The Cardiff Junior Try a Tri  is a fun novice triathlon event aimed at children 8 to 17 years of age and is only £5 to enter

Being held on Friday 19th August 10am – 1pm.

Distances are:

Age (8)-Swim 50m, bike 920m, run 400m

Age (9 – 14)-Swim 100m, bike 1840m, run 800m

Age (15 +)-Swim 200m, bike 3680m, run 1600m

PLEASE NOTE THAT TELEVISON FILIMING WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THIS EVENT AS PART OF THE BUILD UP TO THE 2016 RIO OLYMPICS.

Registration is online:

Any queries please email – cardiffjuniortri@gmail.com

Once again the weather was kind with the early morning drizzle clearing up after the Marshals had set up the transition area and course signage, just in time for the 12:30pm race briefing. Although being a bit windy by 1:00pm the sun was out in full and the Tristars kicked off the first wave.
A very strong run from Isaac Beynon (Cardiff Junior Triathlon Club) saw him come from behind to take first place for the Tristart Boys in a time of 7:45, he was closely followed by Dewi Thomas (Pembrokeshire Tristars) 7:57 with George Townsend (Ludlow Junior Triathlon Club) in third with a time of 9:17.

Cari Hughes (Celtri Tri) stormed ahead to take the Tristart girls first position with an impressive time of 07:52. Second and third places were closely contested with Gracie Gilligan (Swansea Trisharks) edging in front of Gwen Haf Jones (Taff Ely Tri) to take second place by a one second margin with times of 9:30 and 9:31 respectively.
With 17 entries the competition for Tristar 1 boys was always going to be tough. Harrison Coppen took the first place honours in 13:19, followed by Gruff Rees 14:20 and Charlie Way close behind in 14:42.

Tristar 1 girls followed with some equally competitive times with Eve Hickman (AIM2TRI) winning with a time of 14:35. Pembrokeshire Tri Clubs Amy and Eleanor White took second (14:51) and third (15:03) places respectively.

The Tristar 2 category grows every year and this year saw 34 competitors battling for the top spots. Jensen Coppen matched his brothers T1 victory by taking first place in Tristar 2 boys (19:53). Only 10 seconds split second and third position with Liam Edwards (20:29) narrowly beating Alex Layzell (Celtic Tri) (20:39).
Molly Reardon (Taff Ely Tri) came in first for the Tristar 2 girls with a fast (20:29) with Dorset Pentathletes Jessica Hudson taking second place (21:37) closely followed by Tia Froom (21:54).

From the start the Tristar 3 category was going to be fiercely competitive and the spectators were not disappointed. Just 4 seconds split the top Tristar 3 boys positions with Nathaniel Harries (Celtic Tri) winning the sprint finish (27:58) against Joseph Reardon (Taff Ely Tri) (27:59) and Emyr Thomas (Newport Olympic CC) (28:02).
Celtic Tri took first and second place honours for Tristar 3 girls with Eluned King winning with a time of (28:19) followed by Ocean Poultney-Maddy (28:33). Swansea Trisharks Layla Gibbins following in third (30:47).

The last wave of the day contained a mixture of Youth / Junior girls and boys. Lewys John (Cardiff Junior Triathlon Club) led from a fast swim and took first position (39:27), second place went to Jack Skuse (40:33) and Seb Donnelly (Cardiff Junior Triathlon Club) took third place (43:22).
Swansea Trisharks led the girls category with Sian Edwards taking first place in 46:38 followed by her club colleague Carys Lyall in second (48:00), in third was Lucy Bidwell (Cardiff Junior Triathlon Club) in a time of 51:04.
Full results can be found on the Cardiff Junior Triathlon website (www.cardiffjuniortri.org).
Cardiff Junior Triathlon Club would like to thank everyone who contributed to making this event such an enjoyable and successful day of races and look forward to welcoming everyone again next year!

Report written by: Robert James (Cardiff Junior Triathlon Club)

The event saw 65 athletes, from TriStar 1 to Junior, taking part and representing many of the South Wales triathlon clubs including Taff Ely, Cardiff Junior, Celtic Tri, Swansea TriSharks and Pembrokeshire triathlon club.

Welsh Triathlon Performance Development Coach, Rich Brady, who organised the day, said afterwards ‘It was fantastic to see so many young athletes at Llandow enjoying learning new skills and getting ready for the season ahead. None of this would have happened without the excellent, well structured and progressive fun sessions that the coaching team delivered’.

Welsh Triathlon would like to thank the coaching team for their commitment and passion enabling a high quality training opportunity to take place.

Well done to all the Cardiff Junior Triathlon Club members who attended.  It was a very useful session and enjoyed by all – especially as the weather turned out to be great!

The TriStars series is a series of junior triathlon races across Wales that caters for 9 – 14 year olds (age groups are based on the age of the athletes at 31 December 2015) and has four key aims:

1. Provide a fun & enjoyable environment
2. Participation for all standards
3. Competition experience
4. Talent ID

The series is designed to encourage children and young people of all abilities to take up the growing sport of triathlon and has community participation at the heart of it. This is why the series is run in a fun and enjoyable environment, whether you are a complete beginner or an experienced junior athlete.

Please ensure you download and read the NEW Tri-Stars 2015 Information Pack which contains essential information on this years’ series.

Cardiff Junior Triathlon recommend that its members are affiliated with the Welsh Triathlon Association.

For the age 8 years old to 19 years old this cost is currently – £10 per annum

Membership and payment can be done online – click here – Remember to select Cardiff Junior Triathlon in the “Your Club” drop down box!

Why become a member?
• Public Liability Insurance whilst training and racing
• Worldwide Personal Accident Insurance
• Free Accident Legal Service
• No day licence fees
• TriNews magazine
• British Triathlon Annual Handbook
• Eligible to apply for GB Age Group Teams
• Eligibility to compete for GE British and Welsh Triathlon
• Automatic entry into Welsh Grand Prix Series

In addition there are exclusive Discounts and Deals with various sponsors such as:
POWERBAR, SIGVARIS, NEOVITE, TREDZ

Welcome to the new official website for the Cardiff Junior Triathlon Club.

cardiffjuniortri.org

Please note that the previous site www.cardiffjuniortri.co.uk has now been automatically redirected to this .org site.

We hope you enjoy the new format.

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Enjoy!!

Triathlon was invented in the early 1970s by the San Diego Track Club, as an alternative workout to the rigours of track training. The club’s first event consisted of a 10km run, an 8km cycle and a 500m swim. Triathlon made its Olympic full medal debut at the 2000 Sydney Games. This helped the sport to become even more popular. It now has over 120 affiliated national federations around the world.

Find more about Triathlon at http://www.olympic.org/triathlon

1. Alistair BROWNLEE GBR 1:46:25
2. Javier GOMEZ ESP 1:46:36
3. Jonathan BROWNLEE GBR 1:46:56
4. David HAUSS FRA 1:47:14
5. Laurent VIDAL FRA 1:47:21
6. Jan FRODENO GER 1:47:26