On behalf of the Event Organisers, LOC, President and Board Members of Triathlon Zimbabwe, we would like to thank everyone who travelled to Troutbeck Resort in the beautiful eastern highlands and competed, spectated or supported the 2025 Bonaqua Africa Triathlon Cup & Multisport Festival on Saturday 8th March, we hope you all had a great time and enjoyed yourselves. The weather was glorious in the days leading up to the event, and on race day it was absolutely perfect for racing conditions.
The Elite Men and Women’s fields saw athletes coming to Zimbabwe from over 13 nations worldwide – we thoroughly enjoyed hosting them and are sure that they will be back for 2026. The Troutbeck course is most definitely one of the most grueling, but most stunning they have encountered !!
Congratulations to PANAGIOTIS BITADOS from Greece and RACHEL KLAMER from the Netherlands (Zimbabwe born 😊) who were crowned the 2025 Troutbeck Africa Cup Elite Men and Women’s Champions and to NICHOLAS HORNE and KADENCE RIBBINK both from South Africa, who claimed the top spots in the Junior Africa Cup Event – HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS also go to the Silver and Bronze Medalists in all events – a particular mention of our very own NICOLE MADYA who took the Bronze Medal in the Junior Women’s event – well done Nicole !! Callum Smith, Stanley Chasakara and Mandlenkosi Mthethwa represented Zimbabwe in the Junior Men – fantastic racing by all athletes – hugely proud of all of you.
The Results of the Elite Men and Women and the Junior Men and Women’s events can be viewed and downloaded here –
The feedback we have been receiving from Sponsors, visiting athletes and parents, VIP guests and well-wishers has been phenomenal and we are thrilled that the event was a success. A huge thank you from the LOC to ALL of the Technical Officials, volunteers, Riggers and Marshalls, Zimbabwe Open Swimming, Trail Blazers and Cycling Zimbabwe personnel, caterers and everyone else who gave freely of their time and expertise to assist in the staging this event.
The FULL TROUTBECK RESULTS including the Triathlon National Championships have been extracted from the FinishTime website https://results.finishtime.co.za/results.aspx?CId=35&RId=4998 – the Open Water Swim events and Cycle Criterium results are also included. These documents have also been uploaded to this website. CONGRATULATIONS to each and every one of you 😊 If there are any queries please contact us.
If any athletes arrived late for registration or entered on the day and did not receive their Event Packs or if you were absent for the Medal Ceremony for your particular event (scheduled times were published) please contact triathlonzimbabwe@gmail.com and we will arrange for you to collect.
Please feel free to share your photos on our Facebook and Instagram social media platforms – or send by whatsapp to me – I will download as many as I can and will created albums that you can view. Our Event Photographer is busy editing and compiling a huge array of photos and we will share the link as soon as possible.
Finally – without the support of our incredible sponsor group, this event would not have happened – we salute and thank Coca-Cola Africa and the Bonaqua Still Water Brand bottled by Schweppes Zimbabwe, Cimas iGO, CFAO Mobility Zimbabwe, Ecocash Zimbabwe, MCM Legal, Simbisa Brands Zimbabwe, Rooneys Event Management, African Sun Hotels and Troutbeck Resort and our event security partners Safeguard Zimbabwe. We also thank the Ministry of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture, Sports and Recreation Commission and the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee for their guidance and assistance during the months of preparations for this event.
Thank you again for your overwhelming support and we look forward to welcoming you back again to the 2026 event, the date for which is being planned already – watch this space for details !!
