<?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 Triathlon & Duathlon League 2012]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_9584.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[UK National Triathlon League organiser Kevin Robinson reports on plans for the 2012 season. If it sounds interesting to you and your club, get in contact with Kevin via his contact details below. We host updates from the League throughout the season in our dedicated section.

An entry form for the League is available for download HERE (PDF) together with an information sheet HERE or alternatively contact Kevin Robinson directly.



Hello, Leaguers, first of all my best wishes to you all for this coming season. It is one which will see some important changes to and developments in the way the League will operate in 2012. I discussed some of these changes in my reports at the end of 2011, so they won&#039;t be a complete surprise to those who read those reports, but here I am setting out these changes and developments in more detail.
 
Our situation, as leaguers, and indeed as triathletes/duathletes has been affected in two major respects within this last year. First, there is the current economic situation, which is not good and may even become worse. Event organisers are, like the rest of us, up against it. Their costs are going up just like every other cost, so it is very difficult for them not to pass on the cost of promoting events to competitors. If they don&#039;t do this we may lose events that we would like to remain available to us. If they do pass on their increasing costs, many of us will feel the need to reduce the number of the events in which we compete. Some people may even think, if they haven&#039;t done so already, of putting their energies into a less expensive sport, at least for a while. In the last few years I have attempted to help leaguers in this situation by reducing entry fees, and I am doing this again in 2012. Precise details are given in the entry form which is sent out to league clubs and clubs which have shown interest in the League. So individual members will be able to access these details via their Club Secretary and/or their Club Captain.
 
Another way in which our League is now more complicated derives partly from the situation described above. Travel costs to foreign events make, with entry fees and accommodation etc., a major impact on the bank balance, especially for those without or in part-time employment, and so I have reduced the number of foreign events available to leaguers in the League List of events. Some have been retained; for example, the two most popular ironman events for leaguers in 2011 were Lanzarote and Regensburg, so they are included again. But Ironman France and the Roth Challenge, are not listed. These two events have appeared in every League List since I founded the League in 1994; they are unquestionably superb events, and it is with real regret that I haven&#039;t felt able to include them this year. They will return, as soon as I feel the situation will encourage it. In addition to Lanzarote and Regensburg, however, there is Zofingen, a great event which appears to be regaining some of its former stature and popularity, helped perhaps not least by the association between Tri247 and the Powerman organisation. There are also the ITU World Championships at Vitoria-Gasteiz and Nancy.

As far as competition at home is concerned, there are also two complicating but very welcome factors: one is the arrival on the scene of English, as distinct from UK Championships. Another is the appearance of the TriStar triathlon which varies competition distances, and I particularly wish to compliment the Big-Cow organisation on being in the forefront of this development and on staging the TriStar event at Emberton Park. Of course, there is nearly always a downside to every commendable initiative. For the League, this means that our calendar has become even more crowded, so I have had to cull some of the shorter events that are usually found in the League List. Again, some of these will return if and when it seems reasonable for them to do so.

The second major respect in which leaguers are now affected (and also this derives largely from the economic situation) is that some of our competition rules are changing this year. Club teams and individual members will, in 2012, be classed on their best three, not their best four results. Also, the Competition for the best three results at Olympic/standard distance will be judged on a leaguer&#039;s best three, not best four results. I did indicate, towards the end of 2011 that I would not include this competition in 2012, because of low take-up, but I have relented and will give the competition at this distance another year. The Endurance Competition will now require only two results at the 190+ tariff. Now that even the half-iron events at these tariffs require an entry fee of &pound;100, some leaguers under greater financial pressure deserve some relief, and those not needing such relief may still do as many 190+ tariff events as they wish, but will now be classed on their best two results. Another step which constitutes an important change is to the Duathlon Competition. Since I started this competition many years ago, it has required leaguers to complete three duathlons and one triathlon to be classed. This requirement was intended to encourage duathletes to attempt competitive swimming. Now, however is, I think, the time for this requirement to be dropped, so perhaps some duathletes will now be able to rest easier in their beds and save a little money.

The competitions for age-groupers and novices will follow the changes set out above in all respects. There is, however, one final change to notify here. That is that the maximum entry from any one club will now be set at thirty members. This is because it is noticeable, year on year, that many people are registered with the League who only complete one event, or indeed none at all. This results in a lot of work on my part for no result. Club Secretaries/Captains may now have to indulge in some degree of selection rather than simply entering someone who is merely entertaining an idea without perhaps intending to fulfil it. This degree of selection should, once again, save a club some money, as well as saving me trawling through results for names which are unlikely to appear. Numbers entered for the middle-sized and small-sized competitions are unaffected by this change, and ladies still enjoy the privilege of being able to score for their club&#039;s main team as well as for their club&#039;s separate ladies&#039; team if their club has one.

So our world changes a little in 2012. I think and hope it will be for the better.

Kevin



Date Event Tariff

	
		03/03 Spring Ballbuster 185
	
	
		10/03 Dambuster Duathlon (UK Champs) 175
	
	
		15/04 Cambridge Duathlon   170
	
	
		28/04 Ashbourne Duathlon (English Champs)  180
	
	
		06/05 Prince Bishop&#039;s Challenge Tri 180
	
	
		13/05 Swashbuckler Middle-distance Tri   195
	
	
		13/05 Lanzarote Ironman 220
	
	
		20/05 Crystal Palace Tri 170
	
	
		27/05 Little Beaver Tri 180
	
	
		03/06 Weymouth International Tri 180
	
	
		10/06 Bala Middle-distance Tri 195
	
	
		16/06 Dambuster Triathlon 180
	
	
		17/06 Windsor Triathlon 180
	
	
		17/06 Wimbleball Middle-distance Tri 200
	
	
		17/06 Ironman Regensburg 220
	
	
		24/06 Shropshire Tri (UK Champs) 185
	
	
		24/06 A Day in the Lakes Tri 200
	
	
		30/06 Northumberland Tri 180
	
	
		01/07 The Outlaw Triathlon 220
	
	
		07/07 Cleveland Steelman 195
	
	
		08/07 Big Cow Cowman Middle-distance Tri (UK Champs) 195
	
	
		08/07 Bournemouth International Tri 185
	
	
		14/07 Ripon Tri 180
	
	
		22/07 Ironman Bolton UK 220
	
	
		29/07 TriStar Triathlon 185
	
	
		29/07 Vitoria-Gasteiz Long Tri (ITU World Champs) 200
	
	
		05/08 Leeds Tri 180
	
	
		12/08 Swanage Tri 180
	
	
		12/08 Cambridge Tri 180
	
	
		19/08 Milton Keynes Tri (English Champs) 185
	
	
		19/08 Ely Monster Middle-distance Tri 190
	
	
		02/09 Doncaster Tri 180
	
	
		05/09 Powerman Duathlon Zofingen ((ITU World Champs) 210
	
	
		08/09 The Vitruvian Tri 195
	
	
		09/09 Bala Tri 180
	
	
		16/09 Ironman Wales 220
	
	
		16/09 Henley Half Ironman 190
	
	
		23/09 New Forest Middle-distance Tri 190
	
	
		23/09 Nancy Duathlon (ITU World Champs) 190
	
	
		07/10 Carsington Duathlon 170
	




Dr Kevin Robinson, 16 Foster Road, Trumpington, Cambridgeshire CB2 9JR
Tel: 01223 845286
email: UKNationalTriathlonLeague@cambridge2.freeserve.co.uk
]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[National League Update #7 2011]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_9318.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, it&#039;s confession time again, when I reveal the catastrophic errors that riddled my last  report on final positions etc, in the 2011 League. Actually, there were only (as far as I know) five errors, and they weren&#039;t really catastrophic. But here they are, with the worst one first:


	Despite collecting all Chris Nicoll&#039;s duathlon scores throughout the season, I then somehow managed to omit him from the duathlon table, which caused him some astonishment, because he had actually won the competition. This error also caused considerable disappointment to Kevin Pritchard, whom I had named as the winner of the competition. I have apologised to both competitors, of course.

	Also, I managed to omit Darren Riddout, like Chris Nicoll a Derby Tri man, from the general classification. This, I think, may go some way to explaining the error in the duathlon table. Darren&#039;s duathlon score was included in that table whereas Chris Nicoll&#039;s total score was included in the general classification but his score in the duathlon competition was not. Looks as if the person operating the cross-referencing system (me) didn&#039;t employ it properly where these two competitors were concerned.

	Furthermore, I&#039;m wondering if I mistakenly added one of Chris Nicoll&#039;s duathlon scores as an endurance score, which might explain why he was left out of the duathlon table but included in the endurance table (like myself, he did both the Big Cow Duathlon Championships in the Spring and the Big Cow Middle-distance Championships in the Summer). Anyway, Chris is now included in the duathlon table and removed from the endurance competition table!
 
	Another Derby Tri man, Thomas Peoples, was probably bemused to see that in the general classification I listed him as a member of Tri London! Throughout the season I had collected his scores as those of a Derby Tri member, and don&#039;t worry, I&#039;ve checked, and my allocating him to the league champions in the final listings made no difference either to Tri London&#039;s winning the League or to Derby Tri&#039;s not winning the League this year.
 
	Finally, having collected all Jon Zigmond&#039;s best four scores and given the correct total of those scores in the general classification, I listed him as only having done three events, not four.


These changes are, of course, what the period for corrections after the provisional final report is about. The necessary corrections have now been made and leaguers in the top thirty from and including Samantha Wilson in 15th position will all move down one place as Darren Riddout will now be in 15th place; the top thirty will now become the top thirty one.

Before passing now to the revised tables, I&#039;ll just add to my speculation in the sixth report that Tri London might have broken the League record for a one event score at Lanzarote this year. I had to check on this with the help of Steve Howes of Coventry Tri, whose team set the record in 2002 at Ironman Germany. At that event the Coventry team of Steve Howes (9:37:58), John Stather (9:39:52) and Steve Hundal (10:33:44) together achieved a very remarkable score of 628.534 points from the usual tariff of 220 points, with Laurence Oldershaw the first Brit in 9:27:41. So the League record score for one event still stands, and may be outstanding for some time to come.

The various tables are published again here with corrections included.

UK triathlon/duathlon league table for 2011

	
		Pos Club Events Points
	
	
		1 TRI LONDON 4 2225.9
	
	
		2 BLACK COUNTRY TRI 4 2066.72
	
	
		3 FUL-ON-TRI 4 2050.03
	
	
		4 BRITISH ARMY TRI 4 2015.31
	
	
		5 DERBY TRI 4 1928.46
	
	
		6 ARMY LADIES TRI 4 1337.97
	
	
		7 HARTLEPOOL TRI 4 1004.77
	
	
		8 FUL-ON-TRI LADIES 4 901.88
	
	
		9 COVENTRY TRI 4 878.67
	


Four other clubs entered teams but did not achieve any team scores.

Endurance table

	
		Pos Athlete Club Points
	
	
		1 RICHARD HUNT BRITISH ARMY TRI 542.45
	
	
		2 CHRIS WOOD BLACK COUNTRY TRI 540.1
	
	
		3 STEVE HOWES COVENTRY TRI 516.05
	
	
		4 NEILL MILLWARD BLACK COUNTRY TRI 497.25
	
	
		5 JON ZIGMOND NYP TRI 403.79
	


The individual list: [best 4, 3, or 2 events of any distance]
About 70 leaguers completed two or more events of various distances and the problem, given constraints of time and editorial space, is where to make the cut in those names and totals published. In the past I have just listed the top twenty, but the League is expanding and so I&#039;ll list the first thirty this year. Once again, Richard Hunt and Chris Wood top the List.

Richard Hunt amassed his points at Regensberg, Wensleydale, the Big Cow Middle-distance Championships, and the Leeds triathlon. Chris Wood beat Richard&#039;s time at Regensberg, but his other scores at Limerick, the Big Cow Middle, and the Bala Middle left him a little short of Richard&#039;s total. Both performed superbly throughout the season. Another first-class triathlete, Darren Milne, 40+, of Tri London who, for example, won the Shropshire triathlon outright, was third at Windsor, and won a silver medal at Pontevedra, takes third place, with James Cresswell of Derby Tri, so often in the first three in recent years, in 4th place.


	
		Pos Athlete Age Group Club No. of events Points
	
	
		1 RICHARD HUNT  BRITISH ARMY TRI 4 715.1
	
	
		2 CHRIS WOOD  BLACK COUNTRY TRI  4 703.91
	
	
		3 DARREN MILNE  1st 40/44 TRI LONDON  4 690.19
	
	
		4 JAMES CRESSWELL  DERBY TRI  4 685.69
	
	
		5 CHRIS NICOLL 40/44 DERBY TRI 4 671.5
	
	
		6 KEVIN PRITCHARD 40/44 BRITISH ARMY TRI 4 669.34
	
	
		7 PHIL ROKER  1st 45/49 FUL-ON-TRI 4 644.59
	
	
		8 NIC ALTMANN   40/44 FUL-ON-TRI 4 639.81
	
	
		9 THOMAS PEOPLES  DERBY TRI 4 636.35
	
	
		10 NEILL MILLWARD 40/44 BLACK COUNTRY TRI 4 635.28
	
	
		11 NAOMI WARR 1st LADY  DERBY TRI  4 627.21
	
	
		12 GRAHAM MARKHAM 1st 50/54 BRITISH ARMY TRI 4 625
	
	
		13 AMY FORSHAW 2nd Lady TRI LONDON 4 622.15
	
	
		14 PARYS EDWARDS 3rd Lady FUL-0N-TRI 4 622.07
	
	
		15 DARREN RIDDOUT  DERBY TRI 4 618.9
	
	
		16 SAMANTHA WILSON  BRITISH ARMY TRI 4 606.44
	
	
		17 NATALIE BUTLER  FUL-ON-TRI 4 572.51
	
	
		18 LEE MORETON   BLACK COUNTRY TRI 3 544.1
	
	
		19 OLIVIA HETREED  TRI LONDON 4 534.36
	
	
		20 ROBERT BRUNDISH  TRI LONDON 3 532.7
	
	
		21 JOHN ZIGMOND  1st 60/64 NYP TRI 3 531.49
	
	
		22 STEVE HOWES  50/54 COVENTRY TRI 3 516.05
	
	
		23 CHRIS BIDDULPH  BRITISH ARMY TRI 3 508.24
	
	
		24 ROBERT HERRING 50/54 BRITISH ARMY TRI  3 507.19
	
	
		25 OLIVER PRITCHARD  FUL-ON-TRI 3 505.49
	
	
		26 DARREN BUTTERS 45/49 BRITISH ARMY TRI  3 501.39
	
	
		27 TOMAS O&#039;LOUGHLIN  TRI LONDON 3 493.16
	
	
		28 KEVIN LINEHAM 50/54 TRI LONDON 3 483.5
	
	
		29 PAUL ROGERS 45/49 BLACK COUNTRY TRI 3 476.09
	
	
		30 MARTYN BRUNT 45/49 COVENTRY TRI  3 459.69
	
	
		31 TIM COOK  TRI LONDON 3 441.37
	


Another 40 leaguers, some of whom scored more than four hundred points from just two events, and some who are triathlon coaches, completed three or two events with scores going down to 254.187 points. Others who completed only one or no events have not been classed.

Best 4 events with 180 or 185 tariff
Whereas events at these standard distances were once the most popular listed by the League, their popularity among leaguers (though not the world of triathlon as a whole) seems to be in decline. This may be partly because of the rise in popularity of events with a greater tariff, endurance events. But it may also be due to the popularity of &#039;mixing.&#039; A group of best four events for many leaguers now typically includes one or two duathlons, one or two events at standard distance, and one or two endurance events. Duathletes, of course, often prefer to do the duathlon competition which requires three duathlons with their smaller tariff, and just one triathlon with a 180 or 185 tariff and so don&#039;t feature in this competition. Whatever the cause, this reduction in popularity of events with the standard distance tariff has become so marked that this year, only ONE leaguer chose to do four events with this tariff. This was Phil Roker of Ful-on-Tri, who therefore wins the trophy. Only three other leaguers did three of the events at this tariff.


	
		Pos Athlete Age Group Club No. of events Points
	
	
		1 PHIL ROKER 45/49 FUL-0N-TRI 4 644.59
	
	
		2 DARREN MILNE 40/44 TRI LONDON 3 525.91
	
	
		3 DARREN BUTTERS 45/49 BRITISH ARMY TRI 3 501.39
	
	
		4 GRAHAM MARKHAM 50/54 BRITISH ARMY TRI 3 470.15
	


Duathlon competition (three duathlons with one triathlon)
When I devised this competition it was with the intention of providing leaguers with limited ability at swimming to get a little more competitive practice, but it seems to have attracted some very able swimmers rather than those in need of practice. This year the highest scoring leaguer in the Duathlon Competition is Chris Nicoll, not Kevin Pritchard, as I incorrectly suggested in the last report. Kevin also had a very good season, scoring very well at the Weymouth Middle-distance triathlon, placing sixth in the individual list, and second in the Duathlon Competition. Darren Riddout, in third place, scored quite well at the Milton Keynes standard distance event, and Naomi Warr, in fourth place, was the top Derby Tri finisher in the Bala Middle-distance event, which has a swim section that is often very difficult.


	
		Pos Athlete Age Group Club No. of events Points
	
	
		1 CHRIS NICOLL 40/44 DERBY TRI 3 + 1 671.5
	
	
		2 KEVIN PRITCHARD 40/44 BRITISH ARMY TRI 3 + 1 633.67
	
	
		3 DARREN RIDDOUT  DERBY TRI  3 + 1 617.7
	
	
		4 NAOMI WARR  DERBY TRI 3 + 1 594.74
	


So in terms of meeting its requirements the competition produced as many qualifying competitors as the best four events with 180/185 tariff, even though the latter competition includes many more listed events than the duathlon competition does.

Trophies will be sent out, as usual, in time for Christmas.

Changes for the UK League in 2012

	Club Secretaries to provide initials as well as surnames, plus age or age group, and gender. This requirement, which most Club Secretaries observe already, can be waived for ladies sensitive about their age.
	Club Secretaries to notify the League by e-mail of members registered with the League who complete League-listed full-distance Ironman events (gender and finishing time).
	2012 will see a slight reduction in the number of events held abroad that are listed by the League. There will be only two full-distance Ironman events, Lanzarote and Regensberg, plus Zofingen, and various of the shorter distance championships.
	Two long-distance events to be held in the UK will be added to the list, Ironman Wales and the Ely Monster middle-distance triathlon.
	The requirement for the Endurance Competition will be reduced to two events with a tariff of 190 points or more.
	The requirement for the Duathlon Competition will be reduced to two duathlons and one triathlon.
	The competition for best four events with a tariff of 180/185 points will not be held in 2012. Leaguers will still, however, be able to contribute to their General Classification totals with scores achieved at events with a 180/185 tariff.
	The requirements for the General Classification will be unchanged; best four events at any distance or tariff at events listed by the League. Leaguers who complete only three events will still be classed.
	The maximum number of leaguers who may be entered by a club will be reduced to thirty. This measure will reduce revenue to the League, but in view of the fact that every year clubs enter members who do only one or no events, is undertaken to save clubs some money.
	Fees will also be reduced for 2012, depending on the state of the economy, and details will be provided in good time for the start of the season. 


Very best wishes to all Leaguers,
Kevin
]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[National League Update #6 2011]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_9256.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, that&#039;s almost it for the League in 2011 and the conclusion of the League&#039;s 18th consecutive season. The results published here are described as &#039;provisional&#039; in the sense that any corrections needed, and there are usually one or two, must come from leaguers themselves, preferably within two weeks of this report being published. Please notify me of queries and corrections by e-mail (kevinrobinson@cambridge2.freeserve.co.uk) and I shall deal with them as quickly as I can.

But now for the Team Table, which is the essence, in realised form, of what the League is about, the way in which clubs express their excellence as competitive groups and the quality of their individual members over time. Well, Tri London has certainly been expressing its excellence and quality in 2011, and the Club has won the League Championship once again. Some of our top League clubs were either absent or not functioning fully this year, but it was by no means a walkover for Tri London. There were two new clubs in contention and one which has been relatively quiet in recent years; these three clubs finished in second, third, and fourth positions, and they all scored, like the new champions, in excess of five hundred points in each of their best four results.

Towards the end of the season it was tight between the three clubs, but Tri London finished relatively well clear, and at one event, Lanzarote, which gave them a brilliant start to the season, may even have broken a League record that has stood for many years (I&#039;m checking on this and will give more details in November). Given this early indication of excellence and determination it was no surprise to me that Tri London maintained its strong position to the end despite a gathering challenge from the other top clubs.

But it was, undoubtedly, a season of surprises. In recent years the League has been dominated by Derby Tri, Hartlepool Tri, Leeds &amp;amp; Bradford, Tri London, and there was also Bristol &amp;amp; District Tri as a club with real potential. Leeds &amp; Bradford, second in 2010, decided to take a break this year, as did Bristol &amp;amp; District; Hartlepool, second in 2008 and 2009, declared they were regrouping this year and though they entered a middle-sized squad, only completed two events; and Derby Tri, which has won more times than any other club in the history of the League, entered a high-quality squad and completed four events, but seemed occasionally not to be operating quite on full power.

So a casual observer might leap to the conclusion that these factors might detract to some extent from Tri London&#039;s success. But the surprises I mentioned made sure that the quality of competition in the League was maintained and that Tri London would not be able to assume an easy victory despite the excellence they displayed from early on in the season. What happened was that the two clubs new to the League, and the third that had good experience of the League, removed any possibility of an easy victory for Tri London.

The new clubs were Ful-on-Tri of West London, and the British Army Triathlon Club, led by Richard Hunt, which finished in third and fourth positions respectively. Ful-on-Tri had three leaguers in the top fifteen places in the Individual List, as had British Army Tri, Derby Tri, and Tri London, and Black Country Tri had two. This is interesting because it suggests that there was basically an even distribution of the more able leaguers. Organization is of course still at the heart of the matter. This is a very large problem for British Army Tri with personnel distruibuted throughout the UK, and even to an extent for Tri London, whereas the majority of League clubs gather their personnel from a much more circumscribed area.

Where does Black Country Tri fit into either of these two patterns? It isn&#039;t easy to say, but what is incontrovertible is that the Club was for one glorious period, the top club in the League, winning the Championship in four consecutive years from 1997 to 2000. Since then the Club has had a relatively quiet period, but judging from their 2011 results, Black Country Tri are back. With a very strong squad led by Chris Wood,who delivered a powerful challenge to our Individual Champion Richard Hunt this year, Black Country Tri can again be seen as contenders for top League honours.

Ful-on-Tri, like Black Country Tri, are no strangers to league competition, witness their successes in the London League, but this year was their first at national level. They maintained a high standard throughout the season, and members were there at the last high-scoring event of 2011, Challenge Henley, where they might possibly have overtaken the two top clubs at the last gasp, but the personnel the Club had there were not registered with the League, and so the opportunity was lost. You probably all know the saying, &ldquo;You&#039;ve got to be in it to &hellip;.&rdquo;

Looking further down the table it can be seen that Hartlepool Tri, who only did two events, scored over one thousand points, which suggests that if they had done four events, they would have had a decent chance of winning one of the three trophies presented to the top teams. As it is, they take the trophy for the top middle-sized squad ahead of Coventry Tri, who entered seven leaguers, which is one too many for the squad to be classed as small-sized. The trophy for small-sized squads is, therefore, not awarded this year.

This leaves me with one more League Table trophy to mention, which goes to British Army Tri Ladies, who now replace Tri London Ladies, who did not compete this year, as Ladies Champions. British Army Tri ladies completed three events, scoring over thirteen hundred points, which put them some four hundred points ahead of Ful-on Tri ladies who scored over nine hundred points from just two events. It is noticeable that the standard among League ladies has gone up this year even though, at the very top end, Jo Carritt is now giving all her attention to her professional races and no longer competing for Tri London. We do have other professionals competing in the League, and there is no bar against this, providing they are bona fide members of League clubs and registered with the League. In the Individual List, the first ten places have been taken, I definitely won&#039;t say &ldquo;thank heavens&rdquo;, by men, but Naomi Warr, our new Ladies Champion, took eleventh place, and places 13th, 14th, 15, 16th and 18th, have been taken by ladies who outpointed the two hundred or so men and other ladies who competed in the League. If Tri London Ladies return to the fray next year I think competition for the Ladies Team Championship is likely to be as keen as it will be among League clubs of mixed teams. We shall see. Meanwhile, here is the Final League Table, subject to any claimed corrections, for 2011.

UK Triathlon/Duathlon League Table 2011


	
		Pos Club No of events Points
	
	
		1 TRI LONDON 4 2225.9
	
	
		2 BLACK COUNTRY TRI 4 2066.72
	
	
		3 FUL-ON-TRI 4 2050.03
	
	
		4 BRITISH ARMY TRI 4 2015.31
	
	
		5 DERBY TRI 4 1928.46
	
	
		6 ARMY LADIES TRI 4 1337.97
	
	
		7 HARTLEPOOL TRI 4 1004.77
	
	
		8 FUL-ON-TRI LADIES 4 901.88
	
	
		9 COVENTRY TRI 4 878.67
	


Four other clubs entered teams but did not achieve any team scores.

The endurance competition
3 x events with tariff 190 + (iron=220)
This is a competition that not only requires fitness and skill, but also dedication and courage. It is, on the whole,perhaps more suited for the seasoned triathlete rather than for those who are younger and perhaps faster. The winning margin was very small this year with Richard Hunt, of British Army Tri, just getting the better of Chris Wood, of Black Country Tri, with Steve Howes, 45+ of Coventry Tri, who was part of the Coventry Tri team that set the current League record for a one event score (I&#039;m checking this) all those years ago, in third place.. Chris Nicoll who, with James Cresswell, leads the Derby Tri squad,takes fourth place, a hair&#039;s breadth ahead of Neill Millward in fifth place, and 60+ triathlete, John Zigmond, of NYP, completes the list. Only six leaguers completed the required number of events.


	
		Pos Athlete Club Points
	
	
		1 RICHARD HUNT BRITISH ARMY TRI 542.45
	
	
		2 CHRIS WOOD BLACK COUNTRY TRI  540.1
	
	
		3 STEVE HOWES  COVENTRY TRI 516.05
	
	
		4 CHRIS NICHOLL DERBY TRI  497.38
	
	
		5 NEILL MILLWARD BLACK COUNTRY TRI  497.25
	
	
		6 JON ZIGMOND NYP TRI 403.79
	


The individual list
Best 4, 3, or 2 events of any distance
About 70 leaguers completed two or more events of various distances and the problem, given constraints of time and editorial space, is where to make the cut in those names and totals published. In the past I have just listed the top twenty, but the League is expanding and so I&#039;ll list the first thirty this year. Once again, Richard Hunt and Chris Wood top the list.

Richard Hunt amassed his points at Regensberg, Wensleydale, the Big Cow middle-distance Championships, and the Leeds triathlon. Chris Wood beat Richard&#039;s time at Regensberg, but his other scores at Limerick, the Big Cow Middle, and the Bala Middle left him a little short of Richard&#039;s total. Both performed superbly throughout the season. Another first-class triathlete, Darren Milne, 40+, of Tri London who, for example, won the Shropshire triathlon outright, was third at Windsor, and won a silver medal at Pontevedra, takes third place, with James Cresswell of Derby Tri, so often in the first three in recent years, in fourth place.


	
		Pos Athlete Age group Club No of events Points
	
	
		1 RICHARD HUNT  BRITISH ARMY TRI 4 715.1
	
	
		2 CHRIS WOOD  BLACK COUNTRY TRI  4 703.91
	
	
		3 DARREN MILNE  40 plus TRI LONDON  4 690.19
	
	
		4 JAMES CRESSWELL  DERBY TRI  4 685.69
	
	
		5 KEVIN PRITCHARD 40 plus BRITISH ARMY TRI 4 669.34
	
	
		6 CHRIS NICHOLL 1st 45+  DERBY TRI 4 658.1
	
	
		7 PHIL ROKER  45 plus FUL-ON-TRI  4 644.59
	
	
		8 NIC ALTMANN 40 plus FUL-ON-TRI 4 639.81
	
	
		9 THOMAS PEOPLES  TRI LONDON 4 636.35
	
	
		10 NEILL MILLWARD 40 plus BLACK COUNTRY TRI  4 635.28
	
	
		11 NAOMI WARR 1st LADY  DERBY TRI  4 627.21
	
	
		12 GRAHAM MARKHAM 1st 50 plus BRITISH ARMY TRI 4 625
	
	
		13 AMY FORSHAW  TRI LONDON 4 622.15
	
	
		14 PARYS EDWARDS  FUL-0N-TRI 4 622.07
	
	
		15 SAMANTHA WILSON  BRITISH ARMY TRI 4 606.44
	
	
		16 NATALIE BUTLER  FUL-ON-TRI 4 572.51
	
	
		17 LEE MORETON   BLACK COUNTRY TRI 3 544.1
	
	
		18 OLIVIA HETREED  TRI LONDON  4 534.36
	
	
		19 ROBERT BRUNDISH  TRI LONDON 3 532.7
	
	
		20 JOHN ZIGMOND  1st 60+ NYP TRI 3 531.49
	
	
		21 STEVE HOWES  45 plus COVENTRY TRI 3 516.05
	
	
		22 CHRIS BIDDULPH  BRITISH ARMY TRI 3 508.24
	
	
		23 ROBERT HERRING 50 plus BRITISH ARMY TRI  3 507.19
	
	
		24 OLIVER PRITCHARD  FUL-ON-TRI  3 505.49
	
	
		25 DARREN BUTTERS 45 plus BRITISH ARMY TRI  3 501.39
	
	
		26 TOMAS O&#039;LOUGHLIN  TRI LONDON 3 493.16
	
	
		27 KEVIN LINEHAM 50 plus TRI LONDON 3 483.5
	
	
		28 PAUL ROGERS 45 plus BLACK COUNTRY TRI 3 476.09
	
	
		29 MARTYN BRUNT 45 plus COVENTRY TRI  3 459.69
	
	
		30 TIM COOK  TRI LONDON 3 441.37
	


Another 40 leaguers, some of whom scored more than four hundred points from just two events, and some who are triathlon coaches, completed three or two events with scores going down to 254.187 points. Others who completed only one or no events have not been classed.

Best 4 events with 180 or 185 tariff

Whereas events at these standard distances were once the most popular listed by the League, their popularity among leaguers (though not the world of triathlon as a whole) seems to be in decline. This may be partly because of the rise in popularity of events with a greater tariff, endurance events. But it may also be due to the popularity of &#039;mixing&#039;. A group of best four events for many leaguers now typically includes one or two duathlons, one or two events at standard distance, and one or two endurance events. Duathletes, of course, often prefer to do the duathlon competition which requires three duathlons with their smaller tariff, and just one triathlon with a 180 or 185 tariff and so don&#039;t feature in this competition. Whatever the cause, this reduction in popularity of events with the standard distance tariff has become so marked that this year, only ONE leaguer chose to do four events with this tariff. This was Phil Roker of Ful-on-Tri, who therefore wins the trophy. Only three other leaguers did three of the events at this tariff.


	
		Pos Age group Club No of events Points
	
	
		1 PHIL ROKER 45 plus FUL-0N-TRI 4 644.59
	
	
		2 DARREN MILNE 40 plus TRI LONDON 3 525.91
	
	
		3 DARREN BUTTERS 45 plus BRITISH ARMY TRI 3 501.39
	
	
		4 GRAHAM MARKHAM 50 plus BRITISH ARMY TRI 3 470.15
	


Duathlon competition
Three duathlons with one triathlon
When I devised this competition it was with the intention of providing leaguers with limited ability at swimming to get a little more competitive practice, but it seems to have attracted some very able swimmers rather than those in need of practice. This year the highest scoring leaguer in the Duathlon Competition is Keith Pritchard, who also scored very well at the Weymouth middle-distance triathlon. Darren Riddout, in second place, scored quite well at the Milton Keynes standard distance event and Naomi Warr, in third place, was the top Derby Tri finisher in the Bala middle-distance event, which has a swim section that is often very dificult.


	
		Pos Age group Club No of events Points
	
	
		1 KEITH PRITCHARD 40 plus BRITISH ARMY TRI 3 + 1 633.67
	
	
		2 DARREN RIDDOUT  DERBY TRI  3 + 1 617.7
	
	
		3 NAOMI WARR  DERBY TRI 3 + 1 594.74
	


So in terms of meeting its requirements the competition produced only one qualifying competitor less than the &#039;Best 4 events with 180/185 tariff&#039;, even though the latter competition includes many more listed events than the duathlon competition does.



As I said at the beginning of this report, all these results listed are provisional and leaguers should contact me by e-mail if they want to notify me of any corrections they would like to be made. This should be done within two weeks of this report appearing on Tri247, as I shall soon have to order the trophies, have them engraved, box and despatch them in time for Christmas.
]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[National League Update #4 2011]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_9050.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hello, Leaguers. My last report was rather long because I combined two reports as one, but this one will be shorter. Various adjustments and corrections have been made, particularly concerning Ironman Austria where I thought Tri London had not finished a complete team, whereas in fact they had (Steven Lord, Gabriel Sayer and Richard Stabler, who together earned 574.171 points). I am indebted to Lotte Carritt, of Tri London, for pointing this out to me. The mistake would probably have emerged in the end-of-season checks, but at least you can all know now that Tri London has a bigger lead in the League table than you all thought it had!
Tri London ladies&#039; team, however, has lost its only score.  Ful-on-Tri is still in second place, and Army Tri is still in third, but resurgent Black Country Tri has overtaken League champions Derby Tri and is now in fourth place.  Derby Tri has won the League Championship more times than any club in the eighteen year history of the League, Black Country won the Championship four times in a row, and Tri London has also won it before. These clubs all know very well how the League works and, perhaps most importantly, that when they have completed four events, higher scores achieved in the latter part of the season replace scores achieved earlier in the season. Clubs new to the League should remember that, as the saying goes, it isn&#039;t over until the fat PERSON sings, or something like that.
So in the period from early July to the end of August, only Tri London and Black Country improved their total scores. Individual leaguers were of course active, and some produced outstanding performances (for example, Richard Hunt (Army Tri, fifth at Wensleydale in 4:41:44), but such lone achievers were unfortunately unsupported and could not therefore contribute to a team score.   Another example of this was seen at the Outlaw triathlon where Bill Speake of Derby Tri finished in 7th place in 9:22:23, a first-class result. He was well backed-up by Thomas Peoples, who finished in 10:20:05, but these two leaguers were unsupported. Back up, however lowly, is essential if the achievements of faster leaguers is not to be wasted as far as team scores are concerned. At the end of July, TL provided a positive example of this at Ironman UK. Gabriel Sayer, one of TL&#039;s faster leaguers, was not only supported by Tim Cook nearer the middle of the finisher&#039;s list, but also by Mark Whitworth, still further down the field. Widely separated, these three leaguers earned 507.309 points, an invaluable contribution to TL&#039;s charge for the League title.
Furthermore,when a club can organise several members capable of high scores and get them to make a &#039;raid&#039; on a major event, very high scores can result. TL did this at Lanzarote and at Ironman Austria, and Black Country Tri did it at Ironman Regensberg. Perhaps leaguers will remember the BCT &#039;packing&#039; at the Bala Middle in June where, led by Lee Moreton, Chris Wood, and Kevin Duckworth, the club scored 512.116 points on a tariff of 195. Well, at Regensberg, BCT did it again, where Chris Wood, Dave Nash, and Lee Moreton, supported by Neil Millward, Kevin Duckworth, and Ian Moore, achieved 585.726 points on the 220 tariff. So, as I&#039;ve been saying for years, if club members compete as a club they have a chance of winning as a club, as well as distinguishing themselves individuals.
Of course it&#039;s an obvious truism, but sometimes it is worth repeating, and to a large extent it&#039;s why the League exists. There are a lot of individual trophies to be won in the League, but individuals can do this in the same races where they show a spirit of collaboration with other members of their sports community.
But what&#039;s left now for this year&#039;s eighteenth season? Quite a lot actually, no less than, as I write, thirteen events, two of which are held abroad, and eleven in the UK. Can anything that happens in the September/October period change much in the League? It&#039;s possible, and although TL has a significant lead at the moment, it&#039;s still too early to get out the champagne and start making more room in the trophy cupboard. These last few weeks can, in fact, be quite exciting. There are, however, only two high-scoring events left, one in Zofingen and the other at Challenge Henley, but there are also Helvellyn, the Vitruvian, the New Forest Middle, and the Richmond Park Ultra duathlon. Shorter events are Gijon, the Leeds triathlon, the Bala triathlon, the Derby triathlon, the Richmond Park Challenge duathlon, the Carsington and Oulton Park duathlons.
So there are still opportunities for team scores, as well as for individuals looking for trophies in the various competitons held within the General Classification of the League table. It&#039;s not over yet, and clubs and individuals should remember that it&#039;s not just the champion team that wins a trophy. The League awards a trophy to each of the top three teams in order to recognise collective effort over the whole of the season. Have you put your feet up already? There&#039;ll be time enough for that when the geese are getting fat!  Watch this space. It&#039;s a much better space now that John Levison has worked his magic at Tri247.com.

	
		UK League Team Table
	
	
		1
		Tri London
		2195.481
		4 events
	
	
		2
		Ful-on Tri
		2028.578
		4 events
	
	
		3
		Army Tri
		1960.550
		4 events
	
	
		4
		Black Country Tri
		1589.423
		3 events
	
	
		5
		Derby Tri
		1399.992
		3 events
	
	
		6
		Hartlepool Tri
		1004.765
		2 events
	
	
		7
		Army Tri ladies
		893.333
		2 events
	
	
		8
		Ful-on Tri ladies
		435.766
		1 event
	
	
		9
		Coventry Tri
		406.927
		1 event
	
]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[National League Update #2 2011]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_8952.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kevin Robinson reports in with his first update of the year from the UK National Triathlon   League.
If you have any queries or corrections on the scoring, please direct them to: kevinrobinson@cambridge2.freeserve.co.uk.

Hello, Leaguers.   First  of all, my apologies for the lateness of this report.   Now  let&#039;s see how things have progressed since my early-season report when  champions Derby Tri had their noses in front with new clubs Ful-on-Tri and Army  Tri in hot pursuit, followed by Tri London. 
One change has become  apparent.   This is that fewer leaguers have been travelling to  foreign events so far this year.   Only a handful went to Limerick for the ETU  Duathlon Champs.&amp;nbsp; Army Tri (AT) was the only League club that  finished a team there, with Kevin Pritchard (the top leaguer there), supported  by Sarah Thomas and Natalie Butler scoring 435.739 points.&amp;nbsp; Chris  Wood of Black Country Tri (BCT) and Darren Ridout (Derby Tri) close up, but  these two athletes lacked support.&amp;quot;.   This indication of a possible trend  tended to be confirmed at Lanzarote, which is usually very popular with  leaguers.   But those who did go scored well, in particular Tri  London (TL) were clearly determined not to be ousted from a top position in the  League by either of the new clubs.   Sergio Munoz, Brett Hedges,  and the ever-faithful Kevin Lineham scored an excellent 586.310 points, the  highest score of the season so far.   The rewards are clearly there,  but Ironman events abroad are costly in terms of entry fees, travel and  accommodation, and not least, time, and as the possibility of a second  recession looms large in the UK, I do intend to address this situation to some  extent in the League List for 2012.   More of that later. 
But meanwhile, how has our domestic  situation continued to evolve in the UK?   At the Swashbuckler, an  FOT mixed team of M. Lander, Kerry Anley, and Rebecca Bakke, with C. Parkes in  close support, scored 463.098 points, while at the Speedy Beaver, an Army  Tri (AT) mixed team of G. Markham, Samantha Wilson, and Lizzie Hill scored  455.277 points, and the AT ladies&#039; team of Wilson, Hill, and Carol Yarrole  scored 427.981.   Then at the Weymouth Middle-distance event an AT  team of Kevin Pritchard, Chris Alexander, and T. Harvey scored 510.184 points,  and on the same day, at the Shropshire Triathlon, another AT mixed team, of D.  Butters, G. Markham, and C. Yarrol scored 474.303 points.   AT was certainly  getting into the action and achieving some useful scores. 
But perhaps it was still a little  early for distance swimming in open water in the UK because the last indoor  pool swim event in the first half of the season proved as ever, very popular, I  refer of course, to the sprint event put on by Crystal Palace Tri.    Reading the result sheet for the event, which includes members of Crystal  Palace Tri and Serpentine Tri, as well as Tri London and Ful-on-Tri is to  read a list of distinguished names from the history of triathlon in  the capital over the last two decades.   This year the event was  essentially a battle between TL and FOT.   Among the many TL members  in action there were two high-scoring teams, one mixed, with John Griffin, Jo  Parker, and Ray Brunsberg, which scored 459.974, and a ladies&#039; team of Jo  Parker, Kathleen Jones, and Bridget Virgo which scored 409.909  points.   At this event, however, both these teams had to cede  victory to the FOT mixed team of Euan Lees, Simon Kenyon, Parys Edwards, which  scored 470.447 points.   At this point, with many of the classic  League domestic events just around the corner, this is how the League was  taking shape:  Tri London was leading with 1949.009 from four  events;  Army Tri was in second place with 1859.775 points from 4  events;  Ful-on-Tri was in third place with 1441.654 points from four  events;  Derby Tri fourth with 1399.992 from three events;  Army  Tri ladies fifth with 427.981 from one event, and Tri London ladies sixth with  409.909 from one event.   Other clubs including Black Country Tri,  Coventry Tri, and North Yorks Tri, had not yet started their campaigns. 
The following weekend of 12th June  saw two of the most outstanding events in the UK League List, the Windsor  Triathlon and the Bala Middle-distance.   At the first of these it  was FOT&#039;s turn to hit hard.   Darren Milne, of TL was the top leaguer  present,finishing in third place with a time of 2 hours, 5 minutes, and 41  seconds.   He was supported by Ray Brunsberg, but they lacked a third  finisher, whereas FOT had three, with Oliver Pinchard in 8th place, Pete  Doubleday in 13th, and Phil Roker in 40th place in this 1500 competitor event,  scoring 489.838 points.   At the Bala Middle, which proved to be the  coldest swim of the year so far, Derby Tri&#039;s Naomi Warr was top scorer for the  champions and was the fastest female overall in 5 hrs, 11 minutes, and 24  seconds, an excellent performance on a day when 141 competitors did not finish,  including some who have illustrious names in the history of the League.    Only one other Derby Tri member, Simon Rolfs, finished the event however, and  thus the Club did not achieve a team score.   There was,  nevertheless, a surprise at the event for many leaguers including myself, and  that was the reappearance and resurgence of Black Country Tri, a club which has  been relatively quiet in the League in recent years, certainly in comparison  with the heady days when BCT were League Champions for four consecutive years  before the rise of Derby Tri.   Led by Lee Moreton in tenth place  with a truly excellent time of 4 hrs, 37 minutes, and 31 seconds, who was very  well supported by Chris Wood in  33rd place, and Neill Millward in  119th place, it was BCT who took League honours at the event, scoring 512.116  points.   It will be very interesting to see if this strike by BCT  proves indicative of performances to come. 
The weekend of 18th/19th June saw  the National Standard Distance Championships at the Dambuster event, and the  Wimbleball 70.3 event.   At the championship, there was a three-way  clash between AT, TL, and FOT.   AT scored 462.621 points courtesy of  D. Butters, G. Markham, and Helen Bedford.   TL, also with a mixed  team of R. Brundish, Amy Forshaw, and Olivia Hetreed just got the better of an  FOT team of John Whetman, Parys Edwards and Emma Partridge, with the two  teams scoring 458.918 and 452.996 respectively.   But the Wimbleball  70.3 is a very different kind of event, with the challenge of fifty-four hills  in fifty-six miles on the bike.   The mixed team of Rob Herring, Carol  Molinaro, and Natalie Butler earned 469.729 points for the AT, but the battle  royal at the event was that between TL and FOT.   Stuart Anderson,  FOT, in 9th place, was the top League scorer with 186.407 points from a time of  4 hrs, 45 minutes, and 56 seconds in this 200 point tariff event in which  Stephen Bayliss took second place in 4 hrs, 26 minutes and 30 seconds.    Mark Thompson of TL was also under 5 hours and earned 178.221 points for  TL.   Second striker for FOT was Pete Doubleday, less than two minutes  behind Mark, earning 176.870 points.   Brett Hedges and Steven Lord,  both TL, finished less than 20 seconds apart to earn 172.594 and 172.418  points respectively.   Nick Altmann, for FOT, earned 163.147 points,  and so it was that Nick ensured his club&#039;s victory by the smallest of margins,  3.191 points, perhaps the difference of a couple of strides at the finish! 
After Wimbleball it was as if  leaguers were having a rest period.   There was only one leaguer at  the Nice Ironman, which is perhaps the most astonishing statistic of the League  year so far, given that it&#039;s such a superb event with a genuinely iconic  status.   I finished the event three times between 1983 and 1994 (?),  and I can say that if anyone is serious about long-distance triathlon it is,  with Hawaii and Lanzarote, an event not to be missed, even if it is only done  once.   Furthermore, there were only two leaguers at the Roth  Ironman, Mark and Kate Lander of FOT, and just one leaguer at Ironman  Austria.   But I do recognise that economic factors are more  important now than they were a few years ago, and after all, how are we to pay  the bankers their little (!) bonuses if we are jetting round the world doing  triathlons?   But as I implied earlier, I shall be making a few changes  to the League List for next year. 
But, to be fair, there was a  sprinkling of leaguers at Pontevedra for the ETU long-distance triathlon  champs;  some of those leaguers came home with gold or silver medals and  others only just missed out.   Darren Milne was second in his category,  and Robert Brundish fourth in his, but TL lacked a third contender so did not earn  a team score.   AT and FOT did achieve team scores at  Pontevedra.   The FOT team comprised of John Thorpe, Oliver Bradford  and Paul Knowles scored 504.187 points, and the AT mixed team with R. Thomas,  Samantha Wilson (gold medal) and Nicola Wood (silver medal) scored 463.371  points, so it may be that although ironman events are not quite as popular with  UK athletes as they were, there is still a demand for championship races. 
On the domestic front in this period  there was League action at the Cleveland Steelman, the Emberton  Park British Middle-distance Championships, and the Ripon  Triathlon.   At the Cleveland event, we saw Hartlepool Tri register  their first major score of the season, courtesy of Tony Dixon, Steve Watson,  and Angel Inglesias, who achieved 530.309 points.   I was told  earlier that Hartlepool Tri would be having a regrouping year this year, but  the Club has been a serious contender for top League honours in the recent  past, and this result might be taken to suggest that a regrouping might not  really be necessary.   At the other longer-distance event in early  July it was that other club which may have been doing some re-grouping, BCT,  which took the top League honours with 478.814 points well-earned by Chris  Wood, Mark Southall and Neil Millward.   Any higher scores were  well-earned on that day because it was very warm, particularly on the run, and  this resulted in perhaps the hardest half-marathon in triathlon that I have run  in my 29 years in the sport.   Nevertheless, TL&#039;s mixed team of Amy  Forshaw, John Biesmanns, and Ben Clavenger were only a fraction over ten points  behind BCT, and Coventry Tri (COV), led by Steve Howes supported by Jo Reynolds  and Tony Nutt, earned 406.927 points.   Like BCT, COV has been a  formidable League club in the past, and it may have been that their last-minute  entry this year contributed to a score that doesn&#039;t give much indication of the  Club&#039;s essential quality.   Aside from these team scores, Richard  Hunt (AT) and Chris Nicoll (Derby) were the top leaguers present, but both were  without support and so could not contribute to a team score.   AT  however certainly achieved an excellent team score at the Ripon Triathlon,  where the Army had so many competitors that they might have been mistaken for  the organising club!   Hartlepool were also there, and achieved a  very creditable score of 4784.456 points thanks to Dave Francis, Dave Watson,  and John Manders, but it really was AT&#039;s day, with Mark Livesay (3rd), Chris  Biddulph 7th, and S. Jack 13th, such excellent &#039;packing&#039; making sure of the  result, and the three AT leaders were supported by another dozen AT members who  could all have contributed to a good team result;  three of those dozen  achieved a good score of 465.352, courtesy of Carol Livesey, Lindsey Courage,  and Lizzie Hill, for the AT ladies&#039; team.   Two other leaguers  deserve a mention before I present the team table and conclude this report.    These leaguers are W. l&#039;Anson and John Zigmond, of NYP (formerly a police tri  club, but now open to the public), who finished in 361st and 380th position,  but lacked a third member and so couldn&#039;t achieve a team score.    Perhaps the other NYP members were all contributing to running the event, an  excellent one which NYP has been running since the 1980s.   Now,  here is the team table to 10th July: 

  
    Pos
    Club
    Points
    Events
  
  
    1st
    Tri  London
    2047.828
    Best 4 events 
  
  
    2nd
    Ful-On-Tri
    2028.558
    Best 4 events
  
  
    3rd
     Army  Tri&amp;nbsp;
    1960.550
    Best 4 events
  
  
    4th
    Derby  Tri&amp;nbsp;
    1399.992
    Best 3 event 
  
  
    5th
    Hartlepool  Tri&amp;nbsp;
    1004.765
    Best 2 events 
  
  
    6th
    Black  Country Tri&amp;nbsp;
    1003.697
    Best 2 events
  
  
    7th
     Army Tri  ladies&amp;nbsp;
    893.333
    Best 2 events
  
  
    8th
    Tri  London ladies
    409.909
    Best 1 event 
  
  
    9th
    &amp;nbsp;Coventry  Tri
    406.927
    Best 1 event 
  

Other teams have not yet achieved a  team score. Tables for individuals and the various individual  competitions within the general classification will appear later. 
Keep on tri-ing. 
Kevin 
]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[National League Update #1 2011]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_8478.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kevin Robinson reports in with his first update of the year from the UK National Triathlon   League.
If you have any queries or corrections on the scoring, please direct them to: kevinrobinson@cambridge2.freeserve.co.uk.

The cold winter has long gone,   the early-season duathlons have all been concluded, and the triathlon season is  almost upon us.   All the duathlons have now been scored excepting  Limerick, which will be scored when more of the entries for this, the 18th year  of the UK League, have been received.   With the deadline for entries  set at June 1st, some clubs do tend to leave finalising their entries until  they have seen what their early form is like.   So, with entries  still coming in, the results discussed in this report must be regarded as  provisional.    
Our season got under way on 27th  February at Emberton Park.   The weather wasn&#039;t encouraging, and no  League club fielded a full team.   Peter Wheddon of BAD Tri was the  highest-placed leaguer.   Darren Riddout of Derby Tri, Sarah Thomas  and N. Butler of Army Tri also scored.   What a pity the two  Army ladies didn&#039;t have a third, of either gender, to collect the first League  team score of the year.   The following week we had the British  Duathlon Age Group Champs at Clumber Park, and the weather wasn&#039;t much  better.   Peter Wheddon showed very good form again, and was well  supported by P. Woodward, but like the Army the previous week, they lacked a  third and so again a team score went begging.   Both the BAD Tri  competitors were outpointed by Chris Nicoll of Derby Tri, who was well  supported by Andy Thornton, Naomi Warr, and A. Sheldon, with Chris, Andy, and  Naomi achieving the first League team score of the season with 460.358  points.   Army Tri had two competitors at Clumber Park with Kevin  Pritchard scoring well.   Kevin was supported by L. Ferguson, but  like Tri London, who were also there, they lacked a third for a team  score. 
So Army Tri have twice missed  the chance of a team score, but to some extent they made up for this at the  Dambuster Duathlon where Kevin Pritchard and T. Courage scored well, and were  supported by A. Williams, who together achieved a team score of 452.792, which  enabled them to beat a Derby Tri team of Andy Thornton, Darren Riddout, and  Simon Oldacre by just over three points.   Tri London were also at  the Dambuster Duathlon and achieved their first score of the League season,  courtesy of G. Francis, Amy Forshaw, and Olivia Hetreed, which totalled 433.222  points.   At the 2nd Big Cow Winter Duathlon Tri London also had one  competitor, T. O&#039;Loughlin, who was also the only leaguer present.    What a pity T. O&#039;L wasn&#039;t supported because he finished in third place overall,  scoring 159.050 from a tariff of 170 points. 
At the Ashbourne Duathlon on  9th April, Derby Tri once again revealed their mastery of this tough event,  where Mark Couldwell, Thomas Peoples, and Tom Swift, supported by Naomi Warr  and several other Derby leaguers, achieved the highest duathlon League score of  the season so far with 489.707 points.   This highest score didn&#039;t  stand for long, however, because at the Spring Ballbuster, an even tougher  event than the Ashbourne Duathlon, Ful-on Tri entered the League fray for 2011  and achieved a score of 508.109 points, with N. Malynn, N. Altmann, and F.  Leatham (F) taking the honours.   The Ful-on-Tri score kept them well  clear of the Army Tri competitors T. Conley, L. James, D. Bosher, and C.  McNamara, the first three of these competitors scoring 439.829 points.    With Limerick excepted, there remained only one more event to be scored before  Easter.   This was the Cambridge Duathlon, where the Army Tri scored  its second League victory of the season.   Their top scorer, in second  place overall, was Richard Hunt, who achieved 168.304 against a tariff of 170  points, a distinguished performance against non-leaguer Julian Lings who has been  going like a train in duathlons so far this year.   Richard was  supported by P. Clark, D. Larkin, and C. Yarroll (F), and the team scored  480.208 points, ahead of Tri London&#039;s 469.503 points, achieved by Robert  Baldock, Jamie Hernando, and Amy Forshaw. 
So the (provisional) team scores at  the present time are as follows: 

Derby Tri, with two victories and  one second place have a total of   1399.583 points; 
Army Tri   with two  victories and one second place have a total of   1373.329 points; 
Tri London  with one second place  and one third place  have                902.725 points; 
Ful-on- Tri   have one  victory and have a total  of                         508.109  points. 

Provisional indications for  individuals in the Duathlon Competition (which is part of the larger General  League Classification, and requires competitors to complete three duathlons AND  one triathlon) are interesting.   Peter Wheddon (BAD Tri) leads Kevin  Pritchard (Army) by .823 of one point which, in terms of a multi sport,  is hardly different from a dead heat!   As someone who has  had some experience of the military life I can just imagine, if Kevin happens  to be a non-swimmer, somebody in authority saying to him: &#039;Right, Protchard,  get yourself down to the pool and get swimming !!!&#039;   But there is  time, I assure non-swimmers, to learn at least a basic breaststroke between now  and September, and then the whole world of triathlon will be there waiting for  you by the summer of 2012.   But I digress, and of course it&#039;s by no  means certain that the current leaders in duathlon will win our League  competition.   Peter Wheddon has 321.694 points and Kevin  Pritchard has 320.871, but Andy Thornton of Derby Tri has 311.010, Darren  Riddout of Derby Tri has 300.282;  Amy Forshaw (Tri London) and Naomi  Warr (Derby Tri) lead the ladies with 297.094 and 289.412  respectively.   Furthermore, athletes with a single but high duathlon  score at present can still meet the 3 + 1  requirement by the  end of the season:  these include N. Malynn and N. Altmann of Ful-on-Tri,  Richard Hunt and T. Conley (Army), Chris Nicholl (Derby Tri), P. Clark  (Army),  F. Leatham (F) (Ful-on-Tri), Robert Baldock (Tri London), Jamie Hernando  (Tri London), Peter Woodward (BAD Tri), T. Courage (Tri London), T. O&#039;Loughlin  (Tri London), and G. Francis (Tri London).    
That&#039;s all for  now.   Well done to all leaguers who braved the early  weather.   My next report will appear on Tri247 sometime around the  end of May/early June.   All clubs who want to compete in this  year&#039;s UK League should have their names of competitors and fees with me  by that time. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK National League Events 2011]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_8134.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The UK National Triathlon and Duathlon League events for   2011 are listed below. For more information on the 2011 League, check out this article from   league organiser Kevin Robinson, which explains how it all works.
For regular updates on the League, or to look back on how things unfolded   over the past four seasons, check out our dedicated section on the   site.
Any specific queries on the league, scoring, how to join etc should be   directed to Kevin directly, via UKNationalTriathlonLeague@cambridge2.freeserve.co.uk.


  
    Date
    Event
    Tariff
  
  
    27/02/11
    Emberton Park Duathlon
    170
  
  
    05/03/11
    Clumber Park Nat. Champs Duathlon
    175
  
  
    05/03/11
    Spring Ballbuster
    185
  
  
    19/03/11
    Dambuster Duathlon
    175
  
  
    27/03/11
    Emberton Park Duathlon
    170
  
  
    09/04/11
    Ashbourne Duathlon
    180
  
  
    17/04/11
    Cambridge Duathlon
    170
  
  
    17/04/11
    ETU Duathlon Champs., Limerick
    175
  
  
    01/05/11
    New Forest Triathlon
    175
  
  
    21/05/11
    Ironman Lanzarote
    220
  
  
    22/05/11
    Crystal Palace Triathlon
    170
  
  
    22/05/11
    Swashbuckler Middle-Distance Triathlon
    195
  
  
    29/05/11
    Little Beaver Triathlon
    180
  
  
    29/05/11
    Speedy Beaver Nat. Champs Sprint Triathlon
    175
  
  
    05/06/11
    QE2&amp;nbsp; Sprint Triathlon
    170
  
  
    05/06/11
    Shropshire Triathlon
    180
  
  
    05/06/11
    Weymouth Middle-Distance Triathlon
    195
  
  
    12/06/11
    Toshiba Windsor Triathlon (1.5, 42, 10)
    180
  
  
    12/06/11
    Bala Middle-Distance Triathlon
    195
  
  
    18/06/11
    Dambuster Nat. Champs Standard-Dist.Triathlon
    185
  
  
    19/06/11
    Wimbleball Ironman&amp;nbsp;    (70.3)
    200
  
  
    26/06/11
    Ironman France
    220
  
  
    26/06/11
    A Day in the Lakes Triathlon
    200
  
  
    27/06/11
    ETU Standard-Distance Triathlon Champs, Pontevedra
    195
  
  
    02/07/11
    Cleveland Steelman 
    190
  
  
    03/07/11
    Bournemouth International Triathlon
    180
  
  
    03/07/11
    Norwich Triathlon
    180
  
  
    03/07/11 
    Ironman Austria
    220
  
  
    03/07/11
    Emberton Park Nat. Champs&amp;nbsp;    Mid. Dist. Cowman
    195
  
  
    09/07/11
    Ripon Triathlon
    180
  
  
    10/07/11
    Challenge Roth
    220
  
  
    24/07/11
    Northumberland Middle-Distance Triathlon
    195
  
  
    24/07/11
    Nottingham Outlaw Triathlon
    220
  
  
    27/07/11
    Alpe D&#039;Huez Long Course
    195
  
  
    31/07/11
    Milton Keynes Triathlon
    180
  
  
    31/07/11
    Blithfield Triathlon
    180
  
  
    31/07/11
    Ironman UK, Bolton
    220
  
  
    06/08/11
    Hyde Park Standard-Distance Triathlon
    180
  
  
    07/08/11
    Ironman Regensburg 
    220
  
  
    14/08/11
    Swanage Triathlon
    180
  
  
    14/08/11
    Wensleydale Triathlon
    200
  
  
    03/09/11
    The Vitruvian
    195
  
  
    04/09/11
    Helvellyn Triathlon
    190
  
  
    04/09/11
    Powerman World Champs Zofingen&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
    210
  
  
    11/09/11
    Leeds Triathlon
    180
  
  
    11/09/11
    Richmond Park Challenge Duathlon
    175
  
  
    11/09/11
    Derby Triathlon
    165
  
  
    11/09/11
    ITU World Sprint Triathlon Champs Beijing
    180
  
  
    11/09/11
    ITU World Triathlon Champs Beijing
    185
  
  
    18/09/11
    Challenge Henley Triathlon
    220
  
  
    24/09/11
    ITU World Champs Duathlon, Gijon
    180
  
  
    25/09/11
    New Forest Middle-Distance Triathlon
    190
  
  
    02/10/11
    Carsington Duathlon
    170
  

]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK National Triathlon & Duathlon League 2011]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_8133.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[UK National Triathlon League organiser Kevin Robinson reports   on plans for the 2011 season. If it sounds interesting to you and your club, get   in contact with Kevin via his contact details below. We host updates from the   League throughout the season on our dedicated section. Details of   the which events count towards league standings in 2011 will follow tomorrow. 
And entry form for the League is available for download HERE (Word Document), or alternatively contact Kevin Robinson directly. 

What  the League is intended to do &amp;amp; how it works
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 are thus a total of  twenty-seven 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 is being  refurbished at the moment, but reports on what is happening in the UK League  appear throughout the year on www.tri247.com.
Events
The League list always  includes a selection of short (usually duathlon) and standard distance  triathlons so that athletes need not 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.
Clubs may register with the  League until 1st June, but it is helpful to the League if clubs register  earlier than this;  scores obtained by members  of teams before they are registered will be credited retroactively.   Club secretaries and team captains thinking  of entering their club in the League can contact me for further info:
  
  Dr. Kevin Robinson,  16, Foster Rd., Trumpington, Cambs CB2 9JR. Tel:   01223 845286
  e-mail: UKNationalTriathlonLeague@cambridge2.freeserve.co.uk]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[National League Update #5 2010]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_7843.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kevin Robinson reports in with his fifth and final update of the year from the UK National Triathlon   League.
If you have any queries or corrections on the scoring, please direct them to: kevinrobinson@cambridge2.freeserve.co.uk.

Hello  Leaguers,
This  final report for 2010 will be brief, as the general comments I wanted to make  about the season were made in the fourth, provisional report which appeared  earlier on Tri247.
This report,  therefore is primarily concerned with a few corrections to that earlier report,  plus tables and comments on the various competitions that are to be found  within the framework of the the Team Table and the Individual List. First, you will see a slight correction to  Derby Tri&#039;s team score, a correction which still leaves them, once again, as  worthy League Champions and the Club and team to beat in the UK League.
Passing on to the Individual List, the  eagle-eyed leaguers will see which corrections have been made. The most notable of these being the  inclusion of Lucy Gossage (Cambridge University Tri) in 6th place in  the Individual List, a remarkable achievement which put her among some of the  very best triathletes in the UK League. Other changes include the proper scores for  Lance Conway and Paul McCrossin of Tri London, and for Chris Nicholl and Danny  Evans of Derby Tri. Experienced leaguers  know that corrections like these have to be made every year. Sometimes the difficulties that occasion  them are not of my making. In some  years, I have seen three individuals with the same surname and initial all  competing in the League. Easily  resolved, you might think, by looking at the club name given in results. However, some organisers of events held abroad do not usually include  that detail. I have resorted to trying  to solve such problems by reading race reports put on club&#039;s websites. But for example, there were this year three  triathletes competing for Tri London with the initials P.M. Only one of these, fortunately, was  registered with the League, but the other two were of course free to do  League-listed events whenever they wished!  So I really do appeal to athletes reporting on events to &#039;sign&#039; there  articles with their full name, not just their initials. And once again I appeal to club  secretaries/race captains to let me know when registered leaguers finish in  events held abroad, particularly long-distance events. Of course I have to hold up my hand and  admit that some mistakes are of my own making. I won&#039;t list the reasons for these, but I  will say that psychologists do describe some individuals as &#039;labouring under a  be perfect injunction.&#039; I do  occasionally try to convince myself that I also labour, happily or unhappily  under such an injection. Fortunately,  however, I nearly always fail to fulfill the requirements of the injunction,  and that is when I need, occasionally, leaguers and others to come to my aid. 
But  to continue. In the last report I  mentioned the standard of excellence achieved by Joanna Carritt and Tom  Williams in both the Individual List and the Endurance Competition. Given below  is the complete List for the latter  competition, which once again has shown that the UK League is easily the  best league in the country for those interested in the longer events. In addition to her 6th place in  the Individual List, Lucy Gossage placed 3rd among the endurance  athletes, only some sixty points behind Jo Carritt. John Manders, of Hartlepool Tri, who won the  40+ age-group this year, finished in 5th place in the Endurance  Competition, and Andy Collier (Cambridge University Tri), took 7th  place in the Competition, an outstanding achievement for a novice.
  Moving  now to the competition for the Best 4 standard-distance results. Surprisingly, to me at least, was the  reduction in the number of leaguers participating in this competition. But to say this is not to detract from the  standard achieved by Steve Thompson of Tri London, who won with his score of 702.684  points, which also earned him 5th place in the Individual List. Seven hundred points by any fair means in  not to be sneezed at in the UK League, and to do this without the aid of a  long-distance score is certainly worthy of note. Steve did finish the Ironman UK, but that  event doesn&#039;t of course count in a competition for the Best 4 standard-distance  events,and moreover, Steve&#039;s ironman score didn&#039;t match those he achieved in  each of his best four standard-distance events. Each to his own, I say. My marathon P.B. Is better than Lord Coe&#039;s,  but some of you may remember that marathon wasn&#039;t the distance that Lord Coe was world-famous for.
Before leaving the Best 4 standard-distance  Competition, I&#039;ll just say a few words about the other  athletes who, like Steve, did well at that distance. Three of them are ladies and, like Steve,  all competed for Tri London; Amy  Forshaw, Lotte Carritt, and Olivia Hetreed, who scored 625.324 (626.824 in best  4 all distances), 592.493. and 565.473 respectively. In a year in which some of the Tri London  men have been a little less active, these ladies have stepped into the breach  to some extent and competed regularly and well at their chosen distance. Amy is on the UK League scene for the first  time, and is 3rd lady overall, Lotte is only just behind her in  points, and I can&#039;t help thinking that if Jo and Lotte had another sister of  about their level of quality, the Carritt family could win the Ladies&#039; UK  League title on their own! And just one  place behind Lotte in the Individual List, and !st lady in her age-group,  Olivia Hetreed completes that trio of ladies who have done very well for Tri  London this year. Lastly, but by no  means to be neglected, a few words about Terry Brooks of Derby Tri, who finished  5th in the Best 4 standard-distance Competition, 24th in  the Individual List, and winner of the 60+ age-group. Terry Brooks has been a member of the Derby  Tri squad competing in the UK League for decades now. He is on record as saying &#039;I love the League&#039;  which, if we ever decided to adopt an official slogan, might be as good as  anything that any of us could devise.  Terry, his sentiments, and the excellence and dedication of Derby Tri,  in large measure do reflect the spirit of the League. They don&#039;t stand alone in this, but  certainly in the forefront, and Terry is among them.
Passing  now to the Duathlon Competition, which I devised as requiring competitors to  complete, not just three duathlons, but a triathlon as well, so that those not  perhaps among Nature&#039;s swimmers, could be encouraged to take on at least one  challenge involving that skill. There  is never a long list of athletes in this competition, but nevertheless, some of  those involved, to be exact, precisely four of those competing this year, show  real quality. First, James Ratcliffe  of Black Country Tri, who has won this competition, and indeed been League  Champion before, with 677.432 points, just ahead of Paul Rogers, also of Black  Country Tri, with 663.625 points. Roger  Hamilton, of Leeds &amp;amp; Bradford Tri, was a very close third with 657.209  points, and Darren Riddout fourth with 620.486. There was another competitor, scrubbing  around with 380.880 points, but I can hardly bear to mention his name in  comparison with the first four, so we&#039;ll leave it at that.
Now  for the age-group competitions which start, in the UK League, at 40+. Well we have some very good age-groupers,  and at the top of the list this year is John Manders of Hartlepool Tri, whose  692.935 points earned him seventh place in the Individual List, and whose  537.424 earned him fifth place in the Endurance Competition. John is enduring very well, and with Dave  Francis is spearheading the Hartlepool drive to win the League Championship. In this 40+ group, the ladies&#039; winner is  Olivia Hetreed, whose 565.473 earned her fourth place in the Best 4 standard  distance competition, and twenty-third place in the Individual List in which  she was sixth Lady. I have already commented on how Olivia and  the other Tri London ladies, led of course by League Champion Jo Carritt, have  helped to keep alive this year Tri London&#039;s ambition to regain the League  Title. But what can I say about the 50+  group? Did all the former leaguers who used to compete in this  group hear that Steve Howes was back again this year and decide to stay at  home? Some years ago Steve was, and  still is, the leader and inspiration of the Coventry Tri group that set an  outstanding record for a team score at ironman distance. I haven&#039;t time to look up the score now, but  I think it was very close to six hundred points. Any takers for 2011? But I don&#039;t think Steve really bothered  himself this year getting his 469.714 points from three short events, perhaps  because he knew there was no opposition in his age-group, perhaps he was  recovering from injury, or perhaps he was just spinning his wheels in  preparation for next year. Time will  probably tell, as it very often does.  Of course, time does begin to be a little bit of an issue to those who  can look back on their sixtieth birthday.  Just a very faint knocking on the door at first, but it does gradually  become a little louder. In our 60+  category this year we had just two leaguers who featured. I&#039;ve said a few words about the group  winner, Terry Brooks already, so I won&#039;t say much more here, except that his  515.995 points total makes him a worthy winner in this group. But a few words are justified where the  group runner-up is concerned. Graham  (Joe) Reynolds scored 392.861 points from just two events, and so his average  score was actually better than Terry&#039;s.  Terry did four events, and so if Joe could manage a similar number in  2011 he might be giving Terry something to think about. The same sort of situation exists in the 70+  group, and as I&#039;ve said already how pleased I am to have beaten Nigel Dimmock I  won&#039;t say any more about that here! But  focusing, as I did with the 60+ group, on average scores, I must acknowledge  that Nigel&#039;s average, with 367.938 points from three events, was much better  than my average with 380.880 from four events.  So I really could get the chop next year if Nigel cares to put himself  about a bit more. We&#039;ll see. 
Before  I finally conclude, I&#039;ll just say something very briefly about the  novices. There were only four this  year, and I have commented already in the last report on the really excellent  achievement of Andy Collier. I said  then that he had finished in seventh place in the Individual List. In fact he was eighth with the same score of  688.811 points. In second place was  Simon Rolfs of Derby Tri, with 534.659 points, a very good score for a novice  and one which in most years would have won Simon the novices&#039; trophy, but  that&#039;s a story one sometimes encounters in sport. I remember, I think it was in 1956 or &#039;57,  I beat a course record by two seconds in a 38 mile hilly time trial, but came  second. But the man who won the race  smashed the old record by seven minutes! There&#039;s nearly always someone out there who  can do it better. So in addition to  congratulating those leaguers who&#039;ve won something this year, I say this to  leaguers who&#039;ve finished second, or third, or fourth , or whatever &amp;ndash; don&#039;t beat  yourself up about this, don&#039;t be discouraged, keep on trying and maybe, just  maybe, one day you&#039;ll be one of those who really can do it better.
Trophies  will be sent out, as usual, in time for Christmas.
Kevin
TEAM TABLE

  
    POS.
    CLUB
    POINTS
    EVENTS
  
  
    1
    DERBY TRI
    2088.41
    4
  
  
    2
    HARTLEPOOL    TRI 
    2045.7
    4
  
  
    3
    LEEDS &amp;amp;    BRADFORD TRI 
    2027.79
    4
  
  
    4
    TRI LONDON
    1995.87
    4
  
  
    5
    TRI LONDON LADIES
    1706.17
    4
  
  
    6
    SWINDON TRI
    1063.13
    2
  
  
    7
    BRISTOL (BAD) TRI
    953.24
    2
  
  
    8
    BLACK COUNTRY TRI
    950.08
    2
  
  
    9
    CAMBRIDGE    UNIVERSITY TRI
    931.06
    2
  
  
    10
    SWINDON TRI    LADIES
    524.01
    1
  
  
    11
    COVENTRY TRI
    475.73
    1
  
  
    12
    LEEDS &amp;amp;    BRADFORD LADIES
    447.94
    1
  

INDIVIDUAL TABLE

  
    POS.
     NAME
    CLUB
    SCORE
    EVENTS
  
  
    1
    JOANNA    CARRITT IST LADY
    TRI LONDON
    773.24
    4
  
  
    2
    TOM WILLIAMS
    LEEDS &amp;amp; BRADFORD TRI
    726.83
    4
  
  
    3
    JAMES RATCLIFFE
    BLACK COUNTRY TRI
    711.48
    4
  
  
    4
    DAVE FRANCIS
    HARTLEPOOL TRI
    708.3
    4
  
  
    5
    STEPHEN THOMPSON
    TRI LONDON
    702.68
    4
  
  
    6
    LUCY GOSSAGE 2ND LADY
    CAMBRIDGE    UNIVERSITY TRI
    699.1
    4
  
  
    7
    JOHN MANDERS
    HARTLEPOOL TRI
    692.97
    4
  
  
    8
    ANDY COLLIER
    CAMBRIDGE    UNIVERSITY TRI
    688.81
    4
  
  
    9
    THOMAS PEOPLES 
    DERBY TRI
    688.17
    4
  
  
    10
    RICHARD HOWARTH
    LEEDS &amp;amp;    BRADFORD TRI
    686.19
    4
  
  
    11
    PAUL ROGERS
    BLACK COUNTRY TRI
    663.63
    4
  
  
    12
    JAMIE BRUNNING
    CAMBRIDGE    UNIVERSITY TRI
    663.46
    4
  
  
    13
    ADAM CHADBURN
    TRI LONDON
    659.44
    4
  
  
    14
    PAUL FREEMAN
    LEEDS &amp;amp;    BRADFORD TRI
    658.41
    4
  
  
    15
    RICHARD HAMILTON
    LEEDS &amp;amp;    BRADFORD TRI
    657.2
    4
  
  
    16
    LANCE CONWAY
    TRI LONDON
    652.84
    4
  
  
    17
    AMY FORSHAW 3RD LADY 
    TRI LONDON
    626.82
    4
  
  
    18
    KEVIN LINEHAM
    TRI LONDON
    620.98
    4
  
  
    19
    DARREN RIDDOUT
    DERBY TRI
    620.49
    4
  
  
    20
    NAOMI WARR 4TH LADY
    DERBY TRI
    616.62
    4
  
  
    21
    CHARLOTTE CARRITT    5TH LADY
    TRI LONDON
    592.49
    4
  
  
    22
    OLIVIA    HETREED 6TH LADY
    TRI LONDON
    573.07
    4
  
  
    23
    JAMES CRESSWELL
    DERBY TRI
    551.916
    3
  
  
    24
    CHRIS NICOLL
    DERBY TRI
    522.14
    3
  
  
    25
    TERRY BROOKS
    DERBY TRI
    516
    4
  
  
    26
    STUART CORDNER
    DERBY TRI 
    500.83
    3
  
  
    27
    TIM ASHELFORD
    LEEDS &amp;amp;    BRADFORD TRI
    499.61
    3
  
  
    28
    RUTH BRADBROOK    7TH LADY
    BRISTOL (BAD) TRI
    496.73
    3
  
  
    29
    DAVID WILSON
    HARTLEPOOL TRI
    481.45
    3
  
  
    30
    STUART EMERTON
    DERBY TRI
    472.99
    3
  
  
    31
    STEVE HOWES
    COVENTRY TRI
    469.71
    3
  
  
    32
    DONNA    EDMONDSON-BOOKER 8TH    LADY
    LEEDS &amp;amp;    BRADFORD TRI
    454.96
    3
  
  
    33
    THOMAS SWIFT
    DERBY TRI
    446.47
    3
  
  
    34
    DANNY EVANS
    DERBY TRI
    417.12
    3
  
  
    35
    SIMON ROLFS
    DERBY TRI
    403.07
    3
  
  
    36
    GRAHAM (JOE)    REYNOLDS
    COVENTRY TRI
    392.86
    3
  
  
    37
    KEVIN ROBINSON
    CAMBRIDGE CAMARO    TRI
    384.48
    4
  
  
    38
    JUSTIN ROBBINS
    BRISTOL (BAD) TRI
    371.35
    2
  
  
    39
    JULIAN HATCHER
    BRISTOL (BAD) TRI
    368.44
    2
  
  
    40
    NIGEL DIMMOCK
    COVENTRY TRI
    367.94
    3
  
  
    41
    GARY WILSON
    HARTLEPOOL TRI
    362
    2
  
  
    42
    MATTHEW NEWMAN
    BRISTOL (BAD) TRI
    349.5
    2
  
  
    43
    MARTYN BRUNT
    COVENTRY TRI
    347.79
    2
  
  
    44
    ROZLYN    McGINTY 9TH LADY
    TRI LONDON
    328.16
    2
  
  
    45
    ALISTAIR COOKE
    LEEDS &amp;amp; BRADFORD TRI
    322.81
    2
  
  
    46
    JENNY LATHAM 10TH LADY
    LEEDS &amp;amp; BRADFORD TRI
    322.17
    2&amp;#8234;
  
  
    47
    YOANN BOURGEOIS 
    TRI LONDON
    312.96
    2
  
  
    48
    NEIL WILLIAMS
    BRISTOL (BAD) TRI
    307.62
    2
  
  
    49
    CHRIS KEMPTON
    LEEDS &amp;amp;    BRADFORD TRI
    303.04
    2
  
  
    50
    IAN KITCHING
    LEEDS &amp;amp;    BRADFORD TRI
    303.04
    2
  
  
    51
    EDWARD LEE
    CAMBRIDGE    UNIVERSITY TRI
    300.62
    2
  
  
    52
    RAY BRUNSBERG 
    TRI LONDON
    296.38
    2
  
  
    53
    LISA GREENFIELD    11TH LADY
    BRISTOL (BAD) TRI
    295.46
    2
  
  
    54
    SIMON GILBERT
    CAMBRIDGE    UNIVERSITY TRI
    292.58
    2
  
  
    55
    KAREN HALLAS 12TH LADY
    TRI LONDON
    292.07
    2
  
  
    56
    GORDON DALGARNO
    LEEDS &amp;amp;    BRADFORD
    290.07
    2
  
  
    57
    PAUL McCROSSIN
    TRI LONDON
    287.43
    2
  
  
    58
    ALISON HARDIE    13TH LADY
    SWINDON TRI 
    282.18
    2
  
  
    59
    KATHERINE    BROOMHALL 14TH LADY 
    BRISTOL (BAD) TRI
    274.69
    2
  
  
    60
    GORDON KENNEDY
    TRI LONDON
    273.35
    2
  
  
    61
    JENNY BROWN 15TH LADY
    CAMBRIDGE    UNIVERSITY TRI
    260.06
    2
  
  
    62
    RICHARD    HAWKSWORTH
    DERBY TRI
    259.36
    2
  
  
    63
    BRIDGET VIRGO    16TH LADY
    TRI LONDON
    248.52
    2
  



ATHLETES  WHO HAVE COMPLETED ONLY ONE LEAGUE-LISTED EVENT IN THE 2010 SEASON HAVE NOT  BEEN CLASSED (This is standard practice in the UK League).
ENDURANCE  COMPETITION (3 x 190 TARIFF)

  
    POS.
    NAME
    CLUB
    SCORE
  
  
    1
    JOANNA CARRITT    (F)
    TRI LONDON
    607.14
  
  
    2
    TOM WILLIAMS
    LEEDS &amp;amp;    BRADFORD TRI
    561.18
  
  
    3
    LUCY GOSSAGE (F)
    CAMBRIDGE    UNIVERSITY TRI
    546.46
  
  
    4
    DAVE FRANCIS
    HARTLEPOOL TRI
    545.24
  
  
    5
    JOHN MANDERS
    HARTLEPOOL TRI
    537.42
  
  
    6
    THOMAS PEOPLES
    DERBY TRI
    526.66
  
  
    7
    ANDY COLLIER
    CAM. UNIV. TRI
    522.28
  
  
    8
    PAUL FREEMAN
    L&amp;amp;B
    502.04
  
  
    9
    LANCE CONWAY
    TRI LONDON
    499.92
  
  
    10
    RUTH BRADBROOK    (F)
    BRISTOL (BAD) TRI
    496.73
  
  
    11
    KEVIN LINEHAM
    TRI LONDON
    480.28
  
  
    12
    GRAHAM (JOE)    REYNOLDS
    COVENTRY TRI
    392.86
  


BEST  FOUR STANDARD DISTANCE COMPETITION


  
    POS
    NAME
    CLUB
    SCORE
  
  
    1
    STEVE    THOMPSON
    TRI    LONDON
    702.69
  
  
    2
    AMY    FORSHAW (F)
    TRI    LONDON
    625.32
  
  
    3
    CHARLOTTE CARRITT (F)
    TRI    LONDON
    592.49
  
  
    4
    OLIVIA    HETREED (F)
    TRI    LONDON
    565.47
  
  
    5
    TERRY    BROOKS
    DERBY    TRI
    526.78
  

DUATHLON COMPETITION  (3 x DUATHLON + 1 TRIATHLON)

  
    POS
    NAME
    CLUB
    SCORE
  
  
    1
    JAMES    RATCLIFFE
    BLACK    COUNTGRY TRI
    677.43
  
  
    2
    PAUL    ROGERS
    BLACK    COUNTRY TRI
    663.63
  
  
    3
    RICHARD    HAMILTON
    L&amp;amp;B
    657.21
  
  
    4
    DARREN    RIDDOUT
    DERBY    TRI
    620.49
  
  
    5
    KEVIN    ROBINSON
    CAMBRIDGE    CAMARO TRI
    380.88
  

AGE GROUP COMPETITIONS
40-49  years

  
    POS
    NAME
    CLUB
    SCORE
  
  
    1
    JOHN    MANDERS
    HARTLEPOOL    TRI
    692.94
  
  
    2
    PAUL    ROGERS
    BLACK    COUNTRY TRI
    663.63
  
  
    3
    PAUL    FREEMAN
    LEEDS    &amp;amp; BRADFORD
    658.42
  
  
    4
    LANCE    CONWAY
    TRI    LONDON
    652.84
  
  
    5
    KEVIN    LINEHAM
    TRI    LONDON
    620.98
  
  
    6
    OLIVIA    HETREED (F)
    TRI    LONDON
    565.47
  
  
    7
    TIM    ASHELFORD
    L    &amp;amp; B
    499.61
  
  
    8
    DAVE    WILSON
    HARTLEPOOL    TRI
    481.45
  
  
    9
    MARTYN    BRUNT
    BLACK    COUNTRY TRI
    347.77
  
  
    10
    CHRIS    KEMPTON
    L    &amp;amp; B
    305.8
  
  
    11
    IAN    KITCHING
    L    &amp;amp; B
    303.04
  
  
    12
    RAY    BRUNSBERG
    TRI    LONDON
    296.38
  
  
    13
    GORDON    DALGARNO
    L    &amp;amp; B
    290.1
  
  
    14
    GORDON    KENNEDY
    TRI    LONDON
    273.35
  

50-59  years

  
    POS
    NAME
    CLUB
    SCORE
  
  
    1
    STEVE    HOWES
    COVENTRY    TRI
    469.71
  

60-69 years

  
    POS
    NAME
    CLUB
    SCORE
  
  
    1
    TERRY    BROOKS
    DERBY    TRI
    516
  
  
    2
    GRAHAM (JOE) REYNOLDS
    COVENTRY    TRI
    392.86
  

70-79 years

  
    POS
    NAME
    CLUB
    SCORE
  
  
    1
    KEVIN    ROBINSON
    CAMBRIDGE    CAMARO TRI
    380.88
  
  
    2
    NIGEL    DIMMOCK
    COVENTRY    TRI
    367.94
  

NOVICES COMPETITION

  
    POS
     NAME 
     CLUB
        SCORE
  
  
    1
        ADAM COLLIER
     CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY TRI
     688.811
  
  
    2
     SIMON ROLFS
     DERBY TRI
     534.659
  
  
    3
        JENNY BROWN
        CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY    TRI
     260.062
  
  
    4
        TOM HODGSON
     CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY TRI
     123.723
  
]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[National League Update #4 2010]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_7754.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kevin Robinson reports in with his fourth update of the year from the UK National Triathlon   League.
If you have any queries or corrections on the scoring, please direct them to: kevinrobinson@cambridge2.freeserve.co.uk.

THE TEAM TABLE (Given below) 
The UK League has now completed its 17th  year. The current recession has had a slight effect on numbers, but new clubs  continue to be attracted, and competition and achievement continue at a high  level.
The results from the early part of the  season were not really unexpected. The Tri London Ladies, with a little help  from their male clubmates, were setting a good pace in the shorter events. Then  Stephen Lord and Jo Carritt, supported by Lance Conway and Kevin Lineham,  posted a very good result (512.219 points) at Lanzarote. But the first real domestic  pointer to how things might turn out came at the Bala Middle, where several  League teams were in contention. Derby Tri took the League honours at that  event, with Hartlepool Tri in second place, Leeds &amp;amp; Bradford Tri in third,  and Swindon Tri in fourth. Hartlepool Tri finished only 1.5 points behind Derby  Tri, both team scores being very close to 500 points.
Not long after that I received an e-mail  from a member of the Hartlepool Tri squad saying that he and another member of  the squad would not be contributing much to the Club&#039;s team scores in 2010 as  they were doing events not targeted by the squad. He said that the Club would  therefore not score so well in 2010 and that its real attempt on the League  Championship would come in 2011. At least as far as the 2010 season is  concerned I would say the prediction was not entirely correct. Soon after I  received that e-mail Hartlepool Tri scored 525.28 points at the Day in the  Lakes, and then 563.00 at Challenge Roth.
At this point Tri London were still leading  the League, mainly thanks to high scores contributed by Jo Carritt and Steve  Thompson, and the consistency of the Tri London Ladies, with a strong  contingent comprising Amy Forshaw, Lotte Carritt, and Olivia Hetreed. The  latter group&#039;s consistency throughout the season made an important contribution  to Tri London Ladies achieving their highest ever place, fifth  overall, in the final Team Table of the 2010 League.
  But whereas it is possible for a squad  doing mostly standard distance triathlons and short duathlons to lead the  League in the first half of the season, the balance tends to change in the mid-to-later months when the  longer-distance triathletes come into their own. It doesn&#039;t happen overnight of  course, or even in the space of a week, and for a while the balance will often  tip one way and then another. As the longer events become more available,  squads are not always able to manage team finishes, while those doing shorter  events can continue to score well. Jo Carritt was supported by Steve Thompson at  Ironman UK, but they lacked a third finisher, whereas at Bedford, Tri London and  Tri London Ladies had a good turnout, with the men (Adam Chadburn, Stephen  Hurley, and Steve Thompson) scoring 484.723, and the ladies (Amy Forshaw, Lotte  Carritt, and Olivia Hetreed) scoring 431.076.
But the balance was changing. L&amp;amp;B had  scored 522.002 at Cleveland Steelman (Richard Howarth, Paul Freeman, Chris Booker)  and then 511.040 (Richard Dunn, Richard Howarth, Tim Ashelford) at Ripon, and as  already mentioned, Hartlepool weighed in with 563 points at Roth. It was  however, as I anticipated, in August that things really changed. Derby Tri  opened their August account with 497.778 points at Blithfield (Mark Couldwell,  James Cresswell, and Simon Rolfs), then Thomas Peoples, Chris Nicoll, and Mark  Beighton scored 555.308 at the Outlaw, before the champions scored 574.468  points at Challenge Copenhagen and thus effectively put the result of the  League Championship beyond real doubt.
Of course, results could have been  different if, (but what a big &#039;if&#039; it is, haven&#039;t you heard it before), if Jo  Carritt and Steve Thompson had had a third finisher at Ironman UK, or if  Hartlepool had had a third finisher at Wensleydale, or at Ironman UK, or at  Helvellyn. But Championships in the UK League are not won by two-man teams, so  perhaps the correspondent I carefully didn&#039;t name earlier in this report wasn&#039;t  so mistaken after all, even though Hartlepool took an excellent second  place in the League table.
At this point there were nevertheless some  superb events to come in September, including the Edinburgh Duathlon, Budapest,  the Vitruvian, Zofingen, Helvellyn, the Bala Standard. One of these did produce  an interesting surprise, namely the result of the Cambridge University Tri Club  at the Vitruvian, where James Gill, Andy Collier, and Simon Gilbert earned  480.422 points, and surely gave some indication of even better results in the  future. If this result was promising, the Black Country result at the Bala  Standard was truly heartening. I mentioned earlier that Coventry Tri was once  one of the top UK League clubs; well, Black Country was even more than that,  being League Champions in four consecutive years. Some of their &#039;old firm&#039;  squad were there at the Bala event, led by James Ratcliffe, a former League  Champion of recent years, and by no means &#039;old firm&#039; himself. The Black Country  team scored no less than 502.856 points. Furthermore, rumour has it that  another Black Country member, who was League Champion several times, Paul  Mountford, will be returning to the fray next year.
A few words now on a couple of the late  scores and some of the mid-table teams. In Budapest, Steve Thompson, Amy  Forshaw, and Lotte Carritt scored a very creditable 492.663 points, with Olivia  Hetreed combining with Amy and Lotte to score 455.562 for the Tri London  Ladies. But both teams were beaten at Budapest by L&amp;amp;B who achieved their  best score of the season through Tim Ashelford, Roger Dunn, and Emily Dove, who  earned 515.321 points. This brought L&amp;amp;B&#039;s total for the season to 2027.792  and it might have been higher if the Club had had a third finisher at some  other events.
So far I haven&#039;t said much about Bristol  (BAD) Tri and Swindon Tri. Bristol were entirely new to the League this year  and entered a relatively small squad intended to test the water so to speak.  But some of those entered did participate and showed what they could do. Ruth  Bradbrook was the highest scorer in the Bristol group, with 496.739 points all  gained in the Endurance Competition. Julian Hatcher and Neil Williams were the  most prominent of the men, and they were supported by Katherine Broomhall and  Lisa Greenfield, but in general the Club needed more team finishes. 
The Swindon Tri Club, which entered a much  larger squad, were also somewhat restricted in their results because they  competed with a chosen restricted purpose of doing well as one Ironman event.  The Club did manage two team finishes for the main team, and one for the  ladies&#039; team, and if it competes with a broader focus in 2011 we can almost certainly  expect them to achieve a higher place in the Team Table.
Before passing on to the Individual Table  I&#039;ll just say a few words about Cambridge University Tri. I mentioned earlier  the problems Cambridge face with Spring and Summer competition. Nevertheless,  the Club did surprise me by having a good turnout (8 members) at the National  Sprint Championships, and then three members (Andy Collier, Simon Gilbert, and  Jenny Brown) at the more demanding Vitruvian where they managed a respectable  team score and so enabled the to finish in ninth place in the Team  Table.
All in all it has been a kind of  transitional season with new clubs coming in, but with the &#039;old firm&#039; of Derby Tri still in charge.  Hartlepool Tri were in second place for the second time in the last four  years, L&amp;amp;B were again consistently good, and finishing ahead of Tri London,  in spite of the scores of the top Londoners and the consistency of the Tri  London Ladies, who achieved their highest ever placing. Is there the beginning  of a trend here, and will the newer clubs, following Hartlepool Tri&#039;s example,  begin to erode of dominance of clubs like Tri London, L&amp;amp;B, even perhaps  Derby Tri? I can tell you that it won&#039;t happen without a fight! But we&#039;ll see,  and what I can tell you is that I&#039;ve already received some enquiries from  interesting clubs for 2011. But that&#039;s to get ahead of ourselves. Let&#039;s now  focus on the individual results, which are very interesting in the here and  now.
PROVISIONAL RESULTS: UK TRIATHLON/DUATHLON  LEAGUE 2010

  
    POS.
    CLUB
    POINTS
    EVENTS
  
  
    1 
    DERBY    TRI
    2119.98
    4
  
  
    2
    HARTLEPOOL    TRI 
    2045.70
    4
  
  
    3 
    LEEDS    &amp;amp; BRADFORD TRI 
    2027.79
    4
  
  
    4
    TRI LONDON
    1995.87
    4
  
  
    5
    TRI    LONDON LADIES
    1706.17
    4
  
  
    6
    SWINDON    TRI
    1063.13
    2
  
  
    7
    BRISTOL    (BAD) TRI
    953.24
    2
  
  
    8
    BLACK    COUNTRY TRI
    950.08
    2
  
  
    9
    CAMBRIDGE    UNIVERSITY TRI
    931.06
    2
  
  
    10
    SWINDON    TRI LADIES
    524.01
    1
  
  
    11
    COVENTRY    TRI
    475.73
    1
  
  
    12
    LEEDS    &amp;amp; BRADFORD LADIES
    447.94
    1
  

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS &amp;amp; TABLE (Given below)
First, and without further delay, I&#039;ll give  leaguers the news that I&#039;ve been holding back since I started writing this  report (how&#039;s that for self-control!)? For the first time in the seventeen year  history of the League a female leaguer has topped the Individual List! Yes,  it&#039;s our favourite lady (unless that is, you&#039;re part of the opposition), JO  CARRITT. Her total score was not a record (Stephen Lord won last year  with 808.16 points), but Jo&#039;s total of 773.241 (Lanzarote, Ironman France,  Wimbleball, and Ironman UK) put her almost twenty points clear of Tom Williams of  L&amp;amp;B, and more than two hundred points clear of Tom in the Endurance  Competition, in which Tom again placed second to her. In 2009, Jo  achieved a total of 742.52 points, which then earned her third place  behind Stephen Lord and second placed Mike Hall of Hartlepool Tri, and  again earned her third place behind Stephen and Mike in the Endurance  Competition with a total of 588.11 points. So in her first year as a  professional, Jo is clearly still improving. Congratulations to her, and long  may it continue.
Tom Williams has also had another really  good season, with excellent scores at Lanzarote the Bala Middle, the Outlaw, and Ripon, which  put him fifteen points clear of James Ratcliffe (Black Country Tri), a former  League Champion who showed a return to form to achieve third place  this year. Only five leaguers topped 700 points in 2010, whereas nine did so in  2009, when Tom Williams finished in ninth in the Individual List with  James Ratcliffe in 11th place. In 2009, Tom scored 708.60 points,  and James 686.37, so both these leaguers improved their scores this year with  Tom achieving 726.825 and James 711.477. The other two leaguers who passed the  truly excellent total of 700 points were Dave Francis of Hartlepool Tri with  708.302 points, and Steve Thompson of Tri London with 702.674 points.
Among those leaguers (see below) who are  perhaps moving towards the magic 700 were four ladies who were among the top  twenty in the Individual List. These were Amy Forshaw, with 626.824 points,  Naomi Warr, 616.615 points, Lotte Carritt, 592.493 points and Olivia Hetreed  561.678 points. Counted with Jo Carritt, these ladies comprised exactly 25% of  the top twenty, and as four of them compete for Tri London, it&#039;s easy to see why  Tri London Ladies have had their best ever year.
Details of the various other winners and  placing&#039;s will appear in the next and final report for the 2010 season, but in  the context of the Individual List it seems appropriate to mention here one  member of the Cambridge University Tri Club who has absolutely run away with  the Novices Competition &amp;ndash; Andy Collier, who amassed a total of 688.811 points!  What, I wonder, was Andy doing before he became a novice triathlete? Competing  in individual swimming, cycling, and running races? Andy finished just behind  John Manders of Hartlepool Tri and achieved seventh place overall, which  is amazing for a novice. Could this result be signalling the presence of a  future League Champion? Of course, the difference between a top ten place and  being League Champion is a very hard road to travel, but as is always the case,  time will tell and we&#039;ll see. That&#039;s one speculation which is appropriate here,  now here&#039;s another which is perhaps somewhat inappropriate. The World Ironman  Championships in Hawaii used to figure in the League List, but when our economy  got into trouble recently I removed the event from the list on the grounds that  it could given an important advantage at the end of the season to those who  could afford to travel so far; I said I would put it back in the list when  things at home improved. That may not be for some time. But some leaguers do  still make the journey. Jo Carritt was there again, in spite of the heavy  demands she had already made on herself this year, and so also did a member of  the Cambridge University Tri Club, Lucy Gossage. There were no League to be won  for either of these ladies, but both returned very good times. Lucy is not a  novice, but she had had a relatively easy season compared with Jo, and just as  we could be looking at someone who can sparkle in the League in Andy Collier,  so could we in Lucy Gossage. Once again, we&#039;ll see.
Time, as usual, is pressing, so just a few  concluding points. First, as established leaguers know, I never class those who  only finish one League-listed event &amp;ndash; two is the minimum. But this year there  were not only several leaguers who scored well with only two events, but also  several who scored very well with just one &amp;ndash; I&#039;ll just mention one of these, a  lady who competes for Swindon Tri, and who scored 200.983 points at the Swiss  Ironman. I could go on speculating like this for a long time, but I&#039;ll just say  that I hope we&#039;ll see more of Claire Smith, and Lucy Gossage, and Andy Collier  in the UK League.
Secondly, I shall be discussing age-group  winners, along with the top duathletes and novices in the final report, but how  can I possibly conclude remarks on the Individual List without referring to  those two outstanding 70+ members who competed in the League this year? I&#039;m  sure many of you will know who they are. They are of course Nigel Dimmock of  Black Country Tri and one Kevin Robinson of Cambridge Camaro Tri. It&#039;s not  easy, I&#039;m sure you appreciate, to compete at 70+. For some of us, getting out  of bed in the morning counts as training! Going up stairs counts as hill  climbing, and coming down as a technical descent. So I&#039;m delighted to be able  to report that I beat Nigel this year, although I had to do four events to do  it, whereas Nigel did only three, but I know he&#039;ll be out to put me in my place  next year!
Finally, yes, finally, one last point.  There is the &#039;honour&#039; of having to carry the red lantern. That task falls to  Bridget Virgo of Tri London. But Bridget shouldn&#039;t be abashed. I think she&#039;s  probably now a better competitor than Nigel and myself. She did only two  events, and if she had done four, or even three, would probably have beaten  both of us. So get your wheels spinning next year Bridget, and see what life is  like in the faster lane!
Kevin
PROVISIONAL INDIVIDUAL TABLE

  
    POS.
    NAME
    CLUB
    SCORE
    EVENTS
  
  
    1
    JOANNA    CARRITT IST LADY
    TRI    LONDON
    773.24
    4
  
  
    2
    TOM    WILLIAMS
    LEEDS    &amp;amp; BRADFORD TRI
    726.83
    4
  
  
    3
    JAMES    RATCLIFFE
    BLACK    COUNTRY TRI
    711.48
    4
  
  
    4
    DAVE    FRANCIS
    HARTLEPOOL    TRI
    708.30
    4
  
  
    5
    STEPHEN    THOMPSON
    TRI    LONDON
    702.67
    4
  
  
    6
    JOHN    MANDERS
    HARTLEPOOL    TRI
    692.97
    4
  
  
    7
    ANDY    COLLIER
    CAMBRIDGE    UNIVERSITY TRI
    688.81
    4
  
  
    8
    THOMAS    PEOPLES 
    DERBY    TRI
    688.17
    4
  
  
    9
    RICHARD    HOWARTH
    LEEDS    &amp;amp; BRADFORD TRI
    686.19
    4
  
  
    10
    PAUL    ROGERS
    BLACK    COUNTRY TRI
    663.63
    4
  
  
    11
    JAMIE    BRUNNING
    CAMBRIDGE    UNIVERSITY TRI
    663.46
    4
  
  
    12
    ADAM    CHADBURN
    TRI    LONDON
    659.44
    4
  
  
    13
    PAUL    FREEMAN
    LEEDS    &amp;amp; BRADFORD TRI
    658.41
    4
  
  
    14
    RICHARD    HAMILTON
    LEEDS    &amp;amp; BRADFORD TRI
    657.20
    4
  
  
    15
    AMY    FORSHAW 2ND LADY 
    TRI    LONDON
    639.76
    4
  
  
    16
    KEVIN    LINEHAM
    TRI LONDON
    620.98
    4
  
  
    17
    DARREN    RIDDOUT
    DERBY    TRI
    620.49
    4
  
  
    18
    NAOMI    WARR 3RD LADY
    DERBY    TRI
    616.62
    4
  
  
    19
    CHARLOTTE    CARRITT 4TH LADY
    TRI    LONDON
    592.49
    4
  
  
    20
    OLIVIA    HETREED 5TH LADY
    TRI    LONDON
    573.07
    4
  
  
    21
    DANNY EVANS
    DERBY    TRI
    549.43
    3
  
  
    22
    TERRY    BROOKS
    DERBY    TRI
    516.00
    4
  
  
    23
    CHRIS    NICOLL
    DERBY    TRI
    512.14
    3
  
  
    24
    STUART    CORDNER
    DERBY    TRI
    500.83
    3
  
  
    25
    TIM    ASHELFORD
    LEEDS    &amp;amp; BRADFORD TRI
    499.61
    3
  
  
    26
    RUTH    BRADBROOK 6TH LADY
    BRISTOL    (BAD) TRI
    496.73
    3
  
  
    27
    DAVID    WILSON
    HARTLEPOOL    TRI
    481.45
    3
  
  
    28
    STUART    EMERTON
    DERBY    TRI
    472.99
    3
  
  
    29
    DONNA    EDMONDSON-BOOKER 7TH LADY
    LEEDS    &amp;amp; BRADFORD TRI
    454.96
    3
  
  
    30
    THOMAS    SWIFT
    DERBY    TRI
    446.47
    3
  
  
    31
    SIMON    ROLFS
    DERBY    TRI
    403.07
    3
  
  
    32
    KEVIN    ROBINSON
    CAMBRIDGE    CAMARO TRI
    384.48
    4
  
  
    33
    JAMES    CRESSWELL
    DERBY    TRI
    379.45
    2
  
  
    34
    JUSTIN    ROBBINS
    BRISTOL    (BAD) TRI
    371.35
    2
  
  
    35
    JULIAN    HATCHER
    BRISTOL    (BAD) TRI
    368.44
    2
  
  
    36
    GARY    WILSON
    HARTLEPOOL    TRI
    362.00
    2
  
  
    37
    MATTHEW    NEWMAN
    BRISTOL    (BAD) TRI
    349.50
    2
  
  
    38
    MARTYN    BRUNT
    COVENTRY    TRI
    347.79
    2
  
  
    39
    ROZALYN McGINTY 8TH LADY
    TRI LONDON
    328.16
    2
  
  
    40
    MARK    COULDWELL
    DERBY    TRI
    324.42
    2
  
  
    41
    ALISTAIR    COOKE
    LEEDS    &amp;amp; BRADFORD TRI
    322.81
    2
  
  
    41
    JENNY    LATHAM 9TH LADY
    LEEDS    &amp;amp; BRADFORD TRI
    322.17
    2&amp;#8234;
  
  
    42
    LUCY    GOSSAGE 10TH LADY
    CAMBRIDGE    UNIVERSITY TRI
    319.00
    2
  
  
    43
    YOANN    BOURGEOIS 
    TRI    LONDON
    312.96
    2
  
  
    44
    NEIL    WILLIAMS
    BRISTOL    (BAD) TRI
    307.62
    2
  
  
    45
    CHRIS    KEMPTON
    LEEDS    &amp;amp; BRADFORD TRI
    303.04
    2
  
  
    46
    IAN    KITCHING
    LEEDS    &amp;amp; BRADFORD TRI
    303.04
    2
  
  
    47
    EDWARD    LEE
    CAMBRIDGE    UNIVERSITY TRI
    300.62
    2
  
  
    48
    RAY    BRUNSBERG 
    TRI    LONDON
    296.38
    2
  
  
    49
    LISA    GREENFIELD 11TH LADY
    BRISTOL    (BAD) TRI
    295.46
    2
  
  
    50
    SIMON    GILBERT
    CAMBRIDGE    UNIVERSITY TRI
    292.58
    2
  
  
    51
    GORDON    DALGARNO
    LEEDS    &amp;amp; BRADFORD TRI
    290.10
    2
  
  
    52
    KAREN    HALLAS 12TH LADY
    LEEDS    &amp;amp; BRADFORD TRI
    290.07
    2
  
  
    53
    ALISON    HARDIE 13TH LADY
    SWINDON    TRI
    282.18
    2
  
  
    54
    KATHERINE    BROOMHALL 14TH LADY 
    BRISTOL    (BAD) TRI
    274.69
    2
  
  
    55
    JENNY    BROWN 15TH LADY
    CAMBRIDGE    UNIVERSITY TRI
    260.06
    2
  
  
    56
    RICHARD    HAWKSWORTH
    DERBY    TRI
    259.36
    2
  
  
    57
    BRIDGET    VIRGO 16TH LADY
    TRI    LONDON
    248.52
    2
  

NOTES
ATHLETES WHO HAVE COMPLETED ONLY ONE  LEAGUE-LISTED EVENT IN THE 2010 SEASON HAVE NOT BEEN CLASSED.
PAUL McCROSSIN of Tri London may have  completed four events, but as he, or someone else, was entered in two of them as  Paul Martin, he has not, as yet, been classed. I have contacted Tri London  about this and an identity check is, I hope, in progress.
LANCE CONWAY of Tri London appears to have  completed four events, but his name has not appeared in the final results of one  of the events. I hope to publish the scores and placings for these two athletes  in my next report, which will also include details of scores and placings in  the various additional competitions.]]></description></item></channel></rss>
