ORGANISERS STATEMENT

12/10/26

At last, an update although unfortunately not the one we had hoped to receive.

After a number of contradictory communications from the Senior Events Manager at MediaCity followed by absolute silence we have now been informed that we will no longer be able to hire the space required to deliver Salford Triathlon on ANY DATE we submit.

The reason given is that MediaCity intends to develop and host its own MediaCity Triathlon piggy-backing on our successful Salford Triathlon - with the Media City event being tendered out to other event organisers. Their desire is to "Transition Salford Triathlon into becoming the Media City Triathlon". Our Event!

After more than 15 years of involvement with Salford Triathlon, including taking it on and developing it ourselves (David and Karen Quartermain for the last four) we are understandably extremely disappointed by this decision and the disrespectful manner in which we have been treated.

Over the years, this keynote Salford event has grown significantly from an elite competition into a community participation event, bringing thousands of participants, spectators and visitors into Salford Quays and becoming an established part of the local sporting calendar.

We have invested an enormous amount of time, work, money, knowledge and reputation into building Salford Triathlon and creating something that has been successful for both participants and for the wider area.

We were invited by Media City for discussions as *they were keen on our view* however we received no invitation and we were then met with absolute silence when we followed this up.

We previously indicated our willingness to explore options, including British Triathlon affiliation and working collaboratively with MediaCity. Again nothing.

We feel that their treatment of us and the decision to airbrush the word 'Salford' from the event is extremely disappointing, marginalises our great City and is, quite frankly, underhand.

It appears that the success, reputation and established footprint of an event we have worked hard to build over many years is now being used as the foundation for something that Media City intends to take forward itself under their own branding. 

We are now carefully considering our options and what the future holds but it's not looking positive as we need to hire their land for the transition area etc and its been made clear we will not be given that.

We have always put the athletes, the event and the wider community at the heart of what we do and that will remain our priority.

We will of course keep you updated and thank you in advance for the support.

We kindly ask for your understanding and patience, as this situation is entirely beyond our control. Not only has this had financial implications to our event but this has been incredibly stressful on a personal level.

Thank you for your continued support.

Karen & Dave Quartermain

Salford Triathlon Event Team