Whakatane Great Outdoors Monty's Revenge
TO ENTER print form below, fill in and send with a cheque to the address listed on the form.
Entry Form
Also available from the Whakatane Information Centre Private Bag 1002 and The Whakatane Great Outdoors on The Strand.
Email mikev@whakatane.govt.nz for more information
Phone Mike van der Boom 07 3086726
T-SHIRT DESIGN click to view the T Shirt design and order by emailing orders@link08.co.nz
NEWS
PRACTICE DAY
Yes its official the practice weekend is May 24th and 25th. Karen Tweed is coordinating groups and at this stage there will be a run on Saturday and MTB/kayak on the Sunday. The MTB Course will be open on the Sunday only and you are welcome to ride it any time of the day. We will be advising the MTB Club that the tracks will be in use, so you should be safe. Please take care as some people don’t read signs/emails or letters!
TO RIDE THE MTB COURSE YOU NEED A PERMIT OR BE A MEMBER OF THE WHAKATANE MTB CLUB!
Karen Tweed will have permits available on the day at T2 Maraetotara Reserve from 9:30 to 10AM. These are $5 for two weeks with the money going to the MTB Club. OR you could join the Club contact Andy High:andy.high@opus.co.nz . It is important that you get a permit as it effects Liability!
There will be a group leaving T2 Maraetotara Reserve at 10AM so you can tag along with someone that knows the way. Feel free to do the run or kayak in your own time as these are open to the public at all times. Karen is also coordinating run and kayak groups so get in touch with her if you want company.
Please note that you will need to put in for the kayak on the Western side of the River/Pekatahi Road and Rail Bridge – sorry about this- the kayak transition is on private land!
If you are from out of town and would like a map I have photocopied some rough ones which I will leave at the Information centre or you can email me and I can send one snail-mail!
KAREN TWEED thetweeds@xtra.co.nz OR PHONE 0272846189
If you know of anyone who would like to join in the fun please forward this email to them.
For more information about the event or to view an entry form: http://www.whakatane.com/feature_montys.html
ENTRY FORMS ALSO AT:
The Whakatane Great Outdoors on the Strand
The Whakatane Information Centre
Spokes Cycles on the Strand
Bike Shops all over the country
Great Outdoor Centres everywhere!
PRIZE GIVING AND RUGBY
The Prize Giving is at 5PM in the Ohope Hall on Bluett Road. The Ohope Chartered Club situated next to the hall will welcome all Monty's participants AFTER THE PRIZE GIVING. As part of the organisation of the race we got the All Blacks to reschedule their game against England so we could watch it live on the big screen. Sounds like a fun night! You can order a meal on the official entry form or chance your luck with a bar meal.
DINNER MENU
Buffet Menu $25.00 per person
Selection of Breads
A selection of salads and seafood dishes
Green salad, Pasta salad, Seafood salad, Beetroot, Bean salad
A selection of hot dishes
Potatoes/kumara, Broccoli, cauliflower and carrots, Fish bites, Pasta dish Curry and rice, Roast Beef Carvery, Ham on the Bone
Dessert
Cream, Fruit Salad, Pavlova Cake selection, Tea and coffee
DUATHLON GETS THUMBS UP
The new duathlon course has now been officially tried and tested and get the thumbs up!The course is essentially the first two stages of the Full Monty but a slight detour at the end will see Mountain Bikers head back towards Whakatane and transition to running shoes on the outskirts of town. The final run along the river bank is dry and fast. Once on the river bank there are no more road crossings but there are a couple of patches of pretty rough ground. The finish line is in the same position as the Fully Monty finish line!
MONTYS REVENGE PROUDLY SPONSORED BY
The Whakatane Great Outdoors and 
The Whakatane Great Outdoors Monty's Revenge Multisport event is a day of adventure. The race has a great reputation as an achievable and very scenic mid-winter challenge. It attracts top competitors and entrants from all over New Zealand, with its unique adventure over the Whakatane cliff tops and Kohi Point walkway, Ohope Beach and Eastern Bay bush and river countryside.
Monty's is an ideal entry-level event for anyone who would like to take up the Multisport challenge. The event attracts lots of women entrants either as individuals or as teams, as it's often the first step into a serious multisport event after more achievable races.
The race starts with a 12km run from the centre of town, along the scenic clifftop Kohi Point track through to Otarawairere Bay and the sands of Ohope Beach to the Maraetotara Reserve.
The mountain bike 23km section heads for the skyline with picturesque views of the Eastern Bay from a lofty elevation, before a rapid descent to the kayak leg at the Pekatahi Road Rail Bridge at Taneatua.
The final section of the event is a 20km flat-water kayak down the Whakatane River, finishing in the mud at the Whakatane Yacht Club. The fun doesn't finish there, with over $10,000 of spot prizes to win at the event prizegiving.
Run by the Eastern Bay of Plenty Triathlon and Multisport Club, Monty's Revenge has become an event many locals and regional multisporters look forward to.
Results 2007
Date: 14th June 2008
Location: Whakatane
For more information: Mike Van der Boom 07 308 0243 or 0272428405
Email: mikev@whakatane.govt.nz
MONTYS BEGINNERS BUNCH
If you are thinking about doing Monty's for the first time then you could join the beginners bunch. Mark this page in your favourites as I will keep you up to date with what is happening.
Prepared by Karen Tweed
This group is underway with high standards set early especially Rex Wilson who goy hit by a stag while Mountain Biking and now needs reconstructive surgery to put all the bones back in place.
GOAL FOR THE BUNCH
– To participate in Montys Revenge in June 14th either in teams or as an individual
HOW TO ACHIEVE THIS? - -
- By offering support in the way of regular training sessions taken by myself /and or
someone that I have asked
WHO IS THIS FOR -
- For men and women targeting in specific the beginner end of the scale (or
triathletes willing to come over to the DARK side!)
- This is also for those who may have done Montys in the past as an individual or
team and want to participate in a group training environment and to meet like
minded people to hook up with to train with.
TIME FRAME
- Start week of 11 th February till June 14th (montys) - 18 weeks
OTHER THINGS TO KNOW
* To help the ‘bunch’ reach the goal, I am willing to :
- have weekly email outs letting those who have registered interest in the ‘bunch’
keeping in regular contact of sessions etc
- do initial ‘advertising’ to register interest. I will contact clubs ; alisters emails;
radio?
- liase with other clubs like the mountain bike club to have some ‘mountain bike
sessions – and to tap into their ‘knowledge’
- organise kayak sessions where we beg/borrow/st… kayaks/sit ons plastic
fantastics to introduce people to kayaking who have never done it before or want to
obtain better paddling skills
- organise some evening seminars to talk about gear /course/ answer question etc.
plus an evening where support crew come, so I can go through the role of the
support crew etc.
The entry form is three separate PDF pages to make it easier to download and print. You will need Acrobat to view the PDF's which is a free download available from the link below.
|
