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A Trio from Warrington Tri bound for Aus

Warrington Triathlon club will have 3 club members representing Great Britain at the Triathlon Age Group World Championships in Australia.

Club members are competing in the sprint and standard distance World Championships at the Gold Coast on the 12th and 13th September and also the long course world championship in Perth in October.

With Dave Myers (Preston on the Hill) racing in the Sprint event (750m swim, 20K cycle and 5K run), Jonathan Britton (Sandymoor) racing in the aquathlon (2.5K run, 1000m swim, 2,5K run) and standard event (1500m swim, 40K cycle, 10K run) and Robert Hough (Comberbach) racing in the long course event (3000m swim, 80K cycle and 20K run).

You can find out how they get on by following Warrington Tri on Twitter @Warringtontri

To find out more about triathlon visit the club website as new members are always welcome.

 

Outdoor Pool swimming

We have arranged for a pool session at Marbury Country Park for next Tuesday 19th May at 7 - 8pm. There will be a session fee of £1 per person, and if this is well attended we can arrange more future sessions.

Marbury Country Park,
Comberbach, Northwich,
Cheshire, CW9 6AT

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WTC AGM Wednesday 1st April 2009 at 7:30pm

The venue will be the

Warrington Sports Club, Walton Lea Road, Higher Walton, WA4 6SJ Tel 01925 263210.

The meeting will take place in the Conservatory. Location click here

 

Please come along to have your say on how the club is run. The more people we get the better, and the easier, we as your committee will find it, to run the club as you want it. If you feel you have something to offer the club there are 3 positions up for re-election this year.

These roles are:
Treasurer
Committee member
Committee member

If you would like to apply please contact the club, you will require a club member to propose and second your application.

Please find a copy of the 2008 AGM here

 

New Winter Seminar and Training courses Details will be available soon for the seminars for winter 08/09. If you did not attend any in 2007/08 then try and get down to this years events. We will also be holding a series of Beginner courses starting October with a swimming course. Details available soon. If you would like to find outr more please contact the club.

 

2008 Awards Night 25th October The date for submission of standard qualifying times is 12th October 2008. Please ensure you have made any claims before this date. All awards will be presented along with some special awards and a little competition on the night that could be interesting! More details soon.

 

St Anges Tri Win Congratulations to Nick Riding for his win this weekend in Cornwall. More details con be found on the tri-cornwall web site

' The Tri was completed today in very good conditions today, dry with a light onshore wind and small surf. The event was won by Nick Riding, down on holiday from Manchester, in a time of 1 hour 14 minutes and 57 seconds, the ladies title being taken by local Truro swimmer, Natasha Diment in I:26:08 and the team event by A Load Of Baloney in 1:21:28. Despite clashing with the end of the Surfstock Music Festival everything passed off with relatively few incidents, and I believe everyone who started finished.'

 

Absolute hell - the only way to describe Sunday's challenge

(Warrington Guardian) By Mike Parsons

SOMETIMES certain sporting exploits do not gain the media exposure that some feel they may deserve.

Perhaps the sport is considered to be of a minority variety or simply deemed not to be as ‘sexy’ as headline-grabbing football or rugby.

There is a long-held view in the industry that if a story is not going to be talked about in the pubs, then it’s not worth printing.

In Hot Off The Press this week, I could have chosen to rabbit on about the conclusion of Euro 2008 and highlight how far behind I believe England are after some of the quality football action I've seen on display in Austria and Switzerland over the last four weeks.

Or, I could have elected to enter the annual debate surrounding the state of British tennis after another Wimbledon fortnight where singles hopes were dashed before they had properly started, with the exception of Scotland’s Andy Murray of course.

Potential other talking points were England’s chances in the autumn’s Rugby League World Cup after Friday's impressive success against France at Toulouse, alternatively my belief that there could be a shock in store when the 2009 Super League licences are announced later this month, or the reasoning behind why I think Warrington Wolves may benefit from appointing an experienced director of football to help them move forward beyond 2008.

Despite such hot topics, I’m steering away from the popular to tip my hat off to 20 members of a Warrington club who are going to put their bodies through what I can only describe as absolute hell this weekend - and probably just for the fun of it in some cases! The more I have thought about their story this week, the more they have amazed me.

Most people would know that taking part in a marathon is an arduous process, from the training required to the race itself.

Those who swim for pleasure in the town’s leisure centres will no doubt understand how strenuous it would be to swim the equivalent of 152 lengths in a lake.

And anyone who has ever ridden a bike can also gauge the exhaustion levels of pedalling the distance from Warrington to the other side of Bradford - and back! So I’m now giving credit where it’s due to the score of Warrington Triathlon Club members who will undertake all three aforementioned challenges one after the other in the German Ironman event on Sunday.

A 3.8 kilometre swim in open water, a 180 kilometre cycle ride and - if you’re still standing - end the day with a run/walk over the marathon distance of 44.2 kilometres.

Imagine the pain - aches all over, the buckling calves and the stinging blisters.

Those attempting the tortuous challenge, not just the athletes from Warrington, must be made of true grit.

They must have staggering mental strength to be able to carry on when their body is saying it’s time to stop, which it surely must do at some stage of such titanic struggles.

The training - up to 16 hours a week for the past 12 months in some cases - speaks for itself in terms of the dedication required to even contemplate attempting what Frankfurt has to offer on Sunday.

Those that finish the Ironman event will well and truly deserve their medal and will surely cherish the silverware for the rest of their lives.

 

Ironman Germany

Good luck to the 20 members of Warrington Tri who travel to Frankfurt this week to compete in Ironman Germany. The Warrington team numbers makes it the single largest team entry at the event.

 

NW Standard Distance Championships (Royles Deva)

Well done to all those who raced at the NW Standard Distance Champs this weekend. Warrington Tri again had several top finishers. Strong winds during the event caused times to be slightly slower then last year. The next in the NW Team competition is Boundary Breeze.

 

World Triathlon Championships

Well done to Jon Britton who represent Great Britain at the Age Group World Triathlon Championships in Vancouver on the 6th June. On what turned out to be the coldest June day for 54 years, the chilly sea water swim (11 deg) combined with the rain made conditions hard for all competitors. Jon finished in 23 position in the 35 to 39-year-old age group.

 

Warrington Tri gain the Star Mark

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Triathlon England NW RDO Rob Bishop presents Warrington Tri Chairman Jonathan Britton with the Star mark.

 

WTC AGM Thursday 3rd April 2008 at 7:30pm

The venue will be the Warrington Sports Club, Walton Lea Road, Higher Walton, WA4 6SJ Tel 01925 263210. The meeting will take place in the Conservatory. Location click here

TIt's that time of year again and we will be holding our AGM on the 3rd April 2008 at Warrington Sports Club at 7:30pm. Please come along to have your say on how the club is run. The more people we get the better, and the easier, we as your committee will find it, to run the club as you want it.

If you feel you have something to offer the club there are 2 positions up for re-election this year and 2 new committee positions to be created. This will take the committee up to 8 people.

Both the positions of Chairman & Secretary are being vacated this year as the present members are not standing for these roles, so we are on the lookout for new people to fill these roles.

These roles are:

Chairman
Secretary
Committee member (New)
Committee member (New)

If you would like to apply for a particular role please contact the club, you will require a club member to propose and second your application.
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