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RACE #4
22 JANUARY 2008
MISSION BAY – AUCKLAND – NEW ZEALAND
 RACE REPORT
The first race of the New Year rode into town on the back of tropical cyclone Funa. Fortunately Funa had departed Auckland before the evening start time leaving us with just a boisterous wind blowing down the harbour perpendicular to the Mission Bay coastline. After the atrocious earlier conditions we were more than happy with .....Read more
22nd January 2008
Gisborne set to shake again on Saturday
By Jetpro
 Gisborne is set to once again shake to big horsepower excitement when round two of the Parker ENZED Jetsprint Championship returns to town on Saturday (26/1). A top quality field of 40 Jetsprint teams have entered the twilight event at Gisborne’s Electinet Thunderpark Jetsprint Circuit which is located right next door to Gisborne Airport.....Read more
22nd January 2008 For immediate release from Sovereign NZ Ocean Swim Series, for further information visit www.oceanswim.co.nz MAYOR LEADS BY EXAMPLE IN OCEAN SWIM Wellington Mayor Kerry Prendergast will lead her city by example this Saturday when she takes part in the Sovereign New Zealand Ocean Swim Series at Freyberg Beach on Oriental Bay.......
RECORD FIELD FOR SOVEREIGN CAPITAL CLASSIC OCEAN SWIM The Capital Classic, race two in the Sovereign New Zealand Ocean Swim Series takes place this Saturday January 26 with a record field already confirmed almost a week out from race day. Year two of the nationwide open water swim series has seen a surge in interest with the....Read more
 A cloudless West Coast sky couldn't have offered better conditions for Saturday's 26km Croesus Crossing trail run from Barrytown to Blackball.
Cliff Bowman was swiftly 'out of the blocks' and first to reach Ces Clark Hut but then discovered the 'demons' on his descent. Fellow Nelsonian and relative rookie to trailrunning, Brent Stebbings, snatched the opportunity to take the lead, held it all the way until ...Read more
New Zealand Air Games: AIR SPORTS LIVE ROUND UP
 LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (January 3, 2008) - Air Sports Live, incorporating the New Zealand Air Games, heralded the start of a new era in air sports competition and TV sports technology. The two day event brought competitive air sports to the public’s attention as never before. It concentrated 10 FAI air sports over one air space, over Lake Wanaka and New Zealand’s Southern Alps, and broadcast live over the internet on www.airsportslive.com. The event will also be seen by a potential TV audience of over 400 million people.....Read more
AIR GAMES DECLARED SUCCESS FOR FUTURE OF AIR SPORTS
 LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (December 28, 2007) – As the first Air Sports Live, incorporating the New Zealand Air Games, closed to the spectacular display by top aerobatics pilot Jurgis Kairys of Lithuania, organisers and competitors declared the event a huge success.......Read more
 Hewitt holds out the hounds
Triathlete, Andrea Hewitt (Chch) was the hare in the penultimate stage of the Nelson Tour de Femme. Having scorched up the Takaka Hill in the tour’s opening stage Hewitt provided herself a comfortable buffer which she was able to maintain for the duration. Nelson’s Serena Sheridan, the only rider to have completed the tour every year since it’s 2001 inception, has steadily climbed the ranks, finishing second on GC, 1min 05 down on Hewitt while Dale Tye claimed third courtesy of a strong....Read more
A BLINDING SUCCESS ON DEBUT
 A new vision for kiwi jetsprinting was announced earlier this year by H20 Full Throttle CEO Neville Dawson. While in Detroit watching the Unlimited Hydroplanes a discussion with Florida based John Haggin, a powerboat racing visionary and owner of the AMF Offshore powerboat racing team lead to the development of the AMF / H20 Full Throttle Jetsprinting team. Following the AMF powerboat racing team’s theme all three hulls are painted in bright fluorescent chartreuse enhanced with a fleck that sparkles. Leading the team in the Superboat Class is number 113 - Bryan Smith a Logging Contractor from Taupo. Peter Briant from Gisborne returns to .......Read more
Media Release – 29th December 2007
Big Crowd gets big action at Jetsprints Round One
By Jetpro
 Round One of the 2008 Parker ENZED Jetsprint Championships turned on a big day of action for the large crowd that turned out to the Wanganui venue on Thursday (27/12/07).
Always the crowd favourite the Beaurepaires Superboats kept the spectators in suspense as a four way battle developed between Taupo’s Bryan Smith, local favourite Duncan Wilson, 2007 series runner up Daryl Hutton, and Auckland hard charger Graeme Mincham. Both Smith and Hutton were to debut new boats at the event, but when Hutton found his 11,000cc engine had a problem at the start of the day, Smith provided his brand new machine for Hutton to share drive. 2007 Beaurepaires Superboat Champion Peter Caughey withdrew his entry prior to........Read more
Subaru North Island Downhill Cup
Top riders & Hot weather in Hawkes Bay
Hot and dry conditions welcomed riders and spectators to the first round of the new Subaru North Island Downhill Cup and the 7th annual Eastern Express MTB Challenge at Eskdale MTB Park in the Hawkes Bay over the weekend.
The Hawkes Bay Mountain Bike Club hosted weekend of mountain biking action held at the purpose built mountain bike park was ........Read more
Media Release – 17th December 2007
Kiwi Jetsprinting TV goes live worldwide
By Jetpro
 New Zealand Jetsprinting TV is to go out live to the world when the Parker ENZED Championship kicks off over Xmas. In what is a very exciting development for Jetsprinting, www.speedbox.tv will broadcast live TV action from each of the six rounds of the Parker ENZED Championship on their pay to view site on the internet. For US$6.95 per round, viewers will be able to watch the blow by blow action for its full duration - from the qualifying until the winners are decided. An extended highlights package will also be available to be downloaded from www.speedbox.tv after the event. .....Read more
Punakaiki Resort WildCoaster Cycle Event, Saturday 8 dec. 07
 A modest first up field in Saturday's inaugural Punakaiki Resort WildCoaster 109km road cycle from Greymouth to Westport but enought to 'test all systems' and cement the event on next year's calendar, albeit a bit early on October 4th......Read more
REESBY & COMPANY STROKE & STRIDE
RACE #3
5 DECEMBER 2007
MISSION BAY – AUCKLAND – NEW ZEALAND
Nobody wants to miss the final Stroke & Stride of 2007 and that includes the low-pressure system that rushed down from the tropics to join the fun at Mission Bay. So while hundreds of Stroke & Stride competitors lined up on the beach for the start they faced head on into a very brisk breeze and stared into the teeth of the advancing squall who’s arrival coincided .......Read more
20th Kepler Challenge, Saturday 1st December 2007
 6th time lucky for Lukes
The 20th Kepler Challenge was started by the only runner who had completed all 19 previous events, Murray Thomas from Alexandra. Thomas had an unusual method to start the race, “1, 2, 3, Go!” this seemed to take all the other runners by surprise and gave Thomas an early advantage as he took off from the start line at the front of the pack of .........Read more...
Kekerengu Moa Hunt
 It was beautiful sunny weather for the inaugural Kekerengu Moa Hunt situated on the Kaikoura Coast. Former Marlborough cyclist Andy Reid now living in Lyttleton scorched around the 40km picturesque course in 1hr 51mins and 02 secs and was three minutes clear of 2nd place getter Ben Thomas from Christchurch. Reid dominated the race throughout in what was beautiful racing conditions. He said the course was one of the best he had ever ridden and will be back to defend....Read more...
“Bike the Brothers’ Saturday 17th November 2007
The 2nd annual event held from the Raincliff Youth Camp proved an outstanding success, with clear blue skies and good ground conditions. Approximately 200 bikers entered the event from Blenheim north, Christchurch and Waimate and many local entrants. Numbers were .......Read more...
It’s all in the timing By Jetpro
 The Parker ENZED Jetsprint Championships will introduce a new transponder based timing system when round one begins at the Shelterview Track in Wanganui on 27th December. Jetsprinting is always a close fought competition. It is common for three or more competitors to post qualifying times within a few hundredths of a second of each other, especially in the highly competitive ChemZ Group A class. ......Read more...
Sovereign NZ Ocean Swim Series
RADFORD AND NORFOLK DOMINATE HARBOUR CROSSING
The top seeds came through to win the opening round of the Sovereign New Zealand Ocean Swim Series at the Harbour Crossing Auckland this morning with Kane Radford and Helen Norfolk winning with ease...Read more...
Tuatara Peninsula Race
Top Multisport Athlete Aaron Prince Blitz’s the Field
Some of New Zealand’s leading multisport athletes raced on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th in the annual two day Tuatara Peninsula Race. Over 110 competitors consisting of teams and individuals ran, paddled and mountain biked a total distance of 85km’s from Christchurch to Akaroa.
Day one started with a tough 10km run from Taylors Mistake up to the Summit Road and over into Cass Bay. New Zealand orienteering representative Aaron Price dominated the run and had the lead into......Read more...
Sovereign NZ Ocean Swim Series
Sunday’s Harbour Crossing Auckland signals the start of the five race Sovereign NZ Ocean Swim Series and with it a chance for the best swimmers in the country to gain a psychological and points advantage over their rivals, not to mention the lucrative prize money up for grabs.The 2.8km crossing of the Harbour from Stanley Bay to the Viaduct stops all marine traffic for one hour each year and will make for a spectacular sight as over 1200 swimmers churn the Waitemata into a washing machine of wetsuits....
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Stroke & Stride Race Report
RACE #2
21 NOVEMBER 2007
MISSION BAY – AUCKLAND – NEW ZEALAND
 In the previous season Brent Foster and Carmel Hanly rode roughshod over their competition on their way to their Series titles. Now twelve months later at Race #2 in the Reesby & Company sponsored Stroke & Stride Series our reigning champions look to be as ruthless as ever in the defence of their titles. Brent Foster showed his hand early on as he lead the guys out around the swim course recording a ...
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New Hawkes Bay venue joins Jetsprint Championships by Jetpro
 A brand new venue in Hawkes Bay will join the 2008 Parker ENZED Jetsprint Championships with the Riverside Jet track in Crownthorpe recently receiving resource consent, allowing it to hold Round 4 of the upcoming six round 2008 Parker ENZED Championships.
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Molesworth Muster
 THANKS .... to you all for making the trip into the Molesworth to compete in this race & especially...
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SNAPPER GALORE AT MARINE NORTH FISHING TOURNAMENT
 Loads of snapper, great weather and lots of anglers provedthe perfect formula for the opening of the Whangarei Deep Sea Anglers Clubs 2007/08 fishing calendar on November 10th and 11th at Tutukaka.
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2008 NZ Lites Jetsprint Championship
 Eight Rookie drivers have signed up for the 2008 NZ Lites Jetsprint Championship. NZ Lites is the name for the development class in the Parker ENZED Jetsprint Championships. However with around 500 horsepower (375 KW) available from their 7litre V8 engines and a small alloy hull, the only thing light weight about them is their mass.
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