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Written by Eric Hanssen
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Friday, 30 October 2009 20:51 |
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The Club Series heats up after the last Golden Slipper race: After the fantastic participation of 24 club members in the GS event (club series race 2), the club series leader board looks set for a shake up. In the age group female category, Tarryn Whitmore has now to share the lead with Nicole Blythe (for those who do not know Tarryn is probably the fastest pregnant woman in Australia at the moment!). While Kate Murphy won this category on the day a little debacle in the series first race is costing her an early series lead. In the age group male category Dan Roberts is leading the way closely followed by D’Wayne Hogan and David Priest. Ryan Scannell won this category in the GS event but missed the first race of the series. It was his chance to make a mark on the race while Cameron Simon was absent. In the open male category the duel is cruel with Paul Attard and Luke Whitmore (named here in alphabetical order ;) ) sharing the lead while Simon Carey (who won the GS on the week-end, thanks to his gun swimming) and Steve Hadley are sharing the minor placings. In the junior race Ethan Neyland blistered thru the course and now shares the Series lead with the absent of the day, Tristan Priest. Looking forward to see everyone at Race 3 of the club series. Eric
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Written by Andrew Evans
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Wednesday, 28 October 2009 06:48 |
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What a fantastic turn out for the Golden Slipper Race last Sunday 25th October at Latrobe Uni with 37 participants out racing in good conditions. A further 15 assisted with marshalling on the day and numerous friends and supporters were on hand to help make the day fun and successful. Conditions were excellent for the race start with high overcast, no wind and a tolerable 16 degrees, near ideal race conditions. During the race the temperature dropped and a light rain shower kept everyone cool without making the cycle course too slippery. The Juniors lead the day off at 8am on the Dash course 200m/4k/1k with Ethan Neyland running home to a convincing win ahead of James Foster and Alexander Malcolm. In the Junior girls, Claudia Williver ran down Ellis Evans, reeling in Ellis’ 60 second lead coming out of T2 to just clinch a photo finish win with Megan Bellman running in third. Well done girls! In the women Kate Murphy stamped out a convincing win on the Sprint course 400m/10k/3k to take out the Golden Stiletto on the day from Nicole Blythe and Tarryn Whitmore who is still travelling more than fast enough for two! In the men Simon Carey lead from start to finish managing to hold off Paul Attard with a strong run leg to cap his very convincing swim and bike, with Luke Whitmore in 3rd place. Simon is one of the youngest ever winners of the Golden Slipper and one of a very few to stand ahead of Paul and Luke at the end of a day’s racing. Place getters were: | Juniors | | | | 1st | Ethan Neyland | | | 2nd | James Foster | | | 3rd | Alexander Malcolm | | Women | | | | 1st | Kate Murphy | 42.16 | | 2nd | NicoleBlythe | 45.56 | | 3rd | Tarryn Gooding | 47.23 | | Men | | | | 1st | Simon Carey | 36.4 | | 2nd | Paul Attard | 36.59 | | 3rd | Luke Whitmore | 38.12 |
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WORLD CHAMPS 2009 - Naish's Diary |
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Written by Naish Chapman
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Sunday, 20 September 2009 23:43 |
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Location: GOLD COAST AUSTRALIA
After surviving the road trip up the Hume, it was time to switch from holiday mode to race mode. Staying in possibly the best hotel I have ever seen with fellow club members Paul, Dee and Steve Hadley was a great way to finalise our preparations for an assault against the world’s best triathletes over the Olympic distance (1500m/40km/10km).  Arriving on the Wednesday, we settled in to the hotel reasonably well. With some light training out of the way early it was off to the official team function that evening. The team dinner was okay and a bit of a rip off but we did get a chance to mingle with fellow Aussie athletes and share a meal with the pros. Cam and Kristen got us amazing seats right down the front of the tables next to the elite team and only metres away from the likes of Brad Kahlefeldt, Emma Moffatt, Courtney Atkinson etc… The tension was high and the atmosphere was electric, with so many fit people everywhere I looked and I began to wonder if the training I had put together over the past 18 months had been enough. The night ended with a return to the hotel and we all attempted to watch a movie. I didn’t see past the opening credits before I was off to dream land in an awkward position on the middle of the lounge floor.
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2009 Victorian Olympic Distance Triathlon Championships |
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Written by Gail Miller
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Friday, 29 May 2009 15:11 |
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A very belated congratulations go to the following CHAMPION Club members who came home with the trophys at the Vic Tri Champs held at Bairnsdale on the 8th March 2009. Stephen Lane 25-29Victorian Male Olympic Distance Champion Ingrid Trotter 25-29 Female Olympic Distance Champion Also successful on the day was Kate Murphy. A thrilling close finish to take second place in the Crossco Sprint Distance Triathlon on the same day. Well done and a champion effort
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Records tumble at Ironman Oz 2009 |
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Written by D'Wayne Hogan
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Wednesday, 15 April 2009 12:57 |
The week leading into the race at Port Macquarie was one of the unknown; had I done enough training, was I fit enough, was I going to swim into a dead cow floating down the river from the floods of northern New South Wales. With so many fit looking athletes around town and the millions of dollars of equipment (what economic crisis is the world in?) it was easy to get sucked up by the atmosphere. The sighting of an ironman world champion in a bike shop turned a few in to stalkers.
The 6 ETOWC athletes, Luke & Tarryn Whitmore, Ingrid Trotter, Craig Lewis, Peter Whitmore and Stephan Booth, along with two of Luke Whitmore coached athletes, Mark Bateson & Ruth Bloom had the look of fear, excitement, joy and business on their faces as the carbo party got underway on the Friday night. A few jokes by guest speaker, Ben Darwin (ex Wallabies rugby union player) broke the ice. Especially his version of the marathon, ‘a 42km buffet’.
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Race 6 St Kilda - Brooks and Gatorade |
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Written by Andrew Evans
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Monday, 23 March 2009 00:47 |
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Eltham Tri had a great day out at Race 6 of the Brooks/Gatorade Series Triathlon event in St Kilda on 22 March. The weather was ideal for racing; calm in the bay, a light breeze on the cycle course and a beautifully cool early autumn day for the run leg, our race marquee ideally placed to view the final home stretch of the run. Perfect!!
Thirty one members plus partners and family were on hand to watch and support our biggest racing contingent at any single event this season – 22 members stepped off the start and sometime later over the finish line in a fine display of triathletic determination and talent. Simone Martonhelyi ever resourceful in finding her way into teams joined forces with workmates to lift their teams swim leg. Paula Hogan captured lots of the action with her ever ready camera. We all hope to see some of those at the end of season dinner, Paula.
Our newest member, Laura Reynolds finished 5th and just 35seconds off the podium having come out of T2 and into the run leg leading the Brooks F18-29 field of 127 with a narrow 2 second lead. A brilliant debut in triathlon Laura! Well done. We look forward to watching how next year unfolds for you. Laura was accompanied by her sister Amy who also made a great start in her first triathlon.
Congratulations are also in order for 7 Eltham Tri podium finishers on the day (cont...);
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Torquay - Danger 1000 - 17th Jan 2009 |
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Written by Andrew Evans
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Wednesday, 21 January 2009 08:01 |
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A super day was had by members of the Eltham Tri and Open water club at the Danger 1000 on Saturday 17th January. Leanne and Mike number 1, all members doing great swims. Well done and thanks to Pauline Martonhelyi and Simone and Lauren Martonhelyi cheering us all on. Michael Gowan 14.48 1st 30-34yrs Jason Bonga 18.32 12th 30-34 yrs Megan Dearnley 18.09 10th 18-29yrs Peter Rutledge 21.13 50th 45-49yrs Darren Reynolds 19.22 20th 40-44yrs Leanne Sheean 19.02 1st 50-54yrs Paul Martonhelyi 24.10 39th 55-59yrs
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