Saturday, 9 September 2017

E News 7 September 17

E NEWS 7 SEPT 17



 
Happy to report that our  very first TRIFEST, held weekend before last, was a huge success. 
Our sincere thanks go to our hard working TRIFEST Race Director Tony Cox for overseeing this event for us.
Tony was assisted greatly that weekend by Brian Gallagher and Elliott Bolitho who helped out with set up and swim course marking.
Also helping out were our wonderful volunteers on registration, Jac Crofton and Sally Broadley; on Fruit | Ice we had Chris Monahan, Kerry Sullivan and Deanne Jewell; Rob Spiers & Barry Sullivan manned the far road bike turnaround; aid station angels included Spy, Christine Dames, Glenn Grant, Joe Librio, Brett, David Hancock, Belinda Townend & Ange Librio; finish line numbers were taken mostly by Deanne and Rena Walker assisted with presentations.
We sincerely appreciate our amazing volunteers including all those who pitched in to help in various other ways as required!
President of Triathlon NT Aaron McMahon was on hand to present the awards for the 2017 NT Long Course Triathlon Championships. Thanks to Aaron for coming down to Lake Bennett and to Triathlon NT for supporting the event.

Our friends at Wicked NRG and Cafe Central contributed to our lucky draw prizes and we'd also like to acknowledge their support of TRIFEST.
 


Results:

1.  TRIFEST

NT Long Course Triathlon, 2km swim, 60km bike, 16km run
Champions:
Luke Fronsko and Rachel Mclean
Age category winners:
20-24: Olivia Stormon
25-29: Luke Fronsko | Rachel McLean
30-34: Jason Hamilton | Jessica Symonds
35-39: Chris Monahan
40-44: Brad George | Jac Crofton
45-49: Aaron Trenfield
50-54: John Thyne
55-59: Sarah Collins
60-64: Greg Broadley

AquaBike Short 500m swim, 15km bike: Kylie Scholz 
AquaBike Long 1km swim, 60km bike  Gary Wall | Jo Duncan
BikeRun Short 15km bike, 4km run: Matt Jong | Megan White
BikeRun Long  30km bike, 8km run: Craig Rachow | Emma Winterflood
Short Option Triathlon 500m swim, 15km bike, 4km run: Andrew Hardy | Pippa Featherston

MTB Triathlon 1km swim, 30km mtb, 8km run   Billy Lynch | Sharon Impey 
Full results here   

2. Lake Argyle Adventure Race, 2km swim, 1.5km run, 13km inflatable kayak, 6.7km road & xc run, 18km mtb
Nigel Doyle 5th Male 4:41:01
 


Next Event:

Sunday 10 September 2017

Super Sprint Series #1 and Come & Tri 

Lake Alexander
7am

300m swim | 15km bike | 3km run

Info & Entry here

Roster:

Race Director:  Lucas Hayden
Registration:     Moira Wigley | Emily Moran
Fruit | Ice:         Jo Duncan

Transition Flow Map:
 


Junior News:

Rena reports our next junior event will be this Sunday 10 Sept 17, also at Lake Alexander with an earlier 7am start time to align with the Super Sprint event (Please be there by 06:45 for registration).
Juniors are to register and pay on the day but, if you are planning to attend, please shoot Rena a quick email in advance so she has approximate numbers for catering purposes darwintriclubjunior@gmail.com

PLEASE feel free to pass this info on to friends who you think will be interested in coming along, the more the merrier.
Fee for participation: Members $3 and Non-Members $10 
Please note: Club membership for juniors does not auto renew.  To check out and pay membership please click here.  You will notice Darwin Triathlon Club portion of the membership has stayed the same as last year.
The kids will be doing a "swim" run event while the adults are competing in the super sprint event.  Please bring goggles and running shoes, no bikes this time.  If your child needs assistance and close supervision in the water we ask that a parent be ready to be involved in the water activities. We will be in shallow water so if your child can't swim well they can walk, blow bubbles, kick with parent assistance etc. 
We will be running some fun water and land based activities for the younger and less confident kids.  Then they will do a couple of micro events with the 'swim' and run distances adjusted according to their ability.  The older kids 9+ can choose to do slightly longer distances according to your child's confidence and capability.
Rena likes to hear from parents and kids if you have any feedback on how we can improve the events we are running, especially if you have any new ideas we can try.  If you would like more information on our junior events please feel free to email Rena at darwintriclubjunior@gmail.com 
 


Other News:
1.  Relay for Life, 5pm Fri 15 Sept to 8am Sat 16 Sept 17

2.  Mitchell St Mile, Sun 17 Sept 17

3.  Bali International Triathlon, 15 Oct 17

4  Congrats to Stacey & Kent Murray on the recent birth of their baby daughter Summer.

5.  Hear Matt Bishop has all but recovered from his injuries sustained after being blown off his bike in the road ride leg of Katherine Ultra Challenge.

6.  Good luck to members lining up at Ironman 70.3 Sunshine Coast this weekend including Jac Crofton, Stu Fitch, Ali Fitch and Brad George.

7.  As the Tour de Timor approaches, noticing there are some members out there who are very, very mtb fit!!

8.  Our Super Sprint event on Sunday kicks off our Super Sprint Series. Good luck!

9.  Thanks to those who volunteered for Super Tuesday Bike Count this week and nominated the Club.  Do let us know if you did that, so we are able to follow up and receive your donation.

10.  Know someone who would like to tri?  Our Come & Tri category on Sunday is open to non members, so why not bring a friend!

11.  Haven't renewed your membership this season?  Why not Come & Tri this weekend,  say hi and perhaps kick start your comeback to the sport!!  We'd love to see you tri-ing again.

 


PIC OF THE WEEK:
 

A push in the right direction at TriFest



Cheers,
Robyn


Robyn Stanley
E News
Darwin Triathlon Club

 

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