Harcourts Joins ANZA for Halberg’s 50th Celebrations

Harcourts Joins ANZA Challenge to Fundraise for Halberg’s 50th Celebrations

The Halberg Disability Sport Foundation is proud to announce that Harcourts New Zealand has come on board as a major sponsor of the inaugural ANZA Challenge.
The ANZA Challenge is a trans-Tasman charity event in which two teams of sporting greats and celebrities representing New Zealand and Australia race a gruelling 1300km around New Zealand from 15-20 October, 2013.
Funds raised from the ANZA Challenge go to support the work of the Halberg Disability Sport Foundation which is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year.
Harcourts is sponsoring the ANZA Challenge ‘Harcourts New Zealand team’, a group of Olympic, Commonwealth and World Champion athletes, sporting and media personalities who will run, row, cycle and sail their way around New Zealand over five days.

The Harcourts New Zealand team members announced so far are:
• Marc Ellis – Former All Black and Kiwis Rugby League international, television and radio host and businessman
• Nathan Cohen – Olympic Gold medallist rower
• Gemma Flynn – Black Sticks hockey player with 122 caps for New Zealand, Commonwealth Games silver medallist and double Olympian
• Alison Shanks – Current Commonwealth and World Champion cyclist and former representative netballer with the Otago Rebels
• James McOnie – Television presenter and journalist

As New Zealand’s largest real estate group, Harcourts is an iconic organisation, much like the Halberg Disability Foundation. Both groups were also founded in Wellington, where the ANZA Challenge will begin.

Harcourts New Zealand Chief Executive Officer Hayden Duncan says they are thrilled to be supporting such a worthwhile charity.
“It’s particularly special as Harcourts, like Halberg, is also celebrating a birthday this year. We are turning 125 and sponsoring the event is a part of our birthday celebrations. “

Geoff Burgess, Chief Executive of the Halberg Disability Sport Foundation, says the ANZA Challenge is thrilled to have this new partnership. “Thanks to support from Harcourts, and the family of event sponsors, every dollar raised from ANZA Challenge entry fees and donations directly supports our work,” he says.
“Further funding enables us to continue to work with physically disabled young people and their families, schools and communities to ensure these young Kiwis don’t miss out on the health, wellness and social benefits that sport provides.”
The Harcourts New Zealand team of celebrities will be cheered on by school groups and the public along the race route. Completing the journey, the New Zealand and Australian public will join the final stage of the ANZA Challenge in simultaneous 5km (for school children) or 10km races in Auckland and Sydney. These races provide the opportunity for students and adults to pull on our national black jersey and represent the Harcourts New Zealand team.

To find out more and to register for the Auckland public races visit www.anzachallenge.com, email anzachallenge@halberg.co.nz.
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