Thursday, November 18, 2010

Winter 2011 Schedule

Greetings everyone! Here is an update on the Triathlon Club courses as we move into the New Year. First off thank you for everyone’s patience as we sort out the Winter 2011 program details. I have been waiting for a certain start date to the New Year as we re-open the main building. I was able to do a tour the other day to see how the roof replacement and internal renovations are coming along and I have to say things are looking amazing under the new roof! It will definitely have a brighter feel under there.

Many of you have asked where ETS and the Triathlon Club will be moving to in 2011. There are a few timing issues to be aware of. The Brick and Cycling programs will be able to start the week of January 10th 2011. Now for the biggie. We will not be able to start any swim or track programs until the week of January 24th 2011. Please read the list below carefully. You will also see what appears to be a reduction in our pool times. The Board and our Management team had agreed that once the roof replacement was completed we would ALL adhere to the 2009 space allocation and as such what you see scheduled is in fact reflective of what we prior to the roof re-placement project. Rest assured that the two morning swims will in fact have 8 lanes so we can accommodate a lot of swimmers.

When we start the week of January 10th 2011 for the bike and Brick programs we will be in our current location which is the Mezzanine with the great view. The ETS and Tri Club programs may be re-located to a new area in the main building starting the week of January 24th 2011. The area proposed has many pros to our current location and our previous location in the main building. Needless to say this will be a big project for me to help develop over the next few months. As we get closer to solidifying this potential relocation I will provide an update right here on our blog.

Registration procedures will remain the same where you fill out your form completely (form is attached) for me and I will begin processing registrations in early December. Full membership fees will be in effect at this time. I will also provide existing Club members a period of priority registration before I open up to new members who wish to join. The deadline for existing members will be Friday December 10th 2010. After this date I will begin accepting and processing new members. To ensure you get your selections please email your completed forms to me as this provides me a date and time stamp to set an order for me to process registrations.

As many of you know, Jon Bird has been invited to train with the National Team athletes in Victoria starting in January 2011. He has been an integral component in the development of our Club and I owe a huge debt of gratitude to all the help he has provide me with the past 3 years. I am currently interviewing coaches to find a suitable replacement and hope to have the “next one” in place by the end of the month/early December. The new coach will be coming around to each program and learn from the coaching team and to meet as many Club members as possible. I hope that everyone is open and accepting of our new coach who will be under my mentorship – but rest assured the caliber of applicants was quite solid this go around.

The Winter 2011 schedule is as follows:

TRICLUB SWIM
9 classes $95
Tue Jan 25 - Mar 22 6-7am Code #34993
Thu Jan 27 - Mar 24 6-7am Code #34994

TRICLUB GROUP BRICK
10 classes $150
Mon Jan 10 - Mar 21 6:30-8:30pm Code #34990
11 classes $165
Wed Jan 12 - Mar 23 6:30pm Code #34991

TRICLUB GROUP RIDE
10 rides $182
Sat Jan 15 - Mar 19 9-11am Code #34999

TRICLUB SWIM & RUN
9 classes $162
Tue Jan 25 - Mar 22 6:45-9pm Code #34987
Thu Jan 27 - Mar 24 6:45-9pm Code #34988

If you have any questions, concerns or issues please feel free to contact me and we can discuss them.

Thanks everyone!