Great Western Adventure Racing Series
News / 09.04.2009
Adventure Racing just got hotter in Western Canada. The Great Western Adventure Racing Series launches today, bringing a new level of excitement and competition to this intriguing sport in Alberta and BC.The Great Western Adventure Racing Series (GWARS) is a summer-long series of 6 events across Alberta and BC that award points based on participation and performance.
Three of Canada’s top Adventure Racing organizers, Frontier Adventure Sports, Race the Rockies and the Full Moon Adventure Company have come together to offer this season of quality, challenging events, and to promote the sport of Adventure Racing.
At the end of the season, the winners will be proclaimed the Western AR Champions and will receive a large prize package including free entry into Raid the North, Race the Rockies and Full Moon in June 2010.
These three groups have been growing the sport of adventure racing for over a decade and offer unique and outstanding races. GWARS will help that to continue. Brian Gallant, co-owner of the Full Moon Adventure Company stated, "In a sport where races come and go every year, our three organizations have stuck it out and helped bring the sport to maturity in the west. We've always worked together informally, now we're doing it formally".
"I don't think we have seen such an exciting development in Western Canada in years" commented Geoff Langford, director of Frontier Adventure Sports.
Mike Melnick, director of Race the Rockies, further stated that, "This is about encouraging people to race; it gives competitors something new to strive towards".
The series offers six races that qualify for a variety of points based on length of race and number of racers. A team must compete in three of the six events to qualify. Full series rules, details and results are available at www.gwars.ca.
Great Western Adventure Racing Series qualifying events 2009:
June 5-7: Full Moon in June (36 hrs) – Panorama Resort, BC
July 18-19: Race the Rockies (18 hrs) – Golden, BC
Aug 22: Half Moon in August (8 hrs) – Castle Mountain Resort, AB
Sept 11-13: Raid the North (36 hrs) – Kelowna, BC
Sept 12: Valhalla Pure Adventure Challenge (8 hrs) – Kelowna, BC
Sept 26: Race the Rockies (8 hrs) – Edmonton, AB
*Rumour has it those in the east shouldn't feel left out. Stay tuned.
