 |
|
|
Club Newsletter
Photographs
You will need
You are Visitor No |
2004 - 2005 SEASON - OLD NEWS
14/06/05 The following Illawarra athletes have been selected to represent Australia in September: Elite Male: Jono Hall U23 Men: Brendan Sexton and Mark Scott So who will become a WORLD CHAMPION!
02/06/05 Club Presentation Information BUY TICKETS
30/05/05 Today the Australian Teams for the 2006 World Olympic Distance and 2005 Duathlon Championships were announced. The Illawarra Triathlon Club would like to congratulate the following members on there selection!!!! So who will become a WORLD CHAMPION!
2005 World Olympic Distance Championships (Honolulu- 9th October 2005) Gover, Jordan Trindorfer, Jake Vandeweghe, Kirk
2005 World Duathlon Championships (Newcastle) Giles, Phil Krajewski, Witold McCarthy, Bethany Scott, Mark Wu, Michelle Reserves Argerakis, Paul Micale, Paul Vandeweghe, Kirk
Teams for Elite, U23 and Junior Sprint representatives will be announced on Friday 10 June at 3pm See Triathlon Australia Website
18/05/05
Flexihostings is the leader in affordable, easy-to-use web hosting, Managed Hosting, Bulk Domain Registration and e-mail services for all types of individuals, businesses, large or small. We offer hosting plans ranging from a 100MB basic site to a massive 2GB of storage and 90GB bandwidth plans and multi domain reseller plans. We're committed to customer service. You'll get the best available support. Click here to give them a go
16/05/05 REMEMBER THE Club Presentation BUY TICKETS
09/05/05
Jarrod and HIS Bike on Saturday Night Congratulations to all the new members that helped the Illawarra Triathlon Club secure 7th spot at the club championships on Saturday. The weather was the worst it has been in years and thanks go to all the supporters who stood in the rain all day. The bike supplied by Direct Bikes Nowra was won by Jarrod Howarth. Everyone had a blast at the presentation and like always rolled up for Bacon and Eggs on Sunday. Some quality photos will follow soon. Click here for a SELECTION of photos Click here for results
30/04/05 Club Presentation Information BUY TICKETS
28/04/05 Race Dates for 2005/2006 Announced
12/04/05
Below is the Schedule for the Nelson Bay Club Championships. Friday Arrive at Colonial Ridge Resort or Soldiers Point Caravan Park. Saturday 10:30-12:30am Registration and Bike Racking T1 / T2 is located opposite the Soldiers Point Bowling Club 12:40pm Bike Transition Closes 12:45pm Race Briefing 1:00pm Race Start 7:30pm Head to Presentation at Bowling Club (Walking Distance) Sunday 11am Check out of Colonial Ridge Resort or Soldiers Point Caravan Park.
11/04/05 Port Kembla Triathlon Race 7 What a great day, the sun was out for the last race of the season. New under 20 member Jonathon Malka showed great run speed off the bike to hold off Paul Argerakis and recovering IRONMAN Jordan Gover. Merja Kivranta had a strong bike and run to take out the female race with an impressive time.
22/03/05
20/03/05 Port Kembla Triathlon Race 6 Another wet day at Port Kembla. Kirk Vandeweghe had a good day out and came away with the win today. Trudi Barnes came in for a well deserved 2nd and a well trained Scott Wilsmore picked up a solid 3rd.
20/02/05 Port Kembla Triathlon Race 5 Overcast, wet, but still conditions welcomed all for our 5th race of the season. 26 athlete tested themselves in the conditions today. Jordon Gover showed his bike strength to ride away with a comfortable win. Jarrod Howarth and Greg Flood came in for 2nd and 3rd. We had 11 females in the field. Tegan Makowski and Trudi Barnes had a side by side battle all the way to the finish line with Trudi coming home in 1st by just 5sec. Tanya Strevens had a good race to come in for 3rd. Everyone also seemed to enjoy the Bacon and Eggs after the race!!!!!!
15/02/05 Race This Weekend The 5th race of the season is this weekend 20/02/05 Race Registration 7:40am Race Briefing 7:40am With 40+ people attending please ensure that you are there EARLY!!!!!! we can not keep the water safety and road closures open longer then allowed. Please also look at the Marshal sheet. If you can not make it, swap with somebody before the day.
16/01/05 Port Kembla Triathlon Race 4 Great conditions for racing greeted one of the largest fields in the last few seasons. 46 competitors enjoyed the slightly overcast conditions. In the female race Tanya Strevens held off Trudi Barnes by just 15s who raced in the first wave whilst Eloise White took a well earned third. Brendan Sexton led from the front to take the male win by 30s from Ben Yates with Johnathon Grady coming home for third. We will have a BBQ this Wednesday 19th Jan at the Aquathon. SO SEE YOU THERE at 6pm.
10/01/05 January Newsletter
08/01/05 Race Next Weekend The Illawarra Triathlon Club would like to wish all members a Happy New Year and remind all that the 4th race of the season will be held on the 16th of January. We hope to see you all there.
19/12/04 Port Kembla Triathlon Race 3 Sunny conditions and a flat Sea greeted 31 smiling faces for another great race at Port Kembla. Tanya Strevens held off Eloise White and Sarah Mycroft to take the female win. The top 3 ladies were separated by just 40 seconds. Mark Scott had a strong bike split to take the male win by 30sec from a fast finishing Bill McClatchie and Jake Trindorfer. Remember the Christmas Party this Wednesday the 22nd at the Belmore Basin. Starts at 6pm
12/12/04 2004 Canberra Half Ironman Well done to all ITC members that took part in Canberra. We all had a great day on the toughest half Ironman course in Australia. Jono Hall had a welcomed return to Triathlon with a very creditable 2nd place overall. Below are the results.
28/11/04 Ironman Western Australia Below are the results from Western Australia. We had 3 ITC members compete on the day. Phil, Paul and Geoff. Special mention to Phil for his 15th outright and 2nd in the competitive M30-34 Age Group. On a personal note my Cousin John Albrecht finished 17th outright and 2nd in his M25-29 Age Group.
TOP 3 MALES
1 1 Jason SHORTIS
M PRO 0:50:25 4:40:11 2:45:23 8:16:00
13 36 Rebekah KEAT
F PRO 0:50:48 5:00:35 3:12:12 9:03:37
15 323 Phillip GILES
M 30-34 1:00:46 4:48:34 3:14:58 9:04:19 221 767 Geoff STUTSEL M 35-39 1:05:32 5:34:49 4:12:30 10:52:51
22/11/04 Port Kembla Triathlon Race 2 Another great day in Port Kembla. The field was a bit thin due to some major events around the region. In the Male race the elusive Jordon Gover made a triumphant return to racing with a solid win over Kirk Vandeweghe with Scott Wilsmore home for third. Jessica Simpson had a good swim to take the win in the women's field.
07/11/04 2004 VIRIDIAN Noosa Triathlon Multi Sport Festival
Congratulations goes to Mark Scott who had a
great Race in Noosa to finish 3rd in the M20-24 year old age group.
Mark finished off the day with a solid 37min run to grab a podium position. Another Mark also had a successful race with 2:38:31.0 Well done to Mr O'Keefe.
01/11/04
TAKING THE RIGHT STROKES ON THE
IRONMAN ROAD!
20 week Forster IM program Commences 2nd November 2004 Training Times Tue / Thur 6.00-7.30 pm, Sat 7.30-9.00am Additional sessions added for Physiological/Biomechical testing & feedback Cost – URAC Members $130.00 Non Members $160.00 Gold Card Holders FREE Contact
Jamie Turner
01/11/04 2004 Forster Half Ironman Well done to all those that competed at the Forster Half on the Weekend. We had 13 members from our club participate. New member Amanda Gross successfully completed her first Half Ironman distance whilst there was a great PB from Lou Caruana 4:38:00 to get the fastest time from our club members. He was just 0.7 seconds ahead of Dan Arenas. Gareth Buckley picked up a third place in the M45-49 age group. Click here for the results
25/10/04 October Newsletter
24/10/04 Port Kembla Triathlon Race 1 The first Triathlon of the season was well attended considering the weather on the day. In the Male race Dan Arenas showed great leg speed after the bike to run away with the win. He was followed home by Kirk Vandeweghe and Scott Harrison just 55 seconds away. Eloise White had a great swim to ensure her first win, Tanya Strevens came in for a solid second with Julie Sgangarella third.
17/10/04 ITC Athletes do well. We had some very good results recently for some of our ITC members. Firstly we had Kirk Vandeweghe who finished 6th in the Australian 24hr SOLO Mountain Bike Championships. Kirk completed 17 laps (323km) in 24hours. He also drank 14 litres of Gatorade, 2 litres of coke, 4 cans of V,3 coffees and 10000 calories of other food. Kirk will now consider taking on the World 24hr SOLO MTB Championships in Canada, Sept 2005.
Also on the same weekend Nicky Joyce collected 2 gold medals in the NSW Masters Championships. ON the first day she won the Individual Time Trial Championships, where she finished just 0.47 seconds in front of second. Then on the next day Nicky took part in the Road Race and came through for another win. WELL DONE TO BOTH OF YOU
12/10/04 Just a reminder that this Sunday 17th October at 2:00pm the aquathon is on at Belmore Basin. It will be 400m swim 5 km run approx.After the race we will have a barbeque. Don't forgot your wetsuit and also remember in order to participate you must wear a coloured swim cap. If you don't feel like doing it all just come for a swim or a run, or a look. 06/10/04 06/10/04
The next Aquathon will be this Sunday
Oct 10 at 2pm.
It will be held at the University once again.
Please be there 30 mins early to
register and have a warm up swim or run. Cost is 5 bucks and kids
are free. There is no need to pay pool entry at the front desk or
pool office.The aquathon is 400 m swim 4 km run through trails and
roads around university. The kids race is a shorter version. The
meeting spot/transition area is the grassy area on north side of
pool deck.When you come go around the eastern side of the URAC building
and walk towards tennis courts at back of pool.
NOTE:
The following week Oct 17th, the
aquathon will be held at Belmore Basin not the university pool.
Similar format to Wednesday night aquathons.
21/09/04 The first Aquathon for the year will be held at the University pool at 2:00pm this Sunday the 26th September. Please be there 1/2 hour to 45min before the start in order to register, warm up and run the trail section (appox 600m) so you know where you are going. It will be a handicapped 400m swim plus a 2 lap 4km mystery run through bush trails ,on the roads and around ovals on the university grounds. People will go off in ten seconds intervals and the swim will be in double lanes so there is lots of room for passing.
This weekend will also be the launch
of the Illawarra Triathlon Club (ITC) new
junior program named the
This program is aiming to target athletes aged 8-15 as of 31/12/05 within the Illawarra. A Junior Aquathlon will be run as an introduction to the program. So come along and have a go. Juniors will swim 200m then run 2km around the oval.
The cost is 5 dollars for everyone.
When you come to the pool just say you are
with the Illawarra tri club and they will let you through the gate.
Don't need to pay then. The
meeting spot is the grassy area on the north side of the pool. That is
where the transition will be
and the ICE
CREAM AFTERWARDS :)
05/09/2004 EXCITING NEW ITC Grass Roots Junior Development Program  This
program coincides with the commitment Triathlon NSW has made in this
past year to further bolster their excellent
Junior Development program by aiming to increase it’s base of Junior competitors
at the grass roots level of the sport. The program is to encourage
kids into the sport by providing a safe, happy and
friendly environment for them to be around which is sustainable.
The
I
The program
provides regular training that teaches them the required skills of our
sport and utilises the
Initially training will
involved participating in two regular sessions per week. As the interest
and experience grows the frequency of the sessions will be increased.
10/08/2004
The Duathlon this Sunday 12/08/02 is on. Be there well before 8am to test your self with an early season hit out.
22/08/2004 Port Kembla Duathlon Race 1 - The Season is underway! The Sun was out on a warm August Sunday for our first race of the 04/05 season. With a few off season injuries only 12 members took to the great course. Dan Arenus had a fast bike split that ensured him of the win. Tanya Strevens took out the best ladies time. Click here for results
18/08/2004 Welcome the new 2004/2005 ITC Committee President ・Des Comer ph:0414 428 435 Vice President ・Steven Newman ph: 0413 813 395 Secretary ・Carolyn Dews Treasurer ・Sue Scott Race Director ・Rowan Allnut Junior Development Officer ・ This position will be part of the development of the ITC Grass Roots Program (Nominee's still being accepted. Please see below) Newsletter ・Tanya Strevens Publicity ・Des Comer and Tanya Strevens Uniforms ・Nicky Joyce Training Co-ordinator ・Tim Crinnion and Kirk Vandeweghe Social Secretary (Party Organiser!) ・Nicky Joyce Web Master ・Steven Newman Club Sub-Committee Paul Micale Brian Flynn Tony Tenkate
Junior
Development Officer (Please see notes below. This role has TRI NSW
Support)
A note on Junior Development
- 6 Illawarra athletes are in the TRI NSW Junior
Development Program, 1 in Junior Girls Squad and 4 in TAP program
- TRI NSW has many resources available for setting up
"grass roots" junior programs, including programming etc
- TRI NSW is prepared to offer 1 free position in the
next TRI NSW level 1 coaching course ( Wollongong Uni Nov 26/27) - this
position is on offer only to someone who takes on the role of junior
development within the club.
- The Junior Development Officer will have to provide
support to an exciting new program soon to be released.
- This program will have the full assistance of URAC, NSWIS and Jamie Turner. Jamie will be available to assist the ITC Junior Development Coordinator and provide education, tutoring and coaching support. More exciting details will be released soon. To nominate for this role click here.
28/07/2004
This Saturday morning 31st July - A
road ride will leave Otford station to go through the National Park at
6.18am. Trains leave Wollongong Station at 5.37am and
now does all stops to Otford. Check new train timetable.
18/07/2004
The Mudgee Marathon Weekend is on Aug 21/22. This year there will also be a Half Marathon as well as the usual 5km Fun Run. For those interested, more info can be found at on the Website. For those who haven't run a Mudgee country marathon before, it's a great experience! And there's all those Mudgee wineries to visit after.
14/07/2004 The Duathlon this Sunday 18/07/02 is still on. However it will not be a timed race, but a training session (Just like the Wednesday Aquathlon). There are still some issues with the usual full road closures. They are currently being discussed with Council. The course will be slightly different to remove some turnarounds. Also remaining trophies from the presentation night will be handed out to those who won them on the day. Remember to be there for an 8am Start..
Race Directors Wanted We are looking for nominations for Race Directors. This is not a difficult position, you just need to ensure your team of supporters are organised before the day. You can still compete, but need to help out in the pre race prep. If you feel that you can help out your club, please see Des this Sunday.
AGM Soon the Illawarra Triathlon Club will hold its AGM. The committee is calling for all great minds to provide feedback to the club and nominations for all positions. If you have some great ideas, please come along and share them. The more input and drivers onboard the better the club will become. 07/07/2004 Gold Coast Marathon A few members made the trip up to the Gold Coast for the Marathon on the 4th of July. The day was fine with the wind and heat picking up as soon as the sun rose. Successful people that completed the Marathon were
Gareth Buckley- 3:17:45
Geoff Stutsel- 3:29:53
Also Paul made the trip up for his 10KM event. One day we will
get him to do a Marathon.
21/06/2004 2003/2004 Presentation Night A great night was had by all who attended the club presentation night for the 2003/2004 season. There were 3 new inductees to life membership status. Brian Baird, Hans Battaerd, Gareth Buckley all received this well deserved award for 15 years of continuos membership. PHOTOS HERE.
There was also a great slide show that contained all photos taken over the season, Forster Ironman Video footage, New York MTB Street Race and a very lucky escape for one MTB rider. These slideshows can be purchased from the club. Please email Simon Haigh to obtain your copy for only $15. See below for all the awards presented on the night.
2003/2004 Presentation Night Life Membership (15 years continuous membership) Brian Baird Hans Battaerd Gareth Buckley
Club Championships Male- James Greathead Female- Trudi Barnes
Junior Club Champions Male- James Greathead Female- Tegan Makowski
Age Group Championships 13-16 Male- Kyle Tentake Female- Eloise White 16-19 Male- James Greathead Female- Tegan Makowski 20 - 29 Male- Steven Newman Female- Trudi Barnes 30 - 39 Male- Kirk Vandeweghe Female- Niky Joyce 40 - 49 Male- Rowan Allnutt Female- Amanda Vandeweghe 50 - 59 Male- Des Comer
Bent Fork Award Brian Baird
Presidents Most Improved Dean Marcinkowski
Appreciation Awards Steve Greathead Tim Crinnion Amanda Vandeweghe
Fastest Race Time (Port Kembla) Male- Paul Wiedersemn Female- Merja Kivranta |
