Melbourne corporate businesses take part in world's single most popular triathlon (Elwood Beach, 1 March)

MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday 25 February 2009

Melbourne corporate businesses take part in the World’s single most popular triathlon

Over 5,200 of Melbourne’s corporate business men and women will clash heads in the NISSAN/BRW Corporate Triathlon National Series 2009 at Elwood Beach, this Sunday 1st March.

Channel 7 TV Personalities, Mia Greves and Daniel MacPherson, along with Channel 7’s AFL commentary team, Nathan Buckley, Rick Olarenshaw and David Schwarz will be amongst the throng of eager competitors.

The Melbourne event is the single most popular triathlon staged around the World, and will launch the Series which is also staged in Perth (March 8), Adelaide (March 15), Sydney (April 5) and the Gold Coast (April 26) attracting over 15,000 competitors.

The NISSAN/BRW Corporate Triathlon National Series, now in it’s 22nd year, is an icon event on the corporate calendar across the Nation.

Some of Australia’s leading companies will take part in the event, highfliers such as ANZ, PriceWaterhouse Coopers, Ernst & Young, KPMG, Australian Unity, GE Money and Simplot Australia.

The NISSAN/BRW Corporate Triathlon National Series 2009 is proudly sponsored by Nissan, BRW, Hotham, Balmain Commercial, Terra Firma, Brooks, Michael Page and Space Multi-Vitamins.

MELBOURNE EVENT DETAILS

DATE Sunday 1 March 2009

VENUE Elwood Beach, Elwood

DISTANCES SWIM LEG - 400m CYCLE LEG - 10km

                                               RUN LEG - 4km

POST EVENT IMAGES Please call or email Adele Ormando (details below) to request post event images

Media Contact:

Adele Ormando, Sports Administration Manager – SuperSprint M: 0402 064 078 PH: (03) 9596 2340 E: adele.ormando@supersprint.com.au W: www.supersprint.com.au