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The Urology Associates Car Park Cannonball beat off international rugby, rugby league and hockey events to win the Nexia New Zealand Sports Event of the Year at the 2018 Canterbury Sports Awards.
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New Zealand's only wheelchair friendly motorhome available to buy will be a feature at New Zealand's largest annual motorhome, caravan and outdoor expo, the Covi SuperShow that opens on Friday next week.
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The biggest no reserve auction ever held at a motorhome or caravan show in New Zealand will take place next Saturday at New Zealand's largest annual motorhome, caravan and outdoor expo, the Covi SuperShow.
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Dunedin is proving a happy hunting ground for Commonwealth Games bound cyclist Kate McIIroy who made in two winning years in a row in the Armstrong Prestige Dunedin Classic yesterday.
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Jane Ovington from the UK finished strongly over the final stages of New Zealand's first staged ultra-race the Back Country Cuisine Alps 2 Ocean to win the gruelling 316 kilometre unsupported women’s event that finished in Oamaru today.
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Sharlotte Lucas and Kate McIIroy are racing in the opening round of this year’s Calder Stewart Cycling Series on Saturday, the Armstrong Prestige Dunedin Classic, as part of their build up to next month’s Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Australia.
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Australian James Kohler continues to set the pace in the Back Country Cuisine Alps 2 Ocean Ultra, New Zealand's first staged ultra-race.
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Bluebridge are the new sponsors of the popular Stop n Stay zone at New Zealand’s largest annual motorhome, caravan and outdoor expo, the Covi SuperShow.
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Australian James Kohler and Queenstown's Kerryn Bell were the first male and female runners to cross the finish line on the shores of Lake Ohau on the second day of New Zealand's first ultra-run.
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After months of organisation and numerous long nights New Zealand’s first ultra-run starts in the shadow of Mt Cook this Sunday.
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Whakatane’s Sam Clark made it three wins in a row while South African Robyn Owen claimed her first win in today’s Kathmandu Coast to Coast World Championship Longest Day.
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A full field for the first time in a decade and some impressive performances matched the stunning conditions on the first day of the Kathmandu Coast to Coast as the two day event got underway.
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The Kathmandu Coast to Coast is full for the first time in a decade with the women’s World Championship Longest Day event shaping up as a titanic battle with defending champion Elina Ussher poised for a record equalling five wins.
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The late entry of two time champion and three-time adventure racing world champion Sophie Hart has added some real spice to an already stacked field for next month’s Kathmandu Coast to Coast women’s World Championship Longest Day.
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Trans-Tasman rivalry is heating up for next month’s Kathmandu Coast to Coast with leading Australian multi-sport athlete Alex Hunt keen to take this year’s race to defending World Championship Longest Day champion Kiwi Sam Clark.
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Former MasterChef turned Australian television personality Hayden Quinn is the latest to enter the Kathmandu Coast to Coast to knock the event off his bucket list while also hoping to gain some bragging rights over mates.
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Labour MP Poto Williams and Christchurch City Councillor Glenn Livingstone are hoping to inspire young people in the eastern suburbs of Christchurch as they prepare for the Kathmandu Coast to Coast in February.
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Growing up on the South Island’s West Coast has exposed the Kathmandu Coast to Coast to many school aged students, inspiring growing numbers of them to enter the iconic event.
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New Zealand's largest annual motorhome, caravan and outdoor expo gears up for another record breaking show The growth in the motorhoming lifestyle has the industry in New Zealand pretty excited according to organisers of New Zealand's largest annual motorhome, caravan and outdoor expo, the Covi SuperShow, that are prepared for another record breaking show in March.
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The fifth Tour of New Zealand is set to give cyclists from New Zealand and throughout the world a true Tour de France experience while adding to the million dollars it has raised for charity.
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Almost 2000 people packed a central Christchurch car park building to watch the inaugural Urology Associates Car Park Cannon Ball event on Sunday night.
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A new global car park cycling series hits New Zealand for the first time this Sunday.
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New Zealand's first ultra-staged run is already sold out with organisers already taking entries from all over the world for the 2019 event.
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The Kathmandu Coast to Coast is poised to receive substantial international coverage as a documentary from this year’s event is part of the official selection at the 42nd Banff International Mountain Film Festival in Canada that starts on Saturday.
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First time Under 23 rider also wins elite title Michael Vink won the elite men’s race while Jake Marryatt and Mikayla Harvey won the men’s and women’s overall Calder Stewart Cycling Series elite titles after a brutal day of racing in the final round of the series, the Cycle Surgery Hell of the South near Christchurch today.
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Elite field is the strongest the series has seen this year, full of riders preparing for the Tour of Southland Leader’s jerseys are still up for grabs across the three race categories as the Calder Stewart Cycling Series heads into the final round on Sunday the Cycle Surgery Hell of the South that features notorious race defining gravel sections.
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New Zealand’s largest annual motorhome, caravan and outdoor expo, the Covi NZMCA Insurance Motorhome, Caravan & Outdoor SuperShow, is building for an even bigger show with the introduction of a dedicated accessories hall and marque.
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Supplied boats in the tandem section of the Kathmandu Coast to Coast have sold out as the event builds towards its biggest field in its 35 year history. The tandem section of the two day event being held in early February can only be entered now if competitors supply their own tandem kayak although organisers do have a waitlist for those that do need a kayak supplied.
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West Coast cyclist Sharlotte Lucas's patience payed off as she won the fifth round of the women's race in Calder Stewart Cycling Series, the CYB Construction Hokitika Classic held today on the South Island's West Coast.
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With her eyes on securing a pro contract West Coast cyclist Sharlotte Lucas is hoping a home advantage will result in a win while Wanaka’s Mikayla Harvey hopes to hold off former pro triathlete Kate McIIroy in a battle for the women’s leader’s jersey when round five of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series hits Hokitika on Saturday.
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Early Bird entries sell out for first time - tracking towards one of the largest fields ever seen Moss Burmester, two-time Olympian, Commonwealth Games champion and World Champion swimmer, is looking forward to taking on his 'bucket list' challenge, the Kathmandu Coast to Coast, in a tandem team with his partner Carolyn Arthur.
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Weather means race shortened and no Calder Stewart Cycling Series points available Strong team efforts saw Connor Brown win the men's race and David Rowlands dominate the master's race while Sharlotte Lucas was an impressive women's winner in today's Nelson Bays Motor Group Nelson cycle Classic.
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Dunedin cyclist Brad Evans looms as the elite men’s favourite while Kate McIIroy has the women’s leaders’ jersey in her sights as the Calder Stewart Cycling Series swings back into action with the fourth round in Nelson on Saturday after a winter break.
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New Zealand’s most unique inner city event; rising funds for men’s health A Christchurch central city car park is set to become New Zealand’s most unique sporting stadium in late November.
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Wanaka multisporter, cyclist and Queenstown Airport Fire Rescue firefighter Gavin Mason, who went from being one of the fittest firefighters in New Zealand to barely being able to walk, now has February’s Kathmandu Coast to Coast in his sights.
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Keen on encouraging young people to get involved in sport and exercise and being fit is why Labour MP for Christchurch East Poto Williams is joining Christchurch City Councillor Glenn Livingstone to compete in the Kathmandu Coast to Coast in February as part of a tandem team.
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A group of mates that documented New Zealand's first multi-day journey combining pack-rafting and bike-packing through an earthquake ravaged region in the upper South Island have been awarded the Hiddleston MacQueen award for best New Zealand made film at the 2017 New Zealand Mountain Film Festival.
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David Moffett doubts whether even one percent of Kiwis know that the bulk of bacon and pork they eat is imported.
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Three-time Olympian Kashi Leuchs has his sights set on unfinished business when the Dunedin mountain biker competes in his first Kathmandu Coast to Coast in February.
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Matt Zenovich, Sharlotte Lucas and Dave Rowlands were impressive winners while leading Kiwi triathlete Andrea Hewitt proved she could foot it with New Zealand’s leading domestic based women riders in the third round of the Calder Stewart Cycling series, the Kiwi Style Bike Tours Timaru Classic held at Pleasant Point today.
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Sets up an intriguing battle with women's series leader Kate McIIroy Having leading Kiwi triathlete Andrea Hewitt on the start line for Saturday's third round of the Calder Stewart Cycling series, the Kiwi Style Bike Tours Timaru Classic, adds an exciting different dynamic to the racing according to the women's series leader, Kate McIIroy, who left the international triathlon circuit last year to focus on cycling.
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Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) and leading training erg brand, Revbox New Zealand Limited are delighted to announce a new partnership.
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Kate McIIroy won her first race as an elite cyclist while Paul Odlin crossed the line first in the elite's men's race of the second round of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series, the Armstrong Prestige Dunedin Classic, held in Outram, today.
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Christchurch cyclist Keagan Girdlestone will be on the start line in his first elite race since nearly dying after a horrific crash while racing in Italy last year when the second round of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series, the Armstrong Prestige Dunedin Classic, hits the southern city on Saturday.
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Course record for Lucas - Superior descending skills proved to be the winning formula for Dunedin's Brad Evans and Christchurch cyclist Sharlotte Lucas, who broke the women's course record in today's 100 kilometre Christchurch to Akaroa cycle race, Le Race.
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Le Race, first event to go through burnt out areas of Port Hills Christchurch cyclist Keagan Girdlestone revisits a happy hunting ground on Saturday as his remarkable recovery from a near-death crash in Europe last year continues to defy initial medical expectations.
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SmartRV ushers in the New Year with a game-changer The Covi Motorhome, Caravan & Outdoor SuperShow that starts in Auckland next Friday (March 17) at the ASB Showgrounds will host SmartRV's launch of the trend-setting HYMER line-up of premium motorhomes and caravans.
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Brad Evans, Mikayla Harvey and Dave Rolands won the opening races of year's Calder Stewart Cycling Series, the Kings Electrical Classic, in Cheviot in North Canterbury today.
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Record numbers and the return to racing of a former world champion are features of the opening round of year’s Calder Stewart Cycling Series, the Kings Electrical Classic, as it kicks off on Sunday in Cheviot in North Canterbury.
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Riders from Ireland, Canada, Australia, the United States, Germany, Switzerland, China, Brazil and Singapore will join 270 Kiwi’s on this year’s fourth Tour of New Zealand that begins simultaneously in Northland and Southland on Saturday the 1st of April finishing eight days later at the Beehive in Wellington.
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Defending champion Whakatane’s Sam Clark, stormed home in stunning fashion to win this year’s Kathmandu Coast to Coast Longest Day, crossing the line in a time of 11 hours two minutes.
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Sixteen year-old, Cameron Jones, is off to a flying start in this year’s Kathmandu Coast to Coast after dominating the first leg of the two-day event that started today on the South Island’s West Coast.
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All Black Legend Richie McCaw was a late entry in the Kathmandu Coast to Coast, joining his wife Gemma in the 30 kilometre mountain running event today.
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More entries, more depth and some inspiring personal stories has Kathmandu Coast to Coast Director Richard Ussher very excited about this year’s event.
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South African endurance athlete Robyn Owen says competing in the Kathmandu Coast to Coast is the dream of many adventure and multisport athletes all over the world.
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The Guinness Book of World Records holder for the fastest man to paddle a bathtub one hundred meters can’t wait to tackle the Waimakariri River on a stand up paddle board while competing in the Kathmandu Coast to Coast.
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While most ease off with their training as the Kathmandu Coast to Coast gets closer, one group from the far north of New Zealand is taking on a 1700 kilometre journey cycling and kayaking to get to the iconic event.
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'Clean, green and left just the way they found it', these are aims for the iconic Kathmandu Coast to Coast multi-sport race as it becomes the first event in the country to join forces with Leave No Trace New Zealand.
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The Kathmandu Coast to Coast longest day World Championship field is shaping up as the most competitive ever in the event’s 33 year history.
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Two-time Australian Olympian Courtney Atkinson will undertake a 243 kilometre journey from one side of New Zealand to the other next month in his first attempt at the Kathmandu Coast to Coast World Championship event.
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Looking for a fresh challenge after the Rio Olympics Tauranga paddler Mike Dawson has entered the Kathmandu Coast to Coast.
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After making New Zealand Cycling history as the first Kiwi to crack the top 10 of a Grand Tour, Nelson professional George Bennett is supporting Christchurch Urology's Movember campaign that also highlights a world first in prostate cancer support.
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One of New Zealand's largest structural steel company’s D&H Steel Construction Ltd and sister company Clearwater Construction Ltd is using the Kathmandu Coast to Coast not only as an opportunity for team building, but also to see the Christchurch rebuild work many of its Auckland staff have been involved with.
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The Kathmandu Coast to Coast is joining forces with leading German bike brand Cube.
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Wanaka endurance athlete Braden Currie wants to add to his three Kathmandu Coast to Coast titles, confirming he will be on the start line in February after missing this year’s event as he chased an Olympic Triathlon spot.
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Visitors to next year’s Covi NZMCA Insurance Motorhome, Caravan and Outdoor SuperShow once again have the opportunity to win the trip of a lifetime, a four week motorhome holiday in the UK and Europe.
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Michael Vink made a winning return to racing in New Zealand while Tim Rush and Sharlotte Lucas won the men's and women's overall Calder Stewart Cycling Series elite titles after a brutal day of racing in the final round of the series, the Cycle Surgery Hell of the South near Christchurch today.
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North Otago cyclist Tim Rush is keen to back pay his team mates for their efforts that have him at the top of the elite men’s standings of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series heading into the series’ final round on Sunday, the Cycle Surgery Hell of the South, while women’s leader Sharlotte Lucas is posed to defend the series title she won last year.
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Christchurch cyclist and New Zealand Speed Skating champion Ollie Jones lived up to his favouritism, winning the 100 kilometre inaugural Aoraki Mount Cook Classic Cycle Race held on the shores of Lake Pukaki today.
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Christchurch cyclist and New Zealand Speed Skating champion Ollie Jones looms as the favourite in the 100 kilometre inaugural Aoraki Mount Cook Classic Cycle Race, being held on the shores of Lake Pukaki this Sunday 9th of October.
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Tim Rush won the 93 kilometre elite men’s race in the fifth round of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series, the Small Business Accounting Methven Grand Prix, to add to his overall series lead while Sharlotte Lucas won the women’s race to claim the lead in the series with one race remaining.
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North Otago cyclist Tim Rush wants to build on his elite men’s lead while a real battle looms in the women’s race for individual honours in the fifth round of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series, the Small Business Accounting Methven Grand Prix, being held in the Methven District for the first time on Saturday.
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A group of Whakatane students have won the ultimate prize to help them on their race to the Kathmandu Coast to Coast start line while a team of Christchurch students have won the ultimate leg-up on their journey to the event's start line.
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Adam Bull had the best climbing legs to win the elite men’s race in the fourth round of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series, the Armstrong Prestige Dunedin Classic, riding away on the final climb to win in three hours and fifty three minutes.
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North Otago cyclist Tim Rush is poised to claim back the elite men’s lead in the fourth round of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series, the Armstrong Prestige Dunedin Classic, as the series is hosted in Dunedin for the first time on Saturday.
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Alex Frame made a winning return to New Zealand racing after missing selection for the Rio Olympics, winning today’s elite race in the third round of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series, the Nelson Classic.
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Team Skoda Racing’s first appearance in this year’s Calder Stewart Cycling Series adds spice to a strong field in the elite men’s race for round three, the Nelson Classic, on Saturday.
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Nominations for young, aspiring athletes now open Kathmandu is encouraging high schools and sports clubs nationwide to nominate a three-person team for the chance to receive the ultimate package for New Zealand's leading multi-sport event - the 2017 Kathmandu Coast to Coast.
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Current New Zealand cross country Under 17 mountain bike champion Cameron Jones was the happy winner of a free entry into the 2017 Kathmandu Coast to Coast, won at last week’s 3D Rotorua Multisport Festival.
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The Revbox Power App is now available on Apple ITunes as the Revbox takes another important step in its development.
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Training on the Revbox Erg just got more challenging and entertaining as the stationary trainer is now supported by some of the world’s leading cycle training online websites.
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New Zealand’s largest annual motorhome, caravan and outdoor expo, the Covi NZMCA Insurance Motorhome, Caravan & Outdoor SuperShow, will be even bigger next year with more marquee space and more travel and destination information.
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Young kiwi professional cyclist Hayden McCormick is the latest athlete to sing the praises of the Revbox Erg, a revolutionary stationary trainer building a reputation for being the best of its kind in the world.
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New Zealand is renowned globally as a playground for outdoor-adventure enthusiasts, and the world-leading multi-sport race is putting Christchurch and Canterbury in the spotlight.
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New Zealand’s most iconic multi-sport race, Coast to Coast, will now be called the Kathmandu Coast to Coast with the announcement that the leading global outdoor adventure brand has secured the naming rights and apparel sponsorship of the event.
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Double Olympic medallist Hayden Roulston and world champion Linda Villumsen both got the hard raining day they wanted that resulted in wins in today’s 100 kilometre PlaceMakers Le Race between Christchurch and Akaroa.
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World Champion Linda Villumsen has added some more star power to tomorrow’s PlaceMakers Le Race with a late entry.
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Double Olympic medallist Hayden Roulston will ride PlaceMakers Le Race for the first time with his focus still firmly fixed on forcing his way into the national track team for the Rio Olympics.
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AUCKLAND — ‘Leave it better than you find it’ is the message proudly displayed on a very unique colourful bus that is home to the Sturrock family that will be on display at the Covi NZMCA Insurance Motorhome, Caravan and Outdoor SuperShow that starts on Friday.
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Top ironman athlete Gina Crawford has no hesitation to say the Revbox Erg is the best stationary trainer she has used, stressing it has taken her training to the 'next level.'
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Tom Hubbard repeated his 2013 effort to win the elite race of the opening round of the Calder Stewart Series, the Kings Electrical Hanmer to Kaikoura Classic today.
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This year's Calder Stewart Cycling Series kicks off on Sunday with the toughest course riders will face with a number of cyclists across the elite, masters and women's fields all capable of adding their names to a prestigious list of previous winners.
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Sam Clark backed up his pre-race confidence to run away from the field to claim his first Coast to Coast men's World Championship longest day title today.
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A sore ankle didn’t stop 18 year old Hayden Wilde from a dominating display on the Coast to Coast two day event that started today on the South Island’s West Coast.
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This year's Coast to Coast looms as one of the most competitive in years with Whakatane multisport athlete Sam Clark and Nelson's Elina Ussher the leading contenders for one day honours.
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Australian multi-sport athlete Alex Hunt is a late entry who will make his presence felt in the One Day World Championship Coast to Coast event on Saturday.
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Christchurch City Councillor Glenn Livingstone is lining up with the oldest competitor in this year’s Coast to Coast, his 77 year old father John.
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New Zealand based Revbox is set to make an impact in the European market after securing a distribution deal with Belgium premium bike manufacturer Ridley.
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Australian multi-sport star Jared Kohlar is posed to set up an intriguing trans-Tasman battle with Kiwi Coast to Coast One day world championship men’s favourites Sam Clark and Sam Manson.
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Competitors in the School’s category of iconic multi-sport race the Coast to Coast received a further boost with New Zealand nutritional drink CHIA named as the official beverage sponsor of the School’s competition.
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