News Headlines 2006
3rd Dec
Selected TP results from today's Guys 10 road race: Kieran Rowlands (25th, 60:17), Jill McGee (79th, 67:24), Martin Kerry (95th, 69:37), Stephen Hinde (100th, 70:17), Colin Gardner (115th, 71:18). 353 finishers in all.
30th Nov
NW Senior Championships Winners 2006. Tri Preston collected 13 medals in total across the different categories, two better than last year.
25th Nov
21st Wesham 10k, 11am. Selected TP results: Duncan Anderson 37:52 (21st), Andrew Tabernacle 40:51 (60th), Jill McGee 41:41 (72nd), Colin Gardner 43:40 (104th), Philip Davidson 44:50 (135th), Hugh Roberts 44:51 (136th), Heather Simpson 49:25 (232nd), Tricia Lemon 60:05 (379th). 413 finishers in total.
19th Nov
Congratulations to Jim Townhill and Dave Rigby who both completed the ITU World Long Distance Triathlon Championships in Canberra, Australia overnight. Jim finished in 9:30:42 for the 4k Swim, 120k Bike and 30k Run and Dave finished in 11:06:00. Meanwhile Torbjorn Sandballe and Bella Comerford are the new LD Triathlon World Champions....Torbjorn went 5:59:13 to beat Craig Alexander of Australia with Marino Vanhoenacker from Belgium third. Bella went 6:55:32 to win from Italy's Edith Niederfriniger and Frenchwoman, Johanna Daumas.
11th Nov
Andrew McCracken finished a superb 367th out of 1361 starters in the inaugural Ford Ironman World Championship 70.3 in Clearwater, Florida, yesterday. Andrew's time of 4:35:26 for the 1.2 mile Swim, 56 mile Bike and 13.1 mile Run placed him 88th of 228 in his age group.
30th Oct
Well done to Adam Bolton and Andrew Crawshaw who both completed the Dublin Marathon. Adam finished in 3:00:50 and Andrew in 3:34:12.
14th Oct
I've had a little go at updating the photos for our frontpage. Its still in its early stages but I want to get an idea if people are happy with (1) the picture and (2) if everybody is ok with their mugshots being there. Please let me know if you are not! I've tried to include as many of you as I could but I only had a limited number of photos. I will sort out the rest of the page later. Follow the link: New Photos
14th Oct
Tri Preston's Matt Moorhouse followed up his second places in both the London and Carsington Duathlons with a record-breaking run in yesterday's Standish Hall Trail Race. There was a lot of competition yesterday with Wigan at home to Man Utd and the first of the Mid Lancs XC fixtures at Worden Park but a good turnout of some 130 runners saw Matt win in a course record 34:15 from Stockport Harrier Bashir Hussain (34:29) in a race which included none other than former World Champion and snooker legend, Ronnie 'The Rocket' O'Sullivan. Other significant results: Ronnie O'Sullivan, Woodford Green, 38:40, Phil Davidson 47:08, Neil Smith 47:36, Ian Murphy 47:42
9th Oct
As the Triathlon season comes to an end several of our members took part in the Coniston Trail 14k this weekend. Times and postions are as follows: Jim 1:16:23 (86/393), Phil 1:21:45 (144/393), Ian 1:23:30 (168/393), Darren 1:23:59 (178/393), Vicki 1:31:41 (267/393) and Nicky, Sharon, Shirley 1:58:23 (381/393)
24th Sept
Heather Simpson was our only representative (I think) at the Brinscall Triathlon and she claimed 4th spot in her age group with a time of 1:20:06.
17th Sept
Another big race and another large turnout, this time in Wales for the Bala Standard Distance Triathlon. Martin Kerry claimed the honours as first club member to finish (2:14:31) beating Kieran Rowlands (2:14:41) by just 10 seconds with Duncan Anderson hot on their heels (2:15:27). Other members to complete the course were Richard Holmes (2:19:41), Jim Townhill (2:20:46), Ian Murphy (2:41:46), Heather Simpson (2:42:31), Vicki Cummings (2:52:10) and Ticia Lemon (3:23:47).
17th Sept
Meanwhile a bit closer to home in sunny Cheshire there was a minor miracle as Neil Dunn was the first Tri Preston member to cross the line in 1:10:26 at the North West Classic. (As this probably won't happen again in your lifetime I intend to make the most of it so please make an orderly line for the t-shirt, the book, the badge, the film.....). Mark Curley was just behind in 1:10:36 and Neil Smith finished in 1:12:29.
10th Sept
A few brave souls (some may call them slightly mad) took on and completed the Helvellyn Triathlon. For those who don't know it consists of a 1 mile swim in Lake Coniston (the ony flat bit). A 38 mile cycle incorporating the Kirkstone Pass and a little 8 mile run up Helvellyn itself. Entry form for next year anyone? Andrew McCracken was the first home in 4:23:30 (39th in age group) with Mark Procter not far behind in 4:30:29. Dave Rigby finished in 5:53:47. Aly Woodhall was the first lady home completing the course in 5:12:13 and finishing 5th in her age group. Anna Willetts also did well claiming 8th in her age group with a time of 5:24:18.
10th Sept
Well done to Steve Parr-Burman who got a personal best by completing the Vitruvian Triathlon in 5h 23m, his first sub 5h 30m at middle distance.
4th Sept
The following dates have been booked for club meetings at St Teresa's 24th Sept, 29th Oct, 26th November.
3rd Sept
Congratulations to Martin Kerry and Nicola King who represented club and country at The ITU World Age Group Championships in Lausanne. Martin Kerry finished in 2:30:01 (45th of 92 in his age group) and Nicola completed the course in 2:37:10 (23rd of 72 in her age group). 3rd Sept: There was a large club turnout for the Rivington Triathlon this weekend, with 11 of our athletes competing and despite the rather unsettled weather some strong performances. Rodger Wilkins was the first club member to cross the line to claim 4th place with a time of 2:15:25. Andrew Tabernacle (2:23:28) was the next home to claim 13th spot with Duncan Anderson not too far behind (2:27:01) in 17th. The full list of members competing at olympic distance is as follows: Richard Holmes (2:29:35), Mark Procter (2:37:26), Jaron Sharples (2:39:04), Phil Davidson (2:46:39), Darren Slater (2:49:19), Stephen Hinde (2:52:09), Francis Moore (3:01:10) and Chris Stryker (3:37:22). Darren Slater did exceptionally well cosidering he had a pucture on the stretch up to Rivington. Simon Barnes has managed to catch everybody (I think) on film and has kindly offered you the opportunity to see yourselves in action. Follow the link to find your mugshot: http://www.simonbarnes.net/wp-gallery2.php?g2_itemId=17677 28th Aug: Quite a few members made the short trip up the A6 to participate in the Cockerham Triathlon, which has a cross country slant on the usual races. An open water swim is followed by a 15 km bike ride through fields and trails and a 5 km cross country run. Andy Brooks trip was definitely worthwhile a he claimed first place in a time of 1:01:00 and he was closely followed in by Kieran Rowlands in third (1:03:00) and Andrew McCracken in 7th (1:05:05). Chris Wild finished just outside the top ten in 1:06:00. Other finishers were Simon Devereux (1:10:00), Mark Procter (1:11:41) and Peter Knott (1:23:50) 20th Aug: Blackpool Triathlon became a Duathlon due to the weather. Congratulations to Dawn Walmsley who came first in her Results still to come in. 20th Aug: We have some new members to the Ironman Hall of Fame with Richard Mason and Shirley Hunt conquering Ironman UK. Richard completed the course in 11h 40m 47s to come 46th in his category. WRONG! WRONG! WRONG ! It seems that there is more than one Richard Mason who completed Ironman UK. Tri Prestons' version finished in 10h 43m 25s to finish 12th in his category and 120th overall and with a new PB. Shirley completed the course in 13h 16m 54s finishing as the 53rd female overall and 10th in her category. If she's true to her word Shirley will now abandon the triathlon to take up her new hobby of knitting. Expect woolen tri-suits to appear at a club near you in the not too distant future. Maxine Knagg also competed but we're not sure what happend as the results are not complete. 5th Aug: Duncan Anderson puts in another fine performance at the London Triathlon claiming 20th position in the sub-2:30 category with a time of 2:07:23. News of Simon Barnes and Stephen Hinde when I find their times. 5th Aug: Another mass exodus as Tri-Preston descends on Holme Pierrepont for the National Team Relay Triathlon Championships. Tri Preston 1 (male) was the first team home finishing 19th overall in 3:04:29. The male veteran team followed in 3:16:33 to claim 53rd. The two mixed teams were evenly matched and it was so close at times people began to wonder if a new sport of sychronised triathlon had been born. Depressed on Talent just pulled away from the Paddle Peddle Pushers (whoever chose these names needs help) to finish 113th in 3:37:42 with the latter finshing 115th in 3:38:48. Follow the link for the photos 31st July: It seems almost everybody had left Preston to be at the Saford Triathlon as the club had 27 entrants. Duncan Anderson (2:06:48) had the honour of being the fist man to finish for the club and finishing 15th overall by just one second from Rodger Wilkins (2:06:49). Just behind there was also a closely fought contest between Stephen Schofield (2:09:38), Andy Brooks (2:10:26) and Kieran Rowlands (2:11:26). First lady home was Anna Willetts (2:35:33) finishing 7th in her category, followed by Shirley Hunt ( 2:38:18) and Vicki Cummings ( 2:51:41). The full list of members competing at olympic distance is as follows: Paul Sanderson (2:14:29), Andrew McCracken (2:14:41), Adam Bolton (2:15:47), Andrew Tabernacle (2:18:18), Martin Kerry (2:20:00), Mark Procter (2:25:05), Simon Devereux (2:28:00), Darren Slater (2:29:37), Phil Davidson (2:34:02), Jason Robinson (2:35:26), Jim Townhill (2:37:09), Graham Beck (2:41:55), Francis Moore (2:48:01) and Ian Murphy (DNF). In the sprint distance race we had four entrants. Neil Smith completed the course in 01:15:54, followed by Kevin Bedford (1:20:38), Sharon Townhill (1:26:37) and Dawn Walmsley (1:32:31). For full details of times see the results page. Clare Kane also competed in the junior elite. I've yet to find her time. 30th July: Steve Worthington won his age group and finished third overall at the National Aquathlon Champs at Salford in a time of 26 m 50s. Charlotte Tompkins finished third in her age group in 31m 11s and Neil Dunn managed to make everybody else look very fast in his age group. 23rd July: Well done to Andrew McCracken in this morning's Milton Keynes Triathlon with a time of 2h 08m 52s and finishing 127th Overall, 18th of 153 in his age group. A source has infomed us that this is a PB. 16th July: Well done to Anna, Dawn, Vicki, Sharon, Nicky and Tricia who competed at Deva Divas. Anna Willetts was the first lady home in 1h 10m 10s, followed by Vicki Cummings 1h 17m 21s, Sharon Townhill 1h 19m 15s, Nicky Brookes 1h 21m 00s, Dawn Walmsley 1h 25m 33s and Tricia Lemon in 1h 28m 19s. 14th July: Charlotte Tompkins, Nicola King, Rodger Wilkins and Martin Kerry have all qualified for Lausanne. 9th July: Stephen Hinde completed his first Half IM at the Beaver Triathlon based at Belvoir Castle (pronounced Beaver, hence the name) with a time of 6h 49m 42s. 9th July: Nicola King and Peter Knott had a successful day at Boundary Breeze with both winning their respective age groups. Nicola completed the course in 1h 13m 45s and Peter in 1h 31m 14s. Charlotte Tompkins meanwhile claimed overall second in the ladies event with a time of 1h 11 08s. Our other competitors, in a very large turnout were: Rodger Wilkins 1h 06m 04s, Andrew McCracken 1h 09m 49s, Ian Murphy 1h 19m 59s, Anna Willetts 1h 21m 23s, Neil Dunn 1h 21m 44s, Heather Simpson 1h 24m 07s, Sara Eriksson 1h 25m 15s, Christopher Stryker 1h 38m 37s and Tricia Lemon 1h 41m 45s. Stephen Schofield had a DNF after bike problems. Unfortunately Henry also missed the jumior race due to Greg forgetting to pack his arm bands and floaties. 2nd July: Congratultions to Ironmen Dave Rigby 14h 20m 41s and Jim Townhill 13h 35m 22s who completed Ironman Switzerland today. 2nd July: Steve Worthington booked his place for the World Age Group Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland with an excellent performance, finishing first in his age group in a time of 2h 05m 48s at the Wakefield Triathlon. Nicola King also produced a showing to claim 5th place in her category with a time of 2h 34m 46s. The men almost made it a team finish with Andrew McCracken in 2h 24m 08s, Duncan Anderson in 2h 24m 28s and Martin Kerry in 2h 25m 19s. 25th June: Even more winners for the Club at the St Anne's Triathlon, individual and team; Ross Ford and Peter Knott in their age groups; Ross, Peter and Ian Murphy winning the team event. Tricia Lemon also finished third in her age group. 25th June: Congratulations go to the ladies as Alyson Woodhall and Nicola King finish first in their age groups at Royles Deva Triathlon. Nicola King had a great race and was the first lady home in the FG category (and sixth female overall) in 2h 23m 33s. Close behind, with her performance of the season, and also winning her category (FH) was Aly Woodhall in a time of 2h 32m 55s. Vicki Cummings, racing at Chester for the first time, finished in 2h 57m 10s. In the men’s race Kieran Rowlands just missed out on a medal to finishing 4th in his age group in 2h 23m 33s. Mark Procter followed just behind in 2h 25m 20s. Tri Preston’s other results were Neil Smith 2h 29m 03s, Steve Parr-Burman 2h 33m 49s Graham Beck 2h 34m 02s. 25th June: Rodger Wilkins, Andrew McCracken, Andrew Knowles, Martin Kerry and Sara Eriksson complete Dambuster. More congratulations to Sara who comes first in her age group (U19) in 2h 48m 26s. Against some very quick opposition Rodger Wilkins was the first man home for Tri Preston, having a strong race to finish eighth in his age group in 2h 08m 35s. Andrew McCrackens good form continued with 2h 17m 17s, closely followed by Martin Kerry 2h 18m 30s and Andrew Knowles 2h 22m 22s. 18th June: Duncan Anderson, Alyson Woodhall and Neil Dunn took on the Welsh hills (and the Welsh rain) at the Mold Sprint Triathlon. Duncan just missed out on a top ten spot finishing 11th in 01h 08m 55s. Neil finished in 01h 18m 41s (73rd) and Alyson in 01h 19m 55s (80th). 18th June: Anna Willetts and Richard Mason made very impressive appearances at Wimbleball, in Exmoor National Park for the 70.3 Half Ironman UK. The race, not for the faint hearted, and described as one of the toughest comprises of a 1.2 mile swim in Wimbleball lake. This is followed by a 2 lap, 56 mile technical, very challenging and very hilly bike course through Exmoor National Park. The race is completed with a 13.1 mile undulating run alongside the lake. Richard Mason completed the course in 5hr 21m 26s finishing 13th in his category. Anna Willetts claimed 4th place in her age group in 7hr 01m 40s. 11th June: Congratulations go to Rodger Wilkins our sole representative (correct me if I'm wrong) at the Royal Windsor Triathlon as he finishes seventh in his age group in 2hr 09m 37sec. It turns out I was wrong. Steve Worthington was also at Windsor competing in the Elites and finishing in 2 hrs 01 m 47 secs. Apparently there were one or two talented newcomers in the field, ones for the future I'm reliably informed, go by the names of Don, Clarke, Hayes, Stannard, Amey, Freeman, Johns, and Jenkins. Also competing in the Elites was Charlotte Tompkins who was up against Helen Tucker, Anneliese Heard, Helen Lawrence and Julie Dibens. Charlotte racing as an U23 came 9th in her class and 18th overall in 2hr 22m 39s. 11th June: A good turnout for the club at the Ellesmere Triathlon (aka Shropshire) and great results. Nicola King was our only female representative and finished seventh in her age group in 2 hr 23m 18s. First home for the men, and 13th in his age group was Martin Kerry in 2 hr 10 m 35 sec. Closely followed by Stephen Schofield (2 hr 12m 46s), Andrew McCracken (2 hr 16m 07 s) and Adam Bolton (2hr 16m 36s). They were followed by Stephen Hinde (2hr 37m 02s) and Peter Knott ( 3hr 05m 04s). 8th June: Hold the Front Page! Matt Moorhouse makes the cover of this months 220 magazine. Top left hand corner. Phil Davidson believes it's because he's wearing his top, but I'll let you decide whether that's true. 4th June: Congratulations goes to Rachel Jones as she wins the Italian round of the Biathle World Tour, in Follonica, Tuscany. The race comprises a 1500m run, a 200m swim and another 1500m run, which Rachel completed in 14 mins 25 secs, beating her nearest rival by 20 seconds. 4th June: Andy Brooks early season form continues as he wins the Cheshire Sprint Triathlon in 58 m 18 secs. The men were also represented by Graham Beck (1 hr 11 m 19 s) and Neil Dunn (1 hr 12 m 05s) a PB despite an extremely slow plod on the run. The women were led home by Anna Willetts who finished 7th place overall in 1 hr 12 m 02 s. Aly Woodhall was the second Tri Preston lady home (1 hr 14 m 59 s) followed by Dawn Walmsley (1 hr 29 m 59 s). 4th June: Tri Preston also had members competing in the longer and much tougher race, the Bala Middle Distance Triathlon, based in Bala in North Wales. The Tri Preston results were out of a field of 288 were (position in brackets): Duncan Anderson 4:44:25 (79th), Jim Townhill 5:08:41 (159th), Shirley Hunt 5:16:18 (178th), Steve Parr Burman 5:31:07 (210th), Ian Murphy 5:32:34 (216th), Heather Wells 5:33:20 (218th), Dave Rigby 5:44:15 (243rd) 29th May: Matt Moorhouse does it again with victory at the White Rose Duathlon in 1 hr 53m 59 secs. 20th May: Congratulations to Chris Wild and Mark Buckley for completing the Lanzarote Ironman in 12 hr 17m 35 secs and 14 hr 01m 05secs respectively. Mark completing the course more than an hour and a half quicker than last year. 14th May: Matt Moorhouse shows his competitors a clean pair of heels, as he wins his age group (senior men) at the British Duathlon Championships in 1 hr 47 m 37 secs, a minute and a half ahead of his nearest rival. Obviously not distracted by the beautiful views/scenery! 27th Feb Tri Preston's runners were out in force this weekend at the Great NW Half Marathon in Blackpool and also at the Lostock 6 in Bolton. First TP home in the Half was Richard Mason in 1:21:34 followed by Andrew McCracken (in a new PB of 1:25:09), Neil Smith (1:29:01), Anna Willetts (1:44:49 and a PB), Simon Cole (1:51:19), Heather Wells (1:51:50) and Julie Swift (1:57:41). In the Lostock 6 Road Race, first home for Tri Preston was Rodger Wilkins (35:16) followed by Jason Robinson (43:44), Sara Eriksson (48:02) and Jaime Erving (48:08). Congratulations also to Jessica McCracken in the first of the Salford Children's Duathlons. Salford Children's Duathlon 1 was the first event in this years BTA NW Children's & Youth Series and Jessica picked up where she left off last season, winning T1 in a time of 16:50 for the 1200m, 2000m, 400m Run Bike Run. The next event in the series is the Woodchurch Aquathlon on Sunday 19th March. 11th Feb Phil Davidson and Dave Rigby both produced their best cross country performances of the season in the penultimate Mid Lancs fixture on the scenic Keswick course today. Phil finished in 50:16 with Dave close behind in 50:33. Full results. 29th Jan Rodger Wilkins (37:44), Duncan Anderson (38:04) and Adam Bolton (38:32) all finished within 50 seconds of each other in today's Chernobyl 10k. Ian Murphy (45:03) and Jason Robinson (45:58) were the other Tri Preston finishers in this popular biannual charity race. 21st Jan Round 4 of the Mid Lancs XC League saw Duncan Anderson mark his XC debut (complete with astroturf trainers) in style. After a steady first lap on a demanding 4 lap course, Duncan picked off the runners ahead of him one by one to record 45:57, the fastest Guest time of the day, and good enough to place him 69th (of 225) in the Senior Men and Vets category at Lancaster University. Other Tri Preston finishers on the day were Steve Worthington (11th Overall) 40:19, Jim Townhill 52:20, Phil Davidson 53:44 and Dave Rigby 54:33. Ironman Dave obviously hadn’t had enough as on Sunday he completed the Four Villages Half Marathon at Helsby in an excellent 1:41. 8th Jan Tri Preston's talented multi event star Rachel Jones celebrated her 36th birthday in style by winning the Lancashire Cross Country Championships held at Blackburn's Witton Park on Saturday. Rachel took the field on from the gun and was never headed, completing the 6k course in a time of 22 minutes 8 seconds, over two minutes ahead of her nearest rival. Rachel is now hoping this excellent start to 2006 will continue into the Inter Counties XC Championships and her Duathlon/Triathlon programme for the coming year. Marian Hesketh took silver in the Womens V50 category over the same distance whilst Phil Davidson and Dave Rigby both completed the Mens Vets race over the longer 10k distance. Tri Preston athletes were out in force for the popular Garstang 10k on Sunday with many runners attempting to enter on the day turned away. First to get his soup and hotdogs at the finish was Andy Crawshaw in 40:46, followed by Martin Kerry 40:55, Stephen Hinde 42:22, Mark Buckley 43:05, Darren Slater 43:59, Graham Milne 46:30, Ian Murphy 47:39, Dawn McCracken 57:00 and Peter Knott 57:21. Congratulations also to Jessica McCracken who finished an excellent 29th of 129 runners in the 2 mile Fun Run in a time of 15:12.
