News

All club sessions are cancelled on Monday 6th of May and Monday 27th May due to Bank Holidays.

Moss Side Tuesday evening turbo and S&C Circuits sessions finish today 30th April for the summer and will return in the autumn.

Monday Morning Stretford spin sessions will finish on Monday May 20th, again returning late autumn.
Friday Evening Strefford spin sessions will continue until the end of June.

Open to all abilities, for members and non-members alike. If you want to get the best out of your first races this is the day for you http://www.man-tri-club.org.uk/Training/events-2/novice-day/

All sessions are cancelled over the Easter Weekend, to confirm that means no sessions on following days Friday 29th, Saturday 30th, Sun 31st March and , Monday 1st April.

We are pleased to announce that Boundary Breeze 2013 will be held on Sunday 21st July and entries are now open. See the Boundary Breeze page for details and online entry.

All Club training sessions from Monday 24th December to Tuesday 1st January inclusive are cancelled. The normal training programme starts up again on Wednesday 2nd January. Have a good Christmas everyone.

The Manchester Triathlon Club AGM will take place on Monday 3rd December, 7pm at Longford Park and it would be great to see as many members as possible there. There will be no training sessions on the day of the AGM.

The Agenda is now available.

Congratulations to our race winners today Hamish Shaw and Dominique Searle, here are the provisional results. We hope to see you all again next year.

Due to Australian Olympic and Brazilian Paralympic training camps taking place at the Manchester Aquatics Centre there are a few changes to MTC sessions. Have a look at the training calendar for all the latest details. Here's a summary at the moment:

• Cancelled: Sun 15th July, Mon 20th August, Mon 27th August
• Change of Start Time: Mon 16th July and Mon 23rd July 20:30-22:00
• Change of Lanes (2x50m instead of 4x25m): Mon 16th, 23rd and 30th July

Just a reminder that this Saturday's morning swim (21st April) at Moss Side Leisure Centre will take place at the changed time of 7:30-8:30am - this is to accommodate the annual Novice Training Day.

The club have partnered with Royles to bring our new triathlon race kit into store! The kit looks fantastic and from early inspection is excellent quality as well, made by the well known brand from the ITU scene, Champion System. And the best bit - you can try before you buy! Just head over to the Royles tri store in Wilmslow high street. For the range of kit available and the prices see the Royles website.

The 2nd annual Man Tri vs Trafford Metro swim gala takes place on Saturday 18th Feb at Sale Leisure Centre. If you've not entered yet, why not? Full details and entry form can be found here.

The club will be having a week off over christmas and NY with all coached sessions cancelled. So there will be no training from Saturday 24th December through till Monday 2nd January. Training wil return to normal from Tuesday 3rd January.

Due to the public sector strike our morning swim session at Moss Side on Wed 30th Nov (tomorrow) has had to be cancelled. Apologies for the late notice but we only received confirmation today.

Run and S&C sessions at Longford Park are still on as these are privately run facilities.

The agenda for the AGM is now available. The AGM is next Monday 5th December, 6:30 for 7pm at Longford Park and it would be great to see as many members as possible there.

We have just found out that due to a Water Polo Training Camp the swim sessions at Manchester Aquatics Centre on Monday 21st November (today) and Thursday 24th November have been cancelled.

For anyone wanting to get into the pain cave remember that the new mega-turbo is on Tuesday evenings at Moss Side leisure centre, 6:30 to 9pm, starting tomorrow (1st November). Running in parallel with this 8-9pm is the circuit training session

The new Monday morning spin sessions begin on October 31st at Stretford Leisure Centre.

The session starts at 6.30am, but because the centre isn't officially open at this time, please make sure you are waiting outside main reception at 6.25am. We will be let in at 6.30am, but then there is unlikely to be access until 7am when the centre officially opens.

Jason from Sweatshop in Hyde has been in touch to let us know that Man Tri running vests are back in stock.

The results from tonight's fifth and final aquathlon are now available.

The results for the latest aquathlon (race 4) are now available. We have also been sent a link to some great photos of the event, courtesy of Dave Marshall.

The last Turbo/Spin/Watt Bike Session will take place this Fri 29th July 19.30-21.00 at Stretford. The session will restart again in November. Thanks to Tony Jolly for coaching these.

Thanks to everyone who raced today and we hope you enjoyed your day. We were certainly lucky with the weather this year! Provisional results are now available, as are photos courtesy of Sport Sunday.

Are now available to download.

Thanks to everyone who supported our 2nd junior triathlon at Knutsford, it was great to see so many children completing a triathlon for the first time. Results and photos (courtesy of Sportsunday Event Photography Ltd) are now available.

Fast racing tonight with both men's and women's course records falling to Paul Savage (26:20) and Georgia Taylor-Brown (28:39) respectively. Check out the full results here.

On May 29th the British Sprint Championships were held at the 'Speedy Beaver Triathlon'.   In a race which is World's and Euro's qualifier Joe Skipper had an impressve race finishing second behind Richard Sumpter.  Well done on the Silver medal Joe.

The 8:30-9:30pm swim session at the Aquatics centre on Thursday 26th May has had to be cancelled due to the Paralympic World Cup; apologies for the short notice but we have only just been informed.

Also, a reminder that all sessions on Monday 30th May are cancelled as it is a Bank Holiday.

Due to issues with finding a suitable space we will have to cancel the poolside S&C work done on a Thursday evening from 20.00-20.30. This will apply immediately. The main issue is the changeover of the pool from 25 to 50m and the need to lay out the lane ropes along the area where the session would best be held. Instead the lead coach will be on pool side 10mins before the start of the session to deliver some mobility work to prepare members for the session. As this can be done stood up space will not be such an issue.

To accomodate the Novice Swim this Saturday (7th May), the seniors swim session will be between 7.30 and 8.30.  The Novice Day session will be 8.30 to 9.30 and the Juniors 9.30-10.30 as usual.

In the London Marathon on a hot and diifficult day, where many struggled, Pete Rogers lowered the Men's 40-44 record to  

2.49.57, beating the previous record held by Paul Schofield by just over 4 minutes.

Full running recordsRun

The latest edition of the Man Tri newsletter is now available for download. Thanks to Alan for putting it together and all the contributors.

MTC Novice day will take place on May 7th, at Moss Side and Longford Park.  Its for non members as well as members - full details here Novice Day - May 2011

If you have friends or family who are thinking of getting involved this is a great way of introducing them to the sport.....

Due to the National Swimming Champs taking place at the Manchester Aquatics Centre the following MTC sessions have been cancelled

• Thur 3rd March
• Sun 6th March
• Mon 7th March
• Thur 10th March

We could do with a few more people to help with putting on the duathlon this Sunday. If you can help out please see the forum thread.

Beginning tonight there will be an additional MTC run group at the Longford Park Wednesday night track session.  See this forum post for more details:

http://www.man-tri-club.org.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=4633

Due to venue closures over the Christmas and NY period all club sessions between Friday 24th December and Monday 3rd January have been cancelled. Things will return to normal from Tuesday 4th January:

• http://www.man-tri-club.org.uk/Training/calendar/

If you have some free time over the holiday period get on the forum and arrange some informal sessions.

The minutes of last week's AGM are now available. Thanks to everyone who came along on the night.

Tomorrow's cycling session at Tameside circuit has been cancelled due to snow and ice on the track.

Just a quick reminder that it is the Club's AGM tonight, 7pm at Longford Park. Please come along if you can. Because of this ALL training sessions tonight have been cancelled.

Due to the 3rd Manchester Area XC League match at Boggart Hole Clough (and the bad weather), there will be no Saturday morning hill session or Saturday afternoon bike skills session.

This year's club AGM will be held on Monday 6th December 2010, at 7pm at Longford Park Running Track. All Manchester Triathlon club's members are cordially invited to attend and to help plan for the 2011 season.

ALL CLUB TRAINING SESSIONS ON THE 6TH DECEMBER HAVE BEEN CANCELLED TO ALLOW ALL MEMBERS AND COACHES THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND.

The Agenda for the AGM is now available.

Steve Clayton is running the first bike maintenance workshop for the 2010/11 season. The workshop is for members only, to teach you everything you need to know to ride safely and effectively on the open road. All the details are on the . Numbers are limiting to 12 so if you are an MTC member and want to attend just reply to this thread on the forum.

The latest edition of the Man Tri newsletter is now available. Featuring ultramarathon, ironman and wild swimming reports, injury advice for triathletes, Rob Harvey's thoughts on triathlon competition and a look into the triathlon archives with Dave Leak.

This Saturday's run will be at Bruntwood Park, Cheadle and will be led by . We will be running on an XC-esque course so perfect to try out your spikes. Full details available over on the forum.

The next block of cycling skills sessions starts this Saturday 3pm at Wythenshawe Park; further details can be found on the web page.

Voting for the 2010 Member of the Year is now open here. The winner will be announced at the end of season party next Saturday, along with those for Performance of the Year and Novice/Improver of the Year.

Due to the first match of the Manchester Area XC League being tomorrow (Sat 23rd) afternoon there will be no hill run session in the morning, or bike skills session in the afternoon. The calendar is up-to-date.

Stretford Leisure Centre have temporary use of two WATT bikes http://wattbike.com/, with the potential for it to become a more long standing agreement. We are planning on running a short taster session on Friday 24th September at 7.30-9 (i.e. normal spin class time). More information on the forum.

Good luck to all Man Tri members competing at the World Age-Group Champs, Budapest. They include Roger Barnes, Ed Farnell, Paul Savage, Owen Mitchell, Rob Arnold, Duncan Hill, Dee McCarthy, Pauline Griffin.

Confirmed results for Boundary Breeze 2010 are now available. Thanks to all competitors and we hope you had an enjoyable day.

The results from yesterday's British Aquathlon Championships (Age Groups D+) are now available. We hope everyone had a good race and enjoyed their time in Salford.

Updated: Race report is now available on tri247.com

After some great performances last weekend by MTC members at Shropshire, Liverpool and A Day in the Lakes, it's off to Ireland for the European Champs. Alongside the elite races a number of MTC members will be looking for age group glory. We'll bring you more news once we have it. The sprint races are on the saturday and the standard distance on the sunday.

The latest issue of the Man Tri newsletter is now available. Thanks to newsletter editor Alan for putting together another excellent read - remember to send him your articles for the next edition newsletter@man-tri-club.org.uk

The last spin session at Stretford will take place on Friday 25th June from 19.30-21.00. Thanks to Tony Jolly for doing a great job on this one. The swim will continue as normal. The spin session will be back in October/November once the sun has left us again and the season is over.

It was a perfect evening for racing last night and the results are now available; weel done to all competitors. There is also a race report over at tri247.com

On Sun 16th May Man Tri Juniors Raffi Quirke and Xavier O'Hare came 1st and 2nd in the 1.5km Manchester Mini-Run which formed part of the Bupa Great Manchester Run.  Click here to go to Junior News.

I've just been informed that due to the Paralympic World Cup Swimming event being held at the Manchester Aquatics Centre on Sunday 30th May our club session has been cancelled.

As Monday 31st May is a Bank Holiday, then all club sessions will be cancelled.  This includes the run at longford park (7-8pm), swim at Moss Side (7-8pm) and swim at Aquatics (8-9.30pm)

If you would like to come along to the Velodrome session this Monday, please add your name, height and if you need to hire a bike to the forum thread.

There are still plenty of places left, so get your name down ASAP if you're interested as I need to confirm numbers by Sunday evening. Don't forget you may invite guests too if you like.

A number of MTC Junior members have been selected by British Cycling to take part in the Tuesday Evening track racing at the Velodrome.  To find out more on the Junior news page

I forgot to mention that last Tuesday was the final turbo session at Moss Side until November. As the nighs are lighter and there are plenty of local time time trials in full swing then it's time to get outside! Thanks to Andy Fardon for coaching this one and the session will be back again next year. For anyone who has left their turbo in the store at the end of the missile hall, please go and collect them next time you are at the centre.

Just a reminder that as this Monday 3rd May is a Bank Holiday all MTC sessions will be cancelled. That means there will be no track session at Longford Park, Swim session at Moss Side or swim session at Manchester Aquatics.

The latest edition of the newsletter has just been published, read it here. Remember that the newsletter needs your stories, photos and articles, please send these to the editor Alan Ward at newsletter@man-tri-club.org.uk

Due to the Novice Training Day this Saturday 17th April there will be a couple of changes to the usual training programme. The senior swim at Moss Side will be from 07.30-08.30 (1 hour only). The Novice Day participants will then be in the pool from 08.30-09.30. The Juniors will be in the pool from 09.30-10.30.

If you are interested in running for the Greater Manchester team at the Inter County Fell Running Champs then have a look at the following forum post for more details: CLICK HERE

As there is still ice on the course this Sunday's winter training duathlon has been cancelled.

We have been informed that Moss Side Leisure Centre will not be open for the 6:30am swim session tomorrow (7th Jan) so the session is cancelled.

The minutes of the 2009 Manchester Triathlon Club AGM are now available for download.

Manchester Council are reporting that Moss SIde Leisure Centre is currently closed because of the snow, therefore tonight's swim and turbo/circuits sessions are cancelled.

Membership to Manchester Triathlon Club for 2010 is now available; existing members wishing to renew should go here (login required) and new members wishing to join should go here.

We've just heard that Moss Side Leisure Centre has closed early today due to the weather; so no swim, turbo or circuits tonight unfortunately.

Man Tri has been nominated for Club of the Year in the 220 Triathlon annual awards! Not only that, but also Boundary Breeze for Event of the Year (less than 500 participants) and Rob Harvey for Coach of the Year. So please get those votes in!

Please order your Bronze training vouchers by Thursday 17th December as I will be away for Christmas and won't be able to process any vouchers after that till Tuesday 29th December. Also, don't forget to expect delays due to the Christmas post.

Man Tri Juniors clean up at Clayton Vale Cyclo-Cross! Six of our juniors recently took part in the first round of the Manchester Go-Ride cyclocross race series... more

All coached club session will be cancelled from Thur 24th December till Friday 1st January.  The programme will return to normal from Sat 2nd January.  The training calendar has been updated to show this. Check the forum for group bike rides or informal training sessions between these dates.

The first of the series of winter taining duathlons takes place on Sunday 29th November, and it is not too late to either take part or help out on the day. Please see the forum thread for more details.

Are you Coaching for the club or thinking of volunteering at a training session or event? Would you know what to do if an accident occurred? Well make a new years resolution and learn...... Back in May 2009 we organised a one day first aid course for MTC members and coaches. It went really well so we have arranged a second for Saturday 9th January 2010.

We are always looking to hear from people interested in coaching / volunteering for the club and at times we have  available to assist people with the cost of coach education courses.  At the moment we have 2 x 50% subsidies for British Cycling Level 2 coaching qualifications courtesy of Manchester City Council.  Find out more on the Subsidy page out our website -  or by emailing clubcoach@man-tri-club.org.uk

Just a quick explanation for the cancellation of the Monday evening swim session at Moss Side 19.00-20.00 on Mon 9th November.  There was a power failure at the centre that lead to half of the pool water draining away.  The whole centre was closed meaning that our session was cancelled.  Unfortunately they didn't let me know in enough time to tell members not to go along. Moss Side managed to fix things in time for the Tuesday AM session.

THE SESSION WILL THEREFORE BE ON AS NORMAL THIS COMING WEEK SO GET DOWN THERE AND DO SOME SWIMMING.

The new S&C circuit and Turbo Session at Moss Side on a Tuesday evening (20.00-21.15) is proving popular which is great.  However due to the size of the room we will have to put a cap on numbers at 30 on a first come first served basis. If we start getting more than 30 turning up I will look at the possibility of a larger room.

The annual MTC Christmas party will be held on Friday 4th December at Longford Park, 7:30pm til midnight. Tickets cost £6 and include a hot buffet and a DJ - our very own Mr Dean Frost! To get your ticket please visit the club shop.

It's like Christmas has come early! All members who joined before 1st October will shortly be receiving a retail voucher from Royles. Why? All is explained here.

With the nights getting darker then why not keep up your cycling fitness indoors at one of the clubs turbo training sessions. The friday evening session at Stretford began last month. From Tuesday 3rd November we will start the session at Moss Side from 20.00-21.15 in the DANCE STUDIO (not the Missile Hall as in previous years) and will be coached by Andy Fardon.

In addition we will also be running a circuit based Strength & Conditioning Session alongside the turbo again in the DANCE STUDIO. Experienced coach and personal trainer Nick Thomas will be leading the session that will focus on strength endurance, injury prevention, posture, flexibility and balance.

As with all MTC sessions these will continue as long as there is demand so don't delay, get involved today...... (well from next Tuesday!).

We have secured a new swim session each Monday evening at Moss Side Leisure Centre 19.00-20.00. The session begins from this Monday 2nd November and will contiune as long as there is demand. We have all 6 lanes and there will be 2 coaches at the session. The previous session at the Aquatics on a Monday night from 19.00-20.00 was popular and we received a lot of comments asking for it to continue so please support this new session.

THIS SESSION IS NOW FULL.  ADD YOUR NAME TO THE RESERVE LIST OR LOOK OUT FOR THE NEXT ONE THAT WILL BE COMING SOON

Steve Clayton is running a bike maintenance workshop for members to teach you everything you need to know to ride safely and effectively on the open road. If the workshop goes well we'll look to run some more. All the details are on the training section of the website:

Please can all members attempt to turn up on time for sessions.  This is a particular problem at the Saturday morning swim session. Clearly there are times when this isn't possible to get to a session on time due to work commitment but this should be the case on a Saturday morning.  If members arrive after 10 minutes into the session the coach is entitled to refuse entry.

For all you mud lovers... if you are interested in taking part in any or all of the Manchester Cross-Country 09/10 Series (5 races from Oct to Feb) please register for this and England Athletics Affiliation (09/10 season) if you haven't already, before 5th October. Available for all ages U11-Vets... more...

We will be organising a training camp to Club La Santa, Lanzarote between 21-28 Jan 2010. Information about the trip is available on the website in the training section . There is also a thread on the club forum for any questions - CLICK HERE

Places are limited and for the best price it's essential you book soon so don't delay. It will be great!

Just a reminder that the swim session downstairs at the Aquatics finished on the 14th September as scheduled. This is because the university swim team is now back and using it for training. Unfortunately there is no other time/space available at the Aquatics however we will be looking for an alternative venue should demand require. Thanks to the coaches Tracie and Dean for doing a great job.

 

The swim sessions upstairs from 8.00 - 9.30pm continues as normal.

Congratulations and good luck to MTC member Aimee Backhouse who has been selected to represent GB at the European qualifier (Man Menor, Spain 26/27 Sept) for the 2010 Youth Olympics, to be held in Singapore. This is the first ever youth Olympics, where young athletes of 14 to 18 years old will compete in 26 sports.

Just a quick reminder that as this Monday is a Bank Holiday all training sessions (the two Aquatics swims plus the tracksession at Longford Park). are cancelled.

Well the team has successfully completed the Super Six challenge in a mere 58 hours! Congratulations to all:

• Elise Welch
• Kate Gallop
• Debs Tout
• Anna Tayler
• Katie Winter
• Catie Smith

You can read their full report on the Super Six website: www.thesupersix.co.uk. And of course there is still time to sponsor them.

A big thanks to MTC member Richard Symons for giving up his time to fix the broken lane ropes at Moss Side Leisure Centre. He did this off his own back due to the lack of any progress by Moss Side and in 4 hours sorted what the centre staff haven't been able to do in 8 weeks!

Could all members please take EXTRA CARE when swimming at Moss Side and avoid leaning on the lane ropes, not even if you're totally exhausted at the end of one of Karen's sets, not event for a second.  Thanks in advance.

A nervous but excited group of Man Tri members set off on their Super Six Challenge this Friday morning at 4am, kicking up with a climb up Ben Nevis.  More information about this charity challenge can be found on our website here: http://man-tri-club.org.uk/Racing/challenges/

Or by visiting the Super Six's very own site: www.thesupersix.co.uk

Don't forget to show your support by sponsoring them!

Unfortunately the Junior Bike Session (11.30-13.30 at St Johns Primary School, Chorlton) this coming Saturday (22/08/09) has had to be cancelled. The swim session at Moss Side (09.30-10.30) is on as normal.

We have just been informed that due to essential maintenance work the new swim session in the training pool at the Manchester Aquatics Centre on Monday 3rd August 19.00-20.00 will have to be cancelled.  The training calendar  has been updated to reflect this.

The session in the upstairs competition pool is not affected and will take place as usual.

Good news, the final three aquathlons from the original series are officially BACK ON! The dates are 30th July, 13th and 27th August. It would be great if as many people as possible could support these races to help make them a success! Full details on the Aquathlons page, including online entry.

This friday will be the last spin/tubo session at Stretford until the winter.  The new start date is scheduled for the beginning of November but may be brought forward to October.  This session has been very popular over the last few months due to the availability of spin bikes for those without turbos and we will be looking to find ways to provide more sessions like this.

Due to both the LEN European Nations Women's Water Polo Trophy and the visit from the Australian National Swim Team the following session dates at the Manchester Aquatics centre will be cancelled:

• 06.07.09 - Core + Swim: Monday 19.30-21.30
• 09.07.09 - Core + Swim: Thursday 20.00-21.30
• 16.07.09 - Core + Swim: Thursday 20.00-21.30
• 19.07.09 - Swim: Sunday 18.30-19.30
• 20.07.09 - Swim + Core: Monday 19.30-21.30

The latest issue of the Man Tri newsletter is now available for download. The copy deadline for the next issue is 20th June, and as we are now well into race season there should be no shortage of articles!

Apologies for the short notice but we have just heard from the MAC that Sunday's swim is canceled - this is due to their hosting of the Paralympic World Cup. Also, just a reminder that the Monday swim is also off as it is a Bank Holiday. more...

Whilst the main Sprint distance event at Boundary Breeze 2009 is now full we are still taking entries for the Youth Supersprint, for 15-16 year olds (BTF age group A). more...

Just a reminder that the training sessions on the upcoming Bank Holidays - 4th May, 25th May, 31st Aug - are all cancelled.

The itinerary for the Training Weekend - 8-10 May in Great Hucklow, Peak District - has now been finalized with the swim at Hathersage pool being moved to Saturday evening. There are just 7 places remaining on the weekend so get them while they're hot. more...

As we head into the racing season, Sunday 26th April is officially the last of the organised group rides from Didsbury. Saying that, members usually continue to ride on an informal basis using the "Training Hook-ups" section of the forum to arrange rides and routes. more....

Due to the Novice Training Day on Saturday the Moss Side swim has been shifted to 7:30-8:30am. So make sure you set your alarm clocks!

Unfortunately due to a prior booking in the missile hall (our original booking was due to finish at the end of March) there will be no turbo session at Moss Side this evening. Sorry for the late notice. However on a more positive note we have extended this session due to popular demand until the end of April with the option to carry on into May if demand continues. more....

All MTC training sessions on Fri 10th, Sun 12th and Mon 13th are canceled due to the Easter holidays. Both the Moss Side Swim and the Brick/Transition Session at Longford Park on Saturday 11th will be on as usual. more...

Calling all members. With the season already underway it's time to get your legs ready for running off the bike and your transition skills up to scratch. Beginning this Saturday and running only for April and May we will be running a series of brick sessions and transition skill sessions side by side down at Longford Park. more...

A Man Tri Junior Section (still part of the main club) will be formed with regular sessions planned in all three disciplines. The sessions are aimed at kids who are 8 (on 31/12/09) through to 13. The first weekly session to start will be a track session at Longford Park, Stretford commencing Wednesday 1st April 6.30pm more...

As we are affiliated to England Athletics we can enter teams in the Northern Men's 12 stage and Women's 6 stage road relays to be held on Sunday 5th April at Woodbank Park, Stockport. Closing date for entries is next Friday 20 March 09 so if you are interested get on it. more...