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In its 10 year history, the Winter Multisport Series has become the leading triathlon series in KwaZulu Natal and continuously attracts top athletes, recreational athletes and entire families from all over South Africa. The event grows in stature every year and this can be seen by the constant growth of participation of roughly 15% year on year for the past 5 years.
2010 bring about some exciting changes, according to the requests from the athletes themselves. In 2010 we will be keeping to our 4 events, however spreading them out over the year, to draw more interest and to avoid any clashes with the 2010 Soccer World Cup.
Other changes to the series will be:
1. Orientating the series to a more family orientated Series
2. Glen Gore and Sports Guide to drive a "Triathlon Workshop". This will encourage families and get rid of the "Daunting" first timer syndrome
3. We stage a new Rookie Duathlon event which will encourage new young competitors and the families to participate in a shorter distance duathlon
4. A "Race Village" will be set up on the Suncoast Sundeck
5. Kids entertainment area on the Sundeck (Jumping castle etc)
6. Staging of 3 Sprint races and 1 Olympic Distance race
With full road closure from Durban Metro Police and a fantastic family setting at Suncoast Casino, this series always has a fantastic vide and an endless supply of fun.
It's not only participation that has grown over the years. Year on year we see a steady increase in the number of spectators at the events. These spectators often end up becoming athletes themselves taking part in the shorter Rookie triathlons for the first time to try something new.
2010 PROPOSED DATES
#1 - 28th March - Sprint
#2 - 29th August - Sprint
#3 - 3rd October - Sprint
#4 - 5th December (Olympic Distance & Final)
2009 MEDIA GROWTH
In 2009 we hit a new record on our Sponsors return on investment. We grew our sponsors exposure and association by 46.5% from 2008, which shows that our Public relations and marketing strategy has been a resounding success for all our sponsors and athletes.
In 2008 Our Media Values were approx R510 000 for the 6 month period. In 2009 we increased this to over R747 100 over the 6 months (This excludes all Internet and website based exposure worth approx an extra R115 000)
We look forward to seeing all you new and old competitors at the 2010 Compendium Multi-Series right here at Suncoast.
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