Race Report 19 January 2013

Race 19 of 26

Another great day for racing at  Twinnies, with 80 odd members and 3 visitors braving the conditions today which were warm  humid conditions again!!!, wouldn’t it be nice to have a tail wind all the way, or at least on the homeward leg along Darlington Drive- just for a change.

The calm before the storm – Scott Collins

FACT: Fanatical St George support Andrew Hunter stated the Olympic Distance pool measured at 50.02 metres holds 1,350,000 litres of water and was last emptied in 2005 following the flooding of Banora Point.

Twin Towns Triathlon Club is a family friendly club, or at least that’s what I thought. There is always a bit of sledging going on and friendly competition, but today I was threaten, whilst on the run with ,”….I’ll see you in court”.  I believe this was due to the honest and open reporting in last week’s post.  Mr Kevin ‘call me the Rock’ Bannerman a former president of this club apparently had spoken to his lawyer regarding his portrayal as a whinger!  Anyone who knows the ‘rock’ will understand his threatening and demeaning nature, so be warned, don’t say anything he doesn’t like or you’ll be taken off his Christmas card list.

Michael Sargent & Brendon Brooks

Doctor Bike Senior – Roger Campbell and Doctor Bike Junior – Paul Woodger were absent on official duties. Paul held the first of his hot laps classes around the course yesterday morning with 6 attentive triathletes keen to pick up a few pointer from an expert. Paul will be holding more classes, keep an eye out on our Facebook page for more details.

Next Saturday is Australia Day and we will be holding our monthly breakfast – this breakfast is being sponsored by Rory Curtis’s The Good Guys. Tony Latter- Rory’s 2IC will be in attendance, showing off the MAPP coffee machine, rumour has it that you will be able to sample a coffee.

Phil Klien, Rob Gillies & Glenn Lance

Random Draw Winners
Gerard Robards – Storm Cycles, Sera Graham – Cannabil Clothing, Jenny Scaysbrook – South Tweed Cycles, Angela Reid – Kingscliff Cycles, Danny Warner- Palm Beach Supercycles

Marshalls for 26 January
Woodlands Dr/Darlington Drive Roundabout – Carl Schuetze
Amaroo Dr/Fraser Drive intersection – Glenn Payne

 Point Score Leaderboard after 18 Races

Another of life’s little titbits of trivia

In the 1400’s a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb.
Hence we have ‘the rule of thumb’

Stu Crawford
Twin Towns Triathlon