Tri team people

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Our team is somewhat new (it was a tri club for kids 11-18 y/o for a couple of years until 2014 when they opened it to adults as well.) So a different perspective here I guess.

I noticed an ad in the local newspaper in April, for a presentation of the club and its activities. I went and signed up the same night.
For its first year the adult group had around 15-20 people in May - but down to around 12-15 in August. All complete beginners in triathlons (aside from me and 1 other guy, having done 1 tri in 2013). All in all with the kids and the coaches we are around 50 people, so pretty small.

The management team are responsible for getting sponsorships, ordering team kits, managing the website and recruiting new members, as well as keeping us informed of different activities, events etc.

Sponsorships we had this year:
local running store
local bike shop
local bank
local grocery store
a local outdoor recreation center, where we would do our OWS practices in the artificial lake.

The club has a calendar of "official" races, where many of the coaches are present with a tent (and homemade muffins, gotta love it ). If signed up to a race not in the official calendar though, you just had to mention it and a coach would arrange to be there for support. Pretty cool.

We had a couple of AG podiums this year on the adult side (no OA podiums); a few youngsters of our team podiumed at different events during the summer also, including the Youth Canada Games. 2 of our coaches actually qualified for Kona at the Mont-Tremblant 140.6;
I can see that next year, 1 or 2 members have a chance to podium Overall, with a little bit more experience and focus on training. (Not me!!!)
As a team we are not yet high in the team rankings, being so small and inexperienced. This may change in the next few years though, wait and see!

Love the team kit, but only got to wear it once in a race this year (we got them early August. You want tri kits, order early!!!) I look forward to wearing it next year though.
I don't think other members swim in races, but a few do cycle events and almost all of them run.

Membership - 3 main ways of recruiting:
1 - Ad in local papers in the early season
2 - Word of mouth (my husband is joining the club next year, as will a few parents of the kids, friends etc.)
3 - The club also organizes an event at the end of the summer. It targets beginners with a try-a-tri, super sprint and sprint events, plus 5k and 10k runs, complete with bibs, medals, lunch at the end, free race pictures etc. We had close to 300 participants for the 2nd edition this year. I can see many participants joining the club next year, we'll see!

Membership costs around $200. With that we get a coached run on Mondays; a coached bike on Wenesdays; pool time with individual coaching on Thursdays and OWS on Friday ams. Also, discounts at the running store, 20% discounts and priority of service at the bike shop (this one is pretty cool and handy!), run clinic analysis and bike repair clinics (all free of charge) during the season. We heard of a possible deal with a local gym to train as a group during the off-season, have yet to see if it works out.

Hope this helps!