Antwerp 70.3 Ironman                                         02-08-2009

More long distance virgins stepping up the distance this past weekend in Antwerp!  Malcolm Davies led the field of three Tritons, including Coralie Glaunes and Malcolm Jeffries, with a final time of 4:23:23!  Not far behind was Coralie in her long distance debut boasting a 7th place AG finish and time of 5:09:11!  Malcolm J. was having a cracker of a race until he was forced through injury to pull out.  Well done to you all.

Ironman UK

Carlos Claro, Kevin Curran and Simon Neville completed the Ironman distance on the new UK course in Bolton on Sunday.  By all accounts all competitors had a stunner of a race and posted some great times to add to the ever growing Tritons Ironman list.  Congratulations to Kevin, Carlos and Simon.  You are an Ironman. 

London Triathlon

Congratulations to all the competitors of the London Triathlon, both over the Sprint and Olympic distance!  Mitchell Dann, Mark Cook, Arvid Tage, Carl Botten, Simon Carter, Peppi-Marie Holder and Andrew Fletcher all competed over the olympic distance while James Conron completed the sprint.  Some fantastic results, incredible improvements and spectacular firsts! In particular Peppi-Marie who completed her first olympic distance tri-well done to you!  Those of you whom I haven't listed please send in your results.

Bexley 10M TT

Just a note of congratulations to all of you who are competing in the TT's on Wednesday nights.  Its a pleasure to see so many consistently posting faster and faster results and racing for our club across the different disciplines of triathlon.  Well done to you all.

Congratulations to Rob Baker who has qualified for ITU Olympic Distance World Championships at Strathclyde Triathlon!

The number of Tritons qualifying for championships this year is phenonmenal!  The list of honour as it stands at the moment:

ITU Sprint Distance World Championships
Rob Baker
Jamie Beecham

ITU Olympic Distance World Championships
Freddie Sumption
Vernon Thomas
Jamie Beecham
Bernadette Henry
Rob Baker

ETU Long Distance Championships
Cory Cook
Adrian Durran
Steve Walker

Ironman World Championships 70.3
Katie Sanders
Keith Sanders

Wow another awesome week in the lives of the Tritons.

Wednesday night saw some great results at the Leybourne Lake sprint where Jamie Beecham continued his rich vein of form to break the course record.

Strathclyde Triathlon                               26th July

Vernon Thomas and Rob Baker set their respective age groups alight on Sunday at the World Championship Qualifiers.
Vernon, already qualified for Australia confirmed his pedigree status by winning his age group
Rob Baker was 10th in AG and narrowly missed out on automatic qualification by 6secs, but he has been selected on fastest percentage time qualification.
Congratulations Rob!

Milton Keynes Triathlon                           26th July

Sunday saw a smattering of Tritons at Emberton Park where on a very fast course the Tritons set the field ablaze, Jamie Beecham continued his good form, with Keith Sanders and Matt Winn-Smith both going agonisingly close to the magical 2hr mark.
Gary Shaw completed his first ever OD triathlon in a highly commendable 2:46, well done Gary hope the camping wasnt too traumatic.

Keith claimed a new pb and edging out Matt by just over 2mins, despite Matt running a sub 36 for his 10k, but the fastest Triton of the day with an amazing time of 1:59 is Jamie Beecham!

In the female event, Freddie Sumption was in a class of her own continuing her form that has already seen her qualify for the World Champs by claiming 6th female overall, 2nd in AG in a time of 2:16:55!

Excellent work folks! 

Leybourne Lakes Midweek Sprint                     23 July 2009

News just in this morning that Jamie Beecham took first place at the Leybourne midweek race last night, and in the process smashed the course record finishing with a time of 49:38!!
Solid performances also by Ciara Fitzpatrick who was 1st female, Sean Hannan 1st in AG & Steve Adams 6th in AG.

Bedford Olympic Triathlon                                  19 July 2009

The Tritons were winding it up this past weekend at the second of three World Olympic Championships Qualifiers at a wet and very windy Bedford Tri!! 
The official results are in and added to the list of Tritons going to the Gold Coast are double champ qualifier Jamie Beecham, and Bernadette Henry! 
Congratulations to Jamie, Bern and their teammates Malcolm Davies, Mark Cook, Freddie Sumption, Coralie Glaunes, Louise Walker, Jane Hinne, Ciara Fitzpatrick and Vernon Thomas on the fantastic results-an excellent day at the office!!   Congratulations to Louise Walker who knocked over 3 minutes  off her 10km run pb!

Go Tritons!!

Leybourne Lakes Saturday Sprint Series              18 July 2009

Top ten finishes from all Tritons involved in the Saturday Sprint race!  Malcolm Jeffries and Jo Winn-Smith launched a serious comeback, Malcolm finishing 6th overall and Jo taking first place in AG!! 
Congratulations to Peppi-Marie Holder, Gary Shaw and Andrew Fletcher for their fantastic results! 
Commiserations to Matt Winn-Smith who was on form for a top three finish but punctured on the bike and was unable to continue.  Next time!

Ironman Switzerland                                      14 July 2009

Congratulations to Steve Walker and Gina Heiss who battled over 140 miles to their own personal Ironman victories this past weekend.  Steve now joins the sub 17 hour club, completing his first ironman in a time of 11:37:09!  A huge round of applause to Gina who in spite of a recent injury gritted her teeth and nailed a 4th place AG finish in a time of 13:34:07.  Hats off to you both.  This is the stuff of legends.

Quelle Challenge Roth                                    14 July 2009

An excellent show of team spirit at the Quelle Challenge this past weekend.  A large contingent of Tritons including Jon Godsell, Sue Hilton, Fee Boxall, Diane and Ian Purton made a name for themselves and set the course on fire!  Our fearless leader, Fiona, was the top club lady to finish in a time of 11:06:28 with Sue joining her in 11:21:43, both ladies boasting top 20 AG finishes!!  Not to be outdone was Jon who posted his fastest Ironman time so far in Roth- 10:40:44!  Diane and Ian both finished within just over a minute of each other, Diane posting a 6:06:36 bike split.  Well done to you all!!

White Oak Triathlon                                       13 July 2009

Well done to Ed Simpson, Steve Wand, Simon Sayers and Julian Spencer Wood who completed the White Oak Triathlon on Saturday!  Great performances by all including a 3rd place AG finish by Steve Wand!  Congratulations.

Zurich Triathlon                                             13 July 2009

Louise Walker took 29th place in her first Olympic distance tri in Zurich on Saturday, a strong 2:33 performance which included a new 10km pb in a race with a strong field including pro's and elites, well done!