Kids Of Steel® & Youth

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Kids of Steel^® Mission Statement

"To guide youth development in triathlon and related multi-sport events through delivery of a standardized program across Canada. The Kids of Steel^® program will focus on the encouragement of healthy active living, lifelong participation, safety, fun, the building of skills, and involvement of Canada's youth."

The Kids of Steel^® program provides opportunities for young people from the ages of 6 right up to 19 to participate in a fun, challenging sport that combines swimming, cycling, and running. The Manitoba program embraces the National Kids of Steel^® program goals and objectives (Adobe PDF).

• Kids of Steel^® Program Distances and Race Rules

• Kids of Steel^® Race Series

• Manitoba Youth Triathlon Team Program (for Youth aged 10 to 16 as of December 31st, 2009)

• Kids of Steel^® Clinics and Training Opportunities

• Regional Youth Championship

Additional information:

• Kids of Steel^® news
• Kids of Steel^® race results
• Kids of Steel^® Club Leader's Guide for teachers and coaches
• Kids of Steel^® Club Sanctioning Policy
• Youth Development Grant Program (PDF)
• Sponsors
• Triathlon Canada -- Kids of Steel^®
• Canadian Sport for Life: A Sport Parent's Guide (Adobe PDF -- 1.71MB, 32 excellent pages with color photos and diagrams)

Kids of Steel^®2007 -- This is an excellent video presentation with music created by Mark Lehmann from photos he took during the 2007 season (QuickTime MP4 -- 31MB)

• Right-click the Kids of Steel^® 2007 link to the file, and then save it somewhere on your computer with a file extension of MP4. The download will take many minutes, and a huge file will result. (I'd appreciate being contacted by anyone who knows how to implement this in a more sophisticated, user-friendly way. Click here.)
• Viewing options
  • Open the file with QuickTime and view it in a small window. Video quality will be terrible in full-screen mode.
  • You may also be able to open it with Windows Media Player, but the video quality may be inferior.
  • Download it to an iPOD, PSP, or other portable device such as a cell phone.
• The video is also available in DVD format by contacting Mark at REMOVE_THISlehmann@ca.ibm.com.

Triathlon Manitoba is an authorized user of Kids of Steel^® owned by Triathlon Canada.

   (Download Adobe Reader to read PDF files, if you don't already have it on your computer.)

KidSport is a national charity administered by Sport Manitoba that helps to remove barriers and assist less fortunate children to participate in sport. KidSport helps in two ways. Click here for more information.

This page was last updated on August 28, 2009