After the success of last year Ponteland Tri Club will once again host a series of GO TRI Events throughout the summer!

The GO TRI Ponteland Events last year proved to be very popular and were always oversubscribed.  Book your place quickly to avoid disappointment.

GO TRI is an initiative launched by Triathlon England to provide people with the opportunity to take part in multisport events regularly and at a minimal cost. The events will be low key and therefore perfect for those wanting to give triathlon a go without the pressure of a full race event.

The aim of the events is for people to discover the sport and enjoying the achievement of finishing an event and believing that triathlon and its multi related distances is for them.  For many who take part this will be there first entry into the sport and from there they will go onto standard club and commercial events already established on the Northeast calendar.  The events will be short, easy to access and regular.

The following GO TRI Events are organised for 2015, all based at Ponteland Leisure Centre

• 20th May – Triathlon: 200m swim, 9k bike, 3k run

• 3rd June – Aquathlon: 300m swim, 3k run

• 22nd July – Triathlon: 300m swim, 9k bike, 3k run

• 26th August – Aquabike: 300m swim, 9k bike

The bike and run routes are different to last year. Please visit the website for more information.

Parking will be just up Callerton Lane at Ponteland High School to avoid congestion in the leisure centre car park. This is only approx 300m from the leisure centre. Marshals will be present to make sure the entrance to the leisure centre is kept clear of traffic for the safety of the participants.

Transition Training

The club have organised some transition training on Sunday 17th May and Sunday 19th July at 17:00hrs at Ponteland Leisure centre. This will be free to all club members and people who have entered one of our GO TRI’s. For anyone else, the cost will be £3 each.

Entry for for the GO TRI Events and transition training can be found here.

Participants need to be aged 14+ on the day of the event. The places available for each event are limited to 50 and therefore, pre-entry is required to avoid disappointment.

Entry Fee:

£5 Non Ponteland Club Members

£3 Ponteland Club Member

Entry is available on the day unless sold out before hand. Fill in the entry form (links included above) and send to: GoTri Ponteland, 5 Eastern Way, Ponteland, NE20 9PE

Cheques made payable to Ponteland Runners, no cash please. 

For further information about any of the events contact gotri@pontelandtri.org.uk

Volunteers

We are always keen to enlist the help of volunteers for these events as without their help, these events would not take place. If you would like to help volunteer, please contact Sue at gotri@pontelandtri.org.uk  

All volunteers will receive 1 free race entry for another GO-TRI event.