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It’s been a long time between drinks for bush rogaining in the ACT, so we made sure the first event for 2020 made up for it by being extra wet. Saturday night competitors were treated to a rainy start, but despite numerous promises to be back within a few hours, most teams stayed the course once the showers ceased.
By Sunday morning it was a different story, and the large field of runners and cyclists, young and old, enjoyed a fair-weather but mud-spattered exploration of Kowen Forest East and the expanse of pine plantations south of the Kings Highway on Sparrow Hill. Team Reed’s impressive 1520 points in the 5hr overnight event was only eclipsed over 6 hours next day by two teams on foot, with Tom Banks and Isabella Comfort (2060) taking overall honours. On the bikes ACTRA committee members Brad Vallette and Fergus McLeod (2200) were the only other team to crack the 2000 mark.
Full results are available here. Thanks to everyone not only for returning to rogaining, but also for being understanding and compliant with our COVID-19 arrangements. Thanks too for great course-setting and vetting (also in the rain, just to be fair) from Jono Fearn, Ciaran Lane and Dane Roberts. Lots of photos from the event available here!
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