{"id":4923,"date":"2020-11-17T22:09:32","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T11:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtc.org.au\/wp20\/?p=4923"},"modified":"2020-11-17T22:15:31","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T11:15:31","slug":"mtc-takes-hits-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtc.org.au\/wp20\/2020\/11\/17\/mtc-takes-hits-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Mighty MTC takes lead in new HITS league"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Following a number of podiums from our fantastic members at the recent HEvents Maitland Triathlon, Maitland Traithlon Club have gathered maximum points and have taken first place ahead of Newcastle Triathlon Club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Age group wins by Scott Salmon, Kari Armitage, Emma Stallard and Brett Hyland helped lift MTC to the maximum 25 points for an event, with NTC close behind with 21 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second event of the series is only days away, being the Port Stephens Triathlon Festival held by Elite Energy on Saturday 21st November. This weekend&#8217;s event is the only one of the series run at the Sprint distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the &#8220;home&#8221; event for Tomaree Club, they will hope to have a good showing to improve on their current third place, equal with Lake Macquarie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final two events for the new HITS league are the Sparke Helmore Newcastle Triathlon in February 2021, and the 2021 Triathlon NSW club champs running in May at Forster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the full story, check out the Triathlon NSW Forager League page and the HEvents results page for the 2020 Quarry Mining Maitland Triathlon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo by Lee Piggott of Pappigo Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a number of podiums from our fantastic members at the recent HEvents Maitland Triathlon, Maitland Traithlon Club have gathered maximum points and have taken first place ahead of Newcastle Triathlon Club. 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