The Minigaine Madness, a joint event between ONSW (as part of the Summer Series) and NSW Rogaining Association, was a huge success pulling in 130 teams and well over 100 individuals to race in the event at Lindfield this weekend. Using a combination of Bennelong Northside's Lane Cove map and Big Foot's Blue Gum Creek map, competitors had 3000 points to chase down in three hours. Gill Fowler and Stephen Ryan were the only team who managed the perfect score, but Glen Horrocks, Mark Schafer, Tim Austin and Richard Green, running as individuals, all gathered in full points. Perhaps this proves that sometimes two heads are not better than one when it comes to rogaining or maybe the issue was with teams having four tired legs rather than two. Certainly there were plenty of hills on offer and quite a bit of mud too as the course took full advantage of the extensive bush in the area.
Winning teams in the various categories on offer were:
- Open - Gill Fowler, Stephen Ryan (also won the Mixed category)
- Men - Chad Armstrong, Ryan Armstrong
- Veteran and Super Vets - Neil Hawthorne, James Lithgow, Warwick Selby
- Family - Barbara and Matthew Hill
- Women - Lisa Grant, Claire Winnick
- Novice - Ben Gardem, Dale Jackson
- Under 23 - Alexander Watt, Tristan White, Samuel Wicks
- Legends - Bryony Cox, Timothy Cox
Provisional results can be found here
