News Archive

October 26, 2006

IMPORTANT – Please read

All

On Monday evening, your President and I attended a Tri Australia briefing on the insurance cover provided to members and affiliated clubs.  Unfortunately not everything we heard was good news.

For the last few seasons, the club committee has believe that an extra "club" policy it has taken out with Tri Australia had provided some level of personal accident insurance to club members who are not members of TriNSW or TryStars.  This is not the case.  Members who are not members of TriNSW or TryStars do not have any insurance while competing in sanctioned club races or participating at organised club training.

Therefore we encourage all members to join either TriNSW or Trystars to be covered by the association?s personal accident and public liability insurance cover.  Please note, the level of cover provided by the TA policy is much better than a few years ago and does now include cover while training sole (conditions apply).   We understand that Tri Australia will be providing further details about the insurance cover shortly, in the mean time please find attached a copy of the presentation which has details about the insurance cover provided.  If you have further queries you are able to contact Becky Mates at Tri Australia on 9972-7999 in relation the TA policy. Insurance Coverage

In relation to the Club sanctioned events, we need to change the entry fees in light of our new understanding of the insurance arrangements.  Club members who are members of TriNSW or TryStars entry fee will remain unchanged at $5.  Club members who are not members of TriNSW or TryStars, entry fee will increase by $5 to $10, to include the cost of a one day racing license.  This license will provide personal accident and public liability insurance protection while racing.  Non club members entry fee will increase by $5 to $15.

Please note from now on all competitors of sanctioned club races will need to complete an entry form to ensure that we comply with our insurance obligations.  We will have these entry forms on the club web site shortly to enable them to be pre-filed out to assist with race registration.

We understand that for some members this information maybe different to what you have been told previously, for this we apologies.  As the sport of triathlon has many inherent risks, personal accident and public liability insurance is an important consideration for all members and therefore we encourage all members to review their private health insurance cover and the insurance provided by Tri Australia.

Should you have any questions in relation to these matters, please contact either Andrew Wade 0417 449 962 or myself 0412 382 034. 

Regards

Rod Clark

Race Director

Engadine Triathlon Club

More great news. Stefan, Carolyn & Liam Heinz have welcomed a new baby boy into the world. Born Friday the 20^th ,  9.40am at St George Private hospital. Jayden weigh in at 8 lb 12 oz  (3.98kg) and at a length of 53cm. Mum and Bub doing well. Congratulations to them all from ETC

Oct 22^nd

Jason Cain had an outstanding day in the Hawaiian Ironman today. Jason came home in 9.40.47 and finished 214^th overall and 47^th in his age group. Well done Jason. 

Hypo2 Caringbah – Special Club offer

Hypo2 Caringbah offers all members a rate of $50.00/hr for the Hyperbaric Chambers and $30.00/half hour for the Infrared sauna and Vibrosaun Massage bed.

Visit www.hypo2.com.au for more info on the healing and recovery powers of the listed therapies.

2^nd October

The Shire Challenge - Sunday 24th September

Last weekend was the 2nd annual "Shire Challenge" between Engadine Juniors and the Cronulla Juniors and the final round of the Southside Runners Duathlon Series. Once again "the Shires" best club came out on top for the second year in a row. The race was well attended and under the testing (very windy) conditions all the kids performed very well. Full race report will be on the junior pages soon. Engadine 78 pts - Cronulla 51 pts.

Southside Runners Duathlon Series. At the BBQ after the final round, we also handed out the Southside Runners Duathlon Series trophies to the winners. For the Juniors the winners were Olivia Ludington & Jarrad Maroney and for the senior Leigh Gilbert and David Rose. Well done to everyone who participated throughout the winter series.

ETC Club Triathlon Round 1 - October 15th

October 15th is the first Triathlon of the 06/07 season. This season the whole club will be racing together of a Sunday afternoon over 6 rounds. The idea of racing of a Sunday afternoon is to make a great family day out. The club BBQ will be there each race, so bring your meat, salads etc along and enjoy the racing and socialise with your club mates. Help needed!!  As always to hold the club races we need your support. We are looking for help in all areas of the race. We would like to have enough people so we can have people helping on a rotation basis. We need helpers for Set up & pull down, Registration, Pool supervision, marshalling bike & run etc. Please let our Race Director, Rod Clark know if you will be able to help out on the day. Rod's details: clarkr@stgeorge.com.au & 0412 382 034

Race Details: (More details to follow soon)

Where: Rego & Transition. Rawson Ave, Sutherland. North end of bike track

Registration - 2pm - 2.30pm (No late entry)

Cost - TBA

Race Briefing - 2.30 - 2.45pm

Race one start - 3pm sharp

Race 1 - Swim 50m, Ride 900m, Run 400m

Race 2 - Swim 100m, Ride 3.6km, Run 1km

Race 3 - Swim 200m, Ride 9km, Run 2.2km (Minimum age 12 yrs)

Race 4 - Swim 400m, Ride 15km, Run 4km (Minimum age 16 yrs)

Gold Coast Half Ironman Triathlon - Sunday Oct 1st

Last weekend some of our members ventured north to the Gold Coast Half Ironman Triathlon. Race results will be up later in the week. I would like to make mention of one of our members who had an outstanding result. Chris Stanton not only won his age group(18-24) by 15 minutes, he also finished 11th overall. Great effort Chris and everyone who competed on the day. The Shires Chris McCormick won on the day by 7 minutes and set a new course record in the process.

October Birthdays

Juniors - Jade Mulvihill, Dylan Taylor, Amy Edwards, Kiara Holden, Bradley Maher, Blake Ross & Thomas Miller

Seniors - Mark Warzuger, Evan Atkins, Jason Bowran, Mick Delamotte & Greg Rankin

19^th September

Triathlete of the Year

This season ETC has launched a new award. ETC “Triathlete of the Year”. This is to find the best athlete over a variety of distances. The criteria is very simple. You must be a financial member of the club, compete in the nominated races, points are awarded on how you place against your fellow club mates (1^st = 30pts, 2^nd=27pts and so on) and your best 4 results will be counted. More details on the website soon.

Nominated Races; October 29^th Nepean Triathlon, November 26^th Sydney Sprint Series Kurnell, December 16^th Club Aquathon, January 21^st Club Triathlon Race 4, February 25^th Australian Long course Huskisson, March 18^th Olympic Triathlon Cronulla and Club Champs Port Stephens (date TBA)

Shire Challenge Sunday 24^th September

Don’t forget this weekend is Round 6 of the Southside Runners Junior Duathlon Series and it also doubles up as the Shire Challenge we hold against Cronulla. Be there by 2pm for registration, 2.25pm will be race briefing and race start will be 2.30pm and make sure everything is in good working order. Like always we need help with marshalling and we will also need help with the post race BBQ. See you there on Sunday.

Engadine Pool

Engadine pool has reopened. The pool will be on winter hours until October then it will change to the longer summer hours.

**Uniform Orders Due**

Sunday will be your last chance to place an order for any uniforms that you will need over summer.  Next order will not be placed until next March / April (in time for Club Champs).

If you wish to place an order I will be at the pool on Saturday morning (7am) and at the Duathlon on Sunday (following completion of the races).  Please bring your forms and money on the day (or if you intend to direct deposit, please supply me with a print out of proof of payment). 

The original samples of Scody uniform styles and sizes have been returned, but I have been sent some sizing in the tri suit and tri pants that will be available for viewing.

I will also bring the surplus stock we are holding which can also be purchased.

Please note that Stephen and I have now changed address:

New address:  Kim and Stephen Tudjman, 1 Dobell Road, Engadine (phone number is the same:  9548 3773).

If you cannot be at either of these two venues but want to make an order, please call me as my email at home is not functioning as yet and I only receives emails at work on Wednesdays.

Regards
Kim Tudjman
Uniform Officer
Engadine Tri Club.

28^th AUGUST

Southside Runners Duathlon Series

We have only one round of the Southside Runners Duathlon Series to go. We have had a great turnout throughout the Winter and round 6 will be a great hit out before the summer series which is about to start. The results are on the website now. Round 6 for seniors is Saturday the 9^th  at 7am, and round 6 for the juniors is 24^th of September at 2pm. After the final round on September the 24^th, there will be  a club BBQ and presentation for the series winners.

New Summer Triathlon and Aquathon Series

After a lot of work, ETC will have a 6 race Triathlon series and a 4 race Aquathon series. There will be more details available soon. The first Triathlon will be held on October the 15^th at Sutherland and there will be 4 race distances to choose from over the day catering for all our triathletes, with the whole club racing together. The Sunday afternoon races will be family focused with a BBQ for all club members and their families. Look forward to seeing you there.

Adult Beginner Program

Hi Performance Tri is offering an adult triathlon program for beginners. Check out the website for more details. The program will go for 8 weeks and will finish at the Nepean enticer race at Penrith, which will be an excellent race for the first timers.

25^th JULY

Club BBQ & Membership Day – July 30^th

This Sunday is the ETC club BBQ and Membership day for all new members and anyone that wants to renew their membership. We also have a Duathlon on for kids less than 10 years of age. With this Duathlon the kids bike will need to be a small BMX or normal bikes (no racing bikes), with a wheel size of less than 50cms. This is where the juniors started out a few years ago. Looking forward to seeing you there on Sunday. Please let me know if you will be attending.

Website

Next week ETC will launch the new website. There is still some work to be done and since it’s the clubs website all feedback will be welcome. Keep an eye out next week.

Sutherland Half Marathon Gala Day – August 19^th

Drive into the Royal National Park via Farnell Avenue and proceed across the Audley causeway.  Turn right just past the kiosk and continue straight ahead for about 800m.  All races start and finish at the car-park next to the Lady Carrington Drive entrance.  A beautiful out and back course alongside the river.  This year will take the form of a carnival with trophies for five events (both male and female).  Note the early start times:

            1k         -           11.45 am

2k         -           Noon (Record J. Gibb 8.23; N. Keane 8.09)

3k         -           12.20 pm (Record J. Martin 10.57; B. Humphreys 11:49)

            5k         -           12.45pm (Record K. Robertson 15.42; E. Poppett 16.16)

            10k       -           12.45 pm (Record K. Robertson 33.48; L. Wood 38.24)

            Half Marathon -  1.45 pm (Record S Poulton 65.43)

4^th JULY

Newsletter

Here is the first Newsletter for 2006/2007 season. As the season goes on they will get bigger and better. Click Here

Club Duathlon

This Saturday is round four of the club’s Duathlon series at Sutherland Bike track. This is the second joint race for the winter series. Don’t forget it’s an early start as racing starts at 7am, so registration will be from 6.30am. Remember you will need to be a financial member to race or you will have to pay and extra $6 for a one day licence. Membership forms will be available at the race or you can print one from the website. As always, we will need marshalls to help out on the day. Please see Rod Clark or myself. See you early Saturday morning.

Other News

• Track Training this Wednesday night. We will be holding a time trial for all who want to come along. We will be holding these on the first Wednesday of the month. It’s a good indication of improvement throughout the season. Distances are 1km, 2km & 3km. See you at 7pm.
• Last weekend ETC had some members head north for the Gold Coast marathon. We had 2 complete the half marathon and 1 complete the 10km event. Well done everyone. Chris Southwell 1.23.35, Karen Parnham 2.09.37 & Jo Southwell (10km) 54.48

20^th JUNE

Membership Renewal

Just a reminder that membership is due now. I've attached both senior and junior membership forms and you can also get these off the website too. The ETC committee would like you to renew as close as possible to the 30th of June, so that your insurance coverage is kept valid, so you will be able to compete in all club sanctioned racing and training. ETC recommends seniors join Tri NSW and our juniors who are planning on competing and training externally to take up Trystars (7-15) and Tri NSW (15 +).

This season we are asking senior members and parents of junior members to sign the attached form in relation to the child protection act. The ETC committee understands this can be a sensitive issue and all filled out forms will be kept in a secured place. This is just risk management at a club level and all information will be confidential. If you have any questions please come and talk to one of the committee members at any ETC event.

Membership forms and child protection forms will be available at club races and club training.

Junior Duathlon

This weekend is the next round for the kids duathlon series. Remember to be there to register by 2 - 2.20pm. Check out the website for more details. We are asking for people volunteer to marshal this weekend. If you can reply to this email and let me know if you will be helping out.

Other News

• Website. ETC will be launching the new look website. The current website has been updated.
• Track Training. Don't forget track training is on each Wednesday night for both seniors and juniors( weather permitting ). With the new season coming up, we will be holding a time trial on the 5th of July. These will be held regularly throughout the season and a good gauge on your progress and it's also fun trying to beat your mates.

8^th JUNE

Membership

That’s right it’s that time of year again. Membership is now due for 2006/2007 season. New membership forms are on the website now under “How to join”. There has been no increase in membership this season and ETC has a big 06/07 planned. We are part way through the duathlon series with round 3 coming this month and we will also have fully sanctioned Aquathons & Triathlons planned for this coming summer. Let’s hope that that this season can be as successful as last season. You can send membership to the PO Box or bring it along to the next race. Remember that you must be a paid member to race in any of our sanctioned race.

Duathlon Round 3

This month ETC has round 3 of the Southside Runners Duathlon Series for both seniors & juniors. Check the race calendar for dates & times.

Junior News

One of our juniors Robbie Lightfoot has won his age group in the Sutherland Shire Catholic College Cross Country. Well done Robbie.

30^th MAY

Presentation Night
Last Saturday night was presentation night for ETC. Great night was had by all with giveaways, raffles and of cause the all important awards. We also had a special guest speaker in Slippery Steve Morris, who was there to give out our engagement award. Well done Matt McEwan, I hope Steve's word were inspirational. Many of the nights guest kicked on until the early hours of Sunday. I would also like to thank Jason Cain and Mick Delamotte for the version of Khe San. Well done to all the winners on the night.

Point Score Champion         -  John Beattie
Club Champion Male          -   Matt Miller
Club Champion Female       -   Kerry Whilser
"Go to you Blow"               -  Rob Hurley (again)
Blue Ribbon Male               -  Jason Cain
Blue Ribbon Female           -  Leigh Gilbert
Male Team Biathlon          -  Andrew Wade & David Skelton
Female Team Biathlon       -  Karen Parham & Kim Tudjman
Mix Team Biathlon             -  Chris & Johanna Southwell
Senior/Junior Biathlon        -  Rod & Alex Clark

Junior Duathlon
Sunday the 28th was round 2 of this season Winter Duathlon Series. The club had another great turn up of kids with a few more new members joining on the day. I recommend that if you have a chance to check the kids out racing, get down to the next round in June. Details will be on the website soon.

Membership
Membership renewal is getting close. The new membership forms will be available soon on the website and will also be available from the next Duathlon round. Remember that you must be a member of the club to participate in all clubs training and sanctioned races.

Other

• On the 20th of May ETC had two teams compete at the Scody Australian Teams Championships. Engadine came home 10th place overall and we were the first Shire club home. The two team placed 2nd (Engadine Pub Run) & 6th (Engadine Elite).

Don't forget that Club track training will be on each Wednesday night throughout winter, so get down to the running track at Sutherland (next to the pool) and keep those winter kg's down.