New club swim session at Ladybridge school starts Thu 2nd March 7pm

A slot has became vacant on Thu evenings at Ladybridge pool so we have booked it for a weekly session 7 pm to 8.15 pm. It will be coached by Mark, Nick, Faye or Steve Jackson. It will be part of the standing order scheme for club members. For pay as you go members the session fee will be £4. The address is Ladybridge School, New York, Junction Road, Bolton, BL3 4NG

The session is aimed at competent front crawl swimmers i.e. able to swim 200m front crawl comfortably without a break. Minimum age is 14.

The last Friday swim session at Turton Sports Centre will be on Friday 10th March. 

NW junior and senior series events 2017

NW junior series ages 8 to 16 on 31/12/17

The first two events in the North West junior series are coming up. Anyone can enter, you do not need to be a Triathlon England member. Besides the standard age group distances, there are shorter distance races which your child might prefer if they are new to triahlon. The full series of events can be viewed at https://www.britishtriathlon.org/north-west/juniors/north-west-junior-series/2017-junior-series-tri-stars-events and there is a link from our club website under the events tab. At the end of the season there are trophies for the first five boys and girls in each age group but you will need to join Triathlon England before 1st July to be eligible. The first two events are

Salt Ayre Duathlon in Lancaster Sunday 12th March 11 to 3pm. Go to https://www.entrycentral.com/Salt-Ayre-Duathlon-2017 to enter

Closing date is midnight on Sunday 5th March - no late entries accepted.

Wirral Aquathon in Merseyside Sunday 19th March 12.45pm. Go to https://merseytri.niftyentries.com/Wirral-Aquathlon-2017 to enter

Closing date is midnight Thu 16th March 

NW junior series ages 17 to 19 on 31/12/17

This is a mixture of junior and adult events. It can be viewed at https://www.britishtriathlon.org/north-west/juniors/north-west-junior-series/2017-junior-series-youth-events. It also includes the above two events. You need to register with the series organiser paul.ekgren@sky.com to be included in the series

NW Senior Championship Races and NW Club League

The championship events and events that will count towards the club league have been published and can be seen at https://www.britishtriathlon.org/north-west/news/north-west-senior-series-events-released_6845

Track session time trial results Jan 2017

Here are the times from the time trial session at Bolton Arena. Please note these sessions start at 7pm now. We do the same time trials once a month and these are published on the blog so you can scroll back to see your improvements.

Wed 25th Jan Feb 4 x 1k with 3min rest
Name	#1	#2	#3	#4
George W.	3:54	3:55	4:05	3:52
Elizabeth C.	4:43	4:25	4:26	4:19
Fiona M.	5:25	5:13	5:19	5:22
Sam A.	6:08	5:57	5:58	6:04
Liz W.	4:53	4:49	4:51	4:46
Libby M.	5:33	5:30	5:53	5:28
Jasmine H.	4:37	4:27	4:37	4:40
Lee G.	3:34	3:45	3:44	3:44
Jimmy F.	4:53	4:52	4:57	4:45
George B.	3:43	3:05	x	x
Ann B.	5:15	5:09	5:00	5:35
Nina C	5:09	5:02	5:00	5:08
Aiden K	4:21	4:25	4:51	x
Carl J.	4:04	4:07	4:14	4:10
Simon B.	3:43	3:47	3:45	3:36
Andy H.	4:09	4:26	4:37	4:28
Patrick M.	4:28	4:18	4:14	4:28
Chris M.	3:33	3:34	3:35	3:33
James C.	3:46	4:01	4:06	4:06
Stuart C.	4:09	4:09	4:11	4:11
Erica B.	3:48	3:49	3:50	3:52
Sam M.	4:01	4:06	4:09	4:21