Rocket Science Sports State Series Points Update
A points update has been released for the state series. This can be found under the Events menu.
McDonald's Devonport TriKids
The Total Performance Sports Devonport Triathlon organising committee along with the Cradle Coast Triathlon & Multisport Club would like to invite your school to take part in the McDonalds TriKids Schools Challenge to be held on the 9th March, 2012 as the introduction event to the OTU Devonport Triathlon Oceania Championships race weekend on the 10th March, 2012.
Please log on to www.devonporttriathlon.com.au for more information including course maps, course descriptions and answers to frequently asked questions about event day.
As part of their entry fee, all participants receive the following:
1. a running visor,
2. event bag, a medal,
3. race bib,
4. helmet and bike stickers
5. and a McDonald's food voucher
Students can enter as an individual or as a member of a team. There is no limit on the number of teams a school can submit. Entry is online via the website.
The event categories are as follows:-
7/8yrs:- 50m swim, 2km bike, 500m run
9/10yrs:- 100m swim, 4km bike, 1km run
11/12yrs:- 150m swim, 6km bike, 2km run
13/15yrs:- 200m swim, 8km bike, 3km run
For further enquiries, please contact: kim@evtechevents.com.au
Triathlon Australia is pleased to announce a major three-year partnership with leading Australian sports clothing manufacturer SCODY.
SCODY will become our “Official partner for uniforms and clothing to the Australian Triathlon Team”, providing our elite and age group athletes with cutting edge technology and apparel to wear for the 2012, 2013 and 2014 ITU World Championships and other major events.
We are particularly pleased that this Agreement will provide each of our annual members with 3 x $25 vouchers to be redeemed online through the SCODY shop. In addition, SCODY will provide every member of our Australian Age Group ITU World Championships teams with an Australian polo shirt and pair of shorts at no cost to the athlete.
We are looking forward to seeing our Australian Age Group World Championships teams racing in Auckland, Vitoria, and Nancy later this year looking colourful, united and very Australian.
SCODY, an Australian Gold Coast based manufacturer, have spent the last decade developing world class products for some of Australia’s best athletes in triathlon, cycling and netball. They have committed to continue researching new fabric technology by collaborating with research institutions to ensure the newest and best technologies are integrated into our race garments. We are confident that our members will be impressed with their product, designs and service over the years to come.
The press release announcing our three year partnership can be found here.
You will receive your vouchers to spend online with SCODY from us within the next few weeks.
Regards,
Anne Gripper
Chief Executive Office
Triathlon Tasmania Newsletter - January 2012
The Triathlon Tasmania January Newsletter is out now.
Rocket Science Sports State Series Points Update
A points update has been released for the state series. This can be found under the Events menu.
Devonport Triathlon course change
Due to negative feedback regarding the technical difficulty (toughness) of the Age Group bike course of the 2012 OTU Oceania Total Performance Sports Devonport Triathlon, the LOC has made the decision to change it.
The North Street section will be removed, leaving only the Nixon Street climb each lap. The course will now travel further along Victoria Parade with lap numbers to be confirmed.
Updated maps and course description will be available on www.devonporttriathlon.com.au within 7 days.
For further enquiries, please contact the event manager Mike Gunson on 0408 544 806
Pub 2 Club - 2km open water swim
Pub 2 Club - 2km open water swim
Date: 11th February
Time: 4:30pm
Location: Devonport
See the flyer below for more information
Seven Mile Beach State Series Race - 15th January
We are pleased to advise that Andrew Jones Travel has taken up the naming rights to the Seven Mile beach state series race. The Sprint event will now provide for a $500 travel voucher for the winners of each the open male and female events.
In addition $900 cash prizes will be awarded to place getters in Open / Junior and veteran categories whilst $300 will be available for placings in the Super Sprint event.
All competitors will go into the draw for our regular spot prizes.
IMPORTANT: Entry is nearing capacity. Entries will be closed at 9pm Thursday 12th January unless sold out beforehand. NO on the day entries will be accepted. If you are intending to do the race and haven't yet entered we suggest you do so immediatley.
Also note the revised start times:-
Triactive Event: 8.30am; Super Sprint 9.00am; Sprint 9.45am
Registration (including allocation of timing chips will be between 8am and 8.45am). Bikes must be racked by 8.55am.
Technical Officers Course
For sanctioned races it is neccessary to have a technical officer present. We have a low number of these available at present.
A technical officers course will be conducted between 11am and 3pm this saturday. Most likely at Wyndham Lodge Seven Mile beach.
The course is free and participants will receive lunch, a gift from Anaconda and a bottle of wine form Montomerie's Wines. In addition anyone doing the course will receive one free Triathlon South race entry.
This is a great way to get your parents or partners involved in Triathlon.
Please contact me (Scott WH) on 0149 003 220 if you are able to attend.
Triathlon Tasmania Newsletter - December 2011
The Triathlon Tasmania December Newsletter is out now.
Additional to the newsletter, plase note the following information:
- A technical officials course is planned for 14 January, to be held in Hobart. This will be free of charge and for further information please contact Suzie Bower at bower31@hotmail.com
- The Genesis triathlon will be held in Hobart on 4 March. For further information please contact Triathlon South.
- The revised Launceston Triathlon Club race schedule is as follows:
Monday 2nd January 2012 Bike Central Bridport Triathlon Sprint & Olympic
Sunday 5th February 2012 Beauty Point State Series Triathlon Sprint & Novice
Saturday 18th February 2012 RBS Morgan Coles Bay Triathlon Sprint & Long Course
Sunday 4th March 2012 McCrimmon Insurance Triathlon (Beauty Point) Sprint & Novice
Sunday 25th March 2012 Southern Cross Triathlon (Beauty Point) Enduro Sprint & Novice
Sunday 5th February 2012 Beauty Point State Series Triathlon Sprint & Novice
Saturday 18th February 2012 RBS Morgan Coles Bay Triathlon Sprint & Long Course
Sunday 4th March 2012 McCrimmon Insurance Triathlon (Beauty Point) Sprint & Novice
Sunday 25th March 2012 Southern Cross Triathlon (Beauty Point) Enduro Sprint & Novice
For further information, please contact Launceston Triathlon Club.
Pure Tasmania Cycle Challenge
Sunday 26th February 2012
Cradle Mountain - Strahn - 135km
Devonport - Cradle Mountain - Strahn - 219km
For more information see the flyer and event website below.
The Rocket Science Sports Tasmanian Triathlon Series Launch
All are invited to attend the launch for the Rocket Science Sports Tasmanian Triathlon Series to be held on Thursday, 8 December 2011 at Southern Cross Television Studios, Watchorn Street, Launceston at 11.00am.
Please RSVP to
Triathlon Tasmania Newsletter - November 2011
The Triathlon Tasmania November Newsletter is out now.
Tasmanian Triathlete Holly Claridge wins Gold at the Age Group Wourld Championship
Congratulations to Holly Claridge for winning the womens 20-24 age group at the World Long Course Championships held in Las Vegas.
Congratulations to the following tasmanian triathletes who also competed in their respective age groups.
- Karen Brown
- Dave Herbig
- Heather Carins
- Sarah FitzGerald
- Lee Taylor
Joe Gambles Wins World Championship Silver In Las Vegas
Triathlon, November 6: After a decade of international competition, celebrated Tasmanian triathlete Joe Gambles finally claimed his first Triathlon World Championship podium finish, winning a silver medal in a modified ITU Long Distance World Championships in Henderson, Nevada today.
Officials were forced to cancel the four-kilometre swim leg due to “to unsafe water conditions” leaving the course at a 120km bike leg followed by a 30km run.
The 29-year-old-year-old Gambles, who like so many triathletes splits his time between home and Boulder, Colorado, staged a neck-and-neck battle in the run with France’s defending champion Sylvain Sudrie to determine the minor placings.
Gambles, a bike-run specialist and one of the finest non-drafting triathletes in the world, finished two-minutes 42 seconds behind the USA’s gold medallist Jordan Rapp with Sudrie just 27 seconds behind in third.
In the end, the difference between Gambles and Sudrie came down to their T2 transition with Gambles time 33 faster than his rival.
“I’m so happy to end the season on a high! Silver medal at the ITU Long Distance Champs!” Gambles said on Twitter.
Rapp, who suffered life-threatening injuries when he was hit by a car on a training ride in California in March last year, took 5hrs and 15 seconds to win his first world title.
Gambles showed true grit to hang on to the silver when he took 5hrs 02 mins and 57 seconds to complete the shortened course with Sudrie taking 5hrs 3 mins and 15 seconds for the bronze.
Early on, it looked like Denmark’s Martin Jensen might be able to go a few places better than the two bronze medals he had already collected at ITU long distance worlds, when he established a six minute lead on the technical and hilly 120 bike leg - that included an estimated 6000 feet elevation rise.
The next athletes to come into T2 - with only a few seconds between them were Sudrie, Gambles and Rapp with three minutes to the fifth place held by Michael Raelert (GER).
At the beginning of the run it looked like Jensen would be able to hold on, but Rapp had other ideas, as he moved steadily through the field and then closed the gap.
At the start of the final lap, Rapp overtook Jensen and went on to beat Gambles by almost three minutes, with the fastest run split of 1 hour, 49 minutes and 31 seconds.
Meanwhile in the women’s race, Queensland’s Nikki Butterfield, finished fourth after leading the field off the bike with British pair Rachel Joyce and Leanda Cave continuing GB’s rise in international Triathlon with their 1-2 finish.
America’s Meredith Kessler won bronze with the only other Australian Christine Hemphill 19th.
Butterfield, the former Australian representative cyclist was first off the bike in 3hrs 31.13 but her seventh fastest 30km run time of 2:11.58 saw her fade out of podium contention.
Cold air temperature combined with the 17 degree water temperature put the swim course outside of ITU athlete safety regulations.
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Tasmanian Triathlete Steve Fenton wins Gold the Australian Age Group Duathlon Championship
Congratulations to Steve Fenton for winning the mens 50-54 age group at the Australian Duathlon Championships held in the Barossa Valley on Sunday 16th October.
This summer, Canberra is on the path to Auckland!
Triathlon ACT is providing great opportunities this summer to competitors aiming for World Championships selection in both Sprint and Olympic Distance. So if you have not yet entered, check out the following races:
Canberra Olympic Triathlon – 18th December 2011
The first of the qualifying races for the Age Group Olympic Distance World Championships will take place in the Australian Capital Territory on the 18th of December.
This race offers great opportunities for people trying to qualify for the 2012 Australian Age Group Olympic Distance Team. Competing in the first race will give you an early advantage in setting your strategy for the season.
More details here.
Australian Sprint Distance Triathlon – 29th January 2012
Triathlon ACT is hosting the Australian Sprint Distance Championships in Canberra on the 29th of January. This race offers double points for selection into the 2012 Australian Age Group Sprint Distance Team!
More details here.
