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COMMONWEALTH GAMES FUND RAISER |
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Manx Tri Club member, Martin Malone is currently the Chairman of the
Commonwealth Games Appeals Committee. Over the next three years they are
tasked with raising enough money to take an IOM team to Delhi in India for
the next Commonwealth Games. They are also trying to provide funding to help
develop some of the the younger sports people and potential future stars.
Their first event is a Christmas party for kids on the 15 December at the
Hilton. There will be two shows (12pm to 1.30 pm and 2.30pm to 4pm)
with magic, party bags fun and games and lots to eat. See poster below for
ticket information: |
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| 16 November 2007 |
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TRI SUITS AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE |
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If you didn't manage to get a Tri Suit earlier this year, the following are
available to purchase:
Women's - 4 x medium and 2 x small
Men's - 1 x extra large and 1 x large
They cost £66 each. Please contact Graham
on 499659 or 861984. |
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2007 REVIEW |
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Read Graham's review of this year in
Word or PDF. |
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| 11 November 2007 |
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FORD IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 70.3 |
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Congratulations to Anthony who completed the
70.3 World Champs in a time of 4:29:59 (swim 31:08; bike 2:15:29; run
1:38:24). Time to put your feet up now Anthony!! |
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| 8 November 2007 |
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NEW COMMITTEE
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The following were elected onto the Manx Tri Club and The Isle of Man
Triathlon Association Committees at last night's AGM: |
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CHAIRMAN: Graham Stigant |
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TREASURER: June Collister |
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SECRETARY: Tanya Sanderson |
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COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Paul Cubbon, Steve Shimmin, Ali Clague and Anthony
Bell-Scott |
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BODY SHACK FITNESS CENTRE OFFER TO MEMBERS |
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Body Shack
Fitness Centre has opened in Kingswood Grove, Douglas. Their
special launch offers are soon to end, however, they have kindly agreed to
extend them for Manx Tri Club members. If interested in taking up this
offer, please speak to Richard on 614176. See more details of the offers
available on the Offers to Members page. |
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WINTER TRAINING |
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There have been some changes and additions to the training that is
available. Please see the Training page for more info. |
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| 5 November 2007 |
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FORD IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 70.3 |
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Our best wishes go to Anthony Bell-Scott who competes in the
Ford Ironman World Champs 70.3 this Saturday, 10 November in Clearwater,
Florida. Anthony has had a long and successful season this year,
qualifying for this event a few months back. He also represented GB in the
European Duathlon Champs in June. While most Manx Tri Club members
have been taking it easy over the last month or so, Anthony has had to stay
motivated and focused for this event. But no wonder he has managed to
do so...just look at that venue!!! As with all Ironman events, we should be
able to keep track of where Anthony is on the day using the official
website. |
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Clearwater, Florida |
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| 22 October 2007 |
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING |
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The date has been changed to Wednesday, 7 November 2007 - same time and
place. |
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| 19 October 2007 |
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING |
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The AGM for Manx Tri Club and the Isle of Man Triathlon Association will be
held on Tuesday, 6 November 2007 at the NSC Meeting Room at 7pm. All
are welcome to attend. |
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| 16 October 2007 |
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SOUTH BARRULE MOUNTAIN BIKE DEMO TRAIL SURVEY |
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If you have tried the South Barrule Mountain Bike Demo Trial, the Manx
Mountain Bike Club would appreciate you completing a survey.
Forms are available from the bike shops, at
www.manxmtb.org
or here as
PDF. The survey is
freepost and there is a prize draw for travel vouchers for people off
Island. |
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| 27 September 2007 |
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MANX TRI CLUB - Runners
Up Team Award at Bala |
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And what a notable year it has been for these MTC members! Juan and
Gav are off to Vancouver next year for the Worlds. Cubby competed at
this year's Worlds in Hamburg. Anthony competed in the European
Duathlon Champs earlier this year in Edinburgh. Graham would have
qualified (at Bala) for the Worlds in Vancouver if he had put his name
forward for consideration. And Honks...well, he just looks good! |
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| 16 September 2007 |
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BALA TRIATHLON |
Juan Kinley, Graham Stigant, Gav Quayle, Anthony Bell-Scott, Paul Cubbon and
Ian Harrison all endured a very windy
Bala Triathlon
today. So rough was the water
of Llyn Tegid, the largest fresh water
lake in Wales, that the swim was shortened to 1000m. Bala Tri is a qualifier
for the Vancouver Age Group World Champs, but there is no information
available as to whether anyone else from MTC qualified. However, our
team of six came second in the Team Awards! Well done to you all. Full
results
here.
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Juan Kinley |
02:01:47 |
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Graham Stigant |
02:03:50 |
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Anthony Bell-Scott |
02:05:05 |
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Gav Quayle |
02:06:33 |
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Paul Cubbon |
02:09:30 |
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Ian Harrison |
02:22:45 |
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| 10 September 2007 |
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RHODES PHOTOS |
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The Photo Gallery has had some more Rhodes photos added. Thank you
Andy Cannell. |
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| 9 September 2007 |
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VANCOUVER CALLING |
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Congratulations to Gav Quayle for qualifying for the Age Group World
Triathlon Champs in Vancouver next year. He came an impressive third
in his age group today in the
Northampshire
Triathlon. Cubby also had a good race today and came 11th in his age
group and awaits news of his qualification for Vancouver.
Results (PDF) |
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END 2 END |
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Several local triathletes took part in the gruelling
End 2 End
Challenge today (apologies if I have left anyone out!).
Full results |
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Andy Cannell |
3:44:14 |
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Russell Collister |
3:51:34 |
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Barry Arnold |
3:51:55 |
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Max Bezance |
3:35:35 |
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Rob Cormode |
4:17:13 |
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Jo Teal |
4:54:12 |
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Julie Lyness |
6:00:04 |
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| 2 September 2007 |
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PEEL TRI RESULTS |
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Twenty eight competitors took part in today's Peel Tri in damp, windy
conditions on the challenging new one lap bike course. Andy Cannell
and Eve O'Hare were the winners once again, with Russell Collister in second
position overall and first Vet over the line. A special well done to the
five people (Derek, Andrew D, Alison S, Lara and John) who completed their
first tri today!
Thanks to all the marshals for
volunteering their time and to Ian for putting on such a well organised
event.
Results can be found on the Events and
Results page. For your information, the transition times are included
in the swim and bike times.
Thanks to Neil Clague for the photos which
have now been added to the Photo Gallery. |
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Russell, Eve and Andy |
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WORLD AGE GROUPS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007 - HAMBURG |
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Cubby competed in the
World Age Group Champs this morning finishing in a time of 2:22:44
placing 89th in the 40 to 44 age group.
Coverage of the ITU World Triathlon Champs
will be shown on BBC2 at 5pm today. |
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| 30 August 2007 |
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PEEL TRI, SUNDAY 2 SEPTEMBER |
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The start sheet for Sunday's Peel Tri has been added onto the Events and
Results page. |
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| 19 August 2007 |
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IRONMAN UK - SHERBORNE, DORSET |
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Steve Shimmin (Manx Tri Club committee member) is taking part in his first
Ironman today. Keep up with race information
here and Steve's race
here. The temperature in Sherborne today is a maximum of
19C with light showers forecast. |
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| 15 August 2007 |
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MARSHALS REQUIRED |
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Please contact Ian Brand at brandy@manx.net
if you are available to marshal at the Peel Tri on Sunday, 2 September. |
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PEEL TRI MAP |
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The map of the new course is now available on the Events and Results page. |
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PHOTO GALLERY |
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The Photo Gallery has been updated with photos of the Island Games, Salford
Tri and the National Relay Champs. Thanks to Micky Swindale and Graham
Davies for the photographs. |
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| 13 August 2007 |
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NATIONAL RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS |
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Sixteen Manx Tri Club members travelled to Nottingham this weekend for the
National Relay Championships. The teams were as follows: Ladies -
Cat Dryden, Eve O'Hare, Ali Clague and Micky Swindale; Juniors - Niall and
Ollie Shimmin, Matheu Marshall and Adam Johnson; Men - Paul Swindale, Steve
Shimmin, Paul Cubbon and Martin Malone; Vet Men - Gav Quayle, Andy Bell,
Juan Kinley and Russell Collister. The Juniors who were leading third
overall after the swim managed a final third position in their category as
did the Vet Men. Paul Swindale's eventful race is worth a mention - he
punctured and then after changing his wheel was knocked off his bike by a
fellow competitor, however, he went on to complete the event. A trip
to Nobles hospital on his return to the Island last night, revealed he had
in fact fractured his wrist during the fall! We wish you a speedy recovery
Paul! Full results
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SALCLEAR ISLE OF MAN HALF MARATHON |
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At least four triathletes took part in this Sunday's Half Marathon: Max
Benzance 1:18:49 (third overall); Andrew Dudgeon 1:34:14; Brian McFarland
1:39:05 and John Swindlehurst 1:52:29. Full results
here. |
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PEEL TRIATHLON 2 SEPTEMBER 2007 |
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Following competitor feedback, the bike section has changed to one lap of
the circuit: Pool - Ballig - Kirk Michael - Ballaquane - Pool. The
distance is now 14.5 miles/23.3 kms. The entry form for this event can
be downloaded from the Events and Results page. The map of the new
course will be available shortly. |
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| 29 July 2007 |
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SALFORD TRIATHLON |
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Once again, several Manx Tri
Club members competed in this prestigious event held earlier today.
And once again there were some notable performances. Juan Kinley, Paul
Cubbon and Paul Swindale took all three podium positions for the 40 - 49
years category! Well done to all who took part! |
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Manx results in Excel. |
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Full Olympic distance results
here,
full sprint distance results
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The
Elite's event (held after the Age Groups event over a slightly different
course) was won by Spaniard, Javier Gomez, in a time of 1:51:47.
Vanessa Fernandes from Portugal won the women's event in 2:02:59. |
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WORLD AGE GROUPS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007 - HAMBURG |
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Another Manx Tri Club member will be representing GB at the
World Age Groups Championships on the 2 September in Hamburg.
Cubby received that all important phone call on Friday night inviting him to
join the squad based on his performance at
Wakefield Triathlon on 8 July. Well done Cubby!! |
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MASTERS SWIMMING TIME CHANGE |
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Please note that Master's Swimming will be held from 7pm to 8pm on Tuesday
nights until 4 September. |
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| 23 July 2007 |
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ISLAND GAMES SPORTS AWARD FOR TRIATHLON |
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Graham was nominated to receive the Island Games sports Award for Triathlon
for his huge contribution to the sport and the fact that Rhodes will
probably have been his last Island Games. He was presented with the
Award at Saturday's Dinner, with the following comments:
"Graham has been involved with triathlon for over 16
years on the Isle of Man, and not only dominated the triathlon events held
on the Island for many of those years, but also represented the Isle of Man
and Great Britain on many occasions, both in the UK and internationally.
Graham has represented the Isle of Man at every Island Games event where
triathlon was held. During his time participating in the sport, Graham
has won several events in his age group at Olympic distance and at one stage
was British National Champion in the highly competitive 40-45 age group.
He has represented the Isle of Man at Ironman distance qualifying for the
prestigious Hawaii Ironman in 2006. Graham has been a fabulous
ambassador for triathlon and has been responsible for encouraging many new
athletes into the sport. He is extremely generous with his time and effort
to assist and guide newcomers in the sport and has always been an exemplary
sportsman, as gracious in defeat as he is in victory. Not that he will
be retiring any time soon, but Rhodes was possibly Graham's last Island
Games and it is fitting that his huge contribution to triathlon on the
Island be recognised."
Mention was also made of Niall's outstanding swim
and his very credible 17th place finish, particularly as the youngest
competitor in the event, and also of all his work that went into designing
the Tri Suits which looked really great.
Recognition of Andy C's single minded
determination, where he hauled himself back from somewhere around a 30th
position after the swim, to finish 11th overall with a superb run, was also
mentioned. |
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| 16 July 2007 |
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AQUA SPHERE GOGGLES AT TK MAXX |
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The
Seal XPs are on sale for £7.99 (ie £9 off RRP) - situated at the foot of
the stairs towards the checkout. Thanks Brandy for the info! |
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| 7 July 2007 |
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NOTE FROM GRAHAM |
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See the note about yesterday's event on the forum. |
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| 6 July 2007 |
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RHODES RESULTS |
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Results are below for the Isle of Man team and men's full results are
here and ladies full results are
here. Congratulations to the
ladies who won a bronze medal in the team event!! The
men's team narrowly missed a bronze medal by a mere seven seconds.
The team praised the event (despite the stifling heat) which was very well
organised and on closed roads. There was tremendous support around the
course (including supporters on pedalos for the swim leg of the event!) from
the rest of Isle of Man team.
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11th |
2:12:00 |
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2:25:28 |
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14th |
2:13:07 |
Cat |
7th |
2:26:10 |
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Jacqui |
12th |
2:35:24 |
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20th |
2:14:46 |
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22nd |
2:15:47 |
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26th |
2:18:39 |
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| 5 July 2007 |
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RHODES UPDATE |
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Graham has posted an update on the
forum following the technical meeting held there today. Read Andy
Cannell's updated
blog. |
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| 4 July 2007 |
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IDEA FOR MOORAGH PARK SWIM SESSIONS?? |
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YouTube |
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| 3 July 2007 |
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SNIPPETS FROM THE GAMES |
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June reports: "All the training is going well, and I think everyone is
settled in now. The team are varying cycle rides out, along with organised
swim and run practices. Today it's an 'easy' cycle of about 30k and a 30 min
run immediately afterwards at 11 am, then a swim around the course at 4.30pm
(which is fairly close to their actual start time on race day). The
temperature is high 20's / low 30's so hot, but not unbearable.
I think the extract you quoted from the Examiner
rather overstates the case. Concerns have arisen because things do seem to
have been rather last minute, mainly because the Race Officials only arrive
on Wednesday and we obviously need them here to clarify some of the
technical race details. It's the not knowing that creates uncertainty. There
was a mix-up with the distances published early on, but these are all
confirmed as Standard Olympic distances now.
Russ reckons the swim area is one of the nicest
open water race areas he's ever competed in. Although it's choppy, the water
is so clear that you can read the name of Island under the water on the
other competitors tri-suits. The cycle course appears to be pretty much
confirmed as the original route advertised - it's only that there are a lot
of side streets and lanes/walkways around the town and so it will take a lot
of policing on the day. The run course has been altered so that it is now an
out and back course of several laps (rather than one) so that it is more
spectator friendly and will enable the rest of the road circuit to be
re-opened again once the cycle section is finished.
The technical meeting is early Thursday so we
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The team are doing short training sessions finding it difficult to push hard
in the 30C plus heat. The swim course seems challenging in that the
"surf is up", on the way out. However, the team are managing to enjoy
themselves...eating good food and lying by the pool!! Apparently their
suntans are coming on great! |
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News just in is that Manx Tri Club member, Lara Ward won a GOLD in
one of the shooting events earlier today, although this is not confirmed on
the website, which appears to be struggling to deliver accurate information! |
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For those of you trying to improve your 1500m swim time for an Olympic
Distance, be inspired by the Island Games record set last night by Pal
Joensen of the Faroe Islands in the Men's 1500m freestyle event -
15:48.25!!! |
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EUROPEAN DUATHLON CHAMPS - EDINBURGH |
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Well done to Anthony Bell-Scott who took part in the
Champs in
wet, windy, hilly conditions last month! |
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| 2 July 2007 |
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SNIPPETS FROM THE GAMES |
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June Collister (Triathlon Team Manager) has sent through the first in a
series of snippets to keep us informed of what our Triathlon team is up to:
"It's all a little chaotic at the moment. Good news is that all the bikes
arrived safely and the guys have been organising training sessions each day.
The temperature is hot, but not stifling, but running in the heat is proving
the tough one." |
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A team member (who will remain anonymous!) has said "we are all out training
together as a team...in team kit - have to admit we look quite good!" We
look forward to seeing some photos!!
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ISLAND GAMES 2007 |
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The Games have started in Rhodes! Download the
schedule
and keep up to date with the
results
of all the sports.
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