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League Events for March : Adult & Youth: Swim Time Trial 18-Mar

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( as at - 09 Mar 2010 20:30)

09 Mar 10	3000m Time Trial
Well done to everyone who completed tonight's 3000m Time Trial run at Basildon. The results are available here (apologies if I have misspelt any names!!)
07 Mar 10	New Arrival
Congratulations to Andrew and Abi Wood on the birth of their son Toby Andrew Jackson Wood - born on 5th March at 11:34am, weighing a healthy 8lb 6oz!!
05 Mar 10	New Core Stability Class
Gemma Tune is starting a new Core Stability Class on Thursday evenings at Runnymede Swimming Club (time to be confirmed but should start between 7:45 and 8:00pm) The classes will take over from the highly successful Turbo classes which are due to finish at the end of March (thanks Ian and John!!) The class won't be as slow as yoga/pilates as it is based on the more 'functional' physio approach to core stability. It also doesn't focus on your abdonimals but all muscles responsible for stabilising your core-abdominals - back, hip and buttock muscles. Anyone who wants to attend will need to bring a fit ball and a towel/mat. It's open to all EETC members and their families - as long as they're over 16 years. I will set it at an intermediate level but will give easier/harder options.
23 Jan 10	East Essex Kids Tri
The 2010 East Essex Woodham Triathlon is now open for entries. This triathlon, for TriStars and Youths, will once again be held at the William De Ferrers School Trinity Square South Woodham Ferrers Essex CM3 5JU. Entry to the race cost £11 (with £2 returned on the day to members of British Triathlon). You can enter ON LINE or by Post
22 Jan 10	Gemma Tune Physio
Gemma Tune, who has been successfully treating many members of the club over the last 5 years, is opening a full time private physiotherapy clinic in Romford (but will also continue seeing people from her home in Wickford on Fridays). The clinic will be opening on 1st March and there will be an open day on Sat 27th Feb from 9am-5pm. If anyone can spare some time to drop in and check it out then there will be free goody bags, champagne, money off vouchers and a prize draw for free treatments and more-all you need to do is turn up at some point between 9am-5pm on Sat!! The clinic is situated around the corner from the redbridge cycling centre. The address is as follows: Finely Tuned Physiotherapy, 6 Hoghill Road ,Collier Row ,RM5 2DT Website: www.finelytuned.co.uk email: physio@finelytuned.co.uk Everyone at East Essex Tri wishes you all the very best of luck with this new venture Gemma!!!
20 Jan 10	EETC Kids Tri 2010
The 2010 East Essex Kids Tri will be open for entry very soon - thanks for your patience while we correct our technical issues with opening the race entry
15 Jan 10	X-Country
A huge thank you to everyone who ran, marshalled, baked cakes and supported the X-Country at Basildon yesterday. A successful day and a great way to round off the season with a resounding victory over Tri Sport Epping!
13 Jan 10	Kate's Caper
Kate and Chris Cammidge are putting on a trail race on Hadleigh Downs from Chapel Lane car park on Saturday 6 March. All the proceeds of the race will go to Havens Hospice as Kate is running the London Marathon for them this year. The race is a written narrative for the route, over approximately 5 miles, start times are staggered between 09:30 and 10:30 so that there is not too much following of each other. These sort of races are great fun and make a change from the usual training routes, there will be cakes and sweets afterwards. Runners and walkers are all welcome See this flyer for more information
11 Jan 10	Sunday Bike Ride
Please note that due to the cross country race on 14th Feb there will not be an organised Bike Ride from Rayleigh. However, for all of you who feel you are missing out on a long bike ride, a number of club members will be taking part in the Amisvelo sportive on Saturday (obviously dependant on the weather!) See here for more details: http://amisvelo.com/Sportive.htm. Should be a good one.
08 Jan 10	EETC League Events
The adult, youth and tri star leagues for 2010 have now been finalised. These are now available under the appropriate league tabs on the main menu. The current Adult League table is also now available and has been updated with all results up to the Thorndon Cross Country. We are still waiting for dates for a couple of events but we now know that the Southend Pier Triathlon is on 4th July 2010.
29 Jan 10	Daniel Bent
Daniel Bent a friend of the club and former member has cycled from London to India in aid of Action Aid. You can follow his wonderful adventure via his blog http://mrbent.blogspot.com/ and his info site http://dannybent.com/. Dan would love to receive emails from any EETC member (young and old) dannyjbent@googlemail.com
22 Jan 10	New TriStar Training at EastWood School
Zena and Janice, 2 of the club's coaches, are providing TriStar Swim/conditioning/Transition training at Eastwood School on Friday's between 3.30pm and 5.30pm See this flyer for more details or contact Zena 07947 001167 or Janice 07984 465636 if you need any more information
22 Jan 10	Pitsea Crown to Crown Races
The popular Crown to Crown 5k Races, organised by Pitsea Running Club throughout 2010, run mainly on bridleways from the Westley Heights Country Park, Langdon Hills in Basildon. There is a revised course this year and the first race of the season "Run for a Child" on behalf of the children’s charity Childcare will be held on Sunday 21 February 2010 at 11.00am. Further races will be held on: Good Friday (2 April) at 11.00am and then the second Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm (except September*) as follows: 12 May: 9 June: 14 July: 11 August: 1 September at 7.00pm. The final race of the year will be on Boxing Day (26 December) at 11.00am. Further details are available on the Pitsea Running Club website http:\\www.pitsearunningclub.org.uk
22 Jan 10	Swim Time Trial Results
Well done to everyone who took part in the first swim TT of 2010!! For some it was a bit of a shock getting back in the pool for a race!! For others it was business as usual. Well done Paul Hearmon 7:06 for his very first 400m timed swim - guess you'll be moving up a few lanes on Monday! The results of the 'Is it better to run or turbo before a swim Time Trial' are plain to see - and the run before a TT wins - but let's try it again next time and let Ian George lead the runners in a 50 minute sprint session and we'll take measurements again! As ever thanks to Zena, Mike Porter, Janice and Matt for help with the timing. Full results are here These will be added to the league and available at end of Jan when the league is offically launched. See you in 2 months for the next swim TT.
16 Jan 10	Adult League Updates
Dragonslayer Duathlon (18 April) has been added to the adult league. The date for the Crystal Palace Triathlon has also changed to 23 May 2010. The draft league has been updated with the latest information on race entries and entry costs.
11 Jan 10	BBC - Jump Nation
Last year a number of East Essex Tri Stars, Brogan Smith, Brooke Smith, Keira Tippett and their friend Nicola, auditioned for a CBBC show called Jump Nation, which features teams of four between the ages of 9 and 13 taking part in a skipping routine to music. The show is on BBC 2 on Saturday mornings at 8.30am and the East Essex Tri stars should be on one of the shows over the next 3 weekends.
10 Jan 10	Newly Qualified Coaches
Congratulations to Matt Pickett and Joe Giggins who have recently qualified at BTF Level 1 coaches!!
07 Jan 10	Canewdon Cycling
Southend Wheelers have cancelled all of their cycling from Canewdon Hall on Sunday 10th Jan due to, yes you guessed it, the weather!
07 Jan 10	Update: Thursday Training Sessions
Tonight's swimming at Runnymede has been cancelled due to the road conditions in and around Runnymede - which will get more icy by the time we would be going home. Tonight's turbo session at Runnymede will still go ahead - starting at 7.45pm
07 Jan 10	Eastwoods TriStar Training Cancelled
Training at Eastwood school for TriStars on 8th Jan has been cancelled due to the weather - better off staying at home and having a cup of hot chocolate!
07 Jan 10	Kids Swimming At Sweyne Park
Tonight's EETC kid's swimming session at Sweyne Park School is cancelled due to the adverse weather conditions
07 Jan 10	Thursday Training Sessions
Tonight's turbo session at Runnymede should still go ahead, as should the swim session (as long as the lifeguard is available). However, given the icy conditions the pre-swim run won't go ahead tonight. Please keep an eye on the web for any further updates and use your own judgement about how safe it will be to travel to/from these training sessions.
06 Jan 10	Junior Mountain Biking at Thorndon
The Junior Montain Bike training schduled for Saturday at Thorndon has been cancelled due to the weather conditions
06 Jan 10	Essex Cross Country Champs
The Essex Cross Country Championships, scehduled for Saturday 9th Jan at Hadleigh, have been cancelled due to the weather.
06 Jan 10	AGM
The 2010 Club AGM will be held on 27th January at Monty's Bar at 8pm. (1595 London Road Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 2SG)
06 Jan 10	Club Championship
The 2010 Club Championship race for adult members has just opened for entries. This years race is the Braintree Sprint Triathlon on 6th June 2010. Please enter the race as soon as possible as the race will fill up quickly.
05 Jan 10	Hockley Aquathlon 2010
The East Essex Hockley Aquathlon (previously known as the Rayleigh Aquathlon) for 2010 is now open for entries. This year the race will take place on 11th April at a new venue at Clements Hall in Hockley. The run will as usual be mostly off road and this year the swim will be in a 25 meter pool - so we have less lengths to swim. See Here for more info about the Hockley Aquathlon and to enter the race.
05 Jan 10	Wilkins Kennedy Grays Tri 2010
The Wilkins Kennedy Gray Triathlon for 2010 is now open for entries. This year the race will take place on 18th July at the usual venue, Blackshots Leisure Centre, Grays. The entry price remains the same as last year, £25 (plus £3 returned on the day to members of BTF). See Here for more info about the Gray Triathlon and to enter the race.
05 Jan 10	EETC Adult League
As we have so many club members helping on Sunday to marshal the cross country race at Hockley Woods, in the interest of fairness to all members, we are removing the Hockley race from the 2010 Adult Tri League. We still have 6 run races in the league, this year we have also included the Leigh-on-Sea Striders 10k in the league.
31 Dec 09	Training Plans for 2010
Richard Fuller has compiled training plans for Sprint, Standard, Middle and Long distance races. The Sprint and Standard distance training plans are 12 week training plans aimed at people new to triathlon. The Middle Distance plan is targeted at Wimbleball 70.3 Ironman in 2010 and the Ironman is targeted at Ironman France. (The plans can be adjusted to meet the dates of any races in the summer of 2010). All plans incorporate the training sessions which East Essex Tri Club provide with some additional training on your own. The plans and an introduction to them can be found here. For further details on these or any other aspect of training please don't hesitate to speak to one of the club's coaches. Happy training and on behalf of the club committee and coaches, we wish all our members a happy and successful New Year!
28 Dec 09	Hadleigh Downs Fell Race
There is a race on Thursday at Hadleigh Downs, a very hilly 4.5 miles with 1000 feet of climbing.It starts at 10am on Thursday 31 December so be there by 9:30 as it starts at the bottom of the hill and finishes at the top - having visited the bottom and the top at least 4 times meanwhile! Many members of the club took part last year and really enjoyed it - so a recomended race to clear the cob webs in time for New Years Eve celebrations. More Details Here
20 Dec 09	Training Plans
Richard Fuller has prepared an Ironman training plan for 2010. This is the first of the generic training plans which Richard will be producing and is aimed towards Ironman France, but can be used for any Ironman next year for the 24 members of the club who are tackling an Ironman event in 2010. Richard would really like any feeback on this plan (either via the forum or email richard@east-essex-tri-club.co.uk. The training plan can be found Here. The plan has been designed to include the training session which we at EETC provide each week as well as individual training sessions. The aim is to include at least 2 swim, bike and run sessions each week and to build up the distances over a 6 month period.
13 Dec 09	EETC Awards
Congratulations to everyone who picked up an award for the 2008/2009 season. A full list of the hall of fame for 2009 can be found here. Pictures of the prize giving are also available. Thanks to Jan Burrows, Janice Brown, Sue Fuller and Zena Shean for all their hard work organising the evening. The four Triathletes of the Year are Ian George, Gemma Tune, Matt Kane and Abbie Brown. The Newcomer of the Year for 2009 is Jez Baxter.
09 Dec 09	2010 Draft League Events
A draft listing of the adult, youth and tristar leagues is now available here.
09 Dec 09	BBC East Sporting Achievement Awards
Huge congratulations to Janice Brown and Zena Shean for winning the BBC East Power of Sport Award for their work with "Running Sisters". Running Sisters is an initiative to create a safe, friendly and sociable environment for women to run together to keep fit. Janice and Zena have been coaching between 2 and 3 nights a week for the last few years. This award is recognition of their great work and dedication with many of the participants in Running Sisters, inspired by Janice and Zena's coaching and enthusiasm, moving on to join running and triathlon clubs.
08 Dec 09	Ironman Western Australia
Congratulations to Jim Corton for completing Ironman Western Australia in a new PB 13:44:22. This is Ironman number 2 for Jim this year following his completion of Ironman Lanzarote earlier in May.
06 Dec 09	Tuesday Run Session
Please note that the Tuesday Night training session is available for all members (Tristar, youth and adults) as normal this Tuesday
06 Dec 09	Rocky Horror Show
Booking for Rocky Horror has been confirmed for Friday 29th January 9pm. There are still a couple of tickets left which are on hold for the next 10 days. Please let Jan know by mail at janvier65@talktalk.net or on 07791507585 if you'd like a ticket at £32.50 each.
02 Dec 09	2009 Awards Dinner
Have you requested tickets to the 2009 awards dinner? If so, please checkt this list to make sure yoru name is on the list and the correct meal has been ordered for you! If your name is not on this list please contact Richard Fuller as soon as possible.
30 Nov 09	Essex Cross Country Championships
The Essex Cross Country Championships are being held on 9th January 2010 at Hadleigh. The races are open to everyone over the age of 11. If you would like to enter these races then please contact Zena as entry has to be made through your UK Athletics affiliated club. The first race is 11.45 under 13 boys and the last race is 2.30pm for senior men.
30 Nov 09	EETC Cross country
Thanks to everyone who turned up early on Saturday morning to run around the EETC Cross country course. Zena and Janice did a great job ensuring Richard kept the run to talking pace. We will be doing the same run on the 12th December. We'd like as many members as possible to know the course and the marshal positions. Meet at Clements hall at 8am. Zena Shean is also taking names for marshal's - we have loads and loads of jobs for people (pre-race course marking, car park directions, course marshals, starters, time keepers and after race teas and cakes) - so please encourage all your family to volunteer to help us make this race, our first as cross country organisers, a success!!
30 Nov 09	Club Membership
EETC Membership is now available for 2010. Membership costs for adults is £25 (renewal is £20 if paid before 31 January 2010). Children and adults aged 21 or less at 31 December 2010 can pay the reduced rate of £6. The online membership form can be found here Adult members should also read an important note about the Club Championship for 2010 HERE
20 Nov 09	Swim Time Trial
The first Swim Time Trial of the 2009/10 season took place last night. Well done to everyone who competed, especially the new members and Neil Kirsh and Chris Milne who both set new PBs. Thanks to the time keepers Kanice Brown, Zena Shean, Matt Pickett, Mike Porter and Chris Milne! Results are available here
20 Nov 09	Mud and Mayhem Duathlon
These races (21 Feb and 21 March at Thetford Forest) are not going to be on the league but they may be a bit of fun anyway!! Please see the events website for More Details
15 Nov 09	Lakeside Triathlon
An exciting new local triahtlon will take place on 27 June 2010 at Lakeside shopping centre. The event is the brainchild of club member Mike Porter and is being run in conjunction with One Step Beyond. The event website is http://www.onestepbeyond.org.uk/lakeside-triathlon.php. To help with the hype the organisers have issued this press release We will be including this race in the 2010 club league and encourage all members to support this local race. As an added incentive EETC members will receive a discount on race entry if they complete this entry form!
14 Nov 09	Hockley Woods
We are planning a number of runs around Hockley Woods to ensure the x-country course is known to as many people as possible. These runs will start at 8am at Clements Hall on 28/11/09, 12/12/09 and 2/1/10. We encourage as many of our members to attend these runs because as well as a good training opportunity, we need as many people as possible to know marshal positions, points of access etc well in advance of the x-country race on 10th Jan. Zena will also be rounding up willing marshall volunteers as we'll need quite a few people on the day to help with directions, tea, cake serving, marshaling route, car parks, time keeping (to name but a few).
12 Nov 09	EETC Race Belts
EETC now have our very own Triathlon Race Belts in blue with EETC in yellow. They cost £5 each and will make a great stocking filler this Christmas. See the Club Kit order form for this and all other EETC branded kit.
12 Nov 09	Go Ride Session
Sothend Wheelers are running Go Ride sessions on Sunday Mornings at Canewdon. These are for young riders up to the age of 16 who are perhaps new(ish) to cycling. The idea of these sessions is to start off by teaching basic bike handling skill in a fun way in a traffic environment and to progress through other skills eg, braking, cornering, using gears as well as knowing how to check over a bike to make sure it is safe. Each session will be 45 minutes to one hour long and will start at 11.15 on the grass area adjacent to the car park at the Village Hall in Canewdon. Sign on at 11.00. Planned date: Sundays 15 & 29 Nov09 & 13Dec09 The sessions will be conducted under British Cycling guidelines using sessions described in Gears 1&2 and Gears 3&4. More information about Go-Ride can be found on the British Cycling website: http://new.britishcycling.org.uk/goride/article/goridest-keyinfo>/a> Please let Peter Swanwick know if you intend to participate in these sessions
12 Nov 09	Ladies Night Out
Jan Burrows has organised a ladies night out on Wednesday 25th November. The evening starts with a bowling session at the Kursaal at 7pm (Cost approx £6 per head). Followed by a mean at The Wok and Grill in Southend on Sea for 9pm (cost £12.95 per head on an "eat all you can" basis). Jan requires a £5 deposit ASAP. Please let Jan know (by Wednesday 18th November at the latest) if you would like to bowl or just come for the meal. You can contact Jan on email janvier65@talktalk.net or by text on 07791507585
12 Nov 09	EETC Rocky Horror Trip
Ladies and gentlemen dig out your heels, fishnets and suspenders and join EETC on a trip to see Rocky Horror Show at Darford Orchard Theatre on Saturday 30th January. The show starts at 9pm and is £29.50 per person. Dressing up is not essential, but it does make it so much more fun! Transport is not currently included although this could be arranged depending on numbers interested. Anyone who has been before will tell you it is a great experience - very liberating - so please email janvier65@talktalk.net by 25th November if you would like a ticket.
12 Nov 09	Turbo Sessions
Ian George and John smith are going to start Turbo Sessions for members on Thursday Nights depending on the interest shown. Please see here for further details
09 Nov 09	Thursday Swim Session
As part of the ongoing Thursday swim technique training, Richard will be running a golf score test this Thursday (a golf score is where you count swim stroke and swim time over 50 meters and add the two together with the aim of having a low a score as possible)
08 Nov 09	Tri N Swim Well
The Try N Swim Well team are running a competition to win some free swim coaching. They are also pleased to be able to offer Blue Seventy Tri wear and accessories for next season and a new range of balanced bouyancy wetsuits. Blue Seventy have even developed a carbon fibre high performance goggle! Please see the attached for information on how to enter the Free Draw. Tri N Swim well believe an effportless fluent freestyle stroke is within reach of anyone - see the TriNSwim Well logo on the EETC home page for a link to their website, for more information.
06 Nov 09	EETC Boys Night Out
Ian George is once again organising an EETC Boyz Nite Out this year, on Friday 4th December - starting at 7.30pm. The suggested entertainment for the evening is a beer (or two) at the Billet in Old Leigh followed by a short walk up the hill to the local Curry House. Please email Ian George by Friday 20th November if you are interested in coming along - so Ian can make the necessary table bookings.
01 Nov 09	Eastern Region TriStar Academy for 2010
Congratulations to George Knight and Kiera Tippett who today began training with the Eastern Region TriStar Acadamy
31 Oct 09	Templiers Marathon 2009
Mark Barber headed to France a couple of weeks ago to take part in the Templiers Marathon 2009. This is something a little different as it was part of an Ultra Running festival, you can read mark's story here
30 Oct 09	Junior Training
Tri Sport Epping have organised Junior Montain bike training and x-country running at Thorndon Country Park, Brentwood, Sat mornings at 9.00am. EETC Junior members are invited to attend these sessions (cost £2). The dates are: Junior Mountain Bike: 7th Nov 2009, 5th Dec 2009, 9th Jan 2010, 6th Feb 2010, 13th Mar 2010 Junior X-Country Run: 21st Nov 2009, 19th Dec 2009, 23rd Jan 2010, 20th Feb 2010
30 Oct 09	Christmas Pudding Time Trial
This year's Christmas Puding Time Trial will take place on 20th December, starting at 10am with registration opening at 9.00am in Steeple Village Hall. If you plan to race in this 10 mile time trial please email timetrial@southendwheelers.org no later than 6 December and say that you are an EETC member. Entry fees will be £3 (£2 for under-18s). This race will once again be part of the EETC Adult league.
28 Oct 09	One Last Tri Race Report
Gema, sue, Zena and Graeme have written a combined race report of their adventure during the One Last Tri Middle Distance weekend. Read the report here - note the differnt colours in the report to show who wrote each piece.
26 Oct 09	Cross Country Race
An excellent turn out for the club on Sunday at Dunton came very close to stealing a second division victory in the back yard of our 'friends' at Tri Sport Epping. The EETC results are available HERE. Thanks to Graeme Silcock and Hannah Shean for helping with time keeping on Sunday.
26 Oct 09	EETC Hogg Hill on You Tube
Steve Pallett has posted video clips from the EETC adventure at Hogg Hill (11th November) - a search for East Essex Tri Club on YouTube will show about 20 clips from the road race!
24 Oct 09	Eastern Region TriStar Academy for 2010
Application are still being taken for the 2010 Eastern Region TriStar Academy. The aim of the academy is to develop the skills and fitness levels of TriStar age athletes to a stage where they will be able to progress into the regional junior and youth academy. If you will be TriStar 2 or 3 competitor next year, think that you might have a future as an elite triathlete , are training regularly in a swimming club or squad , love running, have a bike and can convince the selector(s) that you are good enough and that you'll make the academy even better then please apply before 31st October 2009 by completing the attached form
16 Oct 09	TriAndRun Offer
TriAndRun are having a warehouse clearance sale - basically 50% off all summer tri kit, 25% off all summer run and bike kit, 15% off all new winter 09 kit and trianers ! Plus they are changing their frame designs for next year and so are doing massive deals on the last of this years models upto 50% off. Also they still have ex-hires left and are happy to offer them to the club members or your mates @ £299 (new £550) Would make superb first time bikes or winter trainers ! Their address is Unit 19 Taylors, Gravel Lane, Chigwell, Essex IG7 6DQ Anyone going for this stuff will need to take their membership cards to prove they are members of the club.
16 Oct 09	Club Kit
The new style running vests have now arrived, in time for the x-country race season. If you want to order one please complete the club kit order form and return with payment to John Smith. John is also about to place an order for club track suits. This will be the last opportunity to order one before Christmas.
12 Oct 09	Southend Wheelers Hill Climb
The Wheelers are holding their annual hill climb competition at North Hill on 1 November and EETC members are welcome as ever. Please meet at the village hall at the top of North Hill at 10 a.m. for a 10.30 start. Fee £1 per rider (to cover the CTT levy).
12 Oct 09	2009 League
The 2009 Adult and Youth leagues have been updated in the last couple of days to correct some calculation errors. These haven't affected the top 3 in the Adult leagues but have meant a change to the third place finisher in the youth league.
12 Oct 09	Optima Junior Aquathlon
While the rest of East Essex Tri club were enjoying the challenges of the Hogg Hill cycle circuit, George Knight was competing in the Optima Junior Aquathlon in Richmond. Having to swim in an open air swimming pool directly under the Heathrow flight path was a cold and noisy experience for both parents and athletes alike, but George performed exceptionally well to achieve 3rd place and gain revenge over some of the triathletes that had beaten him at the Thames Turbo event earlier in the season
11 Oct 09	Hogg Hill Cycle Circuit
The Redbridge Cycle Circuit (also known as Hogg Hill) played host to an East Essex Tri club outing today. After a warm-up around the track 41 adult and tri stars competed in three races. A short hill climb time trial, a one lap time trial and finally a 30 minute + 2 lap road race. John Smith and Zena Shean kept the day moving smoothly and the club's first event at Hogg Hill was a great success. Well done to Steve Pallett and Zena Shean as fastest male and female hill climbers. Elliott Ryan and Loretta Sollars blasted their way around the one lap time trial to be first male and female. Elliott completed an excellent afternoon by winning the sprint to the finish in the road race, followed closely by Ian George and Loretta Sollars. Full Results can be found here
05 Oct 09	2009 Adult and Youth Leagues completed
The 2008/09 Adult and Youth Leagues have now been completed. We had a huge turnout at Southend yesterday - we think we have captured all results (see the league results tab) If your name isn't in the results list then please email Neil We also had 4 members of the club takiing part in the Middle Distance Tri - 'One Last Tri'. Zena Shean had an amazing time of 5hr 10 minutes winning her Age Group, Gemma Tune completed her fist middle diatance race with a brilliant time of 5 hours 44 mins, Sue Fuller - also an excellent time 5 hours 50 minutes and Graeme Silcock 2nd middle distance in under a month! 6 hours 23 minutes (nearly an hour PB)! Well done to everyone who took part in a race this season and represented the club to the best of your ability. We look forward to seeing you all again in next years league events (which start on 25 Oct with the first x-country) and also at the awards night on 12 December!
04 Oct 09	Southend 10k
If you weren't at Southend this weekend then where were you? Seems like half the club were running in the Southend 10k - we're still waiting for the results to be published but our sources have said the following club members were there today: Kids 3K Emily Payne, Brogan Smith, Hannah Kane, Matthew Kane, Tom Ambridge. 10K : Sophie Hart, Chris Mowle, Janice Brown, Jacquie Ayres, Barbara Lammin, Daphne Pugh, Sam Petit, Peter, James Kane, Chris Carrot, Chris Cammidge, Stuart Payne, Rob Ambridge, Mark Barber, John Smith, Mark Brown, Paul Gammon, Richard Hoile, Richard Fuller, Peter Campion, Andy Dawbarn, Ian Bartrum, Tony Dennis, Jez Baxter, Dave Coote, Barry Lammin, Darren Cassidy, Lee Runciman, Jo Witton and Julie Dempsey. (apologies if you ran today and are not in this list). But a great achievement for the club to have so many members running in this local event. Oh - and for those who haven't heard - Gema Tune has completed her first 1/2 Ironman distance race today!! (along with Zena, Sue and Graheme)
30 Sep 09	Norwich Aquathlon 09 Report
Sam Pettit and Sophie Hart have written a race report for the Norwich Aquathlon Sam has also sent in some pictures from the Thames Turbo Tri and Norwich Aquathlon and these are available on the Picture Gallery.
30 Sep 09	New Club Cycle Kit
John Smith has been busy over the last few months working with various kit manufacturers to develop a new club cycle kit design. We are now ready to place an order for Short Sleeve Cycle Tops (£25), Windproof Winter Jackets (£40), Cycle Bib Shorts (£28) and Cycle Shorts(£28). The design is similar to the club's new Tri Suits (see design here). We need to act quickly to place an order so that the new kit is available before winter (and Christmas) arrives. If you would like to order any of this new kit, please complete the club kit order form and send it to John Smith by Friday 9th October 2009.
29 Sep 09	EETC Newsletter
We have started a new weekly Newsletter which will be emailed to all adult members of the club each Monday night. The first issue was emailed last night. If you did not receive it please let Steve Pallet know. Hopefully this will be a fun and informative way of keeping everyone up to date on the club activities. We'll also be asking club members to contribute to this newsletter so everyone can get involved. If you prefer not to receive this newsletter you can of course ask to be removed from the distribution list.
29 Sep 09	Thursday Night Run Sessions
A group of EETC Club Members have been meeting at 8pm on Thursday nights for a run, between 5k and 10k, at a nice easy pace. Each week one of the club coaches will be available to lead these run sessions. So, a great way to meet fellow members and do a nice warm-up before the Thursday swim session.
29 Sep 09	Thursday Night Swim Training
Over the next few weeks Richard Fuller will be running technique orientated swim training on Thursday nights. Richard has said that attendees will find these sessions easier if you bring a pair of fins.
28 Sep 09	Norwich Aquathlon
Congratulations to the brave few who traveled all the way to Norwich for the final event in the TriStar league for 2009 and the penultimate event in the youth and adult leagues. Kiera Tippett (3rd) and Sinead Clark(5th) continued their fine form in Tri Star 1 this year while George Knight (8th) has shown that he is back to full fitness following his early season leg break. Oliver Pettit also had a great race in Tri Star 3 following just behind George. Shophie Hart (2nd) and Sam Pattit (3rd) picked up more podium places in the Femal Junior and Male Youth age groups. Alan Clark lead the masters home followed closely by Simon Tippett and Peter Campion. The Adult, Youth and Tri Star leagues have been updated. Also, Trish Tippett has provided some pictures from the day and these are available in the Picture Gallery.
27 Sep 09	Hogg Hill
The club have organised a training afternoon at Hogg Hill on the 11th October between 12 and 4pm (meeting at 11.30 for setup and briefing). The training session will be on the closed road circuits at Hogg Hill and will include bike training and races. The event is free to all club members - Tristar, Youth and Adult. If you are interested in attending please let Zena Shean know - so we can have an idea of the numbers on the day.
26 Sep 09	Winter Bike Rides
The club winter bike rides are just around the corner - starting on 18th October. A full calendar with the name of each week's ride leaders will be available soon. In the mean time we look forward to seeing everyone at the club's training afternoon at Hogg Hill on the 11th October.
26 Sep 09	Club Ti Kit
The latest batch of club tri kit has arrived - If you have ordered any then please contact John Smith . Huge thanks to John for all his hard work and persistence getting the kit delivered -
22 Sep 09	Chelmsford Off Road Duathlon
OOPS - this is a duathlon and not a triathlon!! Not a league event - but still worth a go if you have any energy left at the end of the season! There are still places left for the Chelmsford Off Road duathlon on 18th October - if anyone is interested - their website is http://www.gptriathlon.co.uk/
22 Sep 09	New Hall Results
The New Hall results are now available and the Tri Start Leagues have been updated. Well done to everyone who competed and special congratulations to Louie Hay and Sinead Clark - both second in their age groups and Abi Brown and Matt Kane - both 3rd in their age groups.
21 Sep 09	Mob Match Results
The results from Saturday's Mob Match are now available here
21 Sep 09	Leagues Updated
The adult leagues have been updated with the results from Ipswich Duathlon, Seven Oaks tri and New Forest Middle Distance race - still waiting for results from the Mob Match and New Hall kids tri.
20 Sep 09	Mob Match
Thanks to everyone who turned up at Lakeside to represent the club in the annual Mob Match against Blackwater and Tri Sport Epping. 25 members of the club braved the cold water and the new run route - which some member failed to follow (notably a certain chairman and club captain!) Unfortunately we were pipped to the post this year. We won't have to wait long for revenge though as the cross country season is about to start again. See the Cross Country section of the website for details - but the first race is 25th October at Dunton Test Centre. We have over 100 adult members in the club now and we would like to see everyone one turn up and race on the 25th. We hope to have new race vests in time for the first race - more details to follow!
20 Sep 09	Swim Time Trial
The last Swim Time Trial of the season took place on Thursday night and it was another well attended race. Nia Gaut and Joe Giggins were the first female and male to finish. Richard Fuller reports that there were 'Particularly good performances from Greig Avery and Chris Carrot; Greig pulled back around 10m on Andy Armiger in the last two lengths to beat him to the touch.' The league has been updated with the results.
17 Sep 09	Monaco 70.3
John Smith has put pen to paper and written about his exploits in Monaco as he, Chas Baynes, Ian George and Graham Silcock tackled the Monaco 70.3 triathlon. You can read John's story HERE The Photo Gallery has also been updated with some of John's pictures from the race.
15 Sep 09	New Hall Kids Tri
Please note that the new Hall Kids Tri is on the 19th September - full details are available on the New hall Tri Info booklet
15 Sep 09	Monaco 70.3
Some pictures from the monaco 70.3 are available on the Club's photo gallery (see the main menu)
15 Sep 09	Clacton Results
Well done to everyone who competed on Saturday and Sunday in the clacton triathlons and duatlon. Craig Walsh competed in the Sprint Tri on Saturday. George Knight, Kiera Tippett and Sinead Clark all had excellent results in the kids Duathlon (see report from Dave Knight below). The standard distance race happened on sunday and thankfully this year the sea gods were kind and the race was a proper triathlon. Elliot Ryan, Paul Gammon,Chris Milne,Kevin Harding,Matthew Pickett,Anthony Chopping,Dave Browning,Simon Ford,Tony Dennis and Mark Denham all competed in the last standard distance triathlon of the year for the league. The adult and tristar leagues have been updated with the results.
14 Sep 09	Club B-B-Q
The annual club BBQ will this year take place on the 9th October and will once again be held at Rayleigh Cricket Club, at the Wickford end of Rawreth Lane in Rayleigh. The evening begins at 7pm with food served at 8.30pm and music till 11pm (ish) This event is open to all adult members and the parents of youth and tri-star members. For further details and to confirm your attendance please contact Andy Dawbarn
14 Sep 09	Cyclo-Cross Training
Here's a chance to get seriously dirty in Essex without getting arrested (hopefully), and to raise money for some very worthy charities. Graham Hart am looking for team mates to join him on 27th December for the annual Maldon Mud Race. For full details of the delights anticipated see; http://www.maldonmudrace.com/main.htm Entries are likely to fill up quickly, so if you are interested please download the entry form, print off and complete the health declaration form and send to Graham, with a £30 cheque payable to The Maldon Mud Race. Graham will also need your home address and a telephone or contact number for the team entry form. Teams consist of 4 to 6 members, first 4 home to count. If there is sufficient numbers will enter more than one. Suggestions for team name(s) most welcome, within reasonable and legal bounds. Graham's address is 42 Porchester Road, Billericay, CM12 0UQ.
14 Sep 09	Cyclo-Cross Training
Maldon and District Cycling Club have organised cyclos-cross training again this winter on Saturdays between 10.00 and 12.00 on 31st October, 7,14,21 and 28th November at Bungalow Nursery, Rectory Lane, Woodham Road,Battlesbridge SS11 7QR Some of our members took part in this training last year and really enjoyed it - furter contact details can be found here
14 Sep 09	Clacton Triathlon - Kids Race
Three East Essex tristars travelled to Holland Country Park on Saturday to compete in the Clacton Duathlon. Originally basking in the exceptionally fine weather, the triathletes' parents were soon basking in reflected glory as all three achieved a podium place. Kiera Tippett led the girls' Tristar 1 race from start to finish to add to her growing list of successes. Newcomer Sinead Clark showed that she will be a formidable competitor next year by following Kiera across the line in second place. Finally, having knocked nearly four minutes off of his 2008 time for this event, George Knight achieved a well deserved third place in the boys' Tristar 3 race. Thanks to Dave Knight for supplying the report and picture
09 Sep 09	Run Time Trial Results
Tuesday night's Time Trial results for 1500m and 3000m are available HERE. Thanks to Graham Silcock for assisting with the time keeping.
08 Sep 09	Swim/run results
The swim / run results for August have been updated now. Thanks to everyone who helped organise and time this years swim / runs. I'm sure I'll miss the name of someone who helped - but here goes - thanks to Matt Pickett, Mark Brown, Janice Brown, Mark Denham, Rob Klieder, Greig Avery, Andrew Ridley and of course Richard Fuller for all their help this year! Full results are available here (including all past results).
08 Sep 09	Monaco 70.3
Apologies to Graham Silcock who I missed from yesterday's result from Monaco - well done Graham - completing the event in a time of 7 hrs and 19 minutes - great practice for next years Ironman France.
07 Sep 09	Tuesday Night Track
Just a quck reminder that there will be 1500m and 3km time trials at the track for everyone on Tuesday night!
07 Sep 09	Blackwater Tri
Congratulations to everyone who competed at the Blackwater Tri on Sunday. Looking at the results it's really good to see so many new members tackle their first triathlon. Julie Dempsey (1st female vet), Karyn Hansell (4th Female open), David Knight (3rd Male Vet), David Coote (listed as Female Open - but guess that is a mistake!) and Denise Knight all competed in the Novice race. It was also Chris Carrott's first Triathlon as he completed the Sprint Tri. In the Sprint race there were podium finishes for Julia Jepson (1st Female vet), Christine Mowle (2nd Female Vet) and Zena Shean (3rd Female Vet). Alan Clark for was the first club member home in 9th place overall. Joe Giggins won the Eastern Region Junior Championship - in a time which would have won the overall event ! The Adult league has been updated.
07 Sep 09	Middle Distance Tri
Paul Gribbon made his first tentative steps into the world of Middle Distance Triathlons this weekend and posted an impressive 5 hour 49 minute time in the Vitruvian. Meanwhile, in slighlty sunnier climes or Monaco, Ian George, Chas Baynes and John Smith set about the task of conquering the Monaco 70.3. All three experienced triathletes did themselves proud - we're waiting for the inevitable stories of trials and tribulations on the day - but for the record their times were Ian (5:37:53) Chas (6:13:23) and John (6:56:43).
01 Sep 09	Thames Turbo Tri Results
Congratulations to Sophie Hart and Sam Petit who competed at the Thames Turbo Tri yesterday. The 4.30am start was worth it as Sam finished 26th overall and first in his age group and Sophie finished 2nd in her age group!