Thank you to all, old members and several newcomers who came to support our First Post Lockdown Event at Mount Pleasant Pool yesterday, it was wonderful to see you all again after what has felt like a lifetime !!! All the kids have certainly grown a lot and it was great to see how excited they were to finally be out on the course racing again. We had a fantastic event that ran smoothly – starting a bit later than scheduled (apologies for the delay) but as your safety is the paramount concern, we could not get going until the CIMAS ambulance cover arrived.
Thank you all for adhering to all of the Covid Precautionary and Prevention Measures that we have in place and are enforcing and will continue to monitor as we go forward to the next few events. Please keep sticking to the rules – any infringements could run the risk of our approvals being retracted – so thank you again for your co-operation.
We did not do any timing of the races however the Positions were sent out and have been uploaded to the website. If there are any errors or discrepancies please let me know. The Series Points Schedule has to be updated and I will send it out in the next few days with all the pre-lockdown points included. Thank you again to Roa Botha for the fantastic gallery of photos that have been uploaded to our Facebook page – spectacular shots !!! If you are not a member of the page please send in a Join Request. A small selection can be viewed in the gallery below.
We have event approval from Ministry of Sport and SRC for our next 3 events which are taking place on SUNDAY 28TH MARCH, SUNDAY 11TH APRIL – EVE’S TEAM CHALLENGE (this will be open to the TT TK TP as well as Individuals over the Trifun and Trifit distances) and SUNDAY 25TH APRIL – if we can squeeze another event in during May we will certainly do our best. As our season would normally have been finishing at the end of this month, we are extending the Series Points etc. and Prize Giving until May.
So – the next event SUNDAY 28TH MARCH 2021 will be the same as today with TT, TK, TP, Sprint, Supersprint, Trifun and Trifit for individuals and teams – we hope to be using the NORFOLK LONG COURSE but will confirm with you during the course of the week. Online registration for Individuals and Teams will be open from MONDAY 22ND MARCH so get your entries in any time from then until 6pm on Saturday 27th March.
USE OF MOUNT PLEASANT POOL BY OUR MEMBERS WITH MEMBERSHIP CARDS
The pool is open for use during the week for training by our paid up members with Membership Cards – there is a list of Members in the office at the pool. We have spoken to the Superintendent who advised that Parents accompanying Minors who are coming to train are not required to pay entry fee. In addition, as the pool will be remaining open until the middle of June, the validity of all 2020-2021 Membership Cards will be extended until the pool closes officially by City of Harare for winter.
Thank you to all our wonderful sponsors and partners for their continued support of Triathlon Zimbabwe through these frustrating and unprecedented times.
Have a great week everyone and see you all again next Sunday – spread the word to your friends and family that Triathlon is a great sport and we welcome all newcomers.
