Codes clash again in Waiouru for TV

Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 13, Issue 623, 13 February 1996, Page 1

Codes clash again in Waiouru for TV

By

Michele

Monaghan

Filming for the popular television programme 'Clash of the Codes' finished recently with episode six of the 1 3 episode series being filmed around Waiouru. Some of New Zealand's top athletes and Olympic champions were put through physical activities normally reserved for soldiers. Activities included the 'Combat Zone', 'Shell Shock' and the popular water event held at Lake Moawhango. The Combat Zone is filmed at a Waiouru Military Camp confidence course and involves scrambling under and over nets, scaling walls, jumping through a mock window, into rivers and generally getting very muddy and wet. Most athletes chose to have their ankles strapped by the team's full-time doctor and physiotherapist to prevent injury ontheunevenground. 'Shell Shock' sawcompetitors holding concrete-filled artillery shells with arms held straight for as long as possible, and the water event had a bit of everything, including ajumpoff Moawhango Dam. The clash proves gruelling to competitors as events are filmed every day, unlike how it appears on television — as once a week. Two new teams competed this year — masters and world champions. The Subaru Masters team was made up of New York Marathon winners Rod Dixon and Allison Roe along with Olympic champion Ian Ferguson, and the Sony World Champions was made up of two times World Junior Duathlon champion Jamie Hunt, World Junior Outrigger champion Maui Kjeldsen and two time Open World Trampoline champion and New Zealand diver Kylie Walker. This is the fourth year Clash of the Codes will screen on New Zealand television and this year it should screen on TV2 around June.