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Temperatures and adrenalin high TEVA Kayak n Run Deep Water Bay

Hong Kong–July 5, 2014–The temperatures we’re perfect for the family fun category starting at 7am with almost 50 teams enjoying the “event”, even though many children as young as 5 were seen yelling at their parents to run faster during the 3km beachside run after the Deep Water Bay 1.4km kayak.

The adult 8am race which sold out within a week with many teams on the waiting list was much more competitive with adults really pushing each other.

For Jens Floor and Richard Cowley it was business as usual, but not an easy win for the “Jens & Rich” team.

“A bit better in the kayak today, as normally drifting left then right in the kayak, but this time arrived 2nd at the beach and Richard my sprint guy took off ahead as had to chase the young guns (Team YEA’s) for most of the race to the top of the hill, Very hot day and hot on the climbs, so suffered and couldn’t push as hard as we took the water at the check point to cool down then went on for an extremely tough climb. In the last 200m then they had a 10 second lead at the top of Mt Nicolson then we both took separate routes as orienteering race going down and actually didn’t see them after that. Made it back to the finish just in front” said Floor from the overall team who partnered with Cowley for the win in 1 hour 36 minutes 38 seconds. Richard was in a hurry after crossing the finish line as had to run off to work, but said it was a great race.

Team Young Explorer’s Asia (YEA’s) with Oliver and Sebastian Engelhart (brothers) did one position better than last year as grabbed 3rd overall in 2013 and now 2nd this year for an impressive result for the young team of 18 year olds.

“Yes I think Seb pushed a bit too hard again today” said Oliver at the finish line who seemed to be in the same situation as he was at an earlier race at a Discovery Bay Sprint when the brothers were pushing the leading teams right to the finish as they are extremely competitive. Oliver and Sebastian chose the technical route down this time which was exposed to more sun, more technical and harder compared to the slightly longer tree covered wooden staircase route that the overall leaders and some other teams took which possibly made Seb work slightly harder as the brothers finished 2nd overall in a great time of 1 hour 37 minutes 59 seconds with the good news of Seb going home after getting a bag of iv and some food in him after spending an hour in the hospital after the race from heat stroke. We’re all happy he recovered so fast.

Team Ultim8 Adventure LAFUMA grabbed 3rd overall after some interesting team tactics.

:I love my partner as he did all the work in the kayak, as I watched the football on TV last night so wasn’t easy. Jerome was pushing me 1, 2, 1, 2….he pushed me hard on the climb up the hill…and we did well finishing 3rd overall” said Adrien Choux who teamed up with Jerome Laboulais finishing 3rd in 1 hour 39 minutes 45 seconds.

“He forgot to mention I carried his bag also as it was a love hate relationship today,, but ok as had to carry a bit of extra weight, but happy with 3rd against many top teams” said Laboulais of Team Ultim8  Adventure LAFUMA.

Finishing 4th overall was Team Al’s Diner. “Phenomenal race as really hot today, really close as top 5 boats all within 50 meters of each other after kayak, then really hot and tough run going up Mt Nicolson and coming down the French team too fast for us as we haven’t done much training, but happy we finished”. said Robby Broomhead dressed in a pirate costume with his teammate Ruaraidh Smeaton from Team Al’s Diner who should get extra bonus points for the extra temperatures on wearing such stylish hat and finishing 4th in 1 hour 41 minutes 48 seconds.

“This was our 2nd time entering the TEVA race and as they did a recce on the course we knew the route so we could go much faster on such a hot day but good weather day for racing” said Tsang Chun Kit who partnered with Angel Ng of team BBGSO who won the mixed category in 1 hour 46 minutes 4 seconds.

Women’s winning team was team Yue Yan Chau and Connie Lau who won their category in 2 hours 07 minutes 42 seconds. “I participated in this TEVA race 2 years ago and enjoyed the race today and my partner Yan Chau and I partnered really well together and loved the check point layout as the water was in a great place every time we almost ran out of water” said Connie Lau.

This was the 6th year in a row for the Deep Water Bay TEVA Kayak n Run race which was full with maximum sixty teams of two who started with a 4 km ocean kayak around Middle Island in Deep Water Bay before running and hiking to the top of 436m Mount Nicholson and finding 5 orienteering checkpoints.

Organizers might do one more race which will be announced soon.

The event could not have happened without the valuable support of Teva, Action X Store, Otterbox, Ocean Potion, Gatorade, Digital Butter, OL&N, Salonpas and the Action Asia Foundation.

Name of event：Teva Kayak n Run (Race 2 out of 2 races)
Venue : Deep Water Bay,  Hong Kong Island
Time：Starting at 7 am, July 5, 2014
Info： www.actionasiaevents.com

RESULTS - ALSO POSTED ON TOOLBAR UNDER RESULTS

Overall Top 5                
Rank    Race #    Team Members                Team/Sponsor/Charity Name    Nationality         Category              Time
1st    19    Richard COWLEY / Jens FLOOR        Jens and Rich           United Kingdom / Norway       Men's Combined Age 60+       1:36:38
2nd    6    Sebastian ENGELHART / Oliver ENGELHART     YEA's             United States            Men's Combined Age 36+     1:37:59
3rd    27    Adrien CHOUX / Jerome LABOULAIS        Team Ultim8 Adventure LAFUMA    France        Men's Combined Age 60+    1:39:45
4th    8    Robbie BROOMHEAD / Ruaraidh SMEATON     Al's Diners         United Kingdom         Men's Combined Age 60+    1:41:48
5th    30    Kurt LYNN / Rob JAMES            Gatorade Sportsworld      New Zealand / British        Men's Combined Age 80+    1:44:59


Mens comb age 36+ (Top 3)                            
Rank    Race #    Team Members                Team/Sponsor/Charity Name        Nationality        Time
1st    6    Sebastian ENGELHART / Oliver ENGELHART     YEA's                     United States        1:37:59
2nd    4    Long Ki MO / Ka Ho Lawrence WONG         Lawrence WONG Long Ki MO         Chinese        2:00:28
3rd    1    Man Ho NG / Kai Chee SIU            9lo                     Chinese        2:06:40

            
Mens comb age 60+ (Top 3)                            
Rank    Race #    Team Members                Team/Sponsor/Charity Name        Nationality        Time
1st    19    Richard COWLEY / Jens FLOOR        Jens and Rich                   United Kingdom / Norway   1:36:38
2nd    27    Adrien CHOUX / Jerome LABOULAIS        Team Ultim8 Adventure LAFUMA        France            1:39:45
3rd    8    Robbie BROOMHEAD / Ruaraidh SMEATON     Al's Diners                 United Kingdom        1:41:48

Mens comb age 80+ (Top 3)                            
Rank    Race #    Team Members                Team/Sponsor/Charity Name        Nationality        Time
1st    30    Kurt LYNN / Rob JAMES            Gatorade Sportsworld              New Zealand / British    1:44:59
2nd    34    Gump WONG / Kwok Wah WONG        Nasty                    Chinese        1:58:54
3rd    33    Eric FUNG / Vincent LEE            God Of Wind                Chinese        2:23:43
 
         
Mixed comb age 36+ (Top 3)                        
Rank    Race #    Team Members                Team/Sponsor/Charity Name    Nationality        Time
1st    36    Angel NG / Chun Kit TSANG            BBGSO                Chinese        1:46:04
2nd    46     Henry B / Frances Lai                Salomon HK            Chinese        1:52:38
3rd    39    Magdalena Cvetkovic / Chris Davis        The Warriors            Switzerland / United Kingdom    2:01:50

Mixed comb age 70+ (Top 3)                        
Rank    Race #    Team Members                Team/Sponsor/Charity Name    Nationality            Time
1st    40     Sze Ying, Jennifer / Hoi Tat Leung        Hoi Tat Leung & Jennifer Cheung    Hong Kong            2:08:49
2nd    51     Terence Tsai/ Suzanna Wong            Strugglesville            Australia            2:13:10
3rd    52     Wai Ching Chow/ Kam WAi Ho            Walkermix            China                2:32:35

Womens Team (Top 3)                        
Rank    Race #    Team Members                Team/Sponsor/Charity Name    Nationality            Time
1st    63    Yue Yan Chan / Pui Ling Connie Lau        Yue Yan Chan & Connie Lau    Hong Kong            2:07:42
2nd     60    Jacqui  Donaldson / Ame Engelhart        YEA’s                South Africa / United States    2:08:00
3rd     53    Elana Chow/ Christina Yeung            Adventure Power         Hong Kong            2:13:57