Club activites remain suspended until at least the 4th July.

Groups of up to six people from different households are now permitted to exercise together, however they must still follow social distancing guidelines and keep at least two metres apart from those outside their household.

For the latest information from our governing bodies click on the links;

• British Triathlon
• British Cycling

After the successful Tony England’s Virtual Marathon event in April where 20 members joined in with running part of the 26.2 mile,  keeping everyone updated through social media, with photos, posts and videos, I started thinking about what could we get up to in May….

My former Captain from Thunder Run 2018, Graham Ellwood had posted to say that he’d seen someone doing and Odd and Evens Challenge so I thought let us have a go at that!

So on Sunday the 17th May adult and youth members joined in to complete this challenge within the government guidelines of social distancing of course!

So this is how it worked… there were two teams, 1 team made up of adults and youths born in an ODD numbered year (ME!) and 1 team made up of adults and youths born in an EVEN numbered year (Roo!). Game on, I would be in an opposing team to hubby Roo so the challenge was up’d!

Between the hours of 09:00 and 19:00 the plan was for everyone to run or/and walk up to no longer than one hour then share their distance for an overall tally. The longest distance covered by a team would get a prize. I’d put a special request into the Committee who were more than happy to support this.

To add to the challenge the adult or youth who completed their event with the daftest prop could be in for winning a prize. Youth Member’s parents and guardians please watch out for an email coming for the  youth academy to vote for the winner soon!

The morning of the event arrived, Si Leek and Team Porters could not contain their excitement and started the event before the start time. Starting the day as the ODD team captain I had a barrier to overcome as there was 15 members in the Evens team and 10 in the ODD. So come to the rescue came Pepper Hobley who was declared as a great asset to the team, surely running on 4 legs could count double to running on 2 legs? Hey I was free to create what “rules” I could to fill the gap.

At 11:30 on the day, 5 out of the 25 had completed their event. I was still sat in the armchair with my popcorn watching the days events occur…  At 14:00 we had reached over 50 miles covered from walking, jogging, running or even skipping I heard.

Hey Wal Kent even threw in a plank.. surely that should have given an extra bonus for the ODDS? Erm nope. Hot of the press was that Malcolm Dent smashed it and completed his longest run, surely that should have given an extra bonus for the ODDS too? Erm Nope

So at what point would I get my trainers on and take my prop out to play?  (those who know me, know I am the social kind of member, not the one aiming for any race team, but what is great about this club is both types and many other variants left, right and centre are welcomed with golden arms – virtually at the moment)

I made the decision that I was to be the tail walker as if I was bringing up the back of the Parkrun therefore I set off at 16:00 heading on the Beck and up towards Messingham. I was excited to see that one of our Youth Members Libby March-Jones was just completing her bit with her Mum.  I’ll not tell anyone that Libby was happy to walk home but Mum was that shattered that they called Dad up to collect them.

There were amazing props brought along for the challenge, I’ve got to say that the Youths put in the most effort, great stuff Issac Wilson, Eve Turner, Libby March-Jones and Freya Hobley.

By 17:00 the challenge was over so I need to wait to get the results in…. We totalled just short of 100 miles with 25 plus Pepper taking part and…….

Thanks for joining me, Roo, Janine Turner, Mark Turner, George Turner, Eve Turner, Dawn Porter, Brad Porter, Si Leek, Drew Hobley, Freya Hobley, Pepper Hobley, Issac Wilson, Libby March-Jones and Mum, Ben Goodhand, Tony England, Julie England, Wal Kent, Katie Scutt, Isabel Turkington, Rich Turkington, Xav Turkington, Raphi Turkington and Malcom Dent. 

So what challenge can we do next? We’ve done something in April and May so what’s coming in June?

Anyone got any suggestions? If so please contact the committee!

Extract from British Cycling advice below:

Riding a bicycle is a generally low-risk activity, but with our health and emergency services under such intense pressure it is important that we all take steps to manage risk wherever we can. Please only ride on routes you know well, that are close to home and that are well within your ability level; this is a time for calm recreation, not for challenging yourself.

Updated 24/3/20

In these unprecedented times, the committee have agreed that all club activities (coached, non coached and events) are now cancelled. Aligned with our governing bodies this will be until the 30th June.

The Paul Kirk Sportive due to take place on the 19th April and Brigg Bomber /Tri are all cancelled

We will keep you informed as and when the situation changes.

Keep safe

Come and join the fun. A fully coached weekend of multi-sport activities for all ages. Lincsquad are pleased to announce that it will be hosting a Festival of Sport weekend for Triathlon and Quadrathlon on the 27th and 28th of June 2020.
For further details click here

Well done and thank you to all the riders who completed the Chris Brown memorial ride yesterday. Your kind donations helped raise over £450 which will all go to Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance.

And thank you to Classicvelo for providing the mechanical support on route!

Once again we’ll all be riding out in Christian’s memory from The Gamekeeper Scotter. 

Christian passed away on the 18th February 2013. He was involved in a serious cycling accident and airlifted to Hull Royal Infirmary in a critical condition from which he unfortunately never recovered.

This is an unsupported charity/social ride were everybody is welcome, whichever club you ride with, and everyone rides at their own pace.

Please bring along money to make a donation to the Notts and Lincs Air Ambulance, who came to Chris’s aid after his accident.

A photo call in the Gamekeeper carpark will take place at 9:30am for all riders with a roll-out from 9:45am following the Two Bridges route (Keadby and Gainsborough).

The Gamekeeper will be serving up Sausage and Chips afterwards whilst we all raise a glass to Christian. As usual LincsQuad will pay for the food but please let us know how many servings we need to reserve by completing the registration form.  Entries may be for groups as well as solo riders.

Route Map

Route Map with file download. Select the 3 dots next to ‘Send to Device’ for full export options

Many thanks to all who voted, the results are now in:

• Quadrathlon  Sprint distance: Dearne valley
• Quadrathlon Middle distance:  Keyo  Brigg Bomber 
• Triathlon Sprint distance: Keyo Lincsquad Brigg Sprint
• Triathlon Standard distance: Allerthorpe 
• Triathlon Middle distance: Steelman
• Triathlon Long distance: Outlaw

In response to a couple of questions asked:

Qu: Will there be a youth event?
Ans: We hope in the new year to announce a youth club champs as well as the East Midlands series.

Qu: Will there be a duathlon event?
Ans: This year we would like to trial the events with just those above, however in 2021 would would hope to be extending the range to include duathlon. 

Rulings around entry 

• You must register as LincsQuad only.
• The results will be taken directly from the event organisers website
• The awards will be presented at the LAYAS in late October early November.

Jeff Chappill, Club Chair