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A new version of triclub.co.nz has just been launched as you can see. Please bear with us as we sort through a few teething problems. Essentially the new site will allow us to more easily provide news, photos and online forms, as well as the regular functions like upcoming races and results you are used to.

Xterra Duathlon 2011

Wet weather did not deter a small field of competitors in the Manawatu Triathlon Club XTerra Duathlon held at Panieri Park on Sunday morning. The sun came out just in time for the race start, but heavy overnight rain had left the mountain bike course muddy and slippery. This proved perfect for Dominic Furket...

Club wins at Sports Club of the Year Awards 2011

The Manawatu Triathlon Club won the award for 'Participation Initiative of the Year' in the 2011 Property Brokers Grassroots Sports Awards held on the 23rd of September 2011. We were also a finalist in the 'Club Event of the Year' category and our major sponsor, Manawatu Toyota, was a finalist in the 'Sports Partner of the Year'

Trust power awards 2011

The Manawatu Triathlon Club was the regional runner up in the 'Sports and Leisure' category at the Trust Power Community Awards 2011.

School Champs prove popular

The growth of triathlon and duathlon in recent times was best illustrated by the strong turnout in the Contact Schools Nationals categories, with athletes from as far a field as Whangarei in the North and Christchurch in the South making the journey.

National Schools Duathlon Champs 2011

Juniors from the Manawatu Triathlon Club enjoyed a successful weekend of racing at the National Schools Duathlon Championships in Taupo on Sunday, 14th August, 2011. Despite gale force winds, sleet and bitterly cold temperatures, not to mention strong competition across all age groups, the 8 Juniors competing brought home 4 medals between them.

Club members compete in the Auckland ITU Age Group Triathlon 2011

22 Club members recently competed in the Auckland ITU Age Group Triathlon on Sunday 20th November 2011. Five members competed in the Sprint distance and the remainder in the Olympic distance triathlon. Congratulations to Hamish Hammond on coming first in the 20-24 year old men.

Club wins Sport Manawatu Awards 2009

The inaugural Grassroots Sports Awards were held by Sport Manawatu on Friday October 9 at the Palmerston North Convention Centre. The awards encompassed the Sports Clubs of the Year Awards and the Volunteer Coach of the Year Awards and it is the first time that these awards functions have been combined.

Link to photos from the Manwatu Toyota ladies only triathlon 2012

Photos from our ladies only triathlon are now available Click here

Club members do well at National Schools Triathlon Champs

Club wins Sport Manawatu Awards, again!

What a night our club had on Friday night at the Property Brokers Sports Club of the Year 2010 Awards.

We received an Excellence Award (which is Sports Club of the Year) in the Event Management Category and additional Merit awards in three categories: Player Development, Marketing Management and Community Management.

Steve Stannard wins North Island cycling epic

Manawatu Standard Article 20/2/2012 (http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/sport/6446387/Stannard-wins-North-Island-cycling-epic)

GOODSPORTS - GEORGE HEAGNEY

Fresh off a gruelling week in the New Zealand Cycle Classic in Manawatu last month, Massey University's Steve Stannard won the Wellington-to-Auckland Cycle Challenge, which finished in Pukekohe on Saturday.

After taking the yellow leader's jersey on the first day, Stannard relinquished it for only one day before he got it back and kept it for the rest of the tour. He finished in the bunch in the final stage, more than a minute ahead of the second-placed rider. To top off his successful week, he won the King of the Mountains category, which had been his original target.

Feilding turns on a stunner for Contact Duathlon

The Contact National Duathlon Championships were held today in Fielding with age group titles on the line in open and school categories.

The weather was perfect with no wind, slightly overcast skies and temperatures in the high teens greeting the 380 competitors.

Racing was focused in and around Fielding High School with three distance categories on offer from sprint to short to standard culminating in the National Standard Duathlon championship, a race that also carried Oceania Championship status for the elite competitors.

National Schools Triathlon Championships 2011

MANAWATU TRIATHLON CLUB competitors represented the club with distinction at the Triathlon Championships earlier this week. It was a hilly, chilly course on the outskirts of Queenstown.

Club members named in World Champs Age Group Teams

Several members of our club have been named in the World Champs age group teams to compete in next year's ITU World Championships Grand Final in Auckland. Congratulations to the following athletes: