The TriBal “End of Season Awards and Celebration Night” is here!! This promises to be a memorable and fun night. 

The night will include cocktails (beer, wine, soft drinks and juices), a three course meal, special presentations, awards and speeches, photo slide show and dancing at the end of the night.  TriBal puts on some entertaining events during the year, and this one is the best.

Whether you are new to TriBal or an old timer, please join us for this special event, not just for the festivities, but also for the recognition and celebration of another fantastic year for TriBal and it’s coaching staff, sponsor group and friends.

Click here for more details or contact Jo Neumann (jo.tribal@gmail.com) for more details.

Hope to see you there!

TriBal are excited to announce SFG as its inaugural Coaching Sponsor. A key component of coaching is the forming of a partnership between the coach and athlete to produce long term sustainable outcomes and therefore we see a unique synergy between what we do and what SFG do.

SFG are business innovation specialists providing high end business coaching and other value added innovation services.  SFG’s principal director (Frank Santo a member of tribal) personally has over 20 years experience in successful business ventures from existing, to start up operations.

If you are an aspiring entrepreneur with drive, a proven business venture or idea and are open-minded and willing to accept advice and guidance to achieve mutual goals then take a look at their website www.sfginvestments.com.au.

We're looking forward to building a valuable and highly successful partnership with SFG.

By Craig Foster

The idea of the Bloody Big Swim came about shortly after Johnny Meagher (madman going solo) convinced Todd and I (part of a team of four) that we could swim the 19.7km from Cottesloe Beach to Rottnest Island in the Rottnest Channel Swim. We thought it would be a good warm up to compete in The Bloody Big Swim which is 11.2k’s from Frankston Life Saving Club to Mills Beach in Mornington as a duo to turn the arms over, get used to jumping in and out of the support boat, working with our support kayakers (the rules dictate that you require kayaker to help you navigate and a support boat to carry the beer), getting our nutrition right and working out exactly how much of the afore mentioned beer we will need on the boat for the after swim celebrations.

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Gatorade Race 4 - Race Report

Sunday the 31st of January saw the fourth race of the Gatorade Triathlon Series for the 09/10 season. Despite the heat and extreme winds, Tribal had 15 athletes compete on the day to not only race their competitors but to persevere through the challenging conditions. Anne Martin posted an age group win while Elly Franks, Gabrielle Kopke, Anthony Ricigliano and Liz Tosh were fourth in their respective categories. Sarah Forsterling also posted a fifth place in her age group. The windy conditions also saw Mitchell Kibby taken down by another rider during the cycle leg, credit goes to Mitch for finishing despite the fall. Well done to all Tribal competitors who raced and please take some time to see everybody’s times below.

TriBal Training is excited to announce a key step in bolstering it coaching team with Emma Carney being appointed as Senior Coach, Sprint and Olympic Distance with its Triathlon Squad starting in December 2009.

“We have been looking for a suitable coach to take on the Sprint / Olympic role for a while and see Emma joining the TriBal coaching team as a perfect fit.” said TriBal’s Head Coach, Andy Sleeman. “Emma brings a wealth of knowledge and experience on training, racing and coaching and her experience will provide an invaluable insight for all athletes into what it takes to achieve your best whether you are starting out or looking to take on the world. Over the last couple of years triathlon has been moving forward in exciting new directions and with an injection of fresh energy and a focussed approach from Emma we are looking to propel TriBal’s Sprint and Olympic Distance program to the next level.” 

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After 12 months of swimming, wind trainer sessions, countless laps of the tan, weekly massages, Saturday morning bricks, Sunday morning long runs, and of course racing the super competitive Challenger series qualifiers, the destination event which was planned for by so many athletes world wide, the ITU World Triathlon Championships on the Gold Cast had finally arrived, and Queensland decided to put on one hell of a showcase, picture perfect weather, a super fast race course, and an excellently run event which could not be faulted.

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By Tristan Miller

I'm going to try to pull together a glimpse of what Comrades is all about. I hope this retelling doesn't sound too much like a sales pitch, but I think everyone who has run a half marathon is quick to encourage their friends to have a go. Anyone who has run a full tends to grab their half marathon buddies and talk them into the next step. Well, now it's our turn to pass the baton and encourage you all to have a crack at the so called "Ultimate Human Race".

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By Michelle O'Toole

Having spent the 08/09 Tri Season, travelling to several states to compete in the Challenge Series with the hope of qualifying for the Age Group Olympic Distance Team to compete at the World Championships on the Gold Coast in September, it was great news in April when the team was announced to know that all the hard work had paid off.   Not only for myself but for many dedicated and hard working Tri-bal Athletes who had also made “The Team”.

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Last weekend we had great results at Race 1 of the XOSIZE series.
Mitch Kibby, Tim Guille, Kath Shone and Michelle O’Toole had a great hitout in warm conditions at Green Point Brighton.
Mitch competed in his first Elite Male race and finished fast placing 5th with the fastest bike split and 3rd fastest run split.
Tim placed 1st in the 30-34 AG and finished 5mins ahead of 2nd place. Tim also finished 2nd age grouper overall.
Kath Shone raced well finishing 6th in the competitive 25-29 AG.
Michelle also raced strong finishing 4th in the 40-44 AG and setting a PB on the run.

Well done team!