White Oak

Tri Squad

HIMUK - Sherbourne

Congratulaions to Gary, Kevin, Martin, Alex, Paul A, Steve, Warren and Heather for some magnificent performances at Half Ironman UK yesterday. What a great setting for the race. Hopefully it will become an annual race. Results will appear soon.

Isle of Wight Two Day Stage Cycle Race

White Oak Tri Squad was represented by no less than 5 club members at the weekend at the Isle of Wight 2 day stage cycle race. We had Colette racing in the womens event and Gary Bryant, Nigel Ling, Guy Little, and Matthew Swift teaming up in the mens event. Support was provided by Nigel's better half, Carrie. The event took place over 3 very hilly stages of 73 miles on Saturday, 63 miles on Sunday morning and finally an 8 mile time trial in the afternoon. For Colette the tactics were simple: stay in with the boys until no more women remained. For us boys we knew the event would be decided on the final time trial. Gary's been kicking serious butt at time-trialling recently so we decided before the race that our tactics would be to keep Gary as fresh as possible during the first 2 stages and wear down all his potential rivals with constant attacking and counter attacking from the rest of us. That way, he'd have the best chance possible of putting in the race-winning performance. To cut a long story short, we did just that! Colette won all three of her stages (!) and Gary, as hoped, produced the goods (and fine goods they were too!) in the final TT. Result: two yellow jerseys! Matt Click here for full results

Sevenoaks Triathlon

Fantastic weather was enjoyed by all who competed in the club's handicap race at Sevenoaks (14/09/2003). Click here for results.
Check out the 2003 Handicap results

Southwater Team Sprint Relay Championships

Congratulations to all eleven White Oak Teams that competed in the Southwater Relays on Sunday 7th September 2003.
Click here to see a table of members splits and the full results.

Mountain Bike Tour

The Mountain Bike Tour sounds as if was a success. Hopefully there will be a write up and some pictures soon! The weekend followed a similar plan to last year, travelling Thursday evening, to give 3 full days of mountain biking on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The accommodation comprised of a hostel near Betws y Coed.

The 13th White Oak Triathlon

London Triathlon

Congratulations to Jell Utting on his 15th in the 40-45 catagory in the London Olympic distance triathlon (Click here for the results), Helyn Hiscock on her 14th in the 30-35 catagory (Click here for the results) and to new boy Andy Morton on completing his first triathlon as a White Oak Member in the Sprint.

Milton Keynes Olympic Triathlon

Congratulations to everyone that competed at Milton Keynes. The weather was good after heavy overnight rain (whilst many of us were camping) and there were some good times posted. Click here for the full results.

Crowborough Sprint Triathlon

Congratulations to Guy Little on winning his category and coming 8th overall at Crowborough. Guy and Tony Ward were the only White Oak members out. Click here for the full results.

The 4th Children's White Oak Triathlon

This years Children's White Oak Triathlon will be on the 10th August. As with our adults race all members will be needed to make this a successful event.
There will be races for 8 year olds, 9-10 year olds, 11-12 year olds and 13-14 year olds. There will be prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places in each age group.

Click here for Results

The 13th White Oak Triathlon

This years White Oak Triathlon was held in magnificent weather.  Congratulations to all that took part and many thanks to all marshals who helped make it an enjoyable day for everyone.

Thanks also to Newline, Ruxley Cycles and Racingtriatletes.com for supporting our event.

Awards went to:

The Team Prize winners were James Lucas, John Horseman and Victor Thompson of Crystal Palace Triathlon Club.

Click here for full results.

Austrian Ironmen

Congatulations to Marcus Smith (9:59:40), Mark Borland (11:20:25), Paul Atkinson (11:52:18), Dominic Course (12:30:39), Jel Utting, Alex Tyrrel and Mick Andrews, who obvious helped each other along (12:49:34-47), John Setford (12:56:06) and Ray Evans (13:41:05) for completing Ironman Austria.

UCI World 'B' championships

Colette Swift competed, as a member of the Irish team, in the UCI World 'B' championships this weekend (6th July).The "B" means that the championships aren't the Elite World Championships but are instead aimed at countries that haven't developed the sport that much, of which Ireland is one. It gives these countries a chance to demonstrate any potential talent they have and, if successful, qualify for places in the 2004 Olympics! Click here for more information.
Colette rode in the women's road race (100.8km) and finished 18th in 2.59.05, just under 5 minutes down on the winners who were all Chinese. Click here for the full results. Unfortunately the Irish women's team had to finish in the top 9 to qualify, and only managed 11th, so Colette won't be going to Athens.

Rutland Water Dambuster Triathlon

Congratulations to Gary Bryant on his 1st in age group on Sunday 29nd June at the Rutland Water Dambuster Triathlon. John Setford, who also raced, had two punctures but battled on to the finish. Click here for full results

Burgess Hill Sprint Triathlon

Congratulations to Roy Knight and Sarah Nisbett who were the only club members to braved the bad weather at Burgess Hill on Sunday 22nd June. Click here for full results

Windsor Olympic Distance

Well done to Gary Bryant, Kevin Perkins, Martin Burges and Paul Atkinson who all competed in the Royal Windsor Triathlon on Sunday 15th June. Click here for full results.
Special congratulations to John who won the Clydesdale (veterans) World Championship, and Kevin who won the top draw prize which entitles him to:- flights, accommodation in the 5-star Pestana Hotel Resort for three nights, Friday October 17 to Monday October 20, and a free entry to the Madeira SuperSprint Triathlon 2003 (on the same day as the Madeira ITU World Cup).

Weymouth Middle Distance

In the words of Dominic Course - "Weymouth got harder this year. The swim was longer, choppy and crab-infested; the bike was longer with more hills and a "had-to-pedal-downhill" wind; and the run was very hot. "
Well done to Marcus Smith, Dominic Course, Mark Borland, Paul Fisher, Mary-Anne Course, Helyn Hiscock, Trevor Mcllroy and Ray Evans for their efforts on Sunday. Click here for results.

Great support was supplied by Guy, Heather and Alex. - It was very much appreciated!!

National Duathlon Championships

Congratulations to Gary Bryant who managed a Bronze medal in the MG Category at the National Duathlon Championships in Swindon at the weekend (18th May). Click here for full results - and this after attending John Setford's Surprise 50th birthday party on Saturday night. - Happy Birthday John " The Newest White Oak Super Vet "

East Grinstead Team Champions!!

East Grinstead Triathlon

Twenty eight members of the club competed in the Club Championships at East Grinstead last Sunday (11th May). Click here to view the individual results. Congratulations to all who raced and especially Gary Bryant (Mens Club Champion), Marcus Smith (2nd), Sam Mundy (Ladies Club Champion) and Heather Simpson (2nd). Gary, Marcus and Guy also made up the winning Team. Well done lads!

London Marathon

Well done to John (04:27:42) and Carrie (04:12:45) in the London Marathon.
Apparently loads of people turned out from the club to support and it was a really good day out.

6th April

Ardingly Sprint Triathlon -There were 5 club members braving the cold at Ardingly Sprint Triathlon. Well done to Helyn who was 3rd Lady to finish, and Guy for his 21st overall. Mark Borland, Paul Fisher and John Setford also raced. Click here to view the full results.

Powerman was tough, the first run was a bit long - probably more like 8 miles and a very rolling course so imagine trying to run 8 miles around, say, the Southwater relays run course and you get the picture. The bike was again a rolling type course, with a few steep climbs, which probably helped because you were not always on tri bars and you were using different sets of muscles and is less strain on the lower back. The second run was similar to the first run but only 5 miles. I finished with a time of 3 hours 10 minutes - Marcus

Paris Marathon- Well done to Alex Tyrrell finished the Paris Marathon just missing out on a PB at 3:22.