Multi Sport Promotions was founded with the desire to produce top-quality multi-sport events on Vancouver Island. Our first event was the Double Trouble Off-Road Duathlon in 1994. Since that time we have put on seven New Balance Half Iron triathlons, off-road duathlons, road duathlons, a mountain bike race, a Splash and Dash, and an off-road triathlon. Our events and the interest in them have continued to grow since our inception. We receive requests for information about our events locally, provincially, nationally and globally.

Normon Thibault
The President of Multi Sport Promotions is Normon Thibault. Normon competed in his first triathlon on a dare in 1987. Since being last out of the water in his first race he has gone on to be a National Age Group Champion, and the 2000 Age Group World Champion at the Xterra Off-Road Triathlon in Hawaii. He has represented Canada at three world championship events. Norm competed in the 2001 Mizone-Endurazone Adventure Race - a 28-day adventure stage race in New Zealand. He has raced, volunteered and organized over 200 multi-sport events. As well as athletic endeavors, he has also contributed to local publications such as Coast Magazine. He is well grounded in the multi-sport community and has served on the Board of Directors of Triathlon British Columbia.

Alison Keple
Alison has been involved with Multi Sport Promotions since 1997. She has been a part of several aspects of race organization, including chasing down sponsors, managing race-day communications, coordinating volunteers, renting equipment for race weekend, site set-up and take-down, and dealing with the variety of things, from disastrous to amusing, that inevitably crop up on race day. She has completed races from local sprint triathlons to Ironman Canada, and always enjoys her view from the back of the pack.


Graeme Martindale
Graeme has volunteered at the New Balance Half Iron since 1996. He has raced, volunteered for, and helped organize triathlons since 1992. Graeme was a competitive swimmer at age 6, and has gone on to win various provincial and national age-group triathlon titles. He is the 2001 overall age-group World Champion and has been awarded Age-Group athlete of the year by Triathlon Canada. Graeme always enjoys assisting Norm Thibault at the New Balance Half Iron, and has assumed greater responsibility at this premier event each year.

 

Al Niezen
Al is recent addition to Multi-Sport Promotions, getting involved in 2001. Al has competed in cycling for five years and in running for over 20 years, having completed numerous races in each of these sports including the Boston Marathon and National Marathon Championships. In the year 2000 he commenced his first season in triathlons and has been an enthusiastic participant, supporter and organizer since. Al has won both the short and long distance Provincial Triathlon Championships in his age group and most recently has completed the Ironman Canada Triathlon, finishing in the top 10% overall. He is currently striving to become a certified coach as well as competing at the national level.

Everyone Else
Volunteers, organizational specialists and dedicated individuals make up the bulk of our team. Each event takes between three volunteers for a Splash and Dash to 160+ volunteers for the New Balance Half Iron and innumerable hours to make a successful event. We rely on and salute our many volunteers; without them our events would not be possible.