RIGA NEIGHBORHOOD ORIENTEERING CUP 2024
RAOK 2024 took place for the first time this year, inviting not only neighborhood association activists and athletes, but also youth, families, and other interested participants. The competition is free of charge and takes place in five different neighborhoods of Riga, allowing participants to get to know Riga's neighborhoods from a completely different perspective.
"This was a colorful journey - we went wild in Sarkandaugava, sat still in Iļģuciems, toppled power down from Grīziņkalns, engraved runes on the stones of Bieriņi, but harvested the season’s yield in Dārziņi. The neighborhood orienteering season is now over..." This is how one of the 300 participants described the Riga Neighborhood Orienteering Cup (RAOK).
The RAOK finale took place immediately after the 5th stage in Dārziņi, where not only the top 3 teams of each group for each stage were awarded, but also the overall winners. The overall ranking was counted only for those teams that participated in at least 3 stages with the same team name, without changing their group members.
We congratulate the overall season winners - in the individual group, the cup was won by the team "Teku Taku", followed by "KM BUILDING" and finally "Atis Kalniņš". In the open group, the top step was taken by the guys from the team "Mirāža", behind them "Ādaži City", and the honorable 3rd place went to the team "Spalvainās pēdas". There was not much competition for the junior prizes, with the cup going to the team "ER". In the family group, the consistent winners of the stages were the team "Vēl nav, bet būs", followed by "Kundziņi no salas", and in 3rd place - "ZUMM". In the competition of the more experienced participants, the most successful strategy was from the team "Fell the motion", followed by "DaVaGuči", and finally "Skudrulāči".
A big thank you to the neighborhood associations of Sarkandaugava, Dzirciems/Iļģuciems, Grīziņkalns, and Bieriņi for their support in planning the courses and creating the questions!