Good Evening Tri-Alliance Family,

Well, hasn’t the sh*t hit the fan!  It sure did escalate quickly.  It now looks inevitable that in the not too distant future, we will have a lock-down in Victoria, which will potentially cease all non-essential activities.  As much as it pains us to say it, this will include Tri-Alliance.

What is important to us now, is to maintain a focus on your well being, your mental health, to assist with a sense of community and keep those who want to keep going, the means to facilitate that.

As you have seen in our previous communication, we have been working behind the scenes to prepare as best we can to transition into this period.  We will be in contact with MSAC first thing tomorrow morning to confirm Monday swim squad and will communicate as soon as we know.  The initiatives we will put in place from tomorrow will be as follows:

~ GO SOLO MEMBERSHIPS ~

The ‘Go Solo’ memberships are available for both Long and Short Course. It will be offered at a 50% reduced rate, to support athletes as best we can.  It will have the ability for athletes to receive programmed workouts and the option to join virtual sessions, to still enable online, face-to-face communicate via a coach.  This will be in place for the foreseeable future.  Programs with the new content will be available in CoachingMate under the current Long and Short Course programs, for you to see before you make a decision.

 ~ COACHING PROGRAMS ~

Programs will be populated on Tuesday.  We will now begin our technique block early, with no Fat April (for those new athletes, this is what we affectionately call our Recovery Month).  All programs will aim to periodise to the 2020/21 season, for short and long course athletes.

 ~ WIND TRAINERS FOR HIRE ~

Anyone on these programs will be able to hire a wind trainer for the same indefinite time period.  Prices will be set at $50 for black trainers, $60 for red trainers and $100 for silver trainers.  We will also be requesting a small, refundable deposit of $50.  All of this will be facilitated via our TriShop portal and you can pick up trainers by appointment only.  Links will be distributed shortly.

 ~ TACX WIND TRAINERS FOR SALE ~

If you wish to purchase your own trainer, we have just signed a deal with TACX Indoor Trainers which will give 20% off RRP if you are a Go Solo member (click here to learn about TACX).  Please email if you are interested, as we have not published the TriShop with TACX as yet.

 ~ TA FAMILY CIRCUMSTANCES ~

If any TA family member is genuinely experiencing hardship during these extremely difficult times, we want to do our very best to support you.  It is more important than ever that we stick together and support those who need it.  We are here to keep you moving, so please get in touch.

And finally, we have been experiencing some heart-warming acts of kindness our way already, which is wonderful.  This has included sharing ways to support our TA Family going forward.  We are very grateful and welcome the support.  We are working towards sharing a bulletin board or communication portal, where members can collaborate on ideas and support our community further.

Please be patient with us over the next 48hrs.  We are working frantically behind the scenes to put all the mechanisms in place to shift in this massive direction.

In good health, support and training.

Ollie Allan
Director/Head Coach
Ph: 1300 680 874
Fax: 03 9645 4448
Email: [email protected]