E News 16 June 2016

E NEWS 16 JUNE 16   Duathlon #2 was held at Knuckey Lagoon at the weekend with a small but enthusiastic field of competitors. A big thank you to RD Robbie Weatherald and the roster & other volunteers, we appreciate your contribution to the running of our event! With the last of our 2015/2016 races now complete, we head into all those wonderful dry season events including the NT Long Course Triathlon (10 July 2016).  If you have any tri visitors heading up this way, be sure to encourage them to enter & to bring their bike up. Or perhaps they would like to do a team with you??   RESULTS: 1.  Duathlon #2, 5km run, 20km bike, 2.5km run Male:  Ron Griep  1:05:08  Female:  Rachel McLean 1:07:56 2.  Duathlon Short Option Male:  Trent Ramsey 39:09  Female:  Ruth Roberts 47:48 Duathlon results here 3.  Ironman Cairns, 3.8km swim, 180km bike, 42.2km run Tim Green 16th MPro 10:02:40 Marcus Lisle 22nd M35-39 10:07:32 Jac Crofton 1st F40-44 10:24:34 Sarah Collins 3rd F55-59 12:07:12 Lucy Thompson 38th F30-34 13:46:32 4.  Ironman 70.3 Cairns, 1.9km swim, 90km bike, 21.1km run Sarah Jones 35th F40-44 5:58:31 Sally Broadley 31st F30-34 5:59:18 Jessica Fell 24th F25-29 6:01:21 Corinne Fabian 2nd F60-64 6:10:49 Robson Bond 21st M55-59 6:11:05 Leanne Fidler 39th F35-39 6:28:45 Graeme Parsons 5th M60-65 6:36:27 Cherie Whitbread 28th F50-54 7:09:15 Moira Wigley 20th F55-59 7:24:48   5.  Ironman 70.3 Japan, 1.9km swim, 90km bike, 21.1km run Billy Lynch 61st M30-34 5:56:31   COMING UP: Sunday 10 July 2016 Triathlon NT's NT Long Course Triathlon Lake Bennett Resort 7am 2km swim, 60km bike, 16km run Individuals & Teams (members and non members) Online entry opens tomorrow (Friday 17 June) here   OTHER NEWS: 1.  Congratulations to Jacqui Crofton and Sarah Collins, both qualified for 2016 Ironman World Championships, Hawaii at Ironman Cairns. 2.  Congratulations to Corinne Fabian our latest qualifier for 2016 Ironman 70.3 World Championships (Sunshine Coast). 3.  Jessica Fell is sporting a multi-coloured body after coming off her bike at Ironman 70.3 Cairns. 4.  Hard luck for Tim Green, he punctured twice at Ironman Cairns. 5.  One of the paratriathletes at Cairns, sent Corinne Fabian sprawling, accidental of course! 6.  And Graeme Parsons had a mechanical on the bike course - 15 minutes + of frustration. 7.  NT News 15 June 16 8.  Check out this free club membership offer from Vision Money . 9.  Surf 2 Turf fundraising run is 5:30pm tomorrow Friday - Info here 10.  Speedy recovery wishes go out to Kylie Scholz after her knee op. 11.  Entry open for 2017 Ironman Cairns - 11 June 17 12.  Entry open for 2017 Ironman Australia (Port Macquarie) - 7 May 17 13.  Not up for NT Long Course as an individual?  Grab your friends and form a team. 14.  Weather has cooled but don't let your swimming slip this dry especially if you have target events later this year or just want to improve in the water. 15.  Early bird entry for Fannie Bay Swims  closes soon.  Why pay more? 16.  2016 | 2017 Club Membership now open here for NEW members only.  Please share the link if you know someone who is interested in joining.   PIC OF THE WEEK: Moira went with pink for IM 70.3 Cairns Cheers, Robyn Robyn Stanley E News Darwin Triathlon Club WEBSITE

E News 8 June 2016

E NEWS 8 JUNE 16 Please note the change of location for our event on Sunday. With Dripstone Park and surrounds under reconstruction, president Tony Cox has been busy behind the scenes gaining permits and making the necessary changes to sanctioning etc to enable the move to Knuckey Lagoon Recreation Reserve - details below. Work is progressing on our new event calendar for 2016 | 2017.  We hope to have that finalised soon.  In the meantime there are a zillion dry season events coming up. Enjoy!   MEMBERSHIP OFFER: Great to see we already have a number of people taking up the new member offer.  This will allow them to participate at our event on Sunday as well as having valid membership to 30 June 2017. If you know someone who has been wanting to join, now is the perfect time to encourage them to do so. New members, please feel free sign up and/or to share this link. Note to current members - your membership renewal date is not until 1 July 16 (either auto renew or manual depending on how you have set your renewal options).   RESULTS: 1 City 2 Surf. 12.7km Fastest club members: Luke Fronsko 49:50, Phil Lewis 53:07, Rob Weatherald 54.22 Jennifer Turner 1:00:59, Emma Winterflood 1:01:51, Kate Robertson 1:02:40 Full results here   NEXT EVENT: Sunday 12 June 2016 Duathlon #2 Knuckey Lagoon Recreation Reserve, Brandt Road 7am (check in closes 6:45am) Info & Online Entry here Roster: Race Director:  Robbie Weatherald Registration:     Rena Walker | Jo Duncan Fruit | Ice:         Tatiane Kelly Notes: 1.  Limited parking inside Reserve 2.  BYO insect repellent 3.  Run is off road   OTHER NEWS: 1.  Clare McVeity has handed in her timing chip and headed "down south" for an extended stay.  We wish Clare all the best with the move & new position. 2.  Check out the new items on DARWIN TRI - BUY | SWAP | SELL | WANTED 3.  Wishing Moira Wigley smooth water as she competes in the Green Island Swim tomorrow. 4.  Good luck to our members lining up at Ironman Cairns including Ali Fitch, Lucy Thompson, Jac Crofton, Marcus Lisle, Tim Green and Sarah Collins. 5.  In Ironman 70.3 Cairns we have Sarah Jones, Corinne Fabian, Sally Broadley, Jessica Fell, Graeme Parsons, Moira Wigley, Robson Bond, Cherie Whitbread and Leanne Fidler among those on the start list.  Good luck! 6.  Also on Sunday Stef Puszka and Billy Lynch line up at Ironman 70.3 Japan.  Have a good one! 7.  Entry is now open for Fannie Bay Swim  Sunday 26 June 2016 8.  No results up yet, but we had members in the Swimming NT Open Water Swim at the weekend. 9.  Hearing some speedy averages are being maintained in the Saturday morning rides.  Must mean Gran Fondo is coming up. 10.  Tim Green is using his Ironman Cairns training to raise funds for Beyond Blue. He is getting close to his target amount and it would be great to help him reach that before race day this Sunday.  You can read his story and make a donation of any size here. 11.  Challenge Iskandar Puteri, Malaysia 13 August 2016 12.  One of our juniors, Kyle Farrier knocked over the City 2 Surf in 1:04:39 well done!   PIC OF THE WEEK: Phil heading for a 53:07 at City 2 Surf Cheers, Robyn Robyn Stanley E News Darwin Triathlon Club WEBSITE