World Rogaining Championships

The World Rogaining Championships are the championships of the International Rogaining Federation (IRF) and the pinnacle rogaining event in the world. The championships are organised by the national rogaining organisation chosen by the IRF as the host of that particular championships.

World Rogaining Championships 2013 Men's Open winners. From left: Rait Pallo, Timmo Tammemäe – silver (Estonia), Rain Eensaar, Silver Eensaar – gold (Estonia), Oleg Kalinin, Evgeny Dombrovskiy – bronze (Russia)

World championship rogaines are always of 24 hours duration, and are conducted in accordance with standard rogaining rules.

The team with the highest score in each of the three gender classes (Men's, Women's and Mixed teams) are declared the World Rogaining Champions. Within each gender class, all teams participate in the Open age category. Additionally, there are age sub-categories as follows: Junior (under 20), Veteran (over 40), Super Veteran (over 55) and Ultra Veteran (over 65).[1]

From 1992 to 2012 the World Rogaining Championships were held every two years, from 2012 to 2020 they have been held annually (with the exception of 2018), from 2020 onwards they will again be held biannually

History of the Championships

No	Year	Country	Place	Number of teams	Men's teams	Women's teams	Mixed teams
1	1992	Australia	Beechworth	194	James Russell, Michael Walters	Drusilla Patkin , Alexandra Tyson	Tony Woolford, Barb Gare
2	1996	Australia	Mt Singleton	271	David Rowlands, James Russell	Christine O'Keefe, Jenny Casanova	David Ellis, John Nitschke, Vanessa Walker
3	1998	Canada	Kamloops	134	Nigel Aylott, Iiro Kakko	Catherine Hagen, Pam James	Richard Matthews, Helen Bailey
4	2000	New Zealand	Christchurch	193	David Rowlands, Greg Barbour	Rachel Smith, Encarna Maturana	Rob Hart, Jenni Adams
5	2002	Czech Republic	Lesná	182	David Rowlands, Greg Barbour	Julie Quinn, Kay Haarsma	Guntars Mankus, Raimonds Lapiņš, Anita Liepiņa
6	2004	United States	Arizona	176	Mike Kloser, Michael Tobin	Victoria Campbell, Jennifer Knowles	David Baldwin, Julie Quinn
7	2006	Australia	Warrumbungles	308	Dennis de Monchy, Chris Forne	Heather Logie, Julie Quinn	Guntars Mankus, Raimonds Lapiņš, Anita Liepiņa
8	2008	Estonia	Karula National Park	339	Evgeny Dombrovskiy, Pavel Shestakov	Alīda Ābola, Baiba Ozola	Pavel Sysoev, Irina Safronova
9	2010	New Zealand	Cheviot	250	Chris Forne, Marcel Hagener	Gill Fowler, Alexa McAuley	Seppo Mäkinen, Ulla Silventoinen
10	2012	Czech Republic	Prebuz	333	Silver Eensaar, Rain Eensaar	Anastasia Galitarova, Irina Safronova	Andrey Shvedov, Anna Shavlakova
11	2013	Russia	Alol	314	Silver Eensaar, Rain Eensaar	Nastia Rostovtseva, Anna Shavlakova	Andrey Shvedov, Natalija Abramova
12	2014	USA	South Dakota	180	Silver Eensaar, Rain Eensaar, Timmo Tammemäe	Marina Galkina, Nina Mikheeva	Heiti Hallikma, Viivi-Anne Soots
13	2015	Finland	Saariselkä	374	Petteri Muukkonen, Hannu-Pekka Pukema	Anna Shavlakova, Natalija Abramova	Konstantin Ivanov, Natalija Zimina
14	2016	Australia	Alice Springs	303	Chris Forne, Greig Hamilton	Georgia Whitla, Lara Prince	Rob Preston, Kathryn Preston
15	2017	Latvia	Rāzna National Park	426	Jānis Krūmiņš, Andris Ansabergs	Marina Galkina, Nina Mikheeva	Georgia Whitla, Greig Hamilton
16	2019	Spain	La Molina, Catalonia	386	Timmo Tammemäe, Riho Seepõld	Anna Burlinova, Maria Plyashechko	Polina Zakharova, Artem Gorodynets, Ievgenii Tsyren
17	2021	USA	Northstar California
18	2022	Czech Republic	Staré Město

Multiple winners

Perpetual trophies for World Rogaining Championship category winners

Men's Silver Eensaar - 3 Rain Eensaar - 3 David Rowlands - 3 Chris Forne - 3 Greg Barbour - 2 James Russell - 2 Timmo Tammemäe - 2

Women's Anastasia Shavlakova - 3 Julie Quinn - 2 Marina Galkina - 2 Nina Mikheeva - 2

Mixed Raimonds Lapiņš - 2 Anita Liepiņa - 2 Guntars Mankus - 2 Andrey Shvedov - 2

Overall Silver Eensaar - 3 Rain Eensaar - 3 Julie Quinn - 3 David Rowlands - 3 Chris Forne - 3 Anastasia Shavlakova - 3 James Russell - 2 Natalija Abramova - 2 Andrey Shvedov - 2 Marina Galkina - 2 Nina Mikheeva - 2 Greg Barbour - 2 Georgia Whitla - 2 Greig Hamilton - 2 Raimonds Lapiņš - 2 Anita Liepiņa - 2 Guntars Mankus - 2 Timmo Tammemäe - 2

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References

"IRF Rules of Rogaining".

External links

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[1] "IRF Rules of Rogaining".