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Thank you to everyone who has supported us! We hav

Thank you to everyone who has supported us! We have had the best July ever for entries! 🙌🏼 We are super excited about the @IntegrityHomes Challenge Wanaka Festival next year! And we are stoked to be able to help all the local charities, organisations and support our community to get active through children's triathlons, our Social tri and Adaptive! 👌🏼 #notforprofit

Get your trainers on and join us in beautiful Glen

Get your trainers on and join us in beautiful Glendhu Bay! Price rise tonight!

1 week to go till the Integrity Homes Challenge Wa

1 week to go till the Integrity Homes Challenge Wanaka Half and Aquabike price rise!! So get in quick, before midnight 31 July!

As we celebrate six months untill we are back out

As we celebrate six months untill we are back out in beautiful Glendhu Bay, we are also looking for new trustees. ⁠
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Challenge Wanaka Sports Trust is a registered charitable organisation. Our purpose is to provide opportunities for people to participate, compete and excel in activities that create social connection, contribute to physical and social well-being as well as positively impacting on the economic environment of Wanaka and the Southern Lakes area. ⁠
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We are looking for two new trustees to join the board. The Board has recently refreshed its purpose, confirming its commitment to run a range of events that cater for the competitive/elite athlete through to social participates of all abilities. It is an exciting time to come on board with new initiatives planned for 2021/2022. We are looking for trustees who are passionate about our purpose and have some of the following skills:⁠
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- Strong financial literacy and analytical ability⁠
- Relationships with disability and related community organisations⁠
- Appreciation of sustainable and environmental operations and implementing sustainability strategies⁠
- An understanding of Tikanga and the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi⁠
- Broad business and governance experience⁠
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Please send expressions of interest to Julie Aitken at julie@aspiringlaw.co.nz or call on 021448522 by 30 July 2021.

OSM All-Terrain Nutrition is a true original, a wo

OSM All-Terrain Nutrition is a true original, a world-first, patented source of nutritional balance. Developed in Christchurch, New Zealand, OSM All-Terrain Nutrition lives up to its name – offering smart sustenance for all terrains and every adventure. It delivers nutritional balance on the go, with protein, fibre, 10 vitamins and six minerals. In four great flavours, with premium wholesome ingredients, it’s OSM to the rescue when you need nutrition you can count on!⁠
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To celebrate our partnership and fuel your @osm.nz @integrityhomesnz Challenge Wanaka Multi training, we’re offering all Challenge Wanaka supporters our best ever online deal*. Simply go to Munchtime.co.nz and, upon checkout, use the code CHALLENGE2021 (min spend $20) to receive a FREE 6-pack of Chocolate & Manuka Honey OSM to help fuel your training.⁠
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*Offer available until 24 September 2021, $20 minimum spend.

Welcome to the family OSM!! ⁠ ⁠ 6 months out t

Welcome to the family OSM!! ⁠
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6 months out till the @integrityhomesnz Challenge Wanaka Festival and its time to celebrate our newest sponsor @osm.nz!
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OSM will be the title sponsor of the OSM Challenge Wanaka Multi event on 30th October 2021, which will see multi sport athletes compete around the beautiful Lake Wānaka and Lake Hāwea course. This will be it's second year and already entries are ramping up for what will be an exciting multi sport season opener. ⁠
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The OSM Challenge Wanaka Multi event features a 25km kayak across stunning Lake Wānaka and down the Clutha River, a 43km mountain bike through some of our iconic single track and a 12km trail run along the lakefront, back to the Water Sports Centre. ⁠
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"OSM is proud to be partnering with Challenge Wanaka Charitable Sports Trust to bring you the OSM Challenge Wanaka Multi for 2021!" says Matt Dawson, OSM Product Manager. ⁠
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"OSM All-Terrain Nutrition™ is the perfect match for active lifestyles, a snack solution to fuel your freedom in training, competing and adventuring. We’re passionate about getting people outdoors to achieve their goals and enjoy New Zealand’s beautiful back yard.⁠
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"Over the last 12 months we’ve been involved in some of New Zealand’s biggest events, including the Coast to Coast, Integrity Homes Challenge Wanaka Triathlon Festival, Queenstown Marathon, Godzone and the Hawkes Bay Marathon.⁠
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"Now we’re getting out front with our first naming rights partnership for the OSM Challenge Wanaka Multi, and we couldn’t be more thrilled."⁠

I'm not sure John or Emily McRae could have a more

I'm not sure John or Emily McRae could have a more perfect venue for us at Glendhu Bay Station. 👌🏼⁠⁠ @glendhustation
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Just look at this set up and next year we are making some improvements so that spectators will be able to cheer their athletes on as they pass through the Race Village / Expo after their first loop of the run! More celebrating, more action and more fun!

The run course will also see a change, with the ru

The run course will also see a change, with the run along the Motatapu Road being removed and athletes running two laps of the beautiful Bike Glendhu course. Runners will make their way up in the same direction as cyclists do normally on these trails, so they can benefit from the shade the forest provides as they climb. The elevation of the new run course will be mapped shortly, but is approximately 290m, which is similar to the 2021 elevation. The 2019 course elevation was 260m. The two-lap course will also mean that competitors will pass back through the finish line and Expo area after their first lap to give their supporters a chance to cheer them on. The team believe this will also add to the fantastic atmosphere in the festival area. ⁠⁠
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2021 silver medallist Professional female, Rebecca Clarke @becclarke_tri commented, “I'm very excited this course is returning. It's challenging, the scenery is spectacular taking you to Lake Hāwea and back to Glendhu Bay with hills, flats and descents along the way.”⁠⁠
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Dougal Allan, multiple Challenge Wanaka Champion, “It’s great to see the race return to the old bike course. I have to say I love the old course so much I happily did it twice,” @dougal_allan joked.

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The Integrity Homes Challenge Wanaka Festival team

The Integrity Homes Challenge Wanaka Festival team are excited to announce the Challenge Half and Garth Barfoot Aquabike will return to the traditional bike course through Lake Wānaka township, past Lake Hāwea and loop back around by Wānaka airport and scenic Mount Barker. After careful consideration of health and safety risks around the one lane bridge on the 2021 course and feedback from athletes, the Challenge Wanaka Charitable Trust Board and team believe that this will be a positive addition to the 2022 Saturday race day. ⁠⁠
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“We are sure a return to the traditional bike course will make a lot of people very happy and give the people of Wānaka and Hāwea back some of that epic race day atmosphere! It also means we do not have to cap entries for the race, as there will be more room for cyclists to spread out along the course,” said Bill Roxburgh, Integrity Homes Challenge Wanaka Race Director. “We are looking at having events in Wānaka on the Friday night as well, to increase our presence in town for the community. Over the next few months we will be working on the viability of this and liaising with local businesses and community groups to try and make that happen.”⁠⁠
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The bike course will leave transition at Glendhu Bay Station and cyclists will ride into and through Wānaka township, along to Lake Hāwea and back around to the Red Bridge at Luggate. Then return, up past the airport, turning onto Mount Barker Road and then down McDougall Street back into Wānaka and back through to Glendhu Bay Station. ⁠⁠
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