Taken from Part B of the IRF Rules

(look for updates before event day)

Rules for Participants

Rogaining is the sport of long distance cross-country navigation for teams travelling on foot. The object is

to score points by finding checkpoints located on the course within a specified time. Checkpoints may be

visited in any order.

Definition

“The course” means anywhere a team travels during the time of the rogaine but specifically excludes the

access road and areas in the proximity of an administration area designated for non-competition use by the

organisers, for example for parking or camping. “Event site” includes the course and any administration,

access and non-competition areas.

Entries

B1. A team shall consist of two, three, four or five members.

B2. A team that has a member under fourteen years of age shall also have a member eighteen years of age

or over.

B3. Competition placings are awarded in several sections based on the age and gender composition of

teams. Each team is automatically entered in the Open section and all other sections of the

competition for which it is eligible.

B4. No member of a team shall have been involved with the organisation of the rogaine so as to have a

prior familiarity with the rogaine course or the fieldwork of the rogaine map.

Respect for Land and Property

B5. Competitors shall respect public and private property.

(a) Competitors shall not cross newly sown ground or growing crops, except if specifically permitted

by the organisers, or any area deemed out-of-bounds by the organisers.

(b) Competitors shall keep a reasonable distance from dwellings and stock with young.

(c) Competitors shall take due care when crossing fences, crossing at corner posts, solid posts or

between wires wherever possible. Each team shall leave any gate in the same state as it was found.

(d) Competitors shall not discard litter.

(e) Competitors shall not light fires at the event site.

(f) Competitors shall not smoke on the course.

(g) Competitors shall not unduly damage or disturb native flora or fauna.

(h) Dogs and weapons of any kind, including firearms, are prohibited at the event site.

Conduct of Competitors

B6. Competitors shall not enter the course until the official start is signalled.

B7. The only navigational aids that may be carried on the course are magnetic compasses, watches and

copies of the competition map. The possession of other navigational aids, including pedometers,

altimeters and GPS receivers on the course is prohibited. The possession, at the event site, of maps

that provide additional information not shown on the competition map is prohibited.

B8. The use of computers for course planning is prohibited.

B9. Competitors shall travel only on foot.

B10. Members of a team shall remain within unaided verbal contact of one another at all times whilst on

the course. A team shall demonstrate compliance with this requirement to any event official or other

team on request.

B11. A team shall surrender its score card to any event official, and shall advise their team number to

any event official or other team, on request.

B12. A team shall not accept assistance from, nor collaborate with, other people, nor deliberately

follow another team.

B13. No food nor equipment shall be left on the course before the event for a team’s use, and no food

or equipment shall be left on the course.

B14. Each competitor shall carry a whistle at all times whilst on the course. In an emergency a

competitor shall give a series of short blasts on their whistle.

Checkpoints

B15. All team members shall simultaneously approach to within 20 metres of each checkpoint for

which points are claimed.

B16. In order to gain points for a checkpoint, teams must punch the scorecard provided by the

organisers in the correct square with the punch at the checkpoint marker and fill in any intention

sheet at the checkpoint with the time of arrival, the team number and the number of the checkpoint

that they intend to next visit. If a team punches an incorrect square, they will still be eligible for the

points for that checkpoint provided they notify the organisers immediately upon returning to the

administration.