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Ixworth Cycle Races 2012 - Close finish between Mark Westrup (Strada Sport) and Adam Ellis (Spalding CC) sprinting for the prime during the Masters race on May Day 2012.  Full results click here

Winner of the Invitation A Final - Graham Briggs

 

Open Water Swimming

 

Addendum to Open Water Information Sheet - We are having an additional trip to Fritton on Saturday June 2nd so we'll getting in one more swim before the Great Eastern. For further details please contact Mary Leaver.

 

Open water swim training resumes

On Saturday, 6 nervous swimmers tried their first Open Water Swim of the Season at Fritton Lake in preparation for the season and the Great Eastern on 16th June.


Leaving Ixworth at 07.05 in fair weather with a bit of sun on the journey down, arriving at the lake at 08.00.


The water was cold at 14.1º but everyone did their immersions slowly and adjusted to the water temperature during the swim.  The temperature did not put our two novices off who did 2 and 2.5 miles respectively.  One 3 miler and a 3.5 miler with a 5k run, and two 1 milers.

We enjoyed our usual celebratory coffee and buns picnicking by the lake side watching the swimmers enter and depart the water feeling very chuffed with our initial positive sortie. We arrived back at Ixworth at 12.00 noon, job accomplished.  We have one designated swim at Fritton before June 16th but are contemplating another one on Saturday 1st June.

dependant on demand. Please email Mary if you wish to come:

(leaver10@tiscali.co.uk)

 

Risby 10 10/5/12

Luckily the rain had stopped and 38 riders took part in the new Risby time trial course for this season with starts in Risby-Flemton-Lackford-Cavenham-Risby.

In 3rd place was Dale Sturman with a 20.36, 2nd was Paul Jay from Velovelocity.co.uk with a 20.08 and winning the event by 4seconds was Ben Mickleburgh also from velovelocity.co.uk.

 

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Triathlon England Eastern Region League

2012 is our club’s third season in triathlon and I think it’s time we really put the Wheelers well and truly on the Eastern Region map as competitors.  With that in mind I have collated all the races that make up the league for this season below along with the number of places left and the cost of each race.  Each event hyperlinks to the entry page on-line.  See below for details on how the league works.

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Wheelers on tour

To watch the tour video click here

 

 

Triathlon Race Results

Generally one of the first triathlons of the season, the East Coast Triathlon is a shorter pool based sprint triathlon which consists of a 250m swim, 16km cycle and 3km run.  Considering the awful weather we have had recently; Sunday morning in Great Yarmouth was sunny and made for a dry, albeit it slightly blustery, event.

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About the West Suffolk Wheelers
  • The West Suffolk Wheelers cycling club was formed in 1922 and is based in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. We have a good cross-section of cycling on offer to welcome new and experienced cyclists alike. If you wish to learn bike handling skills for on and/or off-road cycling our members have the knowledge and experience to teach you. The Club is proud of it's development work with young people, and we have coaches to guide new cyclists in their training. We are active in all areas of cycling including: Road Racing, Time Trials, Track Racing, Club Runs,Touring, Audax, Sportive, Mountain Biking and Cyclo-cross. Members also compete in triathlon competitions; the Club is recently affiliated to Triathlon England, and new triathlete members are welcomed

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