BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Sydney BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20220414T120000 RDATE:20221002T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20230402T020000 RDATE:20231001T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20240407T020000 RDATE:20241006T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20250406T020000 RDATE:20251005T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20260405T020000 RDATE:20261004T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20270404T020000 RDATE:20271003T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20280402T020000 RDATE:20281001T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20221002T030000 RDATE:20230402T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20231001T030000 RDATE:20240407T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20241006T030000 RDATE:20250406T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20251005T030000 RDATE:20260405T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20261004T030000 RDATE:20270404T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20271003T030000 RDATE:20280402T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20281001T030000 RDATE:20290401T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d7e285250cdef23b0ba7a2e7418d33d8 CATEGORIES:ACT CREATED:20221023T183332 SUMMARY:Go for Gold ACT 8hr + 24hr Champs URL;VALUE=URI:https://direct.act.rogaine.asn.au/event-details/eventdetail/121/-/go-for-go ld-act-8hr-24hr-champs.html?tmpl=component DESCRIPTION: \n (/navlight/ACTRA/23ACT24_hr/html/)\n 2023 Go for Gold ACT Rogaining Ch ampionship 24hr event and associated 8 hr event was held in northern Kosciu szko National Park around the Three Mile Dam area near Kiandra and the Mt S elwyn ski field. \n Scroll down for the Final Instructions.\n   \n\n The c ourse was set by Lee Rice and Craig Cowan. Much of the area was burnt in th e 2019-20 fires so is quite open in many places, as well as naturally havin g grassy open areas, such as around Kiandra. There is also a lot of interes ting remains from the gold mining era at Kiandra across the course. We will provide some suggestions for novice loops that use the well-defined featur es, and more challenging loops for those looking for a physical and navigat ional challenge. \n The starts for the 8 hr and 24 hr events will be midday (12 pm) on Saturday 15 April. The 8 hr event will finish in the dark at 8p m and the 24 hr will finish at midday Sunday.\n See the event gallery (http s://gallery.act.rogaining.org.au/2023-Events/2023-ACT-Champs/) for more tea ser photos, including photos of the lovely Three Mile Campground.\n \n  \n Final Instructions Thank you for entering the “Go for Gold” championship in the golden age of rogaining. Team leaders, make sure that everyone on your team reads this whole document carefully.\n Important \n - The weather i s likely to be COLD. Please bring additional warm clothes with you. Please note that we have made some additional mandatory gear to reflect the condit ions. \n - There is very limited access to the course and patchy mobile c overage. If you own a Personal Locator Beacon or similar please bring that along. \n - Parking is limited so please share transport – also reduces g reenhouse gases.  \n COVID-19 Measures\n There are no mandatory condition s however, if you are feeling unwell, or have flu-like symptoms, please sta y home.\n Indemnity Form Please bring to the event a printed and completed indemnity form located here (images/ACTRA_INDEMNITY_AND_RELEASE_standard.pd f). Check the team list for your relevant event on the home page to ensure that all details for your team including category are correct. If incorrect , please contact the Event Contact prior to the event.\n \n - Ensure that all team members sign a separate indemnity form. Parents or guardians must sign for people under 18. Also provide registration number(s) of your car(s ) at the Hash House. Be sure to put your team number on the form. \n - The emergency contact number you enter on the form should be someone contactabl e during the event. They will be the person we ring if you are late back or are significantly injured. It would be a good idea to let them know too!! \n - Present your completed indemnity form at the registration desk. \n - M edical advice: All competitors should consider advising their partner of an y pre-existing medical conditions (such as diabetes, asthma, epilepsy, susc eptibility to anaphylaxis) that may require first-aid action on course. Thi s should include a description of the symptoms, the required first-aid acti on, and the location in their bag of any medication (such as sugar, ventoli n, epi-pen, anti-histamines). How to Get There The HH is at Three Mile Dam in Kosciuszko National Park.\n After dark, please drive slowly and take ex tra care in Kosciuszko National Park. As well as kangaroos expect to find w ombats, horses, deer and other animals sitting on or crossing the road.\n F rom central Canberra: The HH is 210km from Canberra and takes about 2¾ hou rs to drive via Cooma. The roads are sealed all the way.  \n Seven kilometr es past Cooma turn right to stay on the Snowy Mountains Highway and travel past Adaminaby (shops and petrol) and past the rebuild of the Kiandra court house. Turn left onto the Link Road just past Kiandra. Follow the Link Road for 5.6km to the Three Mile Dam turnoff where there will be rogaine signs. \n We don’t recommend the Boboyan Road option. It may be shorter but is dir t and the travel time is the same as via Cooma.\n From Tumut: take the Snow y Mountains Highway to the Link Road turnoff (90km). Turn right onto Link r oad and follow for 5.6kms to Three Mile Dam.\n There are shops and petrol a t Adaminaby.\n A google map is here: (https://goo.gl/maps/MTvuDm7rsErLQZhH A)https://goo.gl/maps/MTvuDm7rsErLQZhHA (https://goo.gl/maps/MTvuDm7rsErLQZ hHA)  \n \n  \n Registration, Map Availability, Start Times There will be a mass start for both the 8 hour and 24 hour events at 12:00 pm sharp on Sat urday 15 April with a final briefing at 11:50am. Registration will open at 9:00am.\n Due to the additional compulsory gear for this event (warm cloth es), we ask that all team members from each team attend the registration te nt to get their mandatory gear checked and to collect maps. That person wil l need to bring:\n \n - all mandatory gear (see below for the list of mand atory gear); and \n - one completed indemnity form per team member. Electr onic scoring: As this event is using the Navlight system of scoring, each t eam will be issued with wristbands and tags upon registration. There will b e 1 tag for each person in the team.\n You will also be given pre-marked ma ps (one per team member), control descriptions, course setter's notes and a small copy of the map to be used as a flight plan. We recommend that you a rrive at least 1.5 hours prior to the start of the event to allow enough ti me for final preparations and route planning. Each team must mark their int ended route on the flight plan with their team number and hand it in before starting. \n\n Map and Course Details The map is printed on Teslin paper a nd is SRA2 size (640 x 450 cm), 1:25,000 scale with 10 m contour interval. Magnetic north lines are marked on the map. The course covers an area burnt in the 2019-20 fires, so there are very few tall trees, however lots of sm all plant regrowth and sprouting snow gums. The course setters’ notes and c ontrol descriptions have been printed on the back of the map. The altitude ranges from approximately 1280m to 1770m and can be very exposed in windy / cold conditions.\n The map is printed on Teslin paper which is very tough and generally does not need to be covered in contact.\n There are large are as of easy travelling through native grasses with lots of flowers. The cour se setters have found a few patches of dense regrowth that is easy to weave through. We advise you to wear long pants and long sleeves. Gaiters are ve ry strongly recommended for snake protection.\n The Eucumbene River goes ac ross the northeast corner of the course and the water temperature is cold. Other creeks are smaller and flowing.\n Water There are NO water drops.\n P lease bring enough water for Hash House use and for at least 3 hours on cou rse. There will be NO water drops on course owing to lack of access. Water will be available at the HH from which it is possible to do loops. Almost a ll watercourses marked on the map have flowing water which can be used with sterilisation. Although it is high in the catchment, we do not recommend d rinking any water found on course without sterilisation. Please bring your water sterilisation unit or tablets. Teams can take up to 5 “Puratab” table ts per person that are available at the admin desk. Please only take what y ou need.\n Camping There is free camping at the Hash House site although it could be windy so bring plenty of pegs for your tent and your warmest clot hes and sleeping gear. You’ll be near other tents so bring the ear plugs to o! Below is a 1km x 1km map of the HH site so you can see where the Admin a rea is as well as parking and camping sites.\n Overflow camping is on the n orthern end of the lake – it would be preferable for 8hr competitors to use this area. If you are in the 24 hour and camp in the overflow camping, you may use your vehicle to drive between the Hash House site and overflow cam ping (only).\n If you are not staying overnight, please park along the camp site road (purple line).\n \nCamping Map (PDF) (/images/23ACT24-Camping.pdf )\n Other Information Hartley Lifecare will provide meals from approximatel y 6.00pm Saturday.   Please bring your own plate, bowl, cup and cutlery. \n Breakfast will be on Sunday morning from about 6.30am.\n Snakes: A special mention that snakes have been seen in the area. So please wear gaiters and /or long pants. We will want to see that you have a snake bandage in your f irst aid kit. The course setters’ notes on the back of the map include info rmation on how to give first aid to a person who has been bitten.\n PLB – p ersonal locator beacon: If you have one of these units, bring it with you a s phone reception is limited in parts of the course area. Higher areas have mobile reception.\n \n \n Please Bring to the Event \n - Completed indemn ity form \n - Coloured pens, pencils, scissors, highlighter pen, table and chairs or board for map preparation. The marquee will be available for plan ning. \n - Some food for before and/or during the event. \n - Your own plat e, bowl, cup and cutlery for catering. \n - Water for your use at the Hash House and for the first few hours of the event. \n - Map will be printed on Teslin waterproof paper with control descriptions on reverse side. Contact or map case optional. \n - Portaloos will be at the Hash House. You may li ke to bring your own hand sanitiser. Carry on Course Mandatory Equipment - note the additions for this event!\n\n \n - Whistle (per person) \n - Bas ic first aid kit (that includes 2 compression bandages and 1 wound dressing ) (per team) \n - Space blanket (per person) \n - Gloves and a beanie \n - Thermal top and bottom \n - Fleece jumper or equivalent \n - Waterproof jac ket (waterproof over-trousers highly recommended) \n - Head torch (spare ba tteries recommended). Other items we recommend that you carry/wear\n \n - Food for the event \n - Water for 3 hours \n - Compass \n - Gaiters – reco mmended for scrub/snake-bite protection \n - Long trousers – recommended fo r scrub protection \n - Watch (without GPS capabilities) \n - Pen/pencil \n - Mobile phone for emergencies and PLB if you have one \n - Sunscreen, sun hat, sunglasses, clear glasses \n - Additional adequate warm clothes for e xposed, cold conditions (noting conditions can change quickly). These may i nclude waterproof over-trousers and additional spare thermals. Mobile Phon e Coverage Mobile phone coverage is patchy with Telstra in higher areas of the course. However, a text message may work in some places. If you do have a PLB, take this as an emergency backup.\n The Hash House number will be 0 457 364 319 and the satellite phone 0147 148 006 as a back-up if reception fails. These numbers are printed on the map.\n As this event is the ACT Cha mps, all competitors will need to put their mobile phones and GPS devices i n a sealed bag that you will be given with your maps.\n Restrictions Summar y of Event Rules and Scoring\n \n - The only navigational aids permitted a re the maps we provide together with your compasses. \n - Teams consist of 2 to 5 competitors and must remain within earshot of each other at all time s. All members must simultaneously get to within 5m of each control point. \n - All team members must punch their Navlight tags at each control to sco re points. \n - If a Navlight punch has failed, record the three letter cod e visible inside the end of the punch. \n - Competitors must not enter out- of-bounds areas; gates must be left as found; stock must not be disturbed. \n - The organisers may disqualify a team if it acts against these rules or against the spirit of the event. \n - A team can retire a member at the ha sh house. This will finish that team's event. A new team can form but it mu st start with zero score. \n - Late Penalty: 10 points per minute (or part) late. Disqualification if more than 30 minutes late. \n - If teams score e qual points then the first team home will have a higher rank. Presentation and Awards Food and drinks will be available from approximately 6:00pm Sat urday. Please bring your own plate and utensils.\n Prizes will be awarded t o the winners of each category and certificates to the place-getters of mos t categories. This is dependent on final numbers and will be announced on t he day. Presentations will take place around 45 minutes after the end of ea ch of the events.\n This event was imported from: https://direct.act.rogain e.asn.au/event-details/eventdetail/121/-/go-for-gold-act-8hr-24hr-champs.ht ml?tmpl=component X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

 

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2023 Go for Gold< /strong> ACT Rogaining Championship 24hr event and associated 8 hr eve nt was held in northern Kosciuszko National Park around the Three Mile Dam area near Kiandra and the Mt Selwyn ski field.

Scroll down for the Final Instructions.

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The course was set by Lee Rice and Craig Cowan. Much of the area was burnt in the 2019-20 fires so is quite open in many places, as well as naturally having grassy open areas, such as around Kiandra. There is also a lot of interesting remains from the gold mining er a at Kiandra across the course. We will provide some suggestions for novice loops that use th e well-defined features, and more challenging loops for those looking for a physical and navigational challenge. 

The starts for the 8 hr and 24 hr events will be midday (12 pm) on Saturday 15 April. The 8 h r event will finish in the dark at 8pm and the 24 hr will finish at midday Sunday.

See the event gallery for more teaser photos, including photos of the lovely Three Mile Campground.
 

 

Final Instructions

Thank you for entering the “Go for Gold” championship in the golden a ge of rogaining. Team leaders, make sure that everyone on your team reads t his whole document carefully.

Important

  1. The weather is likely to be COLD. Please bring additional warm clothes with you. Please note that we have made some additional manda tory gear to reflect the conditions.
  2. There is very limited access to the course and patchy mobil e coverage. If you own a Personal Locator Beacon or similar please bring th at along.
  3. Parking is limited so please share transport – also reduces greenhouse gases.

 

COVID-19 Measures

There are no mandatory conditions however, if you are feeling unwell, or have fl u-like symptoms, please stay home.

Indemnity Form

Please brin g to the event a printed and completed indemnity form located here. Check the team list for your relevant event on the home page to ensure that all details for your team including category are c orrect. If incorrect, please contact the Event Contact prior to the ev ent.

How to Get There

The HH is at Three Mile Dam in Kosciuszko Nati onal Park.

After dark, please drive slo wly and take extra care in Kosciuszko National Park. As well as kangaroos e xpect to find wombats, horses, deer and other animals sitting on or crossin g the road.

From central Canberra: The HH is 210km from Canberra and takes about 2¾ hours to drive via Cooma. The roads are sealed all the way.  

Seven kilometres past Cooma turn right to stay on the Snowy Mountains Highway and travel past Adaminaby (sh ops and petrol) and past the rebuild of the Kiandra courthouse. Turn left o nto the Link Road just past Kiandra. Follow the Link Road for 5.6km to the Three Mile Dam turnoff where there will be rogaine signs.

We don’t recommend the Boboyan Road option. It may be shorter but is dirt and the travel time is the same as via Cooma.

From Tumut: take the Snowy Mountains Highway to the Link Road turnoff (90km). Turn right onto Link road and follow for 5.6kms to Three Mile Dam.

There are shops and petrol at Adaminaby.

A google map is here: < /a>https://goo.gl/maps/MTvu Dm7rsErLQZhHA  

 

Registration, Map Availability, Start Times

There will be a mass start for both the 8 hour and 24 h our events at 12:00 pm sharp on Saturday 15 April wit h a final briefing at 11:50am. Registration will ope n at 9:00am.

Due to the additional compulsory gear f or this event (warm clothes), we ask that all team members from each team a ttend the registration tent to get their mandatory gear checked and to coll ect maps. That person will need to bring:

Electronic scoring:&nb sp;As this event is using the Navlight system of scoring, each team will be issued with wristbands and tags upon registration. There will be 1 tag for each person in the team.

You will also be given pre-marked maps (one per team member), control descriptions, course setter's notes and a small copy of the map to be used as a flight plan. We recommend that you arrive a t least 1.5 hours prior to the start of the event to allow enough time for final preparations and route planning. Each team must mark their in tended route on the flight plan with their team number and hand it in befor e starting.

Map and Course Details

The map is printed on Teslin paper and is SRA2 size (640 x 450 cm), 1:25,000 scale wi th 10 m contour interval. Magnetic north lines are marked on the map. The c ourse covers an area burnt in the 2019-20 fires, so there are very few tall trees, however lots of small plant regrowth and sprouting snow gums. The c ourse setters’ notes and control descriptions have been printed on the back of the map. The altitude ranges from approximately 1280m to 1770m and can be very exposed in windy / cold conditions.

The map is printed on Tes lin paper which is very tough and generally does not need to be covered in contact.

There are large areas of easy travelling through native gras ses with lots of flowers. The course setters have found a few patches of de nse regrowth that is easy to weave through. We advise you to wear long pant s and long sleeves. Gaiters are very strongly recommended for snake protect ion.

The Eucumbene River goes across the northeast corner of the cour se and the water temperature is cold. Other creeks are smaller and flowing.

Water

There are NO water drops.

Please bring enough wa ter for Hash House use and for at least 3 hours  on course. There will be NO water drops on course owing to lack of access. Water will be available at the HH from which it is possibl e to do loops. Almost all watercourses marked on the map have flowing water which can be used with sterilisation. Although it is high in the catchment , we do not recommend drinking any water found on course without sterilisat ion. Please bring your water sterilisation unit or tablets. Teams can take up to 5 “Puratab” tablets per person that are available at the admin desk. Please only take what you need.

Camping

There is free camping at the Hash House site although it could be windy so bring plenty of pegs for your tent and your warmest clothes and sleeping gear. You’ll be near ot her tents so bring the ear plugs too! Below is a 1km x 1km map of the HH si te so you can see where the Admin area is as well as parking and camping si tes.

Overflow camping is on the northern end of the lake – it would b e preferable for 8hr competitors to use this area. If you are in the 24 hou r and camp in the overflow camping, you may use your vehicle to drive betwe en the Hash House site and overflow camping (only).

If you are not st aying overnight, please park along the campsite road (purple line).

< img src="https://direct.act.rogaine.asn.au/images/3MileDamCamping.png" alt= "3MileDamCamping" width="452" height="427" style="margin: 10px;" />
Campin g Map (PDF)

Other Information

Hartley Lifecare will provi de meals from approximately 6.00pm Saturday.   Please bring your own plate, bowl, cup and cutlery.

Breakfast will be on Sunday morning from about 6.30am.

Snakes : A special mention that snakes have been seen in the area. So ple ase wear gaiters and/or long pants. We will want to see that you have a sna ke bandage in your first aid kit. The course setters’ notes on the back of the map include information on how to give first aid to a person who has be en bitten.

PLB – personal locator beacon: If you hav e one of these units, bring it with you as phone reception is limited in pa rts of the course area. Higher areas have mobile reception.
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Please Bring to the Event

Carry on Course

Mandatory Equipment - note the additions for this event!

Other items we recommend that you carry/wear

Mobile Phone Coverage

Mobile phone cover age is patchy with Telstra in higher areas of the course. However, a text m essage may work in some places. If you do have a PLB, take this as an emerg ency backup.

The Hash House number will be 0457 364 319 and the satellite phone 0147 148 006 as a back-up if r eception fails. These numbers are printed on the map.

As this event i s the ACT Champs, all competitors will need to put their mobile phones and GPS devices in a sealed bag that you will be given with your maps.

R estrictions

Summary of Event Rules and Scoring

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  • The only navigational aids permitted are the maps we provide togethe r with your compasses.
  • Teams consist of 2 to 5 competitors and must remain within earshot of each other at all times. All members must simulta neously get to within 5m of each control point.
  • All team members mu st punch their Navlight tags at each control to score points.
  • If a Navlight punch has failed, record the three letter code visible inside the end of the punch.
  • Competitors must not enter out-of-bounds areas; g ates must be left as found; stock must not be disturbed.
  • The organi sers may disqualify a team if it acts against these rules or against the sp irit of the event.
  • A team can retire a member at the hash house. Th is will finish that team's event. A new team can form but it must start wit h zero score.
  • Late Penalty: 10 points per minute (or part) late. Di squalification if more than 30 minutes late.
  • If teams score equal p oints then the first team home will have a higher rank.

    • Presen tation and Awards

    Food and drinks will be available from approximate ly 6:00pm Saturday. Please bring your own plate and utensils.

    Prizes will be awarded to the winners of each category and certificates to the pla ce-getters of most categories. This is dependent on final numbers and will be announced on the day. Presentations will take place around 45 minutes af ter the end of each of the events.

    This event was imported from: https://direct.act.rogaine.a sn.au/event-details/eventdetail/121/-/go-for-gold-act-8hr-24hr-champs.html? tmpl=componentCONTACT:Keira Banks (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 0434 296 779) or Julie Quinn (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. / 0421 021 693) DTSTAMP:20260423T161929 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230415T120000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230416T120000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR