A thousand adventure-hungry participants are expected to take part in the 2008 Volvo City Chase when it hits Sydney CBD on Saturday 29 March.

City Chase, the World’s Largest Urban Adventure Series, will run across 25 international cities in 2008, with Sydney partaking for the third consecutive year. From Singapore to Boston to Calgary, competitors will complete the part obstacle course, part scavenger hunt, in the fastest possible time.

The event will transform Sydney into a series of twisted ‘chase points’ similar to challenges on shows such as Survivor and The Amazing Race. On the day competitors will receive a clue sheet containing information on the whereabouts of chase points scattered throughout the city. Once competitors solve the clue and arrive at the location, they must complete a challenge before proceeding to the next chase point. The first team to complete ten chase points and make it back across the finish line will be declared the 2008 Volvo City Chase champions.

With past chase points including strip lawn bowls, pole dancing and photos with the Prime Minister at Kirribilli House, Volvo City Chase organisers have promised to up the ante for the 2008 event.

‘Sydney’s 2008 chase points will be tougher, cheekier and most importantly, more memorable’ said Ross Wall, the Volvo City Chase event director; ‘We are coming off the back of a World Final in Rome, where competitors were required to cycle around the city dressed in a Borat Mankini - it’s time to answer the call and push the boundaries’.

‘Australians have certainly embraced the sport, with participant numbers increasing by 80 per cent from the inaugural event in 2006′ said Canadian City Chase founder Nick Jelinek; ‘The Aussie spirit and determination has seen Australia take out the World Championship in 2006 and place second in 2007 - we have come to expect big things from the Australian teams’.

In 2008 online sponsorship will be utilised for the first time with competitors creating their own team page upon registration. In the lead up to the event, friends and family will be able to visit the secure page to sponsor the competitor and leave messages of support. All funds raised in this manner will be donated to Sydney Children’s Hospital.

The Volvo City Chase is open to all adventurous Sydneysiders with registration (costing $180 per team) now open at www.citychase.com