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Junior
Cycling Race,
The Coast Triathlon Club together with the
Buffalo Fun and Fitness Club will be hosting a cycqling competition
on Sunday, 25th July 2010 at Mama Ngina Drive. The event
will focus on juniors of age 18 years and below. Entry is Ksh 100
for all participants who register before the 20th of July
2010!!
Please register at
www.kenyatriathlon.com and save on your entry fees. For the late
registrants, there will be onsite registration at Treasury Square
and will cost Ksh 200 on the race day. “This event is aimed at
popularizing the sport of cycling and will also act as a booster
event for the oncoming 2010 Mombasa ITU African Cup triathlon to
be held on 18/19th September 2010 at the Aga Khan
Academy.
Preparation for Energede Kids Triathlon in
Cape Town South Africa The race is one of the series of build up
before the South African Triathlon event that Kenya will take part
in. All top triathletes at the Mombasa Triathlon will get the
chance to represent Kenya from the 29th of November to 6th
of December in Cape Town. The race for the South Africa is 6/U, and
7/8 years will swim 50m, 1.5km bike and 400m run, The 9/10, 11/12,
13/14 years will swim 70m , bike 3km and run 600m.For those who are
good in swimming, you have an added advantage. This is your chance
to learn what comes along with biking. Get to meet with the
Triathlon ITU Qualified coaches and cycling coaches to give your
child a professional approach into the multisport Triathlon.We are
expecting a large turnout. All are welcome,” said Coach Mohamed,
head of the technical team for the event.
Requirements for the race are a mechanically
sound road or mountain bicycle and a helmet. Entrants without these
will not be allowed to participate. All racing equipment will be
checked prior to the race by race officials. Registration will be at
the venue site and the age group categories are as follows: The 5
years under kids will ride 1km while the 6-7 years will ride 1.5km.
The 8-9 years boys and girls will bike 1.5km while the 10-12 years
boys and girls will bike 3km.
The older age categories will bike 5 km and
include the 13-15 years and 16-18 years 5km. For more information
about the race, please contact Suleiman Said on 0733 415 093/ 0722
415 093.
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Sherifa Ingosi
Winner at the 2009 ITU Triathlon in Mombasa |
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1st Planhotel Malindi
Triathlon 2009 great Startup for 2011
Results>>
On Saturday
and Sunday, the Kenya Triathlon Circuit stopped at Malindi for the
first time. This young sport combines 3 different disciplines like
swimming, cycling and running in one competition. Almost 100
Athletes got beside the burning sun , the Planhotel Diamonds Dream
of Africa and the Tropical Village prefect conditions and facilities
in Malinidi for the inaugural triathlon championships. With either
swimming in the pool or in the open water, fast flat bike course and
a shadowed partly beach running course that provides a perfect set
up for the aimed Triathlon World Cup 2011 or 2012, 0r 2013 at this place. There have
been distances form 190m-5k bike -1,25 run for the youngest aged 4
years up to the full Olympic distance of 1,5swim- 40k bike- 10k run
for the adults. The main race including the Olympic Distances was
won by the 16 year old Swaleh Balala who clocked 2.27.21. In second
place was Philip Newton with 2.54.48 and in 3rd position
was Gianni Sganzerla with 3.26.26.
In the Female category, Selin Pekan from
Switzerland managed to take the 1st place with 3.00.57
beating Josephine Lamshed of Australia who finished in a time of
3.08.14 while the young triathletes Ahliya Moussa finished 3rd
is at time of 3.34.49 .
Good News For American Triathletes
Kenya 's tourism industry will celebrate the inaugural Delta Airlines Nairobi-Atlanta flight, which is scheduled to arrive at Nairobi 's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport around 4.30 p.m., next Wednesday, June 03, 2009.  Delta airline's maiden flight is using a Boeing 757-300ER, with a 221 seats capacity, and will eventually be flying over 800 travellers per week from Atlanta to Nairobi. There will be a ribbon cutting ceremony at the airport to officially launch direct flights from Nairobi to Atlanta .
The ceremony will be graced by Prime Minister Hon. Raila Odinga, Tourism Minister Hon. Najib Balala, United States of America Ambassador to Kenya H.E Michael Rannenberger, and Delta Air Lines Europe, Middle East and Africa Vice President Frank Jahangir.
In addition, Transport Minister Chirau Ali Mwakwere, Kenya 's Ambassador to the U.S Peter Ogego and former Atlanta Mayor Ambassador Andrew Young will be on board the flight.
American travellers to Kenya will now fly to Nairobi without the hassle of going through the European capitals where it takes over 30 hours and has remained a major deterrent for tourism from the US.
With the direct flight from Atlanta , this will be reduced to only 12 hours.
Earlier this year Minister Balala and the management of Delta Airlines, one of the biggest airlines in USA , reached a partnership to promote Kenya tourism in America ahead of the inaugural flight.
According to the Senior Marketing and Communication Manager of the airline Ms. Jeanne Wilson who met with the Minister at the airline's headquarters in Atlanta , Delta has the largest frequent flier database in the world that could be reached through its well-established marketing channels.
The Minister observed that the Delta Airline flights will be a big boost to the tourism sector in Kenya which is yet to attain full recovery from the effect of last years post election crisis.
"The direct air connection between the US and Nairobi and the election of President Barrack Obama is the best opportunity we have ever had to reach the huge potential of the American tourism market", said the Minister.
During his Atlanta visit the Minister also discussed with the president of Legacy Entertainment in Hollywood , Los Angeles Mr. Steven Moore plans to organize trips for US celebrities to come to Kenya for photo shoots.
Further Director of External Affairs and Community Relations, Ms. Scarlet Pressley-Brown said she will organize the travel of Ron Clark Academy students to Nairobi aboard the inaugural flight.
These are students who made performances during the Obama campaign and will provide mileage in promotion of the Delta Airlines flight as well as Kenya as a destination.
The Minister also met with the Kenya Diaspora in Atlanta , who welcomed the move by the Delta Airlines to introduce a direct flight to Nairobi as this will reduce the cost and time of travel to home.
The United States is now the second largest source market for tourist arrivals into Kenya registering 100,516 arrivals in 2007 after UK which recorded 203,494 visitors.
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HENRY BUCK OF BRAZIL TRUMPHS IN THE 2009 I.T.U. TUZO MOMBASA AFRICAN CUP
TRIATHLON
One
of the top ranked triathletes, Henry Buck of Brazil proved his position when
he took a record time of 02.00.21 to finish in the first position a course
of 1.5km swim,40km bike, 10km run
ahead of another elite triathletes Zacharia Briton of U.S.A. who took time
of 02.05.59 to take the second position in the just concluded 2009 I.T.U
African cup Triathlon held in Mombasa. However, it was the Kenyas Swaleh
Balala who stole the show when he came right behind Briton to take position
three in a time of 02.25.34 to secure a chance to share the ksh. 500,0000
prize, courtesy of the Kenya Tourism Board. In the female elite category,
youthfull kenyas Ahlia Musa proved to her dreams of becoming world top
triathletes after clearing the racing course in a time of 03.24.00 ahead of
Wanyeki Muthoni and Mary Mwahika who made a great kick to the finishing line
to finish in the second and third place.Thousands of the coastal residence
could not be kept out of this Tuzo sponsord program as they arrived in style
early in the morning to catch the action despite the chilly morning weather
punctuated by drizzle that characterized the day. Throughout the tightly
fought race, it was a lot of excitement as the three top contestants raced
through the course ahead of other local and international competitors. From
the tree tops, Treasury square park, along the buildings and from top of the
houses happiness and excitement could not be hidden on the faces of the
crowd that tried to take every advantage to catch a glimpse of this
event.The two day event started on Saturday 21st Nov. at the
Coast Academy swimming pool for the age groupers before moving to the sea
for Sundays Olympic distance race.
The Saturday event saw new records being set as new entrants came on board
to pause a great challenge to the all timer triathletes, most of whom still
proved their prowess in their categories. In the 7/u boys category,Max
McReed of Bandari club proved still too smart taking a time of 00.05.21 to
finish in the first position ahead of Nabil Dhanji and Mustafa S.
Hussein.Who came second and third respectively. In the girls category,Carmen
hasel finished in the first position with a time of 00.03.41 ahead of Sarosh
Dedani and Alisha Varia who crossed the finishing line in second and third
position respectively.In the 8/9 years girls category, Maria Brunheller gave
a hard finish kick to finish in the first position ahead of Julliet second
placed McReed and Mahima Patel, while in the same group under boys category
Victor Wambura clocked a time of 00.09.24 to finish in the top position
ahead of Telvin Kameta and Swaleh Talib placed in second and third positions
respectively.The two day event was made more colourful with great sponsors
who teamed up with the Kenya Triathlon to grace the occasion. Spin Knit
dairy of much moving Tuzo Milk and other related flavored milk products
chipped in a great deal for the seventh consecutive year to sponsor the
great event. Other main sponsors for the spectacular show came from the
Ministry of Tourism,The Kenya Tourist Board, Fairdeal Holdings, A.M.S.
Insurance. Through her closing speech, the Assistant minister for tourism
Hon. Cecily Mbarire underscored the need for encouraging sports in the
country as one of the key areas to help in marketing Kenya as one of the
greatest Tourist destination in the world. Spin Knit dairy, through their
representative praised the event organizers and pledged to continue
sponsoring other major related events in partnership with the Kenya
Triathlon. The event ended with a great dinner party/ presentation of award
sponsored by Fairdeal Holdings. It was all party as the winners in top three
positions got their cash prizes.The organizing committee through the race
director who also is the Secretary General of Kenya Triathlon,Mr. Suleiman
Said narrated a nine year journey of the event since its inception in the
country and promised even better organizations as the Country prepares to
host World cup Triathlon cum the year 2011. The 2010 triathlon has been
changed for October 21/22nd . This will be strictly for the Elite
category and the 15/16 October.There will be bigger cash rewards to all.
Start training for it.
Suleiman Said 2008 Olympic Games
Suleiman Said Selected for Olympic Games technical team. The International Triathlon Union confirmed the 43 technical officials that will handle the men’s and women’s triathlon competitions at this summer’s Beijing Olympic Games on August 18 and 19. In all, 24 countries are represented amongst the officiating team, a substantial increase from the 14 countries at the Athens Olympics.
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Davies and de Villiers win in Mombasa (November 19, 2007 )
Hendrik de Villiers from South Africa and Emma Davies from Ireland won the ITU Mombasa African Cup event on Sunday 18 November in hot and humid conditions on the African East Coast.
Emma Davies led the Elite women’s event from start to finish and performed well in the warm weather conditions after spending a week on the Kenyan coast to acclimatize to the local conditions. She exited the water in the first position and cycled the seven-lap route though downtown Mombasa on her own with Juliana Batizy-Morley (USA) and Fabienne St Louis (MRI) in hot pursuit. She started the run with a comfortable cushion and was cheered on by the appreciative local spectators lining the route. She said that it was “an amazing experience to come to Kenya and race right in the centre of Mombasa”
In the men’s event Great Britain swimming ace Richard Stannard set the pace and got out of the water at the steps of the historical Fort Jesus in a group of four that included the 2007 African Triathlon Champion,Hendrik de Villiers, Kent Horner (RSA) and Christiaan Federik from Austria. The chase group consisted of David Bardi (FRA), Mehdi Essadiq (MOR) and Chris Felgate from Zimbabwe.
The seven-lap cycle route had fully closed roads with excellent crowd control and took the athletes through the downtown area, along the golf course and through Treasury square where the main spectator and transition area were. “Complete road closure was amazing – we don’t get that often” was the comment from Kent Horner who cycled with de Villiers, Stannard and Christian Frederik (AUT) in the front group.
The shade of the big trees lining Moi avenue offered little comfort on the five-lap run as the midday heat soared to over 30 degrees celcius and took its toll on the less experienced athletes. An elated de Villiers finished first with Stannard in second position and Horner third.
The event was also the final of the 2007 African Triathlon series that started in February in Langebaan, South Africa and toured Mauritius, Namibia and Zimbabwe..jpg) |
Brilliant Start for Swaleh Balala at the All Africa Triathlon Championships in Durban.
It was an exciting moment for the two
young Kenyans at the start line up during the All African Triathlon Champs
in Durban. The event took place in South Africa in Durban.
Aliasger Sheikh Quresh, a 14 year old triathlete was out of the sport for 2 years did a great performance in spite of the long leave from the sport. Aliasger had a stiff challenge from athletes who came from South Africa, Mauritius, Re Union Islands and Zimbabwe but managed to come 12th in the 14-15 years category.
Swaleh Balala, a rising star in the Multi-sport of Triathlon set up an amazing start in Triathlon. Swaleh, who is 8 months old in the sport managed to beat the best times set by triathletes in the 2006 /2007 ITU Mombasa African Cup triathlons like the 18/19 years olds 1st position Arnaud Pajaniandy from Mauritius with 01:18:18 while Mujtaba Husseinali Dungersi with 01:20:09 and Masoud Swaleh 01:30:08 with 4th position J-Alexandre Louise from Re Union Islands with 01:40:56. He also beat the times set by the 16/17 years olds set by 1st position Lucas Parmentier from Re Union Islands with 1:19:48 while 2nd position Shaneali Husseinali Dungersi with 01:22:01 while 3rd position was Aakash Kamdar with 1:28:27.
 Swaleh who just turned 16years managed to achieve 1:12:09 in the cold and hilly terrain of Durban. He came 20th position out of 24 from the 16 years to 19 years.
“I am satisfied with the performance, he would have done better but the hand injury sustained during the training greatly affected his performance” “It has been a very important occasion for the two young athletes to be side by side with Abraham Lowe from Namibia who is ranked top ten in the World.” We are aiming now for the top and I believe that we shall reach that level in 2 years time.” says Suleiman Said who is an ITU Certified Triathlon Coach in Kenya.
The two young athletes are now in top level training program which will take them to the YULs Aquadrom Cross Triathlon which is a very important race for all Kenyan triathletes. YULs Aquadrom Triathlon is a unique event from all the rest of Triathlons on the Kenyan soil.
It will be the 1st event which will be used to select Kenyan team for Mauritius in December 2009.
The athletes are working hard to see that during the ITU Mombasa African Cup set for 21/22 November at Coast Academy and Old Town, the Visiting athletes will face a tough challenge from our triathletes.
Finally, the new and exciting Triathlon event taking place in Malindi on 12/13 of December will be the last event for the 2 young athletes in Kenya as they leave the following day for the Mauritius Continental Triathlon on 14th to 27th December 2009.
For further information on the coming events, please visit www.kenyatriathlon.com
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