Triathlon Tasmania

AGM

2010-08-22T01:10:00.000-07:00

The 2010 Triathlon Tasmania AGM will be held Sunday 29th August at

The Grange, Campbell Town commencig at 2pm.

Need some sun?

2010-07-23T22:05:00.000-07:00

June & July News

2010-06-26T21:00:00.000-07:00

2010/2011 MEMBERSHIP

Current Triathlon Australia/Triathlon Tasmania memberships expire on 30 June. Membership for the 2010/2011 season opens on 1st July (covering 12 months and based on the financial year).

In fantastic news for our members, Triathlon Australia/Triathlon Tasmania Memberships will also include membership to your local club.

That means you are joining your National, State and Local Club bodies all in one easy membership.

Triathlon Tasmania Membership will be available in two formats. Members can choose to join through Triathlon Australia (includes Triathlon Australia, Triathlon Tasmania and Club Memberships) or through their local club (includes Triathlon Tasmania and Club Memberships)

There are many and varied benefits from being involved in these areas of Triathlon.

TRIATHLON AUSTRALIA

Part of your membership fee goes to Triathlon Australia. This fee covers:

· Membership with Triathlon Australia and the provision of a membership card recognised Australia wide

· Personal Accident Insurance according to the TA policy

· Eligibility to compete for a position in the Australian team for ITU World Championship events

TRIATHLON TASMANIA

Part of your membership fee goes to Triathlon Tasmania. This fee covers:

· Membership with Triathlon Tasmania

· Administration levy

· Eligibility to compete for Triathlon Tasmania State Championships and Series Pointscore and Awards

· Eligibility to compete for end of season awards

· Eligibility to compete in member only sanctioned events through Triathlon Tasmania

· Discounted entry fees when competing in sanctioned events through Triathlon Tasmania

· Eligibility to compete, at club rates, in any event hosted and sanctioned by a Triathlon Tasmania affiliated club.

· Eligibility to attend TT Coaching and Technical Courses

· Eligibility to be considered for entry into the Tasmanian Junior Development Squad

· Regular Newsletters and information

· By becoming a member of Triathlon Tasmania you are assisting in the development of the sport of Triathlon. Your contribution enables Triathlon Tasmania to govern the sport in Tasmania; sanction races; assist club’s junior development programs; conduct development programs for technical officials; provide avenues for coach development; conduct the Tasmanian Triathlon Series; and contribute towards club development

CLUB

Part of your membership fee includes your club fee. If joining through Triathlon Australia this portion of your fee is forwarded to your club of choice along with your contact details. If joining through your club the state levy is forwarded to Triathlon Tasmania along with your contact details. There are many great benefits available for being a member of your local club. For more information from your local club visit their website.

Clubs will also offer free one-day memberships to members of other clubs, allowing you to compete in any club event hosted and sanctioned by a Triathlon Tasmania affiliated club.

· Triathlon South - www.triathlonsouth.com.au

· Launceston Triathlon Club - www.launcestontriclub.com

· Cradle Coast Triathlon & Multisport - http://cradlecoasttm.blogspot.com

AUSTRALIAN DUATHLON SERIES

The new look 2010-2011 Australian Duathlon Series was recently launched and will see one race held in each State. Tasmania’s event will be run by Triathlon South at the Rokeby Police Academy on Sunday October 3 2010 and will double as the MyState Financial Tasmanian Duathlon Championships.

DOMESTIC DUATHLON SERIES UNDER THE ONE BANNER

The launch of the Australian Duathlon Series sees each of the traditional state-based duathlon championships packaged into an integrated series under a uniform format.

Its aim is to create an Australia-wide competition that provides an opportunity for duathlon competitors to travel interstate and experience events in attractive locations. This year’s Australian Championships, for example, will be held in the beautiful Barossa Valley on August 15.

The series caters for the novice, age group and elite competitors. Each event will incorporate some or all of the following races: novice, sprint, classic and endure. The distances and surfaces (on-road or off-road) may vary according to each location.

Duathlon, of course, consists of a second shorter run leg instead of the swim leg in a traditional triathlon. So, whether you’re a duathlon specialist, an elite triathlete looking to improve your run speed and bike power, an age grouper searching for decent hit-outs over the cooler months, or a novice looking to sample a fun multisport, check out the Australian Duathlon Series.

The dates are listed below or you can go to http://www.australianduathlonseries.com for more details.

TriNSW Duathlon Series June 27 Horsley Park

Gatton Grunt - TQ Championships August 1 Gatton

SA /Australian Championships August 15 Barossa Valley

ACT Duathlon August 29 Stromlo Forest Park

NT Duathlon Championships September 19 Hidden Valley

Tasmanian Duathlon Championships October 3 Rokeby

WA Duathlon Championships October 10 Kelmscott

Victorian Duathlon Grand Final October 17 Bundoora

UPDATES FROM TRIATHLON TASMANIA AFFILIATED CLUBS:

Tasmania’s Triathlon Clubs are all busy planning for an exciting 2010-2011 Triathlon Season. For more information about membership, training options and upcoming events please contact your local club.

Remember that in 2010-2011 your club membership is included in your Triathlon Australia/Triathlon Tasmania fee or you can join directly through your club, which includes membership to Triathlon Tasmania (not TA)

Get involved in your local club today!

2010-2011 RACE CALENDAR

The race calendar for the upcoming season is currently under construction. Stay tuned for the details!

TECHNICAL OFFICIALS

A level 2 Technical Official’s Course will be held in Launceston on Sunday 10 October, If you are interested, to register, or for more information please notify Suzie Bower via email to : bower31@hotmail.com or mobile 0400917407

JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT

In 2010 Tasmanian Clubs have taken the reins to coordinate junior development in their local regions. Supported by Fairbrother, each club will go about providing juniors with the encouragement they need to enjoy the sport of triathlon, please contact you club for more details of the 2010 junior development program in your area.

TRIATHLON COACHING

If you are interested in participating in a Level 1 Coach’s Course please email your details to triathlontasmania@gmail.com

AUSTRALIAN DUATHLON CHAMPIONSHIPS

Location: Tanunda, Barossa Valley SA

Event Date: Sunday, 15th August 2010

This is your chance to race for an Australian title and gain automatic qualification for the 2011 World Duathlon Championships, while enjoying the scenery and hospitality of one of Australia’s finest wine and tourism destinations.

Courses and Distances

Long Course

This is the Australian Championship and South Australian Championship race. (Minimum age is 18 as of 31/12/2010)

Run 1:10 kilometres 4 Laps of flat 2.5 kilometre course

Ride: 40 kilometres 2 laps of undulating 20 kilometre course including Menglers Hill

Run 2: 5 kilometres 2 laps of same 2.5 kilometre course

Short Course (Minimum age is 14 as of 31/12/2010)

Run 1: 5 kilometres 2 Laps of flat 2.5 kilometre course

Ride: 20 kilometres 3 laps of flat 6.7 kilometre course

Run 2: 5 kilometres 1 lap of same 2.5 kilometre course

Early Bird Entry

A 10% discount is currently available to participants who enter online before 15 July 2010. For Further details please visit the website at www.triathlonsa.org.au

May News

2010-05-13T17:39:00.000-07:00

2010 MYSTATE FINANCIAL TRIATHLON SERIES

Series Presentations – Saturday 15th May

ANNUAL DINNER AND AWARDS PRESENTATIONS

Members and sponsors will gather this Saturday evening to celebrate the end of another successful season and recognize our top performers for 2009/2010.

AWARDS

Thank you to all the people who sent nominations for the 2009/2010 Awards, these will be presented at the Awards & Celebrations on Saturday night.

SPECIAL MEETING

The special meeting for Triathlon Tasmania will take place at the Ulverstone Civic Centre at 5pm on Saturday 15^th May. The meeting is for members of Triathlon Tasmania to vote on the proposed change to the constitution regarding the board of management. The aim of the proposed change is to allow each affiliated club to have equal representation on the Triathlon Tasmania Board and share the workload of the board around the state. For more details please see the document posted on the blog or previously sent to members via email.

TRIATHLON TASMANIA AFFILIATED CLUBS:

Keep up to date with what’s happening at your local club over winter by visiting their website:

http://www.triathlonsouth.com.au

http://cradlecoasttm.blogspot.com

http://www.launcestontriclub.com

TECHNICAL OFFICIALS

If you have been a Level One TO for a year a level 2 TO Course is to be held in Launceston at The Northern Vocational School on Sunday 10th October.

If you are interested in attending please notify Suzie Bower via email to: bower31@hotmail.com or mobile 0400917407

STATE DUATHLON CHAMPIONSHIPS

The 2010 MyState Financial Tasmanian Duathlon Championships will be held on Sunday 3^rd October at the Tasmanian Police Academy in Rokeby. Thanks to Tri South who have put their hand up to run the event. Stay tuned for more details.

COACHING

If you would be interested in attending a Level 1 Triathlon Coaching Course in the near future please email your name, address and contact number to triathlontasmania@gmail.com. The course is run over a weekend and a assessment follows to complete the accreditation.

JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT

In 2010 Tasmanian Clubs have taken the reins to coordinate junior development in their local regions. Supported by Fairbrother, each club will go about providing juniors with the encouragement they need to enjoy the sport of triathlon, please contact your club for more details of the 2010 junior development program in your area.

Motion to change consitution

2010-05-03T14:45:00.000-07:00

There is a proposed motion to change the Triathlon Tasmania constitution in regards to the board of management.

The Special General Meeting is to be held on Saturday the 15th of May starting at 5.00pm at the Ulverstone Civic Centre (prior to the annual dinner).

At the meeting the motion will be read and financial members of Triathlon Tasmania will be invited to vote to accept or decline the motion. If accepted (by majority vote) the change of constitution will be implemented at the 2010 AGM.

All members are invited to attend this meeting and cast their vote.

April News

2010-04-09T22:30:00.000-07:00

2010 MYSTATE FINANCIAL TRIATHLON SERIES

Series Presentations – Saturday 15th May - Save the Date!

2010 MYSTATE FINANCIAL TRIATHLON SERIES
The fourth and final round of the 2010 MyState Financial Triathlon Series was held in perfect conditions at Beauty Point recently. Hobart’s Jonathon Hitchens was the fastest competitor for the day, completing the 750m swim, 30km cycle and 5km run in 1 hour 14 minutes and 9 seconds. Hitchens exited the swim in 6^th place and put power to the pedal on the bike to take a commanding lead into the run. Veteran athlete Michael Anderson also of Hobart finished in second place just over two minutes later. Recording his best performance for the season, third across the line was Scott Schilg a further four minutes back. In the women’s field it was Devonport’s Amelia Pearson first across the line, finishing three minutes ahead of former steeplechaser and now triathlon convert Donna McFarlane. Lia Giovanovits was third a further 3 minutes back.

After leading the field out of the water junior competitor Dan Probert put in a solid performance to take the junior men’s title. It was a great hit out for Probert before heading to the School Sport Australia National Triathlon Championships in Adelaide later this week. Jess Ling won the junior female division.

While Michael Anderson dominated the veteran division it was close racing for second and third with Michael Purton (2^nd) and Phill Murell (3^rd) finishing just seconds apart. Sharron Hetherington took out the female category ahead of Maggie Squires and Nolene Chippandall.

The full results are available on the Launceston Triathlon Club website.

Fifteen athletes competed in all four races of the series and went into the draw for one of two $200 2XU gift vouchers. Well done Karen Brown, Shad Hearn, Jon Hitchens, Casey Mainsbridge, Amelia Pearson, Mick Purton, Greg Walker, Carl Hoddy, Craig Doherty, John Cornell, Adam Coombe, Paul Ranson, Eric Jarrett, Christopher Sullivan, Simon Thiessen on a great series.
Congratulations to Shad Hearn and Greg Walker who picked up the great prizes.

SAVE THE DATE
The 2009/2010 Annual Dinner and Awards night will be held on Saturday 15 May in Ulverstone. For those of you who are unaware the Annual dinner rotates around Hobart, Launceston and the North West from year to year. A new format for the night is being developed so put the date in your diary and come celebrate the end of a great season. Invitations will be emailed to all members and we hope you consider coming along to celebrate a great season.

AWARDS
Information regarding the 2009/2010 Triathlon Tasmania Awards is available on the Triathlon Tasmania website. Clubs and individuals are invited to make nominations for the awards. Please read the criteria of the awards before completing a nomination form.
Nominations close at COB on Friday 16^th April 2010.

UPDATES FROM TRIATHLON TASMANIA AFFILIATED CLUBS:

http://www.triathlonsouth.com.au

“Down South”
The siren has sounded. Its all over for another season. I’m sure there’s a fair mixture of relief and disappointment amongst everyone.
For many the season ended with their longest races of the season, either at Coles Bay or Port Macquarie last weekend or NZIM a few weeks ago. Personally I only spectated/volunteered/photographed at Ironman, and that was a big enough 19 hour day for me. Congratulations to all those stepping up to a longer distance they hadn’t contemplated in the past, if you want to see something inspirational hang around the finishing chute after the 14 hour mark of an Ironman - unfortunately it means they were all beaten by Tony Abbott - but the overwhelming emotion is something you will never forget. As the shirts on a lot of females in Port so aptly read, and this doesn’t just apply to these crazy long distances, “never never never ever never ever give up”
Prior to that was the annual handicap race, the “yep looks good to me” handicapping system may need some refining for next season, Ill have you all crossing the finish line at once somehow. Well done to everyone in the last few club races in some rather ordinary conditions.
Hopefully we will see a lot of you at the Tri south awards night, bookings essential and available through the website, between now and then have a good think about whether you would like to help out with the work behind the scenes next season and consider throwing your hand up for a spot on the committee. (Its not that bad a job) Plenty of ideas are already floating around for a bigger and better 10/11 season, new race venues, types and times already being looked into.
Safe training for all those hard-core athletes not bludging over winter (from recent experience I do believe this off season training idea might be a good one)

Andrew “A Zed” Zielinski
Tri South

http://cradlecoasttm.blogspot.com

Thanks to everyone who supported Cradle Coast Triathlon & Multisport in our first season. Congratulations to those members who participated in the Coles Bay Triathlon, Australian Ironman, SSA Tri Champs and those that faired well in their age group in the MyState Triathlon Series.

We hope to see you at training sessions throughout the cooler months in preparation for a bigger and better 2010/2011!

Keep checking out our blog for all our latest info.

Joe Pearson
President, CCTM

http://www.launcestontriclub.com
For all information regarding the Launceston Triathlon Club please visit the website above.

TECHNICAL OFFICIALS
If you have been a Level One TO for a year at least and would like to do a Level two course please notify Suzie Bower via email to: bower31@hotmail.com or mobile 0400917407

COACHING
If you would be interested in attending a Level 1 Triathlon Coaching Course in the near future please email your name, address and contact number to triathlontasmania@gmail.com. The course is run over a weekend and a assessment follows to complete the accreditation.

JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT
In 2010 Tasmanian Clubs have taken the reins to coordinate junior development in their local regions. Supported by Fairbrother, each club will go about providing juniors with the encouragement they need to enjoy the sport of triathlon, please contact your club for more details of the 2010 junior development program in your area.

ITU JUNIORS
The Oceania Triathlon Championships were held recently in Wellington, New Zealand. Luke Geelan showed his talent by finishing fourth. Dylan Evans finished a creditable 21^st in his first international event.

SCHOOL SPORT AUSTRALIA NATIONAL TRIATHLON CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 2010 SSA National Triathlon Championships was held in Adelaide from 16-19^th March. Congratulations to our relay competitors that brought home bronze medals:
Intermediate Boys - Jonathan Butler (swim), Dan Probert (bike) and Jacob Birtwhistle (run)
Senior Girls - Jayde Richardson (swim), Hannah Geelan (bike) and Natalea Smith (run)
Dylan Evans was the highest placed individual finisher, in 8^th place in the Senior Boys.

NEW ZEALAND IRONMAN
Congratulations to Triathlon Tasmania & Tri South member Hayden Armstrong on an outstanding performance at the New Zealand Ironman recently. Hayden won his age group and finished 7^th overall in a blistering 9hours 11minutes. Launceston Triathlon Club member Susan Casey also put in a great performance to finish 2^nd in her age group and 9^th overall in 10hours 6minutes.

AUSTRALIAN REPRESENTATIVES
Congratulations to Triathlon Tasmania members Ric Coyle, Eric Jarrett, Gemma McIncke and Carl Hoddy who have qualified in their respective age categories for the 2010 ITU World Triathlon Championships to be held in Budapest. Go Aussie!

March News

2010-03-05T00:47:00.000-08:00

2010 MYSTATE FINANCIAL TRIATHLON SERIES

RACE 1: 3 January –Seven Mile Beach, Triathlon South

RACE 2: 26 January – Latrobe, Cradle Coast Triathlon & Multisport

RACE 3: 14 February – Lake Barrington & Sheffield incorporating the MyState Financial Tasmanian Olympic Distance Championships, Cradle Coast Triathlon & Multisport

RACE 4: 14 March – Beauty Point, Launceston Triathlon Club

FROM THE PRESIDENT

The last month has been highlighted by some major events and great performances by members of Triathlon Tasmania. The inaugural “Hell in the Hills” point-to-point triathlon, held as part of the MyState Triathlon State Series was a great success, despite challenging conditions. Competitors were tested by the course but also treated to great hospitality by the Kentish Council. I would like to thanks the Cradle Coast club for developing and running this event to all volunteers and officials involved and to sponsors for their support.

The Australasian Police and Emergency Service games were held in and around Hobart. Apart from strong winds at the start of the triathlon, and a good sea breeze for the aquathon competitors had great weather and competition was keen in all age groups. It was also great to see member of Triathlon Tasmania doing well, and my congratulations to them, with the inter service friendly rivalry between what Tim Cox of ABC radio termed saw the ‘Guns and Hoses’ also evident. In particular I would like to acknowledge Kerry Stubbs’s work in race organisation and members and friends of Triathlon Tasmania and Triathlon South for helping to make the triathlon, duathlon and aquathon events such a success. These events, as with club races and other events, can only be run with the help of volunteers. The feedback from visitors to the state was highly complimentary, focusing particularly of the professionalism of race officials and marshalls.

Launceston Tri Club and Race Director Paul Turner have also been working hard on the Coles Bay Long Course Triathlon to be held on 28 March. This promise to be a fantastic event and I encourage as many members to compete in what must be one of the most stunning sites for a triathlon anywhere in the world.

Triathlon has also scored well in the 46^th Annual Tasmanian Sports Awards. Congratulations to nominees Amelia Pearson (Female Athlete), Craig Redman (Coach) and Tim Smith, nominated in the Local Hero category for his work in developing and directing the Southern Schools Triathlon Challenge.

We have the final MyState states series race coming up at Beauty Point with the Launcetson Triathlon Club hosting the race on 14 March. This promise to be a great event and with points still up for grabs in the series I am sure we will see some great performances to cap of a great series and season.

Marcus Haward

President

2010 MYSTATE FINANCIAL TRIATHLON SERIES

Results from Race 1 of the MyState Financial Triathlon Series at Seven Mile Beach are available on Triathlon South’s website.

Results from Races 2 and 3 are available on the Cradle Coast Triathlon & Multisport blog.

The points update for the series is now available on the Triathlon Tasmania website and there will be some great racing at Beauty Point o sort out the place-getters.

Race 4 is now your final opportunity to take part in the series, so come along to Beauty Point on 14 March. It will be a great way to finish off the season!

Everyone that participates in all four races of the series goes into the draw for some great prizes. Online entries are now available on the Launceston Tri Club website.

· For more specific details on Race 4 go to http://www.launcestontriclub.com

· For more information about the series an Athlete information Booklet is on the Triathlon Tasmania website.

UPDATES FROM TRIATHLON TASMANIA AFFILIATED CLUBS:

http://www.triathlonsouth.com.au

“Down South”

Summers over L

Thankfully race season isn’t. Quiet month February huh? Not likely!!

Don’t know where to start with news from this month. Big results all over the place. The Armstrong/Hitchens battle still in full swing, in particular with some awesome results in Geelong 70.3. Weitnauer, Percival and Wilson-Haffenden bringing home plenty of medals from the Australasian Police and Emergency games, which thanks to a few tri south members and some race organiser guy from the North west ran pretty well. (well done Kerry), of course Emmas medals were won just a few days after the gruelling Summer Survival, where there were plenty more Tri south members having a go and taking podium spots. Donna Macfarlane, Chris Sullivan and others with some great results on the inaugural Run the Bridge 10km. Superfish Mia Blignaut returning to racing at the Hell in the hills casually sitting on Gambles feet for the swim, and also winning the trans Derwent swim this month. Kellevie 6 hour, Wildside MTB, our first VERY successful twilight super sprint triathlon, our first Saturday race, first open water swim, Jellyfish stings, bike stacks in the wet and wind, choppy swims, rescues - All that in the last month or so? Surely not. No time to be bored in the south of the state.

One race left to come, the annual Tri south handicap race. There will be a slight change this year, in that there will be no mass start and athletes will start according to their handicap time. Good chance for the usual front runners to have to catch up to a few.

Also this month good luck to a few attempting their first Ironman, either in Taupo or Port Mac.

Make the most of the dwindling twilight training hours everyone, see you at a race soon.

Andrew “A Zed” Zielinski

Tri South

http://cradlecoasttm.blogspot.com

Cradle Coast Triathlon and Multisport’s great year continues. The inaurgural Kentish Hell in the Hills Triathlon was a great success and we thank everyone who supported the event. Our TRYstars training days continue to provide our junior members with inspiring and valuable advice and experience. We congratulate Matt Gaby, Andrew Watson and Fraser Lyon who were identified as Fairbrother Development athletes. We are also proud to see that Amelia Pearson (athlete of the year) and Craig Redman (coach of the year) were named as finalists in the Tasmanian Sports Awards and we wait in anticipation for the announcement! Sadly we have to say goodbye to one of our founding members and secretary who has been transferred to the South of the state for work, we wish Karen Brown all the very best. Finally, many of us are looking forward to racing the 4^th and final race of the state series at Beauty Point!

Keep checking out our blog for all our latest info.

Joe Pearson

President, CCTM

http://www.launcestontriclub.com

The Launceston Tri Club is conducting the final race of the MyState Financial Triathlon Series at Beauty Point on Sunday the 14th March 2010 at 10:00am.

This race is the pinnacle of the season and being part of the MyState Financial Series it brings the best of the best from around the state. Competition is expected to be fierce with series awards up for grabs.

Families usually take advantage of the picturesque spot on the Beauty Point foreshore and slip a picnic basket in the boot to watch the action.

Registration opens at 8:00am and people can enter online at http://www.launcestontriclub.com/ or on the day. There's also swim and run event for the under 12's starting at 9:40am

Peter Kingsley

Race Director, LTC

TECHNICAL OFFICIALS

Any Technical Officials able to help out with the remaining State Series race and Coles Bay Long Course event please notify Suzie Bower via email to: bower31@hotmail.com or mobile 0400917407

Also if you have been a Level One TO for a year at least and would like to do the Level two course please let Suzie know.

JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT

In 2010 Tasmanian Clubs have taken the reins to coordinate junior development in their local regions. Supported by Fairbrother, each club will go about providing juniors with the encouragement they need to enjoy the sport of triathlon, please contact your club for more details of the 2010 junior development program in your area.

ITU JUNIORS

The Australian Junior Triathlon Championships were held recently in Sandringham, Victoria. Dylan Evans put in an amazing run leg after a solid swim and bike combination to finish 16^th and the highest placed Tasmanian. Unfortunately Luke Geelan crashed on the bike leg and Jonathan Butler was also a DNF, but no doubt the boys gained valuable experience to take with them to their next event.

SCHOOL SPORT AUSTRALIA NATIONAL TRIATHLON CHAMPIONSHIPS

A quality Tasmanian Team will head to the 2010 SSA National Triathlon Championships in Adelaide from 16-19^th March. Congratulations and Good Luck to:

Junior Boys - Zachary Harris, Isaac Probert and Andrew Watson

Junior Girls - Tayela Petterwood

Intermediate Boys - Matt Gaby, Dan Probert, Jacob Birtwhistle, Jonathan Butler, Hugh Mathys and Thomas Johns

Intermediate Girls - Natalea Smith and Natasha Fitzpatrick

Senior Boys - Dylan Evans, Jobi Harper and Benjamin Butler

Senior Girls - Hannah Geelan and Jayde Richardson

AUSTRALIAN POLICE GAMES

The 13th Australasian Police and Emergency Service Games were held in Hobart recently. This was the first occasion that Tasmania has hosted the Games, and it was a great success.

Many of our triathletes took part in many events including the triathlon, aquathlon and duathlon. For all the results go to: https://www.clubsonline.com.au/site/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_main&OrgID=1720

Also many thanks to T3 Events and the Tri South crew for ensuring the successful running of the races.

WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Having only received two entries in the “Win an entry to the Busselton Half Ironman” Competitiion Lee Taylor and Karen Brown can book their airfares! The race will take place in the beautiful town of Busselton in Western Australia on Sunday 3^rd May. We wish them both happy training over winter.

February News

2010-02-02T23:04:00.000-08:00

2010 MYSTATE FINANCIAL TRIATHLON SERIES
RACE 1: 3 January –Seven Mile Beach, Triathlon South
RACE 2: 26 January – Latrobe, Cradle Coast Triathlon & Multisport
RACE 3: 14 February – Lake Barrington & Sheffield incorporating the MyState Financial Tasmanian Olympic Distance Championships, Cradle Coast Triathlon & Multisport
RACE 4: 14 March – Beauty Point, Launceston Triathlon Club

FROM THE PRESIDENT
The Tasmanian triathlon season is moving on, we have had two excellent State series races, and with exciting events in some of the most stunning scenic surrounds in the world still to come on the program; the new Hell in the Hills Kentish Triathlon – a point to point race providing extra interest – and the Coles Bay Long Course Triathlon as a season finale. We are fortunate to be able to have events in such locations, but again these events do not occur without the efforts of race directors and committees, local councils & other bodies in ensuring safe and fair races. In this regard I would like to acknowledge the efforts of Adrian Granger as Triathlon Tasmania Sanctioning Officer and the Club event coordinators in their work.

The Mystate Financial Triathlon Series continues with the Hell in the Hills Kentish Triathlon on the 14 February and concludes with the fourth race at Beauty Point 14 March. The series has great competition in all age groups after two events. I encourage all members to take part in the remaining events.

Later in the month the Australian Police Games are in Hobart – with triathlon, duathlon and aquathon events run from Sandy Bay – another great ‘and newly renovated’ venue. I would encourage any Triathlon Tasmania member that can spare a coupe of hours during the Police Games program to volunteer to hep assist in these events. Our sport has great support from Tasmania Police and this is an opportunity for us to reflect that support.

Bests wishes with your training and events.

Marcus Haward
President

2010 MYSTATE FINANCIAL TRIATHLON SERIES
Full results from Race 1 of the MyState Financial Triathlon Series at Seven Mile Beach are available on Triathlon South’s website.

Australia Day was celebrated in style with Race 2 of the MyState Financial Triathlon Series at Bells Parade in Latrobe. Results are available on CCTM’s blog. Great racing was witnessed in front of a huge crowd as Jon Hitchens and Hayden Armstrong went head to head and sprinted for the finish line. Hitchens crossed the line first and now both boys have equal points in the series. Donna McFarlane took line honours in the women’s event with another blistering run split. Juniors Dylan Evans and Natasha Fitzpatrick not only won the main prize in their division and raced super quick to beat home many of their more senior competitors. Adam Coombe and Christine Moore won the veteran divisions.

Race 3 and the Tasmanian Olympic Distance Championships is not far away. Entries for the Valentine’s Day event are available on CCTM’s blog and are open until 10 Feb. No entries will be taken on the day so enter online now!!

The race will be Tasmania’s most scenic triathlon and the state’s first point-to- point event and will double as a national selection race for the ITU World Triathlon Championships in Budapest. Online entries close on Wednesday 10^th February so what are you waiting for? (Please note no on-the-day entries will be available)

And don’t forget about Race 4 at Beauty Point on 14 March. It will be a great way to finish off the season! Everyone that participates in all four races of the series goes into the draw for some great prizes.

The points update for the series is now available on the Triathlon Tasmania website.

· For more information on Lake Barrington and Sheffield go to http://www.kentish.tas.gov.au/site/page.cfm
· For more specific details on Race 3 go to http://cradlecoasttm.blogspot.com
· For more information about the series an Athlete information Booklet is on the Triathlon Tasmania website.

UPDATES FROM TRIATHLON TASMANIA AFFILIATED CLUBS:

http://www.triathlonsouth.com.au
“Down South”
One month of summer left - that sucks! Although I bet I’m not the only one that could do with a rest from how hectic this time of year is.
Racing of all types is going on all over the state, with Tri South members popping up at most events, with some good results. The standout results in recent times being the domination of the Open men’s field in the local and state series races by the duo of Amstrong and Hitchens, the score now at one a piece in the State series. The fact that both these guys are ripping it up over distances from Sprint to Ironman is pretty damn impressive. The question being who is going to dominate the hills from Lake Barrington to Sheffield on Valentines day?
It is also good to see some new and old faces with some improving results. Donna MacFarlane although relatively new to the game, capitalising on some bad luck for Amelia Pearson at Latrobe with a victory, and Heath Peppin getting the results at home you’d want from a bike setup like that. And is surely only going to get faster with his new TriSouth race clothing that recently arrived. (contact me NOW to place an order, if you want to look equally as impressive on course or training)
Good luck to all those at the time of writing that are preparing to tackle the Wildside Mountain Bike race over the next 4 days. Supposedly this will give them a good enough excuse to miss Triathlon South’s first twilight Super Sprint and ocean swim races on Wednesday Feb 3rd at Seven Mile Beach?? Fingers crossed for some friendlier conditions, particularly in the water. Hopefully it will be a jellyfish free zone.
Ideas for next season are already starting to come in, so if there is anything you would like to see improved upon or somewhere you would like to race, don’t be scared to let a committee member know, sooner is better than later.
See you at a race sometime soon. Train hard!!! (<-do as I say, not as I do)
Andrew “A Zed” Zielinski

http://cradlecoasttm.blogspot.com
Cradle Coast Triathlon and Multisport are having a great 1^st year. Hosting our first State Series event on Australia Day was a great experience and thoroughly enjoyed by participants, spectators and our many willing volunteers. We have been inspired by the 53 TRYstars that participated, showing us that getting in, having a go and having fun is really what it’s all about! The week before 20 budding young triathletes attended our kids training day and received some great tips from our experienced triathletes in the club. We are now busy preparing for the Kentish Hell in the Hills and hope to see you all celebrate Valentine’s day at this inaugural event that is shaping up to be a stunner!
Keep checking out our blog for all the latest info.

Karen Brown
Secretary

http://www.launcestontriclub.com
January has been an eventful month with 2 State races and 2 Launceston Club races. With the introduction of the Olympic distance a new and more interesting bike course has been introduced at Beauty Point the feedback for which has all been positive. The support for all races has been excellent with plenty of new faces still appearing.

A number of Launceston Club athletes made the trip to Wanaka in New Zealand to participate in their first Ironman or Half Ironman race so congratulations to everyone who took part, Amy Hinds put in a smashing performance to come in fourth in her age group.
February is a bit quieter but there is still plenty to keep you interested, the third State race is to be held at Lake Barrington and Sheffield on the 14^th February and our first Club training day is being held on the 28^th February incorporating the time trials for the Fairbrother Junior Development Squad. Swimming and run training continues on Monday nights at the aquatic centre with open water sessions at the Trevallyn dam on Wednesday and Friday nights. All details of training and upcoming events can be found on the Launceston Triathlon Club Website.
Good luck from LTC to all those athletes who are heading over to Geelong to compete in the 70.3 triathlon.

Lia G
LTC

WIN AN ENTRY TO THE BUSSELTON HALF IRONMAN
There are 2 individual and 1 team entries to the 2010 Busselton Half Ironman in Western Australia to be won.
The free entry will include entry to the official medal presentation ceremony and meltdown party.
To enter simply purchase any 2XU, Brooks or Ryders product and send proof of purchase along with your name, address, phone number, email address and entry category to PO Box 1140, Devonport, 7310 by 1^st March 2010. Winners will be drawn on 5^th March and notified via email.

TECHNICAL OFFICIALS
Any Technical Officials able to help out with the remaining two State Series races, Police Games, and Coles Bay Long Course event please notify Suzie Bower via email to : bower31@hotmail.com or mobile 0400917407

Also if you have been a Level One TO for a year at least and would like to do the Level two course please let Suzie know.

JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT
In 2010 Tasmanian Clubs have taken the reins to coordinate junior development in their local regions. Supported by Fairbrother, each club will go about providing juniors with the encouragement they need to enjoy the sport of triathlon, please contact you club for more details of the 2010 junior development program in your area.

ITU JUNIORS
Australia and New Zealand’s best 16-19 year junior triathletes travelled to Canberra recently for Round 2 of the 2009-2010 ITU Junior Triathlon Series. Queensland’s Drew Viles (57.03) took out the Junior Mens race with Launceston’s Luke Geelan (58.59) in 13^th and Dylan Evans (1.00.09) finishing 20^th in very hot conditions. Geelan now sits in 4^th place on the series points score. Great effort guys!

SCHOOL SPORT AUSTRALIA NATIONAL TRIATHLON CHAMPIONSHIPS
After highly successful events in Devonport in 2008 and 2009 the 2010 SSA National Triathlon Championships will be held in Adelaide from 16-19^th March. There has been some great racing by Tasmania’s junior athletes in the MyState Financial Triathlon Series and at club races so far this season so stay tunned for the announcement of the team.

AUSTRALIAN POLICE GAMES – HELP PLEASE!
We are seeking your assistance for the Tasmanian Police games which are coming to Hobart very soon.

T3 events are coordinating the events listed below Free Of Charge for the police, repaying the police for what they have done for triathlon over the past years.

As many of you may know it is critical to have police support in order to conduct triathlons and therefore this is a great way for us to show we appreciate it.

Volunteer Requirements:
Tuesday Feb 23 Triathlon Nutgrove Beach Sandy Bay
10.30am - 12 Noon: 17 people
Thursday Feb 25 Duathlon Nut Grove Beach Sandy Bay
10.30am - 12 noon: 16 people
Friday Feb 26 Aquathon Nutgrove Beach Sandy Bay
4.30pm - 6pm: 7 people

If you would be able to assist during any of the times listed above please email kerry@t3events.com.au

BIKE CENTRAL - FREYSCAPE ACCOMODATION COLES BAY TRIATHLON

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Launceston Triathlon Club will host a long course event at Coles Bay on 28th March, check out all the details at http://colesbaytri.blogspot.com/

January News

2010-01-04T02:02:00.000-08:00

FROM THE PRESIDENT

The past month has been a challenging one for the Board of Triathlon Tasmania. The decision by Triathlon Australia to cancel the Challenge Series has meant that the Hobart Challenge Race has also been cancelled. Triathlon Tasmania has been and will continue to work with T3 Events to look ways to ensure that the Hobart Triathlon returns to the calendar in 2011. I would like to acknowledge the effort of the Cradle Coast Triathlon and Multisport Club in running a new Olympic Distance event on the North West Coast – details in the newsletter to be the Tasmanian Olympic Distance Championship and points race for selection in the 2010 worlds.

On a more positive note we have launched the 2010 Mystate State Series - with events at Seven Mile Beach, Latrobe, Devonport region and Beauty Point over the summer. I wish to thank Misstate for their generous support for the states series – in its second year these races promise to be bigger and better than ever. I would also like to acknowledge the other State series sponsors - 2XU, Brooks, Ryders, Fairbrother, and McDonalds. I also wish thank our supporters, Sport and Recreation Tasmania and Southern Cross Television. The clubs runs these races and I recognise that this involves a lot of work by club members. I would like to thanks all of the club members involved in the state series races, Race Directors and their teams, volunteers and marshals, the waters safety an medical support groups that all contribute to running fair fun and safe events.

In closing I would like to acknowledge the contribution of Wayne Gale to triathlon in Tasmania over many years. Wayne has had a major impact as a result of his work and role in junior development and I thank him for this work as he steps down from the board. Triathlon Tasmanian remains committed to continuing and developing the junior development program established by Wayne.

I wish all members a very happy 2010

Marcus Haward

President

2010 MYSTATE FINANCIAL TRIATHLON SERIES

Race 1 of the MyState Financial Triathlon Series was a great success at Seven Mile Beach on Sunday. Over 150 participants raced the 2010 series opener and scored themselves valuable points in the series points score.

Congratulations and thank you to Race Director Marcus Haward and his crew at Triathlon South for putting on a fantastic event.

Open Male

1. Hayden Armstrong

John Hitchens

John Cornell

Junior Male

1. Dylan Evans

2. Alex Clements

3. Thomas Johns

Veteran Male

1. Michael Anderson

2. Terry Moore

3. Adam Coombe

Open Female

1. Amelia Pearson

2. Donna McFarlane

3. Lia Giovanovits

Junior Female

1. Hannah Geelan

2. Jayde Richardson

3. Natalea Smith

Veteran Female

1. Chrsitine Moore

2. Gemma Meinice

3. Julia Hutchinson

Supa Sprint

Open Male Winner – Charles Haward

Open Female Winner – Michelle Copping

Junior Male Winner – Issac Probert

Junior Female Winner – Taylea Petterwood

Race 2 is on Tuesday 26^th January at Bells Parade in Latrobe. Celebrate Australia Day with a 400m swim, 16km cycle and 4km run. The race is to be held in-conjunction with the “Henley on the Mersey Australia Day Festival”. A $5 entry to the festival is charged and proceeds raised go to local charities. Stay for the day and enjoy local entertainment, food and festivities. Go to http://cradlecoasttm.blogspot.com for more details.

Triathlon Tasmania are excited to announce that Race 3 and the Tasmanian Olympic Distance Championships will go ahead on Sunday 14 February. The race will be Tasmania’s most scenic triathlon and the state’s first point-to- point event. The swim will take place in the pristine waters of Lake Barrington, the ride will take in the rolling hills of the Kentish Municipality shadowed by the Mount Roland. The run will be held in the township of Sheffield. Cradle Coast Triathlon & Multisport will be organizing the event and will also be hosting a TRYstars and novice duathlon in Sheffield at the conclusion of the main race. Two of Tasmania’s world class athletes, Joe Gambles and Amelia Pearson are confirmed starters for the event. The Race will double as a national selection race for the ITU World Triathlon Championships in Budapest.

And don’t forget about Race 4 at Beauty Point on 14 March. Everyone that participates in all four races of the series goes into the draw for some great prizes.

· For more information on Lake Barrington and Sheffield go to http://www.kentish.tas.gov.au/site/page.cfm

· For more specific details on the race go to http://cradlecoasttm.blogspot.com

· For more information about the series an Athlete information Booklet is on the Triathlon Tasmania website.

UPDATES FROM TRIATHLON TASMANIA AFFILIATED CLUBS:

http://www.triathlonsouth.com.au

“Down South”

2010 already. Geez that came around quick. But hey at least it brought some good weather. At the time of writing, two races have come and gone.

Race #1 saw a huge amount of first timers that hopefully enjoyed themselves and will be back for future races. Was good to see Hayden Armstrong lining up for that race considering his two previous were Clearwater 70.3 World Champs and Hawaii Ironman. Hawaii -> Florida ->Seven Mile Beach yep seems like a natural progression to me. Well done to those at that race that did finish their first ever race, unfortunately it probably means you are hooked, and you may as well take out that bank loan for a new bike and some carbon fibre bling now, no apologies that’s just how the sport works.

State series race #1 is also now out of the way, organisers breathing a sigh of relief Im sure. But with a day that successful they should be very happy with themselves. Huge numbers, great competition at the front of the field, plenty of people enjoying the back of the field, crazy pink budgie smuggler wearing Sydney-siders, a good chance for some body surfing and you cant forget the triathletes of the future in the Trystars race, hey they even put me on tv (ok so not a perfect day I guess)

Race 3 isn’t far away so keep working off all that food and drink from Christmas/new years. This race will also include the club Olympic Distance championships for anyone interested in going a bit longer. After the demise of the Hobart Challenge race this year it will be your only hit-out over this distance in the south of the state, so why not give yourself a bit more of a challenge. Our first twilight super sprint race has also been announced for Wednesday 3^rd February, which will combine with a “sporting club challenge” so if you have any friends in a footy/netball/hockey team interested in matching it against the other codes let them know.

Safe training.

Andrew “A Zed” Zielinski

http://cradlecoasttm.blogspot.com

CCTM has reach 125 members to date, we continue to grow as a club each week. Will we crack 200 this season!!! let's hope so. It is so great to see the mass of support we are getting both through members and businesses alike. It was great to see so many CCTM athletes head down to Hobart and support the State Series. Congratulation! to Marcus Haward and his team, on organizing an excellent race.

It is coming into a busy time of the season for CCTM. We are proud to be hosting race 2 of the MyState Financial Triathlon Series and are pleased to announce that we will now be hosting the Tasmanian Olympic Distance Championships in “The Hell in the Hills” Kentish Triathlon in Sheffield on February 14^th. Don't forget to check out our blog, things to keep an eye out for: CCTM will be holding an open water swim session some time in the new year. On-line registration for our Latrobe Australia Day race will be open soon.

Send us an email if you have any information you would like to see on our blog or suggestions to help our club grow and improve. We look forward to seeing you all on the 26th of January 2010.

Karen Brown

Secretary

http://www.launcestontriclub.com

A report from Jake Birtwhistle

RYDERS EYEWEAR

You may have read in one of the triathlon magazines recently that Greg Welch said when you squint you loose about 15% of your body’s energy because there are over 300 muscles in your face that you use to squint. So just by wearing eyewear you can restore 15% more energy.

Ryders Eyewear are the official eyewear sponsor of Triathlon Tasmania. Do yourself a favour and check out the range at Total Performance Sports in the Rooke Street Mall in Devonport or Hobart Sports Centre in the Centrepoint Shopping Centre in Hobart.

2010 AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC DISTANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Canberra has a long history of hosting national races and following on from TA’s announcement, we are excited to have been allocated the Australian Olympic Distance Triathlon Championships for the 2009/10 season.

Please note that there is a Sprint Distance event part of the weekend.

Canberra has run an Olympic distance race over the Australia Day long weekend for many years and it has become a cornerstone of the TA calendar.

The swim leg takes place in Lake Burley Griffin and takes in many of the tourist attractions this wonderful city has to offer including Parliament House, the National Gallery, Black Mountain Tower, the Australian War Memorial and the High Court just to name a few.

The cycle leg will be run over the new course trialled at the 2009 Australian Duathlon Championships and promises some fast racing on great roads and a closed course. The run leg will be held on the revamped Menzies Walk around the edge of the lake, taking in some beautiful scenery.

The weekend will also include an ITU Junior Elite race, a TRYstars kids race, a sprint distance event, an enticer distance event and the Canberra Capital Lake Swim.

Please note that due to the short notice we received regarding this event, all timings of events are indicative at this stage and may change slightly. We will be working hard over the next couple of weeks to ensure the information here is as accurate as possible so please keep checking the website regularly.

We look forward to welcoming you to our wonderful city and crowning some of you as the new National Age Group Champions!

From Triathlon ACT

JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT

In December Triathlon Tasmania farewelled long time board member and Junior Development Officer, Wayne Gale from his official role. Wayne made a great contribution to the sport during his time in this role and many juniors and other triathletes have benefited greatly from his expertise. Wayne’s experience will be sadly missed and we wish him well in his future endeavours.

Wayne will still be involved to see the handing over of the junior development program during this season.

Clubs will have more information regarding junior development available for their junior athletes very soon.

AUSTRALIAN POLICE GAMES

T3 events are working with Tasmania Police on delivery of events with in the Australian Police Games in Tasmania next February. T3 events are coordinating the events FOC for the police given the wonderful support given to triathlon in Tasmania over the last 20 years.

Triathlon Tasmania would like to support t3 events and the police by inviting members to act in on course roles during the conduct of the events. The commitment would be for a couple of hours per event. All events are at Nutgrove Beach Sandy Bay.

Events & Dates - Triathlon: Tuesday 23 Feb 2010

- Duathlon: Thursday 25 Feb 2010

- Aquathon: Friday 26 Feb 2010

- Stair Run: Saturday 27 Feb 2010

If you would be available to assist at one or more of these events please email triathlontasmania@gmail.com or phone or text 042763155.

Mystate Financial Triathlon State Series Race 1

2009-12-31T13:42:00.000-08:00

THIS SUNDAY

Location: Seven Mile Beach

Contact: triathlonsouth@gmail.com
Marcus Haward 0408 036 220

Details

Entries: secure online close midday Friday January 1 2010.
Postal entries close 31 December 2009
Race day entry subject to additional fee
Open to the public (Join Triathlon Australia on line or at the race for member benefits).

Please note that results from this race count towards selection for the Australian Sprint distance triathlon team for the World Championships

Events
Trystars 7-9 years olds: 50m swim / 2km ride/ 500 m run
10-13 years olds: 100 m swim /4 km ride 1 km run
Super sprint 300 m swim /12 km ride/ 2.5 km run
Sprint 750 m swim/20 km ride /5 km run

Individual and team entries welcome in all events including Trystars

You must be 12 or older on race date to enter the Super sprint event and 14 to enter Sprint event

These events have a full road closure for the bike leg

Online Entry Fees: Individual TA members $30.00
Individual Tasmanian Triathlon club members $40
Individual Non member $50.00
TA member teams $60
Non-member teams $70
Trystars $25
Trystars teams $30

Race day entry adds $5.00 for individual and $10.00 for team entry.

Registration: Opens 8.00 am. Closes 30 minutes prior to each scheduled event start

Online entrants go to designated registration desk for race number.
Non-TA members will need to fill out Triathlon Australia One Day Race Licence form
Please bring TA membership card

Even Brief: 15 minutes prior to event start

Event Start: Trystars 9.00 am
Short super sprint 9.45 am
Sprint 10. 15 am

Course Details

Swim will be in open water from a beach start around a diamond shape swim course (1 lap Short super sprint, 2 laps Sprint. Trystars swim will be beach start out to a turn buoy, swim parallel to beach to second buoy then return to beach. Upon exiting the swim, competitors enter transition (Surf Road)

Upon leaving transition, competitors move to mount line on Surf Road then ride along Surf Road to junction of Surf Road and Pittwater Road. Competitors will then complete a U turn and head back along Surf Road to the initial turning point to complete their first lap (a 4km loop). They then begin lap 2, repeating course until ride distance is completed (3 or 5 laps).

At the completion of the required bike distance they return to transition before beginning the run leg Surf Road -Leyden Road-Woodhurst Road to Lewis Avenue and return to Surf Road.

Results in this race will count towards Triathlon Tasmania State series awards

This event has required permits from Tasmania Police and is sanctioned by Triathlon Australia

Seven Mile Beach

2009-12-28T21:08:00.000-08:00

Race 1 of the 2010 MyState Financial Triathlon Series is on this Sunday

at Seven Mile Beach near Hobart.

The race doubles as Tasmania's points race for selection for the

2010 ITU World Age Group Sprint Distance Championships.

ENTER NOW!

2010 MyState Financial Triathlon Series

2009-12-19T22:39:00.001-08:00

The 2010 MyState Financial Triathlon Series was launched on Tuesday 22nd December at Southern Cross Television in Launceston.

To view the launch video click here: 2010 State Series Video

Race 1 Sunday 3 January @ Seven Mile Beach,

Selection Race for World Sprint Championships

Race 2 Tuesday 26 January @ Latrobe

Race 3 Sunday 14 Feburary, MyState Financial Tasmanian Championships,

Selection Race for World Olympic Distance Championships, venue TBA

Race 4 Sunday 14 March @ Beauty Point

Race 1 is not far away so enter now!

Compete in all 4 races and go in the draw for your chance to win some great prizes...

Athlete Information on Triathlon Tasmania's home page, check it out at www.triathlontasmania.org

Win a Free Entry to Ironman Australia!

2009-12-11T02:07:00.000-08:00

December News

2009-12-02T22:14:00.000-08:00

2010 MYSTATE TRIATHLON SERIES
RACE 1: 3 January –Seven Mile Beach, Triathlon South
RACE 2: 26 January – Latrobe, Cradle Coast Triathlon & Multisport
RACE 3: 14 February – Hobart Challenge incorporating the MyState Financial Tasmanian Olympic Distance Championships, Triathlon Australia
RACE 4: 14 March – Beauty Point, Launceston Triathlon Club

FROM THE PRESIDENT
Triathlon in the state received a great boost and promotion with the School’s Triathlon Challenge in Hobart. With over 1600 primary and 600 secondary students participating it was a great event. The two days had happy kids, enthused parents, families and supporters, busy teachers and support staff and officials working together. The Premier, David Bartlett MHA in opening event, noted the benefits of the event and the sport. I would also like to acknowledge the events sponsors and thank them for helping ensuring its success. Tasmania Police again showed their support to our sport and events and I thank them for this. We have the opportunity to give something back to Tasmania Police next year through helping out officiating or volunteering in the Police games events. I would encourage Triathlon Tasmania members to look to help out in these events. Tim Smith as Race Director and initiator and organiser has placed a major event in the calendar and deserves a huge thank you from all of us. As usual members of the triathlon community pitched in and I would acknowledge the works of Triathlon South members who took time off work to help officiate at the event and the Launceston Tri Club for their support and assistance with gear. The northern Schools Triathlon Challenge in early December will no doubt be another success with the Cradle Coast club heavily involved.

At the national level Triathlon Australia has a new President, Peter Hedge, and board members ready to provide guidance for our sport in what will be both exciting and challenging times. I would like to thank Adrian Granger (Tri Tas Vice-President) for his efforts at the TA Annual General Meeting and in the countless meetings and discussions in its lead up.

In closing our triathlon season is underway. Our State Series promises to be bigger and better than last year. A range of events provide a great calendar, and with the a new long course event at Coles Bay at the end of the season organised by the Launceston Triathlon Club opportunities for all. Enjoy your training and racing.

Marcus Haward
President

UPDATES FROM TRIATHLON TASMANIA AFFILIATED CLUBS:

http://www.triathlonsouth.com.au

“Down South”
What’s with this weather? Another wash out. Tri south race #1 washed out with some very ordinary weather for the entire weekend. I’m lead to believe the swim could have probably be conducted in the transition area? Bring on race #2 December 13^th. With an extra couple weeks training everyone should be fitter and faster right? (and the water warmer!!!)
It hasn’t been all that bad though, with the Sandford Time trial series recently completed (TS members, Hitchens, Johnstone and Jarrett taking home a title or two) and a small field turning up to tackle the second MTB duathlon and enduro. Hopefully the weather will be kinder for those competing in Busselton this weekend, although possibly not too kind like it was in Shepparton a few weeks ago, with only 1 of the 3 Tasmanians coping with the extreme heat and finishing.
Keep an eye out for the tri south race suits in the new year. You know you want one, email me azed_tri@y7mail.com or view them on the tri south website.
Although the first race didn’t go ahead it was great to see a bunch of new names on the list of registrations as paid TA members, which hopefully shows the sport is getting stronger and should mean an awesome season ahead. Don’t forget we are offering a club Olympic distance race this season too. So on behalf of the TriSouth committee we all look forward to meeting you over the upcoming season, as I’m sure you look forward to meeting us too. Stay tuned for a possible pre Christmas get together.
For those not coming to race on December 13^th at Seven Mile Beach 9:00 am (sign up, go on do it) have a safe and happy Christmas and train hard, those days off are for training, not eating.

Andrew “A Zed” Zielins

http://cradlecoasttm.blogspot.com

CCTM hits 100!
We are pleased to announce that CCTM has just reached 100 members. We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their support and interest in the development of our club. We are extremely pleased with our clubs progression. We are happy to hear from anyone who has any ideas or items that could be included on our blog. Remember CCTM is your club!

CCTM upcoming events, include the 25th Devonport Triathlon on Sunday the 6th of December, registration opens 9am and the Mystate School Challenge Monday the 7th of December 2009. For more information on any of these events, check out Cradle Coast Triathlon and Multisport Event Page on our blog.
Karen Brown
Secretary

http://www.launcestontriclub.com

Congratulations to everyone who braved the weather and participated in our first triathlon of the year at Beauty Point. It was great to see so many new faces and a few who had travelled from other clubs as well.
Events this month include the last race of the aquathlon/duathlon series on the 12^th of December at the Trevallyn dam, an education day for our Junior members on the 13^th and a social swim in the gorge followed by a club xmas breakfast on the 19^th. If you are not a member now is the time to join, before the xmas festivities take their toll, all details of events and training sessions can be found on our website.

Happy Xmas from LTC

2009/2010 RACE CALENDAR
The calendar is now available on the Triathlon Tasmania website. Please check with the race organiser’s website for more specific details about each event.

2010 MYSTATE TRIATHLON SERIES
The 2010 MyState Triathlon Series is fast approaching. After a highly successful series in 2009 people have been working hard to make the 2010 series even bigger and better! The official launch of the series will take place on 22^nd December. Keep your eye on the local media for coverage. Also on this date information regarding the series will be available on the Triathlon Tasmania website. The first race is at Seven Mile Beach and is organised by Tri South. To enter the first event go to www.triathlontasmania.org and click on the link to Tri South.
There will be some great prizes up for grabs for those athletes that participate in all four events…. so enter now!

JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT
We say goodbye and goodluck to one of our top athletes, Luke Geelan who has moved to train under Jaime Turner in Wollongong and join an elite training squad. We look forward to following his results.

Luke along with Dylan Evans and Jonathan Butler will represent Tasmania at Runaway Bay, Qld for the 1^st ITU Junior event of the season. Good Luck boys!

Luke and Dylan have been invited to stay on at Runaway Bay for the National Junior Development Camp. Where they will train under Australia’s top coaches with some of the best junior athletes. We wish them all the very best.

IRONMAN 70.3 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Congratulations to the Tasmanians who raced at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Clearwater, USA recently. Joe Gambles capped off a great season in the USA going under the former world record to claim fifth place. Hayden Armstrong and Susan Casey did an outstanding job to back up after the gruelling Hawaii Ironman in October to finish sixth and fourth respectively in their age-groups

Placing	Name	Category	Swim	Bike	Run	Total
5	GAMBLES, JOE	PRO	22:19	1:58:57	1:13:23	3:38:19
6	ARMSTRONG, HAYDEN	30-34	25:39	2:12:02	1:23:22	4:05:59
4	CASEY, SUSAN	35-39	30:06	2:14:51	1:38:12	4:29:00

WALTON NAMED AIS COACH OF THE YEAR
The Australian Sports Commission announced triathlon coach Craig Walton as recipient of the 2009 Australian Institute of Sport Coach of the Year award at a ceremony in Canberra in November.

Under Walton’s coaching and guidance, Australia has continued its world dominance of women’s triathlon, with Emma Moffatt - joint winner of the 2009 AIS Athlete of the Year award - being crowned 2009 ITU World Champion.

AIS Director Professor Peter Fricker paid tribute to Walton’s remarkable achievement and commitment to both the AIS and Australian triathlon.
'For Craig, to win the AIS Coach of the Year award over such a high-quality field is a reflection of his outstanding coaching ability,' Professor Fricker said.

'Craig deserves much of the credit for the tremendous results achieved by Australia’s Emma Moffatt on the international triathlon circuit.'
'His leadership, professionalism and enthusiasm have seen Emma finish 2009 as the world number one female triathlete.'

AUSTRALIAN POLICE GAMES
T3 events are working with Tasmania Police on delivery of events with in the Australian Police Games in Tasmania next February. T3 events are coordinating the events FOC for the police given the wonderful support given to triathlon in Tasmania over the last 20 years.
Triathlon Tasmania would like to support t3 events and the police by inviting members to act in on course roles during the conduct of the events. The commitment would be for a couple of hours per event. All events are at Nutgrove Beach Sandy Bay.
Events & Dates
- Triathlon: Tuesday 23 Feb 2010
- Duathlon: Thursday 25 Feb 2010
- Aquathon: Friday 26 Feb 2010
- Stair Run: Saturday 27 Feb 2010

If you would be available to assist at one or more of these events please email triathlontasmania@gmail.com or phone or text 042763155.

Events

2009-11-26T20:17:00.000-08:00

Sunday 21 February 2010

Nutgrove Beach Sandy Bay

8am Event 1: Just Tri It Corporate Triathlon (www.justtriit.com.au)

10am Event 2: Triathlon Pink All Female Triathlon and Duathlon (www.triathlonpink.com.au)

11.30am Event 3: Just Tri It kids Triathlon (www.justtriit.com.au)

November Newsletter

2009-11-04T01:07:00.001-08:00

TA announces 2010 Challenge Series

2009-10-11T18:08:00.000-07:00

October Newsletter

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