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Spirits high with battle to finish at 1st TEVA Kayak n Run of season

Hong Kong–June 15, 2014–The raising of the T1 signal brought ideal conditions to race 1 of the Teva kayak n run series with cooler conditions at the sold out race with the family and adult categories both full at the popular adventure orienteering race at Nim Shue Wan, Lantau Island.

Adrien Choux and Jerome Laboulais came off the mountain run leading into the final 3km ocean leg with (Team Ultim8 Adventure Lafuma) with Jens Floor and Martin Doekes (Jens & Martin) seconds behind. But after 3km that changed with last years 2nd place team Crazy Gwai-Lo's of father and son Anthony Somerset and Hugh Somerset having a great kayak leg pushing Jens and Martin to the sand finish finishing just seconds behind Jens & Martin.

Champs – Jens & Martin – “We had teamed up last minute and got into a good rythem in the kayak, but managed to get lost in the running I always do. I sent Martin the wrong way, then we managed to catch the other teams on the run and tried to hold them on the kayak as they were pushing us. It was a good race. Fantastic,” said Floor of team Jens & Floor the overall champions finishing in 1 hour 27 minutes 50 seconds. His teammate Martin said “yeh it was great to race with Jen as he’s always a fantastic kayaker as I was just paddling whenever and he was steering and paddling to stay ahead. The navigation was slightly off but we made it out and had a great downhill passing by everyone and back to the beach first. Very good race and really enjoyed it” said Doekes of Team Jens & Martin.
 
It was a battle to the finish for the father and son Somerset’s as they were an inspiration to many seeing a family team do so well in the Adult race.
“We did really well on the kayak today, in and out. I was shouting at my dad the whole time as we were both really focusing on staying the same. Running was a bit weaker but the weather was nice so it was good” said 14 year old Hugh Somerset who with his father grabbed 2nd overall in 1 hour 27 minutes 53 seconds.
“It was a great race, really enjoyable one. Loved the format and loved the course. We managed to get 2nd and this time we were right behind the winners. Fantastic spirit and thanks a lot to everyone for making it a great day as many people enjoyed it” said Antony Somerset who teamed up with his son Hugh on the 2nd overall team.

Third across the line was Adrien Choux and Jerome Laboulais from Team Ultim8 Adventure Lafuma. “It was a tough race as the kayak was hard for us. So we arrived 5th or 6th after the first kayak leg, but made up and closed the gap on the mountain run and ended up back first at the beach and managed to finish 3rd so not to bad overall said Laboulais. His partner Adrien said “the weather was good, we could push quite hard on the climb, we got caught up on the kayak as tough as we pushed hard but the technique is not there yet so a couple teams took us, but quite happy with 3rd overall and definitely back next time” said Choux who finished 3rd with Laboulais in 1 hour 30 minutes 36 seconds.

Next across the finish line on the beach was last year’s Lantau TEVA winners with Romain Riche and Jinhwa Kim (HK Trail Runners) finishing in 1 hour 31 minutes 48 seconds with Jeremy Borne and Romain Rohee (Invader) finishing 5th overall in 1 hour 32 minutes 29 seconds.

Race 1 of the 6th annual TEVA Kayak n Run series at Discovery Bay had a full entry list with 60 adult teams and 60 family teams with the adult race covering a 3km ocean kayak, 5km trail mountain running loop above Man Kok Tsui and 3km ocean kayak back to Nim Shue Wan, while the families had a 1.5km ocean kayak and 3km beach run at Nim Shue Wan.

Race 2 of the Teva Kayak n Run series with still has room for family teams at Deep Water Bay July 5.

The event could not 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 1 out of 2 races)
Venue :  Discovery Bay (Nim Shue Wan), Hong Kong
Time：Starting at 8 am, June 15, 2014
Info： www.actionasiaevents.com

TEVA Kayak n Run Series 2014
Race 1 – June 15 – Discovery Bay
Family Short Race (1.4 km kayak & 3 km run)
Adult Race (3 km kayak & 5 km trail run & 3 km kayak)

Race 2 – July 5 – Deep Water Bay
Family Short Race (1.4 km kayak & 3 km run)
Adult Race (4 km ocean kayak & 5 km trail run)

   
Overall top 5 – TEVA Kayak n Run – Nim Shue Wan, HK – Jun 15, 2014

Rank -Team Members - Category - Team Name - Time
1st – Jens FLOOR * Martin DOEKES (Jens & Martin) - Mens - comb age 60+ - - 01:27:50
2nd - Anthony SOMERSET / Hugh SOMERSET - Crazy Gwai-Lo's - Mens comb age 60+ - 01:27:53
3rd – Adrien CHOUX & Jerome LABOULAIS – Team Ultim8 Adventure – Mens comb age 60+ - 1:30:36
4th  - Romain RICHE &  Jinhwa KIM - Kong Trail Runners - Mixed Combined Age 36 -  1:31:48
5th - Jeremy BORNE & Romain ROHEE – Team Invader - Men's Combined Age 60+ - 1:32:29


Click Results on toolbar day after race. Photos coming soon above in Gallery.

Mens comb age 36+ (Top 3)                            
Rank    Race #    Team Members                Team/Sponsor/Charity Name        Nationality        Time
1st    1    Daniel ISHIGAMI / Albert PORTA        Ishigami Porta                German / Spain        01:38:07
2nd    5    Robin SIPS / Pieterjan VAN BUGGENHOUT    Team Belgium                Belgium        01:46:32
3rd    4    Tatsuya SASAKI / Yuhei SASAKI        Tatsuya SASAKI & Yuhei SASAKI    Japan            02:08:20

            
Mens comb age 60+ (Top 3)                            
Rank    Race #    Team Members                Team/Sponsor/Charity Name        Nationality        Time
1st    14    Martin DOEKES / Jens FLOOR            Jens and Martin                Germany / Norway    1:27:50
2nd    9    Hugh SOMERSET / Anthony SOMERSET    Crazy Gwei Los                United Kingdom        1:27:53
3rd    21    Adrien CHOUX / Jerome LABOULAIS        Team Ultim8 Adventure LAFUMA        France            1:30:36

Mens comb age 80+ (Top 3)                            
Rank    Race #    Team Members                Team/Sponsor/Charity Name        Nationality        Time
1st    27    Davy NG / Ken WU                Toni & Guy                China            1:39:45
2nd    26    W K CHAN / James LEE            Team Garlic                China            1:40:17
3rd    25    Steve POWER / Steven WILLIAMSON        Steve Power & Steven Williamson    United Kingdom        1:43:40
         
Mixed comb age 36+ (Top 3)                        
Rank    Race #    Team Members                Team/Sponsor/Charity Name    Nationality        Time
1st    33    Romain RICHE / Jinhwa KIM            Hong Kong Trail Runners    France / Korea        1:31:48
2nd    30     Jacky LEUNG / Davinia NG            Crack U up            China / Australia    1:43:45
3rd    42     Juliette EAV / Maxence GUIHEUX        The Warriors            France            2:01:50

Mixed comb age 70+ (Top 3)                        
Rank    Race #    Team Members                Team/Sponsor/Charity Name    Nationality            Time
1st    48     Philippe GUILLO / Claire PRICE            Salomon HK            France / United Kingdom     1:32:40
2nd    45     Sabrina DUMONT / Clement DUMONT        Asia Trail Magazine        France                1:39:48
3rd    47     Martyn SAWYER / Bruce Nicola            Norfolk and Chance        United Kingdom            1:42:20

Womens Team (Top 3)                        
Rank    Race #    Team Members                Team/Sponsor/Charity Name    Nationality            Time
1st    59    Riitta HANNINEN / Olya KORZH        Salomon HK            Finland / Russian Federation    1:34:50
2nd     58    Lai Po LAM / Lai Han Dennex LUI        LL                China                1:46:40
3rd     56    Grace COOKE / Marichu OPSIMA        Hot Mommas             Philippines            1:50:10