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		<?xml version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>UK National League - Tri247</title><link>http://www.tri247.com/index.html</link><description>Latest uk national league articles from Tri247</description><item><title><![CDATA[UK National League: a unique venture]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_3039.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kevin Robinson, the National League&#039;s co-ordinator since its inception, explains how it works:



The UK National Triathlon/Duathlon League is the only league of its kind in the world as far as I know. I proposed it to the BTA in the early 1990s when I was an elected executive officer of that body. The BTA encouraged me to proceed with it as a private venture and the League first functioned in 1994. It has just finished its 14th season.

I founded the League because I saw it, then as now, as a way of providing direct inter-club competition on an annual basis which would promote inter-club rivalry rather than the ad hoc individualism that has always been dominant in world and UK triathlon.

The UK League is the only one that I know of that provides several competitions and classifications for one single fee per person. Clubs and individuals are classed in the various competitions according to their performance in the events in which they participate. It is not necessary for clubs or individuals to enter any of the various competitions specifically, with the one exception of the competition for novices, where the club secretary has to indicate that the novice in question has in fact less than two years&rsquo; experience in triathlon/duathlon.

The competitions are:

The League Team competition
The League Individual competition
The Endurance competition
The Duathlon competition
The competition for the best 4 results at Olympic/standard distance
The competition for the best ladies&rsquo; team
The competition for the best novice

 
There are also awards for the winners of various age-groups up to 70+.

There is also provision for ladies to score for a club&rsquo;s main team as well as, at the same event, to score for a separate ladies&rsquo; team.

There are long service awards for Club secretaries who have served the League well over a number of years.

The League lists events ranging from the shortest duathlons that may be completed in about one hours&rsquo; time to full ironman events that may take up to seventeen hours to complete. No other series in the UK does this.

For its annual List of Events, the League selects and in a sense promotes many of what it regards as the best British triathlon/duathlon events, and also various of the best events in other parts of the world.   This is intended to encourage British athletes to gain experience of competing abroad. No other series in the UK does this.
                         
Every year, the League receives requests from clubs for certain British and foreign events, and always does its best to accommodate these requests. So the construction of the League List every year is to some extent in the hands of the members. No other series in the UK, or anywhere else as far as I know, does this.

The League permits late entry on the try/tri(!) before you buy principle. Clubs can therefore compete at any early season events to get some idea of the level of competition before formally entering the club squad in the League. Once entered, club squads and individuals in those squads are credited retroactively with the points they would have earned if they had been entered prior to the events in which they competed.   No other series in the UK, or anywhere else as far as I know, does this.

The League awards up to 24 trophies every year which, with engraving and postal distribution, take a significant part of the entry fees. These fees are low in relation to the time, work, and costs involved.   The fees remain unchanged for years at a time, because the League is intended to serve the triathlon/duathlon community, not to generate profit.

The League communicates regularly with its members. This was formerly done via the magazines, but as this left the League at the mercy of editors, it is now done through the Tri247.com website and, at the end of each season, on the League&rsquo;s own website.

The League has never abandoned any of its competitions in mid-season because of computer problems or lack of entries. Both these regrettable contingencies have occurred to other series in the UK. The League keeps a paper record throughout the season as a back-up for the computer record.

The League does not act as a marketing resource. It does not encourage the buying of particular kit or other product of any kind. 

Finally, the League attempts to provide, and does provide, a service to members that is unique in many respects to the triathlon/duathlon world. Membership of the UK League provides admission to a triathlon family to which clubs and individuals return year after year, where clubs and individuals may flourish at the height of their powers, but also benefit from membership when those powers are still undeveloped or in decline.

Kevin Robinson, UK National League co-ordinator]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[National League events 2008]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_1860.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The following events are designated as ones in which points may be scored. Please note that this list may change and events may re-arrange dates so do check with the organisers!

DateEventPoints
8/3Clumber Park Duathlon170
15/3Ballbuster Duathlon185
6/4Swindon Duathlon170
13/4National Duathlon Champs, Emberton Park175
20/4City of Durham Duathlon170
20/4Powerman Duathlon, Horst de Mars185
26/4Ashbourne Duathlon180

4/5New Forest Triathlon175
10/5ETU Triathlon Champs Lisbon185
11/5Blaenavon Triathlon190
24/5Ironman Lanzarote220
24/570.3 Austria195
28/5Dorney Lake Triathlon175
31/5Rother Valley Triathlon180

1/6Beaulieu Middle-distance Triathlon195
1/6Shropshire Triathlon170
1/670.3 Switzerland195
7/6ITU World Age-group Champs, Vancouver185
8/6Bala Middle-distance Triathlon195
8/6Weymouth Middle-distance Triathlon195
8/6Fritton Lake Triathlon180
15/6Cleveland Short Course170
15/670.3 Wimbleball Lake195
15/6Windsor Triathlon180
21/6Dambuster Triathlon180
22/6Ironman France220

5/7Cleveland Steelman195
6/7Ironman Germany220
6/7Bournemouth Triathlon180
6/7Cowman Triathlon, Emberton Park195
6/7National Age-group Triathlon Champs, Wakefield180
12/7Ripon Triathlon180
13/7Quelle Challenge Roth220
13/7Ironman Austria220
13/7Ironman Swtzerland220
13/7Gosfield Lake Triathlon180
20/7Milton Keynes Triathlon180
20/7Barton Marina Triathlon180
27/7Prince Bishops&rsquo; Triathlon180

2/8Norseman Triathlon220
3/870.3 Antwerp195
10/8Swanage Triathlon180
10/8Cambridge Tri180
10/8Wensleydale Tri200
10/8ITU Long-distance Duathlon World Champs, Geel200
16/8Big Woody Ironman220
17/8Chasewater Triathlon180
24/8Hartlepool Marina Triathlon170
31/8ITU World Long-distance Triathlon Champs, Almere200           
31/8Blithfield Triathlon180

6/9Vitruvian Middle-distance Triathon195
6/9Clacton Triathlon180
7/9Powerman Duathlon World Champs Zofingen210
7/9Ironman UK220
14/9Bala Triathlon180
14/9Derby Triathlon165
20/9Milton Keynes Triathlon180
21/9New Forest Middle-distance Triathlon195
21/9Crystal Palace Triathlon170
26/9ITU World Duathlon Champs Rimini175

5/10Helwith Bridge Duathlon170
5/10Elbaman220
5/10Carsington Duathlon165
11/10Ironman World Championships Hawaii220

]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The UK National League]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_1862.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The League promotes high level competition between club teams, but also provides an arena in which individuals can distinguish themselves. It provides a stairway to experience and perhaps to success. There is a general classification in which clubs and individuals are classed on their best four results across the season. There is also an endurance competition, a duathlon competition, and a competition for the best four results at standard (Olympic) distance triathlons. Ladies have their own classification, but can also score for their club&#039;s main team. Clubs may mix and match their events as they please across these various competitions  in order to get their best four results.

Trophies 
Trophies are presented every year so that various categories of teams and individuals are rewarded for their successes. There are  trophies for the top three teams, for the top team with more than six but no more than twelve registered League competitors, for the top team with six or fewer competitors, for the top three individuals, for the top male and female competitors in the endurance and duathlon competitions, and for the top male and female competitors who achieve the highest scores in four triathlons at the standard distance. There are  trophies for male and female veterans 40+, 50+,  60+, 70+, and for the top novices male and female regardless of age and registered as having completed less than two seasons of triathlon or duathlon by their club secretary. There will thus be a total of twenty-four trophies across the board for which Leaguers may compete.

Scoring
Every year the League publishes a list of recommended events. Each event has a tariff of points. The winner scores the full tariff; other finishers score a percentage of the tariff depending on how long in time they finish after the winner. In domestic events which attract foreign competitors, Brits score their points in relation to the first Brit to finish.  

Publicity
The League website may be consulted at: uktrileague.mysite.orange.co.uk Reports on what is happening in the UK League will appear throughout the year on Tri247.com

Events
The League list always includes a good selection of short distance events so that no athlete need feel overstretched. The endurance competition includes all events with a tariff of 190 or above, and competitors are classed on their best three events.  Competitors in the duathlon competition must complete three duathlons and one triathlon; this requirement is intended to encourage athletes to swim.

Entry
Clubs may register with the League until 31st May, a form can be downloaded here, but it is helpful to the League if clubs register earlier than this; scores obtained by members of teams registered  before 31st May will be credited retroactively. Club secretaries thinking of entering their club in the League can contact Kevin Robinson for further info at 16 Foster Road, Trumpington, Cambridgeshire CB2 9JR or by phone on 01223 845286 or email: UKNationalTriathlonLeague@cambridge2.freeserve.co.uk]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[National league final review]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_2692.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[That&amp;rsquo;s it for another year. All things considered it turned out very well for the League despite the rain-sodden spring and a summer that had a very short date. Several UK League records were broken, there may be others, but I&amp;rsquo;ll have to check back through the records to see if there are any more.

Back in March, I wouldn&amp;rsquo;t have bet against Derby Tri making it three League championships in a row, and a total of seven in the last eleven years, but with a total of points slightly better than that which won the title in 2006, Derby had to give place to our new champions, Tri London. No team has achieved 2289 points in the UK League before, and it looked to many leaguers that the London club had let Derby Tri snatch victory from them in the closing weeks of the season. But Tri London were not finished. They had four excellent athletes at Hawaii, and the League Championship changed hands.

Credit for this must, in particular, go above all to two outstanding individuals, Steven Lord and Joanna Carritt. In the last two years, Joanna Carritt, as Club Secretary, has been the principal mover and shaker at Tri London and, not just an organiser, she set a new ladies&amp;rsquo; record for the League, and with her team mates conquered the heat, the wind, and all the other difficulties of Hawaii in fine style.

As for Steven Lord, he hardly needs to be praised because his record speaks volumes. The best four scores with which he set the new individual League record this year were: Lanzarote, 220 points; Ironman Switzerland, 212.67; Hawaii, 199.62; and L&amp;rsquo;Orient, 176.12. Not one of these scores was achieved in the UK, but Steven wasn&amp;rsquo;t going to be hindered by a truly English spring and summer. So 808 points from four events. Unless he beats his own record, it could be some time before that total is exceeded. But even two excellent performers still need back-up, and Tri London had that in Hawaii. Julian Wain did only one League event this year but showed his quality by scoring 195.88, and John Griffin, for several years a stalwart of the Tri London squad, scored 199.75 at Lanzarote and 185.52 in Hawaii.

Back-up really is so important, and it is appropriate here, I believe, to contrast the Tri London result with that achieved by Hartlepool Tri. In Mike Hall and Tony Dixon, Hartlepool have two excellent athletes. In most recent years, Mike Hall could have topped the Individual List. Second place with 775.88 is a brilliant achievement, especially for a 40 year-old; this total included 216.80 at Ironman Austria and 200.52 at Hawaii. Tony Dixon also performed extremely well, never scoring less than 174 points in any of his best four events, and the Hartlepool third man, Stephen Watson, supported solidly with good scores at Ironman Austria and Bala Middle Distance. So Hartlepool finished with a total of 1087.33 points from just two team scores. What would the club have achieved if they had entered a bigger squad?

No problems concerning size or back-up have ever troubled Derby Tri who have achieved their outstanding record over the years through strength in depth of a very high order. James Cresswell has been the driving force at Derby Tri for several years now, and is still a leading performer. His four best scores this year range from 167.97 at Bournemouth to 186.47 at the Vitruvian. Together with newcomer Mark Cauldwell, whose four best scores ranged from 178.19 at Wakefield to 191.10 at the Bala Middle Distance these two, like Hall and Dixon of Hartlepool, constitute a formidable two-pronged attack. But the difference between the two clubs is that Derby has a squad which includes experienced, first-class athletes such as Mark Skelton, Anthony Gray, Chris Nicoll, Clive Hughes, Steve Paine, John Pope, Tom Bishop, Lewis Prebble, Terry Brooks, Brian Swindell, and others, including some who haven&amp;rsquo;t much experience but are now racing into prominence, like Jacob and John Manning. Now that&amp;rsquo;s what I mean by strength in depth. Even Tri London, a much bigger club, can&amp;rsquo;t really match the level of excellence in depth produced by Derby Tri year on year. It will be interesting now to see if our new League Champions can encourage and produce a higher level of excellence among more of their supporting squad. Chris Short is already in the top twenty, Jo Parker and Guido Le Lorrain are in the top thirty. Others who do well are Damian Cannon and Craig Bell. What may be against Tri London in the long term is that London has a less settled population than Derby. People move more often, their interests change; in this respect clubs outside the capital may be said to have an advantage.

Like James Cresswell and Jo Carritt, Hanno Nickau is another mover and shaker who leads from the front, and he is the individual largely responsible for the 3rd place that Oxford Tri achieved in 2006 and again in 2007. Hanno finished in eight League-listed events this year with his best four scores, all achieved at ironman-distance, ranging from 172.65 at Ironman Switzerland to 194.68 at the Big Woody. To say that Hanno is keen would be such a gross understatement as to be almost meaningless, and it may be something like a personal tragedy for him that with such scores at such events he has had to settle for fourth place in the Individual List behind Steven Lord, Mike Hall, and Jo Carritt.

But again, Hanno could not bring his squad to third place in the UK National League without the support of a good squad. Sean Nicolle, Steve Mead, Ian Loades, and Ian Osborne all provided good support, and various other members did so on a more occasional basis. But the first lady in the squad is undoubtedly E K Lidbury, who got into the top twenty in the Individual List; EKL was not only first among the ladies in the competition for the best four results at Olympic/Standard distance events with her score of 626.06 points, but she also beat all the men in that competition as well. Oxford have done really well in these last two years, but I can&amp;rsquo;t, at this juncture, so them overtaking Tri London or Derby Tri. The question for them might be rather whether they can stay ahead of Coventry, Leeds &amp;amp; Bradford, and Black Country.

Coventry were only 16 points behind Oxford in this year&amp;rsquo;s table. Steve Howes, as usual, provided canny and sterling leadership; his score of 553 points from three events is first-rate, and earned him 25th place in the Individual List, but perhaps the fact that he only completed three League-listed events made a crucial difference to the club&amp;rsquo;s final position. Mark Stewart, Martyn Burder, and Martin Brunt all provided good support, with Mark Stewart and Martyn Brunt scoring 197.92 and 193.76 respectively at the Lake Placid Ironman, where Steve Howes was the first Brit and consequently earned the full tariff of 220 points. Martin Burder also gave good support at Edinburgh, Brasschaat, and at the Vitruvian. Lisa Wells of the Coventry club also took the title of best lady novice of the year. Coventry&amp;rsquo;s squad was actually a little bigger than it usually is, so perhaps this was a developmental year for the club. It may yet achieve the greater prominence that it surely deserves. But fourth in the National League is not at all bad. We can still certainly say &amp;lsquo;Well done.&amp;rsquo;

Black Country Tri, who have won the League Championship four times in recent years, downsized a couple of years ago, and in 2006 and 2007 concentrated on winning the trophy for the top middle-sized squad, which they have successfully done. In 2007 they finished only 16 points behind Coventry Tri, with former League Champion Paul Mountford (two events only) perhaps taking a bit of a rest or having to cope with other commitments. J Ratcliffe however, was outstanding in the shorter-distance events and took 11th in the Individual List with 686.37 points, a brilliant achievement against competitors who were, in general, doing many more long-distance events with higher tariffs. Paul Rogers, also specialising in the lower-tariff events achieved an excellent twelvth place with 685.72 points, with Gary Griffiths close up in 15th place with 645.40 points and Chris Pedley in 27th place. So the club achieved 5th place overall, outpointing the two larger squads of Leeds &amp;amp; Bradford and NYP.

Leeds &amp;amp; Bradford did well enough in the League, but relatively speaking the men of the club were, in some respects, outshone by their ladies. The club as a whole scored 1922.72 points, which is very respectable, but the ladies, who got their entry for the year in far earlier than the men, courtesy of their captain Heide Davies, scored 1294.13 for the ladies&amp;rsquo; team, and thus won the Ladies&amp;rsquo; Plate for 2007. The top scorer for L &amp;amp; B was Tom Williams, who achieved a brilliant 9th place overall with 708.60 points, and appears to have taken over the mantle of top scorer for the club worn for so many years with distinction by Paul Freeman, who did just two events this year. Arthur Smallwood provided good back-up with 635.55 points, which earned him 19th place overall, with Helen Turton close up in 22nd place, not 15th place as suggested in a previous update, with 627.50 points. Former League Ladies Champion Helen McVicker, who earned 193.91 points at Ironman Roth, totalled 501.41 points from just three events to claim 41st place in the Individual List, and Arthur Coombs achieved 51st place with 413.75 points. But even without the two Helens, it is clear that the ladies packed in very well, with Sarah Riley, Sarah Sedcole, and Jo Coombs taking 53rd, 55th, and 58th positions in the Individual List respectively. At some League-listed events it was noticeable that quite a few high-scoring L &amp;amp; B men were present, but that they were not registered with the League. I wonder if this was because they were not interested, or because they hadn&amp;rsquo;t been asked to participate. It could be a matter of organisation, but I also wonder if it would help if the L &amp;amp; B ladies collectively took their male counterparts to one of Leeds&amp;rsquo; excellent coffee houses just prior to the season so that it might do them some good &amp;ndash; the males that is?

At the risk of harping on I shall refer to the result sheet from the Ripon Triathlon to illustrate my point. The venue may be regarded as local to both L &amp;amp; B and NYP. L &amp;amp; B had no fewer than 40 finishers at the event, but only 9 were registered with the League. The club&amp;rsquo;s first three finishers were in 5th, 16th, and 21st place, but only the third-placed of these, Paul Freeman, was registered with the League. NYP, on the other hand, had 13 finishers, but 7 of these, including their first three finishers, were all registered with the League; the highest place taken by a non-League registered NYP member was137th, which contrasts tellingly with the 5th place of the highest-placed non-League registered member of L &amp;amp; B. Furthermore, although L &amp;amp; B had more members with the potential for higher scores, they were nevertheless beaten on team score by NYP. Studying these results again I have found an additional 5.34 points for L &amp;amp; B, which brings their team total to 486.91, but still leaves NYP with a the better team score at Ripon. L &amp;amp; B&amp;rsquo;s increased total score in this year&amp;rsquo;s League will appear in the website League table at sometime around Christmas.
NYP is certainly a club that deserves to do better. They have a wealth of experience, are willing to travel and to take part in ironman events, but in general these days they seem to be a little off the pace with regards to most of the other top clubs in the League. Originally a police tri club, they some years ago made membership available to non-police members in the area, a bold and generous move that promised much for club results. The League squad is led by Mark Rees, who has worked hard over many years despite his full-time duties to help the club to achieve, which is why, last year, I awarded him a small token in recognition of those efforts over a long period. This year I propose to award a token of appreciation to James Cresswell of Derby Tri for much the same reasons. But while NYP have several members who can reliably finish ironman events, they haven&amp;rsquo;t so many who can produce the faster speeds for the shorter events. To put it another way, the club has strength in competition but lacks speed. Its more experienced big-hitters are mostly over 40. Perhaps, at the risk of being facetious, I wonder if the faster young people in the area are all joining L &amp;amp; B and not registering for the League? But seriously. I wonder if it might lead to better results for NYP if it tried more 70.3 or middle-distance events, which keep distance-oriented competitors in touch with a greater degree of speed and which they would presumably then incorporate appropriately into their training.
Meynell Valley Hunter&amp;rsquo;s Tri (MVHT) is a club new to the League which, rather in contrast to NYP, has a nucleus of relatively young people who appear to have good potential for speed. It easily won the trophy, in 2006 and in 2007, for the top small-sized squad, with its top four athletes, Grant McInlay, 619.50 points, Rachel Hall, 618.13 points, Ben Starbuck, 546.75 points, and Adrian Williamson, 545.04 points, achieving 25th, 26th, 33rd, and 34th position respectively in the Individual List. MVHT is more active in the shorter than in the longer events, but I hear that the club is expanding, and so this may change. For the opposite reasons to those which could benefit NYP if they were to do more middle-distance events, so might MVHT benefit from acquiring a little more experience at longer distances. Club Secretary Adrian Williamson did Ironman Switzerland this year, and Bala Middle Distance. Grant McInlay did Bala Middle, the Vitruvian, and the tough Edinburgh duathlon; Rachel Hall also did the Bala Middle, and Ben Starbuck did well at Ashbourne and subsequently emerged at top novice in the 2007 League. Among the shorter events, Rachel Hall and Grant McInlay both did well in the World short-course duathlon championships at Gyor scoring 178.58 and 161.65 points respectively. Perhaps the required task for MVHT now is to improve on events with a slightly higher tariff without losing the edge of their capability for speed.

It is with some surprise that I see PACTRAC languishing so close to the bottom of the League table. Their highest individual scorer, Chris Jordan, achieved 31st place in the Individual List and was the top scoring male in the competition for the best 4 results at Olympic/Standard distance. David Wagstaff backed him up with 438.85 points from three events and achieved 49th place in the Individual List. Rob Hammond and Carol Smallman contributed 329.22 and 284.25 points respectively. Steve Hope did one event and earned 149.47 points. Collectively, there appears to be some ability there, but equally the problem appears to be one of co-ordination, to get team scores that is. That may also be a problem with some of the ladies entered for Oxford Tri and London Tri. Again, there is clearly ability there, but they are not all singing, or only rarely singing, from the same song sheet. Perhaps this can be remedied next year. Leeds &amp;amp; Bradford Ladies will, I think, be waiting for some opposition.

Although Worcester Tri didn&amp;rsquo;t actually manage a team score this year, the club has two such excellent performers who have shown their ability year on year in the National League that it would be remiss of me not to pay tribute to them in this review. They are Michelle Parsons and Les Bailey. Michelle won the Duathlon Competition again this year with a total score of 716.63 points. Her scores were: 164.80 at Horst de Maars; 182.96 at Zofingen; 170.36 at the World Long Distance Duathlon Championships in Virginia (where she was mis-directed off course); and 198.51 at Ironman France. The only one of these scores that will surprise those who know Michelle will be her unusually low score in Virginia, for the reason given. At duathlon Michelle really is the business, and if you want to take part in that UK League Duathlon Competition, man or woman you will have train and compete without compromise.

The other star performer for Worcester, Les Bailey, is not only a fantastic performer for his age, but still achieved a much higher place, 37th with 520.82 points in the Indiviudal List, than many of his much younger competitors. Les is now in his seventieth year, and if I want even to get a sight of his back wheel in competition I&amp;rsquo;m really going to have to work something like a miracle. Michelle and Les again fortunately had back-up from a third Worcester member &amp;ndash; Marc Scriven, thus enabling the minimal number for the club that membership of the League requires. There would have been another, but Daniel Keen, who was our top novice last year, has joined the Army. But I hope that Worcester will continue to be involved. Michelle and Les are phenomenal performers and the League would be a poorer place without them.

Finally, I feel that I can&amp;rsquo;t conclude without offering something like an apology or two. First, I have always preferred not to invite other people to do what I am unable or unwilling to do myself, but this year I have only managed one event. I feel guilty about this but can plead that I had bronchitis in the spring and, believe it or not, whooping cough, yes whooping cough at 72 years, in the autumn. So my only event this year was the Vitruvian. I did wonder what would happen if the cough came on in the middle of Rutland Water, but fortunately I was in remission at the time and it didn&amp;rsquo;t happen. But I do have memories of better days, including one year when I did 13 events, and another when I did a triathlon in the morning, and then a relay event with two other triathletes in the afternoon, and won some prizes. So I have to some limited extent been there during my 24 years in triathlon, and if I have annoyed anyone with comments on club performance, etc (second apology), at least they came from someone with some knowledge of the sport expressing a view.

Time and nature allowing, I&amp;rsquo;ll be there a bit longer and so, I hope, will the UK National League. But well done, and season&amp;rsquo;s greetings to everyone.

Corrections
Helen Turton was previously listed as being in 15th place in the overall list. Further checks have revealed other leaguers placed above her. Donna Hill&amp;nbsp; of NYP was previously listed as first lady novice, but her score has now been corrected, and the first lady novice is in fact Linda Wells of Coventry Tri. The corrected list from and including 17th position is as follows:



17
M Burder
Coventry
642.88
&amp;nbsp;


18
Jac Manning
Derby
638.24
&amp;nbsp;


19
A Smallwood
Leeds &amp; Bradford
635.55
&amp;nbsp;


20
S Mead
Oxford
629.21
&amp;nbsp;


22
H Turton (F)
Leeds &amp; Bradford
627.5
&amp;nbsp;


23
EK Lidbury (F)
Oxford
626.06
&amp;nbsp;


24
S Nicolle
Oxford
626.01
&amp;nbsp;


25
G McInlay
MVHT
619.5
&amp;nbsp;


26
R Hall (F)
MVHT
618.13
&amp;nbsp;


27
Jo Parker (F)
Tri London
608.82
&amp;nbsp;


28
C Pedley
Black Country
586.17
&amp;nbsp;


29
Jo Manning
Derby
575.21
&amp;nbsp;


30
G Le Lorrain
Tri London
573.1
&amp;nbsp;


31
C Jordan
PACTRAC
562.67
&amp;nbsp;


32
S Howes
Coventry
553.27
(3 only)


33
B Starbuck
MVHT
546.75
&amp;nbsp;


34
A Williamson
MVHT
545.04
&amp;nbsp;


35
T Brooks
Derby
534.84
&amp;nbsp;


36
M Skelton
Derby
529.27
(3 only)


37
L Bailey
Worcester
520.82
&amp;nbsp;


38
A Thomson
Black Country
518.42
(3 only)


39
C Hughes
Derby
516.29
&amp;nbsp;


40
G Reynolds
Coventry
513.83
&amp;nbsp;


41
H McVicker (F)
Leeds &amp; Bradford
501.41
(3 only)


42
E Keys (F)
Oxford
498.16
&amp;nbsp;


43
D Cannon
Tri London
494.84
(3 only)


44
A Dubowski
Oxford
482.69
(3 only)


45
I Loades
Oxford
481.95
(3 only)


46
S Watson
Hartlepool
480.67
(3 only)


47
A Southall
Black Country
475.13
(3 only)


48
C Bell
Tri London
465.02
(3 only)


49
D Wagstaff
PACTRAC
438.85
(3 only)


50
J Barry
Cambridge
426.62
&amp;nbsp;


51
A Coombs
Leeds &amp; Bradford
413.75
&amp;nbsp;


52
C Loades (F)
Oxford
412.62
(3 only)


53
S Riley (F)
Leeds &amp; Bradford
408.15
(3 only)


54
L Wagstaff
Oxford
402.89
(3 only)


55
S Sedcole (F)
Leeds &amp; Bradford
399.77
(3 only)


56
S Turner (F)
Oxford
398.54
(3 only)


57
C Goodfellow
Oxford
384.83
(2 only)


58
J Coombs (F)
Leeds &amp; Bradford
381.28
(3 only)


Leaguers placed from 59 to 86 inclusive placed in two events only


a59
P Mountford
Black Country
364.63
&amp;nbsp;


60
M Brunt
Coventry
354.84
&amp;nbsp;


61
J McLaughlin
Oxford
352.83
&amp;nbsp;


62
S Paine
Derby
349.15
&amp;nbsp;


63
T Bishop
Derby
348.21
&amp;nbsp;


64
P Freeman
Leeds &amp; Bradford
335.81
&amp;nbsp;


65
R Hammond
PACTRAC
329.22
&amp;nbsp;


66
J Pope
Derby
324.75
&amp;nbsp;


67
M Neale
NYP
324.62
&amp;nbsp;


68
C Hetherington
Oxford
323.86
&amp;nbsp;


69
I Osborne
Oxford
323.33
&amp;nbsp;


70
M Rowley
Oxford
320.25
&amp;nbsp;


71
K Jones
Tri London
317.73
&amp;nbsp;


72
P Richards
Oxford
316.54
&amp;nbsp;


73
D Davies
Black Country
310.12
&amp;nbsp;


74
R Pettingell
Oxford
301.37
&amp;nbsp;


75
D White
Tri London
298.25
&amp;nbsp;


76
K Lineham
Tri London
297.53
&amp;nbsp;


77
M Hardie
Tri London
293.8
&amp;nbsp;


78
C Smallman (F)
PACTRAC
284.25
&amp;nbsp;


79
R Anderson
Leeds &amp; Bradford
282.08
&amp;nbsp;


80
F Burnie (F)
Tri London
278.66
&amp;nbsp;


81
F Riley (F)
Leeds &amp; Bradford
278.53
&amp;nbsp;


82
C Young (F)
Leeds &amp; Bradford
278.27
&amp;nbsp;


83
C Green (F)
NYP
277.91
&amp;nbsp;


84
G Lebray (F)
Tri London
272.16
&amp;nbsp;


85
P Drinkwell
Tri London
269.99
&amp;nbsp;


86
L Wells (F)
Coventry
269.95
(Ist lady novice)


87
D Marlow
Coventry
266.46
&amp;nbsp;


88
M Rees
NYP
261.2
&amp;nbsp;


89
C Allen (F)
Oxford
257.32
&amp;nbsp;


90
C McKim (F)
Leeds &amp; Bradford
253.58
&amp;nbsp;


91
M Browne
NYP
252.47
&amp;nbsp;


92
M Brasseur
Tri London
243.13
&amp;nbsp;


93
D Hill (F)
NYP
236.95
&amp;nbsp;


94
N Dimmock
Coventry
236.09
&amp;nbsp;


95
N Clay
NYP
218.7
&amp;nbsp;


96
J Robinson
NYP
201.95
&amp;nbsp;


97
A Rendon-Aguilla
Tri London
201.1
&amp;nbsp;


The following leaguers placed in one event only


98
J Wain
Tri London
195.88
&amp;nbsp;


99
D Ball
Tri London
195.21
&amp;nbsp;


100
L Baker
Oxford
189.69
&amp;nbsp;


101
N Hales
Oxford
182.15
&amp;nbsp;


102
E Riggs (F)
Oxford
174.89
&amp;nbsp;


103
S Hassell
Tri London
171.06
&amp;nbsp;


104
A Senior
NYP
168.34
&amp;nbsp;


105
G Hall
PACTRAC
167.55
&amp;nbsp;


106
C Maude
NYP
167.43
&amp;nbsp;


107
T McGee (F)
Tri London
167.08
&amp;nbsp;


108
A Hales
Oxford
163.6
&amp;nbsp;


109
S Eccles (F)
MVHT
163.47
&amp;nbsp;


110
M Whitehouse
NYP
163.35
&amp;nbsp;


111
W Busutil
NYP
162.39
&amp;nbsp;


112
M Budimur
NYP
160.44
&amp;nbsp;


113
D Allsopp
PACTRAC
159.69
&amp;nbsp;


114
S Strachan (F)
Oxford
159.29
&amp;nbsp;


115
P Berkhold
Leeds &amp; Bradford
159.07
&amp;nbsp;


116
D Hutchinson
PACTRAC
154.12
&amp;nbsp;


117
S Wild
NYP
153.82
&amp;nbsp;


118
B Swindell
Derby
151.33
&amp;nbsp;


119
O Warner
Oxford
151.33
&amp;nbsp;


120
P Glassey (F)
Tri London
149.61
&amp;nbsp;


121
M Scriven
Worcester
149.58
&amp;nbsp;


122
L Lisk
Tri London
149.48
&amp;nbsp;


123
S Hope
PACTRAC
149.47
&amp;nbsp;


124
J Cooper
NYP
149.28
&amp;nbsp;


125
T Broomfield
NYP
148.84
&amp;nbsp;


126
A Smith
Oxford
148.75
&amp;nbsp;


127
P McCrossin
Tri London
148.68
&amp;nbsp;


128
A Thompson
Tri London
144.62
&amp;nbsp;


129
A Flick
Tri London
144.14
&amp;nbsp;


130
J Zigmond
NYP
142.79
&amp;nbsp;


131
G Sayer (F)
Tri London
141.13
&amp;nbsp;


132
A Larson
Tri London
139.04
&amp;nbsp;


133
C Swart
PACTRAC
137.5
&amp;nbsp;


134
N Staunton
NYP
135.07
&amp;nbsp;


135
S Bilson
MVHT
134.85
&amp;nbsp;


136
T Harrison (F)
NYP
131.88
&amp;nbsp;


137
J Budds
Tri London
130.34
&amp;nbsp;


138
T Nutt
Coventry
126.92
&amp;nbsp;


139
P Berney
Coventry
126.26
&amp;nbsp;


140
C Cork (F)
PACTRAC
125.66
&amp;nbsp;


141
R Aghanian
NYP
125.53
&amp;nbsp;


142
A Gildas
Tri London
119.57
&amp;nbsp;


143
A Pomfret
NYP
118.69
&amp;nbsp;


144
M Hammond
Tri London
118.38
&amp;nbsp;


145
G Nicholas
Tri London
117.72
&amp;nbsp;


146
P Hallsbrooke
NYP
114.14
&amp;nbsp;


147
K Robinson
Cambridge
109.23
&amp;nbsp;


148
A Went (F)
NYP
102.62
&amp;nbsp;


149
S McMahon
Tri London
95.23
&amp;nbsp;


150
A Vipond (F)
NYP
92.9
&amp;nbsp;

]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[National League update #6]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_2659.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[In this, the sixth update for the year, we can give the details of the remaining competitions not listed in the previous updates.

Black Country Tri have won the competition for the highest placed middle-sized squad (no more than 12 entries) in the 2007 UK League with their score of 1986.31 points, which also placed them in fifth position overall.

Meynell Valley Hunters Tri have won the competition for the highest placed small-sized squad (no more than six entries) in the 2007 UK League with their score of 1270.11 (3 events only), which also placed them in ninth position overall.

The competition for the best four results at Olympic/Standard distance events was won by E K Lidbury, of Oxford Tri, with 626.02 points, who was also first lady in the competition. Top male was Chris Jordan, of PACTRAC, with 572.97 points. Second male was Terry Brooks, of Derby Tri, with 534.84 points. Second lady was Emma Keys, of Oxford Tri, with 498.16 points.

Age-group winners


Males 40+
M. Hall
Hartlepool Tri
775.88 points


Ladies 40+
M. Parsons
Worcester Tri
716.63 points 


Males 50+
T. Brooks
Derby Tri
534.84 points 


Males 60+
F. Riley
Leeds &amp;amp; Bradford Tri
278.53 points 


Males&amp;nbsp; 70+
L. Bailey
Worcester Tri
509.12 points 


No entries were received from ladies in the 50+, 60+, and 70+ categories.

The competition for the top novice was won by Ben Starbuck, of Meynell Valley Hunters Tri, with 546.75 points. The top lady novice was Donna Hill, of NYP, with 296.35 points.

Congratulations to all trophy winners and other leaguers listed above.

As usual, winning clubs and individuals in the above categories will receive their trophies in time for Christmas. There will be a general review of performances etc in the 2007 UK League sometime before Christmas and details from updates, together with the review, will appear on the UK League website uktrileague.mysite.orange.co.uk in due course. Information concerning the 2008 League season will be available from February 2008.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[National League: individual results]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_2622.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despite the difficult weather we had this year, standards in the UK League continue to rise, with League records being broken in various of the competitions listed below. This suggests that the UK League makes a valuable contribution to the raising of standards in the UK community as a whole. Not only has the League Club Competition been won with a greater points total than before, but this also applies to the Individual Classification, the Endurance Competition, and the Duathlon Competition. Clubs and individual leaguers are therefore to be congratulated, not least among them of course our new League Champions, Tri London.

Corrections to the final UK League table published in 4th Update
There are increases to the points totals for Oxford Tri and Leeds &amp;amp; Bradford Tri. Oxford&amp;rsquo;s position in third place remains unchanged, but Leeds &amp;amp; Bradford Tri have now moved up one position to sixth place ahead of NYP, who are now in seventh. The table reads:



Pos
Club
Scored
# of events 


1
Tri London 
2289.68 &amp;dagger;
4


2
Derby Tri 
2196.58
4


3
Oxford Tri 
2118.04
4


4
Coventry Tri 
2002.72
4


5
Black Country Tri 
1986.31
4


6
Leeds &amp;amp; Bradford Tri 
1922.72
4


7
NYP
1911.82
4


8
Leeds &amp;amp; Bradford Ladies 
1294.13
3


9
Meynell Valley Hunters Tri 
1270.11
3


10
Hartlepool Tri 
1087.33
2


11
Oxford Ladies 
427.50
1


12
PACTRAC
423.65
1


13
Tri London Ladies 
421.85
1



&amp;dagger; Tri London&#039;s score is a new League record.

Individual rankings 
The top 15 places in the individual ranking have been taken by the following leaguers:



Pos
Athlete
Club
Scored
# of events



1
S. Lord
Tri London
808.16 &amp;#8224;
4


2
M. Hall
Hartlepool Tri
775.88
4


3
J. Carritt (F)
Tri London
742.52 &amp;#8225;
4


4
H. Nickau
Oxford Tri
735.28
4


5
M. Cauldwell
Derby Tri
735.03
4


6
M. Parsons (F)
Worcester Tri
716.63
4


7
J. Cresswell
Derby Tri
716.63
4


8
T. Dixon
Hartlepool Tri
708.85
4


9
 T. Williams
L &amp;amp; B
708.60
4


10
J.&amp;nbsp; Griffin&amp;nbsp;
Tri London
697.98
4


11
J. Ratcliffe&amp;nbsp;
Black Country
686.37
4


12
C. Nicoll
Derby Tri
681.36
4


13
 P. Rogers
Black Country
657.54
4


14
C. Short
Tri London
652.44
4


15
E. K. Lidbury (F) 
Oxford Ladies 
635.34
4


16
H. Turton (F)&amp;nbsp;
L &amp;amp; B Ladies
627.50
4



&amp;dagger; &amp;Dagger; Both are new League record scores. Other placings will be given in a subsequent update.

The endurance competition


Pos
Athlete
Club
Scored
# of events


1
S. Lord
Tri London
632.04 &amp;#8224;
3


2
 M. Hall&amp;nbsp;
Hartlepool Tri
598.02
3


3
 J. Carritt (F) 
Tri London
588.11 &amp;#8225;
3


4
H. Nickau
Oxford Tri
562.63
3


5
S. Howes
Coventry Tri
553.27
3


6
M. Parsons (F)
Worcester Tri
551.83
3


7
T.&amp;nbsp; Dixon
Hartlepool Tri
530.19
3


8
 M. Stewart
Coventry Tri
522.28
3


9
D. Cannon
Tri London
488.84
3


10
H. Turton (F)
L &amp;amp; B Ladies
481.03
3



&amp;dagger; &amp;Dagger; Both are new League record scores.

The duathlon competition



Pos
Athlete
Club
Scored


1
M. Parsons (F)&amp;nbsp;
Worcester Tri
716.63 &amp;#8224;


2
C. Nicoll
Derby Tri
681.36


3
 P. Rogers&amp;nbsp;
Black Country
657.54


4
B. Starbuck
MVHT
546.75



&amp;dagger; New League and ladies record score.
Only four leaguers completed the requirement for three duathlons and one triathlon in 2007. This was possibly due to the extensive rain and flooding experienced during the spring and early summer.

Results for the other League competitions; Best four Olympic/Standard distance events, the Novices&amp;rsquo; competition, and the age-group winners will appear in a subsequent update.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[National League: the club results]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_2584.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the first time in eleven years, neither Derby Tri, who have won the League Championship six times, nor Black Country Tri, who have won it four times, have finished on top in the UK National Triathlon &amp;amp; Duathlon League. Tri London are the new champions, with Derby Tri in second place, Oxford Tri, who were third last year in third place again, and Black Country Tri just missing one of the trophies in fourth place.

How did Tri London do it? Throughout the season matters were very close. So much so that a short while ago I compared the situation, in one of my Tri247 updates, to a horserace with some half-a-dozen horses almost in line and heading hell for leather for the post. Tri London were then marginally ahead, but at the Vitruvian, Derby produced a superlative performance whereas Tri London, despite Joanna Carritt breaking the ladies&amp;rsquo; record for the event, could only manage fourth place among the League clubs taking part. Derby&amp;rsquo;s Vitruvian result put them at the top of the League for the first time this season, and some might have concluded that it was all over for 2007. But I didn&amp;rsquo;t commit myself to that view because I knew that Tri London had various members who had qualified for Hawaii. Would they go? No League club had ever sent a full team to Hawaii before. I watched and waited. In fact, Tri London had four finishers at Hawaii, all with excellent times. That left one event in the League calendar, the long-distance World Duathlon Championships in Virginia. No League clubs competed there, so the UK League Championship for 2007 changed hands.

Tennyson has a nice line saying: &amp;ldquo;The old order changeth, giving place to new,&amp;rdquo;

So could this be the start of a new order in the League? Tri London are brilliant and worthy champions, with Steven Lord, Julian Wain, Joanna Carritt, and John Griffin proving consistently excellent throughout the year, but Derby Tri have also performed to the highest League standards in the same period, and it is much too soon to even consider that they are not going to be there with the best, or as the best, in years to come. Oxford Tri also, with Hanno Nickau providing the kind of leadership and drive that Joanna Carritt provides for London and James Cresswell provides for Derby will, I feel sure, be up there with the best.

But, to answer the question I posed above, I would say that Tri London are the new champions, not only because of their ability at our sport, but also because they were prepared to commit just that little bit more in terms of the time and expense of the long trip to Hawaii at the end of a hard season. Individual leaguers have in recent years been making the trip &amp;ndash; I think Helen McVicker of Leeds &amp;amp; Bradford was the first, but I have never tried to push for team attendance because of the time and expense involved, and left it entirely to the clubs themselves. I think that&amp;rsquo;s how the choice of going or not going should remain, and I don&amp;rsquo;t foresee League clubs fighting out the final result for the UK League in Hawaii. A late-season event in the USA is less expensive, less time-consuming, and probably easier to qualify for, but again, that should remain a matter for the clubs.

So we have new champions in Tri London and Leeds &amp;amp; Bradford Ladies who have run away with the competition for Ladies&amp;rsquo; teams in the League table. Congratulations to the winning squads and to those of all the other League clubs who have again contributed to what has been a very exciting season.
My next update will focus on the results of the various other League competitions. If you want to know who has won the twenty-four trophies the League awards every year, keep reading Tri247, which has given the League superb support throughout the season. All the trophies will, as usual, be posted in time for Christmas. Publicity concerning the 2008 season will be available in the New Year.
Kevin Robinson

Final league table for 2007


Pos
Club
Scored
# of events 


1
Tri London 
2289.68
4


2
Derby Tri 
2197.28
4


3
Oxford Tri 
2038.14
4


4
Black Country Tri 
1986.21
4


5
Coventry Tri 
1984.32
4


6
NYP
1925.86
4


7
Leeds &amp;amp; Bradford Tri 
1867.39
4


8
Leeds &amp;amp; Bradford Ladies 
1298.61
3


9
Meynell Valley Hunters Tri 
1291.52
3


10
Hartlepool Tri 
1087.33
2


11
Oxford Ladies 
453.78
1


12
PACTRAC
423.65
1


13
Tri London Ladies 
421.85
1



Other teams entered the League but did not register a team score.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[National League update #3]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_2531.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This update covers all events to the present date (October 8th 2007), leaving just two remaining, the World Ironman Championships in Hawaii and the World Long-Distance Duathlon Champs in Virginia.

In my last update I compared the then state of competition in the 2007 UK League to an exciting horserace. Well, things have been very close between the top teams this year, but have now been resolved to a certain extent, but by no means to a certain conclusion. League Champions Derby Tri, in their inimitable style, overtook Tri London at the Vitruvian, where the latter club, who had been leading the League for several weeks, did not have present their strongest team. Tri London did add a few points to their total by replacing their weakest score with points earned at the Vitruvian, but this was not enough to hold off the Champions. So will the positions as they stand now be the final positions? I&rsquo;m not going to speculate, because in recent years more leaguers have shown an increasing willingness to travel to the major events abroad which do of course carry a tariff that makes large quantities of league points available. We will soon see, but meanwhile this is how things stand.
Club scores 


Pos
Club
Points
Scored


1
Derby Tri
2197.28
4


2
Tri London
2185.90
4


3
Oxford Tri
2038.14
4


4
Black Country Tri
1986.21
4


5
Coventry Tri
1984.32
4


6
NYP
1925.86
4


7
Leeds &amp;amp; Bradford Tri
1867.39
4


8
L &amp;amp; B Ladies
1298.61
3


9
MVHT
1291.52
3


10
Hartlepool Tri
526.73
1


11
Oxford Ladies
453.78
1


12
PAC
423.65
1


13
Tri London Ladies
421.85
1




Individual scores 


Pos
Male Athlete
M/F
Club
Points
Scored


1
M. Cauldwell
M
Derby
734.42
4


2
H. Nickau
M
Oxford
721.07
4


3
J. Cresswell
M
Derby
716.63
4


4
T. Dixon
M
Hartlepool
708.85
4


5
J. Carritt
F
Tri London
708.51
4


6
M. Parsons
F
Worcester
692.20
4


7
J. Ratcliffe
M
Black Country
685.41
4


8
E.K. Lidbury 
F
Oxford
635.34
4


9
H. Turton
F
L &amp;amp; B
629.30
4


10
R. Hall
F
MVHT
618.13
4


11
J. Parker
F
Tri London
608.82
4


12
S. Lord
M
Tri London
608.54
3


13
S. Howes
M
Coventry
553.27
3


14
P. Mountford
M
Black Country
524.12
3


15
T. Williams
M
L &amp;amp; B
521.34
3


16
H. McVicker
F
L &amp;amp; B
501.41
3


Previously, I have always given the  individual tables for the two genders separately, but I thought that this year, in view of the level of excellence achieved by so many of the ladies competing in the UK League, they deserved to have their contribution set alongside that of the men. Again, as I stressed earlier, we don&rsquo;t know as yet who might be going to Hawaii or Virginia, so just as the team table may change, so may the positions of the individuals listed above. Keep watching Tri247 for final details of League and individual positions and for details of all the various League competitions including the Endurance, Olympic, and Duathlon competitions and those for age-group winners and novices.   ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[National League update #2]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_2439.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, if I were reporting a horserace, I&rsquo;d be saying that there is one horse with its neck in front and three other horses more or less in a line thundering along and all heading for a fantastically exciting finish. Fortunately, I&rsquo;m not reporting a horserace, but the positions at the end of July in the UK National Triathlon/Duathlon League. But it really is that exciting.

Since the last update, Tri London have improved their points tally by substituting two good results for two of lesser substance, and they have held their position at the head of affairs. League Champions Derby Tri have, however closed the gap on Tri London and moved from fourth to second place. Oxford Tri, second at the last update, are now in third place, but still there with a great chance of a trophy, and just over five points, less than the shine on a horse&rsquo;s nose, behind Derby Tri.

In fourth place is Black Country Tri, very close up, and still a possible trophy winner in this year&rsquo;s League. At the last update, the lead among ladies&rsquo; teams was closely, very closely disputed by Oxford Ladies and Tri London Ladies, but by the end of July both these teams had been overtaken by Leeds and Bradford Ladies, who have established a lead of some four hundred and thirty points.

 The League table follows here (as at the end of July), together with the tables for the top seven places for males and females.



Pos
Club
Points
Scored


1
Tri London
2146.32
4


2
Derby Tri
1983.40
4


3
Oxford Tri
1977.58
4


4
Black Country Tri
1946.92
4


5
NYP
1812.22
4


6
Leeds &amp; Bradford Tri 
1784. 71
4


7
Coventry Tri
1496.68
3


8
MVHT
873.32
2


9
L &amp; B Ladies
868.48
2


10
Hartlepool Tri
526.73
1


11
Oxford Ladies
453.78
1


12
PACTRAC
451.96
1


13
Tri London Ladies
421.85
1



&amp;nbsp;



Pos
Male Athlete
Club
Points
Scored


1
M. Cauldwell
Derby
706.90
4


2
S. Lord
Tri London
608.54
3


3
T. Dixon
Hartlepool
534.87
3


4
J. Ratcliffe
Black Country
505.14
3


5
S. Howes
Coventry
385.62
2


6
P. Freeman
L &amp; B
335.81
2


7
J. Griffin
Tri London
335.42
2


Pos
Female Athlete
Club
Points
&amp;nbsp;


1
J. Carritt
Tri London
539.76
3


2
M. Parsons
Worcester
495.69
3


3
E.K. Lidbury
Oxford
476.95
3


4
J. Parker
Tri London
453.96
3


5
H. McVicker
L &amp; B
349.94
2


6
H. Turton
L &amp; B 
329.24
2


7
R. Hall
MVHT
295.52
2

]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[National League update #1]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_2354.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[All events (twenty-four in total) to the end of June have now been scored. Some leaguers may be expecting this report to say that either Derby Tri or Black Country Tri, who have won all of the last nine UK League Championships between them, are heading the League again. But this isn&amp;rsquo;t quite the case. Black Country and Derby are in third and fourth positions respectively. Tri London have stormed into the lead, followed by Oxford, and the question for the other top League clubs is whether they can catch either of the two leading clubs by the end of the season.

Those who have followed the League closely in recent years will know, however, that Tri London have started their seasons brilliantly before but have slowed down in the final months and finished in third or fourth position. So Oxford, Black Country, and Derby will all have hope of catching the leaders. Third or fourth position is still a very creditable result, of course, which is why the League awards a large cup to each of the top three clubs in the final League table. So, will Tri London manage something different this time, or will Derby and Black Country be sorting things out between them once again?

Oxford, third last year, are clearly in with a shout, and Coventry, Leeds &amp;amp; Bradford, and NYP, cannot be discounted. PACTRAC should be able to win the trophy for middle-sized squads this year, and Hartlepool look favourites for the small-sized squads.

Among the ladies teams there is a nose to nose situation between Leeds &amp;amp; Bradford Ladies and Tri London ladies, the difference between the two squads at going to press being merely .05 of a point. So watch this space, and see how the race for the 2007 UK League Championship unfolds, as well as the competitions for the smaller trophies. The next update will also contain scores for the top individual leaguers.

Top Ten League table as at end of June, 2007


1
Tri London 
2112.83 
Best 4 events to the end of June


2
Oxford Tri 
1957.37 
Best 4


3
Black Country Tri
1946.92 
Best 4


4
Derby Tri 
1465.71 
3 events to the end of June


5
Leeds &amp;amp; Bradford
1303.14 
3 events


6
Coventry Tri 
885.00 
2 events to the end of June


7
Hartlepool Tri 
526.73 
1 event to the end of June


8
MVHT 
448.08 
1 event


9
Leeds &amp;amp; Bradford Ladies 
421.90 
1 event


10
Tri London Ladies 
421.85 
1 event

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