more exciting race news

Hi guys

Amidst the gruelling lives of an academic and corporate lawyer, we have managed to assemble you into teams and start to lay the foundations for the Amaaazing race goes local part II.

This year we will again ask you to succumb to the dictatorship that is Paul and Chris and wear team colours as instructed by us. If you have any serious issues with the colour we nominate you we may consider changing it on request! however people who make no such request and then turn up in the wrong colour will be sent home not unlike the mis-dressed at one of Diddy's (white) parties (http://www.avclub.com/content/hater/what_diddys_white_party_was_like).

Teams are as follows:

James and Emily - white
Jamie and Kate - brown
Josh and Tova - black
Dylan and Fran - red
Ivan and Sean - blue
Nicola and Sam - yellow
Eli and Robynne - pink
Amfo and Megan - green

As previously advised, the race will be on Saturday 27 October 2007, at 2pm.

As always, please urgently let us know if you are unable to make it and we will find someone to replace you. otherwise stay tuned for more info on the start of the race, rules and other exciting hints and tips we may choose to randomly (but always fairly) provide...

Updates will also be posted on the blog http://www.amazingracegoeslocal.blogspot.com/ so please check it regularly (although we have disabled the comments section because I can only do so much web surfing per day...) If you are on facebook, updates are also posted there - feel free to write on the wall etc...

your race organisers - chris and paul

We've set a date....

Hi Guys

The date has been set - SAT 27 OCTOBER 2007.
More details of teams etc will follow soon.

We can still take time preferences, but at this stage we have set the race to start at 2pm.

If you haven't yet committed to the race, there is still time but the date will remain unchanged so sorry to the people for whom this day is not suitable. (We really did our best to choose the day that most people could come but there wasn't a clear choice for everyone so some people have missed out. To those who have missed out, if your availability changes we will move heaven and earth to get you a team!!!)

The amAAAzing race goes local is coming to an APEC city near you...

Specifically - Sydney!

You have all been specially selected to take up the opportunity to compete in the second Amazing Race Goes Local.

Last year the RED team (Fran and Dyl) showed that brains win over brawn as they strategised their way to victory by craftily splitting up as they raced their way to the end point [or, if you listen to our runners up, team GREEN (Em and James), team RED relied on their superior athleticism to edge out the true thinking man's team].

What do you need to know?
*The Amazing race will take place in the afternoon, starting somewhere in the city and take around 3 hours to complete and will be followed by drinks at our house or somewhere that we choose based on the end point of the race.
*Completing the race will cost no more than about $25 per person. This is an increase from last year and will depend on the precise route, but let us know if this is a disincentive. There will, of course, be a prize for the winning team…

What do we need from you?
*First we need to settle a date.
Our suggestions are:
Saturday 29 September*
Sunday 30 September*
Saturday 20 October
Saturday 27 October
Saturday 3 November
* Note that this is a long weekend with a public holiday Monday.
*Next we need to settle a time. As we said above, the race will take about 3 hours and will be followed by drinks. So to me this means it can start anywhere between 12 noon and about 2.30pm. Please list a preference in your reply.

*Then we need to settle teams. Minters has helpfully changed email systems since last year so I'm not sure I still have everyone's email address. Therefore, please forward this email to people you would like to be included, but bearing in mind that teams must consist of TWO people. We may be able to pair up some people based on people not being available etc.


What do you need to do?
Please contact us by Monday 9 September, letting us know whether or not you are interested in competing this year, who you will be competing with and what times and dates suit you.
Please also feel free to suggest any improvements on last year, although we reserve the right to do what we want (or more specifically, make you do what we want).
The sooner you get back to us the more flexible we can be!

Thanks!