The Association of Commonwealth Triathlon (ACT) National Federations was formed on 26th July 2014 at a special meeting that took place during the ‘ultimate performance opportunity’ for the Commonwealth family at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

The Commonwealth is a voluntary Association of independent sovereign states and their dependencies, which may be found on all continents, and which accounts for over 2 billion people (30% of the world’s population). The fundamental values of Association have been summarised in the Declaration of Commonwealth Principles (1971, Singapore) and reaffirmed in the Harare Commonwealth Declaration (1991, Zimbabwe).

24 NFs attended in the presence of ITU VP Bill Walker and the ITU Sport and Anti-Doping Directors, and approved articles for an Unincorporated Association (UA), broadly based on the South-East Asian Triathlon Association Constitution.  A Management Committee was elected for the next quadrennial until the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast with members Alan Beckford (JAM), David Ferrier (AUS) and Jane Moncrieff (SCO), advisors Alain St. Louis (MRI) and Sam Wickramasinghe (SRI). Luc Landriault (CAN) was elected unopposed as Treasurer, as was the organiser of the meeting, Dr. Sarah Springman, as President. Jem Lawson (ENG) has been appointed as Secretary General.

The Committee met in Edmonton and has started to build a strategy to chime with the values of the Commonwealth Games Federation: Humanity, Equality, Destiny and which will be commensurate with truly inspirational, sustainable, equitable and global goals of ITU.

Sarah Springman, ACT President
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Jem Lawson on +44 (0) 7786 613 367 or jemorelse@aol.com