MACKAY TRIATHLON CLUB TRI NEWS

19th December, 2017

Hi Team!

WISHING YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR - THE FINAL TRI NEWS OF 2017!!!

CLUB TRAINING Please refer to Club website for training group options. 2018 CALENADAR IS OUT AND UP ON OUR WEBSITE Get your diaries out and highlight the dates for 2018! Our triathlon dates up until October have been run past each venue and confirmed so we shouldn’t see any changes. If you would like to assist as a Race Director or Volunteer please email the club so we can put you down. Remember that unless events have the full support they need, they will be cancelled. Events don’t run themselves! TOM VALENA REPRESENTING MACKAY IN MALAYSIA - 11th NOVEMBER Tom will give us a report of this event in the new year but needless to say he has got himself a spot at Kona! Club Member Time Gender Category Placing Tomas Valena 11:47:12 Male 60 – 64 1st** KONA Q

MACKAY TRIATHLON CLUB TRI NEWS

19th December, 2017

2017 SHORT COURSE CARNIVAL AND OPEN WATER SWIM - 25-26th NOVEMBER Well done to our club members who supported the North Mackay Sinkers at their Swim Carnival and Open Water on the last weekend of November. Results below are from the OW at Balnagowan.

Club Members Time Gender Category Placing Tessa Pate 1:28:26 Female 5km 2nd Robyn Richards 1:51:19 Female 5km 4th

Jenni Bailey 0:48:45 Female 2.5km 2nd Rachel Belthouser 0:50:54 Female 2.5km 4th Lesley Thorpe 0:52:10 Female 2.5km 5th Linda Wetherall 0:53:50 Female 2.5km 7th Geoff Neale 0:53:31 Male 2.5km 5th Megan Moa 0:53:59 Female 2.5km 8th

Chris Webb 0:27:31 Female 1.25km 4th

Stephanie Allen 0:27:54 Female 1.25km 6th

CLUB MEMBERS TRAVEL SOUTH TO WESTERN SYDNEY FOR 70.3 – 26th NOVEMBER A big congratulations goes to our 6 club representatives at Western Sydney 70.3 back in November.

Club Members Time Gender Age-Group Placing Brendan Keates 4:44:43 Male 45 – 49 7th Shaun Brown 4:48:54 Male 40 – 44 29th Noel Garciano 5:00:16 Male 35 – 39 29th Jon Holliday 5:21:21 Male 40 – 44 57th Jarryd Sisley 5:25:17 Male 30 – 34 47th Robyn Madill 5:30:25 Female 50 – 54 4th

MACKAY TRIATHLON CLUB TRI NEWS

19th December, 2017

MACKAY TRIBSTERS TAKE ON IRONMAN BUSSELTON – 3rd DECEMBER A report from John (Plattsy): Busselton Ironman When we arrived at the beach a few days before the event, the water was calm, and the jetty just seemed to go on and on. Going to swim around that was going to be a challenge. The weather was mildly cool towards cold and early morning and evening you needed a jumper. D Day dawned and the temperature had cranked up to Qld Temp. Race day was going to top 35 Degrees. As we are watching from the Jetty the 70.3 started their race as a rolling start and probably about 3/4 of them had got in the water and started swimming, when the voice came over the loud speakers “that the swim leg had been closed”. Due to “Bruce” aka a 2.5m Shark had been sighted. So, the lifesavers swung into action and cleared all the swimmers to the steps on the jetty. You know in the race briefing when they say if the lifesavers start blowing their whistles, stop swimming and look to see what the lifesavers are saying. Within moments there were rubber duckies and boats everywhere surrounding the swimmers and helicopters flying overhead. So eventually the words came down from the race director that our swim leg was also closed (not a Happy Camper) and we would be starting from the beach edge as a rolling start. That wasn’t in the training program!! Safety first and so we started off the beach. The ride was a great ride through the surrounding areas, mostly a flat course with a few rises in some areas. The scenery was wonderful; tree avenues where you rode under the tree top canopy, but I was concentrating on the riding truly. Bernard went past me on the 100km mark and continued out of sight, because drafting is naughty. I struggled around the 130-km mark as the heat had started to slightly affect me and my legs blew up. I stopped at the next aid station and got off the bike and walked around for a while taking in food and water and giving myself time. I hopped back on the bike and felt good and headed back to transition. Steve and Cathy were waiting and watching for me to get in, they told me that Bernard had come through. The run leg was going to be a flat course, but it was very open to the sun and the wind had dropped to nothing I was feeling fine. I passed Bernard within the first 10km and was running well. Steve and Cathy had changed position, they said it was a better spot, I think it may have been the A/C and the drinks available for them that made them move. As the race progress and the temperature continue to rise, the locals decided we needed to be cooled off and helpfully got their hoses out and started spraying us. Which helped keep the upper body cool but did of course fill my shoes with water and wet socks and feet don’t go well. I started to develop blisters on the pads of my feet and around my toes. Bernard was going well, and he quickly caught back up and passed me again. Steve and Cathy had move closer to the finish line. As I came in for the last lap I couldn’t run anymore but was walking on the heels of my feet. I tried to run but it was too painful so walking it was, I knew that I was going to finish, it wasn’t going to be pretty, but I would get there. Thank you for all the words of encouragement from home during the race and after. The support that you have given me during the lead up to this event has been wonderful. Thank you.

MACKAY TRIATHLON CLUB TRI NEWS

19th December, 2017

Ironman Results (photos below of our Ironman competitors) Club Members Time Gender Age-Group Placing Jo Mclaughlan 9:35:06 Female 45 – 49 2nd** KONA Q Nikki Giles 9:51:13 Female 40 – 44 10th Megan Moa 10:46:59 Female 50 – 54 6th Bernard Du Toit 12:05:16 Male 50 – 54 57th John Platts 12:37:55 Male 45 – 49 150th 70.3 Results Megan Pettitt 5:53:14 Female 45 – 49 28th Kerryn McDuff 5:53:41 Female 35 – 39 18th

MEMBERS ONLY XMAS TEAM RACE – 3rd DECEMBER We may have had a small turn out but we all had a lot of fun none the less. We had 5 teams of 3 and 1 team of 2 and teams stuck together and encouraged each other right to the finish line. I was too busy with the Go Pro I forgot to stop the Ipad so I am afraid this event was purely done for the fun of it (as it should be anyway)! Ben did a great job on the BBQ and we thank Kieron for coming out to take photos!

MACKAY TRIATHLON CLUB TRI NEWS

19th December, 2017

AUSSIE AQUATHON – 28th JANUARY 2018 We will be ready to roll come 2018 with our first event, Aussie Aquathon kicking off on 28th January at the Pioneer Pool. Please note that due to the lovely shady area right next to the pool gates we will be bringing the club trailer and after the event and BBQ we will be doing an acquittal of all the clubs gear. This means we will be pulling everything out of the trailer to count, label and pack it back with signage so we as a club know exactly what we have and more importantly where it all goes! Now the incentive we have is for the first 15 who email in to let us know they can stay back and assist will gain a free entry into our Eimeo Tri!! Get emailing!! CLUB’S BIKE LOAN PROGRAM Currently our club’s female bike is out on loan until mid-February, but the junior bike is back in and ready to go! If anyone knows of a junior male or female wanting to have a go at triathlons but doesn’t have a bike, then please pass on the club’s details and Nat, our bike loan co-ordinator can send the bike loan agreement to them! Our bike loan is for a period of 2 months!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR

Thanks, Jenni Bailey Club President 0423 300 174 Mackay Tri Club www.mackaytriclub.com.au