Örnsköldsvik, 23 January 2006

Now we are facing a new exciting adventure racing year, and the preparation for the AR World Championship 2006, is going really good. View website
 

ARWorld Series Dates to be Announced

The dates and events in the ARWorld Series 2006 will be announced on the new arworldseries.com website shortly
 

All Teams Home in 2005 Adventure Racing World Championship

All teams in the 2005 Adventure Racing World Championship have arrived home although some a little later than others. Cross Sportswear crossed the finish at 6.47pm and Sierra International at 7.58pm last night.But the Kiwi team Orion Adventure did not arrive out of the bush at TA 10 until this morning at 8.15am. They missed the after party function and are all in good spirits!
 

Merrell finish

Merrell Wigwam have made it to Tauranga Bay in sixth place.
 

Fourth and fifth are in

Port Nelson has finished the race in fourth at 4.21pm 22 minutes ahead of Swedish team Halti who came in fifth.
 
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11-Sep-2010 07:54:46

Adventure Racing World Championship Course Designed

24-Oct-2005 13:09:45
 
The course for the 2005 Adventure Racing World Championship (ARWC) in the rugged Buller region of the West Coast of the Southern Alps has now been designed and 50 international and Kiwi teams will take up the challenge to compete for the world title in November.

The world event which is principally sponsored by the West Coast Development Trust will be held from November 11-19.

The Queenstown based event management company, Southern Traverse Ltd, won the rights to run the 2005 World Championship. It is the third world championship to be held - the first was in Switzerland in 2001 and the second in Newfoundland, Canada in 2004.

The 2004 Southern Traverse was held on the West Coast based out of Hokitika while the AR World Championship will have Westport as its headquarters. The course is not expected to be any tougher than last year's Traverse, which was made particularly difficult by rough weather conditions.

"The Southern Traverse has a reputation for outstanding adventure race course design and any of the courses we have created in the last few years have been at a sufficient level for a World Championship," says ARWorld Series Director Geoff Hunt.

The World Championship course will however be longer than the traditional Traverse. Last year's West Coast race was won in 99 hours by the winning Team Kathmandu.

"I'm expecting the winners this year to complete the race in around 106 hours."

The race includes trekking , mountain biking, rafting, kayaking (ocean and river) rope skills and caving.