Awards

Super Randonneur and KR-awards

Super Randonneur

    >Super Randonneur medal

    A rider becomes a Super Randonneur after having successfully completed a full series of brevets in the same year. A full series consists of the following brevets: 200 km, 300 km, 400 km, 600 km.
    You need to be a Super Randonneur in order to qualify to participate (during the same year) in brevets of 1000 km or more, such as Seoul-Busan-Seoul (1000 km) and the Grande Randonnee of 1200 km and also when applying for participating in the famous Paris-Brest-Paris (PBP). The nextcoming PBP event is in 2023.
  • Super Randonneurs can buy a medal for ￦15,000.
  • During 4 years (2020-2023) the lay-out remains unchanged.
  • It is available at the finish of brevets, unless they are on order.


KR5000

    KR5000메달

    There exists an international award for having accumulated 5000 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 KR5000 award, these brevets need to be successfully completed 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 the GR1200K (acc. to 2860 or 3060 km)
  • other brevets and permanents to supplement to 5000 km


    See a listing of the award winners after the 2017 brevet season at the Roll of Honor.

R12

    As from 2016, Korea Randonneurs has introduced the R12 award. This award can be won when a rider finishes at least one brevet or permanent every month of the year. Participating in the fleche also counts. Winners will be honored in the Roll of Honor and will receive a special medal.

Baekdudaegan

Adventure Series

Paldo Award

    >paldo division of Korea

    "Paldo" stands for the 8 provinces in Korea, in the time that Jeju-do belonged to South Jeolla-do and the independent and special city regions (Seoul teukbyeolsi, Busan gwangyeoksi, etc) did not exist yet. The challenge is to ride in 8 different provinces within a period of 12 months. The "city provinces" are disregarded. That leaves 9 "land provinces" in Korea, see the map. Of those 9 provinces, you need to ride in 8 to win the award, which is a medal that will be sent to you. The following rules apply:
    1. 1. Successful finishing of a regular brevet, permanent or super randonnee is valid.
    2. 2. Results from before 2021/01/01 do not count.
    3. 3. Only the province of the start location counts.
    4. 4. The official starting location counts, not your actual starting location.
    5. 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. 6. The award can be won only once.

    Example:
    PT-17 (Seoul-Busan) counts for Gyeonggi-do, while PT-18 (Busan-Seoul) counts for Gyeongsang Nam-do. Note: a course starting in Daejeon city counts for Chungcheong Buk-do.

River to Ocean award

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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. Results from before 2021/01/01 do not count.

Awards issued by ACP

    Our parent organization ACP in Paris also issues awards, the Randonneur 5000 (R5000), the Randonneur 10000 (R10000) and the SR600 (Read about the SR600 courses in Korea). In order to obtain the reward, a written request must be made to ACP before October 31st of the current year.
    Korea Randonneurs management will assist members who want to obtain such a reward issued by ACP. For the conditions, please refer to the following webpages (in English):
  • R5000 rules
  • R10000 rules
  • SR-600 rules