With a strong cohort not expected to make the trip to Dubbo on Sunday, the Bathurst Wallabies Triathlon Club may have a tricky time trying to crack into the top two positions in the Central West Interclub Series.
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Following the Australia Day triathlon in Bathurst, the points see Orange leading the way with 60, followed by Mudgee with 54 and Bathurst in 53. Dubbo is way back in fourth on 20.5 and Cowra is last with four points.
Mark Windsor has been unable to compete in many triathlons throughout the season due to shoulder surgery and said he's tossing up whether to compete at the Dubbo round on Sunday.
However, he's still hoping to go.
"It's been a real saga to get back going again," he said.
"I'm sort of going alright at the moment, but I'm not too far off making the move at the moment."
Windsor expects Bathurst triathlete Tom Hanrahan to put in a solid performance at Dubbo, that's if he makes the two hour trip north.
"Tom Hanrahan has been one of the most consistent at the interclub series so far," he said.
"He's probably our key person so far in the series, up there going well.
"There's plenty of others doing it but certainly Tom has been going well consistently."
Windsor recalls Bathurst first hosting triathlons back at the start of the 21st century and remembers Hanrahan competing around that time as a teenager.
"We first did doing triathlons in Bathurst back in about 2000, so I've been doing them part time for 20-odd years now but Tom was there in those very first ones as a really young fella," he said.
"He's been hanging in there and still goes well because he works pretty hard and has to fit it around work and other stuff.
"He's quite an athlete. He did the Ironman at Port Macquarie last year and he's just a good, solid triathlete for a long time.
"He's normally a top 10 finisher and the go to person for the season so far."
Weather may deter many triathletes from across the Central West from competing at Dubbo on Sunday, with rain forecast for most of the day, with a chance of up to 15 millimetres.
That's a great forecast for a region that has suffered more than Bathurst during the drought, but it might dampen Dubbo's chances of attracted a big field on Sunday.
The sprint course on Sunday will pan out as a 500 metre swim, 18 kilometre bike and four kilometre run, starting at 9am.
The mini event will start at 8.30am and the super sprint will start at 9.15am.
Triathletes are to meet at Ollie Robbins Oval, with registrations taken from 7.30am.
Cost for the Dubbo event is $15 for Triathlon Australia members and $25 for non-members.
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