TRYstars is:
- A fantastic program introducing children aged 7 to 15 to the sport of triathlon (swim/cycle/run).
- An opportunity to experience a new fun sport suitable for all ages.
- A program where everyone’s a winner and the emphasis is on participation not competition.
NORTH COAST TRYSTARS SUMMER PROGRAM GOES FROM JANUARY 2009 TO
APRIL 2009. CHECK WEEKLY CLUB BULLETIN FOR LATEST INFORMATION.
PROGRAM JAN ’09 –APR ’09:
January 2009 to April 2009:
DATE |
TIME |
PLACE |
ACTIVITY |
FRI 9th JAN
Week 11 |
5pm |
Sacred Heart School and Sorrento Surf Club, West Coast Drive, Sorrento |
5pm Junior and TRYstar bike and running skills activities. 6pm: Mini Duathlon* at Sacred Heart for all ages finishing at 6.30pm. Followed by Sausage Sizzle and spot prize draws across the road at Sorrento Surf Club. The North Coast Adult Aquathlon is held at approx 6.15pm. |
FRI 16th JAN
Week 12 |
5pm |
Sacred Heart School, Hocking Parade, Sorrento. |
5pm Junior and TRYstar bike and running skills activities. 6pm: Mini Duathlon* at Sacred Heart for all ages finishing at 6.30pm with Spot Prize draws. |
FRI 23rd JAN
Week 13 |
5pm |
Sacred Heart School and Sorrento Surf Club, West Coast Drive, Sorrento |
5pm Junior and TRYstar bike and running skills activities. 6pm: Mini Duathlon* at Sacred Heart for all ages finishing at 6.30pm. Followed by Sausage Sizzle and spot prize draws across the road at Sorrento Surf Club. The North Coast Adult Aquathlon is held at approx 6.15pm. |
FRI 30th JAN |
6pm |
Sorrento Surf Life Saving Club, West Coast Drive, Sorrento |
NO TRYSTARS – STATE AQUATHLON CHAMPIONSHIPS. HOSTED BY NORTH COAST AT SORRENTO. Juniors can compete in teams or individually dependant on age. All TRYstars welcome to come and cheer on the competitors while enjoying a sausage sizzle. |
FRI 6th FEB
Week 14 |
5pm |
Sacred Heart School and Sorrento Surf Club, West Coast Drive, Sorrento |
5pm Junior and TRYstar bike and running skills activities. 6pm: Mini Duathlon* at Sacred Heart for all ages finishing at 6.30pm. Followed by Sausage Sizzle and spot prize draws across the road at Sorrento Surf Club. The North Coast Adult Aquathlon is held at approx 6.15pm. |
SUN 8th FEB |
8am |
Langley Park, Perth |
Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon** |
FRI 13th FEB
Week 15 |
5pm |
Sacred Heart School, Hocking Parade, Sorrento. |
5pm Junior and TRYstar bike and running skills activities. 6pm: Mini Duathlon* at Sacred Heart for all ages finishing at 6.30pm with Spot Prize draws. |
SUN 15th FEB
EVENT 3 |
7.30am |
Craigie Leisure Centre, Whitford Ave, Craigie |
Race 3, Summer Series: TRYstars HAVE–A-GO Triathlon** for TRYstar members. Parents expected to help with marshalling. Bring your friends. Presentations around 9.15am dependent on numbers. |
DATE |
TIME |
PLACE |
ACTIVITY |
FRI 20th FEB
Week 16 |
5pm |
Sacred Heart School and Sorrento Surf Club, West Coast Drive, Sorrento |
5pm Junior and TRYstar bike and running skills activities. 6pm: Mini Duathlon* at Sacred Heart for all ages finishing at 6.30pm. Followed by Sausage Sizzle and spot prize draws across the road at Sorrento Surf Club. The North Coast Adult Aquathlon is held at approx 6.15pm. |
FRI 27th FEB
Week 17 |
5pm |
Sacred Heart School, Hocking Parade, Sorrento. |
5pm Junior and TRYstar bike and running skills activities. 6pm: Mini Duathlon* at Sacred Heart for all ages finishing at 6.30pm with Spot Prize draws. |
FRI 6th MAR
Week 18 |
5pm |
Sacred Heart School and Sorrento Surf Club, West Coast Drive, Sorrento |
5pm Junior and TRYstar bike and running skills activities. 6pm: Mini Duathlon* at Sacred Heart for all ages finishing at 6.30pm. Followed by Sausage Sizzle and spot prize draws across the road at Sorrento Surf Club. The North Coast Adult Aquathlon is held at approx 6.15pm. |
SUN 8th MAR
EVENT 4
OPEN EVENT |
7.30am |
Craigie Leisure Centre, Whitford Ave, Craigie |
Race 4, Summer Series: TRYstars HAVE–A-GO Triathlon**. TRYstar parents expected to help with marshalling. Bring your friends. Presentations around 9.30am dependent on numbers. |
FRI 13th MAR
Week 19 |
5pm |
Sacred Heart School, Hocking Parade, Sorrento. |
5pm Junior and TRYstar bike and running skills activities. 6pm: Mini Duathlon* at Sacred Heart for all ages finishing at 6.30pm with Spot Prize draws. |
FRI 20th MAR Week 20 |
5pm |
Sacred Heart School, Hocking Parade, Sorrento. |
5pm Junior and TRYstar bike and running skills activities. 6pm: Mini Duathlon* at Sacred Heart for all ages finishing at 6.30pm with Spot Prize draws. |
FRI 27th MAR
Week 21 |
5pm |
Sacred Heart School and Sorrento Surf Club, West Coast Drive, Sorrento |
5pm Junior and TRYstar bike and running skills activities. 6pm: Mini Duathlon* at Sacred Heart for all ages finishing at 6.30pm. Followed by Sausage Sizzle and spot prize draws across the road at Sorrento Surf Club. The North Coast Adult Aquathlon is held at approx 6.15pm. |
SAT 28TH MAR EVENT 5 |
2pm |
Craigie Leisure Centre, Whitford Ave, Craigie |
Race 5, Summer Series: TRYstars HAVE–A-GO Triathlon** for TRYstar members. Parents expected to help with marshalling. Followed by TRYSTARS END OF SEASON PARTY. Finishing at 5pm. |
FRI 3rd
APR |
6pm |
Sorrento Surf Life Saving Club, West Coast Drive, Sorrento |
The LAST North Coast Adult Aquathlon for the season. Juniors (12+) welcome dependant on weather conditions and ability. Check with race director first. |
Children attending a TRYstars activity must be accompanied by an adult. Please note venues and times may be subject to change. Check the TRYstars and Junior News in the club weekly bulletin, “What’s Happening”, for any changes.
Anyone requiring further information please contact Ann Blatchford on 9448 4265(h), 0403 114 677(m) or ann@blatchfords.org.uk
Programs for 12 yrs and older: Triathlon Australia recommend 12 is the age for TRYstars to start to move from participation to competition in the sport if they wish. North Coast has developed a Junior Development Program for the 12 – 15 age group with assistance from a grant from the City of Joondalup. This provides highly qualified coaches to assist with this new program. Go to Junior Development on this website for further information.
Swimming is not included in our training. Limited Swimming is provided for our TRYstars on Monday evenings at extra cost. This is at Craigie Leisure Centre, 6.30 – 7.30pm. A little late for some, I know, but this is the only lane space we can get!! As the space is limited we have to set a few rules. This is for TRYstars who do not already swim with swim squads and would like one session a week of training, probably aged between 9 and 12 inclusive. TRYstars in this group will be expected to swim 100m easily with good technique and have basic skills in other strokes. If you are interested in being considered for these sessions please send an email to Ann. For those still learning to swim please use the swim schools in the area, such as Craigie, Arena and State Swim. These skills should then be practiced with regular visits to the pool or ocean. Our triathlons include a swim leg at the start adjusted to the child’s swimming ability. This is always checked with parents at registration for the triathlons.
DATES FOR THE HAVE-A-GO TRIATHLONS:
All are at Craigie Leisure Centre, Whitfords Ave, Craigie.
Saturday 25 October 2008.
Rego: 2.30pm, race briefing: 2.45pm Start: 3pm Finish: Approx: 4.15pm
Saturday 22 November 2008.
Rego: 2.30pm, race briefing: 2.45pm Start: 3pm Finish: Approx: 4.15pm
Sunday 15 February 2009.
Rego: 7.30am, race briefing: 7.45am Start: 8am Finish: Approx: 9.15am
Sunday 8 March 2009.
Rego: 7.30am, race briefing: 7.45am Start: 8am Finish: Approx: 9.15am
Saturday 28 March 2009.
Rego: 2pm, race briefing: 2.15pm Start: 2.30pm Finish: Approx: 3.45pm
TRYstars Membership includes:
- TRYstars T shirt and swim cap.
- Membership of North Coast Triathlon Club (NCTC), Membership of Triathlon Western Australia (TWA) and Membership of Triathlon Australia (TA).
- Free entry to the Winter Series of "Have a Go" North Coast Duathlons.
- Free entry to the 5 Race Summer Series of "Have a Go" North Coast Triathlons. First event: Sunday 21 October, at Craigie Leisure Centre, Whitfords Ave, Craigie. Click HERE for race series information;
- Weekly skill and fun activity sessions from October to April. These are run every Friday at 5pm finishing each week with a mini Duathlon (run/cycle/run) and a spot prize draw. Sausage sizzles are held fortnightly at Sorrento. Click HERE for full Summer TRYstars Program.
- Regular TRYstars updates and information.
- Bike and helmet checks.
- Insurance for racing and training.
- End of season Party.
TRYstars Registration: Go on line at: www.triwa.org.au and click on membership and then click on Join TWA online. (TWA is Triathlon Western Australia). You will find a blue bar which says, ”click here to renew your Triathlon WA membership for 2008 – 09” Even if you are a new member, click here also!! Then follow the prompts. On the first page you will need to say you wish to join a club and choose “North Coast”. And when it asks what category of membership type,
put in: Kids TRYathlon. for TRYstars membership
put in: INDIVIDUAL for Junior membership (See below for further details)
- Then turn up to any TRYstar session including registration day with a copy of the TRYstar membership receipt.
- Registration Day on Friday 10 October 2008 at 4.30 – 6pm at Sorrento Surf Life Saving Club. Bring bike and helmet for checking. Running shoes to join in an informal training session. See details above.
- Costs $70.00 (Discounts for renewing members and families with more than one TRYstar member).
Special Information on Membership for 12 – 15 year olds:
When signing up for TRIATHLON you have TWO OPTIONS:
- You can choose to sign up as TRYstars members. See cost above. This entitles you to our entire TRYstars or Junior program and also allows you to PARTICIPATE in TWA races for the juniors (12 – 15), but because TRYstars is all about being a participation program, it does not allow you to receive points or Trophies in the TWA series either for yourself or for the club.
- You can choose to sign up as Junior Competitive members. This will cost $98.00. This entitles you to our entire TRYstars and Junior program and also allows you to RACE in TWA races for the juniors (12-15), and allows you and the Club to receive points or Trophies in the TWA series. Both memberships are joined by going on line at: www.triwa.org.au and following the prompts for membership.
North Coast Tri Club:
North Coast Tri Club started in the early 1990s, is 300+ members strong and has very experienced athletes and coaches in our midst to help out our juniors as they progress through the sport. This summer will be our fifth full TRYstars season and each year the program is refined and improved.
The club welcomes new members of all ages. Many training sessions are provided as well as the fortnightly Aquathlons in the summer. Any member over 12 years of age may compete in these.
Children attending TRYstars activities must be accompanied by an adult.
Equipment needed by a TRYstar:
- Bike (any type), helmet, shoes and TRYstars T-shirt
- Bathers, bright coloured swim cap and goggles
- Towel and warm clothes for afterwards
- Water bottle, hat and sunscreen
HAVE A GO AND BECOME A TRYSTAR
