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2024 Intervarsity Championships
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- 08 March 2024
By Jaymee Knoll In 2024, the Intervarsity Championships will be held in conjunction with the Australasian Rogaining Championships (a 24-hour bush event) in WA on the 7th and 8th of September... -
GorgeUs Metrogaine - Sunday, May 5th 2024
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- 08 March 2024
Tired of metrogaines in Hobart? Been there, done that? Then here is your big chance. Or perhaps you are from up north and have been looking for an opportunity to go rogaining closer to home. The... -
Arthurs Lake Results
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- 26 February 2024
Results and the winners' route from the Arthurs Lake Aquagaine are now on-line on the RT results page. Many thanks to Simon and Karen for organising this event. They were thrilled with the... -
President’s Report, 2023 AGM
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- 13 December 2023
By Gary Carroll , President, Rogaining Tasmania, 1st December 2023 Since the 2022 AGM we have run two successful events: The SoHo on-foot Metrogaine which had 231 entrants. 112 in the 6-hr, and 119 in... -
Midland Muster - Setters Report
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- 20 November 2023
A view from the setting team by Peter Tuft. I had the pleasure of helping set the course but without organiser responsibilities, just a helper. I was impressed - with the location, map and... -
Social Event - 2023 AGM
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- 16 November 2023
In conjunction with the 2023 Annual General Meeting, RT will be hosting a social event at the Legacy Park Savige Pavilion at the Queens Domain, on Friday 1st December. Come for a chat and perhaps even... -
Midlands Muster Results
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- 02 November 2023
Congratulations to the 6-hr winners Paul Liggins and Clare Hawthorne; Roving 15-hr winners Andrew Wright and Ryan King; and 24-hr winners Jonathan McComb and Ian Parker. All the results and winners'... -
Tasmania at the 2023 Australian Championships
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- 11 October 2023
Despite the hot weather, Tasmanian rogainers did very well in this year’s Australian Rogaining Championships in Goobang National Park, NSW. The night before the rogaine reached sub-zero... -
2023 Annual General Meeting
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- 10 October 2023
Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting An extraordinary general meeting of Rogaining Tasmania Incorporated will be held at the Legacy Park Savige Pavilion, Queens Domain on Friday 1st December 2023... -
Constitution Update
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- 20 September 2023
The RT constitution was first adopted in 1995 and has had only minor amendments since. It seemed time to bring it into the 21st century and recognise innovations such as digital communications and... -
Age Category Changes
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- 16 September 2023
At the 2023 Australian Rogaining Association AGM, held on September 11th, changes were made to the Australian rules of rogaining to bring them into line with international rules. The changes are... -
The Midlands Muster – 28th and 29th October
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- 27 August 2023
Let’s try that again. We will be having another crack at running the Midlands Muster Rogaine that was postponed last year due to various problems that quite literally flowed on from heavy rain. We look... -
From the President’s laptop (August 2023)
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- 27 August 2023
The 17th World Rogaining Championships were recently held at Lake Tahoe in California. Many familiar Australians were prominent in the results, including Tasmanians Thorlene Egerton and Christine... -
Midlands Muster - October 28 & 29
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- 26 July 2023
Across the gully and over the range, With a plunge through a creek for a cooling change; Now over a log or a rock we leap,O'er hill and on level our pace we keep. From ‘The Muster’ by Emily Manning... -
NAMSF Travel Subsidy for 2023
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- 26 July 2023
Are you a keen rogainer who also happens to be a student at a Tasmanian tertiary institution? Do you know a fellow student who would make a great teammate? Rogaining Tasmania are looking for a team... -
Interview with Peter Tuft, Rogaining Tasmania Senior Vice President
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- 12 May 2023
Peter Tuft How did you first get involved in rogaining? test In my first year of uni (1972) some other members of the uni bushwalking club took part in the “Intervarsity Orienteering” and came back... -
First Bush Rogaine
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- 11 October 2022
For those who have only entered metrogaines previously, there are some important differences to be aware of for a bush event: Rather than being a question-and-answer scavenger hunt event, you will be... -
Five minutes with Gary Carroll, President of Rogaining Tasmania
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- 29 March 2022
When did you start rogaining and why? In the late 1980s I worked for the Geology Dept at the Uni of WA and the place was a little rogaine-mad. Neil Phillips (one of the founders of rogaining) was... -
President’s Report – 2021 AGM
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- 21 January 2022
2021 was a successful year for Rogaining Tasmania. Our state has remained free of COVID-19 community transmission enabling us to run our events without disruption, which is certainly not the case on the... -
Citation - Adele Winslow - Honorary Life Member, Rogaining Tasmania
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- 21 January 2022
Honorary life membership is awarded for outstanding service to rogaining in Tasmania. Adele certainly ticks all the boxes. Adele competed in her first rogaine in 1997, and she quickly became... -
Course Setting Workshop Report - October 2021
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- 23 October 2021
By Peter & Robyn Tuft To run more rogaines we need more people to run them, which means more people who can set a good course. So we organised a workshop for potential course setters on 10 October,... -
Committee Changes
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- 24 July 2020
Some personnel changes were made at the 2020 AGM held after the NW Hobart Socialgaine. Sadly, we are saying goodbye and thanks to our Secretary Sally Wayte who is now concentrating on Orienteering... -
Gearing up for Rogaining
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- 24 July 2020
NSWRA are producing an excellent series on gearing up for rogaining. You can read about What do you carry in a Rogaine? Hydration and Dealing with the Heat. Giving Dodgy Footwear the Boot. The... -
2019 Australasian Championship 24 hr and Roving 15 hr events
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- 15 November 2019
Rogaining Tasmania conducted highly successful Australasian Championship 24 hr and Roving 15 hr events on the weekend of 9th and 10th of November, 2019 For full details please see the event website at... -
Bangor 3 - winners report
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- 02 February 2019
2018 was a good year for us: six 24-hour rogaines (including the 29 hour Bush Search and Rescue NSW Navshield). It was going to be five, ending with the NZ Champs in Dunedin, but with the horrible... -
ARC2018 Report
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- 29 September 2018
The 2018 Australasian Rogaining Champs were held at Manumbar in SE Qld on the 25th and 26th of August. Rogaining Tasmania was represented by a small team of enthusiasts. Gary Carroll and Bernard... -
Life Membership – Rod Bilson
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- 10 March 2018
Rod started rogaining in 1998 and very quickly became involved in event organisation. He has been the lead organiser of 6 events, these are 2001 Me’an, 2003 Bangor Revisited, 2007 Picturegaine, 2010... -
Change of Committee for 2017
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- 26 January 2017
At the 2016 AGM held in December Nick Bowden stepped down after 10 years as Rogaining Tasmania’s president. We are all grateful for Nick’s dedication and guidance during his reign. Nick will remain... -
Ross Rummage Rogaine
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- 20 January 2016
This was certainly the most successful event we have held in years. It attracted many entries from the mainland and some from overseas. Particular thanks are due to Gary Carroll, Matt Chamberlain,... -
2015 Australian Intervarsity Championship
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- 20 January 2016
This event was held last October. The University of Tasmania was represented by Jess Fuller-Smith, Omar Martin-Gonzales and Charles Hooley. They performed well, coming second in the event. Read an...