Discussion: Report 8th European Rogaining Championships 2011 Latvia
in: Orienteering; News
Jul 26, 2011 11:09 AM
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8th European Rogaining Championships were held last weekend, 23-24 July, near
Rauna in Latvia. The event gathered 282 teams with 603 participants from 17
countries. While the largest representation was from three hard-core European
rogaining countries Latvia, Russia and Estonia all represented by over
hundred competitors, also represented were Ukraine, Finland, Poland, Lithuania,
Spain, France, Czech Republic, Belarus, Sweden, Israel, Germany, Netherlands, UK
and South Africa.
Event coordinators Valters Kaminskis and Aivars Zogla had merged the forces of two Latvian orienteering clubs, OK Ziemelkurzeme and OK Meridians, to cater for the event and participants. Aivars is already an experienced event coordinator, having
organised rogaines in Latvia for several years. His multiple capacities from
map-making, IT, web-site management, communication skills, to general
coordination during the event resulted in a smoothly organised event, where
participants could feel themselves like a king.
The course master, WRC bronze medalist in XO category Valters Kaminskis had put
on the terrain 79 controls, creating several different route options as
evidenced by eventual route choices of teams. The terrain was a mixture of
hilly forest, marshes and pastureland. Pass ability and visibility of the forest
was mostly reduced, requiring some careful navigation, in particular during the
night. As a skilful rogainer himself, Valters very accurately predicted the
speed of top teams the winners score was 95% of the maximum.
In men s open, Estonian teams collected all medals. The overall winner’s brothers
Silver and Rain Eensaar scored 422 points from the maximum of 446. Their lead
over the silver medal winners was an impressive 46 points. With this impressive
victory they made a strong claim towards the upcoming World Championships in the
Czech Republic and Russia. Their previous achievements have been 4th place at
8WRC2008 in Estonia and silver medals at 6ERC2009 in Finland. Erik Aibast and
Andreas Kraas scored 376 points and won silver, leaving Karli Lambot, Rait
Pallo and Tõnu Lillelaid bronze medal winners from 9WRC2010 New Zealand and
7ERC2010 Ukraine again on bronze.
Mixed open and women s open categories were dominated by Russian teams. Andrey
Shvedov and Natalya Abramova scored 362 points and won the XO category (5th
place overall), while the best WO team Marina Galkina and Nina Mikheeva
collected 303 points (27th place overall).
Full results with route choices at: http://erc2011.rogaining.lv/
The next European champs, 9ERC2012 will be held 5-6 May 2012 in Lithuania.
Lauri Leppik
IRF Technical Manager
Rauna in Latvia. The event gathered 282 teams with 603 participants from 17
countries. While the largest representation was from three hard-core European
rogaining countries Latvia, Russia and Estonia all represented by over
hundred competitors, also represented were Ukraine, Finland, Poland, Lithuania,
Spain, France, Czech Republic, Belarus, Sweden, Israel, Germany, Netherlands, UK
and South Africa.
Event coordinators Valters Kaminskis and Aivars Zogla had merged the forces of two Latvian orienteering clubs, OK Ziemelkurzeme and OK Meridians, to cater for the event and participants. Aivars is already an experienced event coordinator, having
organised rogaines in Latvia for several years. His multiple capacities from
map-making, IT, web-site management, communication skills, to general
coordination during the event resulted in a smoothly organised event, where
participants could feel themselves like a king.
The course master, WRC bronze medalist in XO category Valters Kaminskis had put
on the terrain 79 controls, creating several different route options as
evidenced by eventual route choices of teams. The terrain was a mixture of
hilly forest, marshes and pastureland. Pass ability and visibility of the forest
was mostly reduced, requiring some careful navigation, in particular during the
night. As a skilful rogainer himself, Valters very accurately predicted the
speed of top teams the winners score was 95% of the maximum.
In men s open, Estonian teams collected all medals. The overall winner’s brothers
Silver and Rain Eensaar scored 422 points from the maximum of 446. Their lead
over the silver medal winners was an impressive 46 points. With this impressive
victory they made a strong claim towards the upcoming World Championships in the
Czech Republic and Russia. Their previous achievements have been 4th place at
8WRC2008 in Estonia and silver medals at 6ERC2009 in Finland. Erik Aibast and
Andreas Kraas scored 376 points and won silver, leaving Karli Lambot, Rait
Pallo and Tõnu Lillelaid bronze medal winners from 9WRC2010 New Zealand and
7ERC2010 Ukraine again on bronze.
Mixed open and women s open categories were dominated by Russian teams. Andrey
Shvedov and Natalya Abramova scored 362 points and won the XO category (5th
place overall), while the best WO team Marina Galkina and Nina Mikheeva
collected 303 points (27th place overall).
Full results with route choices at: http://erc2011.rogaining.lv/
The next European champs, 9ERC2012 will be held 5-6 May 2012 in Lithuania.
Lauri Leppik
IRF Technical Manager
Jul 26, 2011 11:11 AM
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If viewing results click on the team name to view splits and team route overlaid on event map.
Jul 28, 2011 6:34 PM
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