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Bike Fest 2016

On Sunday September 18, Moulder Park velodrome will host the annual Bike Week festival between 10am and 2pm. The Orange Cycle and Triathlon Club will have a stall set up with information on local triathlons and how to become a member of the club. If you are interested in doing triathlons, come along and say […]

Orange club triathlon dates

Below are the dates for the Orange club triathlons for 2016/2017, make sure you save them in your calendars! – 25th September (Breaking the Ice duathlon) – 30th October – 13th November (Interclub) – 27th November (Juniors Day) – 22nd January – 19th February – 12th March (Club champs) – 2nd April (Handicap day) For […]

Interclub triathlon series dates confirmed

The following dates have been confirmed for the 2016/17 Central West Interclub triathlon series: – Orange 13 November 2016 – Dubbo 11 December 2016 – Bathurst 26 January 2017 (Australia Day) – Mudgee 12 February 2017 – Cowra 5 March 2017 Mark these in your calendar, join in the racing and help the Piranhas retain […]

Season opener only 3.5 weeks away!

Put a big red circle around Sunday 26th September in your calendars people. The “Breaking the Ice” season opener is only 3.5 weeks away! Details re: race distances, start times etc are yet to be finalised but fear not! They will be duathlons. Mind you, it is kind of obligatory for you to ‘break the ice’ with […]

Worlds, Worlds, Worlds!

The Piranhas are going global in the next few weeks! Best of luck to Janelle Petrie who is racing at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships on the Sunshine Coast this Sunday 4 September. Also to Steph and Tristan Harrison who will be competing in Cozumel, Mexico for the ITU World Triathlon Championships from 14 September. Congratulations […]

Call to arms re: Meat Raffles

It’s that time again when we ask for volunteers to fill the meat raffle roster. For those of you who aren’t aware, OCTC hold a meat raffle sponsored by Hotel Canobolas every third Wednesday. It involves an easy hour or so selling tickets to the Trivia Night crowd (with the added bonus of being able to […]

TRYStars program to commence next term

Mel Ashton-Garad will be conducting a TRYStars triathlon program for 7-12 yr olds starting next term. TRYstars ​is ​Triathlon ​Australia’s ​national ​“first ​touch” ​junior ​participation ​program ​for ​7-12 ​yr ​olds ​that ​encourages ​kids ​to ​get ​involved ​in ​Triathlon ​all ​around ​Australia. ​It ​is ​based ​on ​action ​packed ​swim, ​ride ​and ​run ​games ​delivered ​during ​8 ​x ​1 ​hour ​sessions ​and ​ensures ​kids ​of ​all ​skill ​levels ​and ​abilities ​between ​the ​ages ​of ​7 ​and ​12 ​achieve ​success. The program is 8 weeks in length & will be run over 2 timeslots on Monday afternoon: 1. Mini stars (7-9yrs): 3:45pm to 4:45pm 2. Super Stars (10-12yrs): 5pm to 6pm The cost is $140 + GST + […]

AGM – Tuesday 26 July

To all OCTC Members, Family and Friends Welcome to the 2016/17 season, before we know it we will be back in the crystal clear waters of Lake Canobolas!  To ensure the future and ongoing success of OCTC we require a strong, motivated and committed committee and support group.  Next Tuesday 26 July 2016 is the […]

New Facebook Group

Hi to all OCTC Members, Family & Friends We are launching a new “Facebook Group” to allow members, family and friends to communicate amongst each other more easily and accessibly.  Our club now numbers over 250, we have people racing all over the world, all year round, and it is important that we have an […]

AGM – Tuesday 26 July – Hotel Canobolas – 6pm

A reminder that our AGM will be held on Tuesday 26 July at 6pm at the Hotel Canobolas. This is a great opportunity to become involved in the direction of our club for the coming year. There are a number of members vacating the committee this year and nominations will be taken for all positions during the meeting. […]