ITCH April 2007

Welcome to ITCH - the Ipswich triathlon club hand-out - for April 2007...

Contributors this month include: Susannah Rosenberg & Ross Welton, with photographs sent in via Dave Copland and Brian McGeeney.

Cut-off for May's edition: please try and get reports & pictures to me by 1st May.
Many thanks - and thanks for all the continued, & mostly positive, feedback.
Charlie Stannett - itch@ipswich-tri.org

April Fools day saw the red & black of Ipswich turning out in force for the Diss Duathlon...

Diss Duathlon is organised by tri-anglia, who are also organising the Norwich triathlon later this year.
And, as you all know, the Norwich triathlon is the event we have chosen to decide our own club championship.

Men's captain Steve de Boltz brings his toy box to Diss...
Men's captain Steve de Boltz brings his toy box to Diss...		 Our men's captain Steve de Boltz has e-mailed tri-anglia to say:

Just a quick note from the red and black of Ipswich Tri Club to say thank you for a great days race at Diss. Having spoken to most of our members after the event, we all enjoyed it, although I think many of us set off a little over dressed. It seemed to be winter when I set off and summer when I finished, was I really that slow.

If you could book sunshine for the Norwich triathlon that would be great. Maybe not quite as hot as last year though.

Please pass on our thanks to all who organised and marshalled at Diss, it was nice to have encouragement out in the wind swept wilds of Norfolk, and the tea and cake afterwards was well appreciated.

Once again thank you, and see you in July.

Ladies captain Helen Farrow, strangely missing from the results, 'fessed up "Diss was not good for me as I miscounted bike laps. Oops."

Ross Welton

Ross Chicken Legs Welton

Ross ‘chicken legs’ Welton rides both for "tri.bull" and Ipswich triathlon club.

Diss Duathlon race report - 1st April

A warm and windy day greeted the plethora of Ipswich Triathlon Club members, 13 in total, for what was for most this seasons first foray into competitive action. It was excellent to see so many members congregating at the start lines, all sporting club kit along with many other layers (some more than others Derrick!!).

The start times were in three waves 5 minutes apart, apparently split by age, and early season enthusiasm appeared to send people off for the first 5km run at what can only be described as warp-speed before reality kicked in and normal ‘panting’ service was resumed. The run course was fairly flat and loosened the legs off nicely for the cycling to come.

After the fast first leg, a rapid transition onto the bikes. I decided, after advice from Steve ‘if you see me on the bike then I’ve already taken 5 minutes off you’ De Boltz, that I would try leaving the shoes clipped into the pedals in an attempt to shave valuable nanoseconds of my time. In short, this wasn’t a huge success, and I fear there may be a photo doing the rounds that proves this….(Note to self – work on transition).

Ross Welton tries to shave nanoseconds off transition

Ross starts removing his foot from his shoe in flight - but forgets to leave the shoe clipped to the pedal...

Derrick Smith skewers Strivs Miller at the start

...while an under-dressed Derrick Smith skewers Strivs Miller at the start.

Once the feet, shoes and pedals had met the cycling was immensely enjoyable. The 3 lap circuit was mostly flat, although any incline seemed to be greeted with a fairly fierce headwind and pot-holed farm track combination. There were some long fast straights to flush out the cobwebs and give the new bike, (I may have mentioned to a few people that I have a new bike), a test. I was propelled on by the thought of knowing that Captain Steve, Dave Husband and Tony Birt would all delight in passing me, so pedalling as fast as my ‘chicken legs’ would take me, I completed the 30km bike ride still feeling pretty good and knowing that there was just the final 5km run to go, a repeat of the first leg.

The thought of running 5km is not overly distressing, although, as I’m sure many of the competitors will agree, Duathlons have an ability to make the second run feel like the Marathon des Sables (perhaps a slight exaggeration). With the legs suddenly feeling ‘a little heavy’ it was just a case of running/jogging/plodding/falling to the finish line to complete my first race as an official Ipswich Triathlon Club member.

I think everyone who attended felt that this was an excellent season opener, and the post race atmosphere amongst the red and black clad team, with tea and cakes rapidly in hand, was great to be a part of.

Pos Name Cat Run1 Bike Run2 Total Note
1 David Bettinson F 00:19:08 00:47:35 00:20:00 01:26:43 (Cambridge)
12 Marc Delea H 00:21:08 00:51:50 00:21:36 01:34:34 Cat winner
15 Derrick Smith J 00:21:14 00:53:06 00:21:42 01:36:02  
20 Juliet Vickery H 00:21:20 00:54:18 00:21:34 01:37:12 (Cambridge)
34 William Newland J 00:23:06 00:53:05 00:24:32 01:40:43  
44 Ross Welton E 00:24:09 00:54:51 00:24:32 01:43:32 (tri.bull)
47 Stephen de Boltz H 00:25:30 00:51:15 00:27:33 01:44:18  
52 P Wythe G 00:22:22 00:58:58 00:23:52 01:45:12  
64 David Husband F 00:24:44 00:56:33 00:26:33 01:47:50  
66 Antony Birt F 00:00:00 01:20:59 00:27:24 01:48:23  
74 Simon Palmer J 00:27:25 00:56:56 00:27:28 01:51:49  
82 Sarah Miller I 00:25:47 01:01:49 00:26:55 01:54:31 Cat winner
86 Amanda Mallett H 00:27:36 01:01:41 00:27:15 01:56:32  
88 Anne Fish K 00:28:00 01:01:11 00:28:02 01:57:13 Cat winner


Full results: www.tri-anglia.co.uk/DissDuathlon/
Photos, courtesy of Mary, can be found at http://photos.yahoo.com/brian.mcgeeney@btinternet.com/ under an album called 2007 Diss Duathlon

April Fools day also saw the red & black turning out at two longer-distance runs...
Bungay marathon & half-marathon - 1st April
I spotted four members of the club completing the full marathon at Bungay - with at least three of them following elements of the same training schedule, based on the "FIRST" training plan.
The four marathoners for whom we have pictures & comments are Dave Copland, Kate Stannett, Julia Yelloly and Charlie Stannett. Rob Peevor was also out on the course, but running incognito.
Anyway, as Julia put it, it was a grand day out!
 
Dave Copland sports his special go-faster hair cut... Dave Copland, sporting his special go-faster hair cut, used Bungay as part of his preparation for the Norseman triathlon later this year, which starts in a fjord and finishes with a full marathon. Up a mountain.

This was Dave's first attempt at a marathon - and he smashed quite a few members' personal bests, which probably helps explain his smile despite having some problems toward the end.
 

 Kate Stannett shows a BIG smile... Kate Stannett showed a big smile as she came close - very close - to equally her personal best, set in London a couple of years ago.

Kate suffered a recurrence of an injury at around six miles and rather foolishly carried on but, with help from her physio and some enforced rest, she should be ready for the Flora London Marathon at the end of April as part of her training for IMUK.
 
...but nothing like Julia Yelloy's massive smile... Adding weight to a suspicion that there were happy pills in the water being dished out, Julia's massive smile gives the game away that she was actually away with the fairies when Kate passed her with just a few miles to go: "I was really in a little world somewhere else then, and [Kate] brought me home!"

Julia did a really good time - which bodes well for the IM70.3 in Antwerp later this year.

 ...or Charlie Stannett's grimace After completing the first half almost bang on schedule, Charlie Stannett started cramping up and decided to treat the second half as a training shuffle - dropping almost two minutes a mile in the process.

That said he still did his best marathon time in over twenty years - a numerically suspicious 262 minutes - and is looking forward to a cramp-free marathon in London in a couple of weeks time.
 
Oliver Calver en route to a personal best... The Bungay marathon comprises a two lap course. A half-marathon sets off for just one lap of the same route two hours after the marathon starts - which makes for an interesting mix of banter between the two fields.

At least two members of the club took part in the half-marathon option: Oliver Calvin and Iain Downie.

Along with Dave & Julia, Iain got sun-burn - whereas I gather Oliver (runner 975, left) was well-chuffed with knocking masses off his previous best!

Times

Full marathon
Pos Name  Time Club
1 Carl Prewer 2:46:59 Lowestoft Road Runners
23 Amanda Henry 3:19:38 Sudbury Joggers
26 Dave Copland 3:20:47  
80 Rob Peevor 3:55:52  
104 Kate Stannett 4:07:05  
107 Julia Yelloly 4:07:50  
127 Charlie Stannett 4:22:39  
     
Half-marathon
Pos Name  Time Club
1 Jason Meachen 1:17:33 Harwich
42 Sandra Bower 1:35:35 <non-affiliated>
45 Iain Downie 1:36:09  
204 Oliver Calvin 1:54:33  

Full results & some photographs at www.bungay-marathon.co.uk  - and some interesting photographs of Dave's very distinctive running style at www.digitography.co.uk - but the photographs used here are from Dave (although I'm guessing Susannah took them).
Bedford Harriers Oakley 20 - 1st April
Sue Hargadon will now be gunning for Stannett... Sue Hargadon has one of our Flora London Marathon club places, and chose the "Bedford 20" for her one of her longer training runs:
 
Pos Runner Time Club
1 Peter Galpin 01:55:59 BRJ Huntingdon
25 Jane Preen 02:13:27 Milton Keynes A C
595 Sue Hargadon 03:19:23  

I hope to include news of our Flora London Marathon entrants in May's edition of ITCH.

Other stuff...

Will Newland

Will Newland flies at the Joe Cox 10....
Will Newland flies at the Joe Cox 10...

Will Newland wins Joe Cox V50
...& wins V50.

Susannah explores the freedom of leaving her watch behind
Susannah Rosenberg left her watch behind - and really enjoyed the freedom.

 Joe Cox 10
 

No report from Will but congratulations on winning the Vet 50 class while doing a bit of speed work in the build up to IMUK.

When you remember that Derrick Smith won a similar trophy at the Bungay 20km race, this makes the club championship's "old gits" section start to sound very competitive indeed.

 Meanwhile, Helen tries to dance...
Meanwhile, Helen tries to dance...		 ...like Elvis!
...like Elvis!

At the prize-giving an announcement was made that it is intended that the Joe Cox event become a half-marathon from 2008.

The Stowmarket Striders website reports:

Quite probably the last ever Joe Cox 10 mile took place on the first day of the British Summer Time. The big field of 217 runners was blessed with fine running conditions, warmer than the last few days. A slight head-wind over the last few miles knocked a few seconds off the times which were slightly down on last year.

Times:

Pos Name Time Notes
1 Ian Keeble 00:57:16 Stowmarket Striders
12 Dave Copland 01:02:06  
15 Jennie Roberts 01:03:10 Ipswich Jaffa
46 Will Newland 01:10:45 Age group winner!
104 Michelle Constable 01:19:43  
114 Simon Lockwood 01:20:44  
136 Charlie Stannett 01:24:00  
143 Anne Fish 01:24:47 (Stowmarket Striders)
153 Grayhame Fish 01:26:11 (Stowmarket Striders)
158 Helen Farrow 01:26:49  
199 Susannah Rosenberg 01:37:58  

Full results at http://www.stowmarketstriders.org.uk/ - where you can also find a very good diary of forthcoming running events.

Mystery man

...who was Susannah's man of mystery?

...who was that masked man?

Member profile - Man of Mystery

Susannah Rosenberg writes:

After swimming at Woolverstone and running round Alton Water on Sunday 18th March, we were relaxing in the café with mugs of tea, cakes and bacon butties, when a cyclist sporting a rather attractive pair of the world famous Ipswich Triathlon cycle shorts pedalled by.  I dashed out of the café and called “Hello Ipswich Tri” at him.  The cyclist waved, and then thought of his personal safety with regard to a scary woman running out of a café and shouting at him – that was the last we saw of him!

Who were you?  Next time, be brave and come and have a cuppa with us.

Phoebe Collinson models the red & black...

One of our younger members - Phoebe Collinson -  models the red & black...

 Club kit

Please remember that club kit is ordered through Heather Collinson by e-mailing kit@ipswich-tri.org or by ringing 01473-620651 - not by e-mailing ITCH. Heather's address is 14 Spindler Close, Kesgrave, Ipswich, IP5 2DA.

Heather is having some trouble putting together a sufficiently large spring order to meet the minimum order requirements we have with our supplier. So, if you are still only thinking about ordering kit - maybe you've spotted that your winter jacket has worn a bit thin in places and might need replacing before the autumn, or maybe you realise that you would have done more winter mileage if only you'd got around to ordering those fantastic club thermal bib tights - please give Heather a call sooner rather than later.

Click here to download the current price list - including availability as at December 2006 - as a PDF file.

Ady Green

Ady Green with jelly babies at IMUK05...

Ady Green with jelly babies at IMUK05.

Entry to the junior training event at Framlingham on April 15th is now closed.

Further information has been e-mailed to contacts and is also appearing on the "titch" pages at www.ipswich-tri.org/titch.

With the less formal events you must still let Ady know if you intend coming - he will cancel events rather than waste club resource if not enough people have committed to coming.

Anyone interested in helping at juniors events please contact Ady by e-mailing juniors@ipswich-tri.org or ringing 01379-388855.

Club championship

Do not forget to get your entry in for the club championships – the Norwich triathlon on July 1st - by visiting www.entrycentral.net - and entering direct. We do NOT have any special entry route.

Please - when you are asked to enter your club name, do not enter simply as "Ipswich" - use "Ipswich Triathlon Club"
On last count there were just 38 people entered as "Ipswich triathlon club" members - and the event is now over three-quarters full...
 

Member   Category     Member   Category  
John Wankowski Male E   Julia Green Female F
Tom Wilmot Male E   Heather Collinson Female G
Green Adrian Male F   Laura May Williams Female G
Jason Baillie Male F   Lucy Bowditch Female H
Antony Birt Male F   Jacqueline Chubb Female H
James Bouttell Male F   Samantha Fulcher Female H
David Husband Male F   Amanda Mallett Female H
Barry John Whitcomb Male F   Sue Rule* Female H
Nick Collinson Male G   Julia Yelloly Female H
Iain Downie Male G   Sarah Miller Female I
Simon Lockwood Male G   Kate Stannett Female I
Brian McGeeney Male G   Maria Reynolds Female J
Hugh O'Donnell Male G   Anne Fish Female K
Mark Bowditch Male H          
Dave Copland Male H   *Sue Rule injured - see news elsewhere  
Stephen de Boltz Male H          
Lee Bark Male I          
Nik Bestow Male I          
Simon Palmer Male J          
Stephen Robinson Male J          
Derrick Smith Male J          
Charlie Stannett Male J          
Graham White Male J          
Grayhame Fish Male K          
Michael Stollery Male K          

Rules - the final rules for the championships are still to be confirmed (so it's not too late to lobby committee members) but proposals include:

Categories

  • Male: open; vet (BT categories H-I); "super" vet (J+)
  • Female: open; vet (BT categories H-I); "super" vet (J+)

In the case of someone placing (say) 2nd open but 1st vet they should take the higher ranking award i.e. 1st vet.

Only first claim members (with respect to triathlon) are eligible, and club kit should be worn. (So if you are first claim Stowmarket Striders for running events but first claim ITC for triathlon, then you are eligible. But you're not eligible if you are competing as a first claim member of - say - Wimbledon triathlon club.)

Some club news you may have missed...

Final, final reminder – have you renewed your membership? If you've lost your form, download an application form NOW while you think about it. (If you're a senior member you need only print & complete the front of the form. The additional information on the rear of the form will be needed for any junior members. Membership subscriptions continue, in effect, to be subsidised by the events we hold which is why you must undertake to help crew at least one of our events as part of your membership subscription.)

Sue Rule is taking an enforced sabbatical, probably for the whole season, following a skiing accident - which, I gather, left Sue with broken and dislocated bones. As Sue put it with a certain amount of understatement "Its a bit of a bummer, as training was so going well and I'd had no injuries!"
I'm sure we all wish Sue a quick and full recovery, and look forward to her turning out in the red & black next year...

Training...

Forthcoming Saturday morning swimming sessions at Woolverstone - school Easter holidays are upon us which means the current pool availability is:

  • April 7th - NO swimming
  • April 14th - NO SWIMMING (this is a change from the earlier e-mail)
  • April 21st & 28th - swimming as usual (be there for a 9:00am start)
  • May 5th, 12th & 19th - swimming as usual

If you want to be on a ring round list for notification of changes at short notice then let Steve have your number.
Steve is on 07795 564322. Note also that Steve is trying to negotiate use of the pool during the summer holiday period.

And don't forget the club training sessions on Thursdays at 7pm at Greshams, Tuddenham Road, Ipswich -  if you can't make the training, then why not join us for a beer (usually Adnams, occasionally Wherry) or some food from about 8pm onwards.
  • Apr 12th - Hills session on Valley Road.
  • Apr 19th - Fynn Valley run
  • Apr 26th - Intervals in Christchurch Park
  • May 3rd - Fynn Valley/cross country run
     (note - if you live way out west & can't get to Ipswich easily, there is always the Newmarket heath race that evening)
  • May 24th - Mini duathlon - see below

Don't forget John Gabriel will be organising some mini training duathlons on some Thursday evenings in the summer. The dates planned are 24th May, 21st June and 19th July. More info to follow nearer the first date.

The ITCH league - click here for full details - remember the league is just for fun and to give you a focus for your training, and to give you a baseline from which to improve next year.  The club championship at Norwich is included in the league.

Suffolk Sunrise Bike Ride - if you're one of those people who cannot get into Waveney on May 13th, have you thought about doing Action Medical Research's "challenge bike ride" through rural Suffolk lanes - with a choice of 100 or 50 mile routes.
If you are, then you might want to e-mail nickcollinson@hotmail.co.uk (or ring Nick on 01473-620651) as he's started sounding out the possibility of a club ride-out.
(Both routes are circular starting and finishing at Woodbridge passing through Felixstowe, Orford, Dunwich, Framlingham and Debenham.  They are hoping to attract some 300 riders - see www.action.org.uk/takeaction which lists quite a few other events which might be of interest.)

"Tour de Tendring 2007" - if you couldn't get into the Woodbridge 10km on May 20th, go try the Tour de Tendring bike ride instead. "This is not a race" - but it's a really nice opportunity to raise money for the RNLI while riding 20, 50 or 100 miles.  The 100 mile route is twice the 50 mile route; the 20 miler is a shorter route popular with pub teams. (Last year one team had a mobile bar on a support vehicle - honest.)
There is a saving to be had by entering as members of a team rather than as individuals. At the moment I can find nothing on www.tendringdc.gov.uk but if anybody is interested in pulling together a team entry please Iet me know - I have a paper entry form but am doing Woodbridge - or ring the organisers on 01255-686650. About half a dozen of us did the 100 mile option last year.

Have you seen...

  • The Etape Caledonia is being billed as the UK's first-ever timed mass participation cycling event on closed roads. It's on Sunday June 24th around Pitlochry - I seem to recall going to a really nice pub near there - and being promoted buy the same group who put on the London triathlon. The "Challenge" distance is 83 miles, total ascent 2,078m. See http://www.etapecaledonia.co.uk/ for more details.
     
  • Most people are probably already aware of this, but don't forget that the 2007 Tour de France starts in London this year - prologue around London on July 7th, then Stage 1 London to Canterbury on July 8th.
     
  • Take the classic "Ironman" distances, convert them to metric, and add them together. What do you get?
    Swim 3.8k (2.4m) Bike 180k (112m) Run 42.2k (26.2m) = 226km
    which is the thinking behind www.k226.com - an alternative set of races around the world, including the "Norse Xtreme" in August, from which I am hoping to hear how our Mr Copland beats Richard (Fuller, East Essex) by miles and miles. Or should that be kilometres and kilometres...
    (Dave - you're incognito on the website)
     
  • Are you just thinking about fitting aero/tri-bars for the first time? See http://www.active.com/insider/triathlete/trinews_040107.htm for some hints & tips about "progressive bike fit"
     

  • For further details of the FIRST training plan followed by some of the Bungay marathon squad, see www.furman.edu/FIRST - the plan has also been featured in Runner's World in the past, when it was described as having been derived in part from triathlon cross-training.
 

CALENDAR OF EVENTS - see also www.britishtriathlon.org and www.ebta.co.uk for triathlons.

For running events, see http://www.suffolkathletics.org.uk/ - most members are eligible to enter for "county championship" events. Remember to tick the box, and wear your club kit.  We have had quite a few age group podium places over the years - especially in the longer events.
We also usually do fairly well as a team in both the cross-country and Friday Five series.

APRIL 07
15 Junior training day at Framlingham - details on "titch" section of website
22 London Marathon.

MAY 07
03 Heath Run 6km Thursday evening run at Newmarket - see  www.newmarketjoggers.co.uk.
09 Bungay 10km Summer Series Race 1 at Broome.
13 Waveney Valley triathlon - visit www.entrycentral.net to enter on-line
13 Suffolk Sunrise Bike Ride - see note above under "training"
20 Woodbridge 10 km is now FULL
20 Tour de Tendring - 20, 50 & 100 mile options - see note above under "training"
28 Brandon Forest Half Marathon.

JUNE 07
01 Bury St Edmunds Friday 5.
06 Bungay 10km Summer Series Race 2 at Broome
06 Orwell Panthers challenge (I've no idea what this is)
10 Wymondham midsummer 10 mile - see http://www.wymondhamac.org.uk for details
15 Kirton Friday 5 – entry forms www.frr.org.uk - County Championships
17 Ironman UK 70.3 at Wimbleball in Exmoor - see www.ironmanuk.com for details
22 Stowmarket Friday 5.
24 The Etape Caledonia - see http://www.etapecaledonia.co.uk/ for more details.

JULY 07
01 Norwich triathlon - including Ipswich triathlon club championships - visit www.entrycentral.net to enter on-line
01 Newmarket 10km County Championships.
04 Sudbury Joggers 5 Mile MT.
07 - 26 Tour de France - see http://www.letour.fr
08 Mutford Relays.
11 Bungay 10km Summer Series Race 3 at Broome.
29 Culford triathlon (full, reserve list in operation).

AUGUST 07
03 Brandon Wibbly Wobbly Log Jog.
04 Norseman Xtreme - see http://www.nxtri.com/ or Dave Copland for details
04 London triathlon (Sprint & relay events)
05 London triathlon (Standard events)
05 Ironman70.3 Antwerp - let Nick Collinson know if you're doing this
05 MDC 10km Multi-Terrain Holkham Hall
11 National club relays - Nottingham

Anyone interested in entering a team (or two, or three, etc) in the national club relays, please let Steve de Boltz know and he’ll see if we can put at least a team together to represent our club.
Details are at www.pacesetterevents.com
Steve can be contacted on 07795 564322 or stevedb@btsgroupuk.com

12 Wandlebury 2.5km & 5 mile Cross Country
19 Ironman UK at Sherborne - see www.ironmanuk.com for details
26 Newmarket duathlon - visit www.entrycentral.net to enter on-line

SEPTEMBER 07
02 Framlingham 10km.
05 Honnington 10km.
08 the Vitruvian middle distance triathlon at Rutland Water (appears to incorporate national middle distance championships) - visit http://www.pacesetterevents.com/vitruvian.php to enter on-line
09 Langham 10km
09 Waveney Valley triathlon II - visit www.entrycentral.net to enter on-line
16 Blackwater leisure charity triathlons - includes 200m swim novice option -see www.blackwatertri.org.uk
23 Ipswich duathlon - visit www.entrycentral.net to enter on-line
23 Tarpley Ten miles.
30 Felixstowe Half Marathon (county championships)
?? Lowestoft Scores Race.

OCTOBER 07
?? Martlesham 10km
?? Framlingham Cross Country (Suffolk League).

NOVEMBER 07
11 Stowmarket Scenic 7.
?? Bungay Cross Country (Suffolk League) at Broome.
25 Hadleigh Ten 10 mile.

DECEMBER 07
02 Norwich half-marathon - (they're obviously trying to avoid the complaints they've had in the past about the heat ) - see http://www.conac.org.uk/
16 Turkey Trot 10 Mile at Beccles.
26 Groggy Doggy Cross Country at Bungay Common 1030.

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The deadline is 15th May and, when I added my name on Good Friday, there were already well over 4,000 names.
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For Sale (see LINKS for local traders)

Wardrobe sale - Ben Spashett has a few bits of kit & equipment that might be of interest especially to juniors.
Most of it is "almost brand new". Click here to download a list - contact Ben on bennyvanspashett@hotmail.com or telephone 01473-270573 or 07881-812852.

Wheel - Abbie Thorrington has a rear wheel for sale - email abbie.thorrington@ntlworld.com for further information.

Massage - Jackie Chubb has a regular room at Rede near Bury St Edmunds, available any time.
Open to members & non-members but booking is essential on 01284-789576 or 07985-496918.
ITCH - the Ipswich Triathlon Club Handout - is our monthly newsletter. It is designed primarily for reading on-line but paper copies can be sent to members who genuinely have no access to the internet.
Articles are welcomed from all members - e-mail them to itch@ipswich-tri.org or send them in the post to
Charlie Stannett, Red Lion Cottage, East Bergholt, CO7 6TB.