South Island Tri Development Camps

We run developments camps for 14-19 year old athletes typically twice a year (February and October)

The South Island Tri Development Camps are open to motivated development athletes aged 14–19. While these are not an elite camps, they designed for athletes who have shown promise in triathlon or one of the individual sports and want to take their triathlon training to the next level.

🏕️ Camp Details Venues:

• February Camp: Timaru over Waitangi weekend (arrive Friday, depart Monday)

• October camp: Christchurch / Hanmer Spring Dates: Thursday 7th October to Sunday 10th October .

👥 Coaching Team

• Chris Clark – 30 years of coaching experience, lead junior coach for Canterbury Triathlon Club, part of the TriNZ High Performance Pathway, Hawaii Ironman qualifier.

• Tess Mattern - High performance coach with Triathlon New Zealand

• John Newsom – Full-time triathlon coach with 25+ years’ experience, former professional triathlete, ex-TriNZ High Performance coach, 34 years of racing experience. If we have 20+ athletes we will add a 3rd coach Assistant coach:

• Andrew Collins – Coach, teacher, and athlete.

💰 Camp CostsCosts TBC but the last 2 camps have been $425 (excluding food) this includes accomodation, transport, pool bookings, professional coaching, food preparation supervision and more.

✅ Athlete Requirements Athletes must:

• Be entering Year 10 or above in 2027. The upper age limit is 20 but we expect most to be 18 years or under.

• Be confident and competent in road cycling and open water swimming

• Be comfortable staying away from home

• Help cook and prepare meals with teammates No parental assistance is required for the camp, though athletes may be asked to bring some food items.

📩 How to Apply: To sign up fill in details on this form https://forms.gle/47RCVYdpv66jdkKy6

Or for more information: Email: events@canterburytriclub.co.nz Phone: 021 399 774