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Thanks to our major partners Healthway and Fuel to Go & Play, the colouring competition is back for 2025! Print and colour in our BFOT colouring page, then return it to us on race weekend for your chance to win 1 of 4 great prizes!

How to enter:

1. Download and print OR grab a colouring sheet at the event and colour in.
2. Fill in your contact details on the back of the sheet
3. Take your masterpiece to the Fuel to Go & Play tent in the expo area on Saturday or Sunday during event weekend and pop your entry in the box. That’s it!

We’ll have some art supplies and printed colouring sheets available across event weekend in the expo area so you can colour in on event day, or you can print the sheet at home and bring your artwork to teh festival already completed.

All kids aged under 14 are eligible to participate in this competition with parent/guardian permission. Each entry must include the entrants name, age, and an email address so that our team can contact the winners.

There will be four (4) fun prize packs up for grabs. Two (2) prize packs will be given to kids under 7 years, and two (2) prize packs will be given to kids over 7 years. Prize packs include the following:

PRIZE PACK – Under 7 years
– $25 sports gift card, thanks to Fuel to Go & Play
– Busselton Festival Hat
– Colouring in pencils and crayons
– Fuel to Go & Play backsack, smoothie cup and water bottle.

PRIZE PACK – Over 7 years
– 1 x Free entry to the 2025 Kids Triathlon
– Busselton Festival Hat
– Colouring in pencils and crayons
– Fuel to Go & Play backsack, smoothie cup and water bottle.

How winners are chosen:
The Triathlon WA team will select three winners from the entries received based on creativity, colouring-in skills, and the age of the entrant. Winners will be notified via the email address provided on the colouring sheet by 1 June 2025. Prize packs will then be posted/mailed to the winners.

THANK YOU!
Thank you to our colouring competition partners: Healthway, Fuel to Go & Play, and Triathlon WA.

The Western Australian Government has renewed support for the annual multisport event for the next three years, with the festival expected to attract up to 8,000 competitors and spectators in 2025 alone.

The extra visitors to the South West will boost the local tourism economy and support jobs and hospitality venues throughout the region.

The 2025 Busselton Festival of Triathlon will be held from 3 to 4 May, and is staged along the picturesque Busselton Foreshore, with events including the Busselton 100, Foreshore Triathlon and Kids Triathlon.

The headline event, the Busselton 100, attracts some of the world’s elite endurance athletes to battle it out as they race through iconic locations of the South West.

The course starts with a two-kilometre swim alongside the longest timber-piled jetty in the Southern Hemisphere, the Busselton Jetty, then athletes embark on an 80-kilometre bike ride through the Tuart Forest before an 18-kilometre run along the spectacular Busselton Foreshore to take them to the finish line.

The event also features the Busselton 100 Teams Triathlon, an Aquabike event, and a health and lifestyle expo.

Registrations are now open at www.busseltonfestivaloftriathlon.com.au

Comments attributed to Tourism Minister Rita Saffioti:

“We’re proud to continue our support of the popular Busselton Festival of Triathlon for the next three years, as we continue to deliver an always on calendar of diverse tourism events to drive visitors to our State and regional towns.

“Mass participation events like this one encourage participants and spectators from near and far to compete and cheer on their friends and family, while also supporting jobs and the local hospitality and tourism industry.

“It is fantastic to continue this annual event, and I encourage anyone heading down to Busselton to extend their stay and explore more of the beautiful South West region.”

Comments attributed to Regional Development Minister Don Punch:

“The Busselton Festival of Triathlon is becoming a firm favourite on the South West events calendar, and it is great to have secured this regional event for three more years.

“As a proud South West local, I know this event adds huge vibrancy to Busselton and surrounding regional towns, while boosting local economies and invigorating local communities.”

Comments attributed to South West MLC Jackie Jarvis:

“We’re very excited to welcome competitors and spectators to this fantastic event for the next three years, helping to create a great weekend atmosphere along and around the foreshore.

“Importantly, these events also provide great benefits for our broader community, bringing in valuable visitor spend and supporting our local operators.”

If you’re one of the first 100 Standard or Premium AusTriathlon members from WA to register for the Busselton 100, you’ll be in the running for an awesome prize pack thanks to our friends at The Goose and Fat Duck Cycles!

Eligibility:
You must be a current financial Standard or Premium member of AusTriathlon who resides in Western Australia at the time of your race entry, and be one of the first 100 eligible members to sign up to the 2025 Busselton 100 event. This event is 18 years and up.

Prize:
There will be one (1) prize pack up for grabs.

PRIZE PACK includes:
– 1 x $100 voucher to indulge at The Goose, Busselton, &
– 1 x $100 voucher to spend at Fat Duck Cycles, Busselton
– 1 x TWA water bottle, towel, and baseball cap

How winners are chosen:
Memberships will be checked prior to the prize draw. The Triathlon WA team will assign all eligible entries a number. A random number generator will be used to select the winner. Winner will be notified via phone or email by 1 December 2024.

THANK YOU!
Thank you to our supporters: Fat Duck Cycles and The Goose, Busselton for their generous donation of these competition prizes

Print and colour in our 2024 Busselton Festival of Triathlon colouring page, then return it to us on race weekend for your chance to win 1 of 3 great prizes.

This year, the colouring comp image features our 2023 Busselton 100 Female Open winner, Rachael Smyth!

How to enter:

1. Download and print OR grab a colouring sheet at the event and colour in.
2. Fill in your contact details on the back of the sheet
3. Take your masterpiece to the Ludlow Tuart Forest Restoration tent in the expo area on Saturday or Sunday and pop your entry in the box. That’s it!

We’ll have some art supplies and printed colouring sheets available across event weekend in the expo area so you can colour in on event day, or you can print the sheet at home and bring your artwork to teh festival already completed.

All kids aged under 14 are eligible to participate in this competition with parent/guardian permission. Each entry must include the entrants name, age (as at 31/12/2023), and a contact (email/phone number) so that our team can contact the winners.

There will be three (3) fun prize packs up for grabs. 1 prize pack will be given to kids under 7 years, and two prize packs will be given to kids over 7 years. Prize packs include the following

PRIZE PACK – Under 7 years
– 2 x Adult and 2 x Child Busselton Jetty Train voucher
– 1 x Wanda’s Ultimate Gift Pack (Unleished Art picture book and sticker pack)
– Busselton Festival Hat
– Colouring in pencils

PRIZE PACK – Over 7 years
– 1 x Free entry to the 2025 Kids Triathlon
– 1 x Wanda’s Ultimate Gift Pack (Unleished Art picture book and sticker pack)
– Busselton Festival Hat
– Colouring in pencils

How winners are chosen:
The Triathlon WA team will select three winners from the entries received based on creativity, colouring-in skills, and the age of the entrant. Winners will be notified via the contact method provided on the colouring sheet (phone or email) by 1 June 2024.

THANK YOU!
Thank you to our colouring competition partners: the Busselton Jetty Association, Unleished Art and Triathlon WA.

Triathlon WA are so excited and humbled to share that the 2023 SunSmart Busselton Festival of Triathlon won the inaugural Community Sporting Event of the Year award at the WA Sport Awards hosted by SportWest on Thursday 29 February 2024!

The Community Sporting Event of the Year award recognises an outstanding sporting festival, event or exhibition that has been delivered successfully in WA, with benefits to the athletes, the sport, and the local community.

It was a really brilliant selection of nominees in our category, so we are stoked to have won. Congratulations to our fellow finalists Bike it to Ballidu Gravel (Cycling), and the Harmony Cup Nines (Rugby League).

We’d like to thank all athletes, volunteers, officials, staff members, supporters, expo retailers, food vendors, charity partners, and everyone else who contributed to the success of the SunSmart Busselton Festival of Triathlon last season.

Thank you to our major partners, Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries,Healthway and SunSmart, Tourism Western Australia and City of Busselton. We also sincerely thank our 2023 event partners EventMatrix, KC Australia, Blue Chip Timing, Koda Nutrition, Hit FM, KDK Family Law, Keep on Running, SCODY, The Margaret River Region, Woolworths Busselton, Ludlow Tuart Forest Restoration Group, Cancer Council Western Australia, MiTIME, Clip Media, Outside the Locker Room , FinisherPix, and World Triathlon.

It was so wonderful to celebrate the achievements of the WA sporting community.

Other Award Nominees from our Triathlon WA community included:

• Steve Gleeson: Coach of the Year Nominee
• Gaye McKean: Official of the Year Nominee
• David Budge: Service to Sport Nominee
• Nick Thompson: Sports Star Nominee
• Sally Pilbeam: Sports Star Nominee

Thank you to SportWest (and HBF Stadium / VenuesWest) for hosting such a wonderful event, and congratulations to all winners!

Triathlon Western Australia would like to advise all members and competitors that the date for 2024 Busselton 100 will now be Sunday 5 May 2024, with the Busselton Foreshore Triathlon and Kids Triathlon moving to Saturday 4 May 2024. The Fun Run will not be taking place in 2024.

Participant safety is our main priority. The decision to change the date was not made lightly and was based on the safety concerns raised by the community, athletes, event staff, and the City of Busselton. Confirming this new date will improve the participant experience, improve road safety, and help our event be more cohesive with the local Busselton community.

In our post-event participant survey, many athletes commented on the number of cars on the road during the bike leg. The City of Busselton has grown its population in recent years which means increased local traffic, and more residents and businesses impacted by our event road closures. Additionally, more families moving to Busselton means the winter sports season is busier than ever, with parents driving kids to and from their Saturday morning sports around the time most bikes would hit the course.

Having the Foreshore and Kids events on the Saturday instead of the Busselton 100 will allow us to better manage the increased traffic and improve safety, as these events are much shorter (distance and timewise) and contained to the main event area. This is as opposed to the Busselton 100 bike leg, which is 80km, heads out into the Ludlow Tuart Forest, and has hundreds of athletes on course for several hours.
Families competing in the Kids Triathlon and Foreshore Triathlon may be more likely to stay on for Sunday and spectate during the Busselton 100, which in turn will improve the event atmosphere and make for a better finish line experience for our long course athletes.

Additionally, the Busselton 100 being on Sunday means that athletes will now check their bikes in on Saturday afternoon after the Foreshore and Kids events have ended. Busselton 100 and AquaBike athletes will no longer have to come straight from work on Friday afternoon or take unnecessary time off from work before the event. We hope this will make for a more relaxed and enjoyable race.

With more than 9 months to go until event weekend, any athletes who have already made accommodation arrangements based on the previously announced date should be able to alter them now with no penalty.

Thank you for your support of the event, and we hope to see you down in beautiful South-West WA for another amazing Busselton Festival of Triathlon. Event registrations are set to open September 2023.

We are deeply saddened to confirm the passing of an athlete who participated in the SunSmart Busselton 100 held on Saturday 29 April 2023.

We extend our sincere sympathies and condolences to the family and friends of the athlete, and we ask that their privacy be respected during this difficult time.

Thank you to the athletes, event medical team and emergency services who provided immediate medical support on the bike leg of the course prior to the athlete being transferred to hospital.

The safety and well-being of our Triathlon community is of the utmost importance to us, and we are grateful for the swift and effective response of nearby athletes, safety and medical personnel, and emergency services.

Support is being made available to all members of the Triathlon community impacted. Please feel free to contact Triathlon Western Australia if you would like any further assistance through this difficult time.

For more information on the support available, please contact Triathlon Western Australia via email: [email protected]

More than 40 of the Oceania region’s top elite, U23 and Junior athletes will travel to Busselton, Western Australia this month to compete in the Oceania Triathlon Cup Busselton; a Super Sprint Eliminator race for ranking points ahead of the 2023 international season.

The 2023 Oceania Triathlon Cup Busselton will take place between 10am and 1pm AWST on Friday 28 April 2023 as part of the SunSmart Busselton Festival of Triathlon. Presentations will be held at 1.30pm AWST.

In the elite male field, local athletes Luke Bate, Zeke Tinley, Kurt Wesley, Nick Thompson and Reece Harris will have the home ground advantage against their interstate and international competition. 

The WA representation in the elite female field will be just as fierce, with Aleisha Wesley, Sian Munks, and Herlene Yu (racing for SGP) set to light up the course.

They’ll have their work cut out for them though, with Olympian Emma Jeffcoat and Commonwealth Games representatives Charlotte McShane and Luke Willian also taking on the Cup.

It’s a massive opportunity for our local U23 and Junior athletes to experience this level of racing, with Rhianna Hepburn, Madison Toovey, Joshua Neervoort, James Kjellgren-Lewis, Joshua Fletcher, Tommaso Puccini, Ivan Nagel and Indie Arbuckle set to take on the challenge.

Dylan Holland (SA), Henry McMecking (NZL), Oliver Larcombe (NZL), Jack Crome (QLD), Liam Dixon (NSW), Luke Schofield (NSW), Monty Dixon (NSW), Yoann Colin (ACT), Jayden Schofield (NSW), Tzu I Pan (TPE), Kye Wylde (QLD), Lleyton Wall (NSW), Rory Thornhill (ACT), and Lachlan Jones (QLD) round out the Men’s field.

Erika Tanno (JPN), Natasha Bowyer (NZL), Briana Mow (QLD), Chloe Bateup (ACT), Ellie Hoitink (QLD), Maddison Yarrow (QLD), Jessica Ewart-McTigue (QLD), Victoria Gillies (QLD), Angharad Llewellyn (NZL) and Emma Olsen Keating (NSW) round out the Women’s field.

OCEANIA PARA CUP BUSSELTON

For the first time in history, the SunSmart Busselton Festival of Triathlon will also play host to the 2023 Oceania Para Cup Busselton.

This event will take place between 7.30am and 9.30am AWST on Sunday 30 April 2023. Presentations will be held at 10.30am AWST. As a World Triathlon Continental Cup, this race will provide a crucial ranking points opportunity for Australia’s top para triathletes ahead of the Paralympic qualification period starting 1 July.

WA athletes Nige Young (PTWC), Brant Garvey (PTS2), Paralympian David Bryant (PTS5) and two time World Triathlon Cup winnerSally Pilbeam (PTS4) will get a chance to race in their home state.

Other para triathletes racing include Kurt Peterson (PTS4), Liam Twomey (PTS4), Commonwealth Games medallist Sam Harding (PTVI), Sara Tait (PTWC), Hannah MacDougall (PTS4), Maggie Sandles (PTVI) and Caroline Baird (PTVI).

Athletes Sam Harding (PTVI), David Bryant (PTS5) and Liam Twomey (PTS4) all won last year’s Oceania Cups and will be looking to retain their titles in Busselton. It’s set to be an exciting morning out on course!

For more information about the event, please see the links below or visit www.busseltonfestivaloftriathlon.com.au.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Full Oceania Cup Start List: https://triathlon.org/events/event/2023_oceania_triathlon_cup_busselton

Full Para Cup Start List: https://triathlon.org/events/event/2023_oceania_triathlon_para_cup_busselton

Event Schedule: https://www.busseltonfestivaloftriathlon.com.au/oceania-triathlon-cup-event-schedule/

Course Maps: https://www.busseltonfestivaloftriathlon.com.au/oceania-triathlon-cup-busselton-course-maps/

Triathlon Western Australia is pleased to announce a new addition to the 2023 SunSmart Busselton Festival of Triathlon lineup! For the first time in the festival’s history, Barnard Park will play host to the 2023 Oceania Cup Busselton and the 2023 Oceania Triathlon Para Cup Busselton.

The 2023 Oceania Triathlon Cup will take place from 10am AWST on Friday 28 April 2023. Australia’s top elite and U23 athletes will compete over the Super Sprint Eliminator race in the race for ranking points ahead of the 2023 international season.

The 2023 Oceania Para Cup will take place from 7.30am AWST on Sunday 30 April 2023. WA legends including David Bryant and Sally Pilbeam will get a chance to race in their home state. As a World Triathlon Continental Cup, the race will also provide a crucial ranking points opportunity for Australia’s top para triathletes ahead of the Paralympic qualification period starting 1 July.

Triathlon Australia and Triathlon New Zealand are looking to further improve representation across the region. These events pose an excellent opportunity for Australian athletes to earn points towards a world ranking, and continue to develop and test their skills, which is important as we look to Paris and beyond.

Triathlon Western Australia Executive Director Glenn Te Raki says the entire TWA team are excited to have the level of Elite competition that both the Continental Cup events will bring to the Busselton Festival of Triathlon.

“To have a number of elite athletes from the Oceania region attending this weekend festival will showcase the sport of Triathlon in Western Australia and add to the excitement of the Busselton 100 and the associated events being held over the weekend,” said Te Raki.

“We welcome everyone along to experience this first-time opportunity in Busselton to watch the very best athletes compete in these events and thank our sponsors and partners for assisting us to bring this showcase to the Busselton Festival of Triathlon.”

Triathlon Western Australia President Brenden Koh said the addition of Oceania Triathlon racing brings a new level of excitement and opportunity.

“Triathlon Western Australia is thrilled to welcome the inclusion of these events at the SunSmart Busselton Festival of Triathlon,” said Koh.

The Busselton Festival of Triathlon has a rich history and tradition of providing a platform for athletes to showcase their skills, and we are confident that the addition of Oceania Triathlon racing will continue to raise the bar for this iconic event. We look forward to seeing the best of the best compete in Busselton and inspiring the next generation of triathletes,” he said.

For more information about the event, please see the links below or visit www.busseltonfestivaloftriathlon.com.au.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Event Schedule: https://www.busseltonfestivaloftriathlon.com.au/oceania-triathlon-cup-event-schedule/

Course Maps: https://www.busseltonfestivaloftriathlon.com.au/oceania-triathlon-cup-busselton-course-maps/