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Lisa Tamati, is an Ultramarathon runner who has been competing internationally for over 13 years.

Recently she became the first woman from New Zealand to compete in and complete the Badwater Ultramarathon through Death Valley in the USA.

This race is considered the toughest race on earth. Covering 217km through the hottest desert on earth with temperatures up to 55°c, runners climb a total of 5,500 metres in ascent from the lowest point of 85m below sea level to the high point of 2550m on Mt Whitney.

The Badwater Ultramarathon is the unofficial world championships of Ultramarathon runners.

By invitation only, it pits 82 of the worlds most proven ultra distance athletes against each other and the environment.

Two New Zealand men Max Telford and Kym McConnell have competed both recording times of over 56 hours. Lisa completed this ultramarathon in 38 hrs 24min qualifying by just under 10 hours for the elite runners buckle given to those completing in under 48hrs. (See www.badwater.com for more information).

Included with this proposal is a copy of the 20/20 documentary which was aired on TV1 in August 2008.

Since her return to New Zealand her profile nationally and internationally has risen greatly.

She has been a regular on our television screens and in the print media.

Locally she has acknowledged the huge support from her Taranaki community that allowed her to travel to Death Valley to pursue her dream.

Recently she was acknowledged by her sporting peers in receiving the Taranaki Maori Sportswoman Award of the year for 2008.

She was invited to the Aotearoa Maori Sports awards held in Rotorua and secured the honour of the Aotearoa Maori Sportswoman of the year for 2008.

She has also been nominated locally in Taranaki as Person of the Year 2008.

At the Taranaki Sportsperson of the Year 2008 she was awarded with the honour of Ambassador of the Year by the New Plymouth District Council. This was presented by Mayor Peter Tennant.

Seeking Sponsorship to Assist in the following Events

Calender of Upcomming Events & Projects

Event	Date	Venue
Fundraising Evening for Death Valley, speaking and auction	26th March 2009	Plymouth Hotel New Plymouth	Shane Cameron Monty Beetham Phil Kingsley Jones
Relay Team Round the mountain cycle race - Kids Can fundraiser	24th January 2009	Taranaki	Tawera Nikau Glen Osborne Tony Kemp Matua Parkinson
100km Nationals	February 2009	Taupo
World Champs 24 hour track racing	2nd & 3rd May 2009	Italy	TBC
Badwater Ultramarathon	13 - 15 July 2009	Death Valley
Planned start of Running show on Sky TV	August 2009
Run through New Zealand.	September - October 2009	Bluff - Far North	Covered by More FM nationally and TV3. Bill board locally and comprehensive website.
Commonwealth Champs 24 hour track racing	September		TBC
Lisa has confirmed with Allen and Unwin publishers the writing of a book.	Completion October 2009

Sponsorship Benefits

• Motivational speaking engagements for both staff (x2) and clients (x3)
• Logo placement on competing uniforms
• Logo placement on Website and Event programmes
• Brand recognition at any fundraising events
• Acknowledgement at all events nationally and internationally
• Acknowledgement in any media opportunities ie TV interviews documentary, regular print columns, radio interviews
• Lisa is currently working with a producer on a 6 part running series for Sky sport TV which should air end of 2009.

Sponsors for 2009

Lisa is seeking large and small sponsors for 2009 that will enable her to

• Maintain her full time training programme to compete at the highest level
• Meet travel and living expenses nationally and internationally

Sponsorship contribution

• • The Major Sponsor contribution being sought open to negotiation (Naming rights sponsor approx $25,000)
• Smaller sponsorship options negotiable.

Previous Events

Event	Country	KMs	How many	Placing
Badwater Ultramarathon	Death Valley
Marathon Des Sables	Moroccan Sahara	240	2
The Desert Cup	Jordan	170
Tenere desert	Niger	222
Desert crossing	Arabia	150
Desert expedition	Libya	250
Isar Run	Germany	338
K78	Switzerland
12hr track races	Internationally		7
10hr & 6hr track races	Internationally		Numerous
12hr Charity treadmill runs			3
Around Mountain Run	Mount Taranaki	150
Competed NZ Nationals		100km	2	2nd ('07 and '08)
24hr National Champ		192		1st*

Also see Achievements

*Reached qualifying standard for upcoming World champs and the next Commonwealth Games 2010.

PR Manager

Phil Kingsley Jones. Ph 0064 9 3780211