2001 NZ CHAMPIONSHIP AND SELECTION RACES
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*Jan 21st - Triathlon Selection Race (1500/40/10) - Taupo
*Jan 27th - NZ  Long Distance Championships (2000/90/21) – Queenstown
*Feb   3rd - NZ Sprint Nationals (800/20/5) - New Plymouth
*Feb 17th - Triathlon National Championships (1500/40/10)  – Napier
*Mar   3rd - Ironman (3800/180/42) – Taupo
*Mar 11th - Triathlon Selection Race (1500/40/10) - Christchurch
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SYDNEY YOUTH OLYMPIC FESTIVAL TRIATHLON:
Results from Katherine  Williams Triathlon Digest  & the Triathlon Australia
website, http://www.triathlon.org.au :  750m S, 20k B, 5k R
Men -
1. Luke McKenzie (Queensland), 52:45;
2. Jacob Newell (Queensland), 53:20;
3. Paul Matthews (Queensland), 54:08;
4. Ben Harley (New South Wales), 55:03;
5. Joe Gambles (Tasmania), 55:08;
6. Kieran Doe (NZL), 56:20;
7. Glenn Barltrop (Queensland), 56:29;
8. Ben Pulham (NZL), 56:52;
9. Robbie Williams (New South Wales), 57:06;
10. Rod Bilke (Victoria), 57:30.
Women -
1. Emma Snowsill (Queensland), 1:06:27;
2. Melanie Dickson (New South Wales), 1:08:36;
3. Annabel Luxford (Queensland), 1:11:12;
4. Rebecca Myerscou (Queensland), 1:11:18;
5. Nicole Coghlan (Victoria), 1:11:36;
6. Jacque McKenzie (Queensland), 1:12:16;
7. Debbie Tanner (NZL), 1:12:;26;
8. Michelle Hyland (NZL), 1:13:55;
9. Liz Brewis (Victoria), 1:14:31;
10. Nicole Tarbottom (South Australia), 1:14:42;
11. Brooke Pattle (NZL), 1:15:16;
12. Kristy Whitting (NZL), 1:16:29.
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BUSY WEEKEND
a big weekend of triathlon lies ahead
Saturday - Roadhouse Triathlon - Pine Harbour Auckland
Saturday - Air New Zealand Pro Tour - Pine Harbour Auckland
Saturday - Moke Lake Triathlon - Southland
Saturday - Norsewood Challenge - Dannevirke
Sunday  - Whangaparoa Tri
Sunday - Timaru Triathlon
& the biggie
Sunday - SELECTION RACE TAUPO
Good luck to everyone who is competing wherever you are competing
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TIMARU
A field of up to 100 is expected to compete in the Timaru Triathlon this
Sunday.
Always a strong crowd from Christchurch and Dunedin, as well as Ashburton
and Oamaru.  There are three separate with duathlon attracting the largest
numbers ahead of the swim triathlon and kayak triathlon.
Several local athletes will use the event to build up for the Coast to
Coast.
Local contenders in the event, which begins at 9.30am, include Gary Fahey in
the open men's kayak race, who will likely battle it out with last year's
winner, Oskar Stielau, a South African now living in Ashburton.
Tony Hood will be a contender in the veteran men's swimming triathlon while
Doug McKirdy will be strong in the veteran men's kayak race.
The race has a beach start with the kayak entrants doing a 4km loop in
Caroline Bay while the swimmers will do 1500m, also in the Bay. The
competitors then bike 40km south of Timaru and back into town through
Fairview. The final leg is the 10km run which will take them up the Benvenue
Cliffs out to Smithfield and back.
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LAKE MOKE
Southland's Silver Fern netball star Donna Loffhagen will take the plunge
tomorrow with several hundred other competitors in the Moke Lake Triathlon.
Loffhagen, a strong swimmer, will complete the 800m lake swim in the teams'
event.
800mtr swim (or 2km kayak ) followed by a 14km mountainbike and a 6km run
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AUCKLAND
Roadhouse Triathlon Series Race # 3
January 20th, Saturday
5pm start (nite race)
Pine Harbour Marina
Try-a-Tri 100m swim, 10km bike & 2km run
Sprint 500m swim, 20km bike & 5km run
More info at www.firsttier.co.nz
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Eastern B.O.P. Tri & Multisport Club holds its annual Ohope Sprint Tri on
Sunday February 11th 2001 over the distances of 750m swim, 20km cycle and
5km run.  The race is held at the Port Ohope Boat Ramp and commences at
10am.
Its a picturesque setting with the swim being tidal assisted, the cycle
course is a flat two lap circuit, finishing with flat 5km run.  Major Spot
prizes include a Bike from Whakatane Cycle Centre plus a pair of Nike
Pegasus shoes from Sportsworld.
Entry forms can be obtained from Anne Bulley Ph (07) 3125874 or email at
anne@lia.co.nz
ALSO....
In conjunction with the Sprint Tri the club is also holding the PAK'N'SAVE
Kids Triathlon on the same day (11th Feb) at 12pm. Entry is on the day. The
race distances are as follows:
5-8yrs 50m swim, 3km bike, 800m run
9-10 yrs 100m swim, 5km bike, 1km run
11-12yrs 200m swim, 8km bike, 1.5km run
This event is two weeks before the Weetbix Kid Tryathlon in Tauranga and
would be an ideal trial for youngsters.  Each finisher receives a moro bar
for their efforts.  Heaps of spots prizes as well.
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Southern Traverse organisers delay event by two weeks
16 JANUARY 2001
By KEVIN TUTTY Christchurch Press
The date for the Southern Traverse multisport race this year is likely to be
delayed two weeks to try and minimise the impact of the Eco-Challenge event.
Traverse director Pascalle Lorre said yesterday that the dates are likely to
be put back to the end of November.
The Eco-Challenge will start on October 21 and finish on November 2.
The Traverse was to start on November 11, but is now likely to start about
November 23.
The American-based Eco race, being sponsored by Industry New Zealand and
Tourism New Zealand, had been placed two weeks before the New
Zealand-organised Traverse, to the annoyance of Lorre and her fellow
director, Geoff Hunt, and many New Zealand multisport athletes.
The Traverse organisers say staging the Eco race two weeks before their race
will detract from their ability to attract top competitors.
"We are investigating putting the race back two weeks. The main reason is to
allow the media to cover our race. If the events are close together we are
unlikely to get media coverage, which will mean it will be difficult for
competitors to get sponsors if they do not get media coverage.
Lorre said putting the Traverse at a later date would not help entries.  "It
will still not give competitors in the Eco race enough time to recover and
enter the Traverse."
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AMPUTEE IN COAST TO COAST TEAM
New Zealand disabled skier Steve Bayley will take part in next month's
Speight's Coast-to-Coast for the first time. Bayley, a below-the-knee
amputee who won a silver medal at last year's world disabled skiing
championships, will compete in the teams' section, with Joanna Mackle.
Bayley will race the first cycling section and take to the water for the
67km kayaking trip down the Waimakariri River.
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Coromandel this 12 hour adventure race will be contested by pairs
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MERIDIAN ENERGY WILD CHALLENGE The background of the day's event...
The Wairaurahiri River [which drains Lake Hauroko, the deepest lake in NZ]
was full and exciting, Keith Alderson of CHCH who was in team No.68 had the
fastest time off the river in 1:51:05.
The fastest individual off the river was Andy Macbeth of CHCH with 1:51:51.
Competitor No: 10 Wayne Stachurski of Leeston had an encounter with a large
object when a pressure wave pushed him into an eddy - damage to his kayak,
finished the river section in 2:44:04 but this was due to extra weight of
on-board water!!!! But won the spot prize of a mountain bike!  He was
stoked! He really would have made a much faster time.
The best run time for the 30km course was 3:33:56 by Andy Macbeth.
The weather was great for the competitors, warm with light showers to keep
them fresh.  The run did have a bit of mud, but the tide was very full and
against the slower competitors near the end of the run section. The cycle
section has a tricky bit or two, but everyone came through without a crash.
Derek Turnbull, Invercargill, [aged 74years] who is listed as the "oldest,
fastest man in the World" to the athletic fraternity  entered in the Port
Craig Canter and had a great time.  Did not have any mishaps with his bike
this year.  Has previously experienced both chain and peddle mal-functions.
The prizegiving function went well, the crayfish & piklets well received.
Naming Right Sponsor told the audience "we'll be back next year, see you all
there".
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