White Oak Tri Squad

Autumn Duathlon
10th October

White Oak Tri Club Relays
We are running our own relays at the Dartford Lake on Sunday 5th September. All members are welcome to take part. Please let John have your details if you wish to be included. We will also be holding the annual club BBQ on sunday afternoon afterward the relays at Tanya's house. We would be glad to see all WO tri club members and their families from 14:00. Please let Tanya know if you plan to attend so she can arrange for sufficient food and drink.

This week's rides
On Wednesday (1st) there will be a beginners group and a club ride starting at 18:30; on Thursday (2nd) there will be a 25 mile ride starting at 18:30; on Saturday (4th) there will be a 25 mile ride starting at 10:00. All rides start from Princes Park.
If anyone wants company on another ride this weekend just put out an email on the e-group.

Dorney Lake
Well done to Tanya Brightwell on her 3rd female finish at the Mid-week Dorney Lake Triathlon (18/08) and to Vincent Balzan on his 1:08:20 time for the Big South Swim.

2011 Spring Cycle Tour

The 2011 Spring Cycle Tour is planned for the weekend of 13th-15th May and will be in Brugge, Belgium. Graham has negotiated a group rate of 95 euros per room per night on a B&B basis.The Hotel is a traditional Belgium hotel, all the rooms are different, and the Hotel boasts its own bar and restaurant next door. Permission has been given to keep our bikes in the rooms for safety.
There currently two options for the travel:
Option 1, Park the cars at Dover, go over as foot passengers, then cycle the 60 miles, via canal paths to Brugge, with a couple of back up vehicles for baggage, and for people who do not wish to pack in too much mileage.
Option 2, drive over as in previous years, only 60 miles, the only drawback, parking in Brugge Centre is quite expensive at about 20 euros per day.

The Rides ! - Flat as a pancake if you want it that way (which we probably won't). The city of Gent only 35 miles away, and the coast at Zebrugge, to the north only 25 miles away, canal paths with no traffic, or quiet roads. Graham says he can even seek out some of the infamous cobbles.
The Format - If we cycle over to Brugge, then we will have to cycle back to Dunkirk so 2 days at 60 miles. The Saturday ride is likely to be 80 miles, so a massive total for the weekend of 200 miles. There is also a leisurely ride around the canal paths of the City planned for friday afternoon /eve.
The Saturday ride will be planned so all the group can get back together at tea stops and lunch breaks, and hopefully all complete the distance.

Challenge Copenhagen
Congratulations to Domonic Limbrey and Gordon Ross on his time at the first ever Challenge Copenhagen ironman distance race.

	Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run	Total
Domonic Limbrey	1:14:35	6:58	5:38:12	3:30	3:44:38	10:47:50
Gordon Ross	1:02:16	4:38	5:32:12	4:38	4:24:09	11:07:51

Congratulations also to Ben Cockburn on his 2nd in catagory at this year's Bedford Olympic Triathlon.

Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run	Total
26:41	1:03	1:12:29	0:39	38:00	2:18:55

Long Baby
Congratulations to Carrie and Nigel on the birth of their son Ellis. More details and perhaps a photo when available.

Outlaw triathlon
Unfortunately Martin had to pull out of the ironman distance Outlaw triathon due to a problem with one of his eyes; he was taken to A&E and has been refered to an eye specialist. We wish him well. Martin has dedicated his efforts to the memory of his very good freind, Andy Horton. " with your support, we can raise some money for the Stroke Association so that one day we may eradicate this terrible illness." Click here to visit Martin's just giving page .

UK Ironman
Congratulations to James Peet, Andy Walploe, John Setford and Christian Laurent for their finishes at UK Ironman:

	Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run	Finish	Position
James Peet	59.24	3.10	5:30.06	2.34	3:16.19	9:51.35	3 / 17
Andrew Walpole	57.42	3.33	5:55.48	4.56	3:24.16	10:26.17	7 / 51
John Setford	1:16.30	10.19	8:19.20	11.17	5:40.43	15:38.11	8 / 1006
Christian Laurent	1:09.04	11.04	7:46.02	14.05	tba	tba	tba

Also competing at the weekend were Ben Cockburn and Jakub Bazant. Ben finished in 3rd place overall, 1st in category and Jakub finished 7th overall and 2nd in category at the Medway Sprint Triathlon.
Click here to view the full results.

	Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run	Finish	Position
Ben Cockburn	6.52	0.51	37.34	0.30	21.26	1:07.16	1st / 3rd
Jakub Bazant	8.19	0.46	38.43	0.50	21.09	1:09.50	2nd / 7th

Andy Horton

Andy's funeral is at 1pm on Friday 30th July at Garden of England Cremetorium, Sheppey Way, Bobbing, Nr Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8GZ.......and afterwards at Gillingham FC in their main function suite. The room is booked until 12 midnight.
The dresscode requested for the funeral by Jane and the family is normal seasonal for a social event and definitely NOT black. They are very keen that everyone should feel comfortable and while they understand that some people may like to dress conservatively, an 'Andy Horton Shirt' (for those who know what that means!) would not be inappropriate either.
Regarding flowers, the club is sending an wreath and if anyone would like to make a donation to charity we will be joining with Dartford Road Runners; Jane suggested they nominate their own charity for memorial donations and I understand they are looking at the Dame Kelly Holmes Legacy Trust. Click here to go to the justgiving website. (However, there are no rules, if someone would really like to make an individual floral tribute, then they may do so). Please send your own personal cards, therefore allowing your personal tributes to Andy and messages to the family.
There is a memorial page on this site for tributes to Andy and DRRs are going to organise one on their site. If you would like to submit a tribute, photograph or any other comments please send them to webmaster@whiteoaktri.co.uk. Click here to view the memorial page.

Andy's closest family is his Stepfather Ernie, His sisters Claire and Kelly. Most of all his two daughters Ashleigh (16) and Olivia (12) and their mum Bridget. Equally his partner Jane who was with Andy throughout his final days from finding him at home to the finish, and has been extremely strong and thoughtful throughout balancing her personal grief and trauma with understanding the need of Andy's many many friends to be kept informed.
A question a lot of people ask is "what happened".... it sometimes feels insensitive to either ask or tell, but in fact it is a normal human thing to want to know and understand. To help meet this and to avoid unnecessary speculation, the most comprehensive information we have (and to be honest I don't think we really need any more).... is that Andy suffered a stroke at home and collapsed, he was found sometime later by his partner Jane, who had missed his normal texts and e-mails. The house was broken into when it became apparent that Andy was in there but unable to help himself. Rushed to hospital Andy was able to communicate at first through hand squeezes and was therefore aware of his loved ones in his last moments of consciousness. From this point his condition deteriorated, in spite of his move to a specialist hospital in central London for essential surgery. Following surgery there were no signs of recovery, and he finally slipped away on Saturday morning at 6.15am.

21st White Oak Triathlon
Congratulations to all the competitors that took part in this year's triathlon and many thanks to all the marshals that gave up their time to make it possible.
Click here to view the full results and the logo to view photographs taken by

James Gibson pictured left on his way to overall victory in a time of 1:15:52.

Open water swim training
Due to a safety issue at the lake recently additional regulations have been introduced for swim training at the lake on Monday evenings. Everyone must sign in BEFORE entering the lake and wear a brightly coloured swim hat. Anyone found to have swum without signing in will be barred from using the lake for the rest of the year. Any swimmer that has not swum at the Dartford lake previously will need to be assessed prior to being allowed to swim on their own. Any swimmers that are not confident can request a more experienced swimmer accompanies them on their swim. Safety guidelines will be on display at the lake. Please read them and help us to keep everyone safe. Click here to view a map of the lake's location.

Ironman Austria
Congratulations to Jakub Bazant on his time at this years Austria Ironman.

Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run	Total
1.10.02	5:17	5:51:27	3:54	4:36:39	11:47:19

The Great London Swim
Well done to those that swam in the Great London Swim especially Millie who is only 13.

Name	Race Number	Overall Position	Age Group Position	Gender Position	Age Group and Gender Position	Finish Time
Tanya Brightwell	4048	194	21	49	4	00:26:47
Millie Bach	3273	247	143	67	47	00:27:20
Andy Dumbleton	2644	1662	221	1036	147	00:37:14
Steve Dumbleton	2681	2035	359	1218	226	00:40:12
Alisdair Bach	3268	2600	354	1443	214	00:47:46

ITU World Championship - Ireland
Well done Roy Knight on his 7th in the 60-64 age group in a time of 1.23.50. His splits were:

Swim 0,75 km	T1	Bike 20 km	T2	Run 5 km	Total
0:16:23	0:03:28	0:35:49	0:02:27	0:25:45	1:23:50

Dartford Bridge Triathlon
Well done to all those that competed in the first Dartford Bridge Triathlons and many thanks to all those volunteers that made it possible.
Click here for the results of the Olympic race and here for the sprint.

Ironman Nice - number 9
Congratulations to Paul Atkinson on his 9th Ironman finish in nine years at Ironman Nice.

Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run	Total
1.24.18	13.18	7.26.07	13.22	5.02.20	14.19.25

Bluewater 10k

Congratulations to Millie Bach who clocked a 54mins in her first running race in the Bluewater 10k.
Very smart in her White Oak kit!

Bike Accident
Everyone at the club would like to wish Lara a speedy recovery from her broken arm after being hit by a car whilst out riding over the weekend.

White Oak girls do good!!

Congratulations to Lara and Tanya for their results from the weekend. Lara finished 3rd in age group at the British Sprint Championships at Emberton Country Park. Click here for full reults. Tanya (pictured left) finished first female at the Cranbrook Triathlon. Click here for the results.

Little Beaver Triathlon
Congratulations to Lara on her first in age group and World Champs qualification at the Little Beaver Triathlon. Click here to view the provisional results.

Bexhill, Swashbuckler and Crystal Palace Triathlons

Congratulations to all those that competed at the weekend. A special mention for Tanya Brightwell who finished 4th in age group and 10th women in her first triahlon at Bexhill. Alisdair Bach (picture left in new club trisuit), John Warr and Any Dumbleton also finished at Bexhill. John, Domonic, Peirs and Bill competed at Crystal Palace. Gordon Ross, Kevin Perkins, Paul Atkinson competed in the Swashbuckler in the New Forest. Click here for Bexhill, here for Crystal Palace and here for Swashbuckler results.

Lanzarote Ironmen
Congratulations to James Peet and Steve Clarke on their finishes at this year's Lanzarote Ironman. Their splits were:

James	1:01:36	5:19:02	3:36:33	10:05:37
Steve	1:19:08	6:55:39	4:17:40	12:52:12

A very busy weekend
Congratulations to Colleen Josland and Sharon Warr who completed their first triathlons at the East Grinstead Ladies Try-a-tri. Times and positions were:

Colleen Josland	0:7:31	46	0:3:23	0:33:17	36	0:2:02	0:15:18	48	01:01:34	46
Sharon Warr	0:7:02	43	0:03:27	0:36:31	56	0:01:44	0:15:05	46	01:03:51	52

Jakub Bazant, John Setford and Alisdair Bach completed the Marshman:

Jakub Bazant	76	0:34:21	0:5:15	2:48:20	0:2:19	1:47.31	5:17:45
John Setford	197	0:37:41	0:5:17	3:35:29	0:2:49	2:30:52	6:52:11
Alisdair Bach	210	0:50:21	0:8:54	4:07:48	0:1:48	2:41:08	7:50:01

Many thanks to Graham Hiscock for organising a fantastic Spring Cycle Tour. The weather was good for once and 175 miles was covered by those that rode all three days.

Open water swim training
Swim training at the lake starts on Monday 10th May and will run through the summer months. Please do not enter the water until the saftey boat is operational. Swimming will be allowed from 18:30 until dusk. Click here for a map of the lake's location.

Tonbridge Triathlon
Well done to everyone that took part in the Tonbridge Triathlon. Click here to view the full results.

Spring cycle tour - Dieppe

The travel arrangements are: Sea France, leaving Dover to Calais on the 08.15 ferry on Friday 14th May; arrive at Calais at 10.30 am, arrive Dieppe 13.00. Return Calais to Dover, on the 18.50 ferry on Sunday 16th May; arrive Dover 19.50, home by 21.00.
On Saturday there will be a choice of two rides: a 46 mile ride or a 96 mile ride. Both routes go out along the D1 towards Neufchatel en Brai. This has always been a popular route on all our previous tours, and by extending it, Graham is confident of making it a great ride. Neufchatel at 23 miles is the perfect stopping place. The cobbled high street rises out of the town with several cafes and restaurants, also a bike shop should you need one. Those on the 46 miler may wish to sit a while at Neufchatel and return to Dieppe via the river valley. From here the 96 miler continues on to Gourmey en Brai where there will be a lunch stop before heading back, joining the shorter route at about 76 miles, then follow the river valley back to Dieppe. Both routes are flat to rolling and do not have any killer hills, the total climbing for the big ride only 1850ft in total and the short ride only 900 ft.

Sevenoaks Triathlon
Many congratulations to Lara Hawikngs who won the Sevenoaks Triathlon at the weekend in a time of 1:35:04. See below for other club members' times. Click here to view the full results.

1	391	Winning time	M-PRO	01:18:23
5	380	Andrew Warpole	M-OPEN	01:24:24
12	384	James Peet	M-OPEN	01:28:16
31	370	Lara Hawkings	F-OPEN	01:35:04
118	314	Michael Andrew	M-V50	01:48:45
171	195	Roy Knight	M-V60	01:55:25
203	319	John Setford	M-V50	01:59:42

Big Cow Duathlon
Congratulations to Lara Hawkins for her 3rd in age group finish at the Big Cow Duathlon in a time of 2:15.40. This was a standard distance duathlon and Lara recorded a time of 39.06 for the 10km run, 1:13.19 for the 40km bike and 21.34 for the final 5km run. There were also three members out on the Paddock Wood Half Marathon: Jakub Bazant flew round in a time of 1:24.50 finishing in 90th place, Kevin Perkins 1:36.16 in 350th and Gordon Ross 1:48.06 in 769th. Well done all!

Spring Duathlon
Conratulations to all those that took part in this year's Spring Duathlon. The weather was pretty much perfect and everyone seemed to enjoy the race. Many thanks to everyone that helped and marshalled at this event. Click here to view the results.

Maidstone Duathlon
Congratulations to Jakub on his 3rd place overall in the Maidstone Duathlon in a time of 2:24.53. Click here to see the full results.

Les Witton Memorial 10 Mile Road Race
Congratulations to all those that competed at The Les Witton Memorial 10 Mile Road Race on Sunday.

Position	Name	Time
147	Mark O'Brien	01:11:08
361	Jane Blackmore	01:19:25
398	William Dineen	1:20:59

Thanet Duathlon
Congratulations to James Drain, Kevin Perkins and Paul Atkinson on their placings at the Thanet Duathlon at the weekend. James finished in 4th, Kevin in 7th and Paul in 14th.

POS	RACE NO	NAME	CAT	RUN TIME	RUN/BIKE	BIKE TIME	XC TIME	TIME
4	88	DRAIN JAMES	SM	0:15:30	0:56:07	0:40:37	0:35:31	1:31:38
7	54	PERKINS KEVIN	MV40	0:17:48	1:02:03	0:44:15	0:35:43	1:37:46
14	89	ATKINSON PAUL	MV40	0:19:51	1:03:36	0:43:45	0:39:49	1:43:25