22/10/2026
Looks like a challenge has been laid down! One month to go team, get your entires in and look out for the HTC gazebo on course supporting Waikato's finest :)
🚨 TINMAN CLUB LEADERBOARD: THE ROASTING BEGINS 🚨
🥇 Tauranga – 49 entries 🏆
No wonder we won Tri NZ Club of the Year 2025! We don't just talk club spirit. We turn up in bulk. At this point we’re not sure if this is a triathlon club or a Tinman fan club. 😂😎
🥈 Auckland – 33
Okay, Auckland. Respectable. We’ll allow it. 👀
🚨 North Harbour Tri – 9
ONE OF NZ’s biggest clubs and NINE entries?! You have hundreds of members! This is your intervention. Get recruiting! We KNOW you have more bikes than this. 🚴♂️ 😂
🌿 Waitakere – 1
Westies, COME OUT OF THE HILLS! There's a whole triathlon happening down here!
🏖️ Hibiscus Coast – 1
All those beautiful beaches and only ONE entrant? Surely you can leave the sand for a weekend and visit ours! 😂
🚗 Hamilton – 8 entries
WE ACTUALLY FORGOT HAMILTON. 💀
With eight entries, we’re starting to understand why. 😂
Even the roast forgot you existed. 😭
Come on, Waikato! Give us a reason to remember you! 👀🔥
🌋 Taranaki – 6
We thought you were hardcore! It's only about a four-hour drive. Too far? We thought not! 👀
🌞 Eastern BOP – 1
EBOP, you're practically next door. You could almost ride here! What's the hold-up? 🚴
🌅 Eastland – 1
Gizzy, time to venture beyond your corner of the country! Come see what the rest of NZ is up to. We promise to let you go home eventually. 😂
🌾 Manawatu – 5
Trade the paddocks for Pilot Bay and come find some sunshine. ☀️🌊
🥶 Dunedin – 2
Surely you want to escape to somewhere warmer? Sunshine, beaches, Tinman. You're welcome! 😂
🏔️ Christchurch – 4
Okay CHC, it's a long way. But someone's already made the commitment, so where's the rest of you? 👀
😈 AND TO THE 130 NON-CLUB MEMBERS…
130 of you are entering Tinman without a tri club behind you?!
No club kit. No club banter. No group chat blowing up about training… just raw independence.
Consider this your sign to find your tribe. Your future training buddies are waiting!
❤️ AND TO OUR 100 RETURNING RACERS…
We see you, legends! 🏆 Back for another round of swim, bike, run and questionable life choices.
Thanks for making Tinman part of your season. We love a repeat offender! 🔥
📣 COME ON, NEW ZEALAND!
Are you seriously going to let Tauranga sit comfortably on 49?!
North Harbour, we're looking at you. 👀 Everyone else, bring your mates, bring your club kit and bring the rivalry!
⏰ ONLINE ENTRIES CLOSE WEDNESDAY 18 NOVEMBER AT MIDNIGHT.
There's still time to ruin our fun. 😈
🏊♂️🚴♀️🏃♂️ Marra Construction Tinman Triathlon
📅 Sunday 22 November 2026
👉 Enter here: https://triathlontauranga.org.nz/events/tinman/
Tauranga: 49. Your move, NZ. 😏🏆
