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 …
TT Series Hotting up
With Richard Farrow and Fraser Elsworth only finishing one place apart at the recent Time Trail at West Stow the top two remain the same in the race for the TT Points Series Trophy, but with Paul Rooke and Matt Shingleton both recording pb’s and finishing 1st and 2nd respectively the points gap between the top four is beginning to …
2017 Grass Track Results
Sunday 4th June saw the annual Grass Track event at Fornham St Martin. The club hosted the National 400m championships, won by Andrew Leveton, but including a great performance from local rider Fabian Horrocks who placed second in what was his first ever grass track. There was a good turnout of Wheelers in the Youth races with Harley Gregory winning all his races …
Triathlon Wheelers Weekend Roundup
The weekend events started on Friday evening with the fun and friendly but highly competitive Go Tri Aquathlon. This was a 140m swim in the Moreton Hall Health club outdoor pool, followed by a 1.7km run round 10 Acre Field for all competitors, young and not so young. The event was well supported and the damp conditions didn’t deter spirits. …
West Stow 10m TT 1/6/17
Position Name Club Time 1 Paul Rooke WSW 22.49 2 Matt Shingleton WSW 22.52 3 Ben Mickleburgh VeloVelocity 23.32 4 Paul Vickers WSW 23.46 5 Darren Sharman WSW 23.51 6 Julian Long WSW 24.20 7 Richard Farrow WSW 24.22 8 Fraser Elsworth (U18) WSW 24.56 9 Pip Moore WSW 24.59 10 Clement Wallace (U18) WSW 25.39 11 Scott Williams …
Eastern Region Triathlon Relay Championships 2017
Team members Ray Reeves, Darren Sharman and Thomas Jay-Betts, had an early start over at Box End Bedfordshire, with the first swimmer off at 08:00. First order of business was to put up the new club gazebo, that not only saved us from sun burn and gave us a great area to keep all of our kit in one place, …
Farrow Extends TT Series Lead
After this week’s Gt. Whelnetham time trial, where Dale Sturman returned to winning ways following his accident last season, 4th placed Wheeler Richard Farrow extended his lead at the top of the points table. Name Time Trial Trophy Points Series League Table Richard Farrow 181 Fraser Elsworth 149 Matt Shingleton 110 Paul Rooke 91 Clement Wallace 76 Boyd Nicholas 75 Pip …
More from Malcolm
Many thanks to Malcolm for this comprehensive report on his and Ray’s Slateman race last Sunday. “It has been too long since I last visited North Wales, but my love of the Snowdonia National Park is strong. The Slateman Triathlon has been on my bucket list for a while. The drive along the beautiful coast road past the Great Orm …
Welnetham 8.9m TT 25/5/17
Position Name Club Time 1 Dale Sturman WSW 20.11 2 Matt Shingleton WSW 20.43 3 Paul Rooke WSW 21.05 4 Ben Mickleburgh VeloVelocity 21.28 5 Richard Farrow WSW 21.41 6 Darren Sharman WSW 21.42 7 Brandon Thorne Pro Vision 21.47 8 Julian Long WSW 21.49 9 Dan Baxter WSW 22.04 10 Fraser Elsworth (U18) WSW 22.37 11 Pip Moore …
Wheelers Weekend roundup (part 2)
Scott Williams was also in action at the Nottingham Outlaw 1/2 Ironman on Sunday. He completed the course in a new PB time of 4.50.51 to come 18th out of 100 in age group and 90th overall out of a large field of 1220. click here for full results Outlaw Matt Shingleton has given a quick overview of his race on Saturday at …