All Eyes now on Tasmania for the Adventure Racing World Championships 2011

The 2010 Adventure Racing World Championships (ARWC) is complete and the baton has passed to Australia, and Tasmania in particular, where the world championships will be hosted in 2011.

The race is scheduled from 31 October to 11th November 2011. 70 teams of four athletes from around the world will race day and night over a 700km course in the disciplines of trekking, kayaking, mountain biking and roping, vying for a share of $75,000 in prize money . Race Director Craig Bycroft said “the course will be very traditional, epic legs in true wilderness, as much an expedition as a race”.

Entries by application open on 1st November 2010 and general entries open 1st December 2010. Spots are expected to sell out within hours.

Australia won the hosting rights for the Adventure Racing World Championships in 2011 amongst solid representations from European events. The bid by Australia’s XPD Expedition Race was successful through strong support from the Tasmanian Government.

Produced for the Adventure Racing World Championships will be a 1hr Destination/Adventure Sports Documentary to be aired locally and internationally. It will have a key focus on the athletes and the adventure landscape of Tasmania.

The Adventure Racing World Series is an international circuit of premiere adventure races in 10 countries culminating every 12 months in the Adventure Racing World Championships.