2017 ETU European Championships – Kitzbühel Austria, June 2017 Age Group Triathlon (45-49) Annie Drugan Standard Distance: 1500m swim, 42km Bike and 10km Run Inspired by WSW teammates, I had a go at qualifying for my first GB Age Group (AG) event back in in May 2016, at the Ellesmere Standard Distance Triathlon in Shropshire. Slightly strange, but for the …
Fritton In a direct contrast to last year’s wet and miserable weather, perfect start conditions greeted many of our triathletes at the Fritton Triathlon Festival. The first triathlon event was the sprint, 750m swim, 20km bike finishing with a 5km run. A much larger field than previous years saw 200 competitors split into 2 waves of 100, 7 minutes apart. …
Position Name Club Actual Time Handicap Time 1 Richard Farrow WSW 51.23 48.08 2 Boyd Nicholas WSW 55.36 49.16 3 David Howes WSW 58.12 49.22 4 Viv Smith WSW 58.27 50.02 5 Clement Wallace (U18) WSW 55.59 50.29 6 Steve Rue WSW 1.01.06 51.26 7 Fraser Elsworth (U18) WSW 57.44 51.54 8 David Young WSW 1.01.04 52.09 9 Henry …
The West Suffolk Juniors were in action again last weekend, with the East Essex Kids Triathlon. This was held in Basildon at the Basildon Sporting Village. It was a lovely sunny day but the wind played havoc during the cycle stage, causing many tired legs. The Youths kicked off the race, with Kirsten O’Brien finishing 2nd and Annalise Verzijl finishing …
With the top six riders all pulling out pb’s at the latest time trial around West Stow, Paul Rooke takes another win and with it jumps into second place, closing the gap to Richard Farrow by a further 11 points. Name Time Trial Trophy Points Series League Table Richard Farrow 236 Paul Rooke 181 Fraser Elsworth 162 Matt Shingleton 160 …
Position Name Club Time 1 Paul Rooke WSW 22.18 2 Matt Shingleton WSW 22.24 3 Ben Mickleburgh VeloVelocity 23.05 4 Darren Sharman WSW 23.21 5 Richard Farrow WSW 23.23 6 Brandon Thorne Pro Vision 23.45 7 Clement Wallace (U18) WSW 24.27 8 Pip Moore WSW 24.40 9 Boyd Nicholas WSW 24.50 10 Tom Smith WSW 25.07 11 Matt Denny …
A very wet and miserable Saturday morning greeted several of our triathletes for part of the World Series weekend in Leeds. The weather didn’t dampen enthusiasm and first off, with a very early start, was Oscar Woodward in the Tri Star 3 Triathlon. Oscar completed the course, which included an open water swim, in a fantastic time of 31:21 to …
Richard Farrow is still leading the way from Fraser at the top of the table, but with another win and personal best Paul Rooke jumps from 4th to 3rd place and continues to close the gap on the top two. Name Time Trial Trophy Points Series League Table Richard Farrow 217 Fraser Elsworth 162 Paul Rooke 151 Matt Shingleton …
Position Name Club Time 1 Paul Rooke WSW 40.39 2 Ben Mickleburgh VeloVelocity 42.23 3 Richard Farrow WSW 42.53 4 Richard Sykes-popham WSW 43.10 5 Pip Moore WSW 45.07 6 Clement Wallace (U18) WSW 45.12 7 Matt Denny WSW 46.14 8 Viv Smith WSW 46.46 9 Greg Davies WSW 48.33 10 Laura Brown WSW 48.34 11 Steve Rue WSW …
Paul Rooke rode to an excellent third place in the Renny Stirling Memorial 20-mile TT on Saturday 5 June. Hosted by Orwell Velo, and raced over the BS33 course – a twenty mile circular route on mainly B roads around Debenham. There was enough blustery wind to make the course feel that little bit harder for the forty entries in this open …
