The results are IN!             Sept. 12th 2009

Tritons domination over the weekend!  Not only did we have 5 Tritons competing in the World Standard Distance Championships, but 4 of our fearless crew finished in the top 10 Brits in their AG, topping it off with Vern Thomas first Brit home in AG, but also 6th overall in his AG!! 

Joining Vern were Bern Henry, Freddie Sumption, Jamie Beecham and Rob Baker who all battled the intense heat in the Gold Coast.  All performed admirably boasting spectacular performances.

A few highlights:  Bern 5th GB Lady home in AG, Freddie 3rd Brit home in AG in a time of 2:23:25, Jamie 9th GB Male home in AG in 2:08:24 and Rob finishing in 2:16:18!! We all are so impressed and wish you warm (no pun intended) congratulations on your results!

London Duathlon                         Sept. 13th 2009

The impressive performances keep on rolling!  On Sunday Adam Spiers, Glenn Hatrick, Malcolm Davies and Peppi-Marie Holder completed 34km of racing on an undulating course in Richmond park.  Malcolm Davies screamed over the course to a 9th place finish overall and 1st in his AG while Adam an Glenn followed not far behind, finishing less than 20 seconds apart, Glenn finishing 1st in his AG!!  Peppi had a fantastic race and despite recent illness managed a time of 2:05:15!!  Well done all.

HSBC Triathlon                           Sept. 13th 2009

I'm sure we can all remember our first triathlon-the fear, excitment, nerves and elation of actually getting there, all competing for top spot!  On Sunday Mark Mahtonen competed his first Olympic tri in a spectacular 2:30:03 and became a member of an elite breed-the triathlete.  Well done on your achievement-I'm sure that those elusive 3 seconds won't be so far away next year....

We are extremely pleased to announce that the Greenwich Tritons have attained United Kingdom Athletics (UKA) affilliation.
Further details on how to obtain personal UKA licenses are avilable on the members forum.
Many thanks to Malcolm Davies for all his efforts on making this happen.

Vitruvian Triathlon                                       05-09-2009

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANE!!!   This past weekend, Jane Hinne led the field of Tritons by marking a 'milestone' birthday with a 1st place finish in her AG in a time of 5:37:35!!!  To top off the buzz, Jane was crowned with flowers and plaque by the infamous Ironman, Thomas Hellreigel.  Sue Hilton and Fiona Boxall also posted fantastic finishes-grinding over the gruelling 'Rutland Ripple' pushing themselves to a final time of 5:01:29 and 5:24:47 respectively. Simon Carter led the team for the men, with an outstanding finishing time of 5:46:47.  A very impressive weekend by Team Tritons.  I'm inspired!

World Olympic Distance Triathlon Championships

The performances to add to the ever growing list of Triton honour keep on coming!  The lastest addition is Ciara Fitzpatrick who qualified to represent Ireland at the Dublin Olympic Triathlon!  Ciara has qualified to represent Ireland not only at World Olympic Distance Champs, but ALSO at Standard Distance European Champs!  Double Whammy!  Congrats!

Stockton Olympic Triathlon                    30-08-2009

Peppi-Marie Holder and Andrew Fletcher competed in the Stockton Tri with impressive results! The results just keep getting better.  Despite her thirst for the open water, Peppi finished 'fantastic four' in her age group in a time of 2:38:12!  Andrew competed in the swim leg of a relay team 'Dishpigs??' and smashed a 24:18 swim bringing his team to 3rd place.  Well done!

With immediate effect the club will now have an official ride organiser and a novice ride captain.

Keith Sanders has agreed to become the club ride organiser, while Andrew Edkins has kindly agreed to come on board as our Novice Ride Captain.

In conjunction with the introduction of this new structure, we are trialling a new ride meet point location.

The new ride location will be at the Blackheath Tea Hut/Truck Stop on Shooters Hill at the junction with General Wolfe Road & Golfers Road (South West corner of Greenwich Park).
Click HERE for map

The first rides from the new meet point to be Saturday 12th September but Keith & Andrew will communicate further on this through the Members Forums.

Will all members please note that as of Tuesday 8th September the run sessions will be based on Blackheath Common, this is due to changes in Greenwich Park closing times.

The meeting place is at the Junction of Pond Road (runs along the front of Princess of Wales pub) & St. Germans Place, with the session starting at 7:30pm