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ATS outrigger team maintains supremacy
- Monday 16 November
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THE ATS outrigger team maintained their supremacy winning the Fiji Outrigger Waitui Business House finals at the Suva foreshore yesterday.
The team was superior throughout the competition maintaining their lead to the finals.
Fiji Outrigger official Sheena Hughes said they were the favourites from the start.
"They also won the Wailoaloa Beach business house race," she said.
ATS also recorded the fastest time in the race with a time of 1 minute.07.97.
Also the PBS provided a stiff competition to the winners but couldn't match them towards the end. About 24 teams participated in the event.
Sheena said it event was its last for the business house competition in this year as they concentrate for the Uprising Challenge which is a beginning for regular club in the local competition.
Sheena said the Uprising Challenge is a 47 kilometres Changeover race from the Suva foreshore to Uprising Beach Resort at Deuba.
The Changeover is according to the race rule allowing three changes for the team members to be replaced along the route.
"This is its second year for this race and we're planning to make it an annual event."
Clubs have been in training for the expected race over the last two months.
(The Fiji Times, 12/11/09)
The team was superior throughout the competition maintaining their lead to the finals.
Fiji Outrigger official Sheena Hughes said they were the favourites from the start.
"They also won the Wailoaloa Beach business house race," she said.
ATS also recorded the fastest time in the race with a time of 1 minute.07.97.
Also the PBS provided a stiff competition to the winners but couldn't match them towards the end. About 24 teams participated in the event.
Sheena said it event was its last for the business house competition in this year as they concentrate for the Uprising Challenge which is a beginning for regular club in the local competition.
Sheena said the Uprising Challenge is a 47 kilometres Changeover race from the Suva foreshore to Uprising Beach Resort at Deuba.
The Changeover is according to the race rule allowing three changes for the team members to be replaced along the route.
"This is its second year for this race and we're planning to make it an annual event."
Clubs have been in training for the expected race over the last two months.
(The Fiji Times, 12/11/09)