Hanmer Springs — The Fairydown Southern Traverse at Hanmer Springs has been won by the experienced North Island based Powered by Velvet team, just over two hours ahead of their closest rivals, Icebreaker R & R Sport As the winning team Powered by Velvet has gained an entry into the prestigious Adventure Racing World Championships in Brazil in August.
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Hanmer Springs — The two man team, Currie Brothers, proved that fresh legs have an advantage when they led the trekking stage in the Mt Garfield area through the night and arrived on target, neck and neck with Powered by Velvet on the kayaking leg.
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Hanmer Springs — The heat was turned up at the front of the field in the second stage of the Fairydown Southern Traverse in Hanmer today [Friday] with Powered by Velvet crossing the finish line just seven minutes ahead of Icebreaker R & R Sport after a gruelling 35km trek.
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Hanmer Springs — Teams in the 2008 Fairydown Southern Traverse set off from the centre of Hanmer at 9.00am this morning to undertake the challenging 199km course which will finish on Sunday.
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Hanmer Springs — The Fairydown Southern Traverse is encouraging young athletes to enter this year's classic race at Hanmer in April in a bid to guarantee the future of adventure racing in New Zealand.
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