to view the 2010 Annual Report - Triathlon New Zealand

age group
world championships
The 2009/10 season saw the biggest ever number of age group athletes
compete in ITU World Championship events overseas – 370 NZ athletes in
total. The ITU World Championship events held were; Sprint, Standard and
Paratri on the Gold Coast, Australia; Duathlon in Concord, USA; and Long
Distance in Perth, Australia!
For the first time ever we had two paratriathletes
representing NZ at the World Champs on the Gold Coast;
Mirriam Jenkins and Rob Matthews. Both athletes had
outstanding results achieving a Gold and Silver medal
respectively in their race categories.
The feedback on the great team environment we
endeavour to create for athletes has been highly positive
with an overall satisfaction rating of 85%. We would like
to extend our thanks to all athletes for their commitment
to representing NZ and acknowledge that funding these
trips is no easy feat. In total we have 10 world age
group champions and in total 26 world age group
championship podiums – Tri NZ acknowledges these
athletes and congratulates them on behalf of the NZ
Triathlon Community.
A big thank you to our volunteer managers who did an
outstanding job supporting our teams to these World
Champ events;
Gold Coast: Jeff McGrath, Ali Boggs, Wendy Chrisp,
Graham Park
Perth: Kerry Newton, Josh Whyte
Concord: Kim Stevenson
Membership
The 2009/10 membership year saw the completion of
the Service Delivery Review and a change in focus from
building membership numbers to building a whole of
sport participant database to enable us to communicate
with more participants in the sport. Through this change
we expected a down turn of membership numbers, which
totalled 2,100 at 30th June 2010.
The Service Delivery Review highlighted the need to
review the Tri NZ membership structure which we are
currently finalising. This will be completed at the Tri
NZ Annual General Meeting 2010. The aim is to come
out of this review with a membership structure that is
aligned to the recommendations of the Service Delivery
Review. This structure needs to appeal to the different
types of participants/fans that we have in our sport. It is
necessary for us to remove as many barriers as possible
to allow people to easily join up to Tri NZ and enable us
to communicate relevant/useful information that interests
each individual.
We had a total of 27 Affiliated Clubs over the 2009/10
season; clubs as a whole are continuing to grow and gain
momentum in their regions. Tri NZ continues to offer adhoc
support to clubs as requested.
Year in Review