BBC Look East Sports Club of the Year 2010
Suffolk Sports Club of Year 2010
St Edmundsbury Club of the Year 2010Diss Duathlon - Keith Marra second in age category
Ray Reeves and Keith Marra competed in the Diss Duathlon, a 5km road race followed by a 30km bike ride and then finishing with the same 5km road run.
Competing in the senior 30-39 category Keith’s run 1 was timed at 18:37 minutes, followed by Transition 1 time of 01:13, a cycle ride of 52:27 and T2 of 00:41 with run 2 of 20:51. This was enough for an aggregate time of 01:33:51 for which he was well rewarded with 2nd in his age category and 7th overall out of 134 finishers.
Club mate Ray competed in the Veteran 40-49 category, his R1 of 24:42 was followed by T1 of 00:58, a cycle ride of 00:56:19, T2 of 01:01 and R2 of 28:19 giving him an overall finish time of 01:51:22 and 53rd overall out of 134 finishers and 21st in his age category.
Basildon Aquathon - Sharon Perry finishes second
Sharon Perry and Mark Verzijl competed in the Basildon Aquathon on Sunday.
Hosted by the East Essex Triathlon Club and held at Basildon Sporting Village, both Sharon and Mark raced in the veteran category which consisted of a 400m swim followed by transition to a 5km race.
Sharon produced yet another determined performance, a terrific swim time of 5:56:05 was bettered by only 3 other competitors, all men, one of which being club mate Mark. Transition time of 30:87 seconds was followed by a hard run of 23:35:44 to see her finish in a combined time of 30:02:56 and a richly deserved 2nd female and 13th veteran overall.
Mark completed his swim in 5:45:71 , his transition time of 35:53 was followed by a fine 5km of 24:39:11 for a total aggregate time of 31:00:05 and 19th veteran overall.
Stowmarket CC TT
West Suffolk Wheeler & Triathlon club member Paul Rooke continued his recent good run of form to finish a respectable 17th in the Debenham 20 mile Time Trial hosted by Stowmarket & District Cycle Club on Saturday.
MTB: Nationals Round 1, Codham, Essex
Samuel Asker had a full and varied weekend. A day's racing on the boards at Newport velodrome on Saturday was followed by a trip to Codham, Essex on Sunday to compete in Round 1 of the BC National cross-country MTB Series.
The course was pretty technical and probably uniquely featured a section of BMX pump track. Following a reconnaissance lap, Sam wasn’t too keen on racing but a second lap in the company of a couple of Eastern region mates calmed the nerves and he decided to race.
In only his fourth ever MTB race, this was always going to be a big learning experience and Sam started off at the back of the field. The first lap was slow and tentative, but as the race progressed into the second lap, confidence grew and he began to pick up places eventually finishing 30th overall (male juvenile). Not bad at all for the Nationals and in only his 4th ever mountain bike race...!
Superb Silver for Wheelers Women
West Suffolk Wheelers & Triathlon Club competed in the final event of the Eastern cylco Cross League Season, the Team Championships held at Mistley on the River Stour on Sunday.
On a notoriously hilly, challenging and extremely windy course clubs competed in teams of 2/3.
Stand out performances of the day came from Nicole Gregory and Jo Denny in the Women’s Team Race held over 40 minutes. Both are novices and in their first season at cyclo cross, and both rode tenaciously over a very demanding course against tough competition to be rewarded with 2nd Best Women’s team Club Prize. A superb effort.