Robyn's E News 15 Sept 2010

Hi All,

Hope to see you all backing up (or for those that missed Race 1, turning up) at Race 2 of the Duathlon Series (NT Duathlon Championships) on Sunday at Hidden Valley. Note the earlier start time of 7am.

Because the event is also part of the Australian Duathlon Series, online registration is operating. No race day registrations will be taken. Entry closes tomorrow at 5.59pm sharp so don't forget, do it now ..... at www.triathlonnt.com.au

RESULTS:

1. Rev3 Cedar Point, 3.8km swim, 180km bike, 42.2km run

Male: James Cunnama 8.21.28 Female: Amy Marsh 9.15.40

2. Hahn Super Dry Long Course, Port Douglas, 2km swim, 80km bike, 20km run

Male: Torsten Able 3.45.38 Female: Leanda Cave 4.11.18

NEXT EVENT:

Race 2 Duathlon Series (NT Duathlon)
Hidden Valley
7am (note earlier start)
5km run, 20km bike, 2.5km run

Race Director: Matt Brearley
Registration: Peta Jeggo / Bill Piper
Timekeepers: Christine Friebel / Karen Lewis
Fruit / Ice: Belinda Rowley

NOTE:

1. Online registration in place for this event. Please enter online at www.triathlonnt.com.au

2. Entry for Sunday closes TOMORROW @ 5.59pm
3. No race day registration will be accepted.

TRIATHLON NT AGM:

1. Triathlon NT Inc Annual General Meeting will now be conducted Sunday 19 September 2010, 6.45am at Hidden Valley (prior to NT Duathlon). As a member of a Territory Triathlon Club you are also a member of Triathlon NT.

2. All committee positions are declared vacant.

3. Interested persons are sought to fill committee positions. You are encouraged to speak to Triathlon NT president David McLeod or EO Robyn Stanley if you would like to be involved in the future of triathlon in the Territory.

FOR SALE / WANTED ETC:

1. AVAILABLE SOON: Granny flat in Stuart Park is available for professional, non-smoking person - $200pw Contact Robbie 0447 641 926

2. Items for E News by Sunday 8pm please.

OTHER NEWS:

1. Monica Stewart heads over the Townsville for the Go Troppo Sprint Distance Triathlon. We are banking on Mon bringing home some age group prize money ... it will be her shout for coffee !! Go Mon.

2. Also heading off tomorrow ... Stu Fitch is Kona bound. He's heading over early to finish his training on the Queen K and Ali'i Drive.

3. More Fernwood All Girls Tri and also Presentation Night photos are up on Flickr ... enjoy.

4. Oz favourite IM son, Jason Shortis (8.24.52) was second at the Rev3 Cedar Point.

5 The 2010 ITU end of season swim, bike & run standings are up. The best swimmers this year were Dmitry Polyansky (RUS) and Laura Bennett (USA); Bike honours went to Bruno Pais (POR) and Lisa Mensik (NED). Best runners in 2010 were Jan Frodeno (GER) and Paula Findlay (CAN).

6. Our injured trio are getting on with it. Sue Parora has a new cast on her wrist and was kicking her way up and down the lanes of Nightcliff Pool; Jac Crofton, arm dangling, was under a tree & powering through a windtrainer set and Ali Fitch is weaning herself gradually off her neck brace & was spotted in the pool as well.

Words of wisdom ...

... We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.
... Evening news is where they begin with 'Good evening', and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.
... Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.

Safe Training,
Cheers,
Robyn

Robyn Stanley
Darwin Triathlon Club
E News

Robyn's E News 13 Sept 2010

Photo: Race 1 Duathlon gets off to a quick start at Lee Point

Hi All,

What a great weekend of activities for the club. First up we had our annual Presentation Night on Friday and it was a sell out, standing room only affair ! The "Alter Ego" theme got a fantastic response (keep your eye on flickr for photos - up soon). The award winners are listed below.

Congratulations to all winners and also to retiring president John Thyne who was awarded Life Membership.

Thanks to Alison Croser, Shaye Hatty, Ryoko Jones and crew for their efforts in making it such a memorable night.

A big crowd fronted yesterday for Race 1 of the Duathlon Series. RD Rob Brooks was out early setting up the course, our thanks to Rob and all the wonderful volunteers who assisted with the event. As always, the Lee Point course proved to be a toughie.

Then later yesterday, many of us got behind Chad, Heath and Jason via the direct ITU coverage from Budapest. Well done guys! They can now have a well deserved holiday in Europe. No doubt there will be interesting race reports to come.

We have been involved with a number of major & club events over the past few months and we are all fast approaching volunteer burnout time. We just need to keep the momentum going for our NT Duathlon next Sunday (part of the Australian Duathlon Series) & then things get back to normal.

RESULTS:

1. Race 1 Duathlon Series, Lee Point, 2km run, 15km bike, 2km run

1 Grant Preddy 38 mins 29 secs; 2 Kyle Gear 38.33; 3 Mark Anzin 40.47; 4 Matt Brearley 41.12; 5 Rob Weatherald 41.31; 6 Phil Lewis 42.03; 7 Justin Tranter 42.13; 8 Russell Peacock 42.36; 9 Roger Decurtins 42.53; 10 Todd Sparrow 42.57; 11 Tim French 43.15; 12 Nic French 43.21; 13 Tony Cox 43.25; 14 Blue Watt 43.59; 15 James Geddes 44.12; 16 David McLeod 44.13; 17 John Thyne 44.16; 18 Tim Green 44.20; 19 David Croser 44.43; 20 Cameron Wills 45.24; 21 Matt Redmond 45.38; 22 Tim Lewis 45.44; 23 Shaye Hatty 45.49; 24 Mat Frost 46.12; 25 Bec Thyne 46.12; 26 Simon Wiese 46.25; 27 Dale Berk 46.26; 28 Christopher Batenberg 46.58; 29 Phil Hatty 47.31; 30 Glen Scholz 48.27; 31 Hans Bormann 48.45; 32 Lisa Svara 49.13; 33 Kathy McKay 49.22; 34 Stef Puszka 49.28; 35 Daryl Stanley 49.54; 36 Phil Blumberg 51.23; 37 Monica Stewart 51.41; 38 Team Wilson/Whitehouse 51.57; 39 Barry Sullivan 52.28; 40 Mark Jungfer 52.48; 41 Lee Wilson 53.02; 42 Imogen Teale 53.05; 43 Tass Liveris 53.11; 44 Team Wilson/McInerney 53.28; 45 Clinton Luxford 53.34; 46 Jodie McLeod 53.46; 47 Jo Duncan 53.54; 48 Karen Wilson 53.57; 49 Karen Lewis 54.16; 50 Peta Jeggo 54.17; 51 Sean Killiner 55.12; 52 Team Teale/L Hatty 56.07; 53 Rose Stephens 57.50; 54 Sam Tutton 58.43; 55 Megan Kelly 59.25; 56 Christine Friebel 1.01.59; 57 Nerida Godfrey 1.03.47; 58 Team Wilson/C Godfrey 1.04.17; 59 Cathy McDonald 1.17.37; 60 Greg McDonald 1.17.38; 61 Steve Goat dnf; 62 Liam McDonald dnf; 63 Team Wilson/Connor McLeod dnf; 64 Team May/ Johnson dnf; 65 Steve Teale dnf

2. Vietnam International Triathlon, 1.5km swim, 40km bike, 10km run

Male: Kristof Van Houdt 2.20.21 Female: Emily Woodfield 2.39.43

Ron Griep 1st M45-49 2.26.36

3. ITU Age Group World Triathlon Championships, Budapest 1.5km swim, 40km bike, 10km run

Results from athlete tracker last night (official not yet posted)

Heath Porter 43rd M25-29 1.57.02
Chad Anderson 63rd M25-29 2.01.49
Jason Jones 64th M40-44 2.04.09

Other:

Renee Baker 16th F25-29 2.05.17

4. ITU World Championships Series, Budapest, 1.5km swim, 40km bike, 10km run

Male: Alistair Brownlee 1.42.26 Female: Emma Snowsill 1.49.43

World Champions: Xavier Gomez & Emma Moffatt

5. Ironman Wisconsin, 3.8km swim, 180km bike, 42.2km run

Male: Joe Gambles 8.38.32 Female: Gina Crawford 9.27.26

6. Ironman 70.3 Muskoka, 1.9km swim, 90km bike, 21.1km run

Male: Craig Alexander 3.58.33 Female: Miranda Carfrae 4.28.36

PRESENTATION NIGHT AWARDS:

Kerran Mudgway Memorial Club Champions: Grant Preddy / Michelle Mitchell

Geoff Simpson Long Course Series: Grant Preddy / Shaye Hatty

Aquathlon Series: Chad Anderson / Hollie Goodall

Duathlon Series: Chad Anderson / Shaye Hatty

Sprint Series: 1 Rob Weatherald; 2 David Crane; 3 Jason Jones

Women's Series: 1 Michelle Mitchell; 2 Emma Winterflood; 3 Bec Thyne

Outstanding Junior: Lachlan Hatty

Outstanding Ironman Performance: Stu Fitch

Most Improved Male: Ron Griep

Most Improved Female: Belinda Birk

Age Group Triathlete of the Year:

Under 20: Tim Lewis
20-29: Chad Anderson / Michelle Mitchell
30-39: David Croser / Shaye Hatty
40-49: John Thyne / Belinda Birk
50-59: Rob Weatherald / Monica Stewart
60-69: Daryl Stanley
70-79: Ernie Koch

Encouragement Awards: Russell Peacock, Justin Tranter, Jac Crofton, Ryoko Jones

Broken Spoke Award: Vincent Gilly

Dag of the Year: Emma Winterflood

Life Membership: John Thyne

NEXT EVENT:

Race 2 Duathlon Series (NT Duathlon)
Hidden Valley
7am (note earlier start)
5km run, 20km bike, 2.5km run

Race Director: Matt Brearley
Registration: Peta Jeggo / Bill Piper
Timekeepers: Christine Friebel / Karen Lewis
Fruit / Ice: Belinda Rowley

NOTE:

Online registration in place for this event. Please enter online at www.triathlonnt.com.au Entries close: 5pm Thursday

FOR SALE / WANTED ETC:

1. FOR SALE: Men's Tri Club tri singlets Size M $85 Email: darwintriclub@bigpond.com

2. Items for E News by 8pm tomorrow please.

OTHER NEWS:

1. Lady Gaga had everyone up and moving on Friday night.

2. Batman, Robin, Wilma and Betty did an awesome job setting everything up for our Presentation Night. The atmosphere was fantastic and the food was delicious.

3. Who was that glamorous blonde on John Thyne's arm ???

4. Lots of members hit the tarmac during 2009/2010 including Vincent Gilly who t boned a car that had run a red light. Vincent was the winner of the Broken Spoke Award.

5. And they told me I would never fill the huge memory card I got for my camera. Wrong !

6. As well as winning his age group, Ron Griep was 4th overall male at the Vietnam International Triathlon on Saturday afternoon. He had an impressive swim, run and was 2nd off the bike. Our most improved is still improving.

7. Around 50 Darwin mountain bikers have headed over for the Tour de Timor. It's been pretty wet and they have had flooding & some bridges have been washed out on the course.

8. News from Budapest is that Chad Anderson was sitting pretty for age group 4th or 5th but has continued on for another short run lap . Understandably upset with himself.

9. A number of you select "no email" when taking up or renewing your membership online. Those people will not have received news of the details of the special offer to enter the 2011 Australian National Triathlon Championship Series. I recommend you reconsider and go into your record and change this selection as it may also mean you miss other important announcements including NT Championships, Arafura Games info etc.

10. Darwin Cycling Club have advised that unfortunately due to the low number of people registering for the NT Cycling Championships they have had to cancel this year's event. Might be a great opportunity to form a team with a gun cyclist for our NT Duathlon on Sunday !!

11. Tim Green was second at the 5km Open Water Swim champs at Lake Bennett on Saturday.

12. And as our new season is already two & half months underway, don't forward to forward details of bike crashes and dag of the year nominations as they happen to darwintriclub@bigpond.com They are kept confidentially under wraps until next awards night ! If we don't hear about it now it may well be forgotten ... so don't be shy, dob in a dag or a ground inspector as it happens.

YOU KNOW YOU ARE A TRIATHLETE WHEN...

... you see the sun rise ... a lot !
... on Friday night you vowed to do more club events
... you sit on a windtrainer under a tree 'cause your injury prevents you from competing in the duathlon

Safe Training,
Cheers,
Robyn

Robyn Stanley
Darwin Triathlon Club
E News

Robyn's E News 8 Sept 2010

Hi All,

It's kick back time !!

Ali Croser & Shaye Hatty are making the behind the scenes arrangements for our Darwin Triathlon Club Presentation Night Dinner entertainment and it promises to be a great night out.

You are encouraged to come dressed as your "Alter Ego" ....... I'm trying to work out if I can transform myself into Chrissie by Friday !

Online ticket sales took a huge leap forward yesterday and numbers are in the awesome category. Those still to get tickets are reminded that they are only available until 5.59pm tonight (seriously, the system closes then). So don't miss out, get your tickets now at:

https://www.registernow.com.au/secure/Register.aspx?ID=2973

Sorry, due to catering and set up requirements, we can't do late comers so DON'T MISS OUT, jump on line NOW !

NEXT EVENT:

Sunday 12 September 2010
Duathlon Series Race 1
Lee Point
7.30am
2km run, 15km bike, 2km run
Race day entry

Race Director: Rob Brooks
Registration: Ryoko Jones / Russell Peacock
Timekeepers: Ryoko Jones / Lisa Svara
Fruit / Ice: Steve Goat

Note:

1. Usual Lee Point Transition - carpark at the very end of Lee Point Road.
2. Some of the development squad juniors will be taking part. Please keep an eye out for them on the ride especially. We know you will all encourage them during the event.

TRIATHLON NT AGM:

1. Triathlon NT Inc Annual General Meeting will now be conducted Sunday 19 September 2010, 6.45am at Hidden Valley (prior to NT Duathlon). As a member of a Territory Triathlon Club you are also a member of Triathlon NT.

2. All committee positions are declared vacant.

3. Interested persons are sought to fill committee positions. You are encouraged to speak to Triathlon NT president David McLeod or EO Robyn Stanley if you would like to be involved in the future of triathlon in the Territory.

4. Triathlon NT primary focus is to develop the sport of triathlon within the Northern Territory. The past year has seen many successes including the appointment of the Darwin based Junior Development Coach (part time), setting up of the junior development pathway, guiding the newly formed Gove Tri Club, conducting coach courses which now see more coaches in Darwin, Alice Springs and Gove and conducting our NT Championship events as well as overseeing the Fernwood All Girls Tri.

5. Website: www.triathlonnt.com.au

FOR SALE / WANTED etc:

1. WANTED: Volunteer Race Director for Reverse Order Triathlon, Sunday 26 September to replace Chad who will still be overseas.

2. This section is ideal for advertising all things tri related eg your superseded bike, unwanted tri gear, or those oops, wrong size online purchases etc.

3. Items for E News and requests for re runs by Sunday 8pm please.

OTHER NEWS:

1. The Fernwood All Girls Tri participants are still glowing with achievement and declaring they will be fitter and faster next year !!

2. Photos from the All Girls Tri are up on flickr with more to come, so make sure you check back often for those.

3. NT Swimming has long course swimming happening at Lake Bennett on Saturday morning. Check www.nt.swimming.org.au Tim Green is amongst those competing.

4. Budapest's population increased this week with 100's of triathletes, including three Territorians hitting the streets. Chad Anderson (M25-29), Heath Porter (M25-29) and Jason Jones (M40-44) are in action this weekend at the ITU Age Group World Champs. Go, Go, Go !!

5. Preparations for Arafura Games Triathlon are stepping up. Following recent meetings, website corrections to tri info will be made shortly. We will advise when Online accreditation opens. Please encourage your overseas contacts (particularly from the Asia Oceania area) to put in expressions of interest to attend.

6. Gove Tri Club has it's first TryKids Triathlon coming up soon. John Thyne and David Crane will be over there on behalf of Triathlon NT to oversee the event and contribute to the development of triathlon in Gove.

7. Down in Alice Springs, it's still a bit chilly but they had a great turnout for their duathlon last Sunday. They are now able to use the pool for swimming but have to remove then replace the covers to swim in the mystery temp water. Alice Springs Tri Club members have Masters Games firmly in their sights.

8. Hopefully we will see some of the Alice crew up here for the NT Duathlon on 19 September.

9. Get cracking on that "Alter Ego" !

YOU KNOW YOU ARE A TRIATHLETE WHEN ...

... you can handle helmet head hair
... hot and sweaty doesn't bother you
... you can still chant "the wind is my friend" at the five hour mark

Safe Training,
Cheers,
Robyn

Robyn Stanley
Darwin Triathlon Club
E News