Manx Tri Club

Great racing at the weekend by Joseph Ricciardi and Becky Storrie who both took part in the Southport Triathlon on 15th June.

Joseph was 2nd in his age group and 12th overall from a field of 279 men.  His finishing time was 1:04:43, posting the 2nd fastest bike split of the race. 

Becky did brilliantly, winning her age group and placing 4th overall from 91 ladies, in 1:11:48.

Joseph's placing may also qualify him for the Championships in Geneva next year, to be confirmed by BTF next week.

Middleton Katz Open Water Meet Sunday 6^th July 2014 at Mooragh Park, Ramsey, Isle of Man.

Isle of Man Swimming Development have organised an Open Water Swim Event to be held at the Mooragh Park on Sunday 6th July.  Full details and Entry Forms are available here.

Four of our ladies travelled to Chester at the weekend to take part in the Deva Triathlon.

Karen Shimmin posted an excellent time of 2:25:58 to take 2nd place in her Age Group (14th overall from 131 females) and Lynsey Elliott finished the course in 2:29:27 placing her 9th in her Age Group (24th overall).  Identical twins Amber and Jess Carridge posted almost identical bike splits with only 1 second separating them, and finished 8th & 9th respectively in their Age Groups.

Manx Tri Club athletes were out doing it in style again this weekend around the UK.

Andy Nash finished well up the field in 8th place at the Commonwealth Games Triathlon Test event at the weekend.  This was run as an Elite race, with the bike leg being draft legal - great experience ahead of July's main event.

Joseph Ricciardi raced to a fabulous 2nd place in Age Group and 3rd overall at the Belvoir Castle Sprint Triathlon, finishing in 1:14:27

Meanwhile, Donna Crellin took part in the BT Liverpool 1/2 Marathon running an excellent PB.

Last weekend saw Manx Tri Club members competing over a variety of Long Distance races in various parts of the UK and Europe.

Juan Kinley posted a very strong time around the notoriously difficult Ironman Lanzarote course to finish 9th in Category and 218th Overall in 10:51:15, whilst Richie Komasa was in France racing in the Pays d'Aix 70.3.  Richie finished 60th in Category and 399th overall in this, his first attempt at the half ironman distance in 5:11:06.

Meanwhile, all four triathletes from the Isle of Man successfully made it around the tough & hilly Slateman course on Sunday 20th May, and congratulations to Gaynor who secured 3rd place in Category with her time of 3:24:43.   Conditions started off dull and very windy, leading to some chop in the water for the 1k swim.   Much like the Isle of Man, there also seemed to be headwind all the way around the 51k bike course.  The run was an 11k trail run, heading uphill for the first 4k, zig-zagging through the Slate Quarry.

Gaynor Evans 3rd in Cat - 3:24:43      John Swindlehurst  46th in Cat - 3:26:50     Steve Kennaugh 196th in Cat  3:32:17     Jill Bunyan 25th in Cat -  3:37:51

Congratulations to the 12 strong Manx Team who travelled to Mallorca for this weekend's 70.3 event.

10 took part in the Individual race and 2 in the Team event, achieving some very respectable times.

Dave Meban 5:07:14 
Roger Raatgever 5:12:23
Nic Stuber 5:18:36
John Quinn 5:25:11
David Glover 5:26:21
Duncan Mackay 5:34:38
Neill Whyte 5:37:24
Lawrence Weatherill 6:14:55
Grant Elbourne 6:23:21
Ben Wood 6:38:46

John Coleman & Jon McGowan - Team  4:49:54  (placed 7th in the team category)

Amazing effort by everyone who took part in Saturday's Individual Sprint Triathlon Event, and congratulations to the many competitors racing for the 1st time.

Taking Line honours in the Mens and Ladies races were:

Ladies:

1st - Rebecca Storrie

2nd - Karen Shimmin

3rd - Hannah Howitt

Mens:

1st Andrew Nash

2nd - Joseph Ricciardi

3rd - Russell Collister

The overall results are now available here

Teams

There was a fabulous atmosphere at Sunday's 'Something in Common' Team event.   Well done to all of the competitors in the 79 Teams who started.  The Prizes were allocated as follows and the full results can be found here.  (Swim Splits include T1 to the Bike - more detailed Swim splits will be available later).

Men
1st - Cojonas - Kristian Cowin, Gary Johnston, Andrew Nash
2nd - Mannin Media - Graham Annett, Andy Bell, Alan Corlett
3rd - Browne Craine Accountancy - Andy Isaac & James Sayle
 
Ladies
1st - 3 Amigo's - Silla Parnell, Sharon Pope & Carly Craig
2nd - Threestyle - Katie Callow & Kirree Quayle
3rd - Ramsey Ladies Golf Club - Joy Morris, Nicola Sherrard, Gillian Cunningham
 
Mixed
1st - The Kinleys - Laura & Juan Kinley
2nd - St. Ninians Teachers A - Carole Laporte, Stuart Mason, Jim MacGregor
3rd - Team Ricciardi - Hannah Howitt, Mario Ricciardi, Joseph Ricciardi
 

A very big thank you to all the helpers, marshals and officials who made the event possible, and to the support of St.Johns Ambulance for 1st Aid cover, to Ramsey Town Commissioners, to Steve Shimmin for providing the entertaining commentary, and to Graham & Sue Hughes for all their efforts with the Timing.

 A full report and photos will be available later. 

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

This year’s competition will form the basis for team selection for 2015. 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 2014 season.

Between 1st January 2014 and 4^th May 2015 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 performance officer (Graham Stigant).

·         Male:- 2 hours 9min

·         Female:- 2 hours 26min

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 cycling and TT 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 guidelines from IGAM are that the minimum age for competitors is 18 on 31 December 2015.                                                                                                              

Local Student, Hannah Howitt enjoyed a great race at York Triathlon on Sunday 27th April, securing 1st place in her Age Group and 2nd Lady overall, from a field of 64.

This was a real achievement for Hannah, who only competed in her first Triathlon last year.  She completed the 400m Swim, 18k Bike and 5k run in 1:06:00, 2.5 mins behind the overall winner, but 8 mins clear of 3rd place.  Her time would also have earned her a very credible 26th place in the mens overall from a field of 149.

What a difference a year makes.  Last year's Microgaming Junior Triathlon, held at the NSC in Douglas, was held in lovely warm sunshine 2 weeks after the big snow.  This year, the weather wasn't playing ball at all and when the day of the Tri arrived, it poured down.  This didn't deter 91 hardy young Triathletes who enthusiastically racked their bikes and got ready for the first discipline of the Swim.  The distances are all graded according to the children's age, with the youngest age group, 8 year olds starting first. The ages then go all the way up to 14 years. The swim in the pool, is immediately followed by a cycle around the NSC Raceway, and then after re-racking their bikes in Transition 2, the children head out onto the Athletics Track for the final element, the Run.  This is a great opportunity for the children to have a go at a multi-sport event and a real achievement to complete the course, particularly given the miserable weather. 

Thanks to all the staff at the NSC for their assistance in staging the event and to the many marshals without whom the event just wouldn't happen.

One of the children left a pair of White Shimano cycling shoes behind.  if anyone has found them please get in touch with Martin on 450288.