2015 IOM Sport Lecture
Don’t miss a fantastic opportunity to attend the 2015 Isle of Man Sport Lecture to be held at the Gaiety Theatre on Wednesday 18th November starting at 18.00.
Guest speaker will be Jack Maitland, coach to 2012 Olympic Gold and Bronze Triathlon medallists Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee as well as numerous other World Class triathletes. Jack will be telling of how he took schoolboy athletes through to the Olympic podium. It will not be a technical talk about triathlon but about the process involved in developing young athletes into World Class performers and, as such, should be of interest to athletes, coaches and anyone else involved in sport wanting to know what is involved in reaching the top in their sport.
Tickets are free and the only restriction is that a maximum of four may be purchased at any one time. Please go to the Villa Gaiety Box Office to order your tickets.
Ironman Barcelona 2015
Well done to Wendy Sandford who finished her first Ironman in Spain at the weekend finishing in 12:43:04 gaining 35th position in age group.
Also competing was Christine O'Shea who finished in 13:18:20 for 25th place in age group. Christine has done Niece and Bolton previously.
Don't forget its The Ironman World Championship, Hawaii this weekend 10th October starting at 06:25 local time Saturday, 17:25 our time. Live streaming is available on the Ironman website.
2015 IoM Championships
It was great to see so many newcomers and first time triathletes to the IoM Triathlon Championships at the Mooragh Park in Ramsey. Antony Bell-Scott & Karen Shimmin are the new 2015 Standard Distance Triathlon Champions, whilst Will Draper and Lisa Dunwell are the new Sprint Champions.
Antony Bell Scott ran a fabulous race neck and neck with Juan Kinley through the swim and the bike, but Abs was able to pull away on the run to take 1st place in 2:03:51s, with Juan 2nd in 2:07:15 and Ryan Downey in 3rd.
Although Karen was the only lady, she was strong throughout, having had a great years racing and finishing 8th overall against 29 men, in a time of 2:19:56
15 year old Will Draper, and first time triathlete showed that he is an excellent runner as well as a cyclist and overhauled Russ Collister on the final leg to take 1st place in a time of 1:06:26 in the Sprint, with Russ finishing in 1:06:42. Tom Isaac, making a return after a year off, finished strongly in 3rd in a time of 1:08:56.
Lisa Dunwell had a great race with Jan Catchpole in the Ladies Sprint, with Lisa pulling ahead of Jan on the run leg. Lisa won in a time of 1:20:31, with Jan in 2nd in 1:24:23 and Beverly Broderick in 3rd in 1:25:43.
The Teams all had great races in their own categories with some very close head to heads on each of their individual stages, particularly Robin Garry up against Gianni Epifani and Darren Bell on the Bike leg in the Standard and Ben Corkill, Kevin Loundes & Aaron Livesy on the run.
View Photos from the event here https://www.facebook.com/pages/Microgaming-Triathlon-2015/1650070675204900?sk=photos_stream&ref=page_internal Photos courtesy of Microgaming & Bill Dale
Thank you to all the marshals who did a fantastic job, and to Steve Shimmin for his very entertaining commentary and Graham & Sue Hughes for all the timekeeping.
BTF U20's Tri Festival
Joseph Ricciardi and Becky Storrie travelled to Leicester for the BTF U20's Triathlon Festival on 6th September at Mallory Park. This is one of the Elite race series and it was great that both Joseph & Becky were invited to take part. Joseph finished in a time of 1:06:26 - 25th in Age Group and 34th overall. Becky always put's in a huge effort, but this took it's toll & unfortunately she was unwell after the Bike Leg and wasn't able to finish the race. The competition at this level is fierce, and both of them gained a lot from the experience.
Bala Standard Distance Tri
6 Local athletes missed our local Championship event as they were competing at Bala in North Wales - Bala being a qualifier for the European's in 2016.
Sam Brand, Andy Nash, Paul Cubbon, Simon Lowe, Hannah Howitt and Lynsey Elliott enjoyed the perfect racing conditions, along with 650 other competitors.
Sam was first home from the Manx Team in a time of 1:58:04 - a fabulous 10th in Age Group and 18th overall. Andy Nash wasn't far behind in 1:58:35 - 5th in AG and 19th overall. Hannah & Lynsey both had falls during the race, Hannah slipping in T1 and spraining her thumb and Lynsey taking a nasty tumble off the bike at the dismount line. It didn't slow either of them down too much, with Hannah finishing in a great time of 2:12:37 - 2nd in AG and Lynsey in 2:19:02 - 3rd in AG. Paul Cubbon finished the season well coming in 2:16:56 - 15th in AG. Unfortunately Simon wasn't able to start the run and recorded a DNF after the bike leg.
Ironman Mont Tremblant
Well done to Chris Tierney and Jonathan McNeill who completed Ironman Mont Tremblant, Québec at the weekend. The course has a very challenging bike leg with over 6,000 ft of climbing on the 2 lap course.
Chris finished in 11:28:28 408th overall and Jonathan in 13:21:57 1,285th overall. This was Chris's first Ironman and Jonathan's second after completing Lanzarote in 2012.
Dublin 1/2 Ironman
Congratulations to the Manx Tri Club members who took part in the Dublin 70.3 Ironman Race on 9th August.
Antony Bell-Scott finished a remarkable 25th overall including all the pros in a time of 4hrs 31 minutes. There were approximately 2,000 in the field.
Duncan Mackay finished in 5hrs 7mins and Microgaming's Ben Wood also finished the Individual event in 5hrs 55mins .The Parker 'clan' of Diane, Andrew and Robert took part in the Relay event.
Becky takes 3rd place in London Junior Elite
Becky Storrie's excellent season continued with a 3rd place in the London Junior Elite race at the weekend. Becky, who is still only 16yrs old finished in a time of 1:10:01 which was just 35 seconds behind the overall winning time.
Joseph Ricciardi also had a great race, competing in the same event, and finishing 20th in a very competitive field in a time of 1:05:49. Andrew Nash, the current Island Champion, raced in the Olympic distance event and finished an excellent 8th in category in a time of 2:01:33. Great experience for all of them to race draft legal with elite competition.
Paul Swindale and Mario Ricciardi were also taking part, Paul in the Olympic distance age group event and Mario in the Sprint distance race. Thousands of competitors take part in this event, which makes Paul's 2nd in Age Group and 39th overall a fantastic achievement (out of something like 3500). Still only in his 2nd season of triathlon, Mario will also have been delighted with his 33rd place in Age Group and 360th overall.
2016 Standard Distance World Championships
Well done to the four Manx Triathletes who have now qualified for the 2016 Standard Distance Age Group World Championships in Cozumel Mexico.
Sam Brand (25-29), Paul Swindale (45-49), Juan Kinely and Paul Cubbon (50-54). The event will take place in September.
2015 IoM Triathlon Championships
2015 Microgaming IOM Triathlon Championships
Sunday 6th September at the Mooragh Park, Ramsey
The IOM Triathlon Championships are now a little over a month away. The Race Instructions can be found below together with copies of the Swim, Bike and Run courses and the layout of Transition. Please take a few moments to look over them.
Standard Distance 1500m Swim Course Cycle Course Run Course
Sprint Distance 750m Swim Course
The cycle and run courses are the same for both distances. Sprint Cycle = 1 lap Standard Cycle = 2 laps Sprint Run = 2 laps Standard Run = 4 laps
Transition Diagram here Race Instructions here
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British Triathlon Championships
The Manx Tri Club were well represented at the British Triathlon Championships in Liverpool at the weekend. In all, 13 were competing across all the events. Over 2,000 age group athletes were taking part.
The weather forecast was spot on, with rain coming in from 10 am, allowing the majority of the age groupers doing the standard distance, to finish in the dry. The Elites didn’t have it so good.
Rebecca Storrie was competing in her first elite draft legal race at Sprint distance and was up against all the seniors too, as all 49 started from the pontoon at the same time. She acquitted herself well, holding a mid-place position out of the swim and building throughout the race, gaining positions on the run and managed to outsprint another competitor on the line to get 17th position overall and 4th Junior out of 21 with the fastest run split and still has two more years as a junior!
Sam Brand had a brilliant race, producing his best performance to date in his short triathlon career, having only started racing seriously last year. He finished 12th overall and second in his age category and only seconds off the top spot, his time 2:00:17.
Off the back of Island Games, European Championships and his University Graduation it has been a full-on fortnight.
Joseph Ricciardi was competing in the Age Group Sprint event and won his age group finishing a fine 2nd place overall only 2 seconds off the win.
A further well deserved podium went to Hannah Howitt who secured 3rd place in age group and 4th overall from a field of 110 in a time of 2:15:13 achieving a nine minute PB despite having picked up a time penalty. Hannah had the fastest female swim time of the day in the standard distance at 20:21 and was leading until the final lap of the bike.
Karen Shimmin was hot on Hannah's heels and had an excellent race with a very strong run to finish 6th overall and 4th in age group.
Local Athletes at Isoman
Saturday 18th July was the inaugural Isoman Triathlon held at Arrow Valley Country Park in Redditch. Isoman is described as 'Triathlon Evolved' - more details here https://www.isomantri.com/ISO/
The long course is a 7 mile swim, 61 mile bike and a 26 mile run, although 1/2 & 1/4 distances were also available and categories for each of the individual disciplines, and an Aqua-Bike or a Duathlon.
Steve Kennaugh and Jill Bunyan were 2 of the 49 competitors brave enough to take on the full distasnce, which consisted of 8 laps of the lake, a single lap on the bike mostly on undulating country roads, and then 4 laps around the park. The water temperature was 21.5', but even so, over 7 miles it would feel cold. Both Jill & Steve found tiredness kicking in by laps 7 & 8. Competitors were allowed 7 mins in T1, before heading out on the bike. Back to T2, where 5 mins were allowed, and then out onto a convoluted run course through the park.
The weather was hot which made it a long day out for everyone involved, and despite the challenges of staying hydrated, Jill & Steve were both in the 30 finishers, Steve in 12:59 for 16th place and Jill in 13:22 for 19th overall and 4th lady.
Safe Cycling Isle of Man Campaign
Dear Club Member
On Wednesday 22 July we are launching a Safe Cycling Isle of Man campaign. The aim of this campaign is to improve road safety for cyclists on the Isle of Man and promote harmonious road sharing.
We, Tanya Sanderson and Sean McLachlan, started this initiative after Kate Burge was killed in Kirk Michael on 4th August 2014. She was hit from behind by a Range Rover whilst cycling home from work.
Our campaign is about lobbying Tynwald to introduce a minimum safe passing distance of 1.5m enshrined in law.
There is ample precedence around the world where this has been implemented and we would encourage you to visit our website for more information www.safecyclingiom.com
The publicity that this campaign will cause will increase the awareness of the vulnerability of cyclists. It will also challenge some of the anti-cyclist attitude. As cyclists we would value your support in our efforts. You can do this by:
- Liking our Facebook page ‘Safe Cycling Isle of Man’ - this will become live on Wednesday.
- Writing to your MHK to support the change in legislation for a 1.5m overtaking law.
- Contacting us via our website if you would like to work in partnership with us.
Thank you in anticipation of your support.
Middleton Katz Manx Open 2015
Middleton Katz held the 2nd running of their now annual Open Water Competition at the Mooragh Park on Sunday 19th July. 44 competitors took part over the two distances of 750m and 1500m. Manx Tri Club were well represented with Joe Ricciardi taking 3rd in the Men's 750m, Jon McGowan 7th and Mario Ricciardi 13th. In the 1500m Chris Crellin came home 4th in 22:36, Graham Annett 5th, Jonathan Kind 6th and Clive Parrish 7th. Although competing under her Swimming Club, Becky was 1st home in the Ladies 750m and Lynsey Elliott was 2nd in the 1500m, with Gaynor Evans 4th and Caroline Moran 5th.
View the full Results here