Jean Ashley

Sunshine in Shrewsbury for 2021!

September 8, 2021 Jean Ashley

Great to be back at in Shrewsbury for the 8th Shrewsbury Quadrathon, it was cancelled due to Covid in 2020, but this year with some covid restrictions in place SYTRI were determined to give us a great event …. and that they certainly did! The weather this year was perfect, as always the race was brilliantly organized and the atmosphere buzzing, though for many of us it was back to racing for the first time since ‘Covid lockdown’ so a some apprehension on the start line, but with plenty of smiley friendly quadrathletes offering reassurance the nerves were soon gone!

The racing was good with PB’s and personnel triumphs from many first time Quadrathletes! There were 3 waves this year as wave numbers were reduced due to Covid restrictions first off Open and Vet 40, then Vet 50, 60 and 70 and then all the Ladies together.

Race Organizer & Competitor Phil, a great effort and very happy to be over the finish line!

In the men’s race Steve King dominated from the start, producing the fastest splits across the board, (1.29.30) he finished 5 mins ahead of Ryan Sneddon (1.34.24) who was in the same wave. Nigel Unwin in the 2nd wave was just beaten into 3rd place by 3 seconds (1.34.27) it certainly would of been a very close race if they had been racing in the same wave! Alexander Williamson came 4th (1.38.48) followed by BQA member and Race organizer Phil Holden (1.39.14) a brilliant effort by Phil who had been up to his eyes in organizing and making sure everything was in place for race day!

We had an excellent turnout of Male BQA Members and it was so good to see so many BQA trisuits on the course, it was certainly noted by onlookers who were very impressed by the fact we were doing 4 disciplines instead of 3!

Sadly due to Covid there was no prize giving, just the top 3 in Male and Female. But having said that everyone was rewarded with a great celebratory 10 year Anniversary Technical T-shirt and beautiful medal, a really nice touch to celebrate this excellent event, I shall certainly be wearing mine with pride!

Male Winners and Congratulations to our BQA Members.

1st Steve King Vet 40 (1.29.30)
2nd Ryan Sneddon Open (1.34.24)
3rd Nigel Unwin Vet 50 (1.34.27)

BQA Members
5th Phil Holden Vet 50 (1.39.14)
6th Pete Tindall Vet 40 (1.40.06)
7th Nicholas Farnell Vet 60 (1.40.46)
9th Peter Chappill Vet 60 (1.46.13)
11th Wayne Smith Vet 50 (1.48.02)
12th Lance Ball Vet 50 (1.49.21)
13th Andrew Lawson Vet 60 (1.52.44)
15th John Kavanagh Vet 60 (1.53.38)
18th Jeff Chappill Vet 50 (1.55.56)
24th John MacLeod Vet 70 (2.08.34)
25th David Jones Vet 60 (2.09.50)

Female Winners and Congratulations to our BQA Members.

1st Natalie Abbott Vet 60 (1.49.17)
2nd Helen Adams Vet 50 (1.50.03)
3rd Jean Ashley Vet 60 (1.51.08)

BQA Members
4th Liz Dawson Vet 50 (1.51.43)
6th Mary White Vet 70 (1.57.44)
9th Margaret Huyton Vet 70 (2.07.07)
11th Donna Chappill Vet 50 (2.12.07)
13th Caz Jones Vet 50 (2.22.23)

There were some fantastic performances from all of the women, strong racing from the age groupers and plenty of big smiles and positive feedback too! We also had lots of great efforts from all our BQA Members, a total of 20 racing at Shrewsbury! Great to see them flying the flag for us … Thank-you! The BQA really appreciate your support and valuable membership!

If we had a ‘Team Trophy’ it would of been presented to the ‘GIRLS, from MADCC a fine crew of 6 …. a huge well done to Natalie Abbott, Liz Dawson, Nicola Hamerton and Heike Chapman – inspired by our forever young ’70 year old twins’ Mary and Margaret!

However after the race, we did present the ‘BQA Eric Hattliff Memorial Trophy’ to Mary & Margaret this is given to an athlete showing his/her enthusiasm and commitment to the sport of Quadrathlon. Both Mary and Margaret have been doing Quads for many years now and along the way inspiring many people to give racing a try. During the past 2 years, they have been encouraging their team of ladies at Macclesfield Canoe Club to take part in several of our races, all of them love the camaraderie of the quad training and racing! So a big thanks to Mary and Margaret who will no doubt continue to inspire us for many more years.

On behalf of the BQA I would like to say a huge thank-you to Shrewsbury Triathlon/Quadrathlon Team of organisers, Shrewsbury C.C. marshals, helpers and family members for letting us, once again be part of your Triathlon Event – Be Very Proud of your great race and here’s to the next 10 years!

Full Results Shrewsbury Sprint Quad 2021

The Awesome Foursome is back!

August 19, 2021 Jean Ashley

Bude is back and entries are open for this Awesome Foursome Quadrathlon on Saturday 11th September! A fantastic event in this beautiful seaside town on the Cornwall Coast. Every September since 2002 Simon Hammond and his Team from ‘Shorelineactivities’ run the Awesome Foursome Quadrathlon, an extreme multi-sport race for individuals, pairs and relay teams to enter. This is an established event in the British and European Quadrathlon calendar regularly being a World Cup ranking event or the European Short Course Championships.

The race makes the very most of Bude’s geography and features. The open water swim takes place within the shelter of Bude’s breakwater. The cycle ride includes some amazing coastal hills (including the 1 in 3 climb at Millook). The kayak leg takes place on the tranquil Bude canal. And the final run follows the canal towpath onto the coastal path and back to Bude. The fastest athletes will take around 3 hours to complete the course with most finished within 4 hours.

Entries must be received in advance. You can do this by going to our website and downloading an application form and following the instructions or by using our On-Line entry system.

shorelineactivities.co.uk/foursome.quadrathlon.event

The event starts with an 800 m sea swim, a double loop within Summerleaze bay, protected by the breakwater. Next a 30 km cycle following the coast road to Widemouth, Wanson Mouth and Millook before meeting the A39 at Wainhouse Corner and returning to Bude. Then a 10 km Kayak paddle, which is a double loop of the Bude canal. And finally a 10 km run along the canal towpath to Helebridge, following the marked footpath across the fields to Widemouth and returning to Bude via the coastal path. The course has stayed the same since we first ran it in 2002.

Guarantied to be a fantastic weekend away …. not forgetting those Cornish Pasties and Cream Teas to replenish the muscles afterwards!

Deva Divas Shine Again!

July 23, 2021 Jean Ashley

My Forever Smiling Deva Divas Kayak Course!

With Covid Restrictions and so much uncertainty regarding regulations we were unsure how the Deva Divas Ladies Races would go this year. The 12 week Kayak course which I organize pre-race, had been full, we had some cancellations, but we managed an excellent 9 weeks with all 7 Girls doing very well and paddling K1 race Kayaks beautifully on Race Day, which was so rewarding!

A massive thank-you must go to our Race director ‘Sally Napthen’ and Chester Tri Race Organizing Team who held it all together working hard with all the Covid Rules and Restrictions! Also to everyone who prepared the race venue, course, safety, technical teams, all marshals across 4 disciplines, cake makers, commentators, and the list goes on and on!

Our Deva Divas Festival, was a real up lifter to many of us and athletes too, and having 3 races in our ‘Ladies Festival’ it proved to be a Great Success this year … The Triathlon, The Quadrathlon and now the popular Aqua Bike. There were a few missing due to covid self-isolation, we managed 31 finishers but sadly no hugs allowed on the Finish Line. All those Divas showed determination and dedication, not to forget the camaraderie as you supported your fellow competitors throughout the race.

We couldn’t have this race without the competitors, so thank-you to all you Deva Quadrathletes for giving it your all, you pushed hard, smiled all the way, you were amazing, and make our race so very special. It means so much to Sally Napthen and myself, when we see those Big Smiles throughout the race we know it’s been another memorable Day! I have had so many lovely messages from you all, it’s been a great pleasure and an honor to be part of YOUR journey, I am so proud of you all …..

Everyone who took part in the Quadrathlon was a Winner; I know plenty of you had your own dreams and goals which you all blew away on Race Day! Never the less at the front end there was some excellent racing going on and leaders changed several times. Elizabeth Midding was first out of the swim, followed close by Gillian Melia, Elizabeth kept her lead in the kayak but was chased down by (previous winner 2018) Jenny Illidge. After a strong bike leg Adele Blakeborough, (also previous 2019 winner) came into transition in first place, with several other contenders close behind ….. so it was all down to who had the strongest run? Eleanor Young with very fresh legs started to chase them all down and eventually moved into first place, a great effort for this first time Quadrathlete, she also had her Mum Judith competing too!

Jules and Lo – True Camaraderie to the end!

Sadly due to Covid there were no presentations on the Podium, but all the Winners have received ‘Tri Girl Vouchers’ thanks to them for the ongoing support. As always in Quadrathlon we LOVE to share out the prizes so if you were in the top 3, the age group prizes are rolled down to the next person ….. Congratulations to you all!

A Proud ‘Fairy Quadmother’ Jean XX

#TheseGirlsCertainlyCan!

RESULTS – Winners Podium

Overall

1^st Eleanor Young (Senior) 2.01.59

2^nd Adele Blakeborough (Vet 40) 2.03.36

3^rd Sallie Joseph (Vet 40) 2.05.09

Age Groups

16-21 Hermione Ball 2.29.03

Under 23 Ella Johnson 2.21.54

Senior 23-39 Jenny Ilidge (Roledown) 2.06.20

Vet 40 Elizabeth Middling (Roledown) 2.06.10

Vet 50 Gillian Melia 2.09.09

Vet 60 Nicola Hamerton 2.11.13

Vet 70 Mary White 2.13.31

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Official Film 2021 Worthy of an Oscar!

The Long Awaited first GB Quad post Covid ‘Brigg Bomber 2021’

June 7, 2021 Jean Ashley

The BQA would like to say ‘A huge thank you to Lincsquad for all the hard work they put into getting this race to take place, it was certainly challenging with so many restrictions having to be enforced. Throughout the planning there was always a possibility of a last minute cancellation, but despite this being in the back of everyone’s mind the Lincsquad Committee pulled out all the stops ‘in true Lincsquad Style‘ and everyone had a fantastic day!

I have been sent 2 great Race Reports, from 2 of our ever supportive BQA Members, thanks to John Kavanagh and Peter Chappill.

John’s Report: It was lovely to be back racing again and renewing friendships between competitors that have not been able to meet up for over a year.

Brigg in Lincolnshire is the usual venue for the opening race of the GBR season. This year it was also a World Cup race, although under the current circumstances no overseas athletes were able to take part. Because the race numbers were expected to be lower than usual, the organisers (Lincsquad) added a triathlon to the quad, which doubled the number of entries. The other changes imposed by the COVID conditions were to reduce the swim distance from 1500m to 800m as many would have had little opportunity for swim training; the bike route (32km) was changed to a single lap but slightly shorter than the 2 laps of recent years; the 7km kayak route was unchanged from last year; and the 10km run route was changed to a single out and back lap, avoiding the town centre.

The start was staggered, with two athletes going off at 30s intervals. The start order was determined by predicted swim times with fastest setting off first. In the Men’s race Steve Clark and Mark Walsh were closely matched in the swim with Michael Mason over a minute behind. Mark was fastest in the bike leg, but Steve had lost some time while Michael moved up into second. The kayak section was decisive, Michael was fastest by far and built up a 6 minute advantage, Steve had closed the gap on Mark and was only 30 second behind. Michael extended his lead on the run, while Steve moved up into second place.

Ladies Winner (forever smiling) Sallie Joseph

In the Women’s race, the lead was similarly exchanged during the course of the event. Sallie Joseph and Helen Adams set off together on the swim. Helen came out in first place by over a minute, while Helen Bainbridge, who started much later, was second Lady swimmer. Thereafter, the battle for to top place was between Sallie and Helen Adams. Sallie was almost 2 minutes ahead after the bike but Helen Adams was much faster on the kayak and established a 10 minute lead. A super run from Sallie allowed her to regain first place which she held onto by the small margin of 14 seconds.

The race was held in wonderful weather and Lincsquad put on a very well run event. Their marshals, as ever were terrific, efficient, friendly and encouraging. Many thanks to the organisers for putting the event on, especially under the current circumstance where COVID rules and advice are changing so frequently and unpredictably.

Pete’s Report: The Bomber 2021 – New Beginnings. We took some time to think of those who could not be with us.

The priority is to thank all those people involved in the behind the scenes of all events. If you have only ever taken part then this year set aside some time working with those who spend many hours ensuring that the day happens. Planning, typing, printing, equipment procurement, setting up, marshalling, signage, timing, coordinating all the support agencies, dealing with issues on the day, and clearing up.

This year has been particularly testing, the theme quickly became NEW.

The registration, briefing, transition, start, routes, and addition of a triathlon, to accommodate those who haven’t quite developed into a proper athlete yet, were all NEW. Closer liaison with national governing bodies and hoping for a period of stability were at the forefront with the possibility of a last minute cancellation on everyone’s mind. Despite this the planning continued.

We all arrived social distanced at the swim start. Starting in pairs at 30 second intervals seemed very relaxed compared to the usual chaos. First time participants enjoyed this experience as did I. Anyone who has been kicked, punched, and swum over at a mass start will appreciate the difference. Having recently experienced the wettest weather in Wales on record at the training camp with ice over 500m above sea level, all four seasons every hour of every day, the peace and calm was a welcomed change. The bonus was that the river temperature here felt tropical. The NEW shorter swim felt the same distance too me, lack of available training opportunities a reasonable excuse.

The NEW one lap bike course had brutal climbs for us Lincolnshire folk, for those from Wales or Bude they were mere speed bumps. The light wind helped to ease the pain. The spanner in the works was a temporary road work section which disappeared immediately after the event had finished, bad timing. There was space and an air of calm in the transition area.

The NEW kayak route, for the fully fledged athletes only, the triathlon people went on their run. This route utilises the island system and has bends and curves which is more scenic than the straight river out and back route and I couldn’t see how far I was behind the others. The sun came out and things warmed up. The river was flat calm. No excuses available today.

The NEW run route utilised a tow path along the river bank. The old hands might remember it as a single mud track with nettles. Today it is a hard surface designated cycle route some 6 feet wide. This part requires a lot of mental toughness due to the fact that it was hot, and it is straight enough to see all the other runners heading back towards you. The finish line as always was a welcome site even without the support of a crowd. My customary stand in the cold water while eating my free banana gave me chance to reflect on what had been a great day. To actually be with other likeminded people made a refreshing change.

No presentations or tee shirt tour this year.

Thanks again to all those who devoted time too ensuring this event happened and I hope it lifted the spirits, and gave a NEW focus for training for everyone who participated.

BQA Results BQA trophy 2021

WQF Results WQF World Cup 2021

BQA 2020 Annual Report

November 10, 2021 Jean Ashley

Dear BQA Members, how I’ve missed you all!

First and foremost I hope you have all stayed fit and healthy in what has been such a difficult challenging times, what a year it has been!

As most of you will know, I’m never stuck for words, but for once I didn’t really know where to start on putting together our BQA Report for this season …. I hope you have all found some positives to take forwards into 2021.

It was certainly difficult at the start, knowing how different our year would be, I felt very sad giving everyone the news that our races would be cancelled month after month. Motivation to train is often fueled by race adrenalin, so I expect we have all lacked a bit of this ‘oomph’ this year. I did get to do 5 virtual quads instead with a few friends, which were great fun; however we did talk most of the way our hearts were in it, but our heart rates were far from race pace! I expect many of you will have had your own challenges to keep you ticking over, no matter how big or small the goal, hopefully they helped keep you motivated and smiling throughout these Covid times.

So after such a quiet season there isn’t a lot to report, but I did feel the need to keep in touch and wish you all well with your training over the winter months! I hope we all come out on the other side, ready for action with a full season of Quadrathlons in the diary.

At least there is some good news ‘All 2020 BQA members and affiliates will have their memberships extended until the end of 2021’

Here is the link to Our ‘Annual Report and Vitual AGM 2020’ BQA-AGM 2020 Report If you have any points you wish to raise or any suggestions to help our Sport please and email me at malpasashleys@btinternet.com

It has been a very difficult year for our race organizers and we are still waiting for confirmation of some of our 2021 Race Dates, as soon as I have any news you’ll be the first to know. But now Open for 2021 entries are The Brigg Bomber and Shrewsbury Quad are ready to take your Entries here are the links below-

Lincsquad Events Lincsquad Events

For a direct link to the Bomber please use the following. Brigg-Bomber Quad 2021

Also new for this year Lincsquad will also be running a standard distance triathlon alongside the Bomber. Brigg-bomber-Triathlon 2021

Sytri Events Shrewsbury-sprint-tri-quad

So hears wishing you all a Safe and Happy Christmas and lets hope its going to be a Wonderful Adventurous New Year with our Race Heads Back On!!

Merry Christmas and Very Best Wishes for Next Year Love Jean and the BQA Team XX

Sending ‘James Block’ Our Healing Wishes

December 15, 2020 Jean Ashley

James in 3rd place Overall at Shrewsbury Quad 2019

Many of you will know Quadrathlete and excellent kayaker ‘James Block’ from Shrewsbury, he was involved a head on car accident a fortnight ago. Sadly the all the family were in the car but the good news is, that despite the many serious injuries, none are life threatening, and they are all mending.

James and one daughter are still in Stoke hospital, Jo his wife and the younger daughter were discharged last Wednesday but Jo is staying in to support the other daughter. Grandparents are looking after the younger daughter.

It is thought that the driver of the other car lost consciousness while driving causing her car to swerve into the oncoming traffic. So tragic for her family.

The local newspaper write up is here: https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/shrewsbury/2020/09/21/woman-dies-and-four-hospitalised-after-a49-crash-in-shrewsbury/

Thanks to Gill Otto for letting us know, we wanted to let BQA members know, so that good thoughts and our positive healing wishes can boost the determination of them all to get fit again soon. They are certainly all fighting souls and our thoughts are with them all.

The main photo shows James and his sporty family at Shrewsbury quad last year.

Tribute to Bude’s Awesome Foursome!

October 8, 2020 Jean Ashley

September 12th should of been our National Championships the final Quad of the season in the lovely seaside town of Bude …. its always a great end to our Quad Season, spectacular views, a challenging course, our wonderful Simon Hammond and his team, and not forgetting those awesome Cornish Cream Teas!

Many of us did ‘Yet Another virtual one’ and some were lucky enough to be spending ‘holiday time’ there … I do know for the ‘Chappills’ it was the thought of the Cream Teas along with the Millock Hill that took them back for a September Break! They enjoyed the Quad course and rumor has it they even did the bike course twice (though not on the same day!)

This is Pete’s Report! ‘Repli-quad event 4 Bude-ifull’ Pete, Donna and Jeff Chappill

Due to the current covid situation a decision was made to have this event on Thursday. It was nothing to do with the best day weather wise with the lightest winds, honest governor! The weekends in Bude have been busy with people in the usual transition area by the canal, so the order of disciplines was adjusted to minimise the time spent in the area.

We were staying at a site on the bike and run course so drove down to Bude to catch the tide coming in. This was Donna’s first sea swim for many years and the sea had been kind with no waves and a small swell. The usual 2 laps were completed. Transition into the kayak as usual completing the normal course. Dodging the pedellos and rowing boats slowed things a little but being able to use the weed free centre channel made the time up. Transition out the kayak saw us driving back to the campsite.

Change to the bike and off with Donna and Jeff to battle with Millock.

There was a lot of traffic on the roads so progress downhill was sedate. Progress up the hill was also sedate but completed. The wind was increasing a little for the ride back but the sweeping downhill allowed good progress.

Into the site for transition to the run. Jeff and I joined the route into Bude as usual. Donna famous for add-libbing decided to run the coast path.

It was warm and as hard as ever. I missed the drink stations and marshals. I don’t normally see many other people on the run but it felt strange.

So course completed tee shirt tour to attend and relax.

Hopefully see you all in 2021…. Pete

‘Sprinkling the Fairy Dust’ – It’s been great company to have Lance Ball along side in all 5 of this years Virtual Quads, I certainly think this was one of the calmest and warmest a fitting tribute to Bude! Perfect conditions here in Chester on the River Dee warm calm and sunny… certainly ideal for our 4 disciplines, transition area was a bit tight in the backs of our cars but it was good to be out there and reminiscing about Bude Races gone by!

So not quite the way the Quad Season should of ended in Bude with National Trophy presentations and Simon’s Banter … but a big thank-you to those of you that did 1 or 4 of the Quad disciplines today we were there in spirit, lets hope its the real thing in 2021! Jean #motivationalmileswithsmiles

A note from ‘John Durrant’

Today would have been the Awesome Foursome in Bude – honestly my favourite event of the year and has been a regular pilgrimage for my wife and I – we’ve even considered moving to Bude as we’ve always enjoyed the feel of the place…

This year I’ve set my own little mini-event for my 50th birthday on Thursday which will be a swim in the Thames, followed by 1,000 Burpees (with push-up and a jump), and hopefully an evening kayak down the River Wey to have some food in the Pyford Anchor pub with the family, although they’re currently closed due to a Covid case in the pub…

What a strange and lonely year this has been – so I guess it calls for strange little physical challenges like this to keep sane…!

Other Quadrathletes that sent me news were Helen Recchia and Paul also on holiday in Bude reviewing and testing the hilly bike course, ready for next year!

David Jones and his Quad Friends at Manvers Lake doing there motivational multi session swim kayak and a run in and around the lake! If any one is near Manvers sessions like this go on most Sundays!

Well Done to you all and thank-you for sharing your Quadrathlon Passion!

Pete Chappill from Lincsquad finished his season with the Re-scheduled Box End Quad, well done to him for completing all 5 Virtual BQA Quadrathlons, along with Lance Ball and Jean Ashley, lets hope we will bet out there for real next season!

Pete’s Report Boxenderventure

Tribute to Shrewsbury Quad

September 9, 2020 Jean Ashley

So today 6th September should of been the wonderful Shrewsbury Sprint Quadrathlon, unfortunately like all our Quadrathlons this season sadly Covid cancelled. However not to be disheartened and as always #makingthemost members of the BQA got their Quadrathlon Heads on, and did their own virtual quadrathlons!

Jean and Lance took to the water in Chester and completed a long version of the Sprint quad including an extended kayak and bike, the weather was beautiful and it brought back many memories of all those fantastic races organized by SYTri … we gave it our best shot and we can’t wait to be back in September 2021!

Meanwhile Pete Chappill from Lincsquad was actually in Shrewsbury for the weekend this was his 3rd Repli-quad event of the season ‘The famous Shrews-bearly’ this is Pete’s wonderful race report!

The start and finish for this event were at Wingfield caravan park in Montford Bridge close to Shrewsbury and right on the river bank.
The river was swollen and flowing fast so for the 500m swim I tasted what a decent swimmer feels like finishing in around 6 minutes. Had it been against the flow I would still be there.
The kayak leg was out against the flow and provided some wobbly moments at the turn. The return leg was 2 mins quicker and a lot easier.
Onto the bike and out towards the monument junction on the actual Quad course. This section was a lot more undulating than the section from the showground. Turning left placed me on the actual route up to the turn and back to the monument. The return to the site was again undulating with a variable wind direction and about 16 degrees of warmth.
The run had to be limited for me as it was the first since an injury 7 weeks ago. 10 minutes out and 10 minutes back proved to be a good test for gait maintenance and a good sign for the next event in a weeks time, the Bude-ifull.
The usual screaming crowd was at the finish. However numbers were limited to one in order to remain covid safe.
All though these events are not the same with people passing me spurring me on it does act as a normalisation in these frustrating times! Fantastic effort Pete … we look forward to the Bude-ifull Report next weekend!

As always Pete is very passionate about the ‘The tee shirt tour’ so full marks for his one -off original race Tech-TShirt, and at this rate Pete you must be on for a Trophy Prize!!

I hope all our Quadrathlon friends are keeping fit and motivated, its been a crazy year and I’m certainly missing our friendly banter and smiling faces! One Virtual Race Left … ‘The Awesome Foursome’ …..please post a photo on our facebook page if your out and about next weekend and raise a glass on your own T-shirt Tour to our Wonderful Sport! Love from Your Fairy Quadmother XX

Bude Cancelled

August 6, 2020 Jean Ashley

Bude Awesome Foursome – Unfortunately permission has been refused for this years race by Bude Town Council. So as it stands, at the moment the race is cancelled unless permission comes through very soon. Shoreline Pursuits are very sorry but the decision is out of their hands. 😥

Our lovely enthuiastic Race organizer ‘Simon Hammond’ sent me a message, ‘Its been frustrating trying to jump through everyone’s hoops but its not the end of the world. We’ll transfer all entries to next years event unless people want a 70% refund. I’ll sort out a date soon. Shoreline has been hit pretty hard and I am not sure what shape we will be in next year but will definitely carry on organising the triathlon and quadrathlons. Strange and challenging times that’s for sure!

Lets hope all our Race organizers, come through this and there’s one thing for certain ….. we MUST give them all the support they deserve next season to keep our Sport Alive! #onwardsandupwards

BOX END Cancellation

July 24, 2020 Jean Ashley

After the Quadrac Race Organizers had met with Box End Water Park Owners, it has been agreed that Box End Quad should be cancelled this year. This is unfortunate following the easing of some lock down provisions, however there were still to many risks on site to allow the race to go ahead safely.

This decision has not been taken lightly and we ask for all BQA members and Quadrathletes to support our organizers and respect their decisions.

I hope your all remaining safe, healthy and managing to maintain some fitness at least its been perfect weather for enjoying running, biking and now open water swimming and kayaking. Stay Positive and Enjoy the Elements, we are lucky to have 4 Disciplines to Enjoy!

Next Years Date will be 4th July 2021

Jean X

Author: Jean Ashley