HIM Estonia                                 08-08-2009

Some stunning and extraodinary results this weekend including one for Ironman Fe in Estonia where Fiona Boxall placed 2nd in AG and was the 8th woman overall!! She raced over the course in a time of 6:20:18, past stunning scenery and enthusiastic supporters.  This race sounds like a must to add to your Ironman list.  Well done Fe!

 ETU European Long Distance Championships Prague,

Czech Republic                      08-08-2009

Top of the range!!!!!!  Steve Walker, Adrian Durran and Cory Cook achieved some stunning results over the weekend in Prague.  Steve and Adrian finished 5th and 13th repectively out of 13 Britains in their AG, while Cory was the 4th GB athlete across the line and 5th in her AG!!  The weekend was a complete success and minus a few sore muscles I think the weary travellers are feeling quite chuffed!!  Well done you three. GB's colours were flying.

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!