Proud Sponsors of Kiwi Dreams

We're proud to sponsor Taine Rose as he travels to Denmark to represent New Zealand at the Long-Distance Triathlon World Championships in July this year!

Here is some background to Taine's story:

​What sparked your interest in these events?
"About 1 year out of high school and after playing multiple sports, I was wondering what I should do to keep fit as well as accomplish something. 
So I said I would do an Ironman in March. This is when I decided to do the Port of Tauranga Half Ironman as a stepping stone to Ironman NZ. Little did I know that I would actually go on to win my age group at Tauranga and therefore qualify for the world champs in Denmark.

How old were you when you started?
I’ve done smaller triathlons when I was younger but haven’t been that serious until the last year I played competitive Water Polo throughout High School and I also played a few other sports in the first teams at Cambridge High School, these were -  hockey, basketball, water polo, rugby, Sir Edmund Hillary Challenge (Adventure Racing).

Who is your inspiration?
Two inspirations to me in the sport of Multi sport would be;
Cameron Brown, he has won over 10 Ironman events and at 46 years old he is still competing at an elite level and staying within top 3! 

My second is team Hoyt. Rick and Dick Hoyt, a father son duo who competed in Ironman triathlons and Marathons throughout the world. Rick was diagnosed at birth with cerebral palsy. When he was young he asked his father if they could participate in a 5km fun run. Dick said yes, and they never looked back since. Their story is a beautiful example of love and teaches me that if you put your mind to it anything is possible. 

What are your long-term goals?
My long term goals in Triathlon are to see how far this sport can take me, travel around the world competing in Ironman events and Triathlon doing the best I can to hopefully leave a legacy in some way".

Wishing you all the best next month Taine! 
Read the full article here: 
www.cambridgenews.nz/2018/06/ironman-on-his-way-to-world-champs/