Battle Royale

What's the spread?

Big ups to CrossFit Newmarket!  They have the most entries (aside from CFNZ, but we had to make sure we had home advantage!) for Battle Royale 4.  There are 20 of their members booked to throw down on June 16th. 

Also, props to Functional Strength CrossFit - 11 entries from a fairly new gym. 

And good to see entries from brand new affiliates -  Te Rapa and East Auckland.

Thank you to out of town competitors from Mount, Far North, Hawkes Bay, Te Rapa, Mana and Canterbury for making the trip!!

It's going to be fantastic getting everyone together, 2 and 1/2 weeks to go!

We're full!!! And then some.........

Ok 150 entries in less than a week....

Think we better stop it there.....

Thanks to everyone that entered.  You will receive a confirmation email over the next day or two as we check off payments.

Keep checking back anyway between now and June 16th, as we'll be profiling participating athletes, sponsors, and maybe (just maybe) dropping a few hints about what the athletes have in store for them......

Announcing Battle Royale 4!

On Saturday June 16th, we will be celebrating our 4th birthday the only way a CrossFit gym knows how - with a CrossFit competition.......

.......  5 weeks from now, we're hosting a friendly comp, open to all levels of fitness.  We've called it Battle Royale (not that we used to love professional wrestling or anything as a child......it's real you know!!)

And because we're turning 4 years old, it's going to be 4 x as good as last year! The emphasis is on a competition suitable for anyone, and we'll have plenty of fun stuff that you haven't seen before, including new toys from Industrial Athletic.

  Entry is $25 and will get you 3 events, and a few goodies.

Categories

CAPACITY- run, row, carry, drag and move your bodyweight.  Nothing technical, nothing too heavy, just a test of your heart and will.  Perfect for beginner to intermediate CrossFitters and general fitness enthusiasts.

CHALLENGE - moderate weight Olympic lifts, low rep pullups and other bodyweight movements well suited to CrossFitters with at least 6 months CrossFit experience.

COMPETITOR - can perform the average CrossFit workout as prescribed, proficient with Olympic lifting (3/4 BW snatch, BW C+J), and you don't throw up in your mouth when you hear the words Overhead Squat, HSPU, or Double Unders........

Entry will be open to non CFNZ members from Monday 14th May.  CFNZ members get priority entry and the remaining spots will fill up very fast.

Battle Royale Results

Well done to everyone who participated on the weekend.

Here are our placegetters, and a link to the final results.

See you all next year!!

Beginner Women

1.Lorina Papalii
2.Char Taylor
3.Sam Morgan

Beginner Men

1.Jerry Papalii
2.Alex Tan
3.Graham Ussher

Intermediate Women

1.Lauren Kavenagh
2.Morgan S
3.Andrea Valova

Intermediate Men

1.Jacob Lawgun
2.John Templeton
3.Jake McMath

Rx Women

1.Pip Hale
1.Kaz Staples
3.Jo G

Rx Men

1.Fale
2.Mike Rankin
3.Luke McGruer

Battle Plan!!

Here's the Timeline for the day.  We'll do everything in our powers to keep to it, if anything we'll try to get ahead of ourselves, so that we can wrap things up early and party......... but please don't hate if we fall behind slightly....we predict 1 or 2 hiccups with category changes, late entries, and equipment issues.
8AM            Register
8:15 AM    Judges Brief
8:30 AM    Brief
9:00AM     WOD 1 Heat 1
9:05 AM    Heat 2
9:10 AM    Heat 3
9:15 AM    Heat 4
9:20 AM    Heat 5
9:25 AM    Heat 6
9:30 AM    Heat 7
9:35 AM    Heat 8
9:40 AM    Heat 9
9:55 AM    WOD 1 ENDS
10:15AM - WOD 2 BEGINS
11:00 AM    WOD 2 ENDS
    BREAK
11:30AM    WOD 3 -  Heat 1
11:40 AM    Heat 2
11:50 AM    Heat 3
12:00 PM    Heat 4
12:10 PM    Heat 5
12:20 PM    Heat 6
12:30 PM    Heat 7
12:40 PM    Heat 8
12:50 PM    Heat 9
12:55 PM    WOD 3 ENDS
1:15 PM    KIDS EVENT
1:45 PM    WOD 4 BEGINS
2:30 PM    WOD 4 ENDS
    BBQ + PRIZEGIVING

Housekeeping!

Everyone at CFNZ is totally psyched to be hosting New Zealand's BIGGEST ever CrossFit competition tomorrow! Thanks to you all for entering and supporting our 3rd Birthday. It is going to be a fun and exciting day :-)

A few things to note before tomorrow. Following these guidelines will help us make the day run smoother, which means you the athletes are kept happy :-)

- Parking: Stick to the main carpark as you come in to the driveway, or even the driveway. Behind the gym is ok but please stay away from directly outside the gym and alongside it as that is our running course. Please let your family and friends know this as well. 

- Registering and Briefing: Please aim to get there as early as possible (around 8am), we have 120 of you to register before we brief you at 8:30am. We know the feeling when you arrive, all you want to do is shoot the sh*@ with your buddies and get rid of some of those nerves...try ignore this and register first :-)

- Judging and Volunteering: This is a community event, we don't have professional judges on board, so we might be asking you all to help out and judge. If we do, smile and say 'of course, I would love to' :-) We appreciate all the help we can get.

- Bags and Loitering: You are free to chill upstairs around the couches and downstairs under the mezzanine. However, your bags need to be put in the many shelves we have. Lets try keep that area free for stretching and warming up as much as we can.

- Supporters: Everyone is welcome to come support, if you have kids or animals, please make sure they are secure (kids) and on a leash (dogs) and don't get in the way of the athletes in any way. Supporters will be able to stand up on the top floor at the back of the gym and depending on the workout possibly on the ground floor. Please stay away from the far mezzanine by the pullup bars, it isn't quite as sturdy as it looks and we wouldn't want anyone to hurt themselves leaning over the railing.

Now that all the boring, ranty stuff is over, lets all have some fun and support our CrossFit Community tomorrow!

See you all there

Taz, Darren and the team at CFNZ

First Heat!

Please check and double check to see if your name is down.  If not, get in touch yesterday!!  tamaryn@crossfitnz.co.nz

Remember we need you all there before 830am, when we'll have the briefing , then heats will be going out the door rapid fire, so don't be late!  We'll possibly need some help with judging too, so if you're competing, you're here for the duration ok? :)  Don't worry, we have coffee.........

Heat One

Carl G

Dan F

Luke McGruer

Fale

Mike Rankin

Josh Coburn

Alex McRobie

Paul Davies

Mark W

Dan Rankin

Matt Horgan

Ryan W

Nick collins

Duncan

DC

Tim H

Heat Two

Dave Astley

Anton

Mike McMillan

Bo Paki

Jan Zabawski

Sam V

Ben Richards

Ben Mayne

Jarred Mathews

Wykie

Pip

Jo G

Kaz

Emma Collins

Julie Caradec

Heat Three

Rob G

Josh Trotter

Wes Verhoff

Shaun Norton

Craig Leonard

Vince Yu

Tate M

Jason Sawyer

Neil Bennet

Lauren Kavenagh

Dawn

Raerae

Hala

Ekatarina

Heat Four

Chris S

Jimmy S

Matt Peat

Dan Scott

Nic Claasen

Ben W

Sene

Atalay

Lana J

Morgan S

Eilis

Char Taylor

Karamia

Nikki

Ruth S

Heat Five

Ants Carson

Nick Parker

Shayne S

Dave Gatman

Ammar

Chris A

Jacob Lawgun

Jono Lynch

Sue Steinhauer

Suella Norton

Ange Rolston

Cara Coburn

Emma Gatman

Carolina

Sarah Huband

Heat Six

Tali P

Mark Coppleston

Robbie Tan

Justin Bradley

Tim Lichtenstein

Sonny Lowe

Stewart McRobie

Peter Herdson

Andrea Valova

Jo Cook

Lisa Prince

Nicole Phillip

Angela Chitty

Miki H

Heat Seven

David Malcolm

Jon Merwood

John Templeton

Guy Harkness

Alan Sutcliffe

Oliver Hill

Rob Sutton

Steven Dromgool

Craig Bailey

Emz D

Rosy

Fran H

Ness Lawgun

Ingrid Herdson

Heat Eight

Alex Tan

Hamish Kyle

Jerry Papalii

Kaz Kennedy

V

Louise K

Jess R

Tanya

Nicole Price

Rach Clark

Heat Nine

Angie Duder

Kelly Munro

Amy Green

Kristy Taylor

Sam Morgan

Holly P

Jane Robson

Kate Jenkins

Lorina Papalii

Jess T

Kate Thompson

Athlete Profile - Jo Gleeson

Previous sport/activities consisted of triathlons, general gym work, water ski racing.  I had been training for my first 1/2 Ironman when I broke my toe 4 weeks out from the event which totally gutted me.  All that training and nothing to show for it and so I totally felt sorry for myself and lost my mojo when a friend told me about Crossfit. ""You'd love it Jo"" and she was right.  I was one of the first members at CFNZ, so I guess if will be coming up 3 years of CrossFit!

My favourite workout would contain kettle bells swings, GHD/sit ups, push jerks, kettle bell snatches, chest to bar pull ups (maybe)  hehe.
Highlight was competing in the Australasian Regionals 2011 (in the Team - awesome fun.)
Words used to describe me are friendly, chatty, cheeky.......

The music that gets me fired up?  A bit of everything really - Killers, GreenDay, Black eyed Peas, JLo, Britney and even a bit of Trance.
My last treat meal was chips and dip - watching a DVD with my kids.
Goals for the year- BELIEVE IN MYSELF !!! and getting ring dips nailed, getting more handstand pushups, muscle ups, getting better PB's for my lifts, STOP TALKING MYSELF OUT OF THINGS!!!

The Workouts - updated Tuesday June 21

These are the workouts for the CFNZ Battle Royale 2011.  We have made every effort to make workouts as inclusive as possible for as many people as possible, to allow those who are participating in their very first CrossFit comp, to complete the events, while still providing a challenge for more experienced and skilled competitors.  But if you feel you need to change categories, please get in touch asap with tamaryn@crossfitnz.co.nz

Workout Three

So due to a flood of late entries (we didn't want to turn anyone away from a fun day, but jeez people, the close date was on the website!!), we've re-jigged things a bit.

Workout Three is below, AND for the top 7 competitors in male and female rx'd they will get a bonus Battle Royale workout (details on the day):

Rx'd

5 Over Head Squats 50/35kg
10 KB Snatches 24/16kg (10 reps total, split between hands anyhow)
AMRAP in 5 mins

Intermediate

5 OH Squat 40/30kg
10 KB Swings 24/16kg
AMRAP in 5 mins

Beginner

5 OH Squat 30/20kg
10 KB Swings 16/12kg
AMRAP in 5 mins

 

Workout One

Rx Division

1000m run

50 Pullups

40 Overhead Walking Lunges 20/10kg

30 Hand release Burpees

20 Zercher squats 20/10kg

10 Handstand Pushups (kipping allowed)

Intermediate Division

800m run

20 Pullups

20 OH Walking Lunges 20/10kg

20 Hand release Burpees

20 Zercher Squats 20/10kg

20 Pushups

Beginner Category

600m run

20 Jumping Pullups

20 OH Walking Lunges 10/5kg

20 Hand Release Burpees

20 Zercher Squats 10/5kg

20 Kneeling Pushups

Workout Two

Rx -Snatch Ladder (Power Snatch allowed)

Intermediate - Clean and Jerk Ladder (Power Clean allowed)

Beginner - Power Clean Ladder

Men: 40,45,50,55,60,65,70,75,80,85,90,95
Women: 30,35,40,45,50,55,60,65

- 1 rep every 30 seconds until failure.  You then have 2 mins to perform a bonus challenge.  Ties will be broken with head to head max reps.

Athlete Profile - Jo Cook

I discovered CrossFit after watching Taz on TV a couple of years ago, I was so impressed! I have been in and out of gyms my whole life, beginning as a gymnast and as a I grew older I played a lot of netball.

Most recently before CrossFit I did boxing. I have always lifted weights but hated machine weights and standard programmes with a passion! I started CrossFit about 2 years ago but only in the last 5 months have become a fully fledged member and am loving it.

My dream workout would include running, box jumps, rope climbs and kettle bells. One word that would describe me would be organised - boring I know........:)

Anything by ACDC gets me pumped for a workout, and my last cheat meal would be my engagement party chocolate cake, ooh and I had a cupcake too :) My goal for 2011 is to increase my confidence and technique under the barbell, the snatch will not be my nemesis!