ARWC PORTUGAL 2009 IS SOLD OUT

Here is a news item posted overnight. Team Blackheart was the first team to qualify after winning the 2008 XPD Australia qualifier.

ARWC PORTUGAL 2009 IS SOLD OUT
By Alexandre Guedes da Silva

With the entry of Kiwi Team Nga Rakau, 4th place in XPD Australia 2008, the 60 regular places for this year World Championship are taken.

For the moment the organization is opening a wait list and debating whether or not to extend the entries to more 10 or 15 teams, nevertheless the decision will always account for the negative impacts for both the ecosystems of Natural Parks and the safety of the racers.

Other important aspects that will shape the final entry list are linked to the qualification criteria (http://www.arwcportugal2009.com/en/teams.php) and to the results of the remaining Adventure Racing World Series Qualifiers, with Raid In France just beginning in the French Alps and "Riviera".

To every TEAM and single racers still interested in participate in this year World Champs the organizers invite them to keep registering in the Wait List and/or in the Volunteers Program.

In the 20 years anniversary of Raid Gauloise 1989 in New Zeland, the first recognized International Adventure Race and for many the birth moment of our sport, we are planning a big celebration of the 20 years of Adventure Racing during the 4th Edition of Estoril Portugal XPD International AR Conference. Of course everybody is invited to join us in person or by the Internet trough XPD TV and the ARWC Portugal 2009 Web Site (www.arwc2009.com).

Cheers from sunny Estoril,
ARWC Portugal 2009 Director