Results – June 2015

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Another great set of results this month.  Well done to all thetrilife.com athletes.

Stephen Branagan at the Lough Cutra Castle posted an excellent 5:22:52 placing 47th overall.  On 14 June Stephen entered last minute into the Blessington Triathlon which included a tough olympic sea swim posting 2:25:57, baby on the way now if not here already, good luck!

Jim Prendergast would have easily gone under 2:20:00 at the Eton Dorney Triathlon if he hadn’t completed an extra bike lap! He still finished in a very respectable 2:30:39.

Steve Rice after coming back from injury, raced the Bedford Sprint in 1:23:32 and the Dambuster a week later in a fine time of 2:51:21. Good work Steve more to come!

Kevin Watson raced at the Firmus Energy city of Derry Triathlon in 1:20:38 and placed 123rd in a large number of entrants.  A week later on 20 June Kevin raced very well at the Causeway coast triathlon finishing strong and high up the field again in 74 place in a time of 2:33:20.

(coached by Mike Redshaw)

James Davies just focussing on running at the moment continues to collect pb’s.  At the Sandwich 10k he smashed his target of sub 40 minutes with a 38.59. Plenty more to come.

Jude Hagger had a great race to podium finish at the Hyde Park Triathlon finishing 3rd in AG in 2:32:00.  At the Deva Triathlon Jude qualified for the standard distance Age Group World Championships in a time of 2:33:00. Both are great confidence boosters for the forth coming European Championships in Geneva.

Barney Gray at the Nottingham Sprint Triathlon gave a strong performance over a shorter than usual distance, 15th in AG 1:04:00

Also at the Nottingham Sprint Nicola Wignall qualified for Age Group World Championships in a very tough race finishing in 1:17:00.  Great job!

Over the longer distance, Beate Vogt produced a personal best at the Outlaw Middle Distance Triathlon claiming 3rd in AG in 6:35:11.

Darren Matthews, in preparation for a priority 70.3 later in the year, recorded 2:18:00 at the Guildford 50 mile TT in very challenging conditions.  At the Cotswolds 113 despite the race not going to plan Darren dug deep to finish in 4:43:00.

Some very well deserved podium finishes, pb’s and World Age Group Qualifiers.

(coached by Liz Scott)

Gordon Staines in his first ever Sprint Triathlon and encountering some mechanical problems, clocked a fine 1:35:26 at Blenheim.

Steve Tassell produced a blistering performance 2:33:08 at the infamous Windsor Triathlon which puts him on track for the Marlow Triathlon later in the year.

Niven Robinson recorded a 2:27:03 to finish 69th in his AG at the Zug Olympic Distance Triathlon, a cracking performance in his first outing over this distance.

(coached by Andrea Whitcombe)

Jo Gundle battled through a tough swim at IM 70.3 Staffs and worked her way through the field to claim 4^th fastest bike and 2^nd fastest run split in her AG. This qualified Jo for the World Championships in Austria. A great performance Jo.

John Borton, who has also qualified for Austria, climbed his way through the Santani Stelvio GranFondo in just over 7 hours with 14000ft of climbing over 90miles!

Duncan Haynes enjoyed competing in a shorter than his usual distance event in the Salty Sea Dog sprint Triathlon finishing a very respectable 18th overall.

Best wishes to Alex Johnson recovering from a knee operation.

(coached by Dean)