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Local gym hosts fun charity competition
MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
2 November 2012
Local gym
hosts fun charity competition to raise funds for Waipuna
Hospice
Local businesses and individuals are encouraged to take part in a fun charity fitness competition to be held next Saturday (10 November) which will see funds from the entry fee go entirely to Waipuna Hospice.
The event which is being organised by CrossFit Fortus Tauaranga hopes to attract teams and people from the local community, CrossFit co-owner Kirsten Tulloch says the charity event is all about having fun and taking part in good-spirited competition while raising funds for a worthy local cause.
A crossfit style event will take place from 10.00am until 12.00pm for teams of three members, there will be a variety of random activities which will include tyres and chains - the details of the actual activities are being kept a secret.
Kirsten says "For the team event, it can be made of of male, female or be mixed, we hope to get 20 teams with 3 members in each team."
For those into weight lifting, an individual bench press competition will be held at 1.30pm with the award going to the winner who can bench press their weight as often as they can. Kirsten says the press bench activity consists of short reps with heavy weights which will be challenging.
The winner of the crossfit style teams event will take out this year's'Tauranga's Toughest Business Challenge Award', which Kirsten says will be a shield that will be up for grabs again next year, as CrossFit Fortus Tauranag plans to make this charity event an annual one. The prizes for the winners of the team crossfit and the individual bench press event will receive one months free training membership at the gym which is located at Birch Avenue in Judea.
Entry fee per team is $50 and $5
for those participating in the individual benchpress event.
Kirsten hopes to get 20 teams for the crossfit event and as
many individuals to participate in the bench pressing event
as the aim is to raise over $1,000 for Waipuna Hospice.
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