Esther reigns supreme in Kitzbuhel

WSW&T club member Esther Colman exceeded her own high standards at the European Triathlon Union’s European Championships held in the picturesque town of Kitzbuhel in the Austrian Tyrol on Sunday.

Competing in the female 18-19 Age Group Olympic Distance, Esther faced an open water swim of 1500m around the scenic Lake Swarzee, followed by a tough 39.4km bike section around hills surrounding the lake, and culminating in a 9.6km road race section.

Esther, having excelled in pre event competitions in the swim sections, her best discipline, stormed the 1500m swim in 0023:39. Her transition 1 time of 03:50 was followed by a bike time of 1:36:11 and t2 of 02:27. Her final run time of 49:32 gave an overall time of 2:55:37 and a very well deserved gold finish.

New Club Record

Trish Goulden again set new club and personal records with her marathon effort in the ECCA 100 mile time trial held on Sunday. With a start time of 5:17 am from Ugley, Trish’s time of 4:24:11 again capped a fine weekend for further Wheelers’ success in this discipline.

Brinkley Sets Standard

The second round of the Suffolk Cycle Race Series was held at Trinity Park, Ipswich on Wednesday with another fine turnout from West Suffolk Wheelers & Triathlon Club members.

Stand out performance of the night was easily that of Andrew Brinkley, who followed his previous week’s fine show with a race of controlled and confident riding.

Racing in the 4^th category class on the 1m circuit, Brinkley looked comfortable in the large leading group of 4^th category riders which started 1minute before the 3^rd category group and the Elite/1/2 categories a further minute behind.

With the stronger 2 chasing groups gradually converging on Brinkley’s group with about 1.5 laps to go, Brinkley made his move with a strong attack from the front and quickly opened up a gap of 100m. A display of exceptional pace allowed him to maintain a strong grip on the race, eventually finishing some 15seconds ahead of the chasing group.

In the same group, club mate Paul Vickers also had a fine race to finish high up. Other Wheelers contesting mid field positions were Jeremy Waterstone, Richard Stiff, Matt Eaglen, Matt Denny and Steve Newman.

In the novice Go Race event, Dermot O’Riordan repeated his good previous week’s form and Richard Leeming rode well.

The U16 race saw Fabian Horrocks work hard to stay with the leading group throughout and Fraser Elsworth in the U14 raced well.

Junior Circuit Racing

The Wild tracks Karting Circuit near Newmarket hosted round 5 of the Eastern Region Circuit Series on Saturday. A fast flowing course saw West Suffolk Wheelers & Triathlon club members Oliver Griggs in fine form in the combined U10 and U8 race, finishing in 5^th place just off the lead group. Harley Gregory also continues his fine form with 9^th overall and 2^nd U8.

Sam Asker had a strong ride to finish 4^th in the U14 category.

Grass Track

Plomesgate CC near Ipswich was the venue for Sunday’s latest grass track race event. On a well prepared course and in ideal conditions Harley Gregory carried on from the previous day’s circuit race with an impressive ride for 1^st U8 overall. Oliver Griggs also raced well for 7^th overall U10.

In the senior race, Harley’s mum Nicole placed 3^rd lady overall in only her second ever grass track race, with strong performances also coming from David Young and Jonathan Sjolin returning to the event after a gap of several years.

Great East Swim

West Suffolk Wheelers & Triathlon Club member Julie Reeves took part in the Great East Swim of 2 miles at Alton Water on Saturday which she completed in 1:05:16 to finish 37^th lady out of a mixed field of 273.

Go Tri Rougham Triathlon

WSW&T club hosted the third Go Tri race of the season, a mini distance triathlon designed to encourage new and novice athletes to the sport of triathlon.

Held on the 20^th June at Rougham School, the event began with the junior events of Tri Star 1. A swim of …m, followed by a bike ride of….km and finished off with a run of ….km faced the junior age group. Winner was Stu Adams in 19:33.

Other results: Tom V ..20:56; Tom C 22:22; George P 22:46; Jacob 24:46.

The Tri Star 2&3 groups raced the same distance as the adults, a 150m pool swim, 4km bike ride and 2km run.

Overall winner was Myles Taylor in 20:59, with first girl Catherine …in 26:16.

Other results: Matt…23:04; Johan Hasselder 23:22; Oscar 23:53; Fred..25:06; George c…29:25; Anna 34:22.

23 adults contested the main race, with the winning time posted by Boxford CC’s Simon Daniel in 20:18.

Other results: George…20:56; Eugene Husband 21:05; Chris Brown 21:08; Ray Reeves 21:53; Malcolm MacFarlane 22:09, Jamie Mott 23:17; Matt Skevington 23:32; Dan Reed 23:46; Steve Murton 23:52; Lyndon Houston 23:54; David Leavi..24:05; Hayley Suttle 24:08; Ian Pettit 24:16; Simon Kitching 24:21; Sandra May…24:55; Chris Gladwyn 24:59; Paul Sawyer 25:40; Ker Macross 25:48; Les Basham 25;49; Tony Fitch 25:53; Callum Blair 27:11; Jeremy Smith 30:48.

Time Trials

At the Victoria CC 10 mile time trial held on Saturday, David Howes’s time of 26:39 and Ron Back’s time of 26:57 were both enough for age category wins.

Other Wheelers’ taking part were Henry Wood (27:01); Jim greenwood (28:35 and Gerry Barton (31:12).

The club were also in action at the inter club 10 mile time trial hosted by neighbours Cycle Club Sudbury on 19^th June. Held over the out and back course between Lavenham and Chilton, the top 5 riders from each club counted towards the overall result.

The individual event was won by Simon Wright of CC Sudbury in a time of 22:41, with the host club winning the overall team event.

Top 5 Wheelers were Darren Davis (8^th, 24:19); Boy Nicholas (9^th, 24:35); Richard Farrow (10^th, 24:46), Sarah Wells (13^th, 25:58), Ron Back (14^th, 25:59).

Other Wheelers’ results were:

Malcolm Borg, 26:25; Viv Smith, 26:32; Angela Joiner-Handy, 26:35; David Young, 26:50; Henry Wood, 27:14;Jim Greenwood, 27:45; Sam Asker, 28:15; Darren Baker, 28:15.

Go-Ride Tour – get riding and win some prizes

In celebration of the Tour de France starting in Britain this July, Go-Ride clubs are running special Go-Ride racing events – Go-Ride Tour.

The Go-Ride Tour is a fantastic way to get on your bike and get involved in the excitement of the Tour de France 2014. Each event will be different, but most will involve the chance to compete in a race. Limited edition Go-Ride Tour prizes will be awarded to riders on the day.

To find out more details have a look at http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/go-ridetour.

To find your nearest event, keep an eye on the events calendar, which has details of lots of Go-Ride Tour events taking place across the country.

There are lots of Go-Ride Tour events taking place in the Eastern Region during July.

The first one is this Saturday 28^th June at Ashwell.

• Grass track racing on any off-road bike (freewheel)
• £3 entry fee
• 1:30pm for 2pm start
• Ashwell Grass Track, Small Gains Lane SG7 5LT

Charity Ride

This time Thursday I will be somewhere between London and Folkestone riding the London to Paris with HotChillee and raising money for UK Youth!

Since I started training 20 weeks ago, I have:

Ridden 4400 km
Burnt 84,000 calories
Climbed 61,000 ft
Spent 160 hours in the saddle

Bike ready, kit ready and with all that above I am as ready as I will ever be!

So far I have raised £4440 but I would really love to ride into Paris on Saturday having raised £5000. For anyone that wishes to sponsor me, follow the link below and please re-post!

http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/JonL2P

Cycle Club Sudbury Bildeston Audax rides, Saturday 26 July

Only 6 weeks now to Cycle Club Sudbury's next great audax rides, from Bildeston Sportsfield, Suffolk, on Saturday 26 July.

Three rides;
104k Bildeston Lanes audax; a very popular circular route on mainly traffic free quiet lanes.

168k 100 Miles of Suffolk Lanes audax; to the coast at Orford, via Stonham, Framlingham, and back via Wickham Market and Debenham; mainly on quiet lanes with little traffic -short bits of minor A and B roads.

209k Suffolk Lanes Extravaganza audax; the big one! Again to the coast at Orford, via Halesworth, and back via Framlingham. Quiet lanes again, plus the chance to tick off three castles during the day.

Good routes, route sheets and refreshments, as always with CCS. GPX tracks available. Book early to avoid disappointment!

On line entry available via the AudaxUK website, or by old-fashioned private enterprise Royal Mail if preferred. Entry £5 by post, £5.80 on line (+£2 if not AUK or CTC member).

We await your entries with eager anticipation.

Park Run Bury – 1st Anniversary

Are you all looking forward to our anniversary run on 28th June? We will be joined by the Bury pacers, who will provide some pacers for the run and be available to talk to you about their club and discuss any running queries you may have. There will also be presentations for the annual points competition. Don't forget our paper theme. Please make yourself a nice paper name label to wear for the run (and perhaps a "we are one" label for your back?) I think we will be very busy on this day, so if you are unable to run, would you consider volunteering please? Offers to burystedmundsoffice@parkrun.com

Cycling Events

Lotus League

Wednesday 7th May and continue every Wednesday to 30th July

The Race Programe may vary from week to week and only Youth Riders are catered for every week. Please see 2014 Calendar.

Field Sizes

The layout of the track allows us to run events concurrently – using two circuits each approximately 1 mile long. The maximum field sizes permitted will be:

• Regional C+ – 120

• Go Race – 50

• Youth Races – 40

• Entries are on a 1st come 1st served basis. (Only the Go Race has been oversubscribed just once)

For more information please see http://www.lotuscycleracing.org/

Suffolk Cycle Race Series

Starts Wednesday Evening June 11 with races for Youths, Novices and regular racers of both genders and all categories.

This season the series is being sponsored by Maglia Rosso, Cycle Centre and Destination Café.

The venue is Trinity Park in Ipswich (Suffolk Show Ground) on a challenging course, different each week.

YOUTH U14/U16                                   6.50pm (20 mins)

GO RACE (NOVICES and CAT 4 adults) 6.51      (30 mins)

E1234 men*                                        7.30      (60 mins)

E1234 women                                      7.31     (40 mins)*usually run on a group handicap basis.

Dates are June 11, 18, 25, July 2, 9, 16 plus a full day of racing on Sunday July 12 with races for Cat 3 and 4 riders and all juveniles from U8 to U16.

www.suffolkcycleracing.org.uk for full details

Training Events

Swimming

Tuesday 8.30 -9.30pm at Abbeycroft sports centre, coached session across three lanes to cater for all standards. Session starts promptly so please arrive for 8.15. £3.00 per session.

Monday 07.30 – 8.30pm Culford School, coached session joining the Bury Master swim club

£5 per session.

Go Ride

Go Ride starts Tuesday 22nd April, 6.30pm - 7.30pm at Club HQ, Priory School, Mount Road. Suitable for children aged 6 and above. All children need a bike and a helmet. £3 for 5 sessions or £15 for Junior membership.

Junior Triathlon

Tuesdays from 5-6pm at South Lee School, and Sundays in the pool at Abbeycroft Leisure Centre also 5-6pm.

Park Run

Every Saturday morning starting at 9am at Nowton Park IP29 5LU.

Free, weekly, 5K, timed run. The same distance as a sprint triathlon run.

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