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No Southern Traverse events for 2010 |
| Not this year... we are awaiting for the young and fresh new faces to flood the Adventure Racing market in the South Island! the older ones are gone hibernating... |
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Winner of photo competition |
| Paul Froggatt with his great selection of photos was the winner of the 24hrs of southern traverse photo competition. |
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Macpac Photography and Story competition |
| Fantastic Macpac Void Down Vest to be won for the best shot, and the best story on both the 8hr and 24hrs races. Send us your pix, and story, and be in to win your prize |
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New start time for the 8hr event |
| Due to a forecast of Nortwesters on Saturday morning, we think it would be prudent to bring the start time by a couple of hours, and possibly avoid strongs winds for the kayak leg.
New start time for the Macpac 8hr Adventure Challenge: 8am |
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Next week end! |
| A reminder registration is at the Queenstown Event Centre, from 6pm to 8pm, and you can still enter on the day. Prize giving on Sunday at the Dux de Lux in Queenstown! |
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9/09/2010 4:10:36 a.m. |
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FUTURE OF ADVENTURE RACING ASSURED FOLLOWNG PODIUM FINISH BY YOUNG UP AND COMING RACERS AT MACPAC 24 HOURS OF SOUTHERN TRAVERSE |
| 16/11/2008 3:50:49 p.m. |
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The future of multisport and adventure racing in New Zealand has a significant potential following the podium placing by the under 23 team, One2Onemultisport.co.nz, in the Macpac 24 Hours of Southern Traverse on Saturday, finishing runner-up to the experienced and talented two man Aurum Survey Queenstown team.
The 24 Hour race was held in challenging conditions and terrain at the Head of Lake Wakatipu, starting at midnight on Friday night at the Greenstone, with a 14km trek to Lake Rere and Mt Bastard.
Director Geoff Hunt says it was a great first leg. “All the competitors enjoyed the night time run in clear, calm conditions under a full moon. Two teams were out of the bush and on to the 10km paddle from Greenstone to Kinloch by 6.00am.”
Following the paddle up the coastline of Lake Wakatipu, in relatively smooth conditions, a 21km mountain bike stage took competitors from Kinloch to Paradise. The next stage, a 9km trek in Paradise Conservation Park alongside the Dart River, proved to be tough going.
“The leaders were slower than I anticipated and they all found this section a major navigational challenge. But they loved the different terrain and it was a place many people hadn’t been before.”
From this point the course headed back to the Dart River where competitors paddled across to gain access to an 11km trek on Sugarloaf.
“It was incredibly windy by this time but the temperature remained in the 20’s, “says Hunt, “so it wasn’t unpleasant racing, just a bit tougher coping with the wind.”
A final paddle followed the Dart River for 7kms to finish at Paradise with a 2km run to the finish line.
Aurum Survey represented by New Zealand orienteering representative Bruce McLeod and top multisporter Phil Wood, as predicted, took out the open section in 19 hours 42 minutes.
“Their combined orienteering and multisport skills definitely made them the strongest team on paper and they lived up to expectations,” says Hunt.
The One2onemultisport.co.nz team of Dougal Allan, Mike Walker, Mattie Graham and Emmah Ussher, who cut their teeth at the Classic Southern Traverse in Hanmer this year, finished second in the open section in 22 hours and 21 secs.
“They were chuffed to finish a Southern Traverse course and with the sort of talent they and the other Under 23 competitors are displaying New Zealand adventure racing is in good hands,” says Hunt. “ One2onemultisport.co.nz beat some other very experienced teams and these are the athletes who will carry on the tradition of the sport. At the World Adventure Racing Championships in Brazil in October the New Zealand team Orion Health.com not only won the event but seven out of the top twelve racers competing were Kiwis, numbers which speak for themselves.”
Two other teams finished at Chinaman’s Bluff after the howling norwest conditions got the better of them and three teams completed a short course.
The eight hour adventure challenge introduced for the first time this year began at the Greenstone with a rough paddle on Lake Wakatipu at 8.00am on Saturday.
“There were a few capsizes but the Wakatipu Coastguard did an excellent job getting everyone back in the race again,” says Hunt.
The eight hour race involved paddling, trekking and biking and was won by Mike Kelly from Queenstown in 4hours 09 mins ahead of Aaron Scott of Christchurch in 4 hours 22mins.
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