2016 Aces High
June 25th, 2016
The “Aces High” is back.
When: October Long Weekend – Sat the 1st and Sun the 2nd. Monday 3rd is a Public Holiday.
What is Aces High: The “Aces High” is an elite competition for Australia’s best and up and coming CrossFitters and a social weekend for the CrossFit Community as a whole. The weekend is about embracing our wonderful CrossFit Community – having fun, meeting new people, very social, great food, wine and coffee. Most importantly – expressing that thing called “Fitness”.
How many teams: 40 teams of 4 Athletes (MMFF) is available in the first year! Super Teams and Affiliate Teams are welcome. As a guide your Athletes need to be in the top 500 Male or Females in the 2015 or 2016 Open, or a past or present Regionals, Masters or Games Athlete. Cost is $200 a team – $50 each.
There will be “No” scaling options in the workouts.
Registrations: Open at 12pm on the 30th of June 2016.
Competition: Three WODs on Saturday and then 3 WODs on Sunday. Workouts are based on team versions of the Benchmark WODs and released two weeks before the event (No surprises).
Prize Packs will be given to the winners on the day. Progenex Aust will be there. More sponsors are to be announced soon.
Times: WODs start at 10am and Finish by 4pm each day. Monday is a Public Holiday to recover and get home.
Sunday After Party: Cost will be $120 a head that will be held at http://www.philipshaw.com.au/cellardoor. Presentation dinner / party on Sunday night will be a long table of 100 to 200 people with awesome locally grown food and wine at The Phillip Shaw Cellar Door.
Social: Orange is fast becoming renowned as one of Australia’s best food and wine destinations. There are heaps of trendy Cafe’s for breakfast. Great local food and coffee will be at the competition during the day for Athletes and spectators alike. Awesome restaurants and pubs for dinner. https://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Restaurants-g255326- Orange_New_South_Wales.html
Food and Coffee: We will be running a local Farmers Markets in the car park on Saturday and Sunday.
Sponsors stalls and merchandise: HomeFront CrossFit is in a 1600m warehouse and there will be markets style tents set up for you inside the building for you to use.
How to get to Orange: Orange NSW 2800.
Drive:
- Orange is 3.5 hours scenic drive west of Sydney.
- Orange is 3.5 hours drive north of Canberra.
- Orange is 8.5 Hours drive north of Melbourne.
Fly:
- REX fly’s from Sydney to Orange daily.http://www.rex.com.au/Schedules/default.aspx
- Melbourne and Brisbane can fly directly to Canberra and rent a car. https://www.canberraairport.com.au
- Melbourne and Brisbane can fly directly Dubbo on http://www.jetgo.com (very cheap) and we will pick organize you to be picked up on Friday afternoon and then drop you back on Monday.
Accommodation: http://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/country-nsw/orange- area/orange/accommodation
Registrations: Open at 12pm on the 30th of June 2016. For any questions on participation, sponsorship, and ideas on accommodation please email Angus.
All the Best
Angus (Gus) Baldwin
HomeFront CrossFit
Orange, NSW 2800
Ph: 0430484933
Email: angus@homefrontcrossfit.com
Website: http://www.homefrontcrossfit.com
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