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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.
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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 |
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All Teams Home in 2005 Adventure Racing World Championship |
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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! |
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Merrell finish |
| Merrell Wigwam have made it to Tauranga Bay in sixth place. |
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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 08:00:51 |
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DIDYMO PROMPTS PROACTIVE ACTION FOR ADVENTURE RACING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP |
| 04-Nov-2005 22:15:17 |
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12 October: The discovery of Didymo in the West Coast's Buller River has put organisers of the Adventure Racing World Championship on high alert.
The world championship event will be held on the West Coast of the Southern Alps from 14-19 November 2005. AR World Championship director Geoff Hunt says they are most concerned about the presence of Didymo.
The race includes mountain biking, trekking and water sections, in the Buller region, although the actual course details will not be released until the night before the race starts.
"It stands to reason that the event will be using rivers. Obviously, we want to be responsible and ensure our competitors take all necessary precautions as all river-users in New Zealand have been asked to. We have been in discussions with Biosecurity New Zealand and will be continuing to work with them to achieve that."
Mr Hunt says teams will be required to wash their kayaks and kayaking equipment when they register before the race and there will be drums and cleaning gear made available. Sanitising stations will be set up in line with Biosecurity guidelines.
The majority of the 60 teams entered in the race are from overseas, and Mr Hunt says they also need to ensure they are not bringing Didymo with them from other parts of the world.
"Support crews will also have to clean all the equipment after each river section. We will organise to have cleaning equipment at the transition areas because we have to do all we can to contain this problem."
"The teams will be advised about the presence of Didymo as they come into New Zealand. With the plans we have in place we will be able to manage any risk before the event and throughout it.
"Adventure racers as a group are passionate about the environment and the clean, pure rivers which New Zealand is renowned for. Everyone views this algae problem with real concern," says Mr Hunt.
" We need to do our bit to minimise the problem and the risks, but also demonstrate that New Zealand can still host these sorts of events."
"We are confident we are taking all the right steps to ensure that we do not knowingly spread Didymo during the event. We know we will have the full support of all the teams and their support crews in our endeavours."
Competitors are entered in the 2005 World Championship from New Zealand, USA, Canada, Australia, France, Poland, Czech, South Africa, Sweden, Finland, Brazil, Holland, Chile, Spain, UK, Guatemala, Croatia, Russia and Japan.
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