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Holmfirth Juniors head to the North East
On Saturday 17 th July several Juniors from Holmfirth Harriers travelled to Sunderland to take part in the Hetton Lyons Junior Triathlon. This event took place at the Hetton Country Park, a superb venue for triathlon. The attraction of the event for the juniors was the opportunity to swim in open water; this challenge coupled with a long run section made it a real test of endurance.
In the Tristar 2 girls race Lucy and Erica Byram competed in a large mixed field of both boys and girls. Both girls raced extremely well, coming through the field during the bike and run section. On the final lap of the run Lucy managed to up her pace and with a final sprint for the line just took third place with Erica coming through very strongly for 5 th.
Holmfirth were represented in the older Tristar 3 category by Lewis Byram, Lucy Farquhar and Sophie Williams. The course as with the younger age group was a real test of endurance, the swim and run considerably longer than other junior events. Lucy was first girl out of the swim, gained more time on the next competitor Bronwen Owen on the bike section and ran really strongly to finish in 1 st place girl with a lead of 30 seconds. Lewis Byram was down on the leaders of the boys race after the swim, he worked hard on the bike section and with a blistering run section finished in 3 rd place, with the fastest Tristar 3 run time. Sophie in her first experience of open water swimming found the swim section hard but battled through and finished strongly on the run 5 th girl overall.
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Mark competing at the ITU European Duathlon Championships in Nancy, France!!
Holmfirth Harrier's First Junior Triathlon, 11th July 2010
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Holmfirth Senior Triathletes in Action in Ripon
Three Senior Holmfirth Athletes were also in action at the weekend competing in the Ripon Triathlon. This event, the largest triathlon in Yorkshire takes place annually based at Ripon Race course and incorporates the National Police Triathlon Championship. Holmfirth John Levick, competing for West Yorkshire Police finished in 24th position overall out of a field of 700 in a time of 2.18.23, 5th in the Over 40 age group and 4th in the police championship, a fantastic race for him. Kath Farquhar also raced well, coming home 3rd female and winning the Over 40 female age category in a time of 2.28.23. Andrew Kerry still recovering from the Half Ironman distance race he had completed the weekend before finished strongly in a time of 2.35.05.
Junior and Youth Series Results 2010
Wonderful Results for Juniors at Wakefield
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With the Holmfirth Harriers Junior Triathlon only two weeks away junior Triathletes from Holmfirth tested themselves at the weekend at the Wakefield event and achieved some stunning results. With wins for Holmfirth athletes in 4 of the age groups and many other medal winners besides the club maintained it’s excellent record and reputation for junior triathlon in Yorkshire. Triathlon is a hard sport to master, with an awful lot to remember as you race from one discipline to the next and on Sunday there were excellent performances from all of our juniors especially some who have only taken up the sport this year and for whom Sunday was the first triathlon in which they had competed.
Thomas Ford, who competed in the youngest age group – Tristart for 7 and 8 year olds had a great race in only his 2 nd triathlon. Amy Kettlewell finished in 5 th spot in Tristar 1 girls – 9 and 10 year olds in her 1 st ever triathlon and Daniel Howatson and, Jack Ford, like Amy Tristar 1s completed the race, 1 st race for Daniel and the 2 nd triathlon for Jack. In the Tristar 2 age group for 11 and 12 year olds Joseph Dendle completed the race, his 2 nd triathlon. We look forward to these and other Holmfirth athletes competing on home turf next weekend in the Holmfirth Triathlon.
The competition was as usual hot at the sharp end of all age group races, Wakefield Triathlon was the 5 th race in this year’s Yorkshire and Humberside series and points gained in this race were crucial to the final standings. Holmfirth’s athletes achieved some great results across the age groups
In Tri star 1 girls Sunnivah Waterman achieved a clear victory. In the boys race Tiras Waterman finished 2 nd and Nicky Farquhar 3 rd , Tiras only missing out on 1 st place by 2 seconds in spite of having swam 2 extra lengths in the pool! The tri star 2 race was also hard fought Lucy Byram finishing 2 nd and sister Erica 4 th this time. In the boys race Ben Dickinson finished an excellent 4 th.
Harmonie Waterman once again looked totally imperious in the Tristar 3 girls race, first out the pool by some margin, Harmonie went on to post both the fastest bike and run times and demonstrated once again why she was last year’s British Champion. Lucy Farquhar on the back foot after the swim – after having swum 2 extra lengths- managed to regain ground lost on the rest of the field and finished in 2 nd place behind Harmonie. Lewis Byram once again dominated the Tri-star 3 boys age group – coming from behind after the swim but posting the fasted bike and run times of the day also managed a comfortable victory. In the Youth girls race – completed at the hottest time of the day – Emily Harris finished 1 st.
In total 23 junior athletes from Holmfirth competed on Sunday across the age groups – full results will be available as soon as they have been published by Wakefield Junior Triathlon Club. Many thanks to all you juniors for taking part and competing so hard. The club is very proud of you.
I you are interested in getting involved in triathlon and would like to know more about what is involved why not visit our website: www.holmfirthharriers.com and click on triathlon.
Success for Junior Harriers at Leeds Aquathlon
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The Leeds Aquathlon, the third events in this year’s Yorkshire and Humberside Junior Triathlon series and took place on Sunday 9 th May at Leeds Grammar School. The popular oversubscribed events attracts junior triathletes from the whole of Yorkshire and provides tough competition in most age groups. Holmfirth’s Triathlon Section has been growing steadily over the past few seasons and this event saw a fantastic turnout of 30 junior Harriers, several competing for the first time in a multi-discipline event.
Holmfirth provided winners in 4 of the age-group categories and 4 further medallists. The Waterman family took home 3 gold medals, Tiras Waterman winner in the Tri-Star 1 boys (9& 10 year olds), Seth winner in Tri-Star 2 boys (11 & 12 year olds) and Harmonie in Tri-star 3 girls (13 & 14 year olds). Lewis Byram finished winner of the Tri-Star 3 boys rounding off the Holmfirth gold medallists. Other Harriers on the podium were Amy Kettlewell second in the Tri-Star 1 girls , this Amy’s first ever multi-discipline race, Lucy Farquhar second in Tri-Star 3 girls, Nicky Farquhar 3 rd Tri-Star 1 boy and Rebecca Addy 3 rd Youth girl (15 & 16 year olds).
The standard of competition at this event is high as it attracts many of the best swimmers from the region. The Holmfirth athletes all showed great determination, enthusiasm and team spirit and were a credit to the club.
Full Holmfirth Results:
Tri-Star 1 Girls
2 Amy Kettlewell 9.22
7 Sunnivah Waterman 9.55
8 Libby Shepherd 10.11
13 Corrine Smith 11.02
14 Isobel Drake 11.10
Tri-Star 1 Boys
1 Tiras Waterman 8.28
3 Nicky Farquhar 8.52
7 Fionn Kerry 9.28
11 Jack Scholes 9.47
18 Jack Ford 10.26
22 Joel Page 10.48
Tri- Star 2 Girls
5 Olivia Sykes 12.24
6 Erica Byram 12.25
7 Lucy Byram 12.40
16 Daisy Hinchcliffe 14.28
Tri-Star 2 Boys
1 Seth Waterman 10.15
6 Andrew Farquhar 12.26
7 Ben Dickinson 12.35
9 Isaac Shepherd 13.23
10 Joe Williams 13.25
13 Shea Kerry 14.02
Tri- Star 3 Girls
1 Harmonie Waterman 17.10
2 Lucy Farquhar 18.31
6 Amira Mellor 19.58
9 Ruby Sykes 20.42
13 Sophie Williams 24.23
Tri – Star 3 boys
1 Lewis Byram 17.42
5 Eddie Hinchcliffe 19.11
Youth girls
3 Rebecca Addy 19.52
7 Emily Harris 21.50
British Elite Duathlon Championships
The British Elite Duathlon Championships took place on Sunday 28 th March with the top British athletes competing for podium places. The field of 34 athletes included all the usual suspects including Tim Don and Will Clark who have dominated Triathlon in the UK and around the world. Included in the line up for the first time was our very own Mark Buckingham.
After an excellent start to his running already this year Mark continued his success here against the best GB has to offer. With less than 30 seconds separating the top positions Mark finished in Bronze position (57:03) behind Will Clark 2 nd (56:36) and Tim Don 1 st (56:34).
Junior "Fun" Duathlon, at Neiley, Friday 2nd April, 3pm Prompt! Followed by "Bush Tucker Trials"
Juniors
2 run laps of field / 15 minutes cycle or 5 miles if you have a computer / 1 run lap
Adults
5 run laps / 10 mile Turbo / 2 run laps
Results
| Lap 1 | Bike | Lap 2 | Total | 2009 time | |
| Kate | 4.19.00 | 15.00.00 | 4.34.00 | 23.53.00 | |
| Libby | 7.38.00 | 15.00.00 | 3.30.00 | 26.08.00 | |
| Issac | 6.57.00 | 15.00.00 | 3.22.00 | 25.19.00 | |
| Finn | 6.42.00 | 15.00.00 | 3.18.00 | 25.00.00 | 25.56.00 |
| Erica | 6.24.00 | 15.00.00 | 3.18.00 | 24.42.00 | 26.21.00 |
| Sophie | 7.20.00 | 15.00.00 | 3.14.00 | 25.34.00 | |
| Lucy B | 6.20.00 | 15.00.00 | 3.10.00 | 24.30.00 | 25.59.00 |
| Jack | 7.11.00 | 15.00.00 | 3.24.00 | 25.35.00 | |
| Shea | 7.28.00 | 15.00.00 | 3.36.00 | 26.04.00 | |
| Joe | 6.52.00 | 15.00.00 | 3.19.00 | 25.11.00 | |
| Ben | 6.11.00 | 15.00.00 | 3.05.00 | 24.16.00 | |
| Lewis | 5.37.00 | 21.37.00 | 24.02.00 | ||
| Ruby | 6.02.00 | 15.00.00 | 3.02.00 | 24.04.00 | 24.39.00 |
| Lucy F | 6.04.00 | 15.00.00 | 3.21.00 | 24.25.00 | |
| Andrew | 6.09.00 | 15.00.00 | 3.07.00 | 24.16.00 | |
| Nicky | 6.43.00 | 15.00.00 | 3.12.00 | 24.55.00 |
Holmfirth Harriers Junior Duathlon 21st March 2010
Yorkshire & Humberside Triathlon Series Results 2009
Harmonie takes GB Crown!!
Report from the British Triathlon Inter Regional Championships here
National Team Relays 2009
Triathlon secretary
