We hope you have had a good winter rest and are looking forward to the new season.
The season calendar has been sent out by email but can be downloaded from the website – look under TRIATHLON – CALENDARS – please study it and diarise race dates. Printed versions will be available at races for you to take home.
Racing starts with something different – a fun duathlon on Sunday 15th September, at Donnybrook. We hope you will all give it a go. Remember, duathlon is run-bike-run and the Donnybrook track is fast and traffic-free! This is a fundraiser for much-needed pool maintenance funds.
We have made some exciting changes and additions to the calendar:
– Tri-Tots – a brand new category for kiddies aged 6 and under. They will race with Tri-Kidz but in their own category, since we have had a number of new littlies and felt they deserved their own category!|
– We have renamed and rebranded our short and long mini categories. Short mini has become Tri-Fun and long mini is now Tri-Fit. We wanted to remove that intimidating “long” word and felt that these titles would better represent what we want athletes to experience.|
– The series points system has been revamped – now you will get points for placings 1-10 no matter what distance you race. Season certificates will then be awarded per age-group to those with the most points. This means you can now vary the distances you race throughout the season!
We are hoping to attract more athletes to our off-road series, which incorporates Ncema in Bulawayo, Penhalonga, Troutbeck and Thetford. Please consider adding these fun but challenging events to your race plans.
If anyone would like to join our group of dedicated volunteers who help at races, please let me know. We always need extra hands on deck, and would be delighted to welcome and provide some basic training for any new faces. You won’t be expected to commit to every event, but your assistance will be hugely appreciated.
A reminder that pool passes for Mount Pleasant will be available shortly. We are just finalising costs and then passes will likely be valid from September to December and January to April. Passes allow you to swim at Mount Pleasant any or every day of the week and income comes to Triathlon directly. Race entry fees and season membership fees will be published shortly.
If you have any queries please contact SG Mel Barnes on info@zimtri.org
