Press Release – 100 Percent Pure Racing
ROTORUA MAYOR OFFERS WARM WELCOME TO GODZONE AS COURSE REVEALED TO COMPETITORS
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“GODZone is all about adversity – knowing it, taking it on, and beating it,” said Rotorua Mayor Chadwick.
“My team has not spent that much time together, but we are all hugely competitive people, with Simone and Dougal both 2x Coast to Coast world champions. We are not just here to cruise along and are going out there to do the best we can,” says Richie McCaw.
Rotorua Mayor Steve Chadwick championed GODZone competitors and the race organisers this morning when she delivered an official event welcome to Rotorua via video messaging.
Top Godzone teams counting down for Rotorua adventure
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Friday, 19 February 2021, 8:48 am
It will be all guns blazing when seventy New Zealand
adventure racing teams line up on the start line for GODZone
Chapter 9 in Rotorua next month.
The multi-day,
nonstop expedition race (4th– 14thMarch 2021) has
attracted some of the world s best racers, including
six-time world adventure racing champions Nathan Fa’avae,
Sophie Hart, Stu Lynch, and Chris Forne of team Avaya and
two time Coast to Coast longest day winner Simone Maier who
is teaming up with All Black legend Richie McCaw, Rob Nichol
and Aaron Prince as team isport.
“We have quite the
lineup of adventure racing royalty in those two teams