Hope you all have had a pleasant weekend and a good week so far and that all the youngsters had a great start to the new school year.
A reminder about our scheduled event taking place this Sunday at Mount Pleasant – the ESTIMATED start times are shown below – the STANDARD DISTANCE is shown on the calendar – if there are AG athletes wishing to do the Standard PLEASE PRE-REGISTER – please also note that you will start your race very early and there will be no marshals on the course for a period of time.
In all cases, the Online Entry platform on the website is OPEN so please help the registration team by pre-entering go to Upcoming Events and send in your entry or drop an email to Tammy on tammybenade@gmail.com
AQUATHLON – Schools please get your team lists in to info@zimtri.org or tammybenade@gmail.com by latest 5pm on Friday this week.
SELECTION ATHLETES – JUNIORS and YOUTH – you were given Helmet and Bike Stickers at a previous Selection event – please ensure that these are still on your equipment – the number will correspond with your transition position and race number. If you have lost / removed your sticker please let me know so that I can try organise another set.
A reminder that there are only 3 selection events left to gain the necessary points you need to qualify for selection to go on tour to the SA Champs in March – some of the kids are really close on the points log so keep them training and don’t miss any of the remaining selection races. If you have any queries about the Tour please contact Tour Managements – Kim Hacker kim@yoafrica.com or Tracey Jacobs ctjacobs@zol.co.zw
OK, so onto the Start times – THESE ARE ONLY ESTIMATES so please bear with us if there are delays on the day –0730 – STANDARD (if applicable)
0815 – TRIKIDZ START
0820 – TRITOTS START
0845 – TRISPORTS START
0900 – AG SPRINT START – or start as soon as last Trisports are out of the water
0915 – JUNIOR SPRINT
0935 – TRIFUN Individuals and teams and AQUATHLON Short distance – Juniors
0950 – TRIFIT Individuals and teams and Corporate Challenge Teams and AQUATHLON – Long distance – Seniors
1015 – YOUTH AND AG SUPERSPRINT
RACE ENTRY FEES –
With the escalating costs involved when staging our Mount Pleasant events the Board have discussed the current race entry fees and have had no option but to increase the race entry fees to ZWL 100 per individual, ZWL 50 for TT-TK-TP and ZWL 85 for Aquathlon and teams.
We appreciate that times are extremely difficult for everyone but trust that you will understand and appreciate that we are a non-profit making organisation managed by volunteers. Every event incurs costs that have to be met thus ensuring a safe and well run event for all participants
TROUTBECK 2020 – 5 WEEKS TO GO …
Newsletter Issue # 2 will be published tomorrow – PLEASE VISIT THE EVENT PAGE on our website – get your Online Entry and Fuel Requirement Reservation form in ASAP
If you have any queries please drop us an email – have a great week.
