Event History & Background
The 'Police Tri' is one of the longest running triathlon events in the Wellington region, and was started in the mid 1980s.
It has gone through a number of different locations, starting at Lyall Bay as a Standard Distance Triathlon.
For the last decade the 'Police Tri' has been held at Motukaraka Point, on the Pauatahanui Inlet, North of Porirua and run over a Sprint distance course.
Until now this event has been organised by the local Police who have used it as their Wellington Police Champs. Although the event has always been open to everyone else (the 'all comers').
For 2010, the Police have approached Fedude Sports, to help revitalise the event and widen the promotion of this wonderful event and course, out to a larger cross section of the triathlon community.
Therefore for this year we are excited to announce that Fedude Sports, has incorporated this iconic Wellington event into the normal Contact Scorching Triathlons series. We have also added a shorter distance for those who might find the 750 swim too taxing, making this even more so a Triathlon for all.
With your support, we'll do our best to continue the legend of this great Wellington iconic Triathlon event - a real event with real history.
Read on for the who, what, when & how specific for this event.
Event Timeline
Registration - (the day before the
event), i.e. -
- Saturday February 27th 2010
Registration Location : Porirua Police Station, Porirua,
PLEASE NOTE ALTERED TIMINGS BELOW
- Registration between : 1:00pm - 4:00pm
- Late entries(subject to availability): 1:00pm - 4:00pm (first come first served basis)
- Event Briefings: 2:30pm or 4:00pm
Event
morning, i.e. -
- Sunday February 28th 2010
Event Location: Motukaraka Point, Pauatahanui Inlet
PLEASE NOTE ALTERED TIMINGS BELOW
- Transition Opens: 9:00am
- Transition to be cleared by : 10:40am
- Event Briefing updates : 10:30am
- Event Starts:
- Medium Option
- Mens & Teams: 10:45am
- Women: 10:47am
- Short Option
- Mens & Teams: 11:05am
- Women: 11:07am
- (Note:
Duathletes will start at the same time as the relevant Triathlon Option (i.e. those duathletes doing the medium course, will start with the medium course triathletes, from the same place on the beach)
- Prizegiving : After last participant finishes (Approximately 1:00pm)
Course Distances
The distances available at the Feb 28th Police & All comers Triathlon are:
|
Triathlon option |
Duathlon option |
| Short |
Swim 300m, Cycle 14k, Run 2.5k |
Run 1.3k, Cycle 14k, Run 2.5k |
| Medium 750 |
Swim 750m, Cycle 20k, Run 5k |
Run 2.5k, Cycle 20k, Run 5k |
Course Descriptions
Short Course
The short course comprises of a
- Swim 300m, sheltered and usually flat
- Cycle 14km, exits transition and heads
North from Motukaraka Point along Grays Road, at the end of Grays Road the cycle turns up Paekakariki Hill Road until the turn at #528 then return to Transition
- Run 2.5km, exits transition and heads
around Motukaraka Point coastline to rejoin Grays Road approximately 800m later, then continues along the edge of Grays Road, to the turn 1.25k from transition, at this point you turn away from the road and return back to Motukaraka Point via the wetlands track
For duathletes, the opening swim is replaced with a 1.3k run (which goes partway around Motukaraka Point only)
Medium (sprint) Course
The Medium Course comprises of a
- Swim 750m, sheltered and usually flat one lap
- Cycle 20km, exits transition and heads North from Motukaraka Point along Grays Road, at the end of Grays Road the cycle turns up Paekakariki Hill Road until the turn approximately 2k past Battle hill Farm entrance then return to Transition
- Run 5km, exits transition and heads around Motukaraka Point coastline to rejoin Grays Road approximately 800m later, then continues along the edge of Grays Road, to the turn 2.5k from transition (just short of the Paekakariki Hill Road intersection), You begin retracing your route back to transition along the road, after 600m you will turn of the road edge and return back to Motukaraka Point via the wetlands track
For duathletes, the opening swim is replaced with a 2.5k run (which is as per the Short Course's 2.5k Closing Run)
Course Maps & Photos
Please find below basic course maps for the swim, bike and run components of the Police Tri
Detailed course information (UPDATED!)
We have now updated the course information more fully for your reference, please check out these details
Age limits
We have a minimum age requirement for each of the event options, for
Health & Safety reasons this must be adhered to by all participants.
The minimum age varies dependent on the distance (all ages are as at the event date):
- For the short course the minimum age of all participants is 10 years old.
- For the medium course the minimum age of all participants is 13 years old.
To Enter
Please note that there is a strict limit on the number of entries we can accept for this event. The maximum number of entries we can take (over all options) will be 200.
Therefore we strongly encourage early entry for this special edition limited event (please no tears or tantrums when the places have all gone).
Click on the Enter now button to the left of this page to claim your spot.
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