Port Macquarie Triathlon Club - News

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best of luck at the itu worlds lleyton!

6/8/2019

Winter is generally a quiet time of the year for our mid north coast triathletes. Not so for our high-flying young gun Lleyton Wall.

Lleyton is a well known junior who regularly towels up our local crew, and has been useful as our course guide during our Duathlon series this year "if you don't know the course, just follow Lleyton - if you can keep up"

Lleyton will be shortly heading over to a pleasant European summer to represent Australia at the ITU Lausanne World Triathl on Grand Final in the 16-19 age group.

Best of luck Lleyton! And if you see him out training over the next week or two, make sure to pass on your best wishes.

race 2 results - sunday 28th july

29/7/2019

Thanks to everyone who came out for Xmas in July yesterday, with special congrats to those who not only raced, but dressed up for the morning!

The updated results are attached with corrected times & finishing order. All race results can also be found over in our Members tab of the website.

Huge thank you to all our volunteers, especially Bec, Lyn & Belynda who put on the fantastic food and drink for us after the race!

Don't forget to check all the photos from the race over at our Facebook page!

race 2 - midcoast windows duathlon - sunday 28th july

29/7/2019

CHRISTMAS IS HERE !!!

Well at least let's celebrate like it is with Christmas In July theme this weekend !!

This Sunday's Race 2 in the 3-race Midcoast Windows Duathlon Series will have a theme of Christmas with finishers feasting on Christmas pudding delights to warm us in this winter morning weather !! And stay for a catch up chat with fellow club mates with a tea or coffee after ur race and cheer everyone else home !!

Feel free to get in the Christmas cheer and dress up in Christmas theme for a bit of fun !!
Duathlon Race 2 - 28th July rego from 645am and race start @ 7.30am at McInherney Park.

Race format will feature a 2.5km run, an 18km ride, and 2.5km run to finish, with a short course option of 1.5km run, 9km ride, and 1.5km run. We also offer a fun social grade option where you can essentially make up your own distances!
We also offer an opportunity for the kids to race on our course, with a 500m run, 6km bike & 1.5km run. Their race will start 15 minutes before the seniors - meaning you'll get the chance to ride the bike course with your son/daughter before your race if you'd like to. Just note that kids must be 10yrs old to race.

Race rego is from 6.45am-7.15am with the juniors getting underway straight after. Seniors will be starting at 7.30am.
Current members keen to compete are required to re-new their membership with the Club prior to Race 2. However, any of your training mates & non-members can also race at a $10 entry fee. Race fees can be paid on the morning of the race.

Loved the first race and keen to give it another go ? Attendance at all 3 races in the winter series will also be awarded one of our much sought-after Duathlon Series race shirts, only be available to those racing &/or volunteering at all 3 events.

duathlon race 1 - results!

3/7/2019

Congratulations to everyone who made it out yesterday for our Race 1 of the Midcoast Windows Duathlon Series. It was a fantastic morning which saw 6 juniors, 7 short course racers, and 44 guys & gals taking on the full course today. Special thanks to all our volunteers, especially Nat Cosh, Belynda Carrall and Bec Mendez who put on a fantastic breakfast for us all. The bar has certainly been set high!

The preliminary results are attached below. Get back in touch with us if we have any spelling errors, or if any of the times don't look quite right. And don't forget to check out the photos we've had posted from a few members over on Facebook too.

And big congratulations to our 2 winners of the IM/70.3 entries. They were Josh Walker and Amanda Anderson, who'll be shortly checking with loved ones before deciding on which long course race they'll be taking on next year!

MIDCOAST WINDOWS - WINTER DUATHLON SERIES

17/6/2019

Sunday 30th June will be the date for the 1st race in our annual MidCoast Windows 3-race series of duathlons. These are to be held on the last Sunday of the next 3 months on the following dates:

Race 1 - 30th June @7.30am
Race 2 - 28th July @7.30am
Race 3 - 25th August @7.30am

Current Club members will enjoy continuing membership up until the date of this first race on the 30th June and can enter the race for free. Any current members keen to compete in all 3 of our duathlons will be required to re-new their membership prior to Race 2. However, any of your training mates & non-members can also enter any of these races at a $10 entry fee per race. Race fees can be paid on the morning of the race.

Attendance at all 3 races in the winter series will also award you one of our much sought-after Duathlon Series race shirts, very generously sponsored by Michelle, Gary and the team at MidCoast Windows. These unique event shirts will only be available to those racing &/or volunteering at all 3 events. They'll be produced in limited stock & won't be able to be purchased.

Anyone who knows they are able to assist as a course marshall/volunteer on those three dates are encouraged to call our Duty Manager, Lyn Gentle on 0400 086277 asap. We will also post a facebook message up shortly where you can leave your names there if you know you can assist.

Great attendance at our agm!

22/5/2019

It was such a great turn out for our AGM last week!

A special thanks to those members of the outgoing committee including the Lewis clan of Tracy, Ian and Mahni as well as Bryce Philpott.

This AGM did mark a bit of a milestone with the stepping back of 2 of our life members, Kate Pensini & Jo Pilgrim. Both Kate & Jo have been on the committee in various roles for over 15 years & are taking a well-earned break next season. We'll of course still see them out there racing with us all& they'd never miss a Club Champs party in Forster :)

But it was fantastic to see some of our newer faces putting their hands up for roles in the upcoming 2019/20 season. The next season's positions are:

President - Andrew Lister
Vice President - Tammy Hosking
Treasurer - Alison McKinnon
Secretary - John Tracy

Sanctioning Officer - Jody Marson
Duty Roster - Lyn Gentle
Sponsorship Officers - Jodie Barry, Chris Lalor & Jo Pilgrim
Grading/Point Score Officer - Jody Marson
Training/Junior Coordinator - Karen Hosking
First Aid Officer - Karen Howell
Equipment Officers - John Tracy & Dylan Williams
Publicity & Communications Officers - Karen Howell & Andrew Lister
Clothing Officer - Tanya Porto
Race Timer - Ann Stroud

Social committee - Rebecca Bovey Mendez, Belynda Carrall & Natalie Cosh
Race committee - Jody Marson, Ben Shields, Lucas Tierney, Eileen Gainsford, Tanya Porto & Andrew Lister

AGM - monday 13th may - 6.00pm @Westport Club

10/5/2019

Next Monday 13th May, the Club will be holding its Annual General Meeting for 2018/19, which will steer us into the following 2019/20 season.

The AGM will be held upstairs at The Westport Club, and all members are invited to come along @6.00pm for light refreshments for a 6.30pm meeting start.

All current roles & positions on the executive committee (President, Vice Pres, Treasurer, Secretary), and the associated jobs related to clothing, sponsors, media, sanctioning, etc.. are open and any interested members are more than welcome (and strongly encouraged!) to put their hand up for a role. We love new faces :)

Even if you're not interested in taking on an official role for next season, come along and see how the administration of the Club works behind the scenes, and perhaps get an idea of a role which you may be able to contribute to during the upcoming season.

Being part of the Club's race committee for example allows you to contribute to putting our race calendar together, choosing what racing formats we use, while only being required to attend 2-3 meetings in the season. And we have a few other jobs that similarly don't require a great commitment, but are still essential to ensure the smooth running of the Club.

Keen to know more? Come along on Monday, even if it's just for a chance to catch up with everyone during these quiet post-IM weeks!

1 week to ironman & 70.3

1/5/2019

So it's only 1 week to go to the big dance. Can we get a roll-call of who's competing and what your goals are for the day?

We don't have a list of all team members for the 70.3, but tag away & add your names in the comments. We'll kick it off with a list of our local friends who'll be out there competing on their own in the full or 70.3 on Sunday week. Let us know who we've missed!

Joel Armitage
Ali Fitch
Carol Baker
Stephen Taylor
John Tracy
Mick Baldwin
Chris Pell
Sam Poole
Cassie Pensini
Paul Brandon
Andrew McNeice
Kim Roberts
Karen Howell
Hazel Kirby
Christine Lalor
Michelle McDonald
Travis Wayth
Georgia Abbey
Tammy Hosking
Amanda Anderson
Lisa Anderson
Patti Turnham
Craig Whiting
Kirsty Whiting
Josh Rummery
Lucas Tierney
Jamie Vogele
Jodie Buttsworth
Greg Laws
Bennett Powell
Rhona Maclean
Singe Parish
Kristian Prados
Rob Johnston
Staff Hurlston
David Carter
Mick Cutting
Josh Walker
Rhys Lawler
Vicky Dawkins
Belinda Johnson
Rachele Sanderson
Jim Sanderson
Jane Halliburton
Steve Sanders
Rachel Goodwin
Steven Bailey
Ben Shields
Ian Lewis
Kristy Williams
Chris Favaloro

And sadly we've heard that Jodie Barry, Craig Smith & Alisha Bank may have now had to pull out. But those numbers above are still a few more than the 10 locals who lined up for Port Mac's very first Ironman here in 2006!

Best of luck to everyone in your final week of preparations. And a big thank you to the IM organising committee and their team of volunteers who keep making this one of the best IMs in the world.

season winners

1/5/2019

Thanks to everyone who raced or volunteered for us at our last race of the season today. Here's our list of winners for the season!

A grade women's - Cassie Pensini
A grade men's - Rob Johnston
B grade women's - Christine Lalor
B grade men's - David Carter
C grade women's - Rach Goodwin
C grade men's - Ian Lewis
D grade women's - Tammy Hosking
D grade men's - John Tracy
Short Course women's - Jo Pilgrim
Short Course men's - Dylan Williams

And our special awards winners:

Most improved - Jasper Sumsky
Rookie of the year - Tammy Hosking
President's award - Ann & John Stroud
Club person of the year - Tanya Porto

Congratulations to all!

race 10 & end of season preso - this Sunday 14th april

11/4/2019

This Sunday is our last Club race of the 2018/19 summer season, and as advised earlier we really do have over half of our grade titles winners yet to be decided. So this Sunday's race will be an important event for everyone, not least of all because we’re holding our season presentation straight after as well.

We’ll have our Long, Short and Social courses on offer, and we’ll also provide the juniors with an opportunity to get another practice on our course before the Duathlon season opens up in June.

Thank you to everyone who’s performed duties all season. As you’d appreciate, particularly with the recent call-outs for volunteers with the upcoming Ironman event, triathlon is one sport which perhaps relies more heavily on the support of volunteers than any other. Sitting out occasionally to help all our members race is a corner-stone of our Club mechanics, and we really appreciate everyone’s support throughout the season.

As advised, we'll be having our 2018/19 season presentation straight after this Sunday’s race, and we'll have plenty of food & drinks for everyone, as well as lucky prize draws.

See you all on Sunday!

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CONTACT DETAILS

PO Box 1789 Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia 2444portmactriathlonclub@gmail.com