Last weekend saw over 170 of NSW and ACT’s strongest and finest triathletes making the annual pilgrimage across the Great Dividing Range to the Central West mecca of triathlon known as Orange, NSW. This event featured the TNSW Super Sprint Individual State Championships, Round 3 of the Billigence Pathway Championships and the Mixed Relay on Sunday, which saw teams of four tearing around the Super Sprint Course. 

Proudly hosted by Orange Triathlon Club, the two-day festival of all things multisport began with an aquathon, Enduro style event and a super sprint heat.  The Non drafting athletes and younger athletes were also included, with events that ensured all junior member could take part in the weekend.

As the sun started to set on Saturday, after a delayed start to allow for the temperature to drop, our U23,  Junior and Youth athletes toed the line for their draft legal finals. What makes this competition unique is the mixed gender blending, which maximises competition and drafting opportunities.

To say the A-Final was hotly contested was an understatement, and for those who were lucky enough to be out on course, spectators was privileged to see some amazing athletes in action. No doubt the current and future stars of our sport, showing off all the skills and hard work they’ve put in over winter.

Triathlon NSW extends our thanks to Phil Tudor and the entire volunteer workforce of the Orange Triathlon Club for once again conducting a smooth and seamlessly event, worthy of a state title.

Thank you also to Billigence, our series sponsor; and to the Academy coaches who once again supported the event by bringing their full teams, Marg George for attending as Technical Official and all the parents for a tough but worthwhile weekend.

Join us in congratulating the winners:

Sunday morning saw the TNSW Mixed Relay State Championships.

Whilst a state title was on the line, this event also doubled as the selection race for the No. 1 Property Development Insights Mixed Relay Teams across Youth, Junior and U23.

Triathlon NSW announced this exciting new partnership with Property Development Insights last week.  Property Development Insights, is delighted to be the inaugural sponsor of the Tri NSW Youth / Junior / U23 Elite Mixed Relay Teams, to support young triathletes in their future quest for international and Olympic medals in this fast and furious race format.

The Team selections focussed on speed and skill execution, given the critical role that transitions play in team success at an international level. Whilst our development athletes may make this up if highly conditioned or more physically mature, we have now established a standard rewarding athletes and coaches who emphasis skill acquisition in their daily training environment. 

Mick Delamotte, TNSW Coach and Education Pathway Manager stated, ‘We are rewarding our development athletes who are able to execute skills at speed, under fatigue, in race conditions, repeatedly.  Some of our Youth Athletes are hitting transitions as good if not better than I have ever seen in any WTS event. The swim, bike & run speed will come in time, but for now - make the clutch play in the transition zone and be rewarded for it.

We have been challenging our Pathway athletes to acquire new skills, develop and refine current skills & do so when it matters most. Our Pathway Coaches are now focusing more heavily on this in training now and athletes are being selected because of it. I am excited by the quality of athletes making up our teams. Our Youth Team is represented by athletes in 4 Regional Academy Programs across NSW whilst our ITU Junior & U23 Teams are made up of Sydney & Regional athletes.’

TNSW looks forward to providing these athletes and their home coaches with a MR specific camp that will focus on the technical and tactical components of the event to provide greater insight and understanding, in anticipation of them competing in the Australian Youth & Junior Mixed Relay Championship in Canberra (17th January), and the Triathlon Australia MTR invitational event, currently penciled in for June 2021 for our Junior & U23 Teams.

The team was selected as per the selection policy, released in October.

Also, the team will receive a unique and originally designed Triathlon Suit and Team Polo, to ensure they look and feel like the No. 1 NSW team. The PDI logo will be proudly displayed in their apparel, and the teams will be known as the

• ‘Property Development Insights’ TNSW No. 1 Youth Mixed Relay Team
• ‘Property Development Insights’ TNSW No. 1 Junior Mixed Relay Team
• Property Development Insights’ TNSW No. 1 U23 Mixed Relay Team

The suit design has been inspired by a local indigenous artist Kylie Tarleton who is a from the Wiradjuri land. Our No.1 NSW Team is being chosen on Wiradjuri Land & our Tri suit will acknowledge this.

Kylie provided the platypus design, which is a piece from her private collection, and it represents the totem of Orange, the Biladurang! (Wiradjuri for platypus). 

MR Tri PDI Tri Suit

The following athletes have been officially selected in the team.

CLICK HERE to access the appeals policy.

All the results from all races can be found here.

About Property Development Insights Courses

Property Development Insights conducts residential and commercial property development courses in Sydney NSW, which can be attended either in person or via Live Webinar.

Property Development Director, Phillip Hoare is the course series founder and shares his expertise, experience and detailed project case studies via small attend-in-person and live-online-webinar course to aspirant developers, development site owners and industry consultants/agents seeking to fast track their knowledge to deliver profitable development projects. The small number of course attendees ensures maximum transfer of knowledge and insights.

Phillip has broad development experience and expertise across residential, industrial, commercial, retail and mixed-use projects with a focus on Metropolitan Sydney and regional NSW centres. He has managed and advised on development projects in excess of $500 million in value, for private investors, global institutions and the NSW Government. He is the managing director of Palladium Property (established in 2005) www.palladium.net.au current managing large mixed industrial commercial development projects valued over $90 million in NSW.

Phillip is a die-hard short-course triathlete, with a passion for the Mixed Team Relay, Sprint and Standard distance racing and represented Australia as an age group triathlete in Edmonton, Canada (2014) and Cozumel, Mexico (2016).

The courses run only twice a year and the next course commences on the 2^nd February 2021. It runs in the evenings over an eight-week period and attendees will benefit from five industry expert presenters with the focus on a comprehensive ‘nuts and bolts’ approach to mitigating risk whilst identifying and maximizing development profits. Attendees receive 500 pages of course notes, small group seminar settings, Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits, network opportunities, expert consultant introductions and a certificate on completion.

The first three Triathlon Australia members to register (assuming places remain) will benefit from a discount of $450 for the attend-in-person course and $300 for the live-online-webinar course (Code: TRINSW).

Course registration: https://www.propertydevelopmentinsights.com.au/register/

Queries and additional information contact: Phillip Hoare 0408 997 675 / 02 9432 7866 or phoare@propertydevelopmentinsights.com.au