DarlingtonTri

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Many thanks to everyone who has signed up for the Teesdale Triathlon on Sunday September 18. Please note we have now reached our 150 entry limit.

Here are the maps for the course. The swim will be in the Teesdale Leisure Centre, with a single transition just outside in the car park. The route is well marshalled by friendly DTC volunteers. We can always use a few more so if a friend or family member watching a competitor would like to assist, please contact us. Instructions provided on the day.

cycle route

triathlon run course

Everyone’s looking forward to a great race at Barnard Castle on Sunday September 18 when we stage the ever-popular Teesdale Sprint Triathlon.

Don’t miss out on the chance to test yourself against a stunning backdrop of rolling hills and beautiful countryside. Book your place now for what promises to be a fantastic day.

Year by year, a third of the field are new to triathlon, so if you are planning to sample multi-sport for the first time, this is the event for you.

We start with a 400m pool swim at Teesdale Leisure Centre, followed by an 18-mile bike over the surrounding hills and finishing with a three-mile bike over an off-road course.

Our friendly marshals will be there to cheer you on and give you your goody bag at the end.

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We had a great time at our well-attended Christmas dinner and awards evening at Darlington Rugby Club. 

Congratulations to the following:

FEMALE TRIATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Michelle McTaggart

MALE TRIATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Colin Taylor

MOST IMPROVED TRIATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Michael Butler

CLUB SERVICE AWARD: Neil Smith

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS: Neil McLoughin (Ironman World Championships, Kona); Glenn Prosho and Dagger Dave (Arch to Arc).

Great to see club members doing so well at  our club race, the Teesdale Triathlon, with several tackling the event for the first time.  

We had another full entry list for this popular triathlon, with Race Organiser Brian making sure everything ran like clockwork.

Tom followed up from a strong race at Helvellyn to finish 11^th overall in a time of 1:22:21. Zoe was thrilled to get in the age-group prizes with 71^st place overall and a time of 1:41:38.

Jason H was another member well up the field, finishing 38^th in 1:34:06, and another new member, Mark S, finished a magnificent 20^th overall.

Also well done to David, who finished 89^th in 1:47:35.

It was also good to see race referee Vicky post a very complimentary report about the event and highlighting its excellent organisation.

Following another fantastically well supported and successful club race yesterday, we are now pleased to post the results. Congratulations to all 124 finishers!

Many congratulations to our new male and female club champions, Colin and Michelle, plus all our other members – senior and junior – who took part in a club record turnout at the Ripon Tri.

Colin has been flying all season. One of the fastest runners locally, he has worked really hard on the bike and swim and crossed the line at Ripon in the great time of 2 hrs 28 mins 31 secs.

And what can we say about Michelle? She’s battled back from two knee operations that would have floored less determined individuals and put in a fabulous performance in her comeback race to finish in 2:50:10.

We had 43 triathletes out on the course in the senior and junior individual races and relays, a fantastic turnout.

We can safely say we made our presence felt! Everyone really got into the spirit of things at the racecourse where the weather stayed perfect for camping.

And from the video we’ve seen posted on FB, it looks like we won the dance-off, too!