TRIATHLON FESTIVAL
March 21, 2010
There’s plenty who’ve earned a rest after today’s triathlon festival around the Newcastle Foreshore.
With almost 1,100 competitors across four races, it was the region’s biggest.
The Olympic distance event was won by Sydney’s Paul Ambrose, while Tim Reed dominated the shorter, die-hards’ race.
Newcastle’s Matt Brady pushed him all the way to finish second, while it was a successful day for fellow local Regina Wright.
A late decision to race, ended with a comfortable win in her home event.
FISHERMAN DROWNS NEAR FORSTER
February 8, 2010
A 77-year-old fisherman drowned this morning, when his boat capsized at Tuncurry, on the New South Wales mid north coast.
Reginald James Parker, from Forster, was thrown from the runabout while attempting to return to shore in rough conditions.
SPARKE HELMORE NBN TRIATHLON
March 15, 2009
The Newcastle and Hunter’s premier triathlon event is now so big, it’s a festival held over two days.
Numbers in the juniors and the popular teams events are growing each year while the fields for the feature open events were as strong as ever.
Hunter competitors dominated with Nathan Stewart taking out the mens and Regina Wright overcoming a tough start to win the female race.
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LUCK OF THE IRISH AT MAITLAND TRIATHLON
October 12, 2008
An Irishman with relatively no experience in triathlon has stunned his rivals to win the Maitland short-course event.
The race also doubled as the state championships with Newcastle’s Regina Wright taking that title, while in the men’s, Bryan Keane collected the crown in just his third such race.
-Women’s-
1. Regina Wright (Newcastle)
2. Keira Pride (Sydney)
3. Steph Auston (Cooranbong)
-Men’s-
1. Bryan Keane (Sydney)
2. Boyd Conrick (Redhead)
3. Gareth Bannon (Maitland)
Over the longer distance, it was a Hunter one-two in the women’s while a strong finish in the men’s race saw Chris Dmitrieff win the latest battle with Nathan Stewart.
-Women’s-
1. Donna Powell (Newcastle)
2. Belinda Farley (Maitland)
-Men’s-
1. Chris Dmitrieff (Bateau Bay)
2. Nathan Stewart (Redhead)
3. Richard Monro (Manly)
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