Aug 13
Well during one of the warmest weekends of the year 30 and 31 July 2011 thousands of triathletes descended on the London Excel Arena to take part in one of the biggest triathlons in England. The weekend saw celebrities including Sir Richard Branson, Nell McAndrew, someone who I can’t admit to knowing the name of …
Aug 10
Wow!! What a busy weekend of racing by Lincsquad members, competing all over the UK and Europe! The Whitaker’s complete the Ironman Regensberg (see separate race report), Phil Gibbs and Alan Woodcock complete the Dearne Valley Tri (see separate race report). Then we had Chris Spavin, Duncan Wright, Dave Hinch and Jeff Chappill competing in the …
Aug 09
This was the second running of this relatively local event. Organised by Paul Drinkwater Sports Management who also organise events at Tadcaster and Wetherby. This event incorporated the British Universities and Colleges Sports Championships so had a combined field which was heavily made up of students. Based at Manvers Lake near Wath-on-Dearne this was described …
Aug 02
On Sunday 24th July 2011, Paul Ralph joined 650 other triathletes to take on the triathlon holy grail, an ironman distance triathlon, a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike & 26.2 mile run. Here’s Paul’s story ……. After 7 months of haphazard preparation (which included 5 months with a niggling Achilles injury) and a bottle …
Jul 04
This weekend, at the much anticipated Cleveland Steelman (half Ironman), 22 lincsquad competitors and their supporting families met up for a sunny weekend to remember. With such a large contingent it’s going to be difficult to capture everybody’s race report without writing ‘War and Peace’. In fact, the club’s very own Laurel and Hardy in …
Jun 21
The Yorkshire Triathlon 2011 Results Lisa Purcell (first ever Olympic) and Steve Clark unable to race on the Sat at Dambuster because of work decided to give Wakefield Triathlon a go It’s great to see the re-introduction of the famous triathlon at pugneys formerly the National Champs venue, Pacesetter events decided to stop hosting the …
Jun 19
A good turnout by the Lincsquad massive. Pictured left to right, back to front Steve Dolby, Phil Binch, Steve Grocock, Chris Spavin, Dave Hinch, Rob Wood, Andy Veitch and Paul Ralph at the Dambuster finish line. First established in 2002 the Dambuster Triathlon is a well recognised triathlon in the UK. 2011 sees the Dambuster …
Jun 14
The Rother Valley Sprint Triathlon was the choice for 5 other club members as this doubled up as a Great Britain age group qualifying race with the qualifiers representing GB in next year’s European Champs. With such a prize at stake this race attracts some of the best age group triathletes from all around the …
Jun 06
Freebird Events first open water event in the 2011 season took place at Allerthorpe Lakeland Park Yesterday. Situated just 10 miles from York, the venue has proved to be very popular with many triathletes with 300 entering the race. The swim comprises of a single lap of the lake, before exiting the water to transition. …
May 23
Freebird Events hosted their second sprint event of the year at Driffield yesterday. Despite the unforgiving weather, Lincsquad were once again out in force mixing among the well represented big city clubs like York Tri and Leeds/Bradford. Although punching well above their weight Team Lincsquad I’m sure, will have left a lasting impression on the …