The Final Race of our Quad Season is ‘The Keyo Brigg Sprint distance Quadrathlon – organised by our wonderful ‘LincsQuad’ and consists of a 750m swim in the river Ancholme (or pool swim depending on the river temperature) followed by a 4km Kayak, 19km road cycle and finishing with a 5km road run. The course is flat, fast and ideal for both experienced quadrathletes and those wanting to race the shorter distance. There is also a Team event, and each person will complete at least 1 leg of the event.
The National Trophies will be given out at this race, sadly due to our Race cancellations this year, we only have a couple of contenders who have done 3 races, but all will be to play for on the day so get your entries in now!
The BQA started a National Trophy Series in 2005 this is a series of events which are generally spread throughout the country. Each event contributes points towards finding a National Champion, with the best three results for each individual to count. This is our Hall of Fame: Winners since the Series started in 2005 BQA-Hall-of-Fame-2023
Trophies are awarded each year, provided each winner has done 3 races in the series, and must be a current BQA Member. (In the event of a tie the 4th race points will count to decide the winner). Overall Winners Perpetual Trophy for Male and Female. BQA Kit vouchers for winners Male and Female in each age category, Juniors (u23), Seniors, V40+ V50+ V60+ Vet 70+
Congratulations to our overall World Champions Ferenc Csima (HUN) and Susanne Walter (GER). Our best GB Result is Jules Taylor (after 2 races) was 8th Overall. All participants of a world cup event are automatically listed for the world cup results if they fulfill the national terms and conditions. The number of competitions for one athlete is not limited. The best three races are counted (up to two results from one country).The winners get a high-quality glass cup (overall and agegroups), the podium place winners will receive medals. ( An Athlete get trophies/medals only when he has completed a minimum of 3 races.
Congratulations to POLAND who Won The National Quadrathlon Trophy (11280 pts) with SPAIN in second (10200pts) with GREAT BRITAIN in third (7722pts)
This Trophy is will be awarded annually by the WQF. For each Nation, the highest number of points scored in the each of the 16 WQF age and gender categories by an individual national in any one World Cup race during the season will be totaled. If no individual from a nation is represented in an age/gender group, then zero points will be scored for that category.
The trophy will be held by the winning nation for one year. It will be that nation’s responsibility to ensure the trophy is available to be presented at the last race of the following season.
The BQA have very little recorded history before we started our website in 2011, so I have put together this Report from my early years in the sport, remembering some of our Very Worthy Champions from the past!
My very first Quad was in 2000, there were just 3 races a year in those days, Wadenhoe (a tough off road sprint), The Yorkshire Dales Quad, not for the faint hearted, a very very hilly bike, with a run up and down up Pen-y-Ghent, then there was an event in Pembroke, with a sea swim and kayak, which was usually very choppy! Very soon after those events ‘Ken Collier’ (Lincs) ran the Ancholme Challenge and the Bude Awesome Foursome started.
Peter Hart & Keith Longney
In the early years several of our Quadrathletes had been going to World Championships, ‘Keith Longney and Peter Hart’ took themselves of to Europe most years from around 2000. They were following in the footsteps of ‘Eric Hatliff’ the Quadfarther of British Quadrathlon continuing to fly the GB Flag!
By 2005 the participation in our small sport had increased so our Chairman ‘Padraig Herlihy’ decided it was about time the BQA showed the World of Quadrathlon just how good our multi sport athletes were … and so Team GB Began!
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Sedlcany (CZE) 2005
In 2005 Padraig Herlihy Chairman of the BQA decided to put a team together and it was Team GB’s First World Championships ‘on mass’! The famous Miroslav Podborsky (CZE) had been unbeatable for several years, but Team GB came home with several Medals!
Team GB 2005
5th ELITE Andrew Byatt GOLD Vet 40 Keith Longney SILVER Vet 40 Jules Taylor BRONZE Vet 40 Phil Wilkenson GOLD Vet 50 Peter Hart
GOLD Vet 45 Jean Ashley BRONZE Vet 40 Claire Longney
Mens TEAM GOLD (Byatt, Longney, Taylor) Ladies TEAM BRONZE (Nichola Don 5th elite, Alison Bent 7th elite, Ashley)
Other GB athletes racing – Simon Lawrence, Nick Herlihy, Dan Bent, Andrew Grimwood, Ken Collier, Anita Buxton, Phil Barret.
Team GB 2006
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Sedlcany (CZE) 2006
On the strength of the previous year Paul Newman joined the Squad, a good paddler with lots of experience at leading teams into Championship races. Once again Podborsky was unbeatable, but as a Team, GB started to show just how strong British quadrathlon had become. Andrew Byatt moved up to 4th Elite and Helen Parkinson took Women’s Elite Gold, the first Elite medal for the BQA. We had some excellent performances across the age groups and the GB Flag was held very high!
Andy Byatt
4th ELITE Andrew Byatt 6th ELITE Matt Thomas SILVER Vet 40 Keith Longney BRONZE Vet 40 Phil Wilkenson SILVER U23 Nick Herlihy GOLD Vet 50 Peter Hart SILVER Vet 45 Ken Collier
WORLD CHAMPION ELITE Helen Parkinson GOLD Vet 45 Jean Ashley
Mens TEAM SILVER (Byatt, Thomas 8th elite, Longney)
Other GB athletes racing – Simon Lawrence, Andrew Grimwood, Simon Derham, Martyn Pegg.
2006 ChampionsTeam Silver Keith, Andy & MattHelen’s interview CZ. TV
Team GB & Support Crew 2007
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Sedlcany (CZE) 2007
Once again our GB Team got bigger, racing Quadrathlons back in GB had got a lot more popular and Lincsquad Club had really started to take off. So for the 3rd year running ‘Padraig and Paul’ GB team Managers did a superb job of taking our kayaks over to Sedlcany. We had an even stronger squad and we were looking for the top 2 major titles! Dan Corner a superb all round athlete and the talented Andrew Byatt, went out to take on Podborsky and Thoralf Berg. It was a very close race but finally Dan out ran Podborsky to take the World Championship title! Helen again was on Top Form and she had a convincing win leaving the strong Katrin Burrow in her wake! 2 World Titles, with a Gold Men’s Team Medal and a Silver Ladies Team Medal, plus a huge hall of Age Group Medals … a Fantastic Achievement, well and truly celebrated at the Post Race Party!
Team 2007World Champion Dan CornerWorld Champion Helen Parkinson
WORLD CHAMPION ELITE Dan Corner 4th ELITE Andrew Byatt 8th ELITE Joe Andrews 9th ELITE Steve Clark GOLD Vet 45 Keith Lings SILVER Vet 40 Simon Lawrence GOLD Vet 50 Peter Hart
WORLD CHAMPION ELITE Helen Parkinson GOLD Vet 45 Jean Ashley
Mens TEAM GOLD (Corner, Byatt, Andrews) Ladies TEAM SILVER (Parkinson, Ashley, Claire Batterham 6th elite)
Other GB athletes racing – Mark Pryor, Andrew Grimwood, Timothy Earl, Sarah Benjamin, Alison Deykin.
G.B. QUADRATHLON on TOUR 2008 – 3 Championship Races
Alison & Jean the swim start!
IBIZA SPRINT WORLD CUP 2008
The British Quadrathletes decided 2008 would be an Epic Year, especially Jean Ashley as she was moving into the Vet 50 Category. Andrew Byatt, Jean Ashley and Alison Deykin all decided to head out to Ibiza to the 1st World Cup race of the year. Andrew had a very strong race and was well on the way to a convincing win after a superb swim, out 6 minutes before anyone else, in very choppy conditions! Jean also had a great race she moved into 2nd during the kayak and didn’t quite have enough time to catch Silke Harenberg on the run, she came 2nd overall 1st Vet 50. Alison struggled in the very choppy swim and retired.
MENS OVERALL WINNER Andy Byatt and 2nd Overall GOLD VET 50 Jean Ashley
Winner Andy Byatt1st Silke 2nd Jean
Team GB 2008
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Sedlcany (CZE) 2008
A huge GB Team headed out to CZ, with a boat trailer completely full, once again our athletes had had a great build up to the race and all were on top form! We had New British Team Kit, designed especially for the BQA which looked very impressive, which I’m sure helped to our fantastic medal total and performances! Podborsky was out to retain his title and had been training very hard, Andrew and Dan were both strong and it ended up being one of those Epic Races were the top 4 played cat and mouse! Finally Dan over took Podborsky on the run, and took the Championship Title, Andrew was still in 3rd but Thoralf Berg overtook him on the run, putting him in 4th overall again. Helen had a tough race, and was down in 4th position after the kayak, but she pushed hard on the bike and went into overdrive on the run to take the Championship title!
Dan Corner
An Amazing Result Top of the World – 2 OVERALL WORLD CHAMPIONS, 5 AGE GROUP WORLD CHAMPIONS and TEAM GOLD Men and WOMEN … and what a Party we had!
Joe Andrews
WORLD CHAMPION ELITE Dan Corner 3rd ELITE Andrew Byatt 5th ELITE Joe Andrews 6th ELITE Steve Clark GOLD Vet 45 Keith Longney SILVER Vet 40 Andrew Grimwood GOLD Vet 60 Peter Hart SILVER Vet 50 Philip Nye
Andy ByattSteve ClarkKeith Longney Gold Vet 45Andy Grimwood Silver Vet 40Peter Hart Gold Vet 60Phil Nye Silver Vet 50
Helen Parkinson
WORLD CHAMPION ELITE Helen Parkinson 3rd ELITE Naomi Hoogesteger GOLD U23 Holly Hawkley GOLD Vet 50 Jean Ashley GOLD Vet 60 Ruth Fletcher
Mens TEAM GOLD (Corner, Byatt, Andrews) Ladies TEAM GOLD (Parkinson, Hoogesteger, Otto)
Other GB athletes racing – Paul Jones, Phil Wilkinson, Paul Carvil, Lucy Otto, Tim Deykin, Alison Deykin.
Holly Hawkley Gold U23Jean Ashley Gold Vet 50Ruth Fletcher Gold Vet 60
We also had 6 athletes competing in the Sprint Race.
Team Otto at World Champs!Julie & Ryan Hunt
SPRINT RACE SILVER U18 Tristan Grigalis 4th U18 Quentin Otto GOLD U16 Ryan Hunt
GOLD U18 Kate Ashley GOLD Vet 50 Gill Otto GOLD Vet 45 Julie Hunt
Proud Mum with Kate AshleyWorld Champion 2008World Champion 2008
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS Sprint RATSCHER (GER)
After this amazing performance half of the Team went onto Ratscher for a weeks rest, which turned into a pre-race training camp, leading up to the World Cup Sprint Championships! Superb weather, stunning location, plenty of BBQ’s and German cakes with lots of banter … it proved to be a fantastic holiday, and a great end to our 2 week Quadrathlon Tour!
A Memorable Prize Giving – singing the National Anthem!Team Silver Molly Kate & Lucy
2nd ELITE Andy Byatt GOLD Vet 45 Keith Longney SILVER Vet 50 Philip Nye BRONZE Vet 50 Tim Deykin
4th ELITE Helen Parkinson GOLD Vet 50 Jean Ashley GOLD U23 Holly Hawkley SILVER Vet 40 Claire Longney GOLD Junior Pipa Longney
Other GB athletes racing – Alison Deykin
TEAM EVENT SILVER– Lucy Ashley(Swim), Molly Deykin (Kayak), Kate Ashley(Bike) Lucy Ashley(Run)
A Few more Quarathletes that contributed to that Golden Year 2008!
Paul CarvilPhil WilkensonAlison DeykinClaire LongneyPipa LongneyTim Deykin
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Sedlcany (CZE) 2009
Dan Corner 2009 World Champion
After these epic years for ‘British Quadrathlon’ our Sport was here to stay. The BQA instigated more races, the first British Quadrathlon Club ‘Lincsquad’ became firmly established, and we put GB Quadrathlon well and truly on the World Map! As a GB Team we had quite year at World Cup Level in 2009. Though Dan Corner and Keith Longney did go back out to Sedlcany to defend their titles. Dan and Keith both won in top form, Dan taking the Overall World Championships again and Keith Gold in Vet 45.
MENS OVERALL WINNER Andy Byatt GOLD VET 45 Keith Longney
Helen Dyke
Helen Dyke raced at Ibiza (ESP) and Won overall, then came 4th at Steinberg (GER) and went on to finish 6th in Sedlcany (CZE) despite not finishing in the top 3 she was still ranked 2nd in the 2009 WQF overall standings.
We only had 1 British Athlete at Sedlcany in 2010, Gail King a GB age group Triathlete had just one year in Quadrathlon, she did very well winning the World Championships Ladies Overall Title. The following year we sent another strong team, this time with a new GB Team manager Steve Hook.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Sedlcany (CZE) 2011
Steve Clark Bronze & Phil Binch
Steve Hook, drove the kayaks over and took 6 athletes out to race at the Worlds, they all had strong finishes, with Steve Clark taking the BRONZE and on the podium for the first time in 3rd place! Followed by Mat Stephenson 6th GOLD Vet 40, and Ian Smith 7th GOLD Vet 50. Phil Binch went out to have a good time and enjoy the race which he certainly did! Josh Hook, (Steve’s son) also raced and took the Junior GOLD. Alison Deykin represented the GB women and came 3rd overall, BRONZE Vet 40. So a good final race in Sedlcany and the start of a new World Cup Regime, which has continued from strength to strength!
3rd ELITE Steve Clark 6th Overall Gold Vet 40 Mat Stephenson 7th Overall Gold Vet 50 Ian Smith
Junior Gold Josh Hook 3rd Overall Bronze Vet 40 Ian Smith
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Sedlcany (CZE) 2012
Top 5 in the World Mat Stephenson in 5th place
Just 5 Quadrathletes went out to Sedlcany, but once again we had podium places, Mat Stephenson came 5th followed by Ian Smith in 7th with Nick Gatland in 10th giving the GB mens team a Silver medal in the Team Event. Tony Runnegar came 24th overal.
Our only female this year was Alison Deykin who came 4th and 1st Vet 40. A small team but still coming home with a great stash of medals!
Team GB 2012
5th Overall Vet 40 Gold Mat Stephenson 7th Overall Vet 50 Gold Ian Smith 5th Overall Vet 40 Silver Nick Gatland 4th Overall Vet 40W Gold Alison Deykin Mens Team Silver Mat Stephenson, Ian Smith, Nick Gatland.
This was to be the last World Championships in Sedlcany. From 2012 the WQF reformed and the World Championship Races would move to different venues across Europe.
Here in GB Race Organizers kept supporting us and the BQA continued to promote and encourage many new Quadrathletes to our Sport. Our BQA website became live in 2011 and all the World Championship Race Reports and news going back that far can been seen on this website.
Jean Forever Sharing her Passion
In 2014 Lincsquad organized Great Britain’s very first World Championships, this was a huge success and certainly boosted BQA numbers, since then we have had many Quadrathletes racing at home and abroad.
Our sport, although still small has a great family; it has a huge heart and we love to share our passion …. Long may it continue to grow and inspire many others to take up the challenge!
‘when you know 3 disciplines just aren’t enough! Jean Ashley
The BQA started a National Trophy Series in 2005 this is a series of events which are generally spread throughout the country. Each event contributes points towards finding a National Champion, with the best three results for each individual to count.
This is our Hall of Fame: Winners since the Series started in 2005 BQA-Hall-of-Fame-2023
Trophies are awarded each year, provided each winner has done 3 races in the series, and must be a current BQA Member. (In the event of a tie the 4th race points will count to decide the winner).
Overall Winners Perpetual Trophy for Male and Female. BQA Kit vouchers for winners Male and Female in each age category, Juniors (u23), Seniors, V40+ V50+ V60+ Vet 70+
Eric Hatliff Memorial Trophy & BQA Kit Voucher awarded each year ‘For Endeavor’ given to an athlete(s) showing his/her enthusiasm and commitment to the sport of Quadrathlon.
Male Champions 2005 – 2023Keith Longney 2005, 06Joe Andrews 2008Andy Grimwood 2009Steve Clark 2010, 11Mat Stephenson 2012Ian Smith 2013, 14Nigel Unwin 2015
Steve King 2007, 16Julian Brewer 2017Alan Cole 2018Billy Butler 2019Nigel Unwin 2021Jules Taylor 2022Nicholas Farnell 2023
Keith Longney 2009Phil Binch 2011Tom Stead 2012Mark Pryor 2013Lincsquad 2014John Kavanagh 2015Ned Price 2016Gill Otto 2017Nigel Unwin 2018Lance Ball 2019Mary White & Margaret Huyton 2021Donna Jeff & Pete Chappill 2022
Although the roots of Quadrathlon go back many years, things really took off again in early 2000, with the announcement by the British Quadrathlon Association of a five race National Trophy series. The series included the British Championships and two other national Championships, along with a variety of other races in various formats. Some of the races were real tests of endurance, whilst others offered a manageable new challenge for multi-sport athletes looking for something a bit different.
The sport of Quadrathlon has been going for approximately 20 years and has recently undergone a significant upsurge in interest in the UK, with many more people finding the attraction of the four sporting disciplines, (swimming, kayaking, cycling, running), too much to resist! Race organisers have reported increased entries and interest in general. The British Quadrathlon Association (The BQA) is actively promoting and supporting these interests and details of where you can enter races and generally get more information can be found on these pages.
Races on the National calendar are of varying distances and a mixture of the four disciplines. Some are kayak triathlons (without the swim section) and some have off road bike sections. Some races are technically demanding, others are better for beginners. Everyone is catered for!
Quadrathletes on the whole are a very friendly bunch, who are happy to help and support each other, training events are occasionally run to help each other improve skills and camaraderie is a positive aspect of this small but ever growing sport. The team atmosphere at the World Championships in Europe is something not to be missed, and all are welcome to participate.
‘Our QuadMaster’ Eric Hatliff
Eric Hatliff, the founding father of Quadrathlon in Britain, known as the Quad Father, sadly died in April 2007 at the age of 75. Eric inspired many, many people young and old to participate in the sport of Quadrathlon. Amongst many of his great feats he was still competing in the World Long Distant Quadrathlon past the age of 65!
To commemorate his contribution to the sport ‘The Eric Hatliff Memorial Trophy’ is presented each year ‘For Endeavor’ given to an athlete showing his enthusiasm and commitment to the sport of Quadrathlon.
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The BQA have very little recorded history before we started our website in 2011, so I have put together this Report from my early years in the sport, remembering some of our Very Worthy Champions from the past! 
Races on the National calendar are of varying distances and a mixture of the four disciplines. Some are kayak triathlons (without the swim section) and some have off road bike sections. Some races are technically demanding, others are better for beginners. Everyone is catered for!
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