Multisport News Archive

A new route on a remote peak in Antarctica and a caving expedition aiming to reach record depths under New Zealand are among the challenges seven groups of adventurous kiwis are tackling in this year's SPARC Hillary Expeditions.

1300 riders from 10 countries line up on Saturday for the Southern Hemisphere's longest running mountain bike race, the Merida Karapoti Classic.

Over $40,000 worth of Surf Life Saving equipment was stolen from New Plymouth's East End Surf Life Saving Club on Sunday night (1 March).

After going into recess last year, this iconic mountain running race event is being held again this coming Saturday. Race director Chris Cox is pleased with the amount of support the event has received this year with 170 entries and expecting late entries which will be accepted on the morning of the race.

Olympic bronze 1500m runner Nick Willis announced yesterday that he will be unable to join the mile field in next Friday's International Track Meet due to a hip injury.

National road cycling champion and Commonwealth Games medallist Gordon McCauley will be joined by his Subway - Avanti Cycling team mates Sam Horgan, Patrick and James Williamson, Eric Drower and Joe Cooper on the start line of Le Race on 28 March.

Wellington sports personality Anne Hare will lead the call for Wellingtonians to compete at the world's largest multi-sport event when the Sydney 2009 World Masters Games Roadshow rolls into New Zealand's capital city tonight.

New Zealand's top cross-country mountain biker and Olympian Kashi Leuchs together with team-mate and fellow national representative Marcus Roy, made history on Saturday 28 February by winning the inaugural Skins Alpine Epic.

After eight years of planning, grounds development work has begun for a new multisport grounds and facility on the Papatoetoe Recreation Grounds and Kingswood Recreation Reserve.

Christchurch sports fans will have an opportunity to see brand new NZ sprint record holders Monique Williams and David Ambler in action when they race in Christchurch this month.

Adventurer Shaun Quincey, 24, plans to row solo from Australia to New Zealand. If successful, Shaun will make the only solo crossing of the Tasman, other than his father, Colin Quincey, who made history in 1977 by completing the first ever and only solo Tasman crossing from New Zealand to Australia.

New Zealand will return home with 3 Oceania Triathlon titles after victories to Rebecca Spence (U23), Jos Hoetjes (U19) and Ryan Sissons (U23) on the Gold Coast today.

Christchurch triathlete Jos Hoetjes has spectacularly won the Oceania U19 Triathlon Championships with a heady race on the Gold Coast this afternoon.

Auckland sports personality Susie Simcock will lead the call for Aucklanders to compete at the world's largest multi-sport event when the Sydney 2009 World Masters Games Roadshow rolls into New Zealand's biggest city tomorrow.

A hundred and five individuals and twenty six teams competed in the annual Fresh Choice Southern Lakes Women's Triathlon and Duathlon at Lake Hayes today reinforcing the popularity of the long standing women's event.

New Zealand triathlete Bryan Rhodes has finished second at Ironman Malaysia this morning (NZT), backing up his two previous wins in 2001 and 2002.

Four years in the making, Spirit Of The Marathon is the first ever non-fiction feature film to capture the drama and essence of the marathon, the famed 42.2 kilometer running event.

The battle between Nick Willis and Andrew Baddeley for John Walker's 28 year old New Zealand allcomers mile record is set for a blistering pace with the confirmation of top US miler Rob Myers this week as pacemaker for the March 13th race.

The inaugural New World Tour de Wakatipu on April 11 is attracting widespread interest due to the innovative rural course starting at Queenstown's Millbrook Resort and finishing in the vines at the Chard Farm Winery.