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Plus, Hayden Wilde will also be recreating the Dod

Plus, Hayden Wilde will also be recreating the Doddsy Challenge, charity race concept on the Friday Night, where he challenges his elite and Under 19 friends to beat him and win $4000 purse, but if he wins, everything will go to a charity close to his heart. The Rotorua MTB Club First Response unit which does amazing work up in the Rotorua Whakarewarewa Forest. Hayden will give his Under 19 competitors a head start, so it will be incredibly exciting to watch him and the HP team chase them down. We can't wait to see this charity race play out in Wānaka. ⁠
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“We are very excited to bring racing back into the centre of town on a Friday night and the Doddsy Challenge concept with Hayden Wilde. We expect to see crowds come along to watch, cheer and spend some time down in our local bars and restaurants along the race course,” says Tony Dodds, Integrity Homes Challenge Wanaka Showcase Manager. “The elite athletes will have a 750m swim, 15km bike course through town and a 5km run along the lakefront to the finish along infront of the local businesses. The racing will start at 5:30 with the women’s race and 7pm for the men. We hope you can bring the family down to watch the best in kiwi triathlon.”⁠

Image credit Mike Heydon

The @integrityhomesnz Challenge Wanaka team are ex

The @integrityhomesnz Challenge Wanaka team are excited to announce six Olympians will be racing alongside their High Performance teammates at the Design Windows Twilight Challenge in Wānaka township on Friday 18th February at the Wanaka Showcase. Olympic Bronze medallist @hayden_wilde and his fellow Tokyo teammates @nicolevdkaay , @ainsleythorpe , @taylerreidnz have confirmed their attendance, as has Simone Ackermann, who raced for South Africa in Tokyo and Beijing, London and Rio Olympian @andreahewittnz , will be joining them. ⁠
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The Design Windows Twilight race is the final race of the Triathlon NZ Suzuki NZ Elite series, which will see Aotearoa’s finest elite triathletes fight it out for the overall win, prizes and the glory of claiming this pinnacle series, as they head into the Commonwealth Games Birmingham 2022 selection period.

The Integrity Homes Challenge Wanaka team have bee

The Integrity Homes Challenge Wanaka team have been working hard for many years on reducing waste around our events. This is easier said than, done but we are determined to carry on trying to improve each year. Even small changes can have big effects on the health of our planet and community. ⁠
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You may have seen many sporting events around the world are trying to move away from having single-use cups - Covid hasn't helped this, we do note. ⁠
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So for the 2022 Challenge Wanaka Half, Garth Barfoot Aqua Bike and EarSHOTS Cross Tri and Duathlon we will be giving away at rego a race belt and light weight squashy cup for athletes to use if they would like on the run course. ⁠
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We will have high speed fill water tanks to fill from and we do hope people take up the opportunity to race using less single use plastic. ⁠

We hope many of our competitors will want to be part of this new initiative 🙌🏼 Hands up if you will be 👋🏽

Did you know that the Garth Barfoot Aquabike at th

Did you know that the Garth Barfoot Aquabike at the Integrity Homes Challenge Wanaka is the Suzuki Tri NZ Aquabike Mid distance National Champs?!⁠
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And there is still time to enter and join us on 19th Feb in Lake Wānaka. Plus Garth Barfoot our Patron has an awesome prize to give away!⁠
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The first overall male and female winner in the 2022 Tri NZ Suzuki Mid Distance Aquabike National Championships race will receive flights up to the value of $2,500 NZD and an accommodation subsidy at the 2022 World Championships (venue to be confirmed). What a prize!⁠
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First and second place getters in each age group (male & female) will receive accommodation subsidy at 2022 World Championships⁠
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Well if that is not a reason to have a go at the Aquabike then we don't know what is! All the T&Cs are on the Tri NZ website - https://triathlon.kiwi/age-group-policies-selection-criteria-nomination-links

EXTRA PRIZE!!! Get practising triathlon's fourth d

EXTRA PRIZE!!! Get practising triathlon's fourth discipline! At Integrity Homes Challenge Wanaka Half, the male and female athletes with the fastest overall combined transition time (T1 + T2) will be awarded with a @wahoofitnessofficial ELEMNT RIVAL multisport GPS watch 🙌🙌🙌

RIVAL creates a seamless training and racing experience. With added features unique to triathlon and multisport, RIVAL radically simplifies the way you interact with a sports watch.

So get that practise in team!!

Teammates wanted! There are a few teams keen to ge

Teammates wanted! There are a few teams keen to get an extra person and a few solo athletes looking for others to join! ⁠
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So if you are in that boat - go to our FB Group and see if you can find a new friend or two! https://www.facebook.com/groups/948799222322114/

Fancy a swim this Saturday in stunning Lake Te Ana

Fancy a swim this Saturday in stunning Lake Te Anau?

The Te Anau Sandfly Cafe Lake swim will be spectacular and another perfect event to test yourself out on pre Integrity Homes Challenge Wanaka!!

Remember its @triwanaka first Swim Run race this F

Remember its @triwanaka first Swim Run race this Friday so come and get involved! Its a perfect way to train for the Integrity Homes Challenge Wanaka and they have special categories for Juniors so they can practise pre @puzzlingworldwanaka Junior & Intermediate Challenge and Mitre 10 Mega Wanaka Secondary Schools Challenge 🙌🏼👏🏽

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So excited that our 2022 swim run series is kicking off this Friday 7th January. Running every Friday for 6 weeks. For those who want to dust off their suits or want to tune up their transitions...there is something for everyone.

Sign up as a member and enjoy a discounted series. Come along each week for some fun and get involved in some swimming and running for the whole family. See you out there. Visit our website for more info www.triwanaka.co.nz

#SWIMRUNSERIES #swimrun #triathlon #Triwanaka #trinz #swimming #running #swimbikerun #swimrun2022

COMP CLOSED!! Congratulations to @beeka39 🙌🏼

COMP CLOSED!! Congratulations to @beeka39 🙌🏼👏🏽👍🏼♥️

We super excited to announce @wahoofitnessofficial as our Official Global Training Partner! Wahoo joins @challengefamily in a three-year commitment, which extends across their complete ecosystem including ELEMNT Bike Computers, TICKR Heart Rate Monitors, KICKR Smart trainers, Speedplay Pedals and Wahoo’s own Training app ‘The Sufferfest’ as well as the latest product in their line-up the ELEMNT Rival Multi-sport watch.⁠
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COMPETITION ALERT! In celebration of this awesome edition to our family we are giving away a ELEMNT RIVAL Multisport GPS Watch in white 🙌🙌🙌⁠
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All you have to do is tell us why you would love this watch in your lead up to the Integrity Homes Challenge Wanaka race in a comment below. ⁠
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And remember only two more days till our price rise so get in quick!⁠
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1 person = 1 entry. T's & C's apply. Giveaway drawn randomly from Facebook and Instagram entries. Entries close Friday 31st December midnight. NZ only.

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