Please help us help the Hunter Medical Research Institute by fundraising as part of this year's event. It is really easy, all you have to do is build your own online fundraising page and share it with your friends and family asking them to sponsor your effort.

FUNDS RAISED

$7,309.60

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Sparke Helmore / NBN Television Triathlon Festival

21 Mar 2010

The 2010 Sparke Helmore / NBN Television Triathlon Festival will be held Sunday 21 March 2010. In the past the event has attracted a field of approximately 1400 participants each year. The Festival will continue to include the traditional short course triathlon and also a relay teams format. For 2010 the festival will include an additional distance option of 1.5km swim, 40km cycle, 10km run. This event will also be the State Olympic Distance Triathlon Championships and is sponsored by Newcastle City Council. All events are open to anyone who is sufficiently able to compete, including the Olympic Distance Event. There will be strict race limits on all events, so enter the event as soon as possible to secure a start position

Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI)

HMRI brings together talented researchers from Hunter New England Health, the University of Newcastle and Calvary Mater Newcastle, working together to find answers to diseases and illnesses that affect the whole community.

HMRI provides support for researchers and funds important studies into many areas, including cancer, stroke, premature birth, mental illness and asthma.