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League events for September:
Adults League: Clacton Tri 07-Sep-08; Northampton Tri 07-Sep-08;Seven Oaks Tri 14-Sep-08; Blackwater Tri 14-Sep-08; Swim Time Trial 18-Sep-08 ; Chrystal Palace Tri 21-Sep-08; Ipswich Duathlon 21-Sep-08; East Anglia Aquathlon 28-Sep-08
Junior League: Clacton Duathlon 06-Sep-08; Upminster Triathlon 13-Sep-08; Swim Time Trial 18-Sep-08 ;East Anglia Aquathlon 28-Sep-08
Kids League: Clacton Duathlon 06-Sep-08; Upminster Triathlon 13-Sep-08; East Anglia Aquathlon 28-Sep-08

MOB MATCH : This year's mob match is a 1Km open water swim and a 6km run at Lakeside on 20th Sep. Please let Zena or Richard know if you intend to race for the club

News Feature: Weekly Captains Notes - Updated for week begining 4th August

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( as at - 01 Sep 2008 19:00)

01 Sep 08	Ironman UK
The very best of luck to Stuart Payne and Lee Runciman in Sunday's Ironman UK. Don't forget to keep track of Stuart and Lee's progress on www.ironmanlive.com
29 Aug 08	Ipswich Kids Tri results
The Kids and Junior leagues have been updated with the results from the Ipswich Triathlon
29 Aug 08	Swim Run Results
The last swim/run 'training session' of the year was last night and 11 members braved the cold water pool and the night time run. Dan Stuart was the first male home and Zena Shean was the first female to complete the course. There were PBs for Dan Stuart, Colin King, Richard Hoile, Jackie Eyres and Janice Brown. The award for the biggest PB went to Sarah Carter with a 3 minute PB. It was also a first attempt at the course for James Kane and Mark Denham, both posting nice targets for next years series. Times are now available under the Special Training section of the website. Keep an eye out for the swim turbo training sessions which will begin in October/November on Thursday nights.
26 Aug 08	Club BBQ
We can now confirm that the annual club BBQ will be held on Friday 12 September starting at 7pm. This adult only function is available to all club members and their partners and is free of charge with a pay bar. The event will be at Rayleigh Cricket Club, Rawreth Lane, Rayleigh. Please email Jan Burrows if you will be attending (janvier65@talktalk.net)
26 Aug 08	Cross Country Dates
I know we didn't have much of a summer but this is probably rubbing salt in the wound! The dates for the cross country league are now set as: 26th Oct - Hadleigh - Benfleet Runners 23rd November - Stubbers - Havering 90 Joggers 21 Dec - Weald Park - Billericay Striders 18 Jan - Thorndon - Thrift Green Trotters 15 Feb - One tree hill - Pitsea Runners.
26 Aug 08	Weekend Results
Congratulations to Christine Mowle (3rd lady) and Paul Horsley (18th overall) for their great results at the Newmarket Duathlon. Results which catapult both Christine and Paul to the top of their respective leagues! Daniel and Stuart Jago and Paul Stannard all also did very well at the Bedford Triathlon - they all did much better than the club chairman who even forgot to register for the event. We're still waiting for the official results from the Ipswich Triathlon - but we can confirm that the kids won the rounders match.
26 Aug 08	Run Time Trial
Zena has organised a training 1500 metre run time trial at Basildon Running Track on Tuesday 9th September (starting at 6.30pm).
26 Aug 08	Steeple Time Trial
The last Steeple Time trial of the year is on this Wednesday. It's not a league event but still worth supporting. Please remember that the start time is 6.45.
19 Aug 08	Wednesday's Time Trial
We have just heard that last weeks time trial at Steeple was cancelled due to road works on the course. We have asked Southend Wheelers for confirmation that tomorrow's time trial will still go ahead - we haven't heard back from them yet, but as soon as we do we'll post on the website.
19 Aug 08	Dates for your diary
There will be a BBQ again this year for adult members at the Rawreth Cricket Club, Rawreth Lane, Rayleigh on the 12th September. Times and costs will be advertised later. This years mob match against Tri Sport Epping will be at Lakeside on Saturday 20th September. We've not done too well over the last couple of years in this race, so we need as many people as possible to turn up for the club and help regain our rightful place as the best local club!! If you don't want to race then we also need volunteers to help time and marshall the event.
19 Aug 08	Ipswich Kids Triathlon
Just a reminder to everyone competing at Sunday's Ipswich Kids Triathlon, that East Essex Tri will be staying behind at the end of the Triathlon as per previous years. We will be laying on some snacks and this years theme will be 'NATIONAL DRESS' of foreign countries. So all competitors will be expected to wear fancy dress, as will parents. No excuses!! Make an effort to mark another year in triathlon for the Club. Also, could any team trophys from last year please be returned to ensure we have an opportunity to win them again this year.
18 Aug 08	Upcoming Events
You've spent the winter training for a summer of racing and now you're at the peak of your fitness and you're wondering what to do before winter training starts again? Well wonder no more as we have the perfect end of season events in your favourite sports: Swimming: 27th September: Havens Hospice Great Pier 3k Challenge For more information see the Havens website or call Jason on 01702 220356 or email jcurtis@havenshospices.org.uk Running: 14th September: St Lukes Hospice 5k fun run at Gloucester Park, Basildon. For more information see the St Lukes Website (for those of you not competing in the Blackwater or Sevenoakes Triathlons) Cycling: 28th September: The Essex Roads' Autumn Leaves sportive. A 150km wander around the quiet country lanes of Essex. For further information on the club itself go to Essex Roads Website.
12 Aug 08	Hogg Hill Cycling Venue
The offical opening of the Hogg Hill Cycling venue will take place on 19th August. This is a great opportunity to see the purpose made venue which has brought back a cycling track to the area after Eastway was closed to make way for the Olympics at Stratford. John Smith has contacted Trevor Mills regarding the issue of Licence's for our Tri Team members, and he has advised that these can be obtained on the day. This is really a great venue and John Smith would really recommend going to have a look / ride on the day. There will be so many people around who can advise on a number of activity's, road racing, mountain biking, and cycle cross. Anyone can go, so get all your friends to go along with you its only at Hanualt just past the Golf Course. See the attached document for the day's programme.
12 Aug 08	London Tri
I just knew I'd miss someone - appologies to Pauline Bowers and Joe Giggins who both competed at London over the weekend. Updated London Tri results are available here.
11 Aug 08	Weekend Updates
22 members of East Essex Tri Club took part in the London Triathlon on Saturday and Sunday over the super sprint, sprint and standard distances. Hopefully we've managed to catch all the results of the London Tri here. Appologies to anyone we have missed. Meanwhile Mark Hogan and Bradley Taylor travelled up the M11 to take part in the Cambridge standard distance tri. Bradley had an excellent race to finish in 32nd place with a time of 2 hours and 23 minutes and Mark finished just over 3 hours. The Adult league has been updated (with the results from the ladies time trial last weekend also).
05 Aug 08	National Relays
A short report on the National Relays is available here It was a great day for the club and some excellent images were captured throughout the day and the evening before by Ann Hart and are available on the following websites - The Event AND The night before The split times for the National Relays are available here
04 Aug 08	Antwerp 70.3
Paul Horsley travelled all the way to Antwerp to compete in an Ironman 70.3. The trip was worthwhile as he finished in an impressive time of 5 hours 16 minutes.
04 Aug 08	Swim Run Session
Results from the hastily re-arranged swim run session last Thursday are now available on the website. It was a first time Taz Porter and he finished with an impressive 26 minutes and 5 seconds. Zena showed that she is not suffering any after effects from Ironman Austria by completing the course in another sub 30 minute time of 29 min 56 seconds. Other first timers were Elliott Ryan (30:44) and Jamie Fennings (32:48), both setting strong benchmarks for future attempts.
31 July 08	Taz Porter
Following his great performances at Blenheim and the Eton Super Sprints, where he finished 2nd Eastern Region triathlete in both, Taz Porter has been selected to represent the Eastern Region in the Youth Category at the Inter-Regional Triathlon Championships, to be held in Aldershot on 30 August.
27 July 08	EETC Hungary Training Trip Write up
East Essex adult members participated in a training trip to Hungary in May. For the adults who would like to know what they missed Chas Baynes has produce a write up of the shenanigans. As you can guess, a bunch of adults on tour leads to an adult report. For the report click here
27 July 08	Culford Results
Congratulations to Taz Porter as first youth home at the Culford Triathlon. There was a category win for Joe Giggins and second in age categories for Paul Horsley, Keith Muggleton and Dawn Muggleton. Mark Brown shook off his Ironman legs to recond a 30 second improvement on last year's result. Meanwhile Janice Brown had a 1 minute improvement on last year. William Muggleton and Matthew Brown continued their fine form this year, both posting sub 1 hour times, followed closely by Tom Giggins. Adult and Youth Leagues have been updated.
24 July 08	National Relays
East Essex will be sending 8 teams to the National Relays at Nottingham on 2nd August. click Here for details of the teams (including some interesting team names). Important Information for those competing: * All team members are expected to wear club kit for the cycle and run legs of the race (we haven't quite managed to sort club coloured wet suits yet!). If you do not have a club trisuit then you can wear a yellow club cycle top and for the run, either a EETC running vest or EETC t-shirt. * There is a camp site attached to the venue - you do not have to pre-book unless you need electrical outlets. * The address is: National Water Sports Centre Holme Pierrepont, Adbolton Lane, Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham NG12 2LU * The website is http://www.pacesetterevents.com/national-team-relay.php * Debbie Giggins will be at the camp site early and will mark out an area for EETC tents - when you arrive at the site look out for the EETC feather flags. If you have any concerns please let one of the team captains know asap. Please don't leave it until the last minute.
24 July 08	Go Ride
Graham Hart will be holding a GoRide session at Gloucester Park next Tuesday, 29th July, 6.30pm to 7.30pm. This will be for children age 11 and over (at end 2008). Session will include skills training and an element of competition and it will be free! Parents will need to sign a consent form, so if a child is being brought along by anyone other than a parent, Graham can email a consent form to be completed in advance. Helmets compulsory. Any further questions can be directed to Graham on email address coach@essexroads.com
24 July 08	Youth and Kids Leagues Updated
The Youth and Kids leagues have been updated with the results from the Harwich Mob Match. The Kids league has been updated with the results from the Cambridge Triathlon. Apologies for the delay in updating the leagues with these results but a number of logistical issues needed to be resolved by the committee for these race results. The Adult League has also been updated with the results from Wednesday night's bike Time Trial (including a correction to last weeks time trial results). Please also note that the results from this years Southend 10k road race will be included in the league for all members - not just new members who joined after the x-country league finished.
21 July 08	Adult and Kids Leagues Updated
The Adult league has been updated with results from last Wednesday's bike time trial with Essex Roads. The kids and youths leagues have been updated with results from Tri Force Tri Star races at the weekend. Congratulations to Sophie Hart for her win in the youths race and to George Knight for his 3rd place in TriStar 2 age group and Kiera Tippett who finished 4th in TriStar 1.
19 July 08	Swim Run Results
It was a strange night at Runnymede on Thursday where there were more lane counters and helpers than people taking part in the Swim Run training session. Thanks to Mark, John, Dan, Zena, Sue, Jan for their help on the night. Adam Williams and Richard Hoile had very good runs in their first swim run sessions to come home first and second - without getting lost which was a great relief to Neil the session organiser! Aimee Drane and Sarah Carter also showed improvements in the running to post new PBs. Meanwhile Andy continues to look good in a t-shirt and continues his excellent training for the National Relays.
16 July 08	Adult Leagues updated
The Adult leagues have been updated with the results from Gosfield Lake Standard Distance Tri, Switzerland Ironman, Austria Ironmen and Challenge Roth. The captains notes (which are still being compiled) will contain details of how well everyone did last weekend - although one of our coaches did manage to pick up a 2 minute penalty for a helmet infringement at Gosfield (tutt! tutt!)
16 July 08	Open Water Swim Time Trial Results
The results of the open water swim time trial at Lakeside are available here
16 July 08	Canewdon Bike Ride
The Canewdon Bike Ride on Sunday 20th July has been cancelled as Southend Wheelers will be taking part in the London to Southend bike ride.
08 July 08	Leagues Updated
The Adult league has been updated with the results from the Cowman middle distance - congratulations to both Danny Jago (5:25) and Mark Hogan (6:15) for completing their first middle distance events. The Kids and Youth Leagues have also been updated with the results from Norwich. It was yet another fine win by Taz Porter in the Youth section, followed closely by Matt Brown in 3rd. Meanwhile in the younger sections Jack Shellito continues his excellent first season in Tri Start with a 3rd place finish. George Knight, Abigail Brown were placed 4th in Tri Star 2 and George Smith 4th in Tri Star 3. Kiera Tippett was 5th and Richard Dawbarn 8th in Tri Star 2. Hopefully these results made the long trip to Norwich worth while.
06 July 08	EETC Ironmen in waiting
Next Sunday 13th July 2008 is a historic day for East Essex Triahtlon Club. 16 members of the club and their familes travel to Austria, Switzerland and Germany to compete in Ironman distance triathlons. This is the largest group of athletes from East Essex to tackle these events at a single time. While we wish each one of them the very best of luck we've compiled a short profile of each of the members to give you an idea of who they are - if you don't already know them. Please click here for their profiles. You can keep track of their progress on Ironman live website http://ironman.com/.
06 July 08	Weekend Results
This weekend saw chairman Richard (Big Engigne) continue his onslaught on the standard distance triathlon scene, this week he was joined by Andy Dawbarn at the Norwich Triathlon. Richard has yet another good result with a 2:22 time and Andy posted an impressive 2:45 - looking good for the National Relays. Meanwhile closer to home Chris Milne flew the EETC flag at White Oak and continued his great year with a 1:27 time gaining 85 points which helps him to 3rd place in the vet league. On Saturday the youths and kids made the very long trek to Norwich - we're still waiting for the confirmed results. finally, we're also still waiting for the results of the Cowman middle distance to hear how Danny Jago and Mark Hogan got on in their first middle distance race.
03 July 08	Ladies Time Trial
The ladies took to the roads around Hanningfield last night for the Essex Roads Time Trial, as part of the 2008 Adult League. Please see the attached report from Zena Shean. The adult league has been updated with the results.
03 July 08	GP Triathlon Discount
For the month of July EETC members are offered a £4 discount on events organised by GP Triathlon. For further details please see their website: http://www.gptriathlon.co.uk/
02 July 08	Cowman Middle Distance
Best of luck to Daniel Jago and Mark Hogan as they tackle the Cowman Middle Distance triathlon this weekend. This is the first venture into the world of middle distance racing for both Mark and Daniel!!
01 July 08	Grays Tri
Andy Huff and Terry Whalley took pictures on the bike course on Sunday's Grays triathlon. Contact Andy through the EETC form or Terry on his email address (terence.whalley@btinternet.com) if you want any prints. Click Here for Andy's Pictures. Click here for Terry's Pictures
29 June 08	Grays Tri
Excellent results from all EETC members today with 6 of the top 10 men and 5 of the top 10 women coming from East Essex. We also scooped 12 of the trophies on offer! There were also loads of PBs this year and some of our new members once again set high standards for themselves. The Adult and Youths leagues have been updated with the results from Grays Triathlon today. Hall of Fame winner pictures are now available in the Photo Gallery.
26 June 08	Swim Run Training Session
Thursday's swim / run training session around Runnymede was a night of PBs as 12 people, out of the 19 who participated in the session, clocked a personal best time for the course. Iron George was the quickest male with a new PB of 25 mins and 41 seconds. Zena Shean cruised around in a PB time of 28 minutes and 52 seconds (which included an excellent 6:17 swim). Dan Stuart, Colin King and Sarah Carter completed the course for the first time and set nice hard target times for themselves to aim at in future. Well done to everyone, hopefully this is an indication to the good times that you'll be posting at Grays this weekend!! Thanks to Ruchard Fuller, Mark Brown and Matt Pickett for helping to organise the session. As usual the results have been double checked and are now available HERE
26 June 08	2008 Adult League
The 2008 Adult league has been updated with the results from last Wednesday's Time Trial for Vet Men and the resutls from Harwich are updated following final release of results by Harwich organisers
23 June 08	Thames Turbo Children's Aquathlon
George Knight continued this season's fine form with an impressive 4th place, in Male Tri Star 2, at Sunday's Thames Turbo Childen's aquathlon. Well done George, we hope you weren't too lonely as the only EETC member taking part this year!!
23 June 08	Sunday's Results
Congratulations to Richard Fuller as the sole representitive from EETC to brave the winds on Sunday for the standard distance tri at Harwich. The open water swim was reduced to 900 meters, most of which Richard managed to swim with an open wet suit. The wind took its tool on the bike making the 10k run at the end feel much longer. Richard finished in 25th place in a pretty strong field. Paul Horsley regains his leading position on the Vets league with yet another impressive performance at Safron Walden. Paul finished in 18th place with strong bike and run split times.
22 June 08	Club championship 2008
Well done to everyone who competed at Harwich on Saturday in the club championship. This years winners this year are: Men 1st : Harry Smith, 2nd : Andrew Wood, 3rd : Richard Fuller Women 1st : Christine Mowle, 2nd : Zena Shean, 3rd : Jacalyn Eyres In the handicap championship, which is meant to recognize individual improvments from last year, the winners were: Men Gold : Andy Dawbarn; Silver : Oliver Burrows; Bronze : Nigel Morgans Women Gold : Jacalyn Eyres; Silver : Diane Shelitto; Bronze : Daphne Pugh The 2008 league has been updated with the results.
21 June 08	Time Trial Update
The Adult leagues third set of Bike Time Trials continue this week with the turn of the Male Seniors to take on the 10 mile circuit at Steeple. Week one saw two ladies take part, Janice Brown and with a huge PB by our new coach Julie Kane. This week saw the turn of the Male Vets and it proved to be a closely fought contest between John Smith and Mark Brown. The wind may have blown a gale but both John and Mark managed PBs with 25 minute splits, with John just edging Mark out by a mere 26 seconds. Chris Milne posted a 27 minute time and Andy Dawbarn came very close to breaking the magic 30 minute mark.
21 June 08	New Club Coaches
EETC are proud to announce that the following members have successfully completed their level 1 coaching exams and are now officially BTF level 1 coaches: Mandy Smith, Andy Dawbarn, Andrew Ridley, Paul Horsley, Julie Kane and Nigel Morgans.
21 June 08	Cycle Training at Canewdon
Our partner cycle club, Southend Wheelers, continue to offer EETC members cycle training at Canewdon every Sunday morning. These sessions start at 10am and are aimed at every level of cycling, from novices who are looking to learn basic road cycling skills and improve confidence right up to our top triathletes who are looking to improve their cycle splits on Sprint and Standard distance triathlons. These sessions have been proven to improve your cycling performance. Don't forget EETC junior club members are also welcome to join in the training sessions If you have any concerns about turning up on your own or need any information about these sessions please don't hesitate to speak to Zena or John Smith or speak to Graham Pearl (01702 334726)
21 June 08	Junior League Updated
The 2008 Junior League has been updated with corrected official results from the Holmwood House Triathlon
18 June 08	Ironman France
The first of our intrepid Ironmen is in action this weekend ready to take on Ironman France. Lee Runciman is currently busy with his unique approach to carbo loading, which includes Beer and Pasta, for Sunday's race in Nice. Lee has confirmed that he will not be racing in the mankini, which he favours for marathon running. This is Lee's second Ironman - You can read his report from last years Ironman UK here. We wish Lee the very best of luck, you can follow his progress on the Ironman Live website.
16 June 08	Youth and Kids Leagues
Well done to Jack Shelitto (3rd place in Tri Start), Keira Tippett (5th place in Tri Star 1) and George Knight (4ht place in Tri Star 2) at the North Norfolk Triathlon on Sunday. Please see a report on Saturday's race by Dave Knight here. Congratulations also to Taz Porter (5th) and Matthew Brown (16th) for their impressive runs at the Pitsea Crown to Crown on Wednesday evening. The Junior League has been updated with the results from EETC Kids Tri and the North Norfolk Triathlons. The Youth league has been updated with results from EETC Kids Tri and the June Pitsea Crown to Crown.
15 June 08	Weekend Races
We've had a busy weekend for EETC members. A number of kids ventured all the way to North Nofolk on Saturday - but we're waiting for results to come through. Meanwhile on Sunday, Kevin Harding flew the EETC flag at Wimbleball (Ironman 70.3) and finished in an impressive time 6 hours 19 minutes. Andrew Wood followed up his Strongman of Orfu with a quick 2 hours 21 minutes at Windsor, followed 30 seconds later by Iron George. Bradley Taylor made his Standard Distance debut with a very strong 2 hours 31 mins. Chas (2 hrs 36 mins), Gary L-B (2 hrs 40 mins) and Neil Lynch (2 hrs 42 mins) continued their ironman preparations with confidence building races. Paul Stannard (2 hrs 43 mins), Mark Hogan (2 hrs 51 mins) and Paul Ruffy (2 hrs 51 mins) were also in action at Windsor - there were reports that a certain resident of Windsor Castle was heard to shout 'Go On Hogey - you go boy!!', but these reports can't be confirmed.
11 June 08	East Essex Kids Tri - Photos
We now have over 600 pictures taken during Saturday's EETC Kids Triathlon - check them out under the Photo Gallery
11 June 08	Lakeside Open Water Swimming
Open Water Swimming at Lakeside will be available every second Thursday from From Thursday 19th June. Registration starts at 6:45pm and swimming will be from 7pm to 8pm. This swimming is organised by Tri Sport Epping and open to EETC members at a cost of £5 per session.
11 June 08	Kiera Tippett's West End Debut
EETC kids aren't just stars in the sport of triathlon but also excel in other walks of life. Kiera Tippett has just beaten hundreds of other children to a place in 'Joseph' in the West End, starring with Lee Mead. She will be among only 30 children to sing on stage with him and will be performing from September until February. So if anyone is thinking of booking a ticket during those dates keep an eye out for her on stage!
11 June 08	Climbing Vouchers
Graham Hart has some discount vouchers for climbing (see www.high-sports.co.uk). Email graham@essexharts.wanadoo.co.uk if you want a voucher
09 June 08	EETC Club Championship 2008
The Harwich Sprint Triathlon on 21st June plays host to the EETC Club Championship for 2008. Race instructions can be found on the Harwich Triathlon Website. As with previous years we also have a handicap cup available this year. The handicap values can be seen here. Handicaps are calculated based on points scored in last year's triathlons. The results were taken from (in order) Braintree, Blackwater, Grays and finally any other league event in 2007. Where a member didn't compete in any of last years races then a default handicap value of either 80 or 85 (for men) and 63 (for women) have been set. If you have any questions about the handicap values or how they were calculated please speak to Neil Lynch, Richard Fuller or John Smith. This will be the largest gathering of competing EETC members at a single race this year. To make our presence really felt you are all strongly requested to wear your club colours - while racing and pre/post race. If previous championships are anything to go by then this event promises to be a very loud and exciting day out at the races!! Don't forget the post race hog roast!
09 June 08	East Essex Kid's Tri
On behalf of all the organisers and helpers thanks to everyone who participated in our event on Saturday. We hope you all enjoyed it. Obviously with the soft ground the bike course was always going to be hard work but the rain held off and everyone took the conditions in their stride. The results and some photos are now available on our website More photos will be made available when we receive them
06 June 08	Lakeside Open Water Swimming - Update
Tri Sport Epping have asked us to mention to club members that new restrictions have been added to their Open Water swimming sessions at Lakeside. They require that anyone coming must already be a confident pool swimmer capable of swimming 1000m Front Crawl non-stop. Whilst we don't anticipate that this will be an issue for our members, we would ask you to contact us if you have any queries or concerns (richard@east-essex-tri-club.co.uk). Please also remember to bring your EETC membership card with you to the swim sessions as you may be asked for proof of your East Essex membership during registration.
05 June 08	Swim Run Training Session
16 members of the club completed the first swim run 'training session' of the summer season. Richard Fuller was fastest male swim/runner (in his see through shorts) and Dawn Muggleton was quickest lady swim/runner. There were quite a few PBs - especially on the swim - with Chas Baynes finally breaking the 7 minute barrier and Chris Milne quickly approaching the 8 minute swim mark and Andy Dawbarn with his first sub 8 minute swim. Aimee Drane also competed her first swim/run event and slashed an impressinve 2 minutes off her previous swim time over 400 meters. All results have now been double checked and are available HERE Big thank you to Mark and Janice Brown for helping with time keeping - while they recover from their exploits at Beaulieu last weekend. Next swim run session is on 26th June
05 June 08	Kids Bike Coaching
Julie Kane will be running bike coaching sessions during the Tuesday night run sessions at Basildon Running Track. The sessions will be on 10th June, 24th June and 8th July. These sessions will be for Tri Starts and Tri Star 1 & 2 only. As numbers will be limited you will need to pre-book by contacting Janice Brown, Vicky Smith or Zena Shean.
04 June 08	Beaulieu Middle Distance Tri
The official results for the Beaulieu Middle Distance Tri have now been released. The 2008 Adult league has been updated
02 June 08	Beaulieu Middle Distance Tri
The provisional results for the Beaulieu Middle Distance Tri, held on 1st June, show that Mark Brown (5 hours 12 mins), Paul Horsley (5 hours 13 mins), Lee Runciman (5 hours 17 mins) and Janice Brown (6 hours 39 mins) all reached new PB levels. Race reports to follow as soon as one of them stops smiling and comes down from cloud 9. Well done guys!! It was Paul and Janice's first middle distance race. Mark and Lee were supposed to be pacing themselves for their Ironmen races (Lee - Ironman France, 24-June and Mark - Ironman Austria, 13-July) The adult league will be updated when the official results are made available.
02 June 08	Essex PB5
Excellent running from James Roberts (29:39) and Taz Porter (30:23) in yesterday's Essex PB 5 mile race at Basildon. The youth league has been updated with Taz's score.
01 June 08	Braintree Triathlon
Congratulations to Jacalyn Eyres and Dawn Muggleton placing first in their age group categories at the Braintree Triathlon. Richard Fuller was first EETC member home (Richard was also second in his age category - and easily won the battle of the Tri Club Chairmen!!). The 2008 Adult league has been updated with the results.
31 May 08	Swim Run Training Sessions
It must be summer as the Swim Run 'training' sessions are starting again! The first session is on Thursday 9pm at Runnymede. The swim runs are timed training sessions, starting with a 400m swim then a 5.1k run. Click here to see the run route and the results of previous year's sessions. Please be at the pool by 8.45 to allow us time to arrange start waves. Also, if anyone is available to help with race timings - then please contact either Neil or Richard.
31 May 08	Talent Squad Training Trip 2008
Graham Hart has written a report on the Talent Squads training trip to K2 sports Centre in Crawley. Click here to read the report.
29 May 08	Upmister Triathlon - data change
Tri Sport Epping have just announced that the date for the 2008 Upmister Junior Triathlon has been changed to 13th September. Entries are now open - the event is expected to fill quickly so please get your entries in asap. Also, if you hadn't noticed the date for the 2008 Essex PB 5 mile road race was changed by the organisers and will now take place this Sunday (1st June).
27 May 08	Southend Wheelers Celebrations
Southend Wheelers are planning a whole host of events to celebrate their 85th Birthday.They include road races at Dunton on 14th June ( see attached ) followed by a pasta and pizza evening at Canewdon. The 15th will see a club ride, a hill climb, and then a time trial at Canewdon. The hall will be open for the usual tea and cakes. All EETC members are welcome to these events - the races are free and tickets for the evening are £8.50 for adults, £4 for under 16’s and under 8’s are free. Keep your eye on the website for more details or contact Julie Kane 01268 741095.
27 May 08	Dover Fun Kids Tri
Please see the attached race report on the Dover Fun Kids Triathlon by Zena Shean
24 May 08	Youth and Kids Leagues Updated
Well done to Hannah Shean for yet another podium finish at today's Fun Dover Tri. Well done also to Hannah and Matthew Kane, George Knight, George Smith and William Muggleton for braving sun and stong winds today and representing the club by competing at Dover. The Youth and Kids leagues have been updated with the results from today's tri and finally with the results from Holmwood House Tri.
22 May 08	Youth and Kids Leagues Updated
The Youth and Kids leagues have been updated with results from Hatch End. Still awaiting the results from Holmwood House!!
22 May 08	Bike Time Trial dates for league
The 25 mile Time Trial has been removed from the league for 2008 as we were not able to find a date which didn't clash with a triathlon or other race already on the league. We have now established dates for the 3rd Time Trial - which will be split accross three evenings, one for Ladies only, Male Vets only and Male Seniors and Youths. These races are organised by Southend Wheelers and take place at Steeple.
18 May 08	Transition Training
Zena and the coaches have organised Transition Training during Tuesday's training at Basildon Running Track. If you want to take part in this training please don't forget to bring a small towel, helmet and spare t-shirt.
16 May 08	Swim Time Trial
Joe Giggins decided against a pasta meal and returned to the pool with an impressive 4:37. Lisa Morgans led the way for the ladies with a time of 6:09. Taz Porter was the quickest Youth with a 5:08 time for the 400 metre race, just pipping William Muggleton, who completed in a time of 5:09. It was another very good turn out for the last time trial before 'summer'. Thanks again to Debbie Giggins, Mike Porter and Mandy Smith for their time keeping skills. Adult and Youth leagues have been updated.
14 May 08	Adult League Updated With Weekend Results
Congratulations to Joe Giggins for his win at Hatch End last weekend. Hugh Smith also finished third in his age group. There was also success for the ladies with Dawn Muggleton winning her age category and a third place for Janice Brown. Kid's results are still subject to review so the league will be updated when the official results have been released. Meanwhile closer to home Richard Fuller was well placed at Basildon and friend of the club Dan Bent followed his recent appearance in 220 Magazine with a second place at Basildon. Slightly further afield congratulations to Andrew Wood the new Strong Man of Orfu and Chris Mowle the new Strong Woman of Orfu. The men's event was very close right up to the last event with less than a minute separating the top three competitors (Andrew Wood, Ian George and Graham Shaddock). More details about this years Hungary training trip to follow.....
07 May 08	Lakeside Open Water Swimming - Update
The good news is that open water swimming will begin on Saturday 17th May at Lakeside. Tri Sport Epping have asked that we point out the following information: i) These are unsanctioned sessions now and led by "lead swimmers" who happen to be Level 2 coaches. ii) The new owner of the lake insists on all swimmers/canoists signing a disclaimer prior to the session. iii) He also allows other users on the lake - Anglers notably, so we have to give them a wide berth. Safety breifing will cover all of this. iv) Until the water warms up - no novices please. Cramp is prevalent this time of year so sessions are shorter. It was a tropical 12 degrees when Tri Sport Epping ran a test last Saturday so hope the warm weather continues before we join the swimming again!
05 May 08	EETC Win Aquthlon Match
EETC travelled to Harwich to race against a combined Harwich Swimming and running club team. EETC took their first team title of the year with a 107 to 141 point win. There were age group category wins for Hannah Shean and Dawn Muggleton with overall winner Matthew Brown. Nine members of the club also took the opportunity for an 85 mile cycle from Rayleigh to Harwich, arriving to a typical EETC reception of whistles and cheers. Full results are available here. Confirmation of how the points were scored can be seen here. The Adult league has also been updated.
02 May 08	Junior captains lead the way
Present club junior captain Taz Porter and former club captain Harry Smith are showing the adults the way by competing in the first open water event of the year on Saturday 10th May. They will be undertaking a 750 swim and 5K run in Liquid Leisure Lake. Providing of course the water temp remains above the minimum 12 degrees. At present it is 12.1 degrees!!
02 May 08	Holmwood House Tri removed from Youth League
Holmwood House Tri has been removed from the Youth League - as there isn't a Youth category in this race
01 May 08	Harwich Aquathlon
Please read the attached note for important information about the Harwich Aquathlon on Sunday 4th May
29 April 08	Open Water Swimming at Lakeside - update
PLEASE NOTE: Open water swim training at Lakeside will not be starting on Saturday 3rd May. A recent risk assesment at Lakeside shows the water temperature is still at 13 degrees. It is now likely that Open Water won't now start until the end of May
24 April 08	Essex Roads Cycling club change to Time Trial route
Please see attached important news about the start of the routes for the Essex Roads Time Trials.
24 April 08	Cooper test results
The results of the Cooper test which Graham Hart ran on Tuesday 15th April are now available. Graham says: It was a very pleasing turn out with some good times (see the table with the results for a rating). Conditions were pretty good too, with light winds and a temperature around 10c (and no rain despite a few heavy showers passing nearby). Will repeat the test either October or November, date TBA
24 April 08	Leagues Updated with Results from Rayleigh
The Adult, Youth and Kids leagues have now been updated with the results from the Rayleigh Aquathlon
15 April 08	New EETC Adult Training Jackets
John Smith is about to raise an order for new EETC training jackets (see photos of Front and Back). Please email John with the size you require if you are interested in purchasing one of the jackets, which cost £23 each.