QUEENSLAND WEEKLY TRANSITION 6/12/12

TRI ALLIANCE SMIDDY FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN

Our launch night for the Tri Alliance Smiddy fundraising campaign was a great success. Rowan Foster and Mark “Sharky” Smoothy from the Smiddy Foundation took everyone through what the Smiddy Foundation actually does and where the money raised goes.

Both avid triathletes and personal friends of Adam Smiddy who the foundation is named after explained the history behind the foundation, the different events they have and their future goals.

We also had one of the researchers from the Mater Medical Research Institute speak about Prostate Cancer and some of the work they’re doing to help beat this disease. We realised that one in 9 men will get prostate cancer which is quite frightening.

The fundraising was kicked off when we gave away a pair of Mizuno Shoes and 2 free entries to the next QTS race at Raby Bay on December 16^th. So after only a few days of fundraising we already have $630 towards the total. At that rate we’ll certainly reach our goal of $100,000 by the Noosa Triathlon 2013.

The Queensland web page for the fundraising is at http://www.smiddyfundraising.com.au/tri_alliance_queensland

Athletes interested in fund raising just need to click on the ‘Join this Team’ link on the page and enter the password TRIALLIANCEQLD (case sensitive) and then create their own individual page. If you commit to raising a certain amount of funds you can receive up to 4 months of free squad training.

Over the next few weeks we’ll announce some different initiatives and squad events to raise the funds required. If you have any ideas please feel free to contact us.

IM WESTERN AUSTRALIA – BUSSO

Good luck to everyone competing this weekend in Busselton. We have 27 athletes competing along with another 12 Tri Alliance athletes from Melbourne.

It should be a great day with a big support crew there to cheer them along. We’ll be posting regular facebook up dates and photos throughout the day so everyone can track their progress.

The numbers and names of those competing are:

Claire Schneider 1208
Tim Franklin 465
Natasha Alford 64
Suzanne Mccarthy 873
Andrew Callow 222
Mark Pierce 1074
Yasmin Grigaliunas 536
Kevin Alexander 63
David Doyle 387
Leigh Grigaliunas 535
Ben Hargreaves 564
Brad Jones 668
Paul Thistleton 1353
Blair Venn 1408
Kerri Spanner 1277
Steven Anderson 68
Mark Gleeson 499
Tim Osborne 1027
Mark Turner 1384
Kerry Ireland 638
Alicia Newman 968
Krista Page 1037
Alan Kepper 698
Darrell Giles 495
Tom Michalek 914
Ben Anderssen 71

QTS RABY BAY

The next QTS race at Raby Bay on the 16^th of December is likely to sell out in a couple of days. If you’re planning to race don’t wait to enter and remember to use your member code to get the race entry discount for Tri Alliance members.

FACEBOOK PHOTO COMPETITION

Thanks again to our friends from Shoes Feet Gear for providing the $50 voucher for November’s facebook before and after competition. Brett Harris from Elite Sports Massage has chosen Andrew Callow’s amazing transformation as the winner.

Thanks to everyone who submitted photos. The differences were amazing so it was very hard for Brett to pick a winner.

This month’s competition is the best at work photo. With so many varied professions within the group it should make some very interesting photos.

TRIATHLON QUEENSLAND CLUB CHAMPS

The next race of the Triathlon Queensland Club Champs is the aquathlon on January 20^th at Southport. We are leading at this stage but with Red Dog and many others clubs are hot on our tail and putting pressure on.

We need as many people as possible to race under the Tri Alliance banner to maintain our lead heading into the final event at Redcliffe on April 7^th.

So if you’re having a break over Christmas be sure to join us back at training in January as we get ready for the Aquathlon and all the other events following that.