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There is now a moon calendar on the events calendar - look below the Events Legend in the right column. You can choose the year and it will give you the list of all the full moon dates for the year. The date may not be exact due to time zones, but will be near enough to work out the best weekends.

There is also a display of the current moon phase on the home page and the Events page.

The results of the 2006 Australian Championship held near St Arnaud in Victoria are now available. The 2006 Australian Rogaining Champions are:

• Overall Winners and Open Mixed: Julie Quinn and Karl Strode-Penny from ACT with 2910 points
• Open Men: Ruhi Afnan, David Nicolson and Steve Cooper from South Australia with 2720
• Open Women: Christine Storie and Helen Robinson from Victoria with 2050 points.
  Barkly’s Hope Australian Championship 2006 Results

The 2006 World Rogaining Championship is to be held on 13/14 October 2006 in the Warrumbungle National Park and adjacent farm land near Coonabarabran, NSW. Entry for the World Rogaining Championship has closed. There are currently 690 entries in 308 teams. Entries have been received from Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, New Zealand, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom, Ukraine, USA, Japan and Australia. Organiser is New South Wales Rogaining Association.
WRC 2006 web site…

David Rowlands
ARA Secretary

The 2006 World Rogaining Champions are:

• Open Men: Dennis de Monchy & Chris Forne of New Zealand, with a score of 2610 (out of 3430)
• Open Women: Heather Logie & Julie Quinn of Australia with 2010 points and a margin of 420 over second place
• Open Mixed: Raimonds Lapins, Anita Liepina and Guntars Mankus of Latvia with 2250 points and fourth overall.
  Full WRC 2006 Results…

28-29 July 2007

Entry forms for the 2007 Australian Rogaining Championship are now available. The Australian Championship is being held near Alice Springs, Northern Territory on 28-29 July 2007. Organiser is Northern Territory Rogaining Association.

“The Eastern MacDonnell Ranges was chosen for it’s typically Centralian, rugged beauty, it’s diverse, variable terrain and the superb, desert fringe rogaining weather at that time of year. Add to that the excellent tourism opportunities for entrants and officials, before and after the event, and this makes for a unique site on which to host an Ozchamps.” Jon Potter, NTRA President
ARC 2007 web site…

The Australian Rogaining Association plans to relaunch the Australian University Rogaining Championship in 2007. This event will be held annually in conjunction with the Australian Rogaining Championships. The late Nigel Aylott was a strong supporter of this initiative and a perpetual trophy will be created and named in Nigel’s honour.