Awards

Korea Randonneurs has established a KR5000 award. The following criteria are minimum for acquiring the KR5000 award, these brevets need to be successfully completed in Korea in a period of 1 calendar year:

• a full series (makes 1500 km)
• participating in a Fleche team (acc. to 1860 km)
• S-B-S 1000K OR a 1200+K LRM (acc. to 2860 or 3060+km)
• other brevets and permanents to supplement to 5000 km

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There exists an international award for having accumulated 10,000 kms of sanctioned brevets, but Korea Randonneurs has established its own.
Becoming the bearer of such a medal will be an extreme privilege, there will not be many!
The following criteria are minimum for acquiring the KR10000 award. These brevets, organized by Korea Randonneurs, need to be successfully completed in a period of 2 calendar years:

• 2 x full series of ACP brevets (makes 3000 km)
• 2 x SR-600 (acc. to 4200 km)
• Participating in a Fleche team (acc. to 4560 km)
• 3 x ACP brevets 1000 km or 1200+ km LRM event (acc. to 7760 or 7960+ km)
• other brevets and permanents to supplement to 10000 km

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1. Successful finishing of a regular brevet, permanent or super randonnee is valid.
2. Results from before 2021/01/01 do not count.
3. Only the province of the start location counts.
4. The official starting location counts, not your actual starting location.
5. The member needs to keep record him/herself and request for confirmation after completing the challenge by email to Jan Boonstra. (janboonstra49@gmail.com)
6. The award can be won only once.

   

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In this challenge "River to Ocean", the rider needs to ride from Seoul to the southern port city of Tongyeong in 4 sections. The course is designed to show the best of what Korea has to offer to a randonneur regarding countryside and scenic beauty. A special award is given to the rider who completes the four sections within the period of one year. The four sections are PT-72, PT-137, PT-174, PT-34. The second section PT-137 can be replaced by PT-75. Successful finishers can order a medal (18,000 won).

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1. The award is given to the member who completed 10 rides (permanents or SR-600's) without failure in reporting during one calendar year (in 2021, there are only 6 months left, for this year not 10, but 5 rides count).
2. The award is given once a year and the winners are listed in the honor roll.
3. When reporting is done in a group chatroom, all group members compete individually.
4. Jan will keep record of correct reporting and the rider will be informed after the finish if the reporting was done 100% correctly.
5. DNQ counts when only passed the time limit. DNF does not count.

Summary of the conditions for correct reporting

1. Do not send more information and photos than is required.
2. Send all photos immediately after taking.
3. At the start, send a photo or a digital copy of the waiver form (completely filled in, well readable and signed). Only send a Kakao image, not a file to download.
4. The rider must be registered with the correct PT number.
5. Send a text message by Kakao, containing only: member number / name / PT- (or SR-) number / Start CP-number in case the start is not at the regular S/F location.
6. Make a start photo, this is a selfie with the start location in the background (for SR-600: bike with frame badge). The time of sending the photo counts as the starting time.
7. Keep reporting in the same chatroom throughout the ride.
8. At controls, send one photo with the control location well recognizable in the background and a text message with the CP number, not the location name.
9. At the finish, send one photo with the finish location well recognizable in the background and a text message saying that you are finished. The time of sending the photo is the finish time.
10. At the finish, send a photo of the permanent sheet within 6 hours after arrival.
11. SR600 is different from regular permanents and authentication methods. When verifying the starting point, CP and arrival point, send a photo of "bicycle with frame badge and background"

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Three permanents are forming a string with a total length of 623 km, starting in Seoul and ending in Busan. Here are the details:
1. PT-171 Seoul - Boryeong  207 km
2. PT-172 Boryeong- Gimcheon  209 km
3. PT-173 Gimcheon - Busan  207 km
The complete string is called the "Galmaegi Challenge" and members who successfully finish the three permanents within one year (in any order), will be assigned the Galmaegi award, be listed in the honor roll and can order a medal (18,000 won).

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1. successfully finish PT-33 in 24h 40m
2. successfully finish PT-38 in 22h 00m
3. Take no more than 6 hours rest in between the two permanents

It does not matter which permanent you ride first and which you ride last. The winner will be listed in the honor roll on the website and receive a certificate. There is no medal available for this award.

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1. successfully have finished 10,000 km of any ride organized by Korea Randonneurs in 10 consecutive years.
2. Members who ever won a KR5000 or KR10000 award are not eligible for winning the award.
3. The winner will receive a medal and be listed in the hoor roll on the website

Candidate winners must send an email to janboonstra49@gmail.com with the name, member number and the years of start and end of the 10-years period

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"East 60 hills" is the most challenging climbing course among the most popular East hill series near Seoul.
PT-200 and PT-201 need to be successfully completed in a period of 1 calendar year. It does not matter which permanent you ride first and which you ride last. The winner will be listed in the honor roll on the website.  

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