South African MEGA TB RACE of 2013
In 2012 South Africa had it's first ever MEGA event. Just over 500 people joined in over the 3 day event at the Voortrekker monument. This is where the 2013 TB race also started.
Scoring of the race was done by a program written by DamhuisClan. The program can be downloaded here (http://damhuisclan.co.za/geocaching/gcTrackableRace).
1) Winners of the Distance Race
1.1) International:
1.1.1) TB5DE2J South Africa Flag Tag Fier
1.1.2) TB4YBDK M&M Bosvarke Flying Fish M&MBosvarke
1.1.3) TB55XE6 Dark Blue Shark AndyT1
1.1.4) TB4G70D Hobel Geocoin hobel (Wooden spoon)
1.2) South Africa
1.2.1) TB2T5FJ iPajero's Racer 2013 iPajero
1.2.2) TB3TZ2Z Geel Tekkie Avanclan
1.2.3) TB55Y4N Cornes scented laces B and C Inc
1.2.4) TB549BC Namibseun Dog Tag Distance Traveler Namibseun
2) Winners of the Points Race
2.1) TB4G753 Hobel Geocoin Points Race hobel
2.2) TB5DDQ1 Brandon the rhino marcus d90
2.3) TB5DDXE Rodney the Red Bearded Pirate.. Arrrr! Manfredt
2.4) TB54R0Q Namibseun Travel Bug Dog Tag Namibseun
The Rules
3) Distance Race
3.1) The aim of this Race is to achieve the longest distance by moving from cache to cache with the help of geocachers during the duration of the Race.
3.2) No “dipping” or “visiting of caches” in the hands of the same geocacher is allowed in this Race. Racing Travellers can only be moved once by any one geocacher during the race. This also includes only one move of the Racing Traveller by the owner of the Racing Traveller during the Race.
3.3) 6 Podium Places are up for grabs in this Race: 3 for the Racing Travellers that travelled the furthest in South Africa and 3 for Racing Travellers that travelled the furthest internationally. Once a Racing Traveller leaves our sunny shores for another country, that Racing Traveller becomes part of the international Race and is no longer eligible for the South African podium places. Swaziland and Lesotho are independent states and do not form part of South Africa. For purposes of this race the independent Republic of Houtbay remains part of South Africa.
4) Points Race
4.1 Each cache visited by the Racing Traveller or in which the Racing Traveller is dropped into - 10 Points
4.2 Each Discovery of the Racing Traveller - 5 Points
4.3 Each country visited by the Racing Traveller (any one country visited will only qualify for points on the first visit during the Race) - 20 Points
4.4 Each Province or State visited by the Racing Traveller (any one province or state visited will only qualify for points on the first visit during the Race) - 15 Points
4.5 Each photo in which the Racing Traveller appears and which is posted as part of a log on the listing of the Racing Traveller (only one photo per log will qualify for points) - 10 Points
4.6 Each CITO Event visited by the Racing Traveller in the hands of an attendee to such event - 30 Points
4.7 Each MEGA Event visited by the Racing Traveller in the hands of an attendee to such event - 200 Points
4.8 For every 750km travelled as reflected on the Groundspeak listing of the Travelling Racer - 75 Points
4.9 Each stay by the Racing Traveller in a TB Hotel - 15 Points
4.10 If the Racing Traveller is physically present at the closing event of the MEGA TB Race 2013 - 100 Points
5) The Statistics:
6.1) Total distance of all travellers : 1227289.87
6.2) Total number of countries visited : 15090
6.3) Total number of unique countries visited : 57
6.4) Some country cache detail visits :
US=7040
ZA=2020
DE=1622
CH=775
DK=715
FR=424
GB=339
NZ=323
AT=291
NL=228
AU=115
