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Kids are unlocking their inner ‘Tri-
Hero’ by learning to swim, cycle and
run - all on the same day - as part
of Ireland’s first ever school’s based
triathlon programme.
Since it launched in the autumn
of 2016, Triathlon Ireland’s TriHeroes
schools’ triathlon programme
has already helped hundreds of
children and young teenagers
gain confidence in swimming and
cycling. TriHeroes helps teachers
introduce and deliver triathlon
activities to pupils whilst supporting
the needs of the school to deliver
the necessary Physical Education
progression for all pupils.
The programme brings together
the lifelong activities of swimming,
cycling and running to inspire,
motivate and challenge children.
TriHeroes is fun, varied, challenging
and suitable for all pupils whether
as part of the curriculum or after
school activity.
At the end of the course each
student gets the chance to take
part in a mini-triathlon, giving them
a sense of accomplishment and
allowing them participate in a safe
and positive environment.
Since the programme was
initiated in September 2016, dozens
of primary and secondary schools
have completed the programme
with hundreds of kids and teenagers
completing their first ever mini-
triathlon.
IRELAND
IRELAND BRINGS
TRIHEROES
TO SCHOOLS
The Kasumigaseki Country Club
which is scheduled to hold the
2020 Tokyo Olympics golf events
has voted to admit women as
full members, scrapping an all-
male policy that had been heavily
criticised and put its hosting rights
in jeopardy.
The club took the decision
to change its bylaws at an
extraordinary board meeting after
being told that the International
Olympic Committee (IOC) would
find another venue if the policy
remained unaltered. The club is due
to host both men's and women's
tournaments in July and August
2020 but rules forbidding women
from both playing on Sundays or
becoming full members had been
roundly condemned.
IOC vice president John Coates
had said that organisers would seek
an alternative venue if the club could
not achieve gender equality and
Olympic chief Thomas Bach reiterated
the governing body's stance.
Several notable golf clubs have
changed their policies to allow
female members in recent years.
In 2014, the Royal and Ancient
Golf Club of St Andrews decided to
allow women to join following 260
years of exclusion, after Augusta
National, home of the U.S. Masters,
had ended its men-only membership
two years earlier.
This year Muirfield voted to admit
women members, scrapping a policy
that led to the historic Scottish
links course being stripped of its
eligibility to host the British Open.
JAPAN
GOLF CLUB SCRAPS ‘ALL MALE’
POLICY UNDER THREAT OF LOSING
OLYMPIC HOSTING RIGHTS