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Newsletter Number 86, February 2003

PO Box 3,
Central Park,
3145, Victoria.
61-3-95721784 fax
E-mail: Neil Phillips

IRF Team

President: Neil Phillips
Secretary/Treasurer: Rod Phillips
Promotions and Development: David Stephens
World Rogaining Championships Manager: Gordon Birch

Czech Republic: Jaroslav Vavra, Miroslav Seidl
Finland: Iiro Kakko
Canada: Alan Stradeski
United States of America: Eric Smith, Clinton Morse, Bob Reddick
Australia: David Stephens, Rod Phillips, Gordon Birch, John Berwick, Neil Phillips
Founders Representative: Bob Reddick

Observer status
Estonia: Andres Kaar
Sweden: Lars-Åke Svenk
New Zealand: Peter Squires, Michael Wood
Russia: German Shestakov
China: Jianping Zhang
6th WRC: Peg Davis

6th World Rogaining Championships

The 6th World Rogaining Championships will be held on 8-9th May 2004 in Arizona, USA.
WRC Manager: Gordon Birch
6WRC Co-ordinator: Peg Davis

New IRF Member

The New Zealand Rogaining Association has been accepted as a full member of the IRF from 1/1/2003. NZRA have indicated that they will elect their delegate to the IRF at their annual general meeting on March 14th. In the meantime, Peter Squires will remain as an observer on IRF Council. Michael Wood, international officer for the NZ Orienteering
Federation, will also continue as an observer. For those interested in finding out more about the history of NZ Rogaining, Michael has made a web page listing the fifty NZ rogaines that have been held. Look at http://www.mapsport.co.nz/rog/first50.html.

First USA Metrogaine

The Bremerton Metrogaine, the first metrogaine in the USA, is described with information and a
registration form on:
http://www.rogainingusa.org/

Big Muddy Rogaine, USA

Some names just inspire you to enquire further:
Organizer John Bartholomew gives more details at: www.croc.org/events/rogaine/bigmuddy.php.

Halifax Rogaine, Nova Scotia, eastern Canada

Kelvin King reports that the annual Halifax rogaine is scheduled for 26-27 April 2003. This is a partnership between Halifax Regional Search and Rescue and the Orienteering Association of Nova Scotia. www.hrsar.ca/e2c.

Ist European Rogaining Championships

The Perm (Russian) Rogaining Association is organizing the first European Rogaining Championships in August 2003. This is a 24-hour rogaine near Perm, 1000km east of Moscow and on the western side of the Ural Mountains.
Secretary - Makhovik Olga mahov@psu.ru.
Registration - http://www.rogaine.ru.

International Rogaining Day

International rogaining weekend is 14-15 June 2003. Last year, 1562 people were rogaining on this weekend.

From the archives

The First Alpine Rogaine (Snogaine) was held on 3rd September 1981 in central Victoria. The main obstacle was a dam and lake barring the way to the start. It had a thin crust of ice, below which water had been drained for hydroelectricity necessitating a long trip around the safer margin.

New Zealand

A clarification regarding Newsletter 85, the forthcoming 24-hour Roxburgh Rogaine will be the first NZ Championships under the recently formed New Zealand Rogaining Association, but also the 4th NZ Rogaining Championships.