E News 17 February 2016

E NEWS 17 Feb 2016 Hi All, We have the second of our very popular Off Road Triathlons coming up this weekend and it's sure to be another challenging course for us to negotiate and it is likely to have a bit of brain gym involved. See you all there, and word from the wise - probably best to leave the favourite lycra outfit at home for this one.  Can be muddy!   COMING UP: Off Road Triathlon #2 Sunday 21 February 2016 Lake Alexander 7am (check in closes 6:45am) 300m swim, 15km mtb, 4km run Online entry open here Reminder:  Early bird fee available until 8pm Friday but why wait and stress, get your entry in now. Roster: Race Director:  Luke Fronsko Registration:    Helen Stuart | Kathryn Fuller Fruit | Ice:        Fran Edis | Craig Garland   CLUB T SHIRTS: 1.  We are wanting to clear our remaining stock of club T shirts and they will be for sale after the event on Sunday.  Bring some $$$ 2.  There will be a lucky draw following the event - with, you guessed it - t shirt prizes (size and colour range limited).   COMMITTEE NEWS: 1.  As previously reported, Department of Sport & Recreation recently advised that our application for funding to assist with new trailer design and manufacture and purchasing of our new racks was successful.  We are moving ahead with designs and hope to at least have the racks available for use for our Sprint Series. 2.  Marking of our equipment is almost complete. 3.  Anyone willing to assist in a shed clean up please email.  If you are lucky you may get to meet the resident, rather large & rather messy possum! 4.  A big thank you to Gayle Viney and Alan Barrett who have offered to help with our equipment.  Anyone else? 5.  Triathlon NT president James Geddes attended our committee meeting this week and gave an update on direction of triathlon in the Territory. 6.  Our committee was represented by Tony Cox, Mel Lind, Gary Wall and Lisa Payne at the AIS presentation last night. 7.  Fannie Bay Swim date has been set, as always, according to tide times.  As it clashes with our scheduled Enduro event we are looking into our options for rescheduling that event.  Watch this space. 8.  Behind the scenes prep for our upcoming Sprint Series is taking place. Traffic management, sanctioning, entry etc all need to be completed by committee members. 9.  We still have some vacancies on our event roster.  Please check and advise if you are willing to assist.  Race Directors need to be in place to enable events to go ahead.  Plenty of assistance is available. Clare Labowitch was a new race director recently gave some interesting feedback afterwards: "The RD role appears quite intimidating but when you have the backup of Tony Cox, Robyn Stanley and Gary Wall as your wing men and then have mates to do those extra little things; (thanks Helen Stuart  for starting the short course, marshalling to transition and recovering cones; thanks Vicki Woodrow for doing the lonely job of turn around official; thanks Julie Gallagher for assisting with the timing; and thanks to all those who just lent a hand where needed); then being RD is a pleasure and I encourage everyone to put their hand up for it at least once" 10.  We also received some feedback on the move to provide healthy options for post race refreshments. Seems many of you enjoy the coconut water,  some would like to see soda water options and still others are desperate for Coke to make a return to the esky.   OTHER NEWS:   1.  Cable Beach Triathlon - 31 July 2016 2.  Thanks Tim Wolf for the Dick Ward Drive glass alert on Facebook. 3.  A number of our members participated in the recent cycle club team time trial event, and tri names popped up in the winning teams for all categories! 4.  Next junior event is scheduled for 28 Feb 16 - a ride | run format at the velodrome.  One for the calendar.   PIC OF THE WEEK:  Flashback to Feb 2011 after Cyclone Carlos when we could have had a triathlon at the velodrome Photo:  Robyn Stanley Cheers, Robyn Robyn Stanley E News Darwin Triathlon Club WEBSITE

E News 11 February 2016

E NEWS 11 FEBRUARY 2016   The rain stayed away for the first of our Off Road Triathlons held on Sunday at East Point. This resulted in participants going home much cleaner than in previous years.  I think some found this disappointing! Race Director Aaron Caden, assisted by the guys from Cycle Zone, set a challenging but fun course and there was a collective air of achievement present at the finish line! Big shout out to Aaron, Kevin Wells, Nic French, Emma Winterflood, Shaye Hatty, Tina Sanderson, Graeme Parsons, Kylie Scholz, Benita Bitner, as well as all those other fantastic volunteers who assisted at this event. We really appreciate the time & effort put in by all our volunteers which enables our members to continue to enjoy our events.   RESULTS: 1.  Off Road Triathlon #1, 300m swim, 15km mtb, 3km run Male:  Brett Verity 53:41  Female:  Kia King 56:47 Results 2.  Ironman 70.3 Geelong, 1.9km swim 90km bike 21.1km run Heath Porter 22nd M35-39 4:38:02 Marcus Lisle 31st M35-39 4:43:29 Luke Fronsko 22nd M25-29 4:43:51 Rachel McLean 3rd F25-29 4:51:17 Nick Hubbard 99th M30-34 5:49:42 Sarah Collins 6th F55-59 5:51:44 Phil Blumberg 15th M60-64 6:16:12 Corinne Fabian dnf 3.  Coles Classic 2km swim Sydney Clare Labowitch 9th F60-64 36:09 4.  Brighton Jetty Classic 1.5km swim Adelaide Tim Green 1st 30-39 21:19   NEXT EVENT: Sunday 21 February 2016 Off Road Triathlon #2 Lake Alexander 7am 300m swim, 15km mtb, 4km run (approx) Online entry now open here Roster: Race Director:  Luke Fronsko Registation:      Helen Stuart | Kathryn Fuller Fruit | Ice:         Volunteer required   OTHER NEWS: 1.  Some bargains and even some freebies have been posted to the DARWIN TRI - BUY SWAP SELL WANTED Facebook page recently.  Check it out and ask to join if you haven't already done so. 2.  Great news following the Geelong event at the weekend - Rachel McLean has a slot for Ironman 70.3 World Championships.  Congrats Rachel! 3.  Don't forget juniors can use their Sport Vouchers to purchase tri gear.  Check with Mel Lind re available junior stock. 4.  We managed to reunite a backpack & phone with their owner following our event on Sunday.  Please always check you have all your gear before you leave the venue after our events. 5.  Check out upcoming local cycling events. 6.  Are you missing the lollies?  We have made a conscious effort to provide healthier options at our events this year.  Your feedback on post race refreshments is always welcome. 7.  We are still on the look out for a person (or persons) to assist with the Equipment Officer role.  Please email if you can help out with this. 8.  Pointscore has been updated. 9.  We need a volunteer for fruit | ice for our next event.  Please email if you can help out.  Members are asked to keep receipts for reimbursement.   PIC OF THE WEEK:   Synchronized cycling    Cheers, Robyn Robyn Stanley E News Darwin Triathlon Club   WEBSITE