Welcome to ITCH - the Ipswich triathlon club hand-out - for January 2009...
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...and welcome (back) to the club for 2009. Notices you may have missed: A final reminder - subscriptions for 2009 were due by today, 31st January - subscriptions remain as now, viz. family £20, senior £15, junior £5. Click here to download an 2009 membership application form. Club events for 2009 - you will have seen from the website that dates have now been announced for our three events for 2009:
Please remember that the your membership subscription includes volunteering for at least one of these events - and for 2009 the expectation will be that you volunteer for the race day itself. If you want to compete in a particular event then, in theory, you can provide a substitute volunteer but do not be surprised if you are press-ganged into service if your substitute volunteer fails to appear. Club championship - the committee has agreed once more to adopt the Norwich "olympic" triathlon, on Sunday 5th July, as the decider for our club championships. Entries are already open - see http://www.tri-anglia.co.uk/NorwichTriathlon/ for further details. If you enter, make sure you enter the "olympic" (or "standard" distance) event and not the shorter "sprint" event, and make sure you enter for "Ipswich triathlon club" to avoid confusion with Ipswich bike club, Ipswich Harriers, Ipswich JAFFA etcThe ITCH league has now also been finalised for 2009 - more later. Club kit - the price lists shown on the website are the 2006 price lists - the prices shown reflect an item-by-item discount. From 2009, kit will be charged at full cost but, at the moment, the 2009 costs are not yet known - apart from anything else our manufacturer is in the Eurozone.However, members are able to "earn" discount vouchers which can be saved and used to offset the price of any club kit which they buy. Those of you who renewed on time should have received your first voucher. Reminder - who's who for 2009 The committee members for 2009 are shown here:
Race directors & other non-committee posts become/remain:
Most people turn up at least occasionally on Thursday evenings at Greshams. The committee meets approximately monthly, on the second Thursday of each month. Charlie Stannett - itch@ipswich-tri.org |
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 Men's captain Ross Welton on the road...
...to the White House? |
Our new men's captain is Ross WeltonThere’s a new man in the White House and perhaps more importantly a new man in the Captains corner hot seat! Importantly both the Barack and I are about the same thing.......CHANGE. This is the year people, the year for improvement, the year for PB’s, the year for pushing that bit harder all for the love of Triathlon. Looking around the Club we have a huge number of experienced members of all abilities. I think it would be great if we can use each other as a means of improving. Already we have seen a bit more structure to the Thursday night run sessions. Whilst still an excellent social outing, the sessions have a focus designed to ooze out some improvement. The same is true of the Saturday swims. So why not get involved this year in some more club sessions, challenge yourself to take part in your first race, beat that PB or just get round. Lets enjoy the season, improve, yes we can! Ross, who was "feeling a bit political" when he wrote this, can be contacted by e-mail to ross@ipswich-tri.org |
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Dave Copland was our first man home...
...Michelle Constable was our leading lady.
Did you know we were affiliated to UK:A via SCAA?
Our thanks go to Dave Copland, who co-ordinated our entry into the SCAA (Suffolk County Athletics Association). Dave reports:
http://picasaweb.google.com/DaveCopland/ - feel free to download and use as you wish. If you want higher resolution copies I can supply them on request.I think we can congratulate ourselves on a respectable performance for the club. I don't know how the women's race started but the men's was ridiculously fast for the first 1 or 2 km before people settled down a bit.
I've put a few photos on
Mary definitely wins the Big Hair award and there's even a pic of Charlie with both feet off the ground. And will whoever stole John W's recovery drink from the finish line please return it before he gets *really* cross.
Special mentions go to:
- John Moody for his first race ever.
- Neil Catling in his first race for the club (that's correct, isn't it?)
- Joe Goddard who was due to return to Loughborough the day before, until he learned (also the day before) that he'd been entered into the championship.
Cheers, Dave
| Senior Men (12km) | ||||
| Pos | Time | Name | Cat | |
| 1 | 00:43:38 | Gordon Irvine | Senior | Thames Valley Harriers |
| 4 | 00:45:40 | Peter Baker | Vet | St Edmund Pacers "A" |
| 18 | 00:49:33 | Dave Copland | Vet | |
| 31 | 00:52:23 | Joe Goddard | Senior | |
| 48 | 00:56:01 | Neil Catling | Senior | |
| 54 | 00:58:25 | John Wankowski | Senior | |
| 56 | 00:59:05 | Mike Stollery | Vet | |
| 66 | 01:09:24 | Charlie Stannett | Vet | |
| 68 | 01:10:09 | John Moody | Senior | |
| Pos | Score | Team | ||
| 1 | 48 pts | Ipswich Jaffa A | ||
| 2 | 49 pts | St Edmund Pacers A | ||
| 3 | 66 pts | Stowmarket Striders A | ||
| 4 | 111 pts | Newmarket Joggers A | ||
| 5 | 112 pts | Felixstowe Road Runners | ||
| 6 | 151 pts | Ipswich Triathlon Club | ||
| 7 | 163 pts | St Edmund Pacers B | ||
| 8 | 177 pts | Stowmarket Striders B | ||
| 9 | 203 pts | Hadleigh Hares A.C. | ||
| 10 | 209 pts | Ipswich Jaffa B | ||
| Senior Women (6km) | ||||
| Pos | Time | Name | Cat | |
| 1 | 00:23:01 | Tamare Jordan | Senior | Stowmarket Striders |
| 3 | 00:25:56 | Christine Anthony | Vet | St Edmund Pacers "B" |
| 17 | 00:29:56 | Michelle Constable | Vet | |
| 21 | 00:30:37 | Mary Skelcher | Vet | |
| 22 | 00:30:56 | Sarah Miller | Vet | |
| 32 | 00:32:47 | Kate Stannett | Vet | |
| Pos | Score | Team | ||
| 1 | 19 pts | St Edmund Pacers B | ||
| 2 | 25 pts | Stowmarket Striders | ||
| 3 | 35 pts | Ipswich Jaffa | ||
| 4 | 40 pts | The Saxons | ||
| 5 | 49 pts | Newmarket Joggers | ||
| 6 | 60 pts | Ipswich Triathlon Club | ||
| 7 | 65 pts | Sudbury Joggers | ||
| 8 | 125 pts | Hadleigh Hares A.C. | ||
Full results via the SCAA website http://www.suffolkathletics.org.uk/
1st February 09 Stowmarket (Haughley Park)
Simon Palmer normally attends all events and collects the moneys & finish-place tickets on the day. Wear club kit!
Points going into Stowmarket:
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| TEAM (CODE) | BURY | FRIT | BUNG | WOOD | FRAM | TOTAL |
| Stowmarket A (ST) | 875 | 793 | 992 | 797 | 831 | 4288 |
| St Edmunds Pacers A (PA) | 901 | 725 | 949 | 799 | 845 | 4219 |
| Waveney Valley A (WV) | 892 | 824 | 993 | 702 | 713 | 4124 |
| Ipswich Harriers (IH) | 955 | 618 | 1059 | 606 | 762 | 4000 |
| Flying Shufflers & Saxons A (FS) | 591 | 692 | 862 | 731 | 725 | 3601 |
| Newmarket & Sudbury (NS) | 838 | 480 | 793 | 658 | 633 | 3402 |
| Felixstowe A (FE) | 650 | 446 | 854 | 699 | 578 | 3227 |
| Ipswich & Newmarket Tri-Club (IN) | 498 | 189 | 706 | 607 | 544 | 2544 |
| Bungay Black Dog A (BD) | 341 | 585 | 749 | 479 | 376 | 2530 |
| Stowmarket B (ST) | 559 | 195 | 531 | 289 | 487 | 2061 |
| Thetford (TH) | 418 | 479 | 275 | 369 | 454 | 1995 |
| St Edmunds Pacers B (PA) | 629 | 108 | 413 | 177 | 478 | 1805 |
| Waveney Valley B (WV) | 369 | 471 | 539 | 124 | 204 | 1707 |
| Flying Shufflers & Saxons B (FS) | 44 | 242 | 558 | 392 | 339 | 1575 |
| Felixstowe B (FE) | 163 | 114 | 251 | 236 | 137 | 901 |
| Bungay Black Dog B (BD) | 48 | 216 | 405 | 111 | 75 | 855 |
| Diss (DI) | 53 | 81 | 28 | 220 | 120 | 502 |
| Great Yarmouth AC (GY) | 0 | 122 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 164 |
| Orwell Panthers (OP) | 36 | 25 | 10 | 23 | 23 | 117 |
| MEN | ||||||
| TEAM | BURY | FRIT | BUNG | WOOD | FRAM | TOTAL |
| Waveney Valley A (WV) | 750 | 699 | 908 | 569 | 620 | 3546 |
| Stowmarket A (ST) | 694 | 657 | 821 | 648 | 653 | 3473 |
| St Edmunds Pacers A (PA) | 741 | 582 | 768 | 636 | 672 | 3399 |
| Ipswich Harriers (IH) | 807 | 531 | 893 | 492 | 625 | 3348 |
| Flying Shufflers & Saxons A (FS) | 534 | 579 | 716 | 602 | 569 | 3000 |
| Newmarket & Sudbury (NS) | 722 | 386 | 719 | 567 | 464 | 2858 |
| Felixstowe A (FE) | 561 | 371 | 753 | 615 | 468 | 2768 |
| Ipswich & Newmarket Tri-Club (IN) | 394 | 189 | 575 | 521 | 378 | 2057 |
| Bungay Black Dog A (BD) | 208 | 451 | 595 | 354 | 244 | 1852 |
| Thetford (TH) | 337 | 433 | 228 | 369 | 454 | 1821 |
| Waveney Valley B (WV) | 340 | 447 | 539 | 124 | 204 | 1654 |
| Stowmarket B (ST) | 416 | 137 | 381 | 159 | 354 | 1447 |
| St Edmunds Pacers B (PA) | 519 | 17 | 358 | 98 | 363 | 1355 |
| Flying Shufflers & Saxons B (FS) | 44 | 213 | 477 | 348 | 235 | 1317 |
| Felixstowe B (FE) | 163 | 97 | 232 | 236 | 98 | 826 |
| Bungay Black Dog B (BD) | 0 | 124 | 301 | 57 | 0 | 482 |
| Diss (DI) | 53 | 53 | 0 | 140 | 46 | 292 |
| Great Yarmouth AC (GY) | 0 | 122 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 164 |
| Orwell Panthers (OP) | 36 | 25 | 10 | 23 | 23 | 117 |
| WOMEN | ||||||
| TEAM | BURY | FRIT | BUNG | WOOD | FRAM | TOTAL |
| St Edmunds Pacers A (PA) | 160 | 143 | 181 | 163 | 173 | 820 |
| Stowmarket A (ST) | 181 | 136 | 171 | 149 | 178 | 815 |
| Bungay Black Dog A (BD) | 133 | 134 | 154 | 125 | 132 | 678 |
| Ipswich Harriers (IH) | 148 | 87 | 166 | 114 | 137 | 652 |
| Stowmarket B (ST) | 143 | 58 | 150 | 130 | 133 | 614 |
| Flying Shufflers & Saxons A (FS) | 57 | 113 | 146 | 129 | 156 | 601 |
| Waveney Valley A (WV) | 142 | 125 | 85 | 133 | 93 | 578 |
| Newmarket & Sudbury (NS) | 116 | 94 | 74 | 91 | 169 | 544 |
| Felixstowe A (FE) | 89 | 75 | 101 | 84 | 110 | 459 |
| St Edmunds Pacers B (PA) | 110 | 91 | 55 | 79 | 115 | 450 |
| Ipswich & Newmarket Tri-Club (IN) | 104 | 0 | 131 | 86 | 59 | 380 |
| Bungay Black Dog B (BD) | 48 | 92 | 104 | 54 | 75 | 373 |
| Flying Shufflers & Saxons B (FS) | 0 | 29 | 81 | 44 | 104 | 258 |
| Diss (DI) | 0 | 28 | 28 | 80 | 74 | 210 |
| Thetford (TH) | 81 | 46 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 174 |
| Felixstowe B (FE) | 0 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 39 | 75 |
| Waveney Valley B (WV) | 29 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
The emphasis on Thursday evenings is social rather than structured coaching. However, there are changing facilities and showers at Greshams and quite a few members use this as an opportunity to train with colleagues - of varying abilities. If you want to join the folks who go out for training, then come in time to change and be ready for a 7:00pm start. Otherwise, they tend to head into the club bar for a beer and some food from about 8:00pm onwards.
Feb 5 Big John's speed session - NOT the Fynn Valley Head Torch session, which is now... Feb 12 Fynn Valley Head Torch session ...
Five miles cross-country under the moonFeb 19 Dales Road run Feb 26 Derrick's surprise run Mar 5 Rusty's hill session
If you are staying on after training, can you please bring suitable clothing to change into - some of the other customers are not too keen on seeing people dressed in sweaty lycra in the bar. The showers are (usually) very good.
Saturday morning swimming is held at the girls school in Woolverstone & costs £4 (under review). The dates for your diaries for are:
February 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th March 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th April 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th May 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th
Remember to arrive in good time to be changed and in the pool by 9:00 am sharp for a good workout. The pool session guillotines at 10:00.
Are you new to the club? The last swim session of 2008 (13th December) included a timed 1500m benchmarking session.
| Pos | Name | Split 400m | Split 750m | Split 800m | Total 1500m | Extra 400m |
| 1 | Iain Downie | 10:24 | 21:06 | 05:29 | ||
| 2 | John W | 11:18 | 22:50 | 05:51 | ||
| 3 | Dave Husband | 06:24 | 13:05 | 24:48 | 06:31 | |
| 4 | Dave Copland | 12:23 | 25:00 | 06:40 | ||
| 5 | Danny Clifford | 12:33 | 25:20 | 06:33 | ||
| 6 | Steve Db | 06:44 | 13:38 | 25:40 | 06:37 | |
| 7 | Greg | 28:16 | 07:45 | |||
| 8 | Boo | 28:18 | 07:31 | |||
| 9 | Amanda Mallet | 07:47 | 15:51 | 29:56 | 07:48 | |
| 10 | Simon palmer | 33:27 | ||||
| 2x 400m | Susannah | 10:31 | - | 10:20 | - |
The idea is that this will be repeated on an occasional basis as a check to see how people are improving.
If you want to be on a ring round list for notification of
changes at short notice then let Steve dB have your number.
Steve is on 07795 564322 or e-mail
stevedb@btsgroupuk.com
Pyrenees camp
Ipswich
Triathlon Club Training Camp – 18-25th April 2009
You are
reminded of the training camp which Susannah Rosenberg has been
arranging.
See November's ITCH for details.
Fuller details of the ITCH League can be found at http://www.ipswich-tri.org/JOIN/itch-league/itch-league-2009-info.htm from which this is edited.
THE ELIGIBLE EVENTS
For 2009 I have introduced two additional Sprint events - Fritton and Newmarket. This is because many people are away for Wattisham, Waveney is already full, and you will NOT be able to count Culford unless this is the first year you have competed as a club member.
| Sat April 25th |
Wattisham Sprint
Triathlon - [tariff 80] - see
www.wattishamtriathlon.co.uk |
| Sun May 3rd |
Waveney
Valley (SPRINT) - [80] - see
www.entrycentral.com
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| Sun May 17th |
Newmarket triathlon (sprint) - [80] - open - see
www.newmarketcyclingtriathlon.co.uk |
| Sat June 6th |
Fritton
Lake Super Sprint Triathlon - [80] – see
www.fritton-lake-triathlon.co.uk |
| Sun June 7th |
Fritton
Lake Triathlon (standard) - [90] – see
www.fritton-lake-triathlon.co.uk |
| Sun June`14th |
IMUK70.3 Wimbleball (Middle) [95] -
see www.ironmanuk.com
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| Sat June 20th |
Harwich
(SPRINT) [80] - see
www.harwichrunners.co.uk |
| Sun June 21st |
Harwich
(open water standard/"olympic") [90] - see
www.harwichrunners.co.uk |
| Sun July 5th |
Norwich (standard "olympic") [90] - entries open, see http://www.entrycentral.com/ or, more specifically, http://www.entrycentral.com/index.php?raceID=100057 making sure you enter the "Standard" event, "for individual only".We have "adopted" this race as our club championship decider. However, we do not have special entry rights so enter on-line as soon as possible. Please enter as "Ipswich triathlon club" rather than just "Ipswich". Already shown as entered for Ipswich triathlon club: Rick Berry, Lucy Bowditch, Mark Bowditch, Danny Clifford, Dave Copland, Clive Quantrill, Wendy Quantrill, Charlie Stannett, Kate Stannett and Richard Tiller. |
| Sun July 19th |
Willis
Kennedy Grays
(SPRINT) [80] - see
www.east-essex-triclub.co.uk. |
| Sun July 26th |
Culford
(SPRINT) [80] – this will only count for league purposes
if you are competing as a club member for the first time. |
| Sun Aug 2nd |
London
(standard/“olympic” [90] – NOT the sprint or relay events on
the Saturday) – but ONLY IF YOU LET ME KNOW IN ADVANCE
THAT YOU
HAVE ENTERED THIS - and tell me which slot you're in. |
| Sun Aug 16th |
Cambridge (standard/“olympic”) [90] – see
www.cambridgetriathlonclub.co.uk
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| Sat Sept 5th | the Vitruvian (middle) at Rutland Water [95] - visit www.pacesetterevents.com to enter on-line. Most club members are staying Friday and Saturday at the Uppingham Morcott Travelodge. |
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Any single "long" event [100] |
| Sat May 23rd |
Ironman
Lanzarote
- see
www.ironmanlanzarote.com |
| Sun July 5th |
Ironman Germany (Zurich) - see
www.ironman.de |
| Sun July 12th |
Ironman Switzerland - see
www.ironman.ch |
| Sun July 12th |
Roth Challenge - see
www.challenge-roth.com |
| Sun Aug 2nd |
Ironman UK (Bolton)
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see
www.ironmanuk.com |
| Sat Aug 8th | Norseman Xtreme - see www.nxtri.com |
Kit arrangements
Junior kit - Adrian Green
has been looking after the distribution of junior kit so, for
smaller sizes, please contact Adrian direct
on 01379 388855
or e-mail via Isabel: juniors@ipswich-tri.org
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Senior kit - John Wankowski has now taken over distribution of all other kit from Heather Collinson. E-mail orders to kit@ipswich-tri.org or catch John at club nights.
We have had to introduce "payment with order" as one or two members have let the side down by not paying up promptly.
Kit voucher scheme - as
announced at the AGM, the subsidy on club kit will now be handled
by means of a voucher scheme.
Up to now the club has, in effect, sold club kit to members at a
loss. From the beginning of 2009, kit will be sold to
members at cost.
However, every member who renews their membership on time will
receive a voucher worth £5 against any kit purchase; new members
will receive vouchers worth £10. Race directors are also
able to give £5 kit vouchers to members as they fulfil their
volunteer obligation (so if you help out at two events, you will
get two vouchers).
The run will take place in Lode, on 15th March 2009.
Last time we managed to raise £1,000 for Cambridge Mencap, this time we are raising money for Cam-mind. www.cam-mind.org.uk
For more information look at their website: www.newmarketcyclingtriathlon.co.uk
| Calendar of events |
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This is just a small selection of events, mainly those eligible for the ITCH league or ones which have come my way. You should look at sites such as www.britishtriathlon.org and www.ebta.co.uk for triathlons, and for local running events, see www.suffolkathletics.org.uk - most members are eligible to enter for "county championship" events. (Remember to tick the box, and to 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.) Events which are eligible for the ITCH league are followed by an "ITCH" number, which is the weighting or tariff for that event in the league. 2009
FEBRUARY 09
MARCH 09
APRIL 09
MAY 09
JUNE 09
JULY 09
AUGUST
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SEPTEMBER 09
OCTOBER 09
NOVEMBER 09
DECEMBER 09
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For Sale
FIZIK ARIONE Tri 2 Wingflex
Saddle
Reputedly, one of the best saddles
around...
Came with new bike, but doesn't suit my backside! Used four times (now
replaced).
Colour = Cool White. For Sale at £60.
Contact Mike or Mary 01728 660034 or e-mail
mfitness@btinternet.com
ZOGGS Lap Pro - "'tap-pad' watch
face lets you "record laps swum with ease whilst swimming". Never really used in
anger but original battery needs replacing.
Will exchange for reasonable donation to
www.justgiving.com/crusaiders
- e-mail charlie@stannett.com or phone
01206-298888 to let me know!
Quintana Roo Triathlon/Time trial bike. Ultegra
chainset, cassette and brakes. Mavic CX 650 wheels. Airstrike 2000 aerobars.
Suit someone up to around 170cm in height. Good condition £375
Tel Mary on 01728 660034
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.
Wanted
Please sponsor Charlie Stannett & chum Ronel Van Der Merwe via their justgiving page - visit www.justgiving.com/crusaiders
Race reports
- thanks to everybody who has written items. Please continue to send them in, to
itch@ipswich-tri.org - thanks.
"I haven't done any interval work yet, or any specific time-trial work. As I start to lose one kilo, and then another, and I get down to the proper weight, I should be going fast."
You can read the full article on the Telegraph's website - it was about Lance Armstrong.
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.