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Talent Identification Day Shoreline Greystones Sunday 13th November
About the programme: The Triathlon Ireland talent identification programme has the goal of locating talented junior athletes between the ages of 14 and 23 and developing them to their full potential in the sport of triathlon. This programme is about high performance sport and developing highly talented athletes who have the potential to compete for their country. It is not a junior participation programme. We are looking for athletes with the following profile:
A strong swimming background and some running experience (school cross country, community games participation, athletics club);
Keen to represent Ireland in one of the fastest growing and exciting Olympic sports;
A willingness to work up to a standard to compete with the rest of the world.
Standards required The times/points that we look at for entry to the Junior Development Program squad are given in the High Performance Table. Details found here Athletes will be selected to attend the TID day if they have a record of the required swim and run times as outlined in the table above and by their survey submission only.
Are you interested? If you are interested in attending on Sunday, 13th November 2011 please read carefully and complete every question on the survey found below – completing a separate entry for each athlete. Incomplete surveys will not be considered.
To register you MUST complete the survey below Survey Closes on Tuesday 1st of November (5pm) Survey here
Triathlon Ireland will be in touch with all respondents – both those who are selected to attend the TID day in due course after the deadline and before the event on 13th November 2011 and all other respondents. Please wait to hear from Triathlon Ireland’s Junior Programme Manager. |
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Talent Identification Day Details Sunday 13th November 2011 10am – 5pm Meet /Swim: Shoreline Leisure Centre, Greystones, Co. Wicklow (01 2878180) Track: Shoreline Sports Park, Charlesland, Greystones Co. Wicklow (01 2016145) 14-16yrs – 200m swim and 1500m run. (Time Trial)
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Follow-up talent development programme Athletes on the talent development pathway are required to attend a monthly regional camp; these are either one day, or two days at the weekend. There will be a subsidy charged for the training camps and for competitions entered. We also hold weekly camps, mainly in the summer. Triathlon Ireland will work with the athletes existing coaches (swimming clubs, running/athletics clubs) to develop athletes to their full potential. Athletes will be given the opportunity to race at an appropriate level for their development and age. We have been running this programme for several years now and have already seen a number of juniors competing successfully and achieving results at International level. The junior squad is being capably led by TI’s accredited Talent Coaches, under the guidance of TI’s Junior Program Manager /Assistant Coach Elena Maslova. The Junior Development Program has been developed by TI Performance Director Chris Jones, who still plays a very active role in its operation.
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Some news stories on how the Junior Squad are progressing can be seen below: Junior National Series Winners Junior High Performance Training Camp European Championships – Junior Race Report
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