It was a sprint down the beach with just minutes between team Ataraxia x Macpac and Topsport for third place this morning with the former taking the coveted prize at 10:15am. Matt Jeans, Tom Reynolds, Shaun Palmer and Hannah Lower of Ataraxia x Macpac were jubilant with their Chapter 10 Pure podium result after putting
The real chase is on this morning for third, fourth and fifth! GODZone race director Warren Bates has said all week to expect a running race up Brighton Beach for the finish line and that is exactly what’s happening as the chase pack reach the end of the stage 9 Taieri River paddle and hit
111 proved to be a very lucky number for Team Ocula’s Kristy Jennings, Steve Grieve, Dan Cullen, Nick Aubrey at Chapter 10 with the Pursuit team taking first prize. The team crossed the finish line just after midnight to claim the GODZone Pursuit Trophy and were super happy to have put such a definitive mark
Will Hand, Amy Mannering, Ed Radcliffe and Will Adlam of team No Idea delivered a stunning performance to take second place at GODZone Pure Chapter 10 scooping up the Colts Trophy in the process. The team came through the finish line chute at Brighton Beach at 10.30pm on Thursday night reaching the end of their
Avaya stamped their mark all over the GODZone Chapter 10 course winning every stage over the past six days of racing. At the finish line eating Kiwi tucker – pies & a beer – they regaled some stories and thoughts about what it was like out there right up in front!
New Zealand’s adventure racing superstars Nathan Fa’avae, Sophie Hart, Stu Lynch and Chris Forne have notched up their sixth win at GODZone today taking out the 2022 Chapter 10 title and claiming the coveted GODZone Championship trophy. Team Avaya completed the final leg of the arduous 710km journey – a 19km trek from the Taieri
Anticipating Avaya’s finish line to-day we talk with race directors Warren Bates & Adam Fairmaid about the champion teams star performance, the youth factor of new upcoming teams and what it takes to tackle GODZone. Looking back over the epic coast to coast style Chapter 10 course we query wether they would have designed anything
A stylishly strategic paddle by Avaya this morning on the Taieri River has set them up for a potential late morning – midday finish at Brighton Beach today. Team Avaya paddled the Taieri River in the early hours of this morning and timed their approach to the 38km kayak stage perfectly to avoid the dark
Thats a wrap on Day six racing at GODZone with leaders Avaya continuing to break new ground while the rest of the field follow in their footsteps. Incredible scenery of the Onslow Serpentine and desert landscape of Central Otago.
Today, the 710km GODZone expedition adventure racing course moved into the Central Otago region. Teams rode 170km over the historic Nevis Back Road on stage six and then onto a stage eight 96km packraft and trek through the Onslow Serpentine. Leading team Avaya including Nathan Fa’avae, Chris Forne, Sophie Hart and Stu Lynch, completed stage
Team Topsport with high profile competitors Simone Maier, Sam Manson, Hamish Fleming and Theo Wordsworth, who are currently in fifth spot, are battling on despite a race injury for Sam Manson. The team have been working to support Manson who has been suffering from foot infections since coming off the gruelling 155km trek over the
The Nevis Valley where GODZone teams are mountain biking today provides access to the North Hector Mountains and the Remarkables Range, where the highest vantage points in the Remarkables Conservation Area offer solitude and stunning views. It is the highest road in New Zealand, staggering scenery and 4WD only. Before European settlement, Maori regularly used
GODZone Day six emerges with more blue skies and more teams back on course as short coursed and unranked teams re-started the race at 8pm last night at TA5 Dead Dog Flat. ” It was a mass re-start for more than a dozen teams who had been transported by their support crews around to TA5
Some teams have spent over 40 hours on the Eyre Mountains on Stage five of GODZone Chapter 10 but it seems most are still in good spirits despite the gruelling effort to keep putting one foot in front of the other. There is much navigation, map reading, decisions, thinking, ascent and descent required on this
The Stage five 56km trek through the spectacularly epic Eyre Mountains is starting to take its toll on some of the front running teams who are desperately trying to keep pace and stay in the front bunch chasing Avaya. Team Topsport appear to be battling a foot issue with team member Sam Manson after he
Newshub reporter Lucy Thomson reports on GODZone Chapter 10, team iSPORTS departure and the challenging terrain of stage three at this years race.
We chat with GODZone Race Directors Warren Bates and Adam Fairmaid on where the race is at for Day Five of Chapter 10, Avaya’s sleep strategy, jostling chase pack, the move of short course teams around to TA5 and critical cut offs looming for those teams currently on the Erye Mountains. + some goss on
Team Avaya have spent just over two nights high on the Eyre Mountains to complete stage five just after sunrise this morning on Day Five of Chapter 10. “The team headed up there just before midnight on Sunday night and have navigated an interesting and unique line through those mountains where there are no tracks
Day four wraps up with some relief for Pure teams who finally made it off stage three to be welcomed by support crew at Glenorchy. Race Director Adam Fairmaid sums up the 155km packraft and trek as a significant stage of the event and quite possibly the hardest GODZone has ever had. Teams who arrived
After the brutality of trekking and pack rafting over 155km of large scale mountainous terrain for the past three days – the 90km bike ride from TA3 in Glenorchy to TA4 at Pretty Hill near Mavora Lakes is a relief for many teams today. “The teams are loving this spectacular ride that takes them through
