Category: Lincsquad

Good Friday Night Ride

On Good Friday at 10pm seven Lincsquad members headed off from Brigg for a night cycle. Instinctively  the group headed off to the Humber Bridge via Elsham and down the A15. The pace soon picked up and we were going through and off at nearly 40mph when I clashed with Dunc coming round the outside …

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My First Multisport Race

Steve Dolby shares his experience at the recent Clumber Park Duathlon After the excitement of the local duathlons set by Dan Broughton and Dave Hinch I was really looking forward to my First official multi sport event of my very short sporting career. The morning of the event started with the alarm rattling away at …

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Sports Club of the Year 2011

The North Lincolnshire Leisure and Culture Awards take place every year to recognise and reward the outstanding achievements that volunteers have made. Lincsquad was awarded “Sports club of the year” after coming runners up in 2010. This is a real credit to all the people involved in making Lincsquad what it is today. I originally started …

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Kirmington Muddy Duathlon

16 hardy competitors and plenty of supporters turned out on a dry Sunday morning for the Kirmington MUDDY Duathlon. Although the weather was fine on the day, some heavy rain over the last few days had made the tracks and fields very muddy and slippery. A short race briefing to confirm route and directions and they …

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Barnetby off-road Duathlon

The Winner’s Story …. in his own words – Duncan Wright I wasn’t particularly confident going into the race, having not done a great deal of training at all recently. Though since that’s due to the weather I guess we’re all in the same situation. On top of that I wasn’t certain how my energy …

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Barnetby off-road Duathlon

A good turnout on a chilly morning for the off road Duathlon at Barnetby organised by Dan. The mileage is still currently being debated as “country miles” are very different to normal miles. However the course was roughly just under a 4 mile run, a 10 mile mountain bike followed by just under a 2 …

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New Year Swim in the Ancholme

2011 kicks off with a few members braving a swim in the cold

Today saw a few members from Lincsquad kick off the New Year in crazy style with a swim in the River Ancholme. The river still has a number of areas covered in ice from the recent cold snap, in fact cold snap is an understatment!! (Pictured from Left to Right) – Phil Binch, Steve Clark, …

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Humber Sprint Tri 2010

Lincsquad take team prize and title. Sunday 3rd of October saw another great turnout for Lincsquad in the Humber Sprint triathlon. Lincsquad actually won this event earlier in the year but couldn’t bask in their glory as it was incorrectly awarded to Barracudas. No such problems this time although Lincsquad had to draft in the on …

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Hatfield Tri 2010

25th July brought the 12th running of the Hatfield Triathlon with Lincsquad well represented with Lewis, Chris, Matt and Lauren doing their first open water Triathlon. Overall winner was Tim Ashelford from Leeds Bradford Tri in a time of 01:04:45. Lincsquad performed well to take 2nd (1st open senior), 7th with Steve Grocock, 9th Pete Connolly, …

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British Quadrathlon Championships

Brigg Bomber

British Quadrathlon Standard Distance Championships 2010 The Brigg Bomber is a quadrathlon, which from its inception has been designed as an international event. It was conceived with the World Middle distance championships in mind, and also as an addition to North Lincs’ Adventure Challenge for those who like a swim. The event is made up …

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