Run, swim and bike your way through the weekend with a category to suit everyone starting with the junior triathlon on Saturday morning, with registrations opening from 8am and racing commencing at 9am.
Across the two-day spectacle, 650 visitors and locals are poised to take part in the three major events, with spots still available for the Wharf to Winery swim on Sunday.
Following the junior presentation, there will be a break in proceedings before the 26th edition of the Morley Auto Group Sprint Triathalon gets under way, registrations opening at 3pm.
The first action-packed day will conclude at 8.30pm with the Cavalier Homes Wharf to Winery beginning early on Sunday morning.
The 3km down-river swim will begin at 9.30am, with the 1.5km swimmers beginning 10 minutes later.
10.30am is the rough finish time for all participants, who will gather at Morrison’s Riverview Winery for a barbecue brunch and entertainment before presentations at 11am.
There will be a total of $2800 in prize money to win throughout the weekend, in the Sprint Triathlon, $300 will be awarded to the first male and female as well as $300 for the first male, female and mixed teams to finish.
Competitors that would like to be in the running for prize money will be required to enter the Superclass Wave, which is the first round of participants to begin their triathlon.
2024 Ironman Australia Female Champion Regan Hollioake will be participating in the triathlon, having won the competition the previous three years, she will be gunning for a fourth title, something that has never been done before.
Echuca-Moama Tri Club president Sarah Mulkearns reflected on the staggering registration numbers for the weekend so far, with the marquee event selling out over a month in advance.
“We are actually really excited about this year, coming off our 25th year so we thought that’d be difficult to beat, but we have record registration numbers already,” she said.
“That exciting spike in numbers is across all of our events, so it is shaping up to be a great weekend again and shows that racing in regional areas has come back.
“Our sprint triathlon sold-out before Christmas which has never been done before so that is always our popular one and for the juniors, we are back at Moama Beach, we haven’t been able to race there the last couple of years due to the floods.”
Yet, while the overwhelming support for the event has been great, it has left some people wanting to partake in the weekend caught short.
However, Mulkearns said the club’s large wait list is indicative of the quality of the events put on that not just locals, but people from far and wide are willing to travel to take part in.
“We have a big wait list for our sprint triathlon, we have great feedback from people who say it is their favourite race on the calendar,” she said.
“It just goes to show that the club really does put on a fantastic event that people love participating in, it makes us want to improve every year.
“For us as a club, we centre our whole season around this competition and to be able to put it on for our club members and visitors to the wider community and beyond means so much.
“I would say 60% if not more of our entrants are from out of town, it is a big boost to our town with visitors spending money in our community and engage with all the wonderful things we have going on in our towns is great.”
For more information on Echuca Tri Club’s Multisport Weekend, visit echucamoamatriclub.com
