Starting with a full day on Sunday and then for the following two evenings, 17 people attended the Part 1 Technical Officials course put on by the BTA. The facilitator was Dave Markham from Canada who is the head TD/TO for the Penticton 2017 ITU World Championship events and has acted as a technical delegate for many World Triathlon Series events including the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. He is also one of the founders of Triathlon Canada.