Bībers and Ronimoiss win Riga Autumn Rogaining
On Saturday, November 19, the Riga autumn rogaining took place at the Spice shopping center, which gathered more than a thousand rogaining enthusiasts in 2, 4 and 6 hour distances, as well as a Rogaining walk for children. The victory in the long distance was won by the team “Vajag bik ātrāk”, which spent 5 hours, 47 minutes and 58 seconds on the distance and was able to visit 48 of 50 checkpoints, ensuring the victory of the team both in the autumn rogaining and in the season overall.
Original publication date: 21.11.2016
The start of the competition was given at the shopping center “Spice”, where at At 12:00, the 2-hour, 4-hour and 6-hour distance teams started. Participants from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Switzerland, France and Sweden took part in the competition. At the same time, the children had a 2-hour Rogaining walk together with instructors Lāci, Vāveri and Zaķi, who went to look for checkpoints on the side of Torņakalnas and Āgenskalns.
Brothers Oskars and Edgars Cimermaņi from Smiltene, who also won this year's Riga spring rogaining, remained unbeaten in the two-hour rogaining. In 2 hours, the brothers collected 65 points and were one point ahead of the closest followers - Mārtiņam Puriņam and Uldim Kļaviņam from the “Šodien mežā neskriesim” team. Third in distance and men's team competition – Uģis Inka and Artūrs Topecs (team “Tā mēs šaujam”). In the mixed team competition, the top three teams were “ZAJEC”, “Riga Adventure Team MIX” and “ZIBŠŅI”, while among the women's teams, the best were “Drama Queens”, “Tūristi” and “Zāļu sievas”. Among the family teams, the hardest scorers were the “Saulkrastu SRT” team.
During the four-hour time limit in the competition of 171 teams, the brothers Sigmar and Andris Gaiļi (team “Neliels Treniņš”) remained unbeaten this time, who collected 121 points in 3 hours and 49 minutes, ahead of “Skrien Sigulda” members Kasparu Kārkliņu and Kasparu Bruneru, who collected the same amount of points in 3 hours and less than 53 minutes. during The third place in the men's team competition this time is “adidas adventure team” with 120 points. Among the mixed teams, the top three were “Komandas nosaukums”, “Gentlemen's Club” and "EsiAktivs.lv", but in the women's team competition, “SEL Team” won, leaving behind the “Vidzemnieces” and “Taterņiki” teams, while the best in the family team competition were guests from Estonia with the “Potsataja” team.
In the six-hour distance, there was no surprise and the duo of Zigmunda Bībera and Andra Ronimoisa won the race's longest distance for the second time in a row, collecting 48 out of 50 possible checkpoints. In the men's open group, “Slapjie pumpuri” took the second place, and the “Surströmming” team took the third place. The best teams of men's veterans were the strong Estonian “KARVAJALAD” team with Armo Hiie and Reigo Lehtla, who managed to win in Riga Rogaining a year ago, the domestic "Veikals 42km.lv/Saucony" ranked second, while the third best team was “Burkānciems”. In the super-veteran competition, Vairis Krauklis and Jānis Dainis won by a clear margin, collecting 21 points more than the second place, but the strongest of the junior competition were Dāvis Šolmanis and Fricis Spektors (team “Maize”), who collected 148 points and ranked high 10th in the 6-hour standings in the distance.
The best mixed team overall was the veteran team “Where’s The Finish?”, with Guntars Mankus and Irita Puķīte, who finished an impressive second in the overall course standings. Their closest rivals in the veteran category were “AUTOSTARTS.LV-2”, followed by “Mona V” in third. In the open category, Zelma and Fadejs Precinieki (“Liedagi-35”) won with 150 points, ahead of “OK Ogre Meža dīvainīši” and “Mērķi nemainīt!”. Pēteris Zariņš and Alīda Ābola of “Mona-XA” were the best mixed super-veterans, while Matīss Slikšjānis and Vilma Alberinga (“M&V”) won the mixed junior category.
In the women's team competition, the absolute best in the six-hour distance were the representatives of the women's open group from Estonia - Anneken Lemberg and Imbi Soome (team “Tõttajad”), second place was the Latvian women from the team “VIENĀ RITMĀ”, and the third best team in the open group was “Sciurus Vulgaris”. In the women's veteran team competition, Zanda Kārkliņa and Iveta Priedīte (team “Zaļās vārnas”) won, while second and third place went to teams “Piparmētras” and “Mīļmāsiņas”, respectively. In the women's super veteran team group, “KĀ 2” team celebrated victory with 92 points, while in the women's junior group, “MazPisSāņu Modeles” (Arta Renāte Rulle and Elizabete Ločmele) won with 110 points.
The Riga Rogaining competition was held in Riga for the fifth time. The next competition will take place on Sunday, March 26, 2017. Rogaining is an orienteering competition where teams of 2 to 4 participants visit checkpoints located in the city, parks and forests during the selected checkpoint time. There is no need to cover a certain distance in the competition - the team chooses its own strategy. Any participant, regardless of age, can participate in 2, 4 or 6 hour distances. The competition is offered by the Riga City Council and the Education, Culture and Sports Department of the Riga City Council. Atbalsta Isostar, Garmin, Asics, mall “Spice”, White, tea “Apsara”.