Latvian and Estonian duo wins Summer Olaine Rogaining
Original publication date: 31.07.2017
On Sunday, July 30, the Olaine rogaining took place on the Olaines Mežaparka stage, which brought together local rogainers and also city guests from Latvia and Estonia, who came to explore the surroundings of Olaine - the city, forests, meadows and swamps. The Latvian and Estonian duo from the “Lost” team became the winners of the longest distance of the competition - 6-hour rogaining - which collected 157 out of 200 possible points.
The start of the competition was given on the Olaines Mežaparka stage when at 2, 4 and 6-hour rogaining teams, as well as an 8-kilometer trail run and a rogaining walk for children, started at 11:00 a.m. Half an hour later, the MTB riders started, who went on a 3-hour time trial rogaining. In the MTB rogaining, the best pedalers in the men's group were Artūrs Verza who took the win with 158 points, Kārlis Dzalbs with 157 points and Raitis Muižnieks with 155 points. The women's competition was won by Ieva Nāgele with 118 points, followed by Ilzi Bērziņu with 106 points and Agnesi Čirku with 97 points.
In the two-hour rogaining, the team “Saulkrasti SRT” (in the team Eduards Pāķis, Anete Geduševa and Viesturs Raipuls) celebrated a convincing victory in spite of a missed time limit, “PŪĶI” was second in the mixed team rating, and “Vienmēr uz viļņa” was third. In the women's team competition, “2 fast 2 furious”(Džeina Riekstiņa, Erika Olberkyte) were the best this time, but among the family teams, the most diligent scorers were the Morozov family, where Alona, Andrejs and Dmitrijs Morozovi (“Crazy Hook”) participated, leaving behind “KT TEAM” and “4K” family teams. On the other hand, in the 8-kilometer trail race with small orienteering elements performed by individual participants, the victory was celebrated by Mareks Zālītis, who finished in 30 minutes and 23 seconds.
In the four-hour rogaining, the men's team competition was won by the “ELEVATION” team with Ati Cauni and Mārtiņu Galvanovski. The winners were 117 points, 3 points of which were erased by the late time limit, but this did not prevent them from overtaking the second place winners (team “Aika”) and third place winners (team “Relax”) by 36 and 49 points, respectively. In the mixed team competition, the team “ME” (Māra Bērziņa, Edgars Šturcs) won the laurels, the team "Who stole the compass?" took second place, and the team "I haven't stolen your compass!" finished a second behind them and won the third place. In the competition of family teams, where the team included children up to 12 years old, the top three were “Jauna Ēra” (Aivars and Roberts Beļi), “Kobra007” and “Radinieki”.
In the longest distance, the participants of which spent 6 hours in the distance, in the men's competition the most points were collected by Olainians Miķelis Zumbergs and Ivars Jankavs (team "WHERE SHOULD YOU GO?"), gaining 147 points in the distance. In the adult group, the second place was won by “fraternitas livonica”, and the third place was won by the team “BEZ STRESA”. In the veteran group, Estonians from team “Keset Loojangut” won, while Aleksandrs Tambovcevs and Đirts Strujevičs came second. The men's super veteran group was won by “GLOBITEX”, where Viesturs Tamužs and Juris Šinke competed.
In the competition of mixed teams, there was a tough fight for the highest places on the podium. In the adult group, the team “Vichy” (Kaspars Adijāns, Valdis Čunka, Gita Karlsone) collected 147 points in the distance and ranked high in the second place in the distance overall. The second and third places on the podium were won by the “Ampēriņš” and “idritvaikociņ” teams, respectively. In the veteran group, the absolute winners in the 6-hour distance were the “Lost” team (Ildze Straume and Armo Hiie), the second - “Mona V” (Baiba Ozola and Jānis Nāgelis) with 130 points, and the third - “Aļņi”. In the mixed super-veterans group, the places were shared by two teams - the victory this time for the “Stoķi” team with 116 points, and the second place for the “KĀPA LR-2” team with 112 points. In the mixed junior group, the victory for the “Nonius” team with 115 points.
In the women's team competition, “Davaičiki Zaičiki” won the adult group. The place on the second step of the podium went to team “Tarakāni tarbiņā”, while the team “Māsas” climbed to the third step. In the women's veteran team, the top scorers were the women of team “Restarts”, who scored 121 points, leaving behind the women's teams of “Piedzīvojumu meklējot” and “Blondīņu duets”, respectively. In the women's super veteran group, the winners were Baiba Puriņa and Ineta Aulika (team "For the third"), who collected 65 points, while in the junior group, the victory was earned by the team “skudrulāčuzebrkončas” with 80 points. Among the family teams, “Oža, Jūta un Taktika” was the fastest and most points-rich team this time, while “Briedis Bedrē Brikšķināja” got 33 points and earned second place.
Olaine rogaining took place for the first time and introduced the participants to a diverse area - from the city, wide gravel roads and scary forests to overgrown meadows, nettle thickets and deep ditches and wet swamps. Checkpoints were also hidden in buildings and bunkers. Rogaining is an orienteering competition, where teams of 2 to 4 participants visit checkpoints located in nature during the selected time limit. The competition is offered by Olaine county council, supported by Isostar, Garmin, OS store, Magvit and Vitamax.