BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Sydney BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20250522T000000 RDATE:20251005T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20260405T020000 RDATE:20261004T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20270404T020000 RDATE:20271003T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20280402T020000 RDATE:20281001T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20251005T030000 RDATE:20260405T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20261004T030000 RDATE:20270404T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20271003T030000 RDATE:20280402T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20281001T030000 RDATE:20290401T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:Australia/Sydney AEDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:17e3e4a35af4708283bf7876c63c992a CATEGORIES:ACT, 2026 CREATED:20251221T183035 SUMMARY:Realm of the Owl Virtualgaine URL;VALUE=URI:https://mail.act.rogaine.asn.au/event-details/eventdetail/218/-/realm-of-th e-owl-virtualgaine.html?tmpl=component DESCRIPTION:The Owl has Spoken. The results of the 2026 Realm of the Owl virtualgaine a re in. Overall winner was Ryan Stocks with a blistering course clearance of 2:16 hrs! Alex Thorman and Guyver Fu took 2nd and 3rd place outright (and open mens). Chloe Woodburn won the open womens by a long way with her cours e clearance in 3:12 hrs. We had 112 finishes, with some people having 2 or 3 events. Congratulations to all winners - a certificate will be delivered via owl-mail to you. See the full results under the results button below.\n  \n The 2026 Realm of the Owl virtualgaine was held in the Belconnen regio n. The event start/finish (aka Hash House) was behind the CIT Bruce Campus, at the entrance to Bruce Ridge Nature Reserve, off Purdie Street, near CIT . This is shown as a triangle near the centre of the map. There is ample fr ee parking in the CIT car park. \n A very big thank you to our setter Jon G lanville, for another fun course with lots of sites of interest and Julie Q uinn, vetter. Here are a few photos of hidden gems in the Virtualgaine gall ery. (https://gallery.act.rogaining.org.au/2026-events/2026-Virtualgaine)\n The event course was open between Saturday 23 May and the end of Monday 8 June 2026. However, the course remains open in MapRun if you wish to do a r ogaine.\n Scoring in a virtual rogaine works using MapRun (https://maprunne rs.weebly.com/) on your phone. Please download and read these instructions (images/MapRun%20Instructions%202026.pdf)on using MapRun to learn how to u se the App. The App uses the GPS on your phone to work out you are at the c ontrol location. To score a control you will need to be within 10-15 m of t he feature. Check your detailed control descriptions as there are no flags.  The MapRun App will show the map on your phone screen but if you prefer to be able to see the whole map, there will be a link on this page before the event to download and print your own copy. \n Thank you to Paddy Pallin's (Lonsdale Street, Civic) for holding copies of the map for competitors.\n L inks to the MAP (images/Realm%20of%20the%20Owl%202026%20Virtualgaine%20map. pdf) and COURSE SETTERS NOTES (images/Virtualgaine%20May%202026%20-%20Cours e%20Notes.pdf) for you to view and print. If you took pictures of your even t and would like to add them to the event galley, please contact David (ab out-us/committee/2-david-baldwin.html)for a link to upload (we're not inclu ding a link here to keep the 'bots at bay).\n Had lots of fun? You can also walk/run around some of the other virtualgaine events (events/virtual-even ts.html) from previous years. Orienteering ACT also has lots of small MapRu n events (https://act.orienteering.asn.au/permanent/maprun/) around Canberr a. \n Maprun:   (https://results.maprun.net/#/event_results?eventName=ACTRA %20Realm%20of%20the%20Owl%20Virtualgaine%204%20Hour%20May%202026%20PXAS%20S coreP240%20PZ2022052026)  Official:   (images/26virtual-results.pdf)\n This event was imported from: https://mail.act.rogaine.asn.au/event-details/eve ntdetail/218/-/realm-of-the-owl-virtualgaine.html?tmpl=component X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Owl has Spoken.

The results of the 2026 Realm of the Owl virtualgaine are in. Overall winner was Ryan Stocks with a blistering course clearance of 2:16 hrs! Ale x Thorman and Guyver Fu took 2nd and 3rd place outright (and open mens). Ch loe Woodburn won the open womens by a long way with her course clearance in 3:12 hrs. We had 112 finishes, with some people having 2 or 3 events. Cong ratulations to all winners - a certificate will be delivered via owl-mail t o you. See the full results under the results button below.

 

The 2026 Realm of the Owl virtualgaine was held in the Belconn en region. The event start/finish (aka Hash House) was behind the CIT Bruce Campus, at the entrance to Bruce Ridge Nature Reserve, off Purdie Street, near CIT. This is shown as a triangle near the centre of the map. There is ample free parking in the CIT car park. 

26Virtual teaserA very big t hank you to our setter Jon Glanville, for another fun course with lots of s ites of interest and Julie Quinn, vetter. Here are a few photos of hidden g ems in the Virtualgaine gallery.

The event course was open between Saturday 23 May and the end of Monday 8 June 2026. However, the co urse remains open in MapRun if you wish to do a rogaine.

Scoring in a virtual rogaine works using MapRu n on your phone. Please download and read these instruction s on using MapRun to learn how to use the App. The App uses the GPS on your phone to work out you are at the control location. To score a control you will need to be within 10-15 m of the feature. Check your detailed cont rol descriptions as there are no flags. The MapRun App will show the m ap on your phone screen but if you prefer to be able to see the whole map, there will be a link on this page before the event to download and pri nt your own copy. 

Thank you to Paddy Pallin's (Lonsdale Street, Civic) for holding copies of the map for competitors.

Links to the MAP a nd COURSE SETTERS NO TES for you to view and print.

If you took pictures of yo ur event and would like to add them to the event galley, please contact David for a link to upload (we're not including a link here to keep the 'bots at bay).

Had lots of fun? You can also walk/run around som e of the other virtualgaine events from previous years. Orienteering ACT also has lots of small MapRun events around Canberra. 

Ma prun:    Official: & nbsp;maprun

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