Thames Turbo Race 3 - Results & Report

Another sunny breezy day greeted 400 triathletes at the third of our four race series. Once again the course had a set of road works that meant a bit of luck was needed to get the ultimate bike split and a stiffening breeze on the run out to Chertsey once again prevented any super fast bike splits.

Our male winner has been competing in Thames Turbo races since 2005 and a nervy wait at the end would see him take the win by just one second in a time of 59mins 11seconds. That’s right folks Thames Turbo Powerbar’s very own Richard Legge showed that his recent win at the Human Race Eton Supersprint was no fluke with another stella bike split allowing him to take the victory from the fast improving Paul Burton. Speaking at the finish Legge has this to say : “I’ve been trying to win this race for years and somebody always turns up to steal it. Dan Corner, Tim Male, Jonathan Hotchkiss, Dion Harrison are just a few high profile big hitters who’ve preventing me from winning. I’ve even come 3rd in the past with a 56!!”.  Dirk To Oude Ophuis rounded out our top 3 with a creditable time of 1.00.14.

Meantime in the ladies race Thames Turbo’s very own Aimee Billington took her first victory in 1.10.45 from the fast running Lucie Custance (Clapham Chasers) with Thames Turbo starlet (15-17 age group) Eliza Cottington filling the 3rd spot with the fastest swim split of the day (6mins42s). At 432m and the swim time including T1 you’ve got to swim close to 5mins per 400m pace to go that far under 7 mins.

A big thanks to all our marshals and sponsors.

Provisional results can be found here. We’re aware there are tweaks / amends that need to be made but if you do spot anything do let us know at webmaster@thamesturbo.com Amends will be made tomorrow in one hit.

Click here for the results

Race 2 was a breeze - Results here

A bright, sunny but extremely windy day greeted over 360 racers today at the Hampton Open Air pool for Race 2 of the popular 2011 sprint race series. At the sharp end 4 men dipped under the magic hour mark and the male winner was David Bartlett in 58mins 22s with Thames Turbo Powerbar’s Tim Male grabbing 2nd spot in 58mins 42s with an excellent bike split of 32mins 26s given the windy conditions.

In the female race honours went to Thames Turbo Powerbar’s very own super vet Ruth Hutton. The current F45-49 Age Group World Champion’s overall time of 1hr4mins51s included an astonishing bike split of 35.16 on her way to beating the talented Libby Cameron into 2nd place by over 1 min 20s.

Records were also smashed in some of the age groups. Notably 15 year old Luke Penney of Optima (a former Thames Turbo junior) finished a creditable 6th place overall and recorded an excellent time of 1 hour 37s smashing Pav Rooprai’s M15-17 2010 record by nearly 4 mins. Luke Penny is certainly a name to look out for in the future as the lad follows in the footsteps of Tim Don and Stuart Hayes who are also products of the Thames Turbo junior system.

Another super vet Thames Turbo’s Richard Stanhope, a four time Olympian at rowing, silver medalist in the 8 at the 1980 Olympics and a stalwart of the local triathlon scene clocked an impressive 1hr4mins18s to better his own M50-59 2009 record by over 1 min. A truly impressive performance and an inspiration to all.

Well done to all our finishers and don’t forget we still have places available in our popular evening Aquathlon on Thursday 23rd June. Visit www.thamesturbo.com for more details.

2011 Race 1 - Glorious racing!

Race 1 of our 4 race series kicked off in glorious sunshine with arguably one of the strongest fields in recent history. Wins went to local pro Jonathan Hotchkiss with Thames Turbo Powerbar’s Vicky Gill taking the female win by just 5 seconds from Thames Turbo Powerbar’s supervet Ruth Hutton.

Oli Bradbury notched up an impressive bike split beating all the big hitters by almost 30 seconds. Given the field had some of the UK’s best triathlon bikers that some achievement to the young buck. Watch out for Oli this year.

Results can be found here

Childrens aquathlon achieves BTF event quality mark

Through the post last week came a crisp certificate of achievement from the BTF for getting the Event Quality Mark for the children’s aquathlon. The award recognises the high standards of safety and organisation experienced by our young competitors at our aquathlon.

Thames Turbo Sprint Series awarded Event Qualitymark Level 2

News report taken from www.triathlonlondon.org - “British Triathlon is proud to announce that the Thames Turbo Sprint Series has been awarded the new and exciting Event Qualitymark Level 2. The new programme is part of British Triathlons drive to increase the standard of triathlon events across the country and to provide a quality assurance standard for both event organisers and athletes.

Nigel Clemens the Chairman Thames Turbo was delighted and said, ” The last couple of years have seen a rapid evolution in Thames Turbo as a club. We have increased membership significantly (most particulrly in our Youth section) and taken many areas of the club to new and higher levels. With the support of the BTF we have achieved Clubmark and Starmark and now are proud to accept Level 1 accreditation for our ever popular Sprint Series of races. Entrants can be reassured (as they have come to expect) that Thames Turbo provide safe and high quality events, attractive to novice entrants and the elite alike”.

Heather Barclay, the Series Race Director also was overjoyed to hear the news “Thames Turbo are proud to have achieved BTF Event Qualitymark Level 2 for the popular sprint race series. This demonstrates the hard work from all Turbo members behind the scenes to make the race a success and appealing to all levels from novice to elite, without it’s members volunteering at the races it wouldn’t be the success that it is.”

There are only seven other events in the country that have achieved the Event Qualitymark Level1. If you think your event is a high quality event please get in touch with Gareth Hall, National Development Manager”

Race 4 is over and we have our series winners!

Congratulations to Helen Smith (Thames Turbo Sigma Sport) and Tim Male (Thames Turbo Sigma Sport) for winning the 2010 Sprint Series titles. Top 5 series standings can be found here. Race 4 was won by biking powerhouse Tim Male with Karen Axelsdottir taking the female race by nearly 4 mins with an excellent bike split that ranked 6th overall. Race 4 results can be found here. We look forward to seeing you all again in 2011 and thanks for all your support this year.

Race 3 Results

Well done to everyone who took part in Race 3. The results can be found here. There were some super fast bike splits with Tim Male getting close to the all time bike record held by Dan Corner. After a number of 2nd places Tim also mounts the top of the podium for the first time with an extremely impressive 56m.39s. In second place and only 15 seconds down was Harry Springall who was unlucky really as  his time would have been good enough for the win on most other occasions . Our female winner was Libby Cameron of Met Police triathlon with Helen Smith in 2nd place (no doubt a little tired after qualifying for the Worlds at Little Beaver on Saturday).

Race 3 Results

Sprint Series Race 1…..DONE!

Well done to all who competed in our Easter Bank Holiday sprint triathlon. The provisional results are out and a big well done to our male and female winners Andrew Mercer (Thames Turbo Sigma Sport) and Emma Dews (TBAS). The results can be found here.

Christmas 2011 - 2012 Training & facility Update

A note from Coach Holden.

Please note that the final coached sessions for 2011 will be:

LEH Swimming - 20th December
Hampton Pool Swimming - 20th December
Track 21st December St Mary’s
Turbo 21st December Hampton studio

Activities will resume in 2012 on;

Track: 4th January St Mary’s
Turbo: 4th January Hampton Studio
Swimming 5th January 7.30-8.45 Hampton

London Regional Triathlon Awards

Thames Turbo were delighted to accept a good haul of silverware at the recent London Regional Triathlon Awards. London Junior Series winners were:

Anthony Anderson Winner Boys age 9-10
Henry Dawson winner Boys age 11-12
Luke Penney Winner Boys aged 13-14
Pavan Rooprai second Boy age 15-16
Kim Rowe and Abi Frame, old and young volunteers of the year
Thames Turbo Race 2 was awarded Race of the Year
Thames Turbo regained the London Region Senior League Trophy

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