Maximum score achieved for the third time this season as City Legends makes its debut in Ogre

Original publication date: 20.09.2022

The fifth stage of the exciting rogaining series was held in cooperation with Ogres
county council and Ogre county sports center, as well as with Isostar, Garmin,
Valmiermuiža beer, Magnesia support. For participants according to ability and
organizers offered 6h Garmin, 4h Kokmuižas and 2h Isostar rogaining
distances, as well as 3h MTB, 2h rogaining run (O-Run) and rogaining walk
for children.
“Pilsētu leģendu” participants had to cross several bridges, just like in Riga - highways,
Communications or Trubinieki, Estradas or Likos, Pontons, Vansu and Kartonfabrikas,
trying to get from Ogre to Párogri and back. Of course, the members of the checkpoint
enjoyed the Ogres Zilo mountain scenery in search.
Garākajā Garmin 6h distance, where 68 teams started, Bībers with Jasan for the second time
in a row and for the third time in the season managed to find all checkpoints in the time limit and
earn 200 points and do it in less than five and a half hours. In the intense one
in the fight for second place between the two best Mix or mixed teams, Estonian Toni
Pirisilds and Pille Vinne (O+) with 189 points accumulated for only one point
overtaken by Uģi Inku and Gitu Vilensoni (Left Bank). Sixth in the overall standings
best female team “ZVOC dāmas” Anete Geduševa-Bērziņa and Dace Gaigala,
which have 175 points, but the families include Juris Šlesers with daughter Eliza (RS Kukainīši) with
133 points.
In the average distance of 4 hours, Kokmuiža was unbeaten among 59 teams for the second stage in a row
“Riga adventure team”, who scored 138 points and had three players this time
members – Mārtiņš Ozoliņš, Jānis Ķemers and Valdis Čunka. Also in this distance the second
and the third place was won by the two best Mix teams, also with a very similar result,
both separated by two points. Ilze and Artūrs Hirkovski (I&A) with 132 points were
slightly ahead of Sniedzei Brakovskai and Eduardam Pāķim (Adaži city). 100 points
the best two women's teams and one family team also reached the limit. For Guna and
Martai Sarksņām with 103 points was enough to win the women's competition, but the best
family team “Romanichi” (Romans, Ilva and Elīza Košķini and Jānis Koškins-
Dick) collected a round sum - 100 points.
The Isostar 2h distance was the most intense battle for victory, as Gnutars Logins and Andrzej
Stenclavs with 77 points repeated the performance of “Ašo” in the first stage in Boulderai and
only one point was ahead of Uldim Pormeistaram and Gunāram Ozoliņam (LV
Beards), who managed to enter the time limit at the last second. For the first time in the season
would be in the top three, even 70 points were not enough, which would guarantee victory in some stages.
Third place winners Krišjānis Mežulis and Kristaps Zelmenis (Manager) earned 72
points. Similarly, the best MIX team “Stonkas” (Kārlis and Daina
Stonkas) and the female team "City Rats (Valentīna Romanova and Anete Dārta
Rožkalne), which took the 6th and 7th place in the overall ranking and which respectively have 66 and 64

points, although Valentina and Anete had initially also accumulated 66 points, but
an extra minute and a half over two hours left them two points apart.
Aigars and Tomass Čeksteri (All in balls) were the best families with 46 points
in the test.
In the O-Run, or 2h individual rogaining run, they are decisively first with 78 and
77 points were Jānis Dūka and Anita Užule, but in the 3h MTB distance for the fourth time
the victory was celebrated by Inese Kauķe, while the men's first victory was won by Aivis Zetmanis.