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GODZONE REVEALS TOUGHEST COURSE ACROSS SOUTH ISLAND
Competitors preparing to race at New Zealand’s premier adventure race, GODZone which kicks off tomorrow, finally caught a glimpse of where they will be adventuring over the next ten days when course maps were revealed to team captains at the official race registration this afternoon. “This is one of the toughest events to complete anywhere
RETURNING GODZONE CHAMPIONS EYE TOP PRIZE AT CHAPTER 10
New Zealand’s adventure racing superstars Nathan Fa’avae, Sophie Hart, Stu Lynch and Chris Forne arrive in Wanaka this week to defend their title at GODZone Chapter 10 amongst a line-up of highly experienced teams looking to challenge them for the top spot. As world champions team Avaya have multiple back-to-back success at GODZone winning every
RICHIE MCCAW STEPS UP FOR SOUTH ISLAND ADVENTURE AT GODZONE CHAPTER 10
Former All Black champion Richie McCaw has confirmed he is stepping up for another hit out at New Zealand’s premier adventure racing event, GODZone, next week in Wanaka. McCaw will line up for his fourth crack at the grueling ten-day expedition event that will celebrate its tenth anniversary from 3 – 12 March with a
GODZONE COUNTS DOWN TO TENTH ANNIVERSARY
PRESS RELEASE From: 100% Pure Racing, Queenstown, New Zealand For Immediate Release Sunday 6th Feb 2022 GODZONE PREPARES TO MARK TENTH ANNIVERSARY WITH COAST TO COAST STYLE ADVENTURE Next month, all eyes will be on the world’s largest adventure race GODZone when the iconic expedition event kicks off its tenth edition in the South Island.
Chapter 10 Sells Out in Record Time
NEWS UPDATE From: 100% Pure Racing, Queenstown, New Zealand For Immediate Release Thursday 1st July 2021 CHAPTER 10 OF GODZONE SELLS OUT IN RECORD TIME GODZone has cemented its position as the world’s largest expedition adventure race by selling out in record breaking time today. Entries to Chapter 10 of GODZone opened at 9am
GODZone Opens Entries Tomorrow at 9am
NEWS UPDATE From: 100% Pure Racing, Queenstown, New Zealand For Immediate Release Tuesday 30th June 2021 NEW ZEALAND’S PREMIERE ADVENTURE RACE TO OPEN ENTRIES TOMORROW Entries to Chapter 10 of GODZone open at 9am (NZT) tomorrow, with domestic and international teams lining up for a racing spot at the tenth anniversary of the prestigious adventure
Chapter 10 is going Coast to Coast
NEWS UPDATE From: 100% Pure Racing, Queenstown, New Zealand For Immediate Release Tuesday 1 June 2021 GODZONE CELEBRATES 10 YEARS WITH RETURN TO THE SOUTH ISLAND The South Island of New Zealand will play host to GODZone, the world’s largest expedition adventure race next year. The epic event is set to return, once again, to the
Vet, farmer and athlete
Country Wide Magazine – April 2021 Taihape vet, farmer and family man Anthony Oswald finds adventure racing takes his mind off the everyday as well as being good fun. Annabelle Latz tracked him down to find out more. Multi day adventure racing means entirely removing yourself from society. Your entire focus is about getting to
Meet Martin, the GODZone trophy guy
He loves New Zealand so much, so bugger it, he’ll draw it. Meet Martin Rogers, you’ll probably be more familiar with his work than you realise, as he’s the man you can thank for the stunning logs of wood we call the GODZone trophies. It all started way back in 2012, just before Chapter 1
The Stuff Legends Are Made Of
The Legends Trophy went to Team Swazi (19) for GODZone Chapter 9 Rotorua. For each GODZone this Trophy is awarded by the race organisers to the team that, in the twilight of their sporting careers, show how it should be done. The Legends Trophy is open to both race categories. And true legends, as the
THAT HOMEWARD VIBE
The weather has turned, the sun is out and the last team – Unfinished Addiction (37) – at the back of the field, is slowly moving forward! Day eight of GODZone has a super positive vibe wherever you are on course. The finish line is humming, the music is playing and the Cargo brews and
Pushing through the puddles
Where’s Warren? Buying gumboots. Well, that’s fair. It was late afternoon of Day 7, down on the finish line at Waipa Hub. It was wet, very wet. Puddles everywhere. The rain falls hard and fast in Rotorua, all of a sudden. And then it’s gone. And then it comes back again. The rain in Rotorua is not
BACK END STRUGGLE ON THE KAIMANAWA RANGE
Day seven at GODZone and teams at the back of the field are taking the brunt of Chapter 9. With cold, wet weather socking in over the Kaimanawa ranges its been a very long 24 – 48 hours for some who are struggling to make and find their way across the 88km trek and down
TEAM ISPORT STRATEGIC TO PLACE
Former All Black Captain Richie McCaw has leveled up his performance at GODZone today to take out a second-place alongside his isport teammates, Coast to Coast champions Dougal Allan and Simone Maier, along with Theo Wordsworth. “I have to say it’s nice to get to the finish line – I was concerned that during that
AVAYA WIN FIFTH GODZONE AT CHAPTER 9 IN ROTORUA
Nathan Fa’avae, Chris Forne, Sophie Hart, and Stu Lynch of team Avaya clocked up their fifth win of the world’s largest expedition adventure race this morning when they pedalled across the GODZone finish line. The foursome arrived at Waipa Hub in the Redwoods forest south of Rotorua at 7.55 am, after five days of adventure
GODZone Finish-line Countdown
Team Avaya is heading for the Redwoods and not too far from the GODZone Chapter 9 finish with some world-class MTB trails in the iconic forest; a fitting way to finish off GODZone Chapter 9. The team has been all action since starting the race nearly five days ago, and while it may come as
Tides of emotions
Emerald pool after emerald pool, trout, deer, and changing weather patterns. A scope out high over the Kaweka and Kaimanawa Ranges this morning brought into context just the magnificence of the area these GODZone Chapter 9 teams are gracing. Race Director Adam Fairmaid said it was interesting to see how spread out all the teams
