MACKAY TRIATHLON CLUB WEEKLY TRI NEWS

24th June, 2016

Hi Team! CLUB TRAINING (CLUB MEMBERS ONLY) Sunday 26th June – COMBO – Harbour 7am run, 8am swim Monday 27th June – RUN - 5.30pm Bluewater Quay Wednesday 29th June – RUN - 5.30pm Bluewater Quay Sunday 3rd July – COMBO – Check Facebook Monday 4th July – RUN - 5.30pm Bluewater Wednesday 6th July – RUN - 5.30pm Bluewater Sunday 10th July – COMBO - Check Facebook

HALIDAY BAY CLUB RACE – 18th JUNE – MEMBERS ONLY A big thanks to Chris Webb for race directing, to all our volunteers that drove out and assisted on

course, Ben Molineux for the great photos, Michael Wilson on water safety and Michele and

Dwayne at The Old Station Teahouse for a great post-race pizza dinner! We had 50 members

attend which was awesome to see. Congratulations to our Sprint winners - Male 1st Josh

Bornman, 2nd Tim Ffrost, 3rd Noel Garciano, Female 1st Melissa Crawford, 2nd Katherine Parrish,

3rd Carla Adams, 1st Team Diva and the Dude. Enticer winners - Male 1st Ryan Franklin, 2nd Jack

Smith, 3rd Michael Priestly, Female 1st Alana Rodda, 2nd Deanne Woods, 3rd Priscilla Walters,

1st Team - Team Slinger!

MACKAY TRIATHLON CLUB WEEKLY TRI NEWS

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MACKAY TRIATHLON FESTIVAL IS LAUNCHED – 24/25th SEPTEMBER Official Mackay Triathlon Festival 24th-25th Sept 2016 Flyer is out! Get registering and don't forget all registrations get a single entry (1 entry per team) into the draw to win a set of $2999 wheels thanks to our club sponsor Mackay Cycles! Be sure to 'LIKE' our new Mackay Triathlon Festival Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Mackaytriathlonfestival/ We certainly want to see more teams in the QLD Country Health Fund Corporate Teams Triathlon. We have reduced the distance to a Super Sprint as we hope this is a more encouraging distance, especially for those warming up for the bigger events on the Sunday. REGISTRATION: http://www.active.com/mackay-qld/triathlon/races/mackay-triathlon-festival-2016 Our festival committee have put together a letter for any business that may be interested in sponsoring an age-group category of the Olympic distance. There are 6 age-group categories in both male and female, 12 in total. Please see the attached letter if you are interested in helping sponsor a category. Sponsoring a category will get your business involved over the festival weekend and you will have the opportunity to award your age-group class.

CAIRNS IRONMAN – 12th JUNE We had 22 champions take on the 70.3, most tackling the distance for the first time. Congratulations to Steph Allen, Anthony Lee, Andrew Duck, Linda Wetherall, Megan Moa, Alix Ryman, Rebecca Baird, Jarryd Sisley, Rose Nilsson, Cath Riggs, Cath Meng, Robyn Richards, Robyn Madill, Chris Webb, Mel Harris, Natalie Desbois, Robert Young, Kate Vella, Roberta Morris, Jack Simpson, Linda McFadzen, Emma McFadzen. 5 champion of champions took on the full Ironman – Congratulations to Tom Valena, Ryan Palazzi, Joanne Mclaughlan, Mark McFadzen, Stephen Sorensen. A big well done to Ryan Palazzi for placing 28th overall (17th Australian) in his FIRST Ironman event and Tom Valena for winning his age-group! We seriously have some kick arse club members!! Can't wait to see next year’s start line as it just goes to show that anything is possible! Congratulations guys, you did it - you are Ironman!

MACKAY TRIATHLON CLUB WEEKLY TRI NEWS

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MACKAY TRIATHLON CLUB WEEKLY TRI NEWS

24th June, 2016

MACKAY SURF CLUB AWARDS DINNER Life Member Kerry Royes was our club representative at the Mackay SLSC awards evening last Saturday 11th June. What a lovely photo of Kerry and Surf Club President Alison!

TA AND CLUB MEMBERSHIP 2016/2017 IS A GO! Membership for the 2016/2017 season has opened which means for those who didn’t take up any of the previous offers, full membership is now available which will take your TA/Club membership through to June 30th 2017! http://www.triathlon.org.au/Membership/Annual_Membership.htm http://www.triathlon.org.au/State_Associations/QLD/qld/Membership/join.htm Please note for any current club member that does not want to renew their membership, you must login to your membership porthole (on the TA website under ‘existing members manage your membership’) and switch the Auto-renew to OFF! If you don’t do this, come 1st July your membership will auto renew and your credit cards will be charged the relevant fee automatically. Junior members and those that have elected not to have their membership automatically renew will not have their membership automatically renewed and will need to do this manually. How to turn on Auto Renew

1. Select 'Login to My Membership portal' (Access on a PC) 2. Login using your email and password (You can reset your password if you have

forgotten) 3. Check that all of your details are correct under the 'Personal Information' box, including

your credit card details, so that your renewal can be processed. 4. Select 'Turn On Auto Renew' under 'ACTIONS'

MACKAY TRIATHLON CLUB WEEKLY TRI NEWS

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How to Manually Renew 1. Select 'Login to My Membership portal' (Access on a PC) 2. Login using your email and password (You can reset your password if you have

forgotten) 3. Click on 'Renew Membership' under 'ACTIONS' 4. Login using password again and complete registration

Club membership is: adult $50, junior 12 – 19 years $20, junior 5 – 11 years $10 and social $5 memberships. A family membership has been created for adult and junior 12 – 19 year categories. Once all family members have been entered (2 adults and 2 juniors), a 20% discount will be applied. If you want to take up this family membership offer and you are currently a member, you will need to opt out and do the renewal manually. These fees do not include the TQ fees (below).

MACKAY TRIATHLON CLUB WEEKLY TRI NEWS

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DUATHLON RACE 1 – 16th JULY Well the 2015/2016 season is over so as the months get cooler, and we roll into another season we will kick start 2016/2017 with our Duathlon Series. Registration has opened for Race 1. http://www.active.com/mackay-qld/running/distance-running-races/duathlon-race-1-2016 ** Please note we are looking for a replacement race director for Race 2 which will be held Sunday 14th August. There has been a date change so it doesn’t clash with Yeppoon and Mackay Mountain Marathon and yes it’s on Sunday instead of Saturday. WIN AN EXCLUSIVE ‘TRAIN LIKE A COWBOY’ PACKAGE WITH PLATINUM SPONSORS QLD COUNTRY To enter the draw to win one of 6 packages, simply be approved for a new Queensland Country Home or Personal Loan before July 23! Check out the attachments! PACKAGE INCLUDES: - Flights for you and a friend - Training session with the Cowboys - High Performance Training Team - Accommodation A FRIENDLY REMINDER - TA RULES APPLY AT ALL EVENTS Just a friendly reminder that with all our club events TA rules apply at all times. At the last few events we have noticed some loose helmet straps and some athletes undoing the strap before racking their bike back in transition. Please ensure your helmet straps are tight and that your helmet stays done up until your bike is racked. We also must remind athletes that if we do not have traffic control (which is every event except our majors) then ALL traffic rules apply! If we ask you to stop or obey road rules, then you must. Ignoring the race brief or disobeying road rules on course can result in a DQ. Just remember at the end of the day the rules are there to keep all athletes safe. So some homework for everyone, read the attached revised TA competition rules and help us make every race as safe as it can be. IS THERE A DIFFERENCE IN TECHNIQUE FROM THE POOL TO THE OCEAN? Simple answer - no. Long answer - it’s not that simple... http://oceanswim.co.nz/is-there-a-difference-in-technique-from-the-pool-to-the-ocean/?utm_source=New+Zealand+Ocean+Swim+Series&utm_campaign=e87bd53adf-EDM+11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e85da30a8e-e87bd53adf-244423701

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WHO WANTS TO DO A TRI TEAM BUT NEEDS A SWIMMER? If anyone is keen to get into Tri’s but doesn’t want to do the swim, we have a solution! 13-year-old club member Sophie would love to help you out and join forces in either the enticer or sprint distance. Please contact Nikki Chrzanowski to organise 0418 714 286. THE PEACH PROGRAM Want to get your kids active and eating well? The PEACH Program is being delivered by QUT, led by Professor Lynne Daniels, head of QUT’s Nutrition and Exercise Sciences School in the Faculty of Health (funded by the Qld Government). The program - PEACH™ stands for ‘Parenting Eating and Activity for Child Health’. It is a FREE healthy lifestyle program available to Queensland families with primary school aged children. The online format allows families all over the state, no matter their location, to access PEACH™. About PEACH™ Online: - PEACH™ Online is designed to give families the information, tools and support they need to

make healthy eating and activity a part of everyday life. - The program consists of 10 interactive sessions which can be completed by families at home,

in their own time, at their own pace. - Families registered for PEACH™ Online can join weekly ‘live’ online chats with the Project

Dietitian, ask the Project Dietitian a private question, and join the online Group Forum to interact with other families.

- Some of the topics covered in the program include nutrition skills, reading ingredients labels, relationships with food and eating, dealing with fussy eaters, changing family lifestyle behaviours and making healthy eating affordable.

Families can find out more about PEACH™ Online and register for the program by free call 1800 263 519 or visiting www.peachqld.com.au. Getting children to eat a variety of fresh healthy food, reducing screen time and being more active as a family are just some of the topics as part of the free PEACH™ program available free for families with primary-school aged children. Check out the PEACH™ website or Facebook page for more information. www.facebook.com/peachqld Thanks, Jenni Bailey Club President 0423 300 174

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