A Rules for Foot Orienteering Events - Orienteering USA

B Rules for Rogaine Events
B.1 Application and Enforcement of the rules
B.1.1 Rogaine events sanctioned by Orienteering USA shall be organized in accordance
with the rules in this section.
B.1.2 These rules shall be binding on all organizers, competitors, team officials and
other persons connected with the organization or in contact with the competitors.
The Orienteering USA Rogaine Committee shall supervise the application of the
Rules. The Orienteering USA Rules Committee shall interpret the Rules and any
questions should be so addressed.
B.1.3 Event organizers, competitors and team officials must know these Rules and the
Event Instructions. Ignorance of the Rules will not be accepted as a valid excuse
for any infringement.
B.1.4 These rules are based on the International Rogaining Federation Rules for
Rogaining, which apply to National Championships and World Rogaine
Championships.
B.2 Definitions
B.2.1 Rogaine events are conducted as long distance cross-country navigation for teams
traveling on foot. The object is to score points by finding checkpoints located in
the Rogaine area within a specified time. Checkpoints may be visited in any
order.
B.2.2 Rogaine- type events are also sometimes organized with competition on skis,
bicycles, etc., or even in urban areas where public transport might be permitted.
Such events work well with the same rule structure.
B.2.3 An Event is a set of races and their attendant festivities and organizational aspects.
B.2.4 The term A-meet is restricted to events which include races sanctioned by
Orienteering USA.
B.2.5 A Race is a single event component which consists of competitors starting and
finishing a course.
B.2.6 A Competition is one or more races which are used together as the basis for
making awards.
B.2.7 The term Championship in this section of the rules refers only to the United States
Rogaine Championships.