{"id":26933,"date":"2012-10-15T09:17:50","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T13:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=26933"},"modified":"2012-10-15T09:20:55","modified_gmt":"2012-10-15T13:20:55","slug":"united-world-colleges-triathlon-open-for-registration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2012\/10\/united-world-colleges-triathlon-open-for-registration","title":{"rendered":"Registration Opens For United World Colleges Triathlon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Registration is now open for the second annual UWC Triathlon Bahamas fundraiser slated for Sunday, October 28 starting promptly at 8.30 am at The Clifton Heritage Park.\u00a0 The event will consist of three races, so that everyone can participate and challenge themselves at a fitting level.\u00a0 There will be a Kid\u2019s race, a Sprint distance and an Olympic distance race for pros and seasoned age groupers.\u00a0 Relay teams are permitted for both the kids and Sprint distance races.<\/p>\n

Barbara Ann Bernard, Race Director and\u00a0 UWC Graduate, expressed her excitement over this year\u2019s event which has more than doubled in numbers since its inception in 2011.\u00a0 \u201cThe Triathlon is the UWC\u2019s major fundraiser to provide 2 year scholarships to deserving Bahamians to take part in a transformative UWC education at campuses around the world.\u00a0 This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the UWC organization worldwide and the 40th Anniversary of the National Committee here in The Bahamas.<\/p>\n

As most\u00a0 UWC graduates seek to apply their commitment to positive social change throughout their lives, I am proud that a UWC education can, and often does, benefit whole communities, not just the individual who receives the scholarship.\u201d Additional information on the scholarship programme can be found on the National Committee website www.bahamas-uwc.org or their facebook page.<\/p>\n

The pro race has attracted a group of 30 world class triathletes including American, Canadian and Swedish Olympians and several Ironman and Half Ironman champions.\u00a0 The pro race will be covered by Triathlete Magazine and being conducted around the Clifton Heritage Park will really showcase our Country\u2019s natural beauty.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pro triathlete response has been overwhelmingly positive and they are genuinely excited to bring a passion for educational philanthropy and triathlon to life\u201d, stated Ms Bernard.\u00a0 \u201cThe pros have been invited to spend additional days after the event and have expressed their interest in speaking to schools and athletic organizations whilst here.\u00a0 We would like to sincerely thank our very generous sponsors, Highbourne Cay, Hincapie Sports, Frank Crothers, Carlo Milano, KPMG, Cycles Unlimited, Bahamas HotMix and JS Johnson for making this event possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Triathlon is an all day, fun filled family affair.\u00a0 In addition to the sporting events, there will be booths set up with food and drinks for sale, UWC scholarship information and live entertainment throughout the day.\u00a0 For those persons interesting in participating, online registration and other information can be found on the official website www.uwctriathlon.com. The Kids Triathlon includes a 100m Swim, 5km Bike and 1 km Run. The Sprint Distance Triathlon is a 750m Swim, 20km Bike and 5 km Run.\u00a0 The Olympic and Pro\u00a0 Distance Triathlon is a 1.5 km Swim, 40km Bike and 10 km Run.<\/p>\n

Pam Burnside<\/em><\/span>
\nUWC National Committee<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Registration is now open for the second annual UWC Triathlon Bahamas fundraiser slated for Sunday, October 28 starting promptly at 8.30 am at The Clifton Heritage Park. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[21,105,131],"class_list":["post-26933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","tag-educational","tag-events-2","tag-sports-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26933\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}