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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
