Team 5seven0 Introduction

Who we are…

       Anna Gutter

¨       Date of Birth: 05 October 1978

¨       Profession: UOFS BA MBW & HOD;

o        Sport Development Manager & Teacher

¨       Anna represented the Free State in Netball; Lifesaving; Biathlon; Swimming and Triathlon at several National competitions – her focused shifted to more endurance events after being introduced to Adventure Racing.

¨       She has moved recently from BFN to Cape Town to organize the 2008 World Rope Skipping Championships that will be hosted by Cape Town.

¨       Achievements: Comrades finisher; Ironman finisher; Swazi Extreme; Baby Bull & Eden.

  Sean Gary Hutchinson

¨       Date of Birth: 09 September 1982

¨       Profession: UCT Quantity Surveying Honours Graduate

o         Quantity Surveyor

¨       If you do not find Sean out in the ocean paddling his trusty “Racing Rasta” surfski, you will find him demolishing the Cape Town mountain bike and running trails at all hours of the day. (If by chance you look towards Constantiaberg on a clear midweek night and see lights flashing, chances are that these are the from the headlights worn by Sean or fellow team mate Quintin as they make the most of the mountain for training.)

¨       Sean prefers the longer distances in most sports and is currently training hard towards his goals of completing a multitude of Ultra-distance Races in 2008.

¨       Other Sports: Surfing, Rugby, 6-Down Touch Rugby, Swimming

Ryan Nicholas Sandes

¨    Date of birth: 10 March 1982

¨       Profession: UCT Quantity Surveying Honours Graduate

o        Quantity Surveyor

¨    Ryan has been an active sportsman from his early days. He played water polo and rugby at school level, and in 2000, he toured Australia and New Zealand with the SACS 1^st team. After giving up rugby, he concentrated on running and in July 2006, Ryan ran   his first full marathon, the Knysna Marathon, and has not stopped since then. His preference is trail running and has participated in a number of the trail runs in Cape Town.

¨  Ryan is currently in training for the 250km self supporting foot race across the Gobi Desert which takes place in June 2008.

¨  Other Sports: Surfing, Rugby, Soccer, Swimming, Surf Ski

Quintin Steven Smith

¨  Date of Birth: 20 March 1984

¨  Profession: UCT Business Science Marketing Honours

o        Event and race management in the adventure sport industry.

¨  Quintin has represented KZN at provincial level rock-climbing, athletics and rugby at school level. Since leaving school his passion for adventure sports grew and you will now find him chasing Sean on the mountains around Cape Town.

¨  Quintin has been participating in Adventure Races since 2001, and is a committee member of the Western Province Adventure Sport Society for 2007.

¨  Other Sports: Rugby, athletics, rock climbing, surf skiing and water skiing.

Mike William Titley

¨       Date of Birth: 09 February 1984

¨       Profession: UCT Business Science Finance (non-CA) graduate

o        Financial Asset Consultant (19/11/2007 - )

¨       Mike has always participated in a wide variety of sports and enjoys both the competitive element as well as the social enjoyment that they bring to his life. His main talent lies in running, which he competes in at a high level in the Western Cape. He is a group leader in Celtic Harriers Running Club. Personal bests include: 1 mile – 4:51(2007); 5km 17:21(K4K relay-  2006); 10km – 35:48(UWC, 2007; 15km – 55:26(Constantia 15km, 2007) & 21.1km 79:11 (Knysna, 2007)

¨       He has been participating in adventure racing for 18 months and has taken strongly to the other disciplines. Having been a strong swimmer all through school, and a mountain enthusiast with limited restraint on downhill’s, both cycling and kloofing are a thrill. He tends to focus on shorter distance courses, as this compliments his running best.

¨       When not chained to a desk you will find him storming the streets, up in the mountains, in the pool, squash court or gym. Adventure racing is a new found passion which has replaced those school and varsity sports that separate the multitude of sporting passions that he loves.

¨       Other Sports: Water polo; Cycling; Squash; Swimming

What we do…

Being young, competitive and outgoing, we try to compete in as many events as time and budget constraints allow, on average taking part in at least one event every 2 weeks. We compete hard at any event we take part in and place well in most of the events we do.  Below is a list of major events we have competed in the last 18 months, as well as mentionable positions

¨       Quantum Adventures Jolly Jester 2007 4^th

¨       The Crazy Store Table Mountain Challenge 2007 4^th (Open Male), 4^th (Mixed 1 Team)

¨       West Coast Marathon 2006  10^th (3hours 31seconds)

¨       Ironman South Africa

¨       Eden Challenge 2006 (5^th Long Course)

¨       Eden Challenge 2007 1^st (Short Course), 4th (Long Course)

¨       Hout Bay Trail Challenge 2007 3rd

¨       Cape Fires Trail Challenge 2007 5th

¨       Hout Bay Triple Trouble 2007 1^st & 2^nd (Open Team) ( Both breaking previous record)

¨       Quantum Adventures QUAC 3 2007 -  3^rd (Open Male Team)

¨       Quantum Adventures Sprint & QUAC Series’

¨       Knysna Forest Full and Half Marathon 2007 (half 32^nd) (full 105^th )

¨       Knysna Mountain Bike Marathon 2007

¨       Two Oceans Half Marathon (127^th)

¨       Clanwilliam Triathlon 2007 9^th (Open male team )(1^st 2 man team)

¨       Clanwilliam Duathlon 2007 12^th (Solo male)

¨       Xterra SA Champs 2007 15^th (Open Male Team)

¨       Outsurance Gun Run (61^st)

¨       Lourensford Mountain Bike Marathon 2007

¨       Cape Argus Mountain Bike Marathon 2007

¨       Cape Argus Cycle Tour 2007

¨       Voet of Africa Marathon 2007

¨       Peninsula Half Marathon 2007(15^th)

¨       Durbanville Dirty Duathlon (16^th)

¨       WPASS March Madness Adventure Race (7^th)

¨       Cederberg Challenge Adventure Race 2006 (4^th)

¨       Cederberg Challenge Trail Run (2^nd Open male)

¨       Isostar 15km Tokai Challenge (10^th)