E NEW - 24 FEB
16
The second of our
Off Road Triathlons was held at the weekend and we somehow managed perfect
conditions for this one as well. There are some advantages to a dry
Wet!
A big thank you to our volunteer RD Luke
Fronsko who along with the Cycle Zone Darwin crew set up
another challenging off road course for us all to enjoy.
Thanks also to our many wonderful helpers including the rego team of Kathryn Fuller
& Clare
Labowitch; Fran Edis
(Fruit & Ice duty); Tim
Wolf, Phil
Blumberg, Angela
Librio, Aaron
Caden &
Moira Wigley
who did general duties and also to the people who helped with set up and
those who assisted with pack away.
It is a very busy time behind the scenes right now, particularly for our
President Tony
Cox who is driving our event preparations, overseeing our
new trailer & rack acquisitions and who also recently went on a clean
up mission in the storage shed. We now have items stored in large
containers, hopefully the wildlife will find these less palatable!
RESULTS:
1. Off Road
Triathlon #2, 300m swim, 15km mtb, 3km run
Male: Brett
Verity 52:54 Female: Shellie Ratahi 1:00:08
Full results here
NEXT EVENT:
Countdown is on to
our annual Sprint Series kick off - only 11 more sleeps!
These are among the most popular events on our club calendar and we look
forward to seeing your name on our entry list.
Sunday 6 March 2016
Lake Alexander
7am
Sprint
Series #1 (members only)
750m swim, 26km bike, 5km run
Short #1 (members only)
300m swim, 13km bike, 3km run
Come & Tri
#1 (non members wishing to try a tri)
300m swim, 13km bike, 3km run
Info & Entry here
Notes:
1. Please note the Sprint Series #1 and Short #1 are members only
options.
2. The Come & Tri option is for non-members only.
3. We want to encourage you to submit your entries early. To
entice you ... the 7th, 14th and 21st individual competitors to enter
Sprint #1 will win a club t shirt (sizes & colours limited).
JUNIOR NEWS:
1. Our
junior members head for the velodrome for Ride | Run Fun this Sunday (28
Feb 16).
2. Registration opens at 4:30pm for 5pm start.
3. Further info from Mel
Lind darwintriclubjunior@gmail.com
OTHER NEWS:
1. Winners of the club t shirts drawn on Sunday - Col Smith, Andrew Jewell
& Heath
Porter.
2. Speedy team of Nic
French & Heath
Porter were first across the line on Sunday. Must
have been the socks!
3. No names but one guy did the swim one armed and another had to
borrow running shoes from a spectator!
4. Wishing Marnie
Weatherald a speedy recovery. Marnie came off her
bike during the Off Road Triathlon and injured her ankle. Lucky we
have St John Ambulance at our events and she received prompt
attention.
5. Ben
Fisk has handed in his timing chip. Ben is heading
back down south and we wish him all the best.
6. Junior member Poppy
Goat heads for Bathurst and BMX Nationals next week &
has a big week of racing ahead. Good luck Poppy!
7. Hearing the stork is going to be busy again this year.
8. Early bird entry for Ironman
Malaysia (12 Nov 16) now open. Early bird
rate until end of March only.
9. Triathlon NT's nano
triathlon for beginners takes place this
weekend.
10. Don't forget you can keep up to date with all things Darwin Triathlon
Club via our Facebook
Page and/or our Twitter and
you don't have to be on either to access. Bookmark them both!
11. Photo
gallery from Off Road Triathlon #2
12. Don't forget our competition! You are in the running to win a
club tshirt if you enter Sprint Series #1 early, get on to that now here .
13. There are a number of vacancies on our event
calendar. If you haven't yet put up your
hand we would love to hear from you.
It would be such a shame if the committee have to cancel an event for lack
of a volunteer Race Director when there are so many of our members who
could manage this task easily.
Lots of help is provided. It's not like it was years ago as all the
behind the scenes stuff (sanctioning, permits, water safety, ambulance,
permanent swim buoys etc) is already done for you. You don't even
have to give the race brief if you don't wish to!
Hoping to be inundated with RD & other volunteers today. Please email darwintriclub@gmail.com
if you can fill a vacancy.
PIC OF THE WEEK:
Saw that determined look again & again at Off Road
Triathlon #2
Cheers,
Robyn
Robyn Stanley
E News
Darwin Triathlon Club
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