Motu Challenge - Opotiki's Motu Challenge, One of New Zealand's Premier Multisport races, is a Road Cycling, Mountain Biking, Kayaking, Running and Endurance Adventure Race Motu Challenge - Opotiki's Motu Challenge, One of New Zealand's Premier Multisport races, is a Road Cycling, Mountain Biking, Kayaking, Running and Endurance Adventure Race

Sat 13 October 2012

Record stage times held for the Bay Trust Opotiki Motu Challenge
(1996-2008)

 

Category

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4*

S
T
A
G
E

R
E
C
O
R

D
S

Fastest Individual
(Male)

2:12:36
Richard Ussher

2007

1:06:57
Stuart Lynch
2006

1:21:52
Neil Gellatly
2002

2:02:18
Richard Ussher
2009

Fastest Individual
(Female)

1:30:13
Elina Ussher
2007

1:20:51
Jill Westenra
1999

1:36:19
Amanda Peake
2006

2:14:08
Elina Ussher
2009

Fastest Team Member
(Male)

2:11:06
Eric Drower
2007

1:00:30
Aaron Strong
1997

1:09:00
Clinton Avery
2006

1:53:30
Gordon Walker
2009

Fastest team Member
(Female)

2:36:08
Alice King
2007

1:08:46
Tracy Clissold
1996

1:22:44
Marina Fowell
2003

2:17:25
Hannah Lowe
2009

* = Note Stage 4 course changed in 1996. Times before then are not included in information sheet.
Waioeka River flow rate (cumecs = cubic metres per second) - 1994=70cumecs / 1995=57cumecs / 1996=14
cumecs / 1997=12cumecs / 1998=18cumecs / 1999=11.6cumecs / 2000=10.8cumecs / 2001=55cumecs (2.253m) / 2002=14cumecs (1.653m) / 2003=34.2cumecs (2.030m) / 2004=(1.8000m) 2005=(1.7750m) / 2006=(1.5010m ) / 2007 (1.810m) / 2008 (1.640m) / 2009 (2.220m)

 

Best over-all total times

 

Category

Name

Time

Year

I

Fastest Individual Male

Richard Ussher

7:11:52

2008

Fastest Individual Female

Elina Ussher

8:04:09

2009

Fastest Team

Spoke Cycles/Century 21

6:36:24

2001