The Team

Tim Farrant

Tim is an endurance navigation athlete bringing leadership and experience to the team.

· 11th GODZone Adventure Race – Chapter 2: Mt. Cook to Queenstown (2013)

· 1st Mixed Team (3 rd Overall), 2012 New Zealand Rogaine Champs (Otago)
· 1st TWALK “Twenty-four-hour-walk” (Lake Coleridge, 2012)
· 11th GODZone Adventure Race – Chapter 1: Milford to Queenstown (2012)
· 1st Men Overall, 2011 Australian Rogaine Champs (Tasmania)
· 1st M21A Grade, 2011 New Zealand Orienteering Champs (Central Otago)
· 1st Mixed Junior Team, 2008 World Rogaining Champs (Estonia)
· 1st Overall, 2008 North American Rogaine Champs (Canada)

Emily Wilson

With a background in multisport and adventure racing, Emily brings some grunt to the team.

 · 13th Team -GODZone Adventure Race 2012
· 1st Mixed Team -Goldrush 3-day Multisport Race 2012
· 1st Team -Southern Lakes 24hour Adventure Race 2012
· 2nd Female -Coromandel Classic 2-day Multisport Race 2012
· 1st Team-Mystery Lakes 12hour Adventure Race 2012
· 8th Female -World Multisport Championship, Speight’s Coast to Coast Longest Day 2013 (first attempt)
· 1st Under 23, 7th Female -Australasian Multisport Championships 2013

Pete Smallfield

A multisport and Endurance athlete Pete will bring his hard working attitude, mental toughness and fitness to help push the team through the gruelling race.

 

· 3rd place Goldrush Open Mixed 2013
· 1st place Overall Dunedin Mazda Adventure Race 2012
· 4th Open male Peak to Peak 2012
· 1st Bannockburn Sport Mountain bike race 2012
· 4th Long course canoe SLNZ championship 2011
· 4th Short course canoe SLNZ Championship 2011

Alastair McDowell

Impressive outdoor pursuer whose mountaineering and navigation experience is of massive value to the team.

 

· TWALK 24-hour Rogaine 2012 - 2nd place University division
· Xterra Waihi Marathon - 2nd place overall
· Ascent of Malte Brun, Mt Cook National Park - 6th highest peak in NZ (3198m)
· Three Peaks Challenge (Tahurangi, Ngauruhoe, Tongariro) - Unofficial record 13h30m
· Mt Ruapehu & Mt Taranaki Circumnavigation - 13h13m, 10h59m
· Le Petit Brevet 280km MTB race 2012, Banks Peninsula – 26h30m
· 90-mile Beach 100km run – 15h30m
· Experienced in mountaineering, canyoning, white-water rafting, fast-packing

Elisha Nuttall

A rogainer turned adventure racer, Elisha brings a wide range of skills to the team. Ranging from his proven navigation, to skills in a kayak and raft. He also has been the youngest GODZone competitor the last two years.

 

· 1st Team - Southern Lakes 24 hour Adventure Race 2012
· 1st Team - Mystery Lakes 12 hour Adventure Race 2012
· 11th GODZone Adventure Race – Chapter 1: Milford to Queenstown (2012)
· 1st Men Overall, 2011 Australian Rogaine Champs (Tasmania)
· 1st U23 team NZ National Rogaine, 2012
· 2nd Jr mixed team in the World Rogaine Champs, 2010
· Has summited Mt Cook and numerous other peaks unguided