E News 25 January 2017

E NEWS 25 JANUARY 2017 The weather gods were kind for Race 3 of our Aquathlon Series (inc NT Aquathlon C'ships) held at the Waterfront on Sunday. A huge thank you to our volunteers including Race Director Kylie Scholz, rego team of Lucas Hayden & Tatiane Kelly and to Matthew Kelly who covered our post race refreshments and ice. Thanks also to those who jumped in and assisted with set up and pack down, helped with the water station etc Much appreciated! Action continues this weekend with our first triathlon for 2017 as well as our Australia Day Sports Carnival Come & Tri. Hope to see you tri-ing this weekend.   RESULTS: 1.  Aquathlon #3 (NT Aquathlon C'ships), 800m swim, 5km run Female:  Ali Fitch 32:24  Male:  Jamie Baldwin 33:02 2.  Aquathlon #3 short option, 250m swim, 2km run Male:  Vaughan Janes 17:02  Female:  Amy Jones 17:19 Full results here   NEXT EVENTS: Members: Sunday 29 January 2017 Triathlon Lake Alexander 7am  (check in closes 6:45am) 300m swim, 10km bike, 2km run Info & entry here Also happening this Sunday we have our Australia Day Sports Carnival "Come & Tri" Triathlon supporting Cancer Council NT Lake Alexander 7am (check in closes 6:45am) 150m swim, 5km bike, 1km run Come & Tri Info & Entry here    Roster: Race Director:  John Thyne Registration:     Richard Bland | Leanne Abel Fruit | Ice:         Noellene Bland Notes: 1.  Members please remember your DTC timing chip. 2.  Come & Tri participants will be issued a chip on race morning.  Please return to the chip bucket on completion of the event.   OTHER NEWS: 1.  Winners of club cotton tee shirt entry prizes for Aquathlon #3 - Kate Bell, Daniel Eakins, Stacey Roberts. 2.  This week our 30th and 40th members to register will win cotton tees.  Jump in with your entries now! 3.  Hearing Phil Blumberg is recovering.  Another Broken Spoke nomination for Phil. 4.  Junior lad Kyle Farrier competed in Qld last weekend.  A great experience for Kyle to see how it's done at that level. 5.  Seems many of our members are signing up for IM Cairns, IM 70.3 Cairns and IM 70.3 Busselton.  Don't forget to register as Darwin Triathlon Club at time of entry (or log back in and amend your entry to include). 6.  If you are racing away this year (or know someone who is), we would love a heads up by email. 7.  Good luck to those participating in the Australia Day Fun Run tomorrow.  Enjoy!   PIC OF THE WEEK: Winners are grinners! Cheers,  Robyn Robyn Stanley E News Darwin Triathlon Club   WEBSITE