KNC aims to be tourism booster
Kota Kinabalu: The inaugural Kadamaian Nature Challenge (KNC) is hoped to be a tourism booster for Kadamaian and its surrounding areas.
Programme Director Javadius Bollah said KNC is jointly organised by Kadamaian Tourism Association (Kata), Kadamaian Cycling Club (KCC), Sabah Amateur Radio Association, Kiau Youth Association, Miki Survival Camp and Nopungguk Homestay.
“KNC’s aim is in line with Kata’s aspiration in making Kadamaian as a tourist attraction through sporting events.
“The sporting activities highlighted in KNC are recreational and extreme sports,” he said at a press conference, here, Friday.
He further said, the programme will feature three running events – 55km Ultra Trail Run, 25km and 10km – and a cycling event, MTB 60km XCM.
The 55km run is divided into three categories, namely Men’s and Women’s Open and Men’s Veteran while the 25km and 10km events offer the Men’s and Women’s Open.
Javadius said the organisers are expecting a total of 1,150 entries for all events and most of the slots are nearly filled up while the total cash prize offered is more than RM25,000.
“We received a lot of entries from the peninsula, Sarawak and Labuan aside from the State. There are also participants from the Philippines, Australia and Indonesia.
“The running events will close its registration on Sunday (Feb 21) while for the cycling event, the closing date is on the race day itself, Mar 20, at 7am.”
The MTB 60km XCM, according to Javadius, is also sanctioned by Sabah Cycling Association and the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world governing body for cycling sports.
“The MTB 60km XCM participants will get points for their ranking and there’s even a participant from Indonesia who took part to collect points.
“We are also in the midst of getting a recognition for the 55km Ultra Trail Run so that we can invite ultra runners from abroad in future. This is only the beginning for our effort.
“There are many things that we have to arrange, such as documentation, safety and so forth,” he said.
Also present were Kata Chairman Walter Kandayon and other associations’ representatives.
For more information and update, visit KNC’s official Facebook page.
Source: Daily Express
