Coast to Coast Team Westland
11 Feb
Team Westland took out 1st place in the Mixed teams event and also 1st overall place out of all the schools in the Kathmandu Coast to Coast
Wahoo we have School World Multisport Champions, Team Westland took out 1st place in the Mixed teams event and also 1st overall place out of all the schools in the Kathmandu Coast to Coast
Day one they took an awesome lead of 45 mins! Ainhoa ran from the beach to Kumara to tag Tim, Tim biked his heart out to Aitkens Corner to meet Nate. With a smooth transition Nate had a fantastic 34 km run up and over goat pass and out to Klondyke corner, completing in 4 hours.
Day two – Tim was placed in the 3rd start group for the bike from Klondyke to Mt White turnoff, Nate then sprinted to the Waimak kayak transition, then we put Aiinhoa into the river, another very smooth transition (we wondered why it went so smooth) she was off down the river for 70km to Gorge Bridge – doing an amazing time 5 and 1/2 hours, she jumped out of the kayak swapped timing band with Nate who then ran up the hill to Tim who was waiting at the bike transition, Tim rode his heart out for the last 70km! Total lead by the end of the 2 days was a fantastic 1 hours 16 mins!
They all trained there hearts out for 12 months and it paid off
Big congrats to the WHS Wahine too, Jessie, Tasmin and Ngaio for taking out 3rd Place in the female category
Training partners, Tana who claimed second, Maddie who claimed 3rd, Courtney who claimed 3rd also in the individual category, Jack you raced your heart out too!
Highlights were meeting Ritchie Richie McCaw, Simone Maier (C2C Winner for the previous 6 years) and C2C Winner Alex Hunt
Can’t forget Lisa (excellent manager orgnaiser, camp mum), Xabi, Brian, Greg, Veronika (support crew), Mum, Dad for babysitting, Dave Cartwright and Natasha Cartwright for sponsorship Brijen Parikh for making it over on Friday night to support the kids and cheering them on Sat morning, and big shout out to South Westland Area School for the loan of Kayaks and van for the last 6 months! and Hokitika Cycling Club for training and bikes
Thanks to everyone that helped these kids get there, eg raffles, bonus balls, and all the support you have given over the last few days!
They are all keen to carry on and compete again, Bring on next year!
