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2010 Vanuatu Adventure Race Director's Report

Troy Spann / 07.09.2010

The Race is a culmination of 15 months of work, that started with Vanuatu's first Adventure Race team entering, training for and competing in Hells Bells in Australia in October 2009. This was the first stepping stone to compete in and learn what an Adventure Race was all about. The next stage was to start promoting the Vanuatu Adventure Race, with Air Vanuatu and The Moorings kindly giving away packages to the winners of Hells Bell Australia 2009. They all attended our race. The final stage was to make contact with people to help advice and shape the race here.

<b>Late Entry</b>
On the day before he was to fly here, a Competitor was hit by a car while training, leaving his team mate without a partner. On the Friday before the race, we went to see Tom from the Beach Bar because we had heard that he had a very fit boy. I'm not sure that Daniel knew what he was getting himself into, but he agreed to join Craig. Daniel excelled through the entire race, and on Day Three, (before dawn), it was Daniel who was leading the way while the elite competitors with their expensive headlamps followed. They were amazed that Daniel could follow the track without a light himself. Daniel's team would eventually finish 9th overall after the three days of competition.

<b>The Police escorted Bike ride</b>
Teams met in town and had a Police escort out of town to Evergreen Park, which everyone seemed to enjoy.

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