Manx Tri Club

A word from our Head of Performance - Paul Swindale

After what has been a wonderful summer thus far, I hope everyone has managed to get in their training (and racing) and are all approaching the last couple of months of the season like a coiled spring!!

As we are now less than 12 months away from the Island Games in Gibraltar, Juan Kinley and I would like to arrange a quick catch next Tuesday (31st July) to discuss where we are on the build up to the Games, and to ensure that all those with aspirations to do the qualifying times circulated earlier in the year are familiar with the process.  

If we could meet at the NSC cafe at 6pm on the 31st July that would be great. We will only need no more than 20/30 minutes, so promise not to get in the way of your training....

Look forward to seeing all those interested next week however if you have any questions send me an e-mail on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Entries are now open for the Isle of Man Triathlon Championships hosted by Manx Tri Club and sponsored by Microgaming.  The events are being held on Sunday 2nd September 2018 based in the Mooragh Park, Ramsey.

Best

Paul

This event will hopefully be tempting to swimmers who fancy having a go at a multisport event at the end of their swimming season . The event is scheduled for Saturday 15th September in and around the Mooragh lake.  You can enter online now, follow the link. 

Younger age groups also catered for:

Age 11-12                 300m swim , 2.2k run  - if sufficient numbers

Age13-14                  500m swim, 3.3k run

Age 15-16 , and open 750m swim, 5.5k run.

Swim Cour     

Run Course

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Entries are now open for the Isle of Man Triathlon Championships hosted by Manx Tri Club and sponsored by Microgaming.  The events are being held on Sunday 2nd September 2018 based in the Mooragh Park, Ramsey.

There will be both Standard and Sprint distance races for both individuals and teams.

The individual Standard event will provide one of the last opportunities to attain the consideration time for the Island Games in Gibraltar 2019. 

For more information and course maps see calendar tab.

Entries are now being taken for the Microgaming Triathlon Festival Weekend. 

The Solo event is on Saturday 12th May, start time 9am.  The Team event is on Sunday 13th May also starting at 9am. This gives any Individuals competing on the Saturday the chance to also take part with friends, family or team mates in the Team challenge on the Sunday. 

It will be run over the Sprint distance, starting with a 750m Swim, then a 20k Cycle and a 5k run. The swim is 30 lengths of the Ramsey Swimming Pool, the Cycle course goes out towards Bride, through Andreas and back to Ramsey. The run is in and around Mooragh Park. Course maps can be downloaded from the Events Calendar on our website 

Entry fees:          Automatic Entry for Manx Tri Club Premium members

         £35 for Manx Tri Club Standard members.

         £40 for non-club members

         £45 for Teams

The entry fee includes a Day Licence from the British Triathlon Federation.

Entries numbers are restricted so be sure to get your entry in prior to the closing date of 5 MAY 2018. 

MANX TRI CLUB - PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP 2018

Dear All

Premium Membership of Manx Tri Club will close to new members on 31 March 2018 (no exceptions).  This is to facilitate entry for Standard members and non members to the May Solo event.

Please refer to the membership information below for details of the benefits of becoming a member of Manx Tri Club.

Entries are now open for the Microgaming Pay It Forward Junior Triathlon to be held at the NSC on Saturday 21st April 2018 at 9.30am.

Having the pool, perimeter cycle track and running track at one location makes this an ideal location, great for youngsters to get involved in a traffic free environment and experience what it is to be a triathlete.

Age is the age of your child on 31^st December 2018. Entrance fee is £15 

For further information of race distances and entry click here.

Course Map

With athletes starting to enter races for 2018, it’s time to start thinking about the Island Games in Gibraltar in 2019, and we have set the following criteria for selection.

·         Eligible to compete by virtue of Island Games Criteria (i.e. Manx, IoM resident etc). 

·         Current member British Triathlon.

·         Actively competing in 2017/2018 seasons. 

Between 1st January 2017 and 1st April 2019 athletes must achieve the consideration time at a recognised Standard / Olympic Distance event (1500m open water swim - 40k bike - 10k run) and evidence of results submitted to the head of performance (Paul Swindale).

·         Male: - sub 2 hours 8 min 

·         Female: - sub 2 hours 25 min 

Isle of Man Triathlon Association Selection Committee has the right to award a discretionary team place where consideration time has not been met due to a specific reason (e.g. injury / age restriction on taking part in Standard distance event during qualification period / distance of event changed by organiser due to weather conditions etc. - this list is not exhaustive).  

For a discretionary place to be awarded the Committee will take into account results of other distance triathlons events / individual event performance such as open water swimming 1500m, 25mile Time Trial, and 10k running during the qualification period.  Previous experience of racing over the standard triathlon distance 1500m, 40k, 10k in open water will also be taken into consideration. 

The rule from the IGA is that the minimum age for competitors is 18 on 31 December 2019.   

In view of the above potentially being new to some athletes arriving new to the sport or looking to move to triathlon from other disciplines, Paul Swindale and Juan Kinley will host a Q&A session at the NSC at 6.30pm on Thursday 25^th January in order to help understand the basis of selection etc for the games team.            

Membership of Manx Tri Club is now open for 2018 and we’ve made a few changes;

This year we have three categories of membership as follows:

Standard Membership - £30

Benefits include:

•   Reduced membership to British Triathlon (currently £11 discount for 2018 year)

•   Reduced entry fees to Manx Tri Club events

•   Discounted entry fees for local athletic events*

•   Subsidised Manx Tri Kit

Premium Membership - £60

Benefits include:

•   Reduced membership to British Triathlon (currently £11 discount for 2018 year)

•   Reduced entry fees to Manx Tri Club events

•   Discounted entry fees for local athletic events*

•   Subsidised Manx Tri Kit

•  Guaranteed entry including entry fee to solo event of May Triathlon weekend (subject to completion of a satisfactory entry form)

*Local athletic events include:

Ramsey Bakery Fireman’s Run’s

Ramsey Park Run

Easter Festival of Running

Microgaming Cross Country League

Dave Philips Memorial runs

Western Athletics 10

Manx Fell Running League

Social Membership - £5

For those who have a keen interest or involvement in the sport as a volunteer, spectator, and/or wish to receive regular updates and communication from the Club. The association’s insurance policy does provide public liability and personal accident insurance cover if you are volunteering, or officiating at any club activity or sanctioned multisport event.

ENTRY FEES

Entry Fees to Manx Tri Club’s 2018 events are as follows:

Junior Triathlon                                      21 April 2018              

Individual event                                         £15.00 

May Triathlon Weekend                         12 & 13 May 2018

(Pool based)

Individual event                                         £40.00 (non-members)

                                                                   £35.00 (standard members)

                                                                   Auto entry (premium members)

Team event                                               £45.00

Triathlon Championships                      2 September 2018

(Open water)     

Individuals                                                 £45.00 (non-members)

                                                                   £40.00 (members)

Teams                                                       £45.00

Aquathlon                                              16 September 2018

Individuals                                                 £10.00

Teams                                                       £20.00

(All event fees include BTF day licence for those not registered with the British Triathlon Federation)

Manx triathletes Hannah Howitt and Jenny Newbery headed to Dakhla, Morocco, last weekend where they were both racing at the ITU Dakhla Continental Cup.  Conditions were warm (around mid 20s) and the swim was wavy, so perfect for IOM athletes. 

Dakhla’s start list had some strong competition, including 2 time Olympian Gillian Sanders. Hannah had a great swim, coming out the water in first (with Jenny just 1 min 20 sec behind).  After an extraordinarily long transition Hannah managed to get out in front for a windy bike leg (Dakhla is renown for kitesurfing and windsurfing due to relentless strong winds), forming a bike pack with Zoe Thomas (GB), Petra Kurikova (CZE) and Gillian Sanders (RSA) with the pack holding the break for the whole race. In the end it came down to a running race for the line.  

With some more run training behind her, Hannah managed to gain her first international elite podium, finishing in 3rd place in 1:08:23 behind Petra Kurikova (CZE) 1:07:06  and Gillian Sanders (RSA) 1:07:02.  Zoe Thomas (GB) finished fourth in 1:09:22.  Unfortunately due to a puncture Jenny wasn’t able to finish, but gained some good experience from her first full international race.

This result qualifies Hannah to represent GB in World Cup races for the 2018 season. She is also targeting the U23 World Championships, European Championships and the University World Championships.

Hannah commenting on her success said; “I was happy with the race I put together after a late season due to a foot injury. It was great to be racing for GB again and in another international field where lots of lessons were learnt. I will be training hard over the winter and am excited to see what the 2018 season holds.”

The Annual general meeting is due to take place on Thursday 9th November staring at 6pm.

The venue is upstairs at the IOM Sport Institute at the NSC. All members are welcome to attend.