - - - - - 1850 556 63 Danealle Lilley, Edward Pfohl
28 17 6 - - - - - - - - - 1840 557 14 Bruce Luckham, Andrew Rowe
29 18 7 - - - - - - - - - 1830 556 64 Gregg Berry, Tony Cory
30 - - - - - - 2 - - - - 1820 536 22 Fiona Russell, Martine Robin
31 19 - - - - - - - - - - 1820 543 69 Geoff Farrar, Dayn Jackson
32 - - - 11 4 - - - - - - 1810 547 16 Judy Jenkinson, Gary Caitcheon
33 20 - - - - - - - - - - 1810 556 59 Dan Heldon, James Dwyer
34 - - - 12 - - - - - - - 1800 550 20 Claire Davey, Morgan Edwards, Wendy Boden
35 - - - 13 5 - - - - - - 1750 552 26 Mike Dugan, Dave Eccles, Jenny Dowley, Vanessa Berry
36 21 8 - - - - - - - - - 1740 546 5 Steve Graham, Brian Allsop
37 22 9 - - - - - - - - - 1740 550 35 Bob Kenderes, Mal Wilson, Rob Woolley
38 - - - 14 - - - - - - - 1690 558 33 Julia Dixon, Erin Maulday, Nicole Wilson
39 - - - 15 - - - - - - - 1660 554 77 Geoffrey McGInley, Erica Collins
40 23 10 - - - - - - - - - 1650 553 67 Brad Aitken, Peter Boreham
41 24 11 - - - - - - - - - 1650 554 50 Verner Verass, Brad Sherman
42 25 - - - - - - - - - - 1600 611 18 James Crooks, Greg Baines
43 - - - 16 - - - - - - - 1590 542 62 John Zvonar, Alexa McAuley, Belinda Bright
44 26 - - - - - - - - - - 1570 529 15 Jason Harrod, Sandon Morrell
45 - - - 17 - - - - - - - 1550 534 3 Dave Sutton, Ley (Leanne) Kingdom
46 - - - 18 - - - - - - - 1520 535 8 Alex McNee, Raynie McNee
47 - - - 19 - - - - - - - 1520 540 70 Mark Von Huben, Amy Von Huben
48 - - - 20 - - - - - - - 1480 543 45 Penny Davis, Tim Ogden
49 - - - 21 - - - - - - - 1480 551 31 Paul Burch, Helene Blackwell
50 - - - - - - 3 - - - - 1360 552 65 Regina Kimmich, Colleen Hickey
51 - - - 22 - - - - - - - 1340 552 46 Glen Hart, Sharon Hart
51 - - - 22 6 - - - - - - 1340 552 40 Alan Harding, Deborah Nichols
53 - - - 24 7 1 - - - - - 1330 558 42 Chris Bayliss, Kate Chown
54 - - - 25 - - - - - - - 1280 523 57 Kieran O'Leary, Rochelle O'Hagan
55 - - - 26 - - - - - - - 1260 556 60 David Foster, Stephen Robey, Sue Fyfe
56 - - - 27 - - - - - - - 1250 548 9 Kelly Rowley, Mat Makeham, Hilary Smith, Ken Boer, Mandy Flaxman
57 - - - 28 - - - - - - - 1150 544 39 Hagen Ganahl, Fiona Mavris
58 - - - 29 - - - - - - - 1030 514 44 Jess O'Brien, Mike Moore
59 - - - 30 - - - - - - - 1000 524 25 Darrin Hart, Sandra Deasy, Marie O'Neill, Brian Usher
60 - - - 31 - - - - - - - 1000 557 74 Brad Malone, Lucinda Watson
61 - - - - - - 4 - - - - 920 543 19 Melanie Holmes, Amanda Matley, Helen Sloane, Ann Holden, Sophie Bell
62 - - - - - - 5 1 1 - - 900 539 17 Parissa Poulis, Colleen Mock
63 - - - - - - 6 2 - - - 860 525 43 Sandra Hogg, Cecily Sutton
64 - - - 32 - - - - - - - 860 616 36 Jason Lee, Helen King
65 - - - 33 - - - - - - - 720 510 2 Pia Asa, David McCallion
66 - - - - - - 7 - - - - 710 601 58 Bridget Ayling, Julie Brown
67 27 - - - - - - - - - - 0 - 73 David Wilson, Ian Warren
67 27 12 - - - - - - - - - 0 - 55
67 27 - - - - - - - - - 2 0 - 52 David Clarkson, Tymon Clarkson
67 - - - 34 - - - - - - - 0 - 38
67 - - - 34 - - - - - - - 0 - 37
Foot event results
Overall Category/Age
Place MO MV MS XO XV XS WO WV WS J F Score Time In Team Names
1 1 1 - - - - - - - - - 1740 546 7 Michael Challen, Don McLean
2 - - - - - - 1 - - - - 1450 532 32 Benita Sommerville, Tracey Crooks
3 - - - 1 - - - - - - - 1430 539 29 Katherine Hall, Michael Baker
4 - - - 2 - - - - - - - 1260 435 76 Karolina Russell (nee Jones), Byron McColl
5 - - - - - - 2 - - - - 1050 527 56 Ros Woolley, Michelle McCoombe
6 - - - 3 - - - - - - - 1000 554 34 Kerry Taylor, Brenton Philp, Kathryn Kerr, Matthew Toohey
7 - - - 4 - - - - - - - 580 455 13 Linda Magee, Brad Jennings, Bronwyn Jennings, Laura Jennings, Elise Jennings
What a great day!
ACT cycle rogaine, 6th May 2007
Mike Dugan, posted on 7th May 2007
This was my first rogaine and I gotta say it was the most fun day I've ever spent on a pushbike, I mean it! The only thing aching today is my jaw from laughing so much...great team. Everybody was thoroughly enjoying themselves, you could tell from the smiles, in that beautiful country immersed in the those excellent maps. For me the whole thing turned into an amazing treasure hunt for the numbered markers, can't wait for the next one. Thanks to everybody from ACTRA who spent time putting a fantastic event together so that I could have fun.
Mike
My first cycle rogaine
ACT cycle rogaine, 6th May 2007
Jason Lee, posted on 9th May 2007
The first germ of the idea to take part in this event came when I was looking for partners for the 6 hour rogaine back in March. I had been casually asking around to see if anyone wanted to do that one with me. My friend Helen told me that she didn't run, but if ever a cycle rogaine came up, she would be interested.
So, I found other partners for that event but as the date for the cycle rogaine approached, I again began thinking about entering. But there was a problem. I don't own a mountain bike! I asked Helen again and she said that if I could get hold of a mountain bike, she would do it (and she had never done a cycle rogaine before either). I don't think Helen thought I'd be successful in borrowing a bike but I was! I got hold of a Giant Rincon in my size which by Giant's definition was definitely not a 'competition' or 'trail' bike, but a 'sport' or 'recreation' bike. But a bike was a bike and we entered.
I had never ridden single track before. My only other experience of 'mountain bikes' were clunky commuters on wide fire trails... So the week before the event, Helen took me out to Sparrow Hill for my first experience with single track and my first ride on the borrowed Rincon. I didn't come off and I had fun in the 2 hours we spent there. So it boded well for the weekend to come.
I built my own map board out of a plastic clipboard I picked up at K-mart for four bucks attached to the bike with zip ties. Cheap! And very simple and functional, when I saw some of the high-tech contraptions that some other competitiors were using.
We were 15 minutes late in starting because of some fumbling with gear and route planning. But we finally started. Our original plan was to take in all the checkpoints at Sparrow Hill first. Then, to cross the highway and get all the points worth 70 or more in the eastern half of the map. Big plans. In reality...
We made comfortable progress in our course through Sparrow Hill and were reviewing our progress before heading off across the highway when I noticed that we had missed the second checkpoint we had planned! Checkpoint 80! Do we go back for it or cross the highway? We went back for it. By the time we crossed the highway, the time was 1330. Only two hours left. Decision time.
We decided we would try to get the furthest two checkpoints in the North-East corner of the map, 101 and 93. Legs feeling like jelly after every climb, we finally reached 101. And Helen had to walk up several hills. We should have cut our losses then and headed for the Hash House, but no... We were gluttons for punishment. We weren't that far from 93. There was still some time. The control description promised 'views'. So we pushed on to 93. We only had a quick glimpse of the great 'views' but a glance of the clock showed that we didn't have much time to get back.
So came the frantic rush back to the Hash House. More hills to climb, more hills to walk up. More heavy lifting of bikes across gates. When we made it back, we were 16 minutes late!
Ah well... At least we had a tremendously fun time. Congrats to all the organisers and volunteers!
I must buy a mountain bike soon...