Junior Triathlon Race Wrap

Well another annual Kalgoorlie Junior Tri is all done and dusted and once again the club rallied together to make this event a huge success. With over 170 kids participating  I was caught out with my pants down as from the nomination I had received I gathered 150 would be tops and ended up running a little short on medallions but never less I will endeavor to get those children who missed out there medals with in the next week. 

We all need a big pat on the back, to be able to give the children of the goldfields the taste of a triathlon and have no injuries or major complaints is a real credit to our club. I also need to make mention of the Cycling Club members who came down and helped us marshal the cycling leg it was a sight for sore eyes when about ten of them showed up keen to help out THANKS GUYS and GIRLS. 

As far as the racing went I tried to make it very clear that it was all about completing not competing but I guess a few   parents must of missed that bit as we had one Mum Yelling at her child in the Swimming pool and a father chasing his kid through transition yelling advice, O well I hope those kids still enjoyed there race and the medallion that all the kids received for COMPLETING. 

There was loads of smiles, laughter and a few tears during and after the event and there were a lot of proud parents encouraging there kids, we were also lucky enough to have a special guest of Emma Snowstill ( AKA Brad Wall) make an appearance. 

All in all it was a fantastic morning and with only one more community event on our calendar it nearly time to get stuck in to some serious training. 

A big thank you to all of those members who helped out, to run a triathlon and be finished and packed up with in 3 hrs start to finish is some mean feet. Our city counter parts would be envious

Gibbo