On your marks

The ADF’s finest runners are gearing up to take on New Zealand’s best when they travel across the Tasman next month.

The ADF Running and Athletics Association (ADFRAA) is sending a team to New Zealand to compete in the prestigious New Zealand Road Relay Championships being contested at Nelson on Saturday October 2.

The tour will provide ADF athletes with the opportunity to compete internationally against quality runners and is aimed at further fostering the close sporting relationship that has developed with the NZDF over recent years.

The ADF contingent will consist of 21 runners and will arrive in Auckland on September 25.

As a lead up to the relay, the ADF team will race against NZDF runners in Auckland before departing for Christchurch and Nelson.

ADF runners will compete in the seven-person relay in the men’s and women’s open and men’s veteran categories covering varying distances over the 62.7 km sealed and gravel road course.

Leading ADF runners are FLTLT Richard Gardiner from Air Force, CPL Wayne Heath from Army and Navy’s SBLT Rowan Walker, who will lead the charge to compete against the best teams from all over in NZ.

For more information, contact CAPT Frank Kresse at frank.kresse1@defence.gov.au.

 

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