WEDNESDAY NIGHT IS RADIO NIGHT

Don't forget Radiosport's weekly round up of triathlon and multisport action
at 8pm every Wednesday evening.  Great report on the growth of multisport
and adventure racing last week.  What will be covered this week ?  Tune into
Radiosport to find out.
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SCHOOLS TRI CHAMPS DECIDED
from TriNZ Executive member Barry Larsen
Secondary Schools Triathlon Champs Picton 8 April 2001.

The Bozzone brothers Terenzo and Dino were outstanding winners of their age
groups at the Orca sponsored National Triathlon Champs raced in ideal
conditions at Picton on Sunday. Rangitoto College, the emerging force in
college Triathlon and Multisport, were denied a clean sweep of the boys
events when Ben Kindred was out run by Fairfield College’s Garet Reid in the
Intermediate Boys event.

The Senior event developed into a great race as Bozzone, Auckland Grammar’s
James Elvery and Luke Hoetjes from Christchurch Boys began the 5.2 k run
together. Bozzone, as he has done locally all summer, bolted clear in the
first kilometer and his 15min 52 sec run split ensured victory by over a
minute and half from Elvery. Fast finishing Sam Mallard from Tawa College
came through to take third place late in the run. Both Bozzone and Elvery
are part of a strong NZ junior team to compete in the Oceania Triathlon
Champs in Moloolaba, Australia on the 29 April.

The Senior Girls title went to Taradales Sonya Harkness who held on to a big
lead off the bike to shut out Julia Scopes, the current Auckland champion
from Epsom Girls. Scopes had to come from a long way back after exiting the
chilly waters of Picton Sound in 6th place. Clare Fraser from St Marys in
Wellington held onto third place after leading out of the water.
The importance of the run leg was again evident in the Intermediate Girls
event when Northerners Amy-kelly Horsfall, Gisborne Girls High, Jade
Gilbertson, Epsom, and Seah Martin, Diocesan, were run down by Dunedin’s
Sarah Bryant who made up a large deficit to win going away.

The Intermediate Boys race had a similar result when the leading four of
Reid, Kindred, St Paul’s Waikatos, Caleb Hill and Northcote College’s Ben
Logan set out on the run locked together. As Reid, fresh from a solid 3k
behind Bozzone at last weeks North Island track champs, ran away, Kindred
worked hard to stay ahead of Hill.

While the younger Dino Bozzone was an impressive all the way winner in the
Junior Boys event, the Junior Girls title was won in a similar fashion by
Hosanna Horsfall from Gisborne Girls.

Rangitoto were convincing winners of the boys team trophy from Auckland
Grammar and St Kentigens while the local team from Marlborough College won
the girls title.

Results
Seniors – S750/C20/R5
Boys
1 Terenzo Bozzone Rangitoto 10:35/30:24/15:52 56:51
2 James Elvery Akld Gram 10:37/30:23/17:30 58:30
3 Sam Mallard Tawa 11:37/31:07/16:43 59:27
4 Luke Hoetjes ChCh Boys 10:43/30:18/18:36 59:37
5 Callum Millward Napier Boys 11:39/31:59/17:53 1:01.31
Girls
1 Sonya Harkness Taradale 11:59/33:50/22:16 1:08.05
2 Julia Scopes Epson Girls 13:26/35:32/19:41 1:08.39
3 Clare Fraser St Marys 11:05/36:10/22:23 1:09.38
4 Fiona Loan Tauhara 13:05/35:59/20:46 1:09.50
5 Kew Kendrick Marlb Girls 12:07/37:11/20:46 1:10.04
Intermediates – S500/C16/R4
Boys
1 Garit Read Fairfield 7:42/24:41/13:01 45:24
2 Ben Kindred Rangitoto 6:41/25:41/14:14 46:36
3 Caleb Hill St Pauls 7:56/24:25/14:30 46:51
4 Ben Christophers Hutt Int 8:10 46:58
5 Ben Logan Northcote 7:35/24:57/14:57 47:29
Girls
1 Sarah Bryant St Hildas 8:35/27:57/14:27 50:59
2 Amy-kelly Horsfall Gisborne 8:07/26:53/16:15 51:15
3 Jade Gilbertson Epson Girls 8:31/26:25/16:34 51:30
4 Seah Martin Dioceson 7:57/27:01/16:38 51:36
5 Sonia Bracegirdle Epson 8:09/28:49/15:37 52:35
Juniors – S500/C16/R2.5
Boys
1 Dino Bozzone Rangitoto 7:47/26:02/9:13 43:02
2 Stuart Robinson Rangitoto 8:40/26:40/8:44 44:04
3 Rhys Watkins Whakatane 8:02/26:14/9:51 44:07
4 Ben Hoetjes ChCh Boys 7:38/26:51/9:44 44:13
5 Andrew Robertson St Kentigen 8:47/26:24/9:55 45:06
Girls
1 Hosanna Horsfall Gisborne 7:38/30:30/10:47 48:55
2 Rebecca Keat Chilton Wgtn 9:26/31:22/10:55 51:43
3 Lisa Johnston Marlb Girls 8:02/33:01/11:12 52:15
4 Hazel Rolston Lincoln 9:47/30:42/13:43 54:12
5 Gretchen Walker Diocesan 10:33/35:05/14:27 1:00.05
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CALL FOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HOSTS

Tired of travelling the length and width of the country to attend Nationals?  
Now is your chance to see a National event hosted on your doorstep.
Triathlon New Zealand is calling for applications for various National
events in late 2001 and 2002.

Please check out their web site if you are interested or know of a race
director who may be interested in hosting an event for Triathlon New
Zealand next season. Its under “RACE DIRECTORS” on the front page of the
site  www.triathlon.org.nz
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IRONMAN OZ
Lori Bowden and Norman Stadler have repeated their wins of 2000 in this
years Minolta Ironman Australia

IRONMAN OZ MENS RESULTS
1 Norman Stadler GER  8:30:42     00:49:41  4:42:26  2:58:19
2 Jason Shortis AUS      8:41:57    00:51:29  4:52:06  2:58:22
3 Garett MacFadden CAN      8:45:29    00:57:49   4:45:48  3:01:51

IRONMAN OZ WOMENS RESULTS
1. Lori Bowden CAN        9:00:18 (58:03\5:00:40\3:01:35)
2. Belinda Granger AUS  9:32:29 (52:30\5:06:14\3:33:44)
3. Yoko Okuda AUS               9:34:40 (59:40\5:16:57\3:18:02)

KIWIS RESULTS
Harvard Daniels,   01:09:23  05:50:10  04:21:47  = 11:21:20
Russell  Troy, 01:08:34  05:57:13  04:41:06  =  11:46:53
Nick Bradford-James  01:08:31  06:23:48  04:25:35  =  11:57:55
Roger  Levie,  01:12:26  06:29:13  04:21:48   =  12:03:28
Jacquie  Bay, 01:08:28  06:25:46  04:42:08  =  12:16:23
Dot  Williams, 01:22:25  06:55:45  05:06:46   =  13:24:56
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BACKGROUNDER ON BOWDEN
Lori's winning time was:
* Only 29:56 behind Normann Stadler's winning time of 8:30:22. This result
gives Lori the 4 closest women vs men's winning times in history. The
closest a woman has ever come to winning an Ironman race outright was 2000
Ironman Australia where Lori finished only 24:31 behind Stadler.
* The 12th fastest women's time in History. Lori also has the 3rd fastest
time ever behind two performances by Paula Newby-Fraser.
* This was Lori's 8th Ironman win. On the all-time Ironman win list, Lori
moved  ahead of Dave Scott, Mark Allen, and Pauli Kiuru (7 wins each) into a
4th place tie with her husband, Peter Reid, and Jurgen Zack. Ahead are Paula
Newby-Fraser (22), Heather Fuhr (10), and New Zealand's own Erin Baker (9).
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NEED A COACH ?
Contact Tony O'Hagan for professional coaching from Sprint Distance to
Ironman for all abilities.  Tony is a TriNZ accredited coach and winner of 5
NZ titles.  Email tony.ohagan@paradise.net.nz
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TAUPO STORY
Check out the story on www.xtri.com for some background to how IMG came the
holders of the Ironman Franchise in New Zealand.  Also an insight into why
the Ironman remains in Taupo.
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2001 NZ CHAMPIONSHIP AND SELECTION RACES
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*May 13th - Duathlon Championships ( 10/42/5 ) - Palmerston North

National Secondary School Championships
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* July 14th - Duathlon - Nelson
* Sept 29th - Multisport - Tauranga
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ROLLO's NELSON ADVENTURE RACE
from Michael Jacques

22 teams of 4 lined up for the start of the inaugural Rollo's Nelson
Adventure Race at sunset on Friday the 6th April. With Steve Gurney starting
them with hooter and water pistol in hand, competitors charged across the
Tahunanui playing fields to their waiting kayaks for the paddle into a
southerly blast towards the Monaco jetty which was the first checkpoint of
10 that they were to pass though during their adventure.

Once they had mastered the trying conditions of wind, waves & tide they
found themselves paddling on the mirror glass moonlit estuary towards Grossi
point at Mapua. Leading teams were Mainly Tramping B, Andrew Martin Kayaks,
Reidie Cycles, Brent Ferguson's and Team Solander.

The Mountain Bike stage over Rosedale Saddle and down Jacobs ladder to
Wakefield then though the Wairoa valley gorge to the Brightwater transition.
Mainly Tramping B still lead with Team Solander from Nelson being the big
movers into 2nd followed by Reidie Cycles  in 3rd.

From Brightwater they followed the Wairoa and Waimea rivers to the estuary
before heading to the Bellsouth tower at the Monaco end of Rabbit Island.
By trekking the length of the beach to the Mapua end of the island
competitors were taken by the Mapua Jet to Mapua where they resumed trekking
back to Grossi point.   First to finish the trek was Mainly Tramping B from
Wellington ahead of Team Solander and Reidie Cycles.

The final stage was a Kayak back to Nelson.

All the 88 competitors which started finish which it's self is a rare feet.

The Rollo's Nelson Adventure Race was aimed to give the first timer the
chance to experience adventure racing and with over 60% of this years field
being first timers demand for next years adventure planned for late April or
May 2002 is expected to be high. Entries will be out from January 2002 check
www.theadventurerace.com for details.

Provisional Results
Place Team Name Time
1st 230 Mainly Tramping B 12 hours, 48 minutes
2nd 290 Reidie Cycles 13 hours,  1  minute
3rd 300 Team Solander 13 hours, 25 minutes
4th 360 Andrew Martin Kayaks 14 hours, 29 minutes
5th 270 Big Kahuna's 15 hours,  7  minutes

for overall event split times and final result's check these websites
www.nelsontriclub.co.nz  and www.theadventurerace.com
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KAYAKING IN THE ANTARCTIC

Hear about this amazing adventure  on the 2nd of May 7pm at the Devanports
Lounge, North Harbour Stadium.  Nibbles Provided.  $35.00 Per Person RSVP,
Proceeds go towards expedition costs
Call 0508 529 2569 - you will need to book for this event
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KAPITI MOUNTAIN RACE
Sunday 29 April, 2001

Long Course (run) 9km and 700m climb Start 10.00am
Short Course (run or walk) 5km and 360m climb Start 10.10am
Course description (Suitable for spikes)  After 500m, competitors take the
track up through farmland and pine trees to the trig station on Maungakawa
(382m), then down the main track to the finish. The long course includes two
loops.  Awesome views!
Want to give it a go then email theo.barsanti@paradise.net.nz for an entry
form
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MULTISPORT AT 2001 NZ UNIVERSITY GAMES
from Ray Boardman

Over the Easter break over 3000 students  are converging on to Otago
University for the USIT Beyond Travel 2001 NZ University Games. The Games
involves a number of sports from traditional like rugby and netball, to
Ultimate Frisbee and Shooting. The multisport community is represented by
duathlon and aquathon.

The duathlon is held on Saturday morning over a 5km/20km/2.5km undulating
course. Close competition is expected between Otago’s top triathlete Eddie
Smith and some of the regions top multisporters Tony Dey and Richard Greer.
The women’s duathlon race is wide open. With a field of over 30 competitors
from, as far a field as Tamaki in Auckland some unknown athletes will show
through.

Sunday morning's Aquathon combines a 5km run followed by a 400m swim.  A
smaller field probably due to the hydrophobic abilities of duathletes and
multisporters. Expect a top race with Eddie Smith as favourite for the men’s
race.

The USIT Beyond Travel 2001 NZ University Games Multisport Champions will be
the athletes with the fastest combined time for both the duathlon and
aquathon.

The top Multisport Campus will be decided on the fastest combined times for
two males and one female in each race. This is shaping up to be a tight
competition between Canterbury, Massey and Otago Universities, who have all
got large teams.

The Multisport event organiser Ray Boardman is impressed with the number of
entries. "Originally we were working on having 20 people tops to each event
but we have already got 29 competitors with a number of campuses still to
confirm numbers."
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UPCOMING RACES IN WELLINGTON REGION
from Michael Jacques

Wellington Duathlon Champs on 29 April at Upper Hutt CIT.

As well as racing for all mens, junior, veterans and secondary school
grades, there is a club challenge to decide the best club in the greater
Wellington region.

Defending champions, Hutt Multisport put out the challenge to all interested
parties... are you good/keen/stupid enough to  take us on !?!?
Entry forms and details can be found at www.huttmultisports.co.nz

OTHER RACES:

15, 22, 29 April: Harbour Capital kayak Series. Sladden Pk, Petone. 10km
flatwater kayak races with grades for all abilities and boat types. Ph: 04
9384045.

25 April - Porirua Pick N Mix:  Onepoto Domain. Kayak 5km, Mtb 12km and run
5km in whatever order you think is fastest. Anzac Day. Ph: 04 9384045.

5 May - Group trip to Portage Kayak Race in the Marlborough Sounds. 36km
with two portages between Queen Charlotte and Kenepuru Sound. Great trip
with total cost under $100. All abilities and boats welcome. Ph: Michael
Jacques - 04 4781047.

6 May - The Not So Crazyman. Sladden Pk, Petone. K7km, Mtb12km, R5km as a
warm up for the Crazyman two weeks later. Ph: 04 9384045.

13 May - NZ Duathlon Champs, Palmerston North. R10km, C42km, R5km. Ph: 06
3554531.

20 May - The Crazyman. Eastbourne to Sladden Pk in Petone via a 16km run,
38km Mtb and 12km Kayak. Wellington's number one multisport racefor 11
years - a tough race but suited to all abilities. Ph: 04 9384045.