Official Launch of Born2Tri @ Gosfield Lake - Saturday 17th May 2008 from 10am - 12 midday:
This Saturday the official launch of the Born2Tri Triathlon club takes place at Gosfield Lake between 10am - 12 midday. The launch will provide you with the opportunity to:
- Talk to Born2Tri club members
- Try open water swimming (some wetsuits are available for trial)
- Receive some open water swimming tuition
- Take part in a spinning class (spinning bikes supplied by Complete Health & Fitness, Braintree)
- Check out some Cannondale Road bikes with Chelmer Cycles
- Get nutrional advice from Lucozade sport
- Or sample a mini triathlon by swimming in the lake, having a go at spinning and then run around the lake!!!
If you fancy being part of a club then come and check us out. We are a friendly club and cater for all abilities. For more information click here
Born2Tri members take on the Brentwood Half Marathon
A number of members of Born2Tri took part in the 27th Brentwood Half Marathon on Sunday 9th March 2008. It was a great debut for Teresa Harman over this distance who beat her target time of 2:30:00 by finishing in 2:18:06. There was also a blistering run from Roy Young who finished in 1:18:26. Not far behind was Matt Shingleton in 1:25:56. Also racing from the club was Mark Harman who finished in 1:54:11, Bruce Philp in 2:11:03 and Patrick Hyland in 2:56:18. For the full race results click here.
Congratulations to Joolz.
Club member Julie Halpin braved the wind and rain at the recent T2 Duathlon event at The Essex Golf & Country Club and earnt herself a 2nd place finish amongst the females. Congratulation to Joolz, her hardwork pays off!!!
Event Entry 2008 - NOW OPEN
Born 2 Tri are pleased to announce that we are now taking entries for our 2008 races. We are organising the races in association with Essex Police Triathlon Club and hope to continue delivering professionally organised races for local triathletes. To find out more about our races and enter please go to the Events Section.
SWIMMING SESSIONS
Swimming sessions have been organised for Tuesday evenings between 8 - 9pm at Halstead Leisure Centre. We have one lane booked and the sessions start from Tuesday 8th January 2008. Get those water wings out and see you there!!!
Running: Coached Track Sessions:
The coached track sessions have continued into the new year and are well attended. The coaches are setting new challenges every week and members are responding with noticeable improvements amongst many.Born 2 Tri Members tackle Great Bentley Half Marathon!!
Roy Young, Matt Shingleton and Julie Halpin took on the Great Bentley Half Marathon on Sunday 3rd February 2008. For information on their results in cold and blustery conditions go to our results section.
**POSTPONED**Tri Club Meeting - 9th January 2008 The meeting will be re-scheduled to an alternative date in the near future.
There is a Tri Club meeting scheduled for 1830 -2000 on Wednesday 9th January 2008 at Braintree Leisure Centre. The meeting will be followed by our normal coached track session. The meeting will discuss our forthcoming season, event organisation and club championship races.
Born 2 Tri Hosted events for 2008
Born 2 Tri are pleased to announce that it will be hosting 3 Triathlon races for 2008. To replace the Braintree District Triathlon that has taken place at Riverside, Braintree will move to Halstead Leisure Centre and take place on Sunday 1st June 2008. The Basildon Off-road Triathlon will take place on Sunday 11th May 2008 and Gosfield Standard Distance Race takes place on Sunday 13th July 2008. More information on these races and a possible early season off-road duathlon at Gloucester Park, Basildon in March 2008 will be published on the Events section.
Distance Challenge.......
At the end of the 2007 Tri season some of the Born 2 Tri members travelled to the New Forest to take on the 1/2 ironman distance race. Click Here for some pictures of their sterling efforts.......
Grant application
The club is currently in the process of applying for a grant from 'Awards for All'. If successful this will provide the club with a good financial foundation to push forward and attract new club members. Watch this space for more information in the coming months.
X-Country - Update:
Unfortunately we will be unable to enter a team into the North Essex Cross Country League for the 2007/08 season. Due to the late formation of 'Born 2 Tri' we cannot enter the league, however, those of you that still would like to race X-Country can enter as a 2nd Claim Member and race for another team who have entered the league. If you are interested in competing then let us know (through the contact us) and we will put you in contact with one of the clubs. This will get us ready for next season when we can mount our challenge.
Born 2 Tri members conquer the New Forest Middle
X-Country Challenge
Born 2 Tri would like to enter the 53-12 North Essex X-Country League. The fixtures for the 2007/08 races are as follows:
9 December - Halstead
16 December - Harwich
13 January - Hadleigh
27 January - Ipswich
10 February - Hylands Park, Chelmsford
9 March - Great Notley
Watch this space for more information on our X-Country Challenge
