NewsBite – March 2019

Club Committee Meeting Minutes – March 2019
16/03/2019
Club Committee Meeting Minutes – April 2019
24/04/2019

NewsBite – March 2019

The Triathlon season is yet to kick off but that didn’t stop the club pre-season activities this month!
March highlights included the Chester 10k, Borders League rounds 5 and 6, The Cheshire Cat, Oulton Park Duathlon and Brynkinalt Trail run… and on top of all this a number of club runs and bike activities also took place.
It looks like it’s shaping up to be a another great year for the club, good luck with the training and remember to keep everyone updated on the Wrecsam Tri Members Facebook page.

We’re always after new ideas so if you have any club or event news that you’d like included in a future edition please get in touch through the facebook members page or email wrecsamtriclub@gmail.com

Wrecsam Tri Coaching – A Message from Bill

Over the last 6 months the club has increased its resource in terms of coaching experience and expertise. This will give much needed support to the established coaches who have served the club selflessly over many years.

Whilst the regular club sessions of track on a Wednesday evening and swimming at Gwyn Evans on Thursday evening are well established, we hope to now develop more sessions both formal and informal.

As club members this is your resource, so please feel free to tap into it and contact any of the coaches for help or advice on your triathlon journey.
New or potential members can also contact us at any time for an introductory chat or meet.

Coaching in respect of the bike is very difficult for safety and insurance reasons, hence why there is no regular bike session. However, we do now have a bike lead in the shape of Wilf Goodfellow and along with other coaches and members we have regular NON COACHED rides of varying distances, climbs etc. Most of these will include a cafe stop (they certainly will if I’m on it ?) and chatting between members on these sessions can be a goldmine of tips, advice and shared experiences, regarding not only the bike, but everything triathlon.

We also have a run lead, Frances Owen who, again, along with other coaches and members will be hosting a variety of on and off road runs for all abilities. Keep an eye out on the Members Facebook page for these sessions and if there is anything else that you would like to see, let us know and if we can arrange or facilitate we will.

As we get more into summer we hope to put on some formal coaching sessions involving transitions and also brick sessions – watch this space.

Finally by way of introduction here’s the current coaching and lead staff:

Good Luck with your training and up future events. Keep the race reports and photo’s coming.

Bill Crawshaw – Head Coach

Last Call for Volunteers
April 28th

We still need volunteers for Chirk Tri – a  variety of roles are available from poolside lane counting to marshalling the bike and run courses. If you can help out or know someone outside the club who may be interested please contact Derrick Batty (remember there’s a goody bag and free lunch included !)
battybatg@gmail.com

Club Kit

The bobble hats are on the way – thanks to those who reserved one via Facebook.
If you need any club kit or have any ideas for new gear please contact Rob Pullen.

robpullen@hotmail.com

Upcoming EventsThis season we’d like to support our local events and get as many club members attending as possible. There will be discounts and more importantly extra points for the league table !

Borders League
#7 19:30, 24 Apr 2019: staged by Prestatyn RC, Ffrith

Fibrax Wrexham Roads Club Time Trial
Starts on the 23/04/2019 and runs every Tuesday night with the first rider setting off from 7pm.
The course is 8.6 miles and can be found on the public Wrecsam Tri Facebook page under events.
For more information on other local time trails check out the link below.
https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/find-events

Chirk Tri – 28th April
Visit chirktri.org.uk 

Ruthin Tri – 5th May
£10 discount for Wrecsam Tri + £10 refund from club
Our Events – Ruthin TriStarswww.ruthintristars.org

Alderford (Ultimate Triathlon) – 2nd June
15% discount with the code ******
Visit uktriathlon.co.uk for more info on the event

Photo of the Month
Keith Billington on top of the world !
Congratulations Keith -a great combination of club attire, fantastic scenery and enthusiasm !
Your prize will be with you soon.
Other StuffDon’t forget to post all your event activities on the Facebook page especially if you want to take part in the Club League. This will be updated throughout the season and encourages a bit of friendly competition within the club.

This year we also have a Strava hill climb challenge which is open to all members and balances the scoring by age group – so it’s a ‘level’ playing field for all !
https://www.strava.com/clubs/wrecsam-tri-club…

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