Welcome.

 

Welcome to the Taranaki Triathlon Club where a series of duathlons and triathlons for all abilities is held from 

October through to April.

 

 The Club Prizegiving

 

Fitzroy Surf Club

7pm

Wednesday 2nd May.

 

The 2011-12 club season ended with the club prizegiving and highlighted the outstanding athletes we have in Taranaki. Another great sportsman was our guest speaker- world class speed skater John Carthew. Thanks John for a great talk. There was so much interest we had to interrupt questions so we could finish our prizegiving!

 

Our Life Member John Lykles also presented life memberships to Murray Mace and Eleanor Hamilton- two members who have given outstanding service to the club, competing, running events and serving on the committee for many years. Congratulations for a honour well deserved!

 

Photos from our evening are in the photo gallery.

 

 Two of our awards are for the most improved athlete and the most outstanding and a glance through our nominees below shows the talent in our region.

 

Our nominees were:

Ryan Dingle: ( most improved and most outstanding)

 

Ryan stepped up to the long course this year and recorded 3 wins and one 2nd. He won the Triathlon club champs along with the secondary schools Triathlon and Duathlon titles. 

 

At National level Ryan has represented NZ for the past 3 years at the world age group championships.  Ryan has shown improvement at this level also, with his sprint distance times getting faster each season.  Despite bad mechanical luck at Kinloch this year, he has qualified for the World Championships again in Auckland. He was also 8th U19 male at the National Secondary School Championships.

 

Jessica Leary: (Most improved)

 

Jess continues to be a consistent and leading performer in the junior female category.  This year she won the Taranaki Secondary Schools Champs and placed 10th in her class at the National Sprint Champs in Kinloch.  She has once again won the club points trophies for both triathlon and duathlon with improving performances.

 

Jeff McGrath: (most outstanding)

 

Jeff continues to perform at the highest level for his age group.  This year he won a few of our club races along with the points trophy.  His main season aim of Ironman started with a 2nd in age group and 18th overall at the Taupo half Ironman followed by an equally impressive 3rd in age group and 24th overall at the Tauranga half Ironman  with a time of 4hrs 21.  At Ironman NZ he finished 3rd in his age group and 46th overall to earn another qualification spot for the Ironman World Champs in Hawaii.  We wish Jeff well in his build up for Kona in October.  

 

Shannon Stallard: (most outstanding)

 

While Shannon couldn't make it to our races this year, he was a paid member. Shannon is a former age group Olympic and Sprint Distance champion and in the past season has been racing around the world as a professional, with a top 5 and top 10 placing at 70.3 events across America.  Back home he placed 4th professional overall at the Tauranga half Ironman and 10th at Ironman New Zealand.

 

 

Emma Daniels: (most improved)

Emma has shaved 2-3 mins off each race appearance when compared to last year. She has pushed the junior males all season, and just edged ahead to be the fastest junior in her most recent club race at Ngamotu. She also showed a similar time improvement at Kinloch, going from  a very credible 7th last year,  to win her class this year.

 Eliot Lundon-Moore: (most improved)

Eliot is relatively new to the sport, but has showed improvements worthy of mention even in his first year. He has participated in the junior academy training sessions and improved in his class during the season. He finished first in the junior male class at his most recent club event in Ngamotu.

 Shorty Clark:  (most outstanding)

Shorty has been a consistent triathlete, and very supportive club member for a number of years. He has a long list of impressive results. In the past season Shorty was placed in veteran male class at each club event he entered, and won his class at every Contact tri event he entered, including gold at the Tri NZ Olympic distance champs in Wellington

Tony Brownrigg: (most improved)

This season improved times and consistently improved swim splits have seen Tony have his most successful season. Tony qualified for the Olympic distance age group team for the World Champs in a very competitive age group and he won the Duathlon Club Champs.  

 Joy Baker: (most outstanding)

Joy has excelled this season, dominating her age group at the sprint distance nationals and placing second at the Olympic distance.  Her bronze medal at the 2011 World Age Group Champs in Beijing was the highest accolade of her season and an outstanding achievement.

 Edward Rawles:  (most outstanding)

Edward continues to excel nationally, finishing second in the elite race around the streets of Takapuna and 3rd in the U23 Oceania Sprint champs. Edward also competed in several International triathlons with his best result being 31st at the 2012 Mooloolaba ITU Triathlon Premium Oceania Cup.

And the winners for the 2011-2012 season were:

Most improved Ryan Dingle

Most outstanding Joy Baker

Congratulations to you both for an incredible season of dedicated training and consistantly good racing.

Other winners for the season were: 

Duathlon Trophies

Men’s Champion – Tony Brownrigg

Women’s Champion – Margy Weston

Junior Women’s Points Series Winner – Jessica Leary

Junior Men’s Points Series Winner – Rhys Chilcott

Senior Men’s Points Series Winner – Paul Randell

Senior Women’s Points Series Winner – Brenda Smith

Veteran Men’s Points Series Winner – Barry Marnoch

Veteran Women’s Points Series Winner – Margy Weston

TSSSA Junior Boys Winner – Not contested

TSSSA Junior Girls Winner – Sam Leary

TSSSA Senior Boys Winner – Ryan Dingle

TSSSA Senior Girls Winner – Jessica Leary

 

Taranaki Secondary Schools Triathlon Series

Junior Boys Winner – Eliott Lunden-Moore

Junior Girls Winner – Emma Daniels

Senior Boys Winner – Ryan Dingle

Senior Girls Winner – Jessica Leary

 

 

Triathlon Trophies       

Men’s Champion – Ryan Dingle

Women’s Champion – Sonia O’Connell

Junior Women’s Points Series Winner – Jessica Leary

Junior Men’s Points Series Winner – Ryan Dingle

Senior Men’s Points Series Winner – Jeff McGrath

Senior Women’s Points Series Winner – Lana Phipps

Veteran Men’s Points Series Winner – Tony Brownrigg/Darrin Grey

Veteran Women’s Points Series Winner – Joy Baker

TSSSA Junior Boys Winner – Angus White

TSSSA Junior Girls Winner – Emma Daniels

TSSSA Senior Boys Winner – Ryan Dingle

TSSSA Senior Girls Winner – Jessica Leary

Frontrunner loyalty prize – 2 pairs Saucony Running Shoes Emma Daniels, Brohn Torkler

 

 

 

                 Youth Academy

The youth academy was successfully launched this season- an initiative funded by TRINZ.

We thank Graham Park, a TRINZ Level Two Certified Coach for  running these coaching sessions. To have someone of Graham’s experience to undertake these sessions was of huge value to all participants and the benefit of his coaching was evident in the season's results.

Many thanks also to Jane and Ross Dingle for their continued support of this initiative and the donation of trophies for the winners of the series. 

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Trucking on!

Those at our events for the season would have seen our new  small truck.

With generous support of TSB Community Trust and with assistance from a few key club members, the committee has been able to fit out a small box truck to transport our growing list of club gear. We believe this truck will replace the aging tri-club trailer, and provide better mobility and easier access to our club equipment.

We are currently looking for assistance with some low cost (ideally donated) covered storage

 so our truck remain in good shape for years to come. If you know of any possible avenues we could consider, please get in touch with Peter Crawford 021 674 390.

 

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Notices

Tri Bike Wanted

An entry level tri bike is wanted by a budding female triathlete. Tesa is  170cm tall so if you have a bike that is suitable phone her on 067546579 or email Tesa at guypilkinton@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

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