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Welcome to Soll Vale Tridents Triathlon a Junior Triathlon Club located in the Swindon area. Formed on 20th October 2007 and already have a history of making training FUN!
If you like the idea of competing in the ultimate sporting challenge then triathlon could be just the thing for you. Triathlon is a combination of swimming, running and cycling and there are shorter distance races for the younger ones out there.
Zoe Sheehan's (Tristar 2) first event of the season at Colehill, finishing 3rd 20 seconds behind the winner. Well done ZS.
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AGE GROUPS In triathlon, there are different age groups in which individual athletes will compete. Race groups are as follows
Triathlon which involves swim, bike & run:
Trigroup Age Swim Cycle Grass Cycle Tarmac Rum Tristar Start 8 Yrs 50m 800m 1.5km 600m Tristar 1 9-10 Yrs 150m 2km 4km 1.2km Tristar 2 11-12 Yrs 200m 4km 6km 1.8km Tristar 3 13-14 Yrs 300m 6km 8km 2.4km Tristar Youth 15-16 Yrs 400m 7km 9km 3.0km
A few star jumps to warm up with!
Duathlon which involves run, bike & run.
| Trigroup | Age | Run | Cycle Grass | Cycle Tarmac | Rum |
| Tristar Start | 8 Yrs | 400m | 800m | 1.5km | 200m |
| Tristar 1 | 9-10 Yrs | 1.2km | 2km | 4km | 400m |
| Tristar 2 | 11-12 Yrs | 1.6km | 4km | 6km | 600m |
| Tristar 3 | 13-14 Yrs | 2km | 6km | 8km | 800m |
| Tristar Youth | 15-16 Yrs | 2.5km | 6km | 9km | 1000m |
Organised chaos in transition!
Aquathlon which involves swim & run.
| Trigroup | Age | Swim | Run | ||
| Tristar Start | 8 Yrs | 50m | 600m | ||
| Tristar 1 | 9-10 Yrs | 150m | 1.5km | ||
| Tristar 2 | 11-12 Yrs | 250m | 2km | ||
| Tristar 3 | 13-14 Yrs | 400m | 3km | ||
| Tristar Youth | 15-16 Yrs | 400m | 4km |
(The following are maximum race distances): Age as of 31st December 2007. Example: John is 8 at the moment but will be 9 in August so he will be in Tristar 1!
A few key facts about Vale Tridents Triathlon Club:
History - formed in October 2007 and is the only Junior Triathlon Club which offers a professional approach to improve the overall techniques and fitness of the athletes across all 3 disciplines with a big emphasis on FUN!
We run 3 events per year of which more details can be found under events:
Duathlon TBC
Aquathlon TBC
Triathlon TBC
SEE EVENTS AND FOLLOW THE LINK.
As a club we are constantly checking our own progress by completeing time trials which can be found under Results.
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Top Triathlete Roll of Honour
2008
2007 - Zoe Sheehan (For winning the Tristar One category in the SW Series 2007.)
April 2008 - Jonty Whittington (Continued hard work, well done Jonty.)
May 2008 - Jasper Webb (Enthusiasm towards training and hard working)
July 2008 - Archie Scott (Two first places at Swindon & Faringdon)
August 2008 - Bethan, Fraser , Ben & Zoe (South West series)
September 2008 - Arrchie & Katie Scott (Clean sweeping the trophies)
October 2008 - All those in Bucklands School. (For doing so well in school events especially running)
November 2008 -
December 2008 -
Triathlete of the year voted by club members and coaches for 2008........
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NEWSFLASH !!!!!!! !!!!!! NEWSFLASH !!!!!!
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19 October 2008 - Swindon Junior Duathlon
It was always on the cards when you looked at the competitors list for this one that Vale Tridents would take almost all of the silver home. The weather was as expected 'COLD' but this did not deter those who took place. Results in brief below, final results to follow:
TRISTAR-STARTS MIXED - 1st Archie Scott - 3rd Katie Scott
TRISTAR ONES - GIRLS - Ellie Zimmer 5th
TRISTAR TWO GIRLS - 1st Zoe Sheehan - 3rd Megan Zimmer
5th Rachel Parry
TRISTAR TWO BOYS - 1st Toby Bellerby - 2nd Barnarby Vogt
TRISTAR THREE GIRLS - 9th Lauren Smith (Full report from Laurens father explaining why Laurens bike set up wasn't as it should of been, however it did sound sweet after lap 2000)
Well done everybody who took part, you all did fantastically well. The atmosphere from the Vale corner was also fantastic, well done all the spectators.
Official results to follow but don't hold your breath!!!!!!
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12 October 2008 - Not many triathletes turned out for the Swindon FUN RUN but those that did ran their socks off. Well done to the following: Times to follow, Swindon Advertiser Weds 15th October
KATIE SCOTT
Rachel Parry
Megan Parry
Ben Knight
Megan Zimmer
Ellie Zimmer
My lasting memory and unfortunately I never had my camera was the Parry family all tucking into a well earned Hot Dog each smoothered in tomato sauce with onions. Nice one guys and well deserved............
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29 September 2008 - Application form for Swindon Junior Duathlon now available on the events page.
Newsletter Autumn 2008 now uploaded CLICK HERE
7 September 2008 - It was always going to be touch and go after the weather we have had recently, but a decision at 0545hrs was made to change from a Tri to a Aquathlon due to the going under tyres! The race kicked off at 1100hrs and more trophies were hauled in by athletes at the club. Read below for a quick report or go to results for the complete listings.
The Scotts made a clean sweep in the TriStar Start Category.
Zoe Sheehan pulls in a cool second in 13 mins 42 seconds.
TriStar 2 Male. Thomas Ruddle 11 min 32 secs and Toby Bellerby 13min 01 secs 1st and 2nd respectively.
Bethan Murphy Hand grabs 1st spot in the TriStar 3 Female category in 16 min 58 secs.
A massive thanks to The Zimmers for all the hard work on the stall raising 78.34 for club funds.
WELL DONE TO ALL THE TRIATHLETES.
THANKYOU TO ALL THE VOLUNTEER HELPERS, WITHOUT YOU IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN.
A SPECIAL THANKYOU TO ANDY C FOR HANDLING THE PRESSURE SO CALMLY......
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11 August 2008 - After a hard season competing in the South West series Zoe Sheehan has been selected to compete in the IRC's. Well done Zoe, do yourself proud. All of your fellow athletes wish you well...
WELL DONE to all the athletes competing in the series so far this year, positions so far are listed below:
T2 Male - Fraser Murphy Hand - 4th
T2 Female - Zoe Sheehan - 3rd
T3 Female - Bethan Murphy Hand - 7th
Hopefully next year we will have a few more club members racing around the counties.
TRIATHLON 7th SEPTEMBER 2008. Download the application form for the next event. Entry Form Click Me
VOLUNTEERS URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR THE NEXT EVENT 7 SEPT. CONTACT DAVE ZIMMER: headcoach@valetridents.co.uk
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27 July 2008 - Aquathlon goes off in blazing heat. Click on the link below or go to the results page for the latest results. Vale tridents once again pull in a host of trophies.
Well done to all the club members, a big thanks to the volunteers, 25 pounds made on the cake stand thanks to Jayne Cowie.
>>>>>>>>>>HAVE A GOOD SUMMER BREAK>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
20 July 2008 - Tridents pull in a host of prizes in Swindon. Check out the race results on the race page to see who tops the tables...........
Well done to Archie (1st), Wilf (2nd), Olivia, Becky (2nd), Zoe (1st), Bethan (1st), Fraser (3rd), Klara, Mikaela, Megan.
Pictures at www.sportsroundabout.co.uk
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