 Adventure Racing is the ultimate team adventure sport. Teams of three must navigate their way around a
course collecting checkpoints on foot, mountain bike and kayak. In adventure racing the course is not
marked, so teams must use map and compass to navigate.
Teams must always travel and stay together
during the race.
In addition, there are often surprise challenges incorporated into the course, and past races have included
riding waterslides, ten-pin bowling, playing golf, constructing billy-karts, visiting major Canberra tourist
attractions, using the Canberra bus system, playing scrabble, scavenger hunts, tubing, negotiating obstacle
courses and kick-biking around the City.
The Grammar Adventure Racing Team has a maximum of 12 members. While experience in orienteering or
the three adventure racing disciplines is advantageous, it is not essential as the team will be trained in these
aspects. However, please note that adventure racing is a team endurance sport where boys will be racing for
up to 3 hours non-stop. Therefore, it is expected boys who are interested will have an existing level of
fitness and will be committed to the sport.
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Weekly training will be held on Tuesday and Thursday after-school (3:30pm - 5pm), and on Saturday
mornings (9am - 11am). Weekday training will focus on running, trekking and navigation training
based from school, and occasionally kayak training at Lake Burley Griffin. Saturday morning training will
be held at bush locations around Canberra, and will consist of mountain bike orienteering and multisport/
race training (e.g. run-ride training).
The team will be training for three competition races during the season:
Friday 9th November 2007 (afternoon): AROC Corporate Adventure Challenge
Friday 30th November 2007 (evening/night): Brindabella Challenge AROC Night Race
Saturday 23rd February 2008 (morning): AROC Saturday Adventure Race
These three races are short distance adventure races, and Grammar teams should complete the race course
within 3 hours. All races are held in Canberra. Boys must be available to compete in all three races.
Each race is organised by AROC Sport, a professional adventure racing company based in Canberra.
Further details about AROC Sport can be found at http://www.arocsport.com.au.
Boys will be required to pay the entry fee for each competition race. AROC Sport has offered us a 30%
discount on all race entry for the season. With this discount, the entry fee for the Corporate Challenge (9th
November 2007) is $75 per boy, the Brindabella Challenge Race (30th November 2007) is $55 per boy,
and the Saturday Adventure Race (23rd February 2008) is $55 per boy.
In addition, teams which qualify and meet the required fitness and technical standards will have the
opportunity to compete in the AROC iRule 12 Hour Urban Debacle on Saturday 29th March 2008. This is a
non-stop 12 hour race around Canberra, where teams need to collect as many checkpoints as they can in 12
hours. More information (including costs) will be provided early next year.
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Adventure Racing