Accor $10 Queenstown Challenge

From 1-3 October three Defence Force teams will join 32 teams from across New Zealand to race from Auckland to Queenstown in three days.

Auckland to Queenstown on $10

Three Defence Force teams will be taking part in the Accor Queenstown $10 challenge, a major fundraiser for Cure Kids, a charity that funds vital medical research for children with life threatening illnesses.

The event is a contest in which teams of two people are given $10 in Auckland and have to use various modes of transport to get their team to Queenstown in three days. The team that arrives in Queenstown with the most points after undertaking a wide variety of challenges along the way is the winner.

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Wellington: The Army team were the 11th team out of 28 to arrive in Wellington yesterday evening.

The challenge this morning was to 'learn a dance routine' at Pump Dance Studio in Taranaki Street, Wellington. View photos of the challenge in the Accor $10 Queenstown Challenge Image Gallery.

Our teams

Our teams are:

Navy - SLT Fraser Toulmin, and SLT Darcy Topp
Army - 2LT Ruth Tautari and 2LT Nicholas Fuller
Air Force - CPL Lydia Savage and PLT Officer Sean McKeogh.

Army (the Red team)
www.fundraiseonline.co.nz/nzarmy

Each team needs to raise a total of $6,000 for Cure Kids - $3,000 by 25 July and a further $3,000 by 25 September.

To help our teams fundraise please go to the fundraise online webpage – go to http://www.curekids.org.nz click on the Accor Queenstown $10 Challenge button then on the red support a competitor button then go to the fundraising pages. All people who donate online receive an automatic receipt from Cure Kids along with a thank you letter.

Payments can also be made by cheque or direct deposit into Cure Kids account.

Cheque – Please ensure all cheques are made out to Cure Kids and post to Cure Kids, P O Box 90 907, Victoria Street West, Auckland.

Direct credit / deposit – Funds can be deposited into the Cure Kids Account, details as follows:

Cure Kids Limited
Account Number 02-0192-0017922-00
BNZ Newmarket