Welcome.
Welcome to the Taranaki Triathlon Club where a series of duathlons and triathlons for all abilities is held from October through to April. Powerco Ngamotu Race A wet start for everyone, not just the triathletes, but thankfully the weather cleared up and everyone could dry out. The winners in each catagory in the race are listed below and a full list of results can now be found on the results page. Ngamotu Winners Short triathlon Junior male Dylan Finnigan Senior male Aaron Wood Vet male John Kahu Junior female Emma Daniels Senior female Sheena Bourne Vet female Emma Douchette Overall winner Aaron Wood Long Triathlon Junior male Ryan Dingle Senior male Edward Rawles Vet male Darrin Grey Junior female Jessica Leary Senior female Idelle Hiestand Vet female Joy Baker Overall winner Edward Rawles Short duathlon Junior male Rhys Chilcott Senior male Mike Usmar Veteran male Peter Burgess Senior female Suzie Usmar Vet female Anita Smith Overall winner Mike Usmar Long Duathlon Senior male Paul Randall Vet male Kevin Mace Senior female Brenda Smith. Overall winner Paul Randall Ngamotu Beach Event! Bad weather forced the cancellation of the Ratapiko event this season but we should have more luck at the first of our races at Ngamotu Beach, the Powerco Triathlons and Duathlons on January 15 beginning at 9am. There are short and long events in both triathlon and duathlon and this is now the first race of the secondary series. (The first of the series was meant to be the Lake Ratapiko event.) The Frontrunner loyalty prizes 2 pairs of Saucony shoes to the value of $200 each (1 mens, 1 womens) are up for grabs this year. If you race in, or help out with at least three events you'll be in the draw on prizegiving night. Many thanks to the Frontrunner. We really appreciate your support! Open water swims Want to have a go at an open water swim for the first time, get a few handy hints or just swim with agroup. Good numbers are turning up to Graham Park's swim sessions at Ngamotu Beach. They are at 5.15 on Wednesday nights and your gold coin donation goes to the Secondary School Triathlon Programme, which is outlined below. Inglewood race winners The winners in each catagory in the Inglewood race are listed below and a full list of results can now be found on the results page. Many thanks too to all who helped us set up and put away equipment for our latest event. It may have been a record time! Inglewood Winners Short duathlon Junior male Dylan Finnigan Senior male Evan Jane Vet male Geoff Allen Junior female Emma Daniels Senior female Katie Watts Vet female Irena Brooks Team Ben and Sam Overall winner Dylan Finnigan Long Triathlon Junior male Ryan Dingle Senior male Adam Fraser Vet male Tony Brownrigg Junior female Jessica leary, Senior female Lana Phipps Vet female Sonia O'Connell Overall winner Adam Fraser Short duathlon Junior male Rhys Chilcott Senior male Mike Usmar Veteran male Brian Aitchison Vet female Anita Smith Overall winner Brian Aitchison Long Duathlon Senior male Paul Randall Vet male Barry Marnoch, Senior female Brenda Smith. Overall winner Paul Randall Youth Academy The youth academy has been successfully launched. This initiative funded by TRINZ is now underway. Graham Park, a TRINZ Level Two Certified Coach who has indepth knowledge of everything and anything triathlon, is running these coaching sessions. To have someone of Graham’s experience to undertake these sessions is of huge value to all participants so come along and join in. Whether you have competed in triathlons before or are someone new to the sport everyone is welcome. Mondays 4.00pm Run session – Meet at Pukekura Park Pavillon Thursdays 4.00pm Bike session – Meet at Spotswood College main gates. These FREE sessions are open to everybody aged 10 – 19 so join in, bring your mates and have a lot of fun whilst learning great skills. From 30th November we will also be undertaking an open water swim session on Wednesdays. More details will be published closer to the date. Should you require any further information please contact Russell Mancer (758-2079 evenings) Taranaki Triathlon Club Secondary School Triathlon Series This season, in conjunction with our scheduled events the Taranaki Triathlon Club is running a secondary schools triathlon series. To be eligible to participate in this series students must be registered at a New Zealand High School (Years 9-13) in the 2012 academic year. We welcome athletes from outside the province to participate in these events. The four races will only cost a membership fee with the Taranaki Triathlon Club of $35.00. Every event competed in also gives you a one in four chance of winning a spot prize at that event. The points system will be similar to the ITU World Cup points scoring system. Athletes will take points from their best three results over the series and the highest aggregate of points for both male and female will win their respective Taranaki Secondary School Triathlon Cup. Race dates and venues Secondary School Triathlon Cup Series Race 1 - Saturday 17th December 2011 at Lake Ratapiko. (Start time 2.00pm) Race 2– Sunday 15th January 2012 at Ngamotu Beach. (Start time 9.00am) Race 3– Saturday 18th February 2012 at Ngamotu Beach (Start time 9.00am) Race 4 – Sunday 18th March 2012 at Ngamotu Beach (start time 8.00am) The final event doubles as the TSSSA Triathlon Championships. Distances These vary slightly from event to event but are either: swim 500m/750m, cycle 20km and run 4km/ 5km. The exception is the final event which is the TSSSA Triathlon Champs and this will be 200m swim/10km cycle/2km run. Both the Youthtown programme currently underway (see above) and the Taranaki Secondary Schools Triathlon Cup series will prepare a group of Taranaki student athletes to race in the NZSSSA Triathlon Champs to be held at Lake Karapiro on 29th March 2012. Should you require further information please contact Ross Dingle (0273)105-112 or Russell Mancer (0274) 380-002 or visit our website www.tri-taranaki.co.nz Taranaki Super Challenge Look to the right for details. They are in the updates column. New Committee Members We farewelled Jeff McGrath and Murray Mace from the committee after many years of stirling service and we welcomed Tony Brownrigg, Greg Chilcott and Merve Hunger. They'll join Eleanor Hamilton, Sandra Sharp, Russell Mancer, Aaron Wood, John Crawford and Mike Tapp for 2011/12 Those at our first event 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
Taranaki Super Challenge 2012 |
Remember this last year? It is an event which starts with the challenge of the 153km Round the Mountain Cycle ride on 14th Jan 2012. The second challenge is the 3.6km Flannagan Cup swim on the 6th February and finally the 42.2km Mountain to Surf Marathon on 4th March. All events must be completed. |
