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On May 1st, 3 local Huntsville teams competed successfully in the Frontier Adventure Challenge at Deerhurst resort against a strong field of 87 teams from across Ontario and as far as NYC.

Six Feet Under: Mike Varieur, Steve Varieur and Rob Horton – ranked 7th in mens, 9th overall with a time of 4hrs 56 min.
Muskoka Bicycle Pro Shop: Fred van den Bulk, Sea Austin and Paul Jorgensen – ranked 8th in mens, 15th overall with a time of 5hrs 39min.
Second Wind: Louise Choquette, Barb Hesk and Monique Charlton – ranked 12th in womens, 63rd overall with a time of 6hrs 20min.

The race route had these teams paddling from Deerhurst across Fairy Lake in the pouring rain, through downtown Huntsville to Avery Beach. From there, they took mountain bikes up the steep Yonge Street hill, past the Rock Ridge Tubing Park and out the Yonge Street trail to Chubb Lake Road then out to a series of quad/snowmobile trails south of Otter lake. They then, dropped their mountain bikes at checkpoint 4 at the intersection of several snowmobile trails, and proceeded on foot to 3 trekking checkpoints in and around various beaver ponds. From here, they got back on the bikes and returned to Deerhurst along East Browns Road. All three teams chose to complete the advanced course which involved finding two checkpoints on the hill north of the Deerhurst pavilion.

Congratulations to all teams, particularly Muskoka Bicycle Pro Shop and Second Wind as this was their first race!

Photos of the Frontier Adventure Challenge.

On Sunday, May 2nd, many teams from Huntsville competed in the High School Adventure Challenge. While the official results haven’t been posted, unofficially, the Hoya Girls team comprised of Holly Jones, Robyn Klinkman and Sarah Johnstone placed 1st in their category! Congratulations girls!

Photos of the Highschool Adventure Challenge.

Thanks to all volunteers and to local athletes who participated in this great annual race.