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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07-Sep-2010 02:20:02

Kiwis stay in front overnight in 2005 Adventure Racing World Championsip
16-Nov-2005 09:12:01
 
Kiwi teams continue to fly the flag at the front of the field in the challenging Adventure Racing World Championship on the West Coast of the Southern Alps and Balance Vector has now increased its lead to around seven hours over its nearest challengers.

Most teams are now in the rugged Brunner Range where conditions have been wet and windy overnight and progress has been slower than expected on the ridge tops. Balance Vector has already been in the area for around 20 hours but is expected to emerge at the next transition area laster this morning after passing through checkpoint 13 at 7.31am.

The Kiwi/US/South Africa team Merrell Wigwam arrived at checkpoint 12 at 02.12am having passed Powered by Velvet.org.nz who clocked in at 03.30am. Kiwi team Port Nelson had jumped several places since the start of the section to pass through the same checkpoint at 7.00am. No other teams have arrived at checkpoint 12 and Balance Vector is the only one to pass 13 at this stage.

Twenty-eight teams made it to the Buller River last night by curfew at 7.30pm but some were cutting it fine. The Japanese team East Wind arrived at the raft launch area with just 30 seconds to spare. Teams who missed the raft section are able to continue and move directly on to the 30km Brunner Range trek.

ARWorld Series director Geoff Hunt says however they will not be able to improve their ranking even if they pass other teams during the remainder of the race.

Sixteen teams of the 46 who started the event on Monday have now officially withdrawn. A surprise withdrawal last night came from the highly favoured West Coast team Kathmandu but with both Duncan and Hamish Hamilton suffering the effects of flu they decided to pull the pin. They walked back out to the start of the Lyell range trek to join their support crew about 9.30pm.

The US team ATP is still in the back section of the Lyell Range trek but Hunt says while they are obviously moving slowly there are no concerns.

Hunt says he is surprised to see four Kiwi teams taking the lead at this stage.

"But of course it’s still early days in the race and too soon to predict any outcome."

The West Coast Development Trust is the principal sponsor for the World Championship.

 
 
 
 
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