Open Water Swim Training with Triathlon England

Some swimmers may be interested to know that Triathlon England are organising two open water swim training days at the National Water sports centre in Nottingham. 

The details are as follows:
 
Two open water swim training sessions per day one for Novices and one for Intermediates looking to improve their skills.  
 
There is also an opportunity for coaches who are looking at developing their Open Water Coaching Skills to shadow on these sessions as a CPD opportunity. 
 
These events will be led by Swim Smooth coaches so will be of a high standard.
  
Triathlon England Open Water Training Days
 
Provider: Swim Smooth
Venue: National Water Sports Centre, Holme Peirrepont, Nottingham NG12 2LU
Dates: Saturday 29th June and Saturday 10th August 2013.
Ability Level: Novice and Intermediate
Cost: £15
 
Other Info: Qualified Level 2 Coaches can shadow these sessions to gain Open Water coaching experience.  A maximum of 10 per day on a first come first served basis.
 
Links for entry are:
 
Nottingham, National Water Sports Centre, Open Water Swim Training 29th June 2013
Nottingham, National Water Sports Centre, Open Water Swim Training 10th August 2013

Volunteers please for Open Water Registration & Observers

Open Water swimming started on Wednesday 8th May 2013 and as in previous years, we all take turns with open water registration and observing the swimmers.

Open Water Sessions will be held on Wednesday evenings 6.30pm to 7.30pm and on Saturday’s 0930 to 1130am.

We need two people per open water session. One to register the swimmers in, to brief new to open water swimmers and to register the swimmers out following their swim.  The second role is keeping an eye on the swimmers during the sessions – alert to anyone in any difficulty.

Ideally and this has worked well in the past, registrars and observers are replaced during the open water session with other MVH members who have already enjoyed their swim.  In this way everyone has the opportunity to swim.

Please can you forward your name to Warren Simms (email: warren.simms@btinternet.com) with an estimate of your availability/dates to support MVH open water swim sessions.

Many thanks

Results – Ashbourne Duathlon 20th April MVH

As Jonny Fitton describes – the Ashbourne duathlon is a toughy!

The MVH Results are as follows:

Ashbourne Duathlon Total Time

Position in Age Group

14km Run

40km Cycle

4km run

Ben Starbuck 2:34:24

5

51:17

1:24:44

16:36

Jonny Fitton 2:35:15

4

55:01

1:20:42

17:16

Mark Harrison 2:47:36

13

58:20

1:27:10

18:17

Sam Moseley 2:53:25

16

1:03:48

1:26:55

19:12

Victoria Yeomans 4:00:23

3

1:14:38

2:12:49

27:13