E News 6 January 2014

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 28^th 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 1^st 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:

1.  Darwin Long Course Triathlon date has been confirmed as Saturday 16 August 2014. 

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

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Robyn's E News 19 December 2013

Hi All,

Our Christmas Splash N Dash is always fun and it was great that so many were also able to stay afterwards and enjoy our end of year sausage sizzle.

A huge thank you to RD Rob Weatherald, Junior Coordinator Luke Hansen and to the many volunteers who contributed to the success of this joint senior/junior event.

As the year draws to a close and many depart Darwin for all corners of the globe, President Steve Goat and your Darwin Triathlon Club committee would like to thank all our members, from the youngest to oldest who have raced this year, all our wonderful volunteers who have given of their time, our coaches who have continued to assist members to achieve their goals and our sponsors who have contributed to our events - together we have had another fantastic year of triathlon and we look forward to bringing you more of the same in 2014.  Have a safe and happy festive season.

RESULTS:

1.  Christmas Splash N Dash, 1km run, 200m swim, 1km run, 200m swim, 1km run

Male:  Rowan Beggs-French  Female:  Hannah Johnston

Times are posted to website.

2.  Ironman 70.3 Canberra, 1.9km swim, 90km bike, 21.1km run

John Arrigo 20th M30-34 4.41.20

Russell Peacock 26th M30-34 4.47.20

Stef Puszka 2nd F25-29 4.56.59

Justin Tranter 44th M25-29 5.16.24

Pieter Jordaan 62nd M35-39 5.24.58

Trevor Moses 67th M25-29 5.35.42

Graeme Parsons 2nd F60-64 5.46.08

Daryl Stanley 1st M65-59 6.18.17

Haydn Whitty dnf

Tim Green dns

Nathan Dwyer dns

NEXT EVENT:

Saturday 18 January 2014

Aquathlon #1

Lake Alexander

6pm

400m swim, 4km run

Roster:

Race Director:  Daryl Stanley

Registration:    Helen Stuart | Robyn Stanley

Fruit | Ice:       Katie Kelly

Note:

1.  From 2014 all events will have online entry.  No race day registrations will be accepted.

2.  Online entry for Aquathlon #1 is now open here.

3.  Entry closes midday Friday 17 January 2014.

TRAINING NOTICES:

1.  Track Session:  Coach Lee Wilson advises Friday (20 Dec) will be the final track session for the year and will resume on Friday 10 January.  Monday track for my squad will resume when school goes back on the 6 February.

2.  Swim Squad:  Coach Daryl Stanley advises Nightcliff swim squad (Tues & Thurs 6-7am) will resume on Tuesday 7 Jan 2014.

JUNIOR TRI GEAR ORDER:

1.  We have been advised that our junior tri gear order has been dispatched. 

2.  Hoping for a delivery today/tomorrow and once sorted we will email regarding collection arrangements.

FOR SALE / WANTED ETC:

1. FOR SALE:  $180.00  - Prorace soft bike bag with steel frame base to lock bike in.  The bag has 4 castor wheels on the bottom so easy to roll when bike is packed.  Contact Jane 0429 998 722

2.  FOR SALE:  Bell TT/Triathlon helmet. Medium. Black/White/Red colour. Comes with visor option and new padding. $40 Contact Tim 0410 188 534

3.  FOR SALE:  Zipp 808 firecrest tubular rear wheel. Ceramic bearings. Tubular already attached and in good condition. $400. Contact Tim 0410 188 534

4. FOR SALE:  JetBlack ergo. All road/TT bikes fit. Perfect for indoor training in the cyclone season. $40. Contact Tim 0410 188 534

OTHER NEWS:

1.  We wish Haydn Whitty a speedy recovery from injuries sustained at IM 70.3 Canberra.  A motorist drove onto the closed bike course and collided with Haydn and another competitor.  The female competitor was released from hospital a few hours later but Haydn was detained overnight for scans and observation.  Haydn would be first to recommend wearing of bike helmets anytime you are riding a bike.

2.  Bad luck for Tim Green who was a dns at IM 70.3 Canberra due to food poisoning.

3.  Former DTC president Kylie Sheffield and Shef send their regards to members. 

4.  Welcome back Julian Weller.

5.  Farewells continue, among the most recent, Michael Varga and Liz Mackie who have headed south this week.

6.  Christmas and New Year is traditionally time to make race decisions.  If you are entering an away race we thoroughly recommend putting your suburb as “Darwin” and your postcode.  Most race announcers recognise “Darwin” but are inclined to skip over suburbs.  Also helps to let people know that we have a thriving tri community in the Top End.

7.  Don’t forget we go to online registration for all our events in the New Year.  This will reduce workload for volunteers, enable us to know how many competitors we need to cater for and also save our members from raiding the kid’s money boxes to find change for race entry fees. 

8.  Our fees have also had a small increase to help cover the cost of water safety, St John Ambulance attendance at events, permits etc.  Fees include online processing charge.

9.  Racing away over the next month or so?  Do let us know where you (or someone you know) will be lining up.

10.  This is the last E News for 2013 – do hope you have enjoyed receiving it.  Any news or announcements over the holiday season will be posted to our Facebook page and website, so check in regularly.

Wishing you all a very happy Christmas,

Cheers,

Robyn

Robyn Stanley

Darwin Triathlon Club

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