Piranhas at Nepean, Piranhas in Aus team for Townsville
Hi OTC members and friends,
A big week just gone, let’s get into it, but first a reminder and save the date:
OTC Annual Presentation, Sun 28 Apr 4pm Carrier’s Arms Hotel
- We encourage all members and friends to come to the afternoon prezo 4pm 28 Apr – the Carrier’s are opening for us especially and there will be a bar and pizza tab so enjoy a wind down drink and pizza and celebrate the season and find out who our 12 well deserved award winners are – could it be you?
9th annual Juniors Weekend – date is 02/03 Nov at Gosling Creek
- For our Junior athletes, an early heads up that the Juniors weekend at Gosling Creek has been locked in with NSW Triathlon for 02/03 Nov – a little earlier than normal due to a multitude of other sporting events in Orange that month and Challenge Canberra on 16/17 Nov
Nepean Sprint Tri Sat and Sun 06 and 07 Apr (and qualifier for Wollongong Worlds in 2025)
Some fabulous results and great points for those looking at Wollongong Worlds next year:
Tim Robinson 24th overall and 7th in AG
Paul Eccleston 26th overall and 8th in AG
Will Robinson 6th in AG
Sam Bayada 5th in AG
Tristan Harrison 3rd in AG
Jo Coombe 4th in AG
Bianca de Swardt 5th in AG
Julie Middleton 3rd in AG
Tess McKeown 9th in AG
Liesel Haberecht 9th in AG
GOLD! GOLD! GOLD! TEAM SONS OF ROBINSON TAKE THE WIN AT THE NEPEAN TRIATHLON! The team won the mixed division completing the 1km Swim/ 30km Ride/ 8km Run a total of 14 minutes and 3 seconds faster than the next team! They also came top of the table for all teams – mixed, male and female. Amy led the team through the swim and Will took over the ride before Tim sprinted home in the win!!! WELL DONE ROBINSONS!
Piranhas in Australian Age Group team for World Championships in Townsville in August 2024
A massive congrats to our following members who will wear green and gold in Townsville in Aug. after being announced this week in the official Australian Age Group team. They’ve all gone around the country over the last season to gather points and qualify:
Sprint Duathlon
Bianca de Swardt 16-19
Tess McKeown 16-19
Sam Bayada 16-19
Will Ward 16-19
Leisel Haberecht 20-24
Sue Dean 45-49
Tristan Harrison 30-34
Aquathlon
Sam Bayada 16-19
Tristan Harrison 30-34
Aquabike
Carolyn Egan 50-54
Sally Wallace 70-74
Cross Duathlon
Simon Lun 50-54
Sue Dean 45-49
Please let us know if you have any events you want us to know about – the committee are going to have a quieter period the next few months (still prepping for next season) so newsletters will not be every week over rest of Autumn and Winter.
Thanks, Dave