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Challenge Wanaka 2015 – Dougal Allan race report
Life as an elite athlete is temporary. Success comes and goes, but it will never stay. Never have I been more aware of this than the past two editions of the Speight’s Coast to Coast. For six years in a row I competed. A win in the two day, 3x runner-up and a 3rd (and an 8th) in the one day Read Post
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Wanaka’s Torpedo7 Adventure Race Team ready to make their hometown proud in the GODZone
Home town pride for the latest edition of Godzone - The all Wanaka Torpedo7 adventure race team Read Post
- 23 Feb 2015
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Introducing Team Next Generation, Godzone 2015
Team Next Generation is a promising young adventure racing team based in the South Island of New Zealand. This year the team features four Torpedo 7 athletes Tim Farrant, Elisha Nuttall, Emily Wilson and welcomes back Hamish Fleming. The team’s first race on the calendar is the much anticipated... Read Post
- 20 Feb 2015
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Currie and Simson defend Coast to Coast titles
Wanaka athletes Braden Currie and Jess Simson defended their Speight’s Coast to Coast titles, both winning in different but equally impressive ways. Currie raced from the front, pushing the pace in the first bike leg as part of an 11 man break to then get away from the leaders in the mountain run... Read Post
- 19 Feb 2015
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Norton and Jones take lead on day one of Coast to Coast
Hannah Norton and Nathan Jones know they have to pull out their best kayaking efforts to retain their leads built after day one of the Speights Coast to Coast two day event. Jones expressed surprise to find he was the first individual competitor to cross the finish line at Klondyke corner... Read Post
- 19 Feb 2015
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Happy early Coast to Coast winner
Winning the Giant Road bike as a spot prize leading up to the Coast to Coast was great surprise for Ian Fraser from Christchurch, and it has him even more excited about the event this weekend. “There is a real buzz around the event this year with the new categories opening the event up to... Read Post
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- 11 Feb 2015
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World Champ enters Coast to Coast for first time in 14 years
World Champion Adventure Racer Nathan Fa’avae has entered the Speight’s Coast to Coast Longest Day event for the first time in 14 years. Read Post
- 03 Feb 2015
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Wahine on Waves
A brief write up by event organiser Fiona Duncan on the recent Wahine on Waves women's surf event as part of the Gisborne Sunplash Festival Read Post
- 29 Jan 2015
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Coast to Coast competitor 30 kilos lighter and rearing to go
Steve Garrett is 30 kilograms lighter and rearing to take on next month’s Speight’s Coast to Coast after crashing out of last year’s event. Read Post
- 28 Jan 2015
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Rainbow – Molesworth – Wairau Cycle Tour
We only had a five day window to ride, where do we go? We wanted it to be close to minimise driving time. Looking at a map of the top of the South Island a great loop leapt off the page: Drive to St Arnaud, ride the Rainbow Road, then across the Molesworth and Awatere Valley, over Taylor Pass to... Read Post
- 27 Jan 2015