IN THIS ISSUE
Ironman Wetsuits - special offer
Interclub Duathlon Announcement
Du Tri 1 Duathlon Series
Triathlon in 2006 Commonwealth Games
Air New Zealand People's Triathlon Series
ITU New foundland - "Watties" moves to No 3 on World rankings
Thames Duathlon Series
Kiwis for Goodwill Games
South Pacific Masters Games 2002 - opportunities galore for triathletes and
multisporters
Bike Racks with a difference
Surfbreaker date announced
24 hour adventure race
Northern Traverse date announced
A World Championship Kiwi Trifecta? Pardon me but I think...
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INTERCLUB DUATHLON 2001 - THE SHIELD GOES ON TOUR
Auckland's Manukau Crocs, winner of the last three Interclub Duathlons, have
decided it is time to take the Shield on tour and have kindly agreed to let
North Harbour Triathlon Club host this year's event. Racing on home turf,
this must be the moment that NZ's largest triathlon club proves they are
also NZ's fastest triathlon club...although there are plenty of contenders
willing to prove them wrong. We'll take on all comers, and warmly invite all
triathlon clubs throughout the country to send representatives to Auckland
to contest the shield. There'll be drama, there'll be excitement, and being
a NHTC event, there'll be coffee...
Mark these details on your race calendar now!
Date: 23 September, 10am
Location: Taupaki (north-west of Auckland - just over 20 minutes from the
centre of Auckland)
Distances: 5km run / 18km bike / 2.5km run
Taupaki technically isn't on North Harbour turf, but that's a small price to
pay for a scenic course on quiet country roads. The course is very spectator
friendly so bring your friends and family up to watch. The run course can be
described as flat to undulating while the bike course is hilly (we don't
like drafting) but with some big long straights to get that big chain-ring
going. After the race join us in Kumeu for brunch, coffee and the
announcement of the new Interclub champions...
TEAMS
Teams should be as big as possible. If you can't be the fastest then be the
loudest. This is a good club bonding event so anyone sending an elite-only
squad has missed the point. Some clubs are willing to cover travel expenses
for members, see if yours is one! Billets can gladly be arranged for
out-of-towners (that doesn't include the Crocs). Points will be scored in
the following categories based on finishing position, with the club with the
lowest overall score claiming the Shield.
1st junior male
1st junior female
1st/2nd senior males
1st/2nd senior females
1st veteran male (40 and over)
1st veteran female
However in recognition that some clubs have no junior members we are willing
to bring in a "Dad's army" clause. At the organisers discretion clubs
without a junior male/female will be allowed to substitute an extra veteran
member of the same sex. However you've got seven weeks to recruit some
juniors so we'll expect a pretty good excuse why you haven't been able to!
Entry forms will be out by August 15. In the meantime, get that team
organised and start biking some hills...
For further info please contact Henry Barfoot hrb@paradise.net.nz or tel 09
4492593 or 025 948 849.
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TRI UPDATES COMMENTS
Interclub is without doubt the best club spirit building event around.
If you do only one thing as a club this year make it Interclub.
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Du Tri 1 Series news
Hamilton's " Du Tri 1 " duathlon series still has three events to go
August 19th
Long 5k / 17k / 2k
Short 2k / 8k / 2k
flat & fast multilap course
September 16th ( an ideal buildup towards Interclub )
Long 4k / 16k / 2k
Short 2k / 8k / 2k
flat runs - hilly bike
October 21st
Long 4k / 17k / 2k - flat runs - hilly cycle
Short 2k / 6k / 2k - flat runs - flat cycle
entry form at www.entryforms.co.nz or email dutri1@riverpromotions.co.nz
Du Tri 1's are organised by the good guys at River Promotions team who bring
you Tri Updates
and remember "Du Tri 1 - it's fun"
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TRIATHLON FOR 2006 COMMONWEALTH GAMES:
from Katherine Williams "Tri Digest'
Triathlon, one year away from its Commonwealth Games debut as a medal sport
in Manchester, got another stamp of international approval when the sport
was further confirmed for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in
Melbourne.
Triathlon's inclusion for 2006 was ratified on the weekend by the general
assembly of the Games federation in Manchester. Three other sports were also
added for Melbourne alongside triathlon -- basketball, synchronized diving
and mountain biking,
The four sports' inclusion was all but a formality. The 2002 Commonwealth
Games, from 25 July to 4 August, will feature 72 nations competing in 14
individual sports and three team sports.
Considerably different from the Olympic program, the current Commonwealth
sports are aquatics, athletics, badminton, boxing, cycling, gymnastics,
field hockey, judo, lawn bowls, netball, Rugby 7s, shooting, squash, table
tennis, triathlon, weightlifting and wrestling.
Britain's best triathletes -- plus other internationals keen on trying out
the course -- will race over Manchester's Commonwealth course in one week,
during the British Triathlon Championships at Salford on 12 August.
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TRI DIGEST SUBSCRIPTIONS
Tri Digest is a daily digest of world wide triathlon news. It comes out
about 5 days a week year round. It is an international version of Tri
Updates.
The annual cost to you is US$35 -- less than 10 cents a day. For 30 days
(June 13 to July 13), I mentioned within each Digest how you can sign up --
via credit card online at the VeloGear.com website:
(http://www.velogear.com/triatdigsub.html).
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AIR NZ PEOPLE'S TRIATHLON SERIES DATES RELEASED
The official name is the "Air New Zealand People's Triathlon Series" for
this year
RACE 1 - November 18 Mission Bay 7am
RACE 2 - December 2 Okahu Bay 8am
RACE 3 - January 27 Mission Bay 7am
RACE 4 - February 10 Okahu Bay 7am
RACE 5 - March 31 Maraetai Beach 9am
RACE 6 - March 17th still working on council approvals
CONTACT - Frank Clarke on 09-299 6543, 025-814 814, frank@firsttier.co.nz
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WATSON MOVES TO NO 3 IN WORLD TRIATHLON
from Ian Hepenstall
New Zealand triathlete Craig Watson narrowly missed a valiant breakaway that
would have taken him to the top of the world rankings, finally finishing
fifth in the sixth round of the ITU World Cup in Newfoundland last Sunday.
The Christchurch triathlete, who took the bronze medal in this years world
championships in Edmonton, Canada, went clear on the penultimate lap over
the demanding bike course at Cornerbrook.
Victory would have jumped Watson to No 1 in the world rankings, but he was
caught by the pack in the final kilometres and held on for fifth place on
the run, won by Czech Republic’s Martin Krnavek.
Watson’s efforts have secured him No 3 world ranking as the leading Kiwi, a
spot ahead of Hamish Carter who has been world No 1 for most of the last
three years.
Fellow New Zealanders Matt Reed and Nathan Richmond figured prominently,
finishing 14th and 19th respectively while Wellington’s Evelyn Williamson
grabbed ninth place in the women’s race, the same position as last weekend’s
world championships.
Watson and Reed joined the front bunch out of the water, with Richmond
working hard over the testing terrain to catch the leaders on the bike only
to be dropped on the second lap of punishment in the hills.
There were a number of unsuccessful breakaway attempts, including Watson,
who remained clear for over the lap before being caught on the last of six
circuits.
Krnavek, who recovered from a virus that took the edge off his world
championship bid, was the strongest over the long, steep hills on the run,
breaking away from countryman Filip Ospaly with Australian’s world
championship silver medallist Chris Hill finishing third.
The women’s race produced another emphatic performance from American Siri
Lindley, who was clear out of the water with training partner Loretta Harrop
(Australian) and fellow American Barbara Lindquist.
The trio cleared out by over four minutes on the bike with Lindley posting
her fifth victory on the trot ahead of Lindquist and Wieke Hoogzaad.
Williamson was five minutes down on the leaders out of the water and dropped
a further three minutes in an ineffective third chase pack on the bike.
However she showed the benefits of her training at altitude training in
Europe by posting the day’s fourth best run split behind Olympic 10,000m
runner Carol Montgomery, Lindley and Hoogzaad.
The next round of the world cup is in Yamaguchi, Japan on 12 August,
followed by rounds in Switzerland and Hungary before the Goodwill Games in
Brisbane.
Results:
ITU World Cup round six, Cornerbrook, Newfoundland
1.5k swim 40k bike 10k run – slits in brackets:
Women:
1 Siri Lindley (USA) 2.03.16 (17.47 1.09.20 36.09)
2 Barb Lindquist (USA) 2.03.53 (17.44 1.09.18 36.51)
3 Wieke Sooys (Netherlands) 2.05.15 (18.26 1.10.44 36.06)
9 Evelyn Williamson (New Zealand) 2.08.59 (19.42 1.12.52 36.26) 9.
Men:
1 Martin Krnavek (Czech Republic) 1.52.52 (17.33 1.04.07 31.14)
2 Filip Ospaly (Czech Republic) 1.53.19 (17.31 1.04.10 31.39)
3 Chris Hill (Australia) 1.53.28 (17.24 1.04.10 31.56)
New Zealanders:
5 Craig Watson 1.53.53 (17.35 1.04.05 32.13)
14 Matt Reed 1.57.04 (17.34 1.04.09 35.22)
19 Nathan Richmond 1.59.04 (17.30 1.06.06 35.29)
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UDDERLY AWESOME
The "Udderly Awesome" duathlon series in Thames still has 3 events to go
August 12th 3 / 25 / 3
September 9th 3 / 25 / 3
October 14th 7 / 40 / 3
Entry fee $3 for an individual or $6 for a team
for further info contact Mike Blomfield blomfieldmc@actrix.co.nz 07 868
8773 or 021 2102112
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FOUR NEW ZEALAND TRIATHLETES INVITED TO GOODWILL GAMES
from Ian Hepenstall, Media Commissioner for Triathlon New Zealand
New Zealand triathlete Hamish Carter faces a battle to recover from injury
in time for September’s Goodwill Games in Brisbane.
Carter, who lost his world No 1 ranking after an achilles tendon injury
relegated him to 46th placing at the world championships in Edmonton, Canada
last weekend, is one of four Kiwi competitors to earn invitations.
He will be joined by world championship bronze medallist Craig Watson
(Christchurch) and the Australian-based pair of Matt Reed and Rina Hill for
the prestige event involving only 25 starters in the men’s and women’s
races.
The invitations include last weekend’s newly crowned world champions Peter
Robertson and Siri Lindley, the Sydney Olympic medallists, the top 12 world
ranked competitors as well as three each from the founding USA and host
Australia, battling for honour and a US$30,000 winner’s purse.
Another Kiwi, Kris Gemmell, formerly from Palmerston North but now training
in Christchurch, heads the stand-by list as the next ranked competitor.
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SOUTH PACIFIC MASTERS GAMES 2002
Triathletes and multisporters are well catered for during SPMG 2002 in
Hamilton.
65 sports are on offer between January 26th and February 3rd 2002
The nine days of sports are complimented by 8 evenings of live entertainment
Minimum ages apply to each sport ( usually 30 or 35 years )
Sports have been timetabled to enable the triathlete or mulisporter to be
involved in a broad range of activities.
Events most likely to interest you
Sat Jan 26 10km run
Sat Jan 26 3km open river swim
Sun Jan 27 Mountainbiking
Mon Jan 28 Duathlon ( 4k run / 20k bike / 2k run )
Tues Jan 29 Cross Country 6km
Wed Jan 30 Triathlon ( 400m swim / 15k bike / 5k run )
Fri Feb 1 10km Kayak
Sat Feb 2 Half Marathon
Sat Feb 2 Kayak sprint events
Sun Feb 3 Multisport ( 3k kayak / 16k cycle / 3k cross country run )
Other items that may interest you
Sat Jan 26 - Sun Jan 27 Athletics
Sat Jan 26 - Mon Jan 28 Three day cycle tour
Sun Jan 27 Swimming ( pool )
Wed Jan 30 - Cycling Time Trial
Fri Feb 1st - Cycling - 300mtr straight-line sprints
Sat Feb 2nd - Cycling Road Races
For additional info and a list of all 65 sports visit www.spmg.org.nz
To receive an entry form contact the SPMG office using info@spmg.org.nz or
phone 07 838 3596
You need to provide your name, snail mail address and a brief note of what
sports you are interested in.
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BIKE RACKS WITH A DIFFERENCE
from Bruce Chambers
The Japan Triathlon Union are trialing new style free standing bike racks at
this event. They are similar to those used at the Olympics but have been
refined to make them work better and be easier to assemble. The base has a
pole which carries the national flag and competitors name at the top each
facing each side on separate signs. The pole has two supports to the base
in triangular form to hold firstly the rear wheel and then on bike return
the front wheel. Supports are well padded. As most of the diagram is in
Japanese thats the best I can do in describing it. It was the JTU who
developed the original bike stand of this type and they have now improved
it. What for it if the race appears on TV sport. Race Date 12 August in
Japan.
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SURFBREAKER DATE ANNOUNCED
Thursday the 27th December 01
The Mount Maunganui Lifeguard Service annual Surfbreaker Triathlon
Short course of 750m swim, 18k cycle and 5 km run finishing with the last
400m along the beach.
for further info mt.maunganui.lifeguards@xtra.co.nz
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TRI UPDATES COMMENTS
The Mount Lifeguards do a fabulous job for triathlon with water support at
events as well as supporting the general public with water safety.
When planning your events for this summer please give this race your support
as it is a fundraiser for the surfclub.
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24 HOUR ACTION
from Richard Anderson - Arrow International LTD
The Auckland 24 Hour Adventure Race is now just a week away and Wellington
five weeks. For those wishing to enter I will waver the late fee, however I
cannot guarantee tee-shirts if you leave it to late.
Prizes include Suunto watches, Fariydown products, Salomon shoes, R and R
Sport products, Leppin products and all who enter go in the draw to win a
JKK Supernova.
The race start will be 7:00am Saturday morning close to Auckland.
Disciplines will include mountain biking, kayaking, trekking, basic
abseiling, orienteering and archery. Courses on Archery and abseiling are
recommended.
To date we have 20 teams entered with competitors from Dunedin,
Christchurch, Wellington, all over the North Island and possible Australia.
For more information www.24houradventurerace.com
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Sunday 9th December
Telstra Saturn Northern Traverse Multisport
Lake Ferry to Waikanae, ( Wairarapa/Kapiti )
more info contact rodin@paradise.net.nz
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TRIFECTA?
Here are the 10 fastest womens age groupers from the Edmonton World Champs.
Check out the Kiwi showing
Women
1. C. Morrison 20-24 (GBR) 2:06:31
2. M. Hall 25-29 (RSA) 2:08:09
3. S. Warriner 25-29 (NZL) 2:08:20
4. T. Allen 20-24 (GBR) 2:09:38
5. H. Gollnick 30-34 (USA) 2:09:50
6. D. Kay-Ness 35-39 (USA) 2:10:23
7. S. Valentine 30-34 (CAN) 2:10:29
8. A. Ngwati 20-24 (NZL) 2:10:30
9. C. Bennigson 20-24 (USA) 2:10:36
10. C. Murray 20-24 (CAN) 2:10:43
11. A. Cashion 30-34 (USA) 2:11:24
12. K. Rea 2:12:03 25-29 (USA)
Now look at the list again
Catriona Morrison is now living in NZ ( Our current NZ Sprint champion )
and that's Kiwi Megan Hall now racing under the South African Flag
I reckon that makes a "Kiwi Connections Trifecta"
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Waitakere Charity half marathon and fun run
http://www.coolrunning.co.nz/races/waitakere/
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