Hi All,
Happy New
Year!
Here’s
hoping you had a relaxing Christmas and New Year break. For those of you
still lucky enough to be away holidaying in cool climes, enjoy .. Darwin is a
pretty warm place right now!
Many I know
spent some time over the festive season working on their race itinerary for
2014 and have exciting tri plans ahead including our full calendar of club events.
We are
entering 2014 with a whole new approach. All our events now have online
entry and you will no longer be able to just enter on the day. Knowing
how many to participants to cater for is going to assist our volunteers and
streamline check in on race days. Please spread the word regarding the
need to enter online and also to pay attention to closing date details. We
don’t want anyone to be disappointed.
RESULTS:
1.
Port of Tauranga Half, NZ, 1.9km swim, 90km bike, 21km run
Male:
Cameron Brown 3.54.10 Female: Catriona Morrison 4.11.21
Tori
Sherrock 28th
F40-44 7.35.58
2.
Sam White Memorial Aquathlon, SA, 250m swim, 1.7 run x 3
Male:
Matty White 31.02 Female: Amy Steven 40.01
Robbie
Weatherald 1st
M55-59 35.17
NEXT
EVENT:
Aquathlon
#1
Saturday 18
January 2014
Lake
Alexander
6pm
400m swim,
4km run
Roster:
Race
Director: Daryl Stanley
Registration:
Helen Stuart | Robyn Stanley
Fruit |
Ice: Katie Kelly
Note:
1.
Registration for this event is online only. You can enter here now.
2.
Entry closes midday Friday 17 Jan 14
3. No
late entries taken.
4. If
you have not yet collected your timing chip please attend early to collect and
sign for.
5. If
you have lost your timing chip, please purchase new chip online when you enter
and collect and sign for early.
TRAINING
NOTICES:
1.
Swim Squad: Coach Daryl Stanley advises Nightcliff Pool swim squad (Tues
& Thurs 6-7am) resumes tomorrow, Tuesday 7 Jan 2014.
1. Track
Session: Coach Lee Wilson advises his track sessions resume on Friday 10
January.
FOR
SALE | WANTED | ETC
1.
FOR SALE: Zipp 808 firecrest tubular rear wheel. Ceramic bearings.
Tubular already attached and in good condition. $400. Contact Tim 0410 188 534
2.
Items for next E News by Sunday 8pm please
OTHER
NEWS:
2. If
you have friends wanting to “try a tri” this year – why not send them this link to more details.
3.
Ryoko Jones is currently at a tri camp in Thailand training with the likes of
Chris McCormack and Jurgen Zack.
4. As
is usual at this time of year, we have been farewelling members who have
decided to head down south. We do also get to welcome some back to
Darwin, including Julian Weller and Nathan Dwyer.
5.
Lots of mountain bike training happening. Our off road tri early in
February will be highly contested!
6.
Lake Alexander was closed for a period over Christmas & New Year but is now
all clear and reopened for swimming.
7.
Pieter Jordaan was a dnf at the Albany Half Triathon in WA (results not yet
available). Piet got 30km into the ride before a broken spoke finished
his day.
8.
Gutsy effort by Tori Sherrock over in New Zealand for her first half
result.
9. Renae
McGarvie continues to clock up the kilometres in her preparation for the Tour de Cure ride in March.
10.
Good luck to John Thyne who will be competing in the Cadbury Marathon in Hobart
this weekend.
11.
Don’t forget to give us a heads up if you or someone you know is racing away!
Cheers,
Robyn
Robyn Stanley
Darwin Triathlon Club
E News
