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tourismfocusTAKE YOUR A-GAMEOUTDOORSteams of five, or walking teams of three, to cover a 4.2km lap aroundthe Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium and North End Lake. Each participantis required to complete one lap of the course. The relays take place onthe first Thursday evening in June through September.• Spar Redhouse River Mile An open water swimming event for thewhole family. 2013 will celebrate the Mile’s 89th anniversary, ensuring itremains Africa’s longest-running open water swimming eventWhat participants say:The Investec Night Relay offers local business a great team buildingopportunity and fantastic networking for company employees whilstgetting fit and having fun. - Michael Zoetmulder, Zports[Participation] encourages us as a team at Kingfisher FM. This plays outin our relationships at work, with our listeners, our clients, the community!All round benefits! - Steven Lancaster, Kingfisher FMThe Investec Night Relay is the perfect team building platform for companies.It provides an opportunity to get to know your colleagues in amore social forum, simultaneously offering a friendly yet competitiveelement against our clients and industry rivals. - Justin Roberts, KPMGSports tourism holds promise as an area of growth for NelsonMandela Bay. Our city offers corporates many an opportunity totake their A-game outdoors.Hundreds of corporate individuals look forward each year to the VodacomCorporate Triathlon Challenge. This year’s event in April saw arecord sold-out field of 429 individuals, 445 corporate teams, and 13school teams. Competitors swim, Bike and Run ten percent of the fullSpec-Savers Ironman South Africa distance.Ironman South Africa heads into its ninth year on Sunday, 14 April2013. This event draws international participants and worldwide mediacoverage, and incorporates three sporting disciplines into a seventeenhour cut-off time: a 3,8km swim, a 180.2km bike ride and a 42.2km runalong the Bay’s beautiful coastline.Other sports events in the Bay include:• Herald VW Cycle Tour A weekend-long festival of cycling events whichstarts off with a mountain bike challenge in Addo followed by roadevents in Port Elizabeth on the Sunday.• The Urban Run Exciting, but tough, with urban obstacles designedto get participants running, scrambling and climbing through parts ofthe CBD they probably haven’t seen in years. The Urban Run consistsof a 10.5km urban obstacle race for social fun runners who are lookingfor something different. This year’s event is scheduled for Sunday 16thSeptember 2012• Investec Night Relay Aimed at companies, educational institutions,schools and social clubs or groups. This racing event is for runningOther popular sportsevents hosted in the Bay:Ocean Racing SeriesSwim SafariEast Cape SwimKenton ExtremeKing and Queen of Nelson Mandela BayNMB Bellbuoy challengeNMB Surf ski challengeZports trail runsWoody Cape MT B18 September 2012 Infocom