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21st November 2006
North East Level Two Coaching Course
British Triathlon are proud to present the next Level Two coaching course in the North East.
The BRAND NEW UK Coaching Certifcate endorsed course will run over 5 days. To book please contact Judith Brand at British Triathlon on 01509 226155. Places are limited so book now. The course will be held at Benfield School, Newcastle.
PLEASE NOTE THE DATES:
10th, 11th, 17th & 18th February and 3rd March 2007 – these have now been confirmed.
The cost of the course is £395. The level 2 course is interactive and involves discussion, presentations and most importantly practical coaching experiences throughout all three disciplines.
The course is designed to build on the level 1 course, by broadening the remit as a coach and covers intermediate swimming, cycling and running techniques and equipment.
The level 2 coaching role has been defined as: "Prepare for, deliver and review coaching sessions."
Course content
communication in coaching
motivational skills for coaches
planning coaching sessions
delivering coaching sessions
coaching swimming technique
coaching running technique
coaching cycling technique
coaching transition technique
nutrition
equipment selection
Northern Pulse makeover
Major changes are going to take place to “Northern Pulse” in the very near future. One item that we do need help with is in bringing the information on the “Clubs” page up to date. In many cases this is two years old and clearly out of date. Please will you look at the information that is given for your club and let northernpulse@supanet know of any additions/omissions/alterations you would like to make, preferably after consulting your club secretary. Thankyou.
20th November 2006
New Triathlon England President
On Sunday 19th October at the inaugural meeting of the Triathlon England Council (comprising one representative from each of the nine English regions), the first ever president of Triathlon England was elected. That person is … Amanda Cantle of Sun City Tri Club who is also our regional chairperson. Congratulations Amanda!
The first two directors of the TE board were also appointed: the director for the three southern regions is Martin Harris, currently chair of the SE region and the director for the three midlands regions is Keith Perry, currently chair of East. The northern director is yet to be appointed.
Descriptions and person specifications for other board positions, for both England and Britain, are to be found on the British Triathlon website. Applications for these directorships should be with Norman Brook, CEO, British Triathlon by December 6th.
18th November 2006
The North-East Triathlon Club League
This is the first year of the club league and it has been a great success. The leading clubs have been very close all season and the final results could have gone several ways until the last couple of events. The final positions are as follows:-
Ladies.
1. Ryton Tri Club – 30 points
2. Alnwick Tri Club – 26 points
3. Cleveland Biketraks Tri Club – 23 points
4. Durham Tri Club – 18 points
5. hartlepooltriathletes.com – 12 points
5. NE31 Tri Club – 12 points
7. East Coast Tri Club – 2 points
7. Tyne Tri Club – 2 points
7. Sun City Tri Club – 2 points
Men
1. hartlepooltriathletes.com – 29 points
2. Cleveland Biketraks – 27 points
3. One Life Racing – 25 points
4. Ryton Tri Club – 21 points
5. NE31 Tri Club – 18 points
6. Sun City Tri Club – 12 points
7. Durham Tri Club – 10 points
8. Tyne Tri Club – 8 points
9. Alnwick Tri Club – 4 points
10. East Coast Tri Club – 3 points
Prizes will be awarded at the Regional Presentation Evening on Thursday 14th December at the Quality Hotel, Boldon (see previous announcement). Tickets are selling well so don’t delay.
Regional Grand Prix 2006
The final tables for this year’s grand prix are now complete. The overall winners are Tony Dixon of hartlepooltriathletes.com and Donna James of Durham Tri Club. The age group prize-winners (subject to being full BTA members) are:-
Female Junior
1. Lisa Tweddle – NE31 Tri Club
2. Jennifer Batey – Ryton Tri Club
3. Angharad Porteus – Alnwick Tri Club
Female Senior
1. Jen Milsom – Cleveland Biketraks Tri Club
2. Caroline Findlay – Alnwick Tri Club
3. Natalie Batey – Ryton Tri Club
F40
1. Donna James – Durham Tri Club
2. Jaci Fergusson – Ryton Tri Club
3. Jenny Holland – Unattached
F50
1. Anne Faulder – Ryton Tri Club
2. Sandra Main – Cleveland Biketraks Tri Club
3. Ellen Anne-Mackenzie – Durham Tri Club
F60
1. Erika Enisz – hartlepooltriathletes.com
F70
1. Kim Hall – Durham Tri Club
Male Junior
1. Nick Swinburn - Unattached
2. Matthew Jones – Unattached
3. Stephen Turnbull – Durham Tri Club
Male Senior
1. Tony Dixon – hartlepooltristhletes.com
2. Tony Weed - hartlepooltristhletes.com
3. Gary Grounds - hartlepooltristhletes.com
M40
1. Roger Godley – Cleveland Biketraks Tri Club
2. Paul Godley – Cleveland Biketraks Tri Club
3. Dave Stevens – One Life Racing
M50
1. Michael Dunne – Cleveland Biketraks Tri Club
2. Keith Pinder – One Life Racing
3. Rob Wilkins – Cleveland Biketraks Tri Club
M60
1. Don Shotton – Tyne Tri Club
2. John Kettle – Stokesley Duathlon
3. Richard Hatfield – Cleveland Biketraks Tri Club
M70
1. Mike Hall – Durham Tri Club
If any of the above are not full BTA members then the prize will roll down to the next highest BTA member in that age-group. Prizes will be awarded at the Regional Presentation Evening on Thursday 14th December at the Quality Hotel, Boldon (see previous announcement). Tickets are selling well so don’t delay.
All club secretaries have a copy of the full Grand Prix table and should be sending it around their club members. If any Independent BTA member in the region would like a copy then please e-mail northernpulse@supanet.com
16th November 2006
The North East Regional Dinner...
...will take place on Thursday 14th December at The Quality Hotel (just off the A19 at Boldon). Tickets for the event, which will include a buffet, prize presentation and disco, will be £12 for adults and £6 for under 16's. Tickets are available from Paul Jones and cheques must be made payable to "British Triathlon Northern Region." Tickets will only be issued once a cheque has been received. Please send ticket requests with cheques to: North East BTA Regional Dinner, 26 Tyelaw Meadows, Shilbottle, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 2JJ.
This is for adults and children so, bring the family, make sure everyone in your club knows and we'll see you there. Hurry numbers are limited. We will present the prizes for the children's series, the senior grand prix, club league, race of the year, referee of the year, coach of the year, young volunteer of the year and volunteer of the year.
Hurry - spaces are limited and tickets are going fast - 60% sold to date and it's first come first served.
13th November 2006
Sports Personality of the Year
Well, we've got the world champion. Let's go for it! Vote for Tim Don at http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/6080190.stm
At least we should be able to get him on the list of top ten nominations, which will ensure a bit of triathlon on the show.
8th November 2006
The Future of the BTA – A Message from Amanda Cantle
Dear All,
Some of you good people may already know, but on Sunday at the AGM a new company was voted on successfully taking over the British Triathlon Association and being re-branded British Triathlon Federation. All existing board members will remain in post as caretaker positions and a new board will be formed in the near future. Information describing the changes was posted out in tri news and also available on the BTA website.
The biggest change will be we will be part of a newly-formed Triathlon England to come in line with the already Tri Scotland and Wales. There is a huge amount of work to establish what that will look like.
I am attending a meeting on Sunday 19th November as your represented chair-person from the Northern Region. If you have any questions or wish me to raise anything on your behalf please forward to me by THURSDAY 16TH NOVEMBER. Sorry for the short deadline but this is what I am working to. Thanks for your time on this matter. I will keep you all posted on the progress.
Cheers
Amanda Cantle
Chairperson
Northern Region BTA
The Prudhoe Waterworld Aquathlon
Last Sunday week (29th Oct) saw the return of the Prudhoe Waterworld Aquathlon. Once a regular feature on the race calendar it has been sadly missed over recent years. Amanda Cantle and Noel Hitchcock took the overall honours but a remarkable and very welcome feature of this race was that 50% of the competitors were female!
27th October 2006
BTA Annual General Meeting – 5th November 2006 – A Message from Jem Lawson
Dear NE Regional BTA member
WHY IT WOULD BE GOOD IF YOU COULD ATTEND THE BTA AGM and exercise your vote!
You may not be aware but the sport of triathlon, in addition to its rapid increase in popularity in recent months, has also been undergoing the process of modernisation at national level with the aim of devolving responsibility and decision making powers to national and regional level.
In line with Government policy and as is happening with sport throughout the nation, devolution of power to a country level is the thrust of modernisation. It is proposed that everything to do with triathlon in England, Scotland and Wales, will be run by the new Triathlon England, and the already existing, triathlonscotland and Welsh Triathlon. Each of these national federations will provide representatives to a new overall body called British Triathlon Federation.
This is not simply the BTA being replaced by BTF, though of course the new British body would retain control of things British, such as the High Performance programme and the British age-group teams.
Currently all decisions and policy, as well as all funding, are controlled by the BTA. This leads often to calls from the triathlon community of “what does the BTA does for us?” leading to poor membership take up, and even if triathletes are members of the BTA and TRI Clubs, then “what does the region do for us?”
By voting for the AGM proposal to establish Triathlon England (TE), you will be supporting a change in the way triathlon is run in England. In essence TE will be made up of one representative from each of the nine English regions; these people will have the responsibility amongst other things to set membership rates, distribute national funding down through the region, through clubs and for the benefit of the members administer member services and how they are distributed.
There is a real drive within TE to increase the membership. The regions will have the power to organise the membership structure in a way that benefits the clubs and the membership and not just as an exercise in “generating funds for the BTA”
Modernisation and the formation of Triathlon England will be good for the North Eastern Region, its clubs and all of its members. We need the North Eastern Region BTA membership to turn out and vote for this proposal to ensure modernisation happens, and happens now! This will ensure that Government funding continues and that we have a say in how it will affect our region.
Please make every effort to attend the AGM on Sunday 5th November in Loughborough. Proceedings start at 11:00am at the Sir John Beckwith Building on the University campus
NB ONLY CURRENT BTA MEMBERS ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE
If you need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Regards
Jem Lawson
NE Representative and Chair of Triathlon England Committee
24th October 2006
Hamsterley Hammer Duathlon
The Hamsterley Hammer Duathlon succumbed to a border raid by clubs from Edinburgh on Sunday with four 1st place awards including overall male and female going north. Graham Beal of thebicycleworks.com and Marietta Van Der Linden-Beal of Edinburgh Road Club took the overall honours. A full report, results and photographs can be accessed by following the link on the left.
16th October 2006
The North East Regional Dinner...
...will take place on Thursday 14th December at The Quality Hotel (just off the A19 at Boldon). Tickets for the event, which will include a buffet, prize presentation and disco, will be £12 for adults and £6 for under 16's. Tickets are available from Paul Jones and cheques must be made payable to "British Triathlon Northern Region." Tickets will only be issued once a cheque has been received. Please send ticket requests with cheques to: North East BTA Regional Dinner, 26 Tyelaw Meadows, Shilbottle, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 2JJ.
This is for adults and children so, bring the family, make sure everyone in your club knows and we'll see you there. Hurry numbers are limited. We will present the prizes for the children's series, the senior grand prix, club league, race of the year, referee of the year, coach of the year, young volunteer of the year and volunteer of the year.
And the winners are ...!
Volunteer of the year - Tracey Sample (Alnwick Tri)
Coach of the year - Bob Hogg (Ryton Tri)
Referee of the year - Tony Main (Cleveland Biketraks)
Young Person of the year - Caitlin Simon (Alnwick Tri)
Congratulations to all.
12th October 2006
Regional Volunteer of the Year - A Reminder
Online voting for the Regional Volunteer, Referee, Coach and Young Volunteer of the Year awards has now commenced on the BTA website. You have until midnight on October 15th to cast your vote which can be for any nominee in any region. This is your chance to say thankyou to all those people who make triathlon happen!
Nominees from this region are:
Volunteer of the Year
Amanda Cantle (Sun City)
Richard Coates (Ryton)
Paul Gertig (Ryton)
Tracey Sample (Alnwick)
Kay Wilson (Durham)
Referee of the Year
Tony Main (Cleveland)
Dave Norman (Cleveland)
Coach of the Year
Bob Hogg (Ryton)
Kay Stokes (Cleveland)
Ian Walker (Sun City)
Young Person of the Year
Caitlin Simon (Alnwick)
Don’t forget that you can still vote for the Race of the Year in this region. Simply send your vote for any event on the race calendar page (with the exception of the Helvellyn Triathlon which qualifies for the North West region) to Paul Jones at pauljones@britishtriathlon.org by 1st November.
11th October 2006
Winter Training Events
This coming Sunday (15th) sees the first of Durham Triathlon Club’s annual series of winter duathlon handicap races. Run over 2mls – 14mls – 2mls these are primarily fun training events and are handicapped so that all competitors should finish at roughly the same time. Start/finish area is close to the Rowing Club in Green Lane next to the River Wear, cost is £2 per person and the start time 10.00am (registration at 9.30am). Full details and route maps are on the Durham Tri Club website at http://www.durhamtri.org/ . Future dates are all on 3rd Sunday of each month – 19th November; no race in December; 21st January; 18th February and 18th March. All are welcome.
10th October 2006
Regional Committee Meeting
The North East Regional Committee will be meeting at the Bunny Hill Centre, Hylton Lane, Sunderland, SR5 4BW on Wednesday 11th October at 7pm. All British Triathlon Clubs and Members based in the North East are invited to attend the meeting, to contribute to an agenda that will include Triathlon England developments, news on the 2007 race series and Regional Funding for clubs.
Paul Jones, NE Regional Development Officer said "I would like to extend an invite to all members of British Triathlon who live in the North East, and hope that as many clubs as possible from our region will be represented at the meeting".
7th October 2006
Triathlon on TV
Ironman Triathlon gets good coverage on TV (mostly Sky) during the next week.
Ironman Lanzarote 2006 (60 mins) is on …
10th – Sky Sports Extra – 17.00
11th – Sky Sports 3 – 01.00
12th – Sky Sports 2 – 12.00 & 15.00
12th – Sky Sports Extra – 17.00
Ironman France 2006 (60 mins) is on …
12th – Sky Sports HD2 – 12.00 & 15.00
Ironman UK 2006 (30 mins) is on …
14th – Channel 4 & SC4 – 07.00
6th October 2006
Club Development Programme
Over the last two years British Triathlon North East has been working in partnership with County Sports Partnerships, Local Authorities and Sports Development agencies to run workshops for Triathlon clubs in the region. These workshops enable your clubs to become accredited to either Sport England Club Mark or Star Mark (or both).
It is vital that clubs in the North East continue to work towards these accreditations - which are basically minimum standards for any club. If you have achieved your club accreditation then it you should be continuing to work through your club development plans which formed part of your accreditation file. These standards are about to be monitored closely by outside bodies.
There is some funding available for clubs through various schemes to help them achieve or maintain their standards. The region has a small budget to help with club development but access to this will only be available to clubs who are working towards club accreditation or have achieved it. There are several benefits to club accreditation: higher profile; national awareness; access to regional funds; etc with more coming soon.
If anyone needs any help on their accreditation then please feel free to contact your Regional Development Officer, Paul Jones.
The workshops and courses in the area are available now to help you achieve Club Accreditation. The North East is leading the way on this and it is still aiming for all Clubs to become accredited.
For more information on Club Accreditation goto: www.britishtriathlon.org/clubs/index.php
Club, Coach & Volunteer Development Programme of Events 2006-2007
All courses are £10 per person unless otherwise indicated.
Wed 01/11/06 – Good Practice & Child Protection – Gateshead Stadium
18.30-21.30 - VivRogerson@Gateshead.Gov.Uk - Tel: 0191 433 6942
Tues 14/11/06 – Analysing Your Coaching – Westgate Sports Centre
18.30-21.30 - Clive.wright@newcastle.gov.uk - Tel: 0191 278 3097
Sun 19/11/06 – Developing Power & Speed - Sunderland University
10.00-13.00 - yvonne.setchell@sunderland.gov.uk - Tel: 0191 553 4692
Thurs 30/11/06 – Equity In Your Coaching - Bents Exhibition Park, South Shields
18.30-21.30 - Richard.Chastney@southtyneside.gov.uk - Tel: 0191 424 7996
Mon 04/12/06 – How to Coach Disabled People In Sport – Puma Tennis Centre, Sunderland - 18.30-20.30 - yvonne.setchell@sunderland.gov.uk - Tel: 0191 553 4692
Wed 06/12/06 – A Club For All - Bents Exhibition Park, South Shields
18.30-21.30 - Richard.Chastney@southtyneside.gov.uk - Tel: 0191 424 7996
Sun 10/12/06 – Club Development Planning Workshop – Coach Lane Sports Centre, Newcastle – 10.00-12.00 - sportscoursebookings@unn.ac.uk - Tel: 0191 227 4871 (£30)
Thurs 14/12/06 – Emergency First Aid For Sport - Puma Tennis Centre, Sunderland - 17.30-21.30 - yvonne.setchell@sunderland.gov.uk - Tel: 0191 553 4692
Thurs 18/01/07 – Fuelling Performers - Puma Tennis Centre, Sunderland
18.30-21.30 - yvonne.setchell@sunderland.gov.uk - Tel: 0191 553 4692
Tues 23/01/07 - Good Practice & Child Protection - Bents Exhibition Park, South Shields - 18.30-21.30 - Richard.Chastney@southtyneside.gov.uk - Tel: 0191 424 7996
February (date to be confirmed) – British Triathlon Level Two UKCC Coaching Course - pauljones@britishtriathlon.org - Tel: 07834 542086 (£395)
Thurs 01/03/07 - Equity In Your Coaching – The Parks Sports Centre, Newcastle
18.30-21.30 - Gemma.Hollywood@northtyneside.gov.uk - Tel: 0191 200 1289
Mon 12/03/07 - Emergency First Aid For Sport – Gateshead Stadium
17.30-21.30 - VivRogerson@Gateshead.Gov.Uk - Tel: 0191 433 6942
Mon 19/03/07 - Good Practice & Child Protection - Westgate Centre For Sport
18.30-21.30 - Clive.wright@newcastle.gov.uk - Tel: 0191 278 3097
Tues 27/03/07 - A Club For All - The Parks Sports Centre, Newcastle
18.30-21.30 - Gemma.Hollywood@northtyneside.gov.uk - Tel: 0191 200 1289
For further information regarding workshops please contact Paul Jones
Tel: 07834 542086 or Email pauljones@britishtriathlon.org
5th October 2006
Regional Volunteer of the Year
Online voting for the Regional Volunteer, Referee, Coach and Young Volunteer of the Year awards has now commenced on the BTA website. You have until midnight on October 15th to cast your vote which can be for any nominee in any region. This is your chance to say thankyou to all those people who make triathlon happen!
Nominees from this region are:
Volunteer of the Year
Amanda Cantle (Sun City)
Richard Coates (Ryton)
Paul Gertig (Ryton)
Tracey Sample (Alnwick)
Kay Wilson (Durham)
Referee of the Year
Tony Main (Cleveland)
Dave Norman (Cleveland)
Coach of the Year
Bob Hogg (Ryton)
Kay Stokes (Cleveland)
Ian Walker (Sun City)
Young Person of the Year
Caitlin Simon (Alnwick)
Don’t forget that you can still vote for the Race of the Year in this region. Simply send your vote for any event on the race calendar page (with the exception of the Helvellyn Triathlon which qualifies for the North West region) to Paul Jones at pauljones@britishtriathlon.org by 1st November.
4th October 2006
Upcoming Events
If you are thinking that the season is over and you can look forward to a bit of a rest before embarking on winter training don’t forget that there are still two counting events for the regional grand prix!
The Hamsterley Hammer Duathlon on 22nd October already has a good field but with a limit of 150 entrants there are still plenty of places available. For those of you who did the Hamsterley Spring Duathlon the transition venue has changed as a result of competitor feedback and to accommodate more competitors. The run routes aren’t so severe and are much more spectator friendly with the opportunity to see the duathletes twice on the first run and on the bike. There are several trade stands (Activcycles / Woodnwheels / Sweat Shop York) and the entry fee also includes a post-race massage and a hot meal! Postal entries will be accepted until Monday 9th October and entries will be taken on the day for an extra £5 but with no guarantee of a t-shirt or meal. See page on left.
The Prudhoe Waterworld Aquathlon on 29th October still has places available. It is a few years since this event took place and it is good to see it back. A good support this time will convince the organisers to hold it again next year. You can download the entry form from the Race Calendar page.
The regional grand prix this year will accept your best duathlon / aquathlon result so there is still time to make a difference.
3rd October 2006
European Duathlon Championships – Rimini – 7th October
Good luck to our two representatives from this region – Ian Arnott and David Masterman.
22nd September 2006
Amendment - Regional Triathlon Academy – 30th September
Please note that the swim session is NOT at Blaydon Pool, it is at Gateshead Leisure Centre at 3.30pm following the run session at Blaydon Running Track.
21st September 2006
BTA National Grand Prix
Congratulations to Donna James of Durham Tri and Michael Dunne of Cleveland Biketraks who have both won their age-groups in the BTA National Triathlon Grand Prix and also to Jen Milsom and Rob Wilkins of Cleveland and John Kettle of Stokesley Duathlon who all finished second in their age-groups in the BTA National Duathlon Grand Prix.
19th September 2006
North East Regional Triathlon Academy
The next session for the Regional Academy will be held at Blaydon, Gateshead on Saturday 30th September. The first part of the session will be held at the running track at Blaydon starting at 2pm until 3:20pm. There will then be a swim session at Blaydon pool from 3:30 to 4:30pm.
During the session we will be running time trials over 1500m on the track and 200m in the pool. Additional time at the session will be used for some skills based running and swimming drills.
This years Academy is open to any child aged 11 - 16 who wishes to come along and hone their skills in our exciting sport. Please contact Paul Jones at pauljones@britishtriathlon.org
18th September 2006
Helvellyn Triathlon
Sincere apologies to Gareth Huxley of Ryton Tri who was the first north east finisher at Helvellyn in 3.53.01 and not Gary Grounds as previously stated.
The Hamsterley Hammer Duathlon
The Hamsterley Hammer Duathlon on 22nd October is an exciting new event for this region and is slightly over the standard duathlon distance at 9.6kms run – 45kms bike – 5.4kms run. For those who competed in the Hamsterley Forest Spring Duathlon the transition / start / finish area is in a different location closer to the visitor centre for safety reasons and also to take into account competitor feedback. The date of the race has been specifically chosen to catch the forest at the height of its autumn colours and features a scenic but fast run course and a challenging bike route.
As well as the race t-shirt your entry fee includes a post-race massage and hot meal in Hamsterley Social Club. Entries are still being taken and if you wish to view full event details follow the link on the left to the event page.
17th September 2006
Helvellyn Triathlon
The Helvellyn Triathlon, surely one of the most brutal and yet beautiful events in the North of England was won last Sunday (10th Sept) by Mark Laithwaite and Louise Hanley in 3.36.22 and 4.21.31 respectively. First from the North East were Gary Grounds of hartlepooltriathletes.com in 3.55.45 and Caroline Findlay of Alnwick Tri Club in 4.26.30. Full results, a race report and photographs are on the event website at:- http://www.trihard.co.uk/
12th September 2006
Volunteers of the Year 2006 - A Reminder
Once again it is that time of the year when British Triathlon members can vote for their volunteers of the year. This year there are four categories for volunteering. Individuals can only be nominated in one of the four categories.
North East Volunteer of the Year 2006
North East Coach of the Year 2006
North East Referee of the Year 2006
And this year British Triathlon has created a 4th category which is North East Young Volunteer of the Year. (A 'young person' is someone who is 14-25 years old.)
This is how it works. Anyone (they do not have to be a British Triathlon member) can be nominated for their efforts and anyone can nominate them. The deadline for nominations was 9am on Monday 11th September but please do still send your nominations in to Paul Jones.
The Regional Committee will then put forward a maximum of 5 nominees for each category (Regional Volunteer, Referee, Coach and Young Volunteer of the Year).
On Monday 25th September online voting goes live on the British Triathlon website – ONLY British Triathlon members will be able to vote.
On Monday 16th October online voting closes. And winners will be announced in due course.
Nominations can be sent to Paul Jones by e-mail at: pauljones@britishtriathlon.org
Race of the Year.
In addition to the Volunteers of the year we also have the award for North East race of the year. The list of races eligible for the award, which will be presented at the awards dinner on Thursday 14th December, are below:
City of Durham Duathlon
Peterlee Triathlon
Hamsterley Forest Spring Duathlon
Ryton Tri Club & Hetton Hawks Kids Duathlon
Cleveland BikeTraks Mini Triathlon
Washington Children’s Aquathlon
Alnwick Triathlon
The Quaker Triathlon
Weardale Triathlon
Cleveland Short Course Triathlon
Northumberland Triathlon Festival including:
One Life Kids Duathlon, North East Senior Aquathlon Championships,
Castle Morpeth Sprint Triathlon
Monkwearmouth Kids Triathlon
Cleveland BikeTraks Half Steelman Triathlon
Philip Davies Children’s Triathlon
Prince Bishops Triathlon
City of Sunderland Triathlon
Tyne & Wear Fire Service Children’s Triathlon
Tyne & Wear Fire Service Triathlon
Hartlepool Marina Triathlon
Cleveland BikeTraks Kids Aquathlon
Teesdale Triathlon
Cleveland Relays
Hamsterley Hammer Duathlon
Voting for this is slightly different as this is a Regional Award. To vote you need to be a British Triathlon member and e-mail Paul Jones (pauljones@britishtriathlon.org) with your vote and include your British Triathlon Membership number.
You can only vote for one race. Votes will not be accepted after 9am on Wednesday 1st November.
The winning race will be announced at the awards dinner on Thursday 14th December.
5th September 2006
North East Club League – Current Positions after Teesdale Triathlon
Only triathlons count in the league. Results are worked out by finishing positions in each race, eg 1 point for 1st place, 2 points for 2nd etc. Maximum of best 3 ladies/4 men from each club at each race. Lowest totals win. 5 points for best team at each race, 4 for second etc. At the end of the season each club’s best 6 positions count for the final league table.
Current standings after 12 events (Peterlee, Cleveland Sprint, Alnwick, Darlington, Weardale, Cleveland Short, Castle Morpeth, Cleveland Steelman, Prince Bishops, Sunderland, Hebburn, Hartlepool and Teesdale). Remember, best 6 scores only are added up.
Ladies
1. Ryton Tri Club – 30 points (5/5/4/0/5/5/2/5/5/5/5/5/5)
2. Alnwick Tri Club – 26 points (3/0/5/0/3/4/5/4/4/4/2/4/3)
3. Cleveland Biketraks – 23 points (2/4/0/5/4/3/0/3/3/3/3/3/4)
4. Durham Tri Club – 18 points (4/3/0/3/2/0/4/0/2/0/1/1/0)
5. hartlepooltriathletes.com – 11 points (0/2/0/0/0/1/3/0/1/2/0/0/2)
5. NE31 Tri Club – 9 points (0/0/3/0/0/2/0/0/0/0/4/0/0)
7. East Coast Tri Club – 2 points (1/0/0/0/0/0/1/0/0/0/0/0/0)
7. Tyne Tri Club – 2 points (0/0/0/0/1/0/0/0/0/1/0/0/0)
7. Sun City Tri – 2 points (0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/2/0)
Men
1. hartlepooltriathletes.com – 29 points (4/5/3/1/5/4/5/5/4/5/4/0/3)
2. Cleveland Biketraks– 27 points (2/4/1/5/4/5/1/3/5/2/3/4/4)
3. One Life Racing – 25 points (5/0/5/2/3/1/0/0/0/0/5/5/0)
4. NE31 Tri Club – 18 points (1/0/0/3/1/3/4/0/0/3/2/3/0)
4. Ryton Tri Club – 18 points (0/2/2/0/2/2/2/4/3/1/1/0/5)
6. Durham Tri Club – 10 points (0/3/0/4/0/0/0/0/2/0/0/0/1)
7. Sun City Tri Club – 9 points (0/1/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/4/0/2/2)
8. Tyne Tri Club – 8 points (3/0/4/0/0/0/0/0/1/0/0/0/0)
9. Alnwick Tri Club – 4 points (0/0/0/0/0/0/3/1/0/0/0/0/0)
10. East Coast Tri Club – 3 points (0/0/0/0/0/0/0/2/0/0/0/1/0)
Many thanks to Paul Jones for compiling these tables.
4th September 2006
Teesdale Triathlon
The Teesdale Triathlon on Sunday (3rd Sept) featured two great first time wins for Gary Blakie of Ryton Tri and Kristina Slater (Unattached). The full results are available on the race page (see left).
3rd September 2006
Great News from Lausanne
It seems like the place to be right now if you’re British is Lausanne. Tom Don (men’s elite); Will Clarke (men’s U23 elite); Alistair Brownlee (Junior Men) have ALL won Gold for Britain and a clean sweep of the men’s gold medals. Will is well known in this region, having won the Hartlepool Marina Triathlon last year and Alistair, from Leeds has competed at Peterlee 2 years ago.
All of the representatives from the North East at the World Triathlon Championships have performed exceptionally well. In particular Donna James (silver); Mike Hall (bronze) and Kim Hall (bronze) all from Durham Tri Club deserve special mention for their heroics and Vanessa Raw (U23 elite) in her first season in triathlon has done incredibly well with a fourth position. Well done all! We’ll show the full results for the N-E contingent as soon as they are known.
Inter Regional Championships
Our lads and lasses have done us proud. The team representing the north-east in the Inter Regional Championships in Glasgow this weekend finished in fourth position out of eleven teams only missing out on third place by 14 points, 877 to 891. Full results and a report will be available soon on the BTA website http://www.britishtriathlon.org
2nd September 2006
European Police Triathlon Championships, Lausanne, Switzerland.
26th August 2006.
Jen Milsom of Cleveland Bike Traks Tri Club competed in this event last weekend over the same course as this weekend’s World Championships and has sent us a report. There are also some photos of the event at the www.trihard.co.uk website. You can view the report on our “Special Reports” page which now contains links to the reports and includes those by Tony Rees and Dave Masterman, previously on this page.
Tri-Volunteering
The latest newsletter from Ruth Grainger of the BTA is now on the “Tri-Volunteering” page.
30th August 2006
Inter-Regional Championships
The following triathletes have been selected to represent the North East in
Glasgow this weekend:
Tri Star 2 Girls: Elizabeth Templeman, Katy Templeman
Tri Star 2 Boys: Fergus Roberts, Alex Tibbs
Tri Star 3 Girls: Madeline Winzer, Sally Edwards
Tri Star 3 Boys: Ryan Grant, Jack Ferguson
Youth Girls: Helen Gertig, Laura Wilson, Kimberley Larkman
Youth Boys: Jack Calder, Thomas Ellam, Douglas Roberts
Howay the lads and lasses!!
29th August 2006
Northumberland Tri Festival 2007
The Northumberland Tri Festival will move from its June date to the middle of September in 2007. The dates have been set for the 15th & 16th September. The weekend will consist of the One Life Kids Duathlon and two new events:
On the Saturday evening there will be the One Life Supersprint Team Time Trial. Teams of three will set off at 2min intervals and then swim together, cycle as a team and run together, times will be taken on the last man across the line. Distances will be 500m swim, 15km cycle and 3.5km run.
The other new event will be the One Life Olympic Distance Triathlon on the Sunday. This will be a superfast flat course, with the swim being held in Ladyburn Lake and the run taking place around Druridge Bay Country Park.
The North East Aquathlon will move to a mid week date during the summer.
For more information stay tuned to the One Life website: www.makeitcount.org.uk
North East Club League – Current Positions after Hartlepool Triathlon
Only triathlons count in the league. Results are worked out by finishing positions in each race, eg 1 point for 1st place, 2 points for 2nd etc. Maximum of best 3 ladies/4 men from each club at each race. Lowest totals win. 5 points for best team at each race, 4 for second etc. At the end of the season each club’s best 6 positions count for the final league table.
Current standings after 11 events (Peterlee, Cleveland Sprint, Alnwick, Darlington, Weardale, Cleveland Short, Castle Morpeth, Cleveland Steelman, Prince Bishops, Sunderland, Hebburn and Hartlepool). Remember, best 6 scores only are added up.
Ladies
1. Ryton Tri Club – 30 points (5/5/4/0/5/5/2/5/5/5/5/5)
2. Alnwick Tri Club – 26 points (3/0/5/0/3/4/5/4/4/4/2/4)
3. Cleveland Biketraks – 22 points (2/4/0/5/4/3/0/3/3/3/3/3)
4. Durham Tri Club – 18 points (4/3/0/3/2/0/4/0/2/0/1/1)
5. hartlepooltriathletes.com – 9 points (0/2/0/0/0/1/3/0/1/2/0/0)
5. NE31 Tri Club – 9 points (0/0/3/0/0/2/0/0/0/0/4/0)
7. East Coast Tri Club – 2 points (1/0/0/0/0/0/1/0/0/0/0/0)
7. Tyne Tri Club – 2 points (0/0/0/0/1/0/0/0/0/1/0/0)
7. Sun City Tri – 2 points (0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/2)
Men
1. hartlepooltriathletes.com – 29 points (4/5/3/1/5/4/5/5/4/5/4/0)
2. Cleveland Biketraks– 27 points (2/4/1/5/4/5/1/3/5/2/3/4)
3. One Life Racing – 25 points (5/0/5/2/3/1/0/0/0/0/5/5)
4. NE31 Tri Club – 18 points (1/0/0/3/1/3/4/0/0/3/2/3)
5. Ryton Tri Club – 15 points (0/2/2/0/2/2/2/4/3/1/1/0)
6. Durham Tri Club – 9 points (0/3/0/4/0/0/0/0/2/0/0/0)
7. Tyne Tri Club – 8 points (3/0/4/0/0/0/0/0/1/0/0/0)
8. Sun City Tri Club – 7 points (0/1/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/4/0/2)
9. Alnwick Tri Club – 4 points (0/0/0/0/0/0/3/1/0/0/0/0)
10. East Coast Tri Club – 3 points (0/0/0/0/0/0/0/2/0/0/0/1)
Many thanks to Paul Jones for compiling these tables.
28th August 2006
Hartlepool Marina Sprint Triathlon
Tom Doughty and Amanda Cantle scored a double yesterday for Sun City Tri Club at Hartlepool. Results, photographs and a race report are on the event page. See link on left.
Ironman Canada
Eric Blakie and Ian Maddison (Ryton Tri Club) yesterday completed Eric's favorite event at Penticton. Eric finished in 11.38.16 and Ian in 12.18.19.
25th August 2006
World Triathlon Championships
You can now view the full GB team for Lausanne on the BTA website. Those from our region who are going are:-
U23 Elite
Vanessa Raw (Loughborough & Plawsworth, Co Durham
20-24
Philip Aiston (Tyne Tri)
Jonathan Riall (Tyne Tri)
Lisa Tweddle (NE31)
30-34
Paul Jones (One Life Racing).
35-39
Tony Dixon (hartlepooltriathletes.com)
Paul Figg (Cleveland Biketraks Tri)
Rob West (Unattached).
40-44
Donna James (Durham Tri).
40-49
David Stevens (One Life Racing)
Janette Thomas (Ryton Tri?).
50-54
David Bell (Tyne Tri)
Ian Webster (Tyne Tri)
Roz Layton (Durham Tri).
55-59
Michael Dunne (Cleveland Biketraks Tri).
60-64
Allan Kenny (Blyth Tri)
Allan Seheult (Durham Tri).
70-74
Kim Hall (Durham Tri)
75-79
Mike Hall (Durham Tri
There’s a nice article about Mike Hall in this month’s “220” and if you look carefully at the photo on the inside back page (Ken MacLaren’s spot) you’ll see Kath Blakey, Amanda Cantle and Donna James at last years world’s in Hawaii.
23rd August 2006
ITU World Age-Group Championships, Lausanne, Switzerland – 2/3 September 2006
It had been my intention to name all the triathletes from the north-east who will be representing Great Britain in Switzerland next week and to wish them the best of luck from all of us. However, a prolonged search of the BTA website has revealed nothing – no team list at all (well, the elites are listed but not the age-groupers who subsidise the whole thing). Very disappointing. Not even a competitor list on the event website.
However, you know who you are and we know who most of you are. Best wishes from us all – have a good one!
21st August 2006
Ironman UK – Sherbourne Castle, Dorset.
The following were in action over the weekend at Ironman UK (apologies if I’ve missed anyone – the results sheet isn’t very helpful in letting you know where people come from – also one or two of these may be incorrect presumptions). Congratulations to all.
32 - Phil Gray (One Life Racing) – 9.52.14
35 – Tony Dixon (hartlepooltriathletes.com) – 9.54.07
214 - Ian Blakemore (Unattached) - 11.19.56
225 - Gary Wright (Blyth Tri) – 11.22.48
231 – Eric Storrow (hartlepooltriathletes.com) – 11.24.01
239 – Rob Forrest (Durham Tri) – 11.26.11
259 – Owen Mullen (Durham Tri) – 11.30.05
335 – Stephen Watson (hartlepooltriathletes.com) – 11.47.44
506 – Stephen Green (NE31 Tri) – 12.28.46
542 - Martin Shackleton (Cleveland Tri) - 12.37.16
587 – Barry Wilkinson (Durham Tri) – 12.48.11
672 – Andrew Smith (East Coast Tri) – 13.19.06
718 - Peter Singh - (Cleveland Tri) - 13.35.03
67 – Debbie O’Hanlon (Unattached) – 13.41.25
16th August 2006
Regional Grand Prix Points System
Over the last few years the success of triathlon in the north east has been a major cause of celebration for all concerned – competitors, race organisers and volunteers alike. We now have nearly double the amount of races that we had only a short time ago and each race is now full long before the closing date. The total number of competitor starts must have at least doubled.
Success however brings it’s own problems and one in particular affects the calculation of points in the Regional Grand Prix. Your Regional Committee have agreed to adopt a new system of awarding points.
100 points will be awarded to the winners, male and female, of each race. 99 points will go to 2nd, 98 to third etc. 1 point will be awarded to 100th position and everyone lower than 100th. This new system will be easier to administer and easier to understand and will come into effect immediately, i.e. this season’s Grand Prix will be based on this system.
It shouldn’t really affect the destination of the trophies at the end of the season. Scores will generally be lower than under the old system but the positions should be mostly unaffected. Some of the minor age-group placings may be affected and therefore some of the minor team placings.
14th August 2006
North East Level Two Coaching Course
British Triathlon have just released the dates for the next Level Two coaching course in the North East. The BRAND NEW UK Coaching Certifcate endorsed course will run over 5 days. 10th, 11th, 24th & 25th March and 14th April 2007. The course will cost £395.
The level 2 course is interactive and involves discussion, presentations and most importantly practical coaching experiences throughout all three disciplines. The course is designed to build on the level 1 course, by broadening the remit as a coach and covers intermediate swimming, cycling and running techniques and equipment.
The level 2 coaching role has been defined as: "Prepare for, deliver and review coaching sessions."
Course content
communication in coaching
motivational skills for coaches
planning coaching sessions
delivering coaching sessions
coaching swimming technique
coaching running technique
coaching cycling technique
coaching transition technique
nutrition
equipment selection
Wensleydale Triathlon / Cleveland Biketraks – a message from Sandra Main
Just to let you know Cleveland Biketraks had two teams in the Wenslydale Triathlon yesterday. It is the Yorkshire Dales course but has been changed slightly and made even tougher.
1800m swim in Semer Water , 42 mile bike and 12 mile run up Great Shunner Fell. It was made even harder by the terrible weather yesterday. It was organised by Kudo Bikes and the full results will be on their web site and John Scofield's (http://www.ukresults.net/) later today.
One of our teams ( Martin Ord, Andy Smith and Brian Roberts ) finished first team. Our other team ( Kath Blakey, Mike Dunn and Tony Main ) came
5th. After the swim and bike the teams held their positions of 7th and 9th overall. Then Brian Roberts took over for the fell run and past all but one competitor to finish in an amazing second position overall ! The man that won did the whole event himself. All six of them were amazing taking part in the country’s toughest and most challenging event in existence.
12th August 2006
Dates for your video/dvd recorder
We don’t seem to be doing too badly over the next couple of weeks for triathlon on TV. Programme your recorders for the following:-
Sun 13/08 - 11.55pm - Channel 5 – ITU Cornerbrook, Canada (50 mins)
Tues 15/08 - 05.10am - Channel 5 - Monaco Half Ironman (50 mins)
Sat 19/08 – 1.05pm – BBC1 – London Triathlon (70 mins)
Mon 21/08 – 9pm – ESPN Classic – Great Sporting Duels (60 mins)
Features the rivalry between Dave Scott and Mark Allen at the Hawaii Ironman over many years. Repeated Tues 22/08 at 01.00am.
Thurs 24/08 – 5.10am – Channel 5 – ITU Salford (50 mins)
11th August 2006
Attention all Coaches and Referees
The list of coaches on the Regional Officers page is clearly out of date and needs revising. Please contact northernpulse@supanet.com if your details need amending or if you have recently qualified and would like to be included in the list. It would also be useful if the list could be extended to include all referees so would all referees in the region please do likewise. Thankyou.
10th August 2006
Sun City Triathlon - 23rd July 2006
Many apologies for the delay - particularly to Amanda Cantle and her team of volunteers - and thank you for your patience. We have had a few technical glitches with this one but I am pleased to announce that the results can now be viewed by following the link on the left.
8th August 2006
North East Club League – Current Positions after Hebburn Triathlon
Only triathlons count in the league. Results are worked out by finishing positions in each race, eg 1 point for 1st place, 2 points for 2nd etc. Maximum of best 3 ladies/4 men from each club at each race. Lowest totals win. 5 points for best team at each race, 4 for second etc. At the end of the season each club’s best 6 positions count for the final league table.
Current standings after 11 events (Peterlee, Cleveland Sprint, Alnwick, Darlington, Weardale, Cleveland Short, Castle Morpeth, Cleveland Steelman, Prince Bishops, Sunderland and Hebburn). Remember, best 6 scores only are added up.
Ladies
1. Ryton Tri Club – 30 points (5/5/4/0/5/5/2/5/5/5/5)
2. Alnwick Tri Club – 26 points (3/0/5/0/3/4/5/4/4/4/2)
3. Cleveland Biketraks – 22 points (2/4/0/5/4/3/0/3/3/3/3)
4. Durham Tri Club – 18 points (4/3/0/3/2/0/4/0/2/0/1)
5. hartlepooltriathletes.com – 9 points (0/2/0/0/0/1/3/0/1/2/0)
5. NE31 Tri Club – 9 points (0/0/3/0/0/2/0/0/0/0/4)
7. East Coast Tri Club – 2 points (1/0/0/0/0/0/1/0/0/0/0)
7. Tyne Tri Club – 2 points (0/0/0/0/1/0/0/0/0/1/0)
Men
1. hartlepooltriathletes.com – 29 points (4/5/3/1/5/4/5/5/4/5/4)
2. Cleveland Biketraks– 26 points (2/4/1/5/4/5/1/3/5/2/3)
3. One Life Racing – 21 points (5/0/5/2/3/1/0/0/0/0/5)
4. NE31 Tri Club – 16 points (1/0/0/3/1/3/4/0/0/3/2)
5. Ryton Tri Club – 15 points (0/2/2/0/2/2/2/4/3/1/1)
6. Durham Tri Club – 9 points (0/3/0/4/0/0/0/0/2/0/0)
7. Tyne Tri Club – 8 points (3/0/4/0/0/0/0/0/1/0/0)
8. Sun City Tri Club – 5 points (0/1/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/4/0)
9. Alnwick Tri Club – 4 points (0/0/0/0/0/0/3/1/0/0/0)
10. East Coast Tri Club – 2 points (0/0/0/0/0/0/0/2/0/0/0)
Many thanks to Paul Jones for compiling these tables.
7th August 2006
Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Services Triathlon
Hebburn - 6 August 2006
The full results of this event, which was won by Tony Dixon of hartlepooltriathletes.com and Natalie Batey of Ryton Tri Club can be seen by following the link on the left, which also has the results of the children's triathlon held the previous day.
5th August 2006
Volunteers of the Year 2006.
Once again it is that time of the year when British Triathlon members can vote for their volunteers of the year. This year there are four categories for volunteering. Individuals can only be nominated in one of the four categories.
North East Volunteer of the Year 2006
North East Coach of the Year 2006
North East Referee of the Year 2006
And this year British Triathlon has created a 4th category which is North East Young Volunteer of the Year. (A 'young person' is someone who is 14-25 years old.)
This is how it works. Anyone (they do not have to be a British Triathlon member) can be nominated for their efforts and anyone can nominate them. The deadline for nominations is 9am on Monday 11th September.
The Regional Committee will then put forward a maximum of 5 nominees for each category (Regional Volunteer, Referee, Coach and Young Volunteer of the Year).
On Monday 25th September online voting goes live on the British Triathlon website – ONLY British Triathlon members will be able to vote.
On Monday 16th October online voting closes. And winners will be announced in due course.
Nominations can be sent to Paul Jones by e-mail at: pauljones@britishtriathlon.org
Race of the Year.
In addition to the Volunteers of the year we also have the award for North East race of the year. The list of races eligible for the award, which will be presented at the awards dinner on Thursday 14th December, are below:
City of Durham Duathlon
Peterlee Triathlon
Hamsterley Forest Spring Duathlon
Ryton Tri Club & Hetton Hawks Kids Duathlon
Cleveland BikeTraks Mini Triathlon
Washington Children’s Aquathlon
Alnwick Triathlon
The Quaker Triathlon
Weardale Triathlon
Cleveland Short Course Triathlon
Northumberland Triathlon Festival including:
One Life Kids Duathlon, North East Senior Aquathlon Championships,
Castle Morpeth Sprint Triathlon
Monkwearmouth Kids Triathlon
Cleveland BikeTraks Half Steelman Triathlon
Philip Davies Children’s Triathlon
Prince Bishops Triathlon
City of Sunderland Triathlon
Tyne & Wear Fire Service Children’s Triathlon
Tyne & Wear Fire Service Triathlon
Hartlepool Marina Triathlon
Cleveland BikeTraks Kids Aquathlon
Teesdale Triathlon
Cleveland Relays
Hamsterley Hammer Duathlon
Voting for this is slightly different as this is a Regional Award. To vote you need to be a British Triathlon member and e-mail Paul Jones (pauljones@britishtriathlon.org) with your vote and include your British Triathlon Membership number.
You can only vote for one race. Votes will not be accepted after 9am on Wednesday 1st November.
The winning race will be announced at the awards dinner on Thursday 14th December.
2nd August 2006
Nirvana Europe
I am sure you will have noticed the new logo above. Nirvana Europe, the North Shields-based travel company are going to sponsor our Children's Triathlon Series for 2007. If you are an age-group triathlete who has been fortunate enough to represent Great Britain over the last few years you will know all about Nirvana who organise the team accommodation for the BTA. Further details of the new arrangement between the North East Region and Nirvana will be published here as soon as they are finalised.
Hebburn Triathlon
Ed Cooper is desperately seeking marshals for the Triathlon on Sunday morning. If you are available to marshal Ed would be most appreciative. The future of this event depends on a smooth running this year and enough marshals. To contact Ed Cooper by e-mail - eeddiecooper@blueyonder.co.uk
The Prudhoe Waterworld Aquathlon - 29th October.
Some of you who are, shall we say - a little longer in the tooth than others - may remember the very popular series of aquathlons put on every year by Prudhoe Waterworld. This is being revived this year and the event features a 400m swim and 3 mile run. The event entry form and further details are available on the Race Calendar page.
31st July 2006
Apologies for the deafening silence from these pages for a while. Yours truly has had an attack of something you wouldn’t wish to know about! Which leaves us with quite a few items to catch up on.
Sun City Triathlon – 23rd July
This years event, which was also the Regional Sprint Distance Championships, was won in emphatic style by Tom Doughty of Sun City Tri Club in his first comeback race this season after injury and Caroline Findlay of Alnwick Tri Club with her second victory of the year. Full results will soon be available here.
Tracey Kaye – White Rose Triathletes.
The following very sad statement appeared last Thursday on the Yorkshire and Humberside Regional BTA website -
”Tragic Road Accident
Regretfully, on Sunday 23rd July, Tracy Kaye, a talented, valued and much liked member of White Rose Triathletes, tragically, lost her life following a road traffic accident whilst out cycling. I am sure you will join me in expressing our deepest regret and offering our prayers and comfort to Tracy's husband, Will, and also to both of their families.”
Tracey and William Kaye have supported a number of races in our region during the last couple of years and are well known and well liked by many in our region. I am sure I speak for all in the region when I echo those sentiments above.
The Longest Day – 23rd July
In what was the very last running of this Ironman Distance race in the midlands, Richard Marsay of Cleveland Biketraks Tri Club finished in 32nd position with a time of 11.38.49 and Arthur Puckrin also of Cleveland finished in 113th position with a time of 14.40.20
World Age-Group Duathlon Championships, Cornerbrook, Canada.
In the World Age-Group Duathlon Championships we had two entries from this region. David Masterman of East Coast Tri Club finished 26th and 5th GB in the 35-39 age group in a time of 2.11.27and John Kettle of Stokesley Duathlon Club finished 9th and 1st GB in the 60-64 age group in a time of 2.23.45. The distances were 10km run – 40km bike – 5km run.
18th July 2006
The Prince Bishops Triathlon
The report and results can now be seen by following the link on the left.
17th July 2006
The Prince Bishops Triathlon
The regional standard distance championships were won yesterday in emphatic style by the undoubted north-east triathletes of the season – Tony Dixon of hartlepooltriathletes.com and Donna James of Durham Tri Club. The oppressive heat was the real winner, causing many notable DNF’s. The full report and results will follow “soon” but for now the photo’s of all of the finishers are ready to view in the usual place (see above).
The Cleveland Steelman
Thankyou for your patience – the photo’s of the “Steelman” are now ready to view in the usual place. All except 10 competitors are there. If you are one of the 10 please e-mail me at northernpulse@supanet.com describing your kit (including helmet) and your bike (make and colour) and I’ll e-mail you your photo by return.
The Ripon Triathlon
A busy weekend in the steamy north-east kicked off in grand style on Saturday afternoon with nearly 300 triathletes tackling the Ripon Triathlon. Nathaniel Williams and Melanie Hayward took the victors spoils. The full results are on John Schofield’s UK Results website at http://www.ukresults.net/ A report and photo’s will appear on here "soon". This is not a scoring event in this year’s north-east regional grand prix.
14th July 2006
Sun City Triathlon - 23rd July - Help needed.
The Sun City Triathlon is this year's Regional Sprint Triathlon Championship Race. If you are racing the event and are taking a friend along why not ask him/her if they would like to be a part of the event and be a marshall. All helpers get a goody bag and a good vantage point from which to view the race. Marshalls need to report to Amanda Cantle by 7.00am (race start 7.30am) and if you can let Amanda know beforehand it would be a big help ( amanda@cantle2.wanadoo.co.uk ).
Membership of British Triathlon
There is a lot of mis-information out there in raceland about the true benefits of being a member of British Triathlon. We have opened a new page (see bottom left) extolling the benefits of becoming a member and making it clear in non-legal language just why you need to join. Please read it. We will soon have links there to the membership forms that you can download.
11th July 2006
Regional Committee Meeting
The next Regional Committee Meeting will be tomorrow Wednesday 12th July at Bunny Hill Centre in Washington starting at 7pm. During the meeting all NE Clubs will be able to raise any regional issues they may have to the committee but to do this a club will have to send a representative to the meeting. Only the committee members will be able to vote but if your club has an issue then please come along.
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