Manx Tri Club

It is with great sadness that we learned today of the untimely passing of Andy Parker, 'Parky'.   

Parky had been involved with Triathlon on the Island for 8 years and was one of the Club's real characters.  Having dabbled with a few triathlons himself as a competitor, he turned his attention to supporting his son Rob competing at Ironman distance races.  He became the Club's principal referee 5 years ago, bringing his own unique mix of enthusiasm, encouragement & discipline to the local events.  Parky worked with many local athletes on their training programmes through his Gym & Tonic business and would  often be found offering support to his wide network of friends and clients at many events around the Island. 

The Club offers its sincere condolences to his wife Diane and sons Robert & James, and all his family.  He will be very sadly missed.

Andrew Parker - died 26th July 2016

The Celebration of Andrew’s Life will be at Santon Church on Thursday 11th of August at 1pm and after at Gill’s opposite the church.

The  Triathlon at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in 2018 has now changed to a sprint distance race which has brought about some keys changes which impact on the Isle of Man team.

Following the IOMCGA meeting on Thursday (28th July) we are now in a position to provide a full update with regards these changes.

We will be holding a meeting at the NSC café at 4.00pm Sunday 31st July to brief athletes and to answer any questions.

 Sprint consideration standard can be viewed here.

I hope your training and racing is on target for the Games next Year.

Latest News letter can be downloaded here.

The Port Erin Regatta, EMCS sponsored Bay swim is due to take place on Sunday 16 July at 11:00am. There will be a mile and half mile event.Further details and online entry can be found here.

Results of can be seen here.

The provisional date for the Middleton Katz Mooragh event is 3July.

Re-Scheduled Date - Saturday 9th July

The Microgaming 2016 Junior Triathlon will be held on Saturday 9th July at the NSC Douglas.

If your child had already entered for the original event, you don't need to take any action.  Their entry will be carried forward to this new date.  If however you are unable to make the new date, please advise the Tri Club by contacting This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 3rd June, and you will receive a refund.

Anyone who hadn't previously entered may still enter using the 'Register Now' link below.

This is a great opportunity for all young athletes, aged from 8yrs to 14yrs to take part in a multi-discipline event, combining the 3 sports of Swimming, Cycling & Running.

The event is separated into the following Age Groups (age is based as at 31st Dec 2016) and the distances set are those as recommended by the British Triathlon Federation:

Age 8yrs

Swim 50 m (2 lengths)    Cycle 1k (1 lap of NSC Raceway)  Run 400m (1 lap of the NSC athletics track)

Ages 9 & 10yrs

Swim 150 m (6 lengths)    Cycle 4k (4 laps of NSC Raceway)  Run 800m (2 laps of the NSC athletics track)

Ages 11 & 12yrs

Swim 200 m (8 lengths)    Cycle 6k (6 laps of NSC Raceway)  Run 1600m (4 laps of the NSC athletics track)

Ages 13 & 14yrs

Swim 300 m (12 lengths)    Cycle 7 (7 laps of NSC Raceway)  Run 2000m (5 laps of the NSC athletics track)

Course maps and detailed instructions will be issued nearer to the time.  Capacity is limited to 100 children, so please register as early as possible to secure a place.

Enter the Event by clicking on the link below

A number of people have been competing recently with some great results.

Karen Shimmin was at the Chester diva Tri on 12^th June and was second overall in a time of 2:18:59. Full results here

Andrew Nash was  in Scotland competing in the Strathclyde draft legal race and finished 5^th against tough competition in a time of 1:02:41  . Results are here

I am always pleased to receive race reports to publish.

Andrews report can be seen here.

Entries are now open for the 2016 Microgaming IoM Triathlon Championships

Event Date - Sunday 4th September 2016

Venue: Mooragh Park, Ramsey

Sprint & Standard distance races for both Individuals and Teams. 

Min age for Sprint = 15 years

Min Age for Standard distance = 17 years

All competitors who are Island residents are asked to nominate a marshal for the event (marshals should be 18yrs +).  25 marshals are required.  If your marshal is selected you will be contacted and any training required will be organised.  Any entries without a nominated marshal will not be accepted.

See the Swim courses here     750m Sprint course     1500m Standard course

Click on the cyclist to view the cycle course: 1 lap for the Sprint event   2 laps for the Standard event

Or on the Runner for the run course - 2 laps for the Sprint   4 laps for the Standard

With the new season opening its time to start thinking about the Island Games in Gotland next year.

This year’s competition will form the basis for team selection for 2017. The criteria is as follows:

• Eligible to compete by virtue of Island Games Criteria (ie Manx, IoM resident etc).
• Current member of Manx Tri Club and British Triathlon.
• Actively competing in 2016 season.

Between 1st January 2016 and 12^th September 2016 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 (Graham Stigant).

·         Male: - 2 hours 9min

·         Female: - 2 hours 25min

Manx Tri Club 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. 

Should an athlete attain a consideration time for the Commonwealth Games this would also be a consideration time for Island Games.

The rule from the IGA is that the minimum age for competitors is 18 on 31 December 2017.                                                                                                              

The Microgaming Sprint Triathlon Festival weekend saw the course records smashed in both the Men's & Ladies Individual events and in the Team event. 78 competitors started in possibly the best conditions that the event has enjoyed over the last 8 years.  It was great to see a big field of 25 ladies and a lot of new facers and 1st time triathletes.

In perfect weather conditions on Saturday, Becky Storrie led the womens field out of the Swim onto the Bike and No.1 was the position she held right to the finish line.  Becky, who already held the ladies course record, absolutely destroyed her previous time, finishing in an amazing 1:02:23 (which also placed her 4th overall).  Jenny Newbery, another very talented triathlete had chased Becky hard in the swim and on the bike, but couldn't match Becky's run & finished 2nd in 1:06:03 (9th overall).  Wendy Sandford completed the podium in 3rd in 1:16:38 (31st overall)

15 year old Emma Draper, competing in her 1st Sprint Tri was the first Youth, finishing in an excellent 1:23:40 (11th Lady & 55th overall)

Amber Carridge had a great race to take the Senior Women Category Prize in 1:18:15 (4th Lady & 27th overall)

Christine O'Shea was the Veteran Women Category Women in 1:19:27 (5th Lady & 45th overall)

   Becky Storrie, winner of the Ladies Race, pictured with her Team Mates, John Swindlehurst & Rob Parker from the Gym & Tonic Tri'ers who took 2nd place in the Mixed Team race.

In the Men's race, last year's joint winners Joseph Ricciardi and Andrew Nash found themselves head to head again.  Joseph had a lead of 1min 15s over Andy as they came out of the swim, and then used his strength to add a further 50s on the bike.  Despite the best T1 split of 24s, and the best run split of 17:21, Andy wasn't able to close the time gap, and it finished in that order, Joseph taking 1st place and Andy 2nd.  They both however had raised the bar to a new level.  Joseph finishing in a blistering 56m 27s and Andy in 57m 52s.  Age & experience definitely have advantages as there was nothing 'Veteran' about Juan Kinley's time of 1:02:23 to give him 3rd place.

Kyle Cochrane put in a very credible performance in his 1st Sprint Tri to be placed 1st Male Youth in 1:25:01 (58th overall)

Ryan Downey & Paul Swindale raced very hard but weren't able to close the gap on 3rd place Juan, Ryan taking the Senior Men's category prize in 1:03:37 and Paul the Veteran Mens Category in 1:03:49)

Terry Bugg and Nigel Hendy the 2 Super Vets just keep getting better and better, both improving their Personal Bests, Terry by over a minute to take the Category prize in 1:19:08 (44th overall).

Team Day

Sunday's weather wasn't as kind with a fresh and fairly chilly Northerly wind blowing down the promenade.  It was however dry and it didn't prove a hindrance to those who were out to challenge the previous course record.  42 Teams, comprising 123 competitors put on a great display of team racing.  Josh Corteen swimming for RGS Young Guns barely had time to get wet, completing his swim and transition handover in 9mins 4s to give Joe Haddock a lead out on to the bike course.  Robin ('Batman') Garry riding for the Bikestyle Bandits wasn't going to let the small matter of being 3rd out onto the bike get in the way, as he overtook Joe, bringing the bike leg home in 27:00.  Meanwhile Gianni Epifani (Team NSC), Roger Raatgever Team Microgaming), Liam Mazzone (Tri Hard), Rob Sorby (RGS Old Boys) & Paul Kneen (Team GPR) were all determined to mix it up and together with Joe all racked their bikes in under 31 mins.  By now Batman had handed over the baton to Ben Corkill for the run.  Ben didn't look back and the team (Joe Ricciardi/Batman/Ben) took the win in an incredible 54mins 45s.  Team NSC (Luke Annett/Gianni/Andy Nash) took 2nd in 56mins 42s and Team Microgaming (who had shared Joseph for the swim leg/Roger/Tim Knott) took 3rd in 58mins 21s.  The RGS Young Guns (Josh/Joe/Connell Jacques) weren't very far behind to take 1st Place in the Youth Team Category (6th overall) in 1:01:01.

In the Mixed Teams, Team Mac (Heather McGowan/Jon McGowan/Keith Gerrard) stormed around the course, to take 1st Prize in 1:03:17, Keith making light work of the 5k run in 15mins 55s!!  2nd place were the Gym & Tonic Tri'ers (Rob Parker/John Swindlehurst/Becky Storrie).

   Heather McGowan, Jon McGowan & Keith Gerrard winners of the Mixed Team race.

The all Ladies Team of 'No Direction' (Silla Parnell/Cal Brown/Beccy Miller) clearly did know where they were going and took 1st Female Team in 1:13:55.  2nd place were the Tri'S of Carroll Powell/Clare Ledger & Kathryn Quayle in 1:17:28

 Full results can be found via this link  http://my5.raceresult.com/48220/?lang=en

Entries for the IoM Triathlon Championships on 4th September will be open shortly.