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Posted on Oct 22 2008
The Northern Mariana Islands Triathlon Federation will soon rename itself to Saipan Adventure Club, according to federation president Russ Quinn.
The change aims to have an organization that promotes many fitness-based sports, not just triathlon.
“Since we organize different sports such as, triathlons, bike races, clinics, hikes, and runs, we felt that just labeling it ‘triathlon’ was maybe preventing people from joining. We will still be the official triathlon federation, but our name change will hopefully encourage more members and help us have a variety of activities to promote various sports,” said Quinn, who added they will use the federation’s new name next year.
Despite having only three months before calling the season off, Quinn said they are still open for membership and interested individuals who will sign up today will only pay $25, which covers the fee for the remaining months of 2008 and for the entire 2009
“That’s 14.5 months for the price of 12 (months). This fee helps us run local events and keep running, hiking, and biking trails year around, plus it allows us to introduce new sports, like orienteering. And as always, there are discounts on all NMITF-sanctioned events,” he added.
\Orienteering is an event where NMITF members/officials teach members how to use a compass and a map to find various check points.
On Nov. 1, NMITF official Tyce Mister will be holding an orienteering with the federation setting up a course for teams to go and find all the check points. Participants will be given orienteering kits, which the federation recently purchased.
Other events in the remaining months of 2008 under the calendar of the federation are the DFS Halloween Run (Oct. 25), Historic Hike (Nov. 2), a mountain bike race for beginners (Nov. 8), Rota Triathlon (Nov. 16), Tough Love III (Nov. 23), Turkey Trot (Nov. 27), Hell of the Marianas (Dec. 6), and the Cross Island Relay (Dec. 27).
“For 2009, we believe we have a good line up of existing activities and races. We will focus on better marketing to bring in higher numbers of participants,” Quinn said.
