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PREZ NEWS 1st May 2003 Congratulations to all members on a fantastic season!!!! Now it’s time to relax for a little while and get all of that energy restored. It will be great to catch up with everyone for a drink at the end of season function. It’s going to be a great night with lots of awards to be handed out. We will also have heaps of other giveaways. Its always a great night. I can’t believe it’s already come to an end. The year has just flown by. Then again it does seem like a long time ago that we did the World Masters way back in October. Since then I have seen some huge changes to the Nuna Tri Club, all of which have been extremely positive. We found ourselves racing in new colors which have helped us to become one of the most recognisable triathlon clubs in Victoria. It’s great to see so many of our members getting around in their t-shirts at the races. It only helps to promote the club as well as making it easier to find each other. We were also lucky enough to get use of the Polar tent from Top Gear Cycles for the season. It was great to have somewhere to meet before and after the race to compare stories. It was also great to have somewhere to leave our gear while racing, rather than in the bag compound. Thank you to everyone who has offered their hands on Saturdays to help me get the tent and banner up. I think we finally have it down to a fine art. We now have a number of big name sponsors thanks to a lot of hard work from JT. I should also thank our sponsors for everything they have contributed towards the club. I’m sure everyone has been able to get some great benefits from them. We look forward to having a great relationship with them in the coming years. We had another successful GIT program with a lot of interest for future ones. It was terrific to have so many keen athletes continue on and we look forward seeing you all fulfill your dreams – whether it be your first Supersprint race, Olympic distance, Half Ironman, Ironman or marathon. I’m still fulfilling my dreams or at least working towards them and I look forward to being able to help each of you achieve them. Of course we’ve also got the fantastic new web site fully operational now. The chat line has been a huge success with members being able to let each other know what’s going on, who’s doing what and so on. Please respond to the chat line as it really helps us to learn what the club members needs are. JT is continually updating with new information so please make the most of it. Nuna Tri Club has had its most successful race season since I joined the club in 1999 – 2000. We came 2nd in The Gatorade Club Championship and received a great plaque and $1000. It was a great effort on every ones behalf to be able to get the numbers required to stay in the race. We had to have at least 10 males and 5 females at each race. Unfortunately, we ended up missing out on first place by only 2 hours. To let you know how close that is – it works out to about one and a half minutes per person per race. We
have also had some fantastic individual results. Six of our members
received awards for point score in the Gatorade Series. Congratulations
to Rod Clarke – 1st 55-59, Celine Hepworth - 3rd Elite Female,
Dimity Gannon – 2nd 15-19, Eleisha Lilley – 3rd 15-19,
Rohan Ware – 2nd 20-24 and Dominic McGrath – 2nd 30-34. Club members have raced all over the country and competed strongly in all types of racing. There are too many results to go into but whether you did your first sprint race or your 9th Forster Ironman, we have been hugely proud of everything you have achieved and look forward to another strong season by the club next year. “ Nunawading Triathlon Club – the greatest triathlon club in Victoria”, quote by Dave Hansen of Supersprint. We now have 80 members which is the most the club has had for over 6 years. I think we now have just as many female members as males. And our juniors are always increasing. Lets look at trying to hit the magical 100 mark for 2003 – 2004. Introduce your friends and family to the club, and make them a part of our success. Thank you so much to the fantastic work our coaches Rhonda and Sarah have done this year. You should accept a lot of the credit for the results achieved this season. I look forward to next year’s training already. “Steve – stretch back in the Swim”, “Steve – relax your shoulders when you run”! Also, thank you to Mark Beovich for all his work with his coaching and also to Danny Whetherly and all those involved with the GIT program. Thank you so much for all the hard work that the committee has put in this year. It was a great team effort. I hope everyone had a great summer of racing and I am excited about 2003-2004. See you all at the end of season dinner. Cheers, Steve Vaughan – Nunawading Triathlon Club President - 0411 759 146 |
