White Oak Tri Squad

Our 2010 Races

Get your entry in as soon as possible as all local races are filling up quickly.

Open water swim training
Due to a safety issue at the lake this week 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 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.

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 finished first female at the Cranbrook Triathlon. Click here for the provisional results.

This week's rides
On Sunday (13th June) there will be a sponsored 150 mile ride starting from Princes Park at 6:00 raising money for Great Ormond Street Hospital. If anyone wants company on another ride this weekend just put out an email on the e-group.

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) also finished at Bexhill. Jonn, 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