Dan Atkins

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2010 Mooloolaba Wave Starts

2010 Australian Junior Sprint Triathlon Championships

The junior mens race was tighter, but it was Ryan Fisher who had the legs in the end, winning in a time of 56min 45secs, almost half a minute clear of Drew Viles. The Queensland pair was among a group of six in a lead pack on the bike that worked hard to ensure the medals were shared between them.

Michael Lori, of WA, made an early move on the run and it was Fisher and Viles who responded most positively, before Fisher made his own move at the halfway mark that proved decisive.

Ben Shaw, based in Queensland but racing for Ireland, was third just six seconds behind Viles, although his international status meant the bronze medal for the national title went to Jack Hickey of NSW. In a similar scenario to the womens race, Australias representative for this years Youth Olympics, the ACTs Michael Gosman, had to run from well behind in the chase pack to record the second-fastest run split for sixth place.

The Sandringham event was the third race in the 2XU Australian Junior Triathlon Championships, with the final race of the series being the Oceania Championships in Wellington, NZ, on March 13.

2XU AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIPS

MALES: 1.Ryan Fisher (Qld) 0:56:452.Drew Viles (Qld) 0:57:123.Ben Shaw (Ireland) 0:57:184.Jack Hickey (NSW)5.Michael Lori (WA)

DAT COACHING - Apply NOW!!!

We are a Brisbane based Triathlon Club and are looking for an experienced and qualified Triathlon Coach for our vastly growing club.

Our coach needs to be an outgoing, enthusiastic person who loves the sport and loves working with children. This is a highly responsible role and the individual required must be honest and reliable and understand the needs and requirements involved. Teaching triathlon is a life skill and is a gift you can give to any child or adult and it will be with them for life, hence the role can be demanding at times but it is extremely rewarding.

Hours are negotiable and our hours run from Mon-Fri 5.30am - 7.00am, Mon-Fri 6.00pm - 8.00pm and Saturdays from 6.00am-7.00am.

The role also involves ongoing assessments of the swimmers, and a small amount of admin is required. The person will also need to be a great team player as we all work very closely together and it is our great team effort that makes us so successful in what we do.

We require an experienced and/or qualified coach with at least a level 1 Triathlon coaching accreditation, who can work with children from 7-14 years of age, from beginners to pre-competitive stage.

Again, the person required must be honest, hardworking and reliable and understand the need for commitment. The role is challenging but rewarding and our aim is to both introduce and develop young triathletes and, above all else, enable them to fully enjoy the sport safely and professionally.

For the role, pay rates are highly competitive and are negotiable depending upon experience.

The role will be offered on a four-week paid trial basis then will be subject to a part-time/casual contract.

Basic first aid training is a requirement as also having a current child suitability card[ Blue Card].

Please Contact: Craig Buerckner – cjbuerckner@bigpond.com

DAT AGM Saturday 30th 2010
4pm Grange Bowls Club, Grange
Meeting Opened at 4.05pm

Notes from last year’s AGM minutes:
1. Need for more members - achieved this year with growth from 25 members to 90 members
2. Look into Sponsors – achieved this year - with Data#3, 2XU, TWC
3. Partnerships – achieved this year - Infinite, Cold Rock, Rebel Sports
4. Club kit being available - achieved this year - Now have T-shirts, Tri Suits and the Cycle Tops

Club’s Annual Report:
Overview – we’ve had a very successful year and grown in strength and depth –some highlights are:
· 90 members
· Social Events – Awards Nights, Girls Night Out, Christmas Party
· Increase membership
· Increase profile
. Club kit & sponsorship from 2XU
. World champs representation – Tri and Duathlon – Johnny Pappas

This year
. Newly qualified L1 coaches - May
· Strong committee
· Established Junior section and a Junior Program
· Awards Night in May
· Renew all sponsorship deals and improve them.

We’re at a turning point – after 12 months of growing and developing, it’s time to sustain, secure and mature! Some of our aims are this year
· Financial security
· Professionalisation
· Branding
· Continue to Increase profile
· Publicity
· Increase membership
· Quality & performance
· Level 1 coach and Level 2 coach
· Committee fully representative, with sub-groups feeding in
· Annual coached programme, including personal feedback/ progress reports

Most importantly, ensuring we meet the needs of our members. We’d like to hear from our membership about what you want from this club – especially with regards to sessions. Would members like more coached sessions? Would they be prepared to pay for additional coach sessions (i.e strength and conditioning)?

Socials Events
· Awards Night
· Christmas Party

We are always keen to hear the views from our membership as to how we can improve the club – this is our time for you to raise any concerns, suggestions, ideas or issues to the committee to help us continue to move forwards.

Treasurer Report
Last Year from Jan 09 to Dec 09 the club made a profit of $698

The club now has the following assets
· Tents x 2 (big and small 3x3)
· Esky
· Top of the Trailer from the Data#3 Sponsorship – The bottom belong to CB still
· BBQ
· Water Bottles to the Value of $200
· Infinite Formula to the Value of $800
· Clothing to the Value of $1560

New Committe Elected
President: Craig Buerckner
Vice President: Simon Leeper
Treasurer: Lesley Speer
Secretary: Kate Gibney

Social Committee: Bronnie Pressland, David McDonald, Lara Tucker, Narelle Atherton.

Meeting Closed at 4.52pm

Australia Day

Super DAT Tuesday Australia Day

What a Day, Bring it on!!!!!!

Morning

Cycling from the Track at 5.30 – Ready to go main set and Running Shoes Required

Afternoon

Transition training - Tuesday afternoon Wilston Pool, 3.00 for Juniors (Swimming, WindTrainer - Bike and Running Shoes till 3.40 if no Windtrainer – Swim\Run Training.

and

Then from 3.45 Wilston Pool  Adults (Swimming, Wind trainer - Bike and Running Shoes if no Windtrainer – Swim\Run Training.

Late Afternoon

Then from 5.00

DAT Sausage Sizzle BBQ at the Grange Library to Finish the Day.
ALL WELCOME – BYO Drinks

Caloundra Triathlon

The Caloundra Triathlon is now well positioned to become Australia’s third biggest triathlon behind its Sunshine Coast counterparts Noosa and Mooloolaba Triathlons with the recent announcement by Triathlon Australia High Performance team to include the event as one of the two races in the new National Elite Race Series as part of the athletes domestic season.

USM EVENTS Managing Director Garth Prowd heralded the inclusion of this elite race component a huge step towards cementing the Caloundra Triathlon as one of Australia’s preeminent races.

“We have had lengthy discussions with the high performance team to secure these two events in Queensland and the Caloundra Tri is now poised to take the number three ranking in terms of national status and attendance with the inclusion of this elite race component.”

“The event has received good support from all stakeholders to position the event thus far but will need significant further financial assistance to ensure that it remains at the required top level. This will effectively complete the trio of major triathlons on the Sunshine Coast confirming south east Queensland the home of triathlon in Australia.”

USM EVENTS in conjunction with the National Performance Director, Michael Flynn and National Head Coach Shaun Stephens devised the new two race series to provide strong competition for Australia’s junior elite, Under 23 and Elite athletes domestically as part of their training program over some non-traditional formats.

The Caloundra Triathlon on Sunday, February 7 will be the first race in the series, athletes will contest an Enduro format, short supersprint distance triathlon completed three times in succession. Race 6 of the Gatorade Queensland Tri Series at Raby Bay on 28 February will host the second race to be held over the Triple Super Sprint format.

These races will feature current World Champion Emma Moffatt, Olympic champion Emma Snowsill, National champion Courtney Atkinson and former world number one Brad Kahlefeldt together with our top juniors including silver medallist at 2009 World Championships and the youngest ever Noosa Triathlon winner Emma Jackson.

“This will probably be the best field of triathletes in Australia for 2010 outside the World Cup at Mooloolaba. The new short distance, close circuit format will also guarantee intense and exciting racing with the Caloundra course perfectly suited to this type of event,” said Prowd.

Last years’ event attracted 1,700 competitors, the largest in the series history with 2010 figures expected to exceed 2000.

NEWS

Following a review and consultation with numerous industry bodies, Triathlon Australia has dissolved the existing Challenge Series format in favour of established races.

The new Board, elected at last month’s Annual General Meeting, is determined to adopt a unified and cooperative approach for the betterment of the sport and to that end we sought immediate input from our state associations, previous participants and the TA high performance unit to assist in an external review conducted by experienced event director, Garth Prowd.

It was clear from the review that the Challenge Series had failed to meet the previous Board’s expectations and deliver on its original objectives. The series, in its existing format, was not financially viable at this stage and faced significant logistical hurdles, so the Board decided to withdraw from the series now in order to protect the interests of its members and the sport.

This decision has led to four races in the 2010 calendar being cancelled. The cancelled races are Geelong on January 17, Hobart on February 14, Sydney on March 7 and Adelaide on March 20-21. Arrangements are already being made to advise those who have entered these races of the changes and to refund their entry fees.

Races in Canberra (January 24) will still go ahead on this date, though it will now be known as the Canberra Capital Triathlon and run by Triathlon ACT. Those who entered Canberra Challenge races will receive a full refund and will need to re-enter races in the Canberra Capital Triathlon. Please visit www.triathlonact.com.au for details and entry.

For those athletes wanting to qualify for the Australian age group team at the 2010 World Championships in Budapest, alternate selection races have already been identified. All other races previously nominated as selection races will continue as selection races, while Challenge Series qualifying races have been replaced by a number of established and locally run races in other states. Click here for a full list of selection races for both Sprint and Olympic Distance qualification.

The Australian championship races, which were to be held as part of the races in Adelaide have been reallocated, with the Age Group Olympic Distance Championships to be held as part of the Canberra Capital Triathlon on January 24. An announcement will be made shortly to confirm the locations of the Australian Age Group Sprint Distance Championships and Australian Age Group Duathlon Championships that were to also be held as part of the Adelaide Challenge.

Races in the 2XU Australian Junior Triathlon Series remain unchanged in Canberra and Wellington, while Hobart has been cancelled and an alternate race will be advised. The open elite series is now under review. The race in Queensland’s Raby Bay (February 28) is confirmed; however, the Hobart (February 14) and Sydney (March 7) races have been cancelled.

These changes have not been made lightly and having now relieved itself of the Challenge Series, Triathlon Australia is free to implement pro-active initiatives that will lift the profile of the sport and its athletes, facilitate delivery of a unified race calendar, and improve services to our members.

We regret that these changes will disrupt those athletes who have already entered the cancelled events. TA will reimburse entry fees in full and endeavour to assist these athletes to enter an alternate qualifying race should they have difficulty submitting entries at this late stage.

The Board is confident this initiative is in the long term interests of the sport. We plan to work closely with our state associations, experienced race directors, our athletes and members to develop a collaborative approach and clear direction for a high profile national series in 2011 and beyond.

NEWS

Thank you to everyone that showed up on Tuesday night.

It was all very positive and great to see everyone wanting to keep the club moving forward.

If you weren’t there, I have been appointed the AIS scholarship coach.

This is a 2 year contract which is a fulltime position.

What this means is that I won’t be coaching for DAT in a fulltime capacity.

I have appointed a coach by the name of ????, he will start on the 1st week of January.

In the interim I will around again form next Wednesday till the end of year.

The club will remain the same with the same training framework.

I see us still forging ahead, but just with a few changes.

Please be patient with all of this, but I still see it as a positive that we will move forward.

If you have any questions please email me and I will get back to you as soon as possible

Junior Emerging Talent Squad:
After 2 intense days of time trialling our young guns waited anxiously for the team announcement of the squad to travel to 4 races around Australia and New Zealand. Whilst the competition is at the highest level, and Queensland is always the hardest team to make we had 3 athletes out of our 6 trial make the squad. Ryan Fisher : QAS Metro Selection
Brayden Tucker: JETS Selection
Eliza Buz Buz Speer: JETS Selection.

It’s really going to hurt the other 4 athletes. Nick Hull, Bonnie Atherton, Sam Volkers and Angus Gibson to read this, but as stated this is the hardest team in Australia to make and should only make these guys train harder. They will all come out of the selection process tougher athletes. Our club had the best and strongest representation of any club in Queensland. Something to be proud of. I was extremely proud of each and every one of you. It hurts so much to not see all of you make the squad. But as they say, that’s sport.

Straddie Off Road Classic:
Toby “I go better in the Dirt” Escott 14th overall 5th age group
Wendy “ Cupcake” Goodwin 6th overall female and 5th age group

Queensland Aquathon Championships:
After the disappointment of not making the JETS squad Sam Volkers put this behind him to win the State title, overall!!!! Outstanding result. Amazing considering he beat 2 athletes that actually made the JETS squad, just shows we train to race and not race to train. Great stuff Sam, keep focussed.

Half Ironman Coomera:
Well done to all the crazy Dat athletes that took on the challenge of racing the Half Ironman distance on the weekend. I need to make special mention of Meg Coffey. Meg was having her 1st crack at the long distance and had to make a serious decision that changed the race for her. After a Triathlete crashed in the bike Meg made the choice to help the athlete out and found he was unconscious . Meg helped the rider to make sure he was ok with no thought to her own race. I am not sure how many athletes would do such a thing and jeopardise their race to help someone out. But Meg did. You truly are a great athlete and human being Meg. Well done.

Jets/Metros Trials This Saturday: For those that supported the Junior Athletes for their 1st time trial day the 2nd one is next Saturday, and after the Worlds wash up I believe it will be a harder slog this time. If you can make it to any of the time trials it really makes a difference to the guys slogging it out. They start at 6am at Nundah track for the ride..

Tri Bar is open for Business!!!! http://thetribar.wordpress.com/
Leave comments about the discussed topic or create your own topic which is triathlon based.Good work Adam!!!!!

Courtney Atkinson: www.courtneyatkinson.com.au
Atko, Australia’s leading male ITU Triathlete has launched his new website, well worth the look, especially if you are heading to Hamo, As Courtney will be there the whole week and also on race day strutting his stuff!!!

Riding in a pack:
I have been very impressed with our squads ability to ride as a unit. As a Triathlon coach, it is the worst part of our job hearing someone or seeing an accident. It almost hurts us as much as it hurts the rider. Please when we ride together understand when i say hold onto your levers we do this so if necessary we can brake immediately.

Feathering the brakes means to slightly apply force to the lever without grabbing a big hand full. This means when in a pack situation, you can slow down ever so slightly without the sudden stopping that occurs when you grab the brake really hard. This hopefully will eliminate any accident and keep the pack rolling at a consistent pace.

Magpies:
If you are being attacked by these lunatic birds, the best thing to do is try to keep holding your line on the road and spray your water bottle above your head, you ar never ready for the swopping but this will keep them at bay , most birds will only swoop the most 5 times. Then they tend to be out of their territory.

Good Luck Johnny!!!!
A big Good luck to our own Spartan Johnny “where is the taxi” Pappas is off to the USA next Tuesday to compete in the World Duathlon Championships.

Going by his current form, he will lead the 1st 100m of the run!!!!

Run Johnny Run!!!!

Should have some good stories from this trip!!!

Bribie Island Triathlon Club Race 1 for 2009/2010 season: http://www.bribietri.com/

Please make sure you enter as soon as possible, remember Noosa??? Don’t miss out. The club BBQ and tent will be there as well as hopefully everyone. Kids race on the Saturday, I will be there to cheer on all our junior DAT members as well.

Kids race age groups are:
7-9
10-11
12-14
14- to adults, racing starts at 2pm Saturday.

Different distances based on age. Adults and half Olympic starts Sunday am.

Food Tip of the Week
It is true - late night eating makes you fat
For some time there has been the belief that eating late at night contributes to weight gain and this week a strong piece of evidence emerged that supports this belief. In an experiment mice that were fed a high-fat diet during normal sleeping hours gained significantly more weight than mice eating the same type and amount of food during a normal day. The underlying cause is thought to be the difference in hormones secreted throughout the course of the day compared to those secreted at night time, which tend to be storage rather than fuel mobilization hormones. This finding has big implications for shift workers who really need to try and keep their meal times as close to that of a regular day as they can to avoid being at even higher risk of weight gain by consuming large calorie loads at night time. And, even for late night eaters, it may be time to eat your main meal at lunch and limit your calorie intake during the latter half of the day as much as possible.

DAT Duathlon

This Sunday from 1.30pm for the start is our second and final pre season race.

We will be having 2 distances, the short is : 1.2km run 12km bike 2.4km run
Long course will start after the short course: 1.2km run 20km bike 4.8km run

The cost of the event is $10 for all entrants and is separate to any squad fees.
Please be aware of this. This is our last big hit out for all Worlds competitors and a great chance to see your improvement over Winter.

The race is being held at the Nundah bike track and I would like everyone there if possible.Kids event will be on after long course event subject to, well if we have nay kids that want to do it !!!! They race for free!!!!

Triathlon Queensland Junior Trials

5th September and Nick Hull’s B’day!!!!

Next Saturday some of our top line athletes will be trialling for the state team that competes in the National series. This is a time trial held over the 3 disciplines throughout the day.

The bike starts at 6am at the Nundah bike track then proceeds to Nudgee College for the swim finishing off with a 5km time trial run from 2pm.

It is a huge day for these guys and would love your support, if you can make the whole day or even just 1 of the time trial they would really appreciate it!!!

They have trained extremely hard and it is extremely competitive for them.

They have another trial day in October followed by a draft legal race at Lakeside the following weekend.

We will run after they have finished at 4pm, not 3pm.

BABY NEWS

Hey DAT People,

Welcoming our newest addition to the DAT family, Charlotte Evelyn Hollis and congratulating Matt and Marny.

Charlotte Evelyn Hollis
Born 25/08/09
Mater Mothers hospital
2.9kg

All doing extremely well, Marny looks fantastic, Matt really tired as when I saw him this afternoon in hospital he'd been up for over 24hrs (mind you so had Marny and she had given birth!!!) Charlotte is absolutely gorgeous and has more hair than Daddy!!!!

Katie

ITU 2009 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES Grand Final, Gold Coast, September 12-13

AUSTRALIAN ELITE TEAM
Elite Men
Courtney Atkinson (QLD)
Brad Kahlefeldt (NSW)
Gareth Halverson (VIC)
James Seear (QLD)
Dan Wilson (QLD)
Brendon Sexton * (VIC)

Elite Women
Annabel Luxford (QLD)
Emma Moffatt (QLD)
Emma Snowsill (QLD)
Sarah Crowley * (QLD)
Erin Densham * (VIC)
Felicity Sheedy-Ryan * (WA)

* selected subject to eligibility upon proving their fitness

August News

Everything is full steam ahead and I can’t believe how close the season is. All our sessions have been going well and I personally can’t wait for summer to roll around. At the moment Ryan is in China somewhere getting ready to do his 1st overseas race and Max is ready for her 1st World Cup Appearance in 4 years.So our club is really starting to go global!!!!

I think back to where it all started and my focus back then hasn’t changed. We cater for anyone who wants to improve and take their sport to new heights. Whether that be to just finish Noosa or for some of our athletes, win it overall!!!! We have it all.

The feeling around training at the moment is great. I walked away from track on Saturday thinking that everyone loves this club as much as I do and it is showing in everyones training.I can’t wait to showcase our top level athletes at worlds and hopefully the momentum will carry throughout the season!!!!

Greg Bennett: http://www.slowtwitch.com/News/Greg_Bennett_lucky_in_crash_946.html

One of Australia’s best triathletes has had a massive crash and is not looking good to compete again this season. I got run off the road coming home on Sunday. In the last 3km!!! It can happen any time you’re on your bike.Remember your not finished riding till you’re in your house!!!!

Thank you: Katie Ella and I would like to reveal that we are all excited about the fact Katie is 13 weeks pregnant. Ella is very happy to have a real baby to throw around the house. Thanks for everyone that already worked it out and have shown their support. Thank you all very much!!!!

Noosa News

The Noosa Triathlon Individual Entry has reached capacity. A waiting list has opened. Past history indicates that some spots will become available and re-released to the public. Don’t miss your chance to compete as an individual in the 2009 Noosa Triathlon. To put you name on the waiting list, login to your member profile, select Noosa Triathlon Multi Sport Festival under ENTER AN EVENT, the Noosa Triathlon Waiting List will be an option.

OLD NEWS (June 2008 to May 2009)