What a fantastic weekend we had at Smallbridge Dam, thank you to everyone who made the journey and joined us for this event and hope that you had a great time too. The weather was brilliant on race day and the venue was superb as always.
We were so excited to learn that our Elite Athlete Andie Kuipers is home and would be joining us – it was great to have her back on home ground. She gave a talk to all our athletes about her journey as an Elite Athlete on the World Triathlon circuit, the highs and lows of what it takes to compete at that level – an inspiration to all our youngsters. She also joined an AG team in a fun Open Water Swim relay competing against a team made up of our youth and juniors …. the results tell the final tale 🙂 it was great fun to watch !!
Racing conditions were good – the water temperature on race day was 23 degrees which meant no wet suits – the bike course was technical and fast – it was very warm on race day so we were ready and prepared to manage all the athletes at the finish line with heat management procedures. Congratulations and well done to everyone who participated in all the events on the programme – triathlon, aquathlon, duathlon, open water swim, TriRun 5km fun run and aquabike – there were some great times achieved and valuable selection points earned by the Junior and Youth athletes. Coach Gerald Chiposi arrived with a team of athletes who had travelled all the way from Chimanimani to participate in the Aquathlon and Duathlon events. Congratulations to the winners in the Lucky Draw who took home a beautiful Bedding Pack kindly donated by KDV Bedding.
The results from the day’s events have been sent out and have been uploaded to the Results page. A gallery of photos from the weekend can also be viewed below – more pics being added all the time – thank you to all who have contributed to the galleries and sharing on our social media platforms – please go and have a look and tag yourselves on our Facebook page and feel free to add your photos as well.
It goes without saying that this event would not have been possible without the support and sponsorship from KDV BEDDING – a huge thank you from the Triathlon Zimbabwe family for your support and we look forward to hosting this event on December 2024 – it is always a great favorite on the season calendar.
There are many others whose support and assistance was invaluable and we extend our sincere thanks to the following –
The Organising Team, the TZ Technical Officials, Water Safety Crew and all the Mums and Dads who were roped in to assist with the race management –
Eastern Angling Society for allowing us to use your beautiful venue – thanks to Nathan and Samuel for looking after us so well making sure the clubhouse and the showers were immaculate and for helping with the clearing and set up of the transition and race venue at the Dam Wall –
Shingi Pswarayi and his team from The Draughtman – you made sure we had the most delicious food and drinks for the whole weekend –
Swift Transport – thank you for your logistic support in transporting all of the event equipment from Harare to Mutare and then on to Smallbridge Dam Penhalonga early on Saturday morning and loading again after all the races were finished to transport everything back to Harare –
Safeguard Zimbabwe – thank you to Dave (and Lol) for organizing the Safeguard Security guards who were a huge help to us as marshalls as well – great to have you with us for our “out of town” event –
Schweppes ZImbabwe – thank you for keeping us all hydrated with Bonaqua Still Water –
Emras Medical Crew and ZRP Penhalonga – and finally –
to all the parents and athletes who supported the event – we hope you all had a great weekend and got home safely. For those who have not been to the Smallbridge Dam Penhalonga event before – please do consider it for 2024 – you will really enjoy it.
