The latest TESE committee meeting was the best attended I can remember with 8 individuals meeting to try and develop the sport in our region. Kat Valk, our new regional development manager, met the committee members for the first time and is very enthusiastic about her new role. We shall be hearing from Kat herself on the blog soon. Nick de Mayer, the new Senior Development Coach also attended and was equally motivated with new and fresh ideas for triathlon in the South East.
As we head through April and the 2008 season starts to crank up in pace a lot of us are getting focused on racing. The region however also has some early season challenges with the Corus Elite series coming to Reading on 18th May and the Kids of Steel event at Crawley K2 on 20th May. Two high profile events within a week and that is where the focus is for the committee and for the new triathlon employees in coming weeks. In addition we see the first race in our Youth series on 18th May at Bicester and on the 11th May we have the first Tri Star Multisport race at Crawley K2.
Beyond that we have a great opportunity for coaching this year in the region with the addition of the two new development coaches. We are hoping to put together a regional coaching conference at some stage this year so we can get coaches in the region swapping ideas and the very latest thinking.
The full minutes of the meeting shall be available on the TESE website shortly.
Dan James, TESE Secretary
