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New Trophy Races for 2014

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We now have 7 brilliant Races in our National Trophy Series 2014, this is a great start to what I’m sure will be an exciting year for British Quadrathlon! There has been

Race 1 – 4th May Royal Deeside Triathlon
Race 2 – 25th May – Brigg Bomber Quad – NATIONAL & WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS/World Cup
Race 3 – 15th June – Manvers WaterFront Boat Club Quad
Race 4 – 13th July – Box End Sprint Quad
Race 5 – 31st August – Shrewsbury Sprint Quad
Race 6 – 10th August – Fabian 4 Mountain Tri
Race 7 – 20th September Awesome Foursome Quad/World Cup

So get your Race Diary out and start entering races … having a goal enhances the training and makes all the winter training worth while!

Jean Ashley

Manvers South Yorkshire Quad 2014

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Manvers Waterfront Boat Club will be running a Quadrathlon
At Manvers Lake, South Yorkshire 8th June 2014,
Start Time 10:00 Price £15.00 (including boat hire)
1.5k Paddle, 20k Bike, 5k Run – Start Time 10:00

Paddle
Paddle anti clockwise around the lake 1.5 k. The club will be providing boats, paddles and buoyancy aids free of charge. The boats will be sit on tops to help people access this new sport and assist with an easy transition, although more serious athletes may bring their own boats.

Bike
Mountain Bike 20k on nearby paths and trails

Run
Run 5k on nearby paths and trails.

Race Entry and more info:
Enter on line www.mwbc.org.uk
Date of last online entry 9th November 2013. Limited entries are available on the day.

This is an event supported by the BQA, BFT and CE
Showers, changing rooms available, on site café.

More Information contact The Boathouse 01709 878984 or Mark 07704 111414

Royal Deeside Duathlon/Triathlon 2014

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If you want a good warm up before the World Quadrathlon Championships in Brigg on 25th May, how about starting the season of on 4th May with the The 30th Annual Royal Deeside duathlon/triathlon! This unique race sees individuals or team relays starting in Braemar and finishing in Aberdeen over three stages.

Stage 1 is a 36 mile bike, mostly downhill along the scenic north Deeside road, past Balmoral Castle, over the pass of Ballater before taking a right at Dinnet to cross over to the quieter South Deeside road. From there it’s an undulating road to Portach with the last 3km uphill to T1 at the Shooting Greens. After leaving the bikes with the support crews it’s onto Stage 2, a 10 mile run.

Stage 2 The run leg takes us down through Blackhall Forest through a private estate and into Banchory on the South side of the river. A sharp left after going through the estate gates across the river then approximately 4 miles along the old Deeside railway line. On reaching the A957 (the slug road) its downhill to cross the river one last time before meeting up with the support crew at T2 who have transported the bikes from T1.

Stage 3 Is either a 15 mile Kayak down the river to Aberdeen Boat Club (ABC) or back on the bike for a 13 mile spin to Leggart terrace on the edge of the City.

Triathlon 36 mile Bike – 10 mile Run – 15mile Kayak

Duathlon 36 mile Bike – 10 mile Run – 13mile Bike

After registering and a race brief the competitors are set of in 1 minute intervals in a time trial start. In the small mostly local field the Kayakers were sent off first around 10:30. Followed by the cyclists in a fastest goes last scenario, according to the times submitted on race entry.

We are talking with the Fleet Feet Organizers, and we may well be adding this race back to our Trophy Series … so keep posted for updates to our Events page for more information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

World Championships 2014

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I have been getting lots of emails ….. and YES it is TRUE!!! 

On behalf of Lincsquad the BQA would like to confirm we are holding the WORLD QUADRATHLON CHAMPIONSHIPS in 2014. The Brigg Bomber on 25th May will be hosting the Worlds! This is fantastic News for British Quadrathlon, and a Big Thanks to Lincsquad for taking on this event!

I can confirm that all 2014 BQA members will be eligible to race for ‘TEAM GB’ ….. so join the BQA, wear a GB Tri Suit, support your Governing Body … and Race in a World Championships! Lets help Lincsquad, give them the support they deserve and make this a World Championships to Remember!!

It would be fantastic if we could get a great team of quadrathletes racing for Great Britain at the World Championships in Brigg. The BQA is determined to field a large, competitive contingent of British athletes to chase for the medals in all the categories. Our last really large team was back in 2007, where we came home with a huge medal total as shown in the photo at Sedlcany, in Czech Republic.

The World Championships for 2014 will take place at the Brigg Bomber 25th May 2014, our first Quad of the year, and therefore there will not be an opportunity for Athletes to participate in other Quadrathlon Events in 2014 to assess their performance and eligibility. Therefore, GB Team applications for the 2014 World Championships at the Brigg Bomber, should base their eligibility on race performances during the previous season.

Our GB team Coordinator Ian Smith, will shortly sending invites out to our Top National Trophy Quadrathletes and those who raced consistently last season. But we do want to encourage as many of you to race for Team GB and apply to be a part of the 2014 GB team.

Any 2014 BQA member can apply to represent the Team at the World Championships, but please make sure you are a BQA member before you apply.

There are 4 steps to racing for ‘Team GB’

1. Join the  BQA

2. Fill in your GB Application Form

3. Send your Bomber Entry

4. Train …… there’s nothing like a commitment to ENHANCE the Training Regime!

GB Team guidelines on the website under ‘gb team’ this is where we will publish all the World Championship details for the Team, including information about ordering GB Tri suits, GB Gilets, GB Jackets/Fleeces.

Jean Ashley

 

 

 

Murry Long Distance Quadrathlon 2014

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The Murray QUAD, in Australia  is going ahead on Saturday the 10th of May 2014.
The Murray Quad will include a 3km swim on Lake Mulwala, a 20km run around Yarrawonga, a 80km ride from Yarrawonga to Cobram and a 26km paddle on the Murray River to finish at the Tocumwal Foreshore.

British Quadrathletes just might be a bit busy next May preparing for the World Championships in Brigg ….. But 2015 might be a great event to do! If you are interested in receiving more information and updates on the event please forward your details to murrayquad@gmail.com,

Tim Roadley, Murray QUAD race director

Save the Children to host Australia’s first ever quadrathlon in May 2014.
Save the Children will hold Australia’s first ever quadrathlon in the Murray River region in May, combining traditional triathlon events of running, swimming and cycling with a 26 km paddle down the Murray River. About 400 people are expected to take part in the inaugural event, ranging from amateurs to some of the best triathletes and multi-sport athletes in Australia.

“Save the Children is delighted to host the Murray Quad, which offers a fantastic opportunity for athletes and amateurs to compete together while raising vital funds to support and protect children around the world,” said Brett Long, Save the Children’s Adventure Events Manager.
“It will be a gruelling event comprising a range of different skills over a very long period of time. It’s also a great team building event, with relay teams with up to eight people allowed.
“Competitors will be able to draw added inspiration from Save the Children’s work helping vulnerable children across every state in Australia and in more than 100 countries, including the Philippines for the response to Typhoon Haiyan, and the Middle East for the Syrian Refugee Crisis.”

The race will start at the Yarrawonga Rowing Club with a 3km swim on Lake Mulwala, before winding its way through the countryside to Cobram and finishing in Tocumwal on the Murray River.
The running leg will be 20kms and the ride 80kms for a total distance of 129kms, making the Murray Quad the longest quadrathlon event in the world!
The Murray Quad was initially founded by Yarrawonga-Mulwala Canoeing Club and Canoeing Victoria, who fully support Save the Children’s vision of making this a highlight of the Australian multi-sports calendar.
“We’d like to thank Canoeing Victoria for their support to date and look forward to working with them to ensure the event reaches its full potential over the years ahead.

Registrations will open in late January.

For more information call (03) 9938 2079 or email events@sca.org.au.
For media inquiries contact Evan Schuurman on 0400 546 942

World Cup Races 2014

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The World Cup 2014 season will certainly be exciting with a total of 11 races, only the four best results for the World Cup will be counted as in recent years. Collecting points will require tactical planning with plenty of races on offer and extra points the last World Cup race of the season.

In addition to the traditional Quadrathlon races, there will be cross-races with MTB from next year. The WQF welcomes this initiative by the organizer, as the diversity of the athlete is not only increased, but it will hopefully attract multisport athletes too.

The Overall and Age-Group winners will win the elaborate crystal globe, but new for 2014 the top three finishers overall and in age groups additionally get high quality medals. This should create a further incentive and competition for places.

The WQF Series 2014
RACE 1- 3rd May Ibiza – on the Spanish island. It will be the European Championships (Middle Distance). Ibiza offers are well suited to a small training camp, over a long weekend. The organizer also organizes good and affordable accommodations, and kayaks are usually borrowed.

Race 2 – 25th May, Brigg Bomber, GB. The first ever World Championships (Middle Distance) in GB The WQF have now decided to rotate the championships so that all athletes have the chance to compete at World Level.

Race 3 – 8th June, Lake Balaton, Hungary. at Lake Balaton, the race is over the middle distance.

Race 4 – 15th June, X PolskaMan, Wolsztyn Poland. The first sprint race of the season and the first MTB course.

Race 5 – 21st June, Tyn nad Vltavou, Czech. The European Championships (Sprint Distance). The tradition of great competition in the Czech Republic is sure to be a sports highlight and is always a great race.

Race 6 – 2nd August Šamorín, Slovakia. Sprint distance, a popular race and athletes will certainly be back looking for some great performances.

Race 7 – 16th August, Wolsztyn, Poland. The second race hear this is the normal PolskaMan over the middle distance on the road bike. Last year, the organizers were able to shine with a great debut event.

Race 8 – 23rd August, Lake Balaton, Hungary. For the second time, this race will be the sprint race and MTB.

Race 9 – 30th August, BerlinMan, Germany. A special highlight on the WQF callender. The race takes place in the middle of the German capital it is the World Championships (Sprint Distance). This event attracts over 100 Quadrathlets. The quota for the Germans starters is already fully booked. There are only places for international athletes. We can look forward to a top quality event.

Race 10 – 6th September, Quadrathlon Ratscher, Germany. A superb venue and always a great Sprint Race, these two international competitions make an ideal holiday week in Germany.

Race 11 – 20th September, Awesome Foursome, Bude, GB, Middle distance. The conclusion and perhaps decisive points for the World Cup in beautiful Cornwall.

The appointments and the WQF Congress took place over the last few weeks, there were no changes and therefor the next two years, the positions are
Václav Marek (President, CZE)
Steve Hook (Vice-President, GBR)
Silke Haren Berg (Chairman of the Technical Items GER)
Stefan Teichert ( Secretary, GER).

We have decided on some small changes in the WQF rules, and more accurate information will also be published in the coming days, after the final details are resolved.

Rule – the use of a life jacket maybe mandatory for security reasons. Therefore, all athletes should always have a life jacket at the race, if the organizer deemed necessary.

The WQF wish all athletes a good and injury-free preparation, see you in 2014!
Stefan Teichert

BQA 2014 National Trophy Series

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The BQA have confirmed Trophy Races for 2014, we may have 2 more to come I am awaiting news from West Wight Quad, and Manvers Waterfront Boat Club. But these are the dates so far –

25th May Brigg Bomber Quad – Nationals/World Cup Race

13th July Box End Sprint Quad

10th August Fabian 4 Conwy Mountain Triathlon –

A great video of this years Fabian4 Race Fabian4 Conwy Mountain Triathlon

31st August Shrewsbury Sprint Quad

20th September Awesome Foursome Bude Quad – World Cup Race

The World Cup Races, including venues for the Europeans and the World Championships are almost confirmed, we are just waiting on the Middle Distance World Championships! The information about these races can be found on our EVENTS page.

It would be great to get lots of support at our British races and get a Team of enthuiastic Quadrathletes to Europe for the World Championships!

So get the dates in your diary ….. its time to start training for the 2014 Quad Season ….. lets make it a good one! 

Quadrathletes Race Kona 2013!

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Steve Clark

Congratulations to Steve Clark from Lincsquad and Mat Stephenson, 2 of our top Quadrathletes who have raced in the the World Ironman Championships in KONA, Hawaii on 12th October 2013. Steve is currently the British and European Quadrathlon Champion, he came home in a fantastic time of 9hrs 40mins 10 secs (swim 1.04.05, bike 4.49.15, run 3.38.42) 375 overall!

Mat Stephenson

Mat was last years Overall National Trophy Winner, he came home in 11hrs 16 mins 1 sec (swim 1.03.29, bike 4.59.23, run 4.54.41) 1304 overall.

Well done to them both, and we look forward to reading their Ironman race reports!

 

 

 

 

 

World Cup Series 2013

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The World Cup wasn’t to be decided until the final race of this year …. Bude! The Race would decided whether the World Cup went back to the Czech Leoš Roušavý or go for the first time to German Stefan Teichert. Michal Hasa had also been in the lead and veteran Miroslav Poborský had won two championship races a third win may well of put him in the lead too. Overall, the Czech athletes were strong and on form, four of the first six places went to them. Finally, however, Stefan Teichert won the last two World Cup races and took the Championship from Leoš Roušavý.

In the women, the Germans were again very strong and took five of the first six places. Lisa Hirschfelder secured numerous victories and podium finishes with the most points. Second place went to the repeated Cup winner Ellen Mielke, who also collected points through numerous top rankings. In third Katrin Burow, the Berliner with two champion titles. The best non-German was the young talented Natália Paulik from Hungary in fourth place.

New this year, the points have been modified for the International Championship Race and the last World Cup race, there were 20 points more for each place (ie instead of 100 for a win, there were 120 points). The objective was to upgrade the championship race, ie where the best athletes race, and to keep the tension in the cup until the last race of the season.

A total of 10 races were scheduled, one of which had to be canceled because of the withdrawal of a sponsor. The best four results count, so that gives equality of opportunity, as Quadrathlon is not a professional sport and athletes with less budget, cannot afford to travel far.

On the Spanish island of Ibiza, the first World Cup event was held and won by the two Spaniards Vicente Roig Riera and María José Morell Salguero. The next race was Brigg England, The Middle Distance European Championships – this was won by our GB Athlete Steve Clark (GBR) and Lisa Hirschfelder.

Steinberg Germany, was hit by bad weather, the swimming had to be canceled and the paddling route was shortened. In the harsh conditions Leoš Roušavý and Lisa Hirschfelder took the top podium places. A week later at Lake Balaton Hungary, this time with high temperatures Leoš Roušavý won and in the women Natália Paulik.

The first major highlight of the World Cup over the sprint distance was in Tyn nad Vltavou Czech Republic this showed that Mr. Miroslav Quadrathlon Podborský, is still very hard to beat, even though he is over 40! Zuzana Kocumová (CZE) secured the title in the ladies. Also in early August Podborský won the Sprint Championships in Slovakia Šamorín and Diana Tešovicová (SVK) took the Ladies title. The town of Wolsztyn Poland held its first World Cup race, the winners were Leoš Roušavý and Lisa Hirschfelder.

The second major highlight – over the middle distance was the World Championships they were held at Ratscher Germany, a beautiful course on mountain lake. After a hard fort battle the two Germans Stefan Teichert and Antje Fiebig won the Championships. Finally  the last World Cup Race was in Bude, where Stefan Teichert and Lisa Hirschfelder took well deserved wins! , These victories in the last race gave them the World Cup Overall Trophies.

There were also great performances in the age groups,  two German athletes stood out here: First, Stefan Barthel, 70 years old took part in three World Cup races leaving many a young athlete behind. Secondly, Peter Appelt, 64 years compared to Barthel as a youngster, took part in seven races!

A total of 209 athletes raced in the World Cup Series. The most athletes on the start line were Great Britain with 50 starters, followed by the Germans (38) and Slovaks (37). A total of 13 nations were represented in the World Cup Series, with the 72 Germans, 55 British and 43 Slovaks.

A Great Season … hears hopeing for an even better 2014, and lets see if we can get a super strong succesfull GB Team visiting Europe for two of those World Cup Races … were good enough to be up there with the best Quadrathletes in the World!

Men

1 Stefan Teichert (GER) -450
2 Leoš Roušavý (CZE) – 420
3 Michal Hasa (CZE) – 400
4 Ian Smith (GBR) -250
5 Podborský Miroslav (CZE) -240

Women

1 Lisa Hirschfelder (GER) – 440
2 Ellen Mielke (GER) – 350
3 Katrin Burow (GER) – 220
4 Natália Paulik (HUN) – 210
5 Undine Harrier (GER) – 170

2013 World Cup Series Results

http://www.quadrathlon-online.de/ergebnisse/2013/13-w-cup.pdf

 

2013 National Trophy Champions

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Once again Bude Awesome Foursome was a fitting end to our 2013 National Trophy Series, which has been made up of 6 races, unfortunately West Wight Quad had to be cancelled so Trophy Points were taken from the 5 races below.

◾The Brigg Bomber

◾Box End Quadrathlon

◾Shrewsbury Quadrathlon

◾Fabian4 Dyffryn Conwy Mountain Triathlon

◾The Awesome Foursome

This season 92 males and 16 female athletes took part in the series. It was great to see plenty of first timers and some of them doing really well, special mention to John Kavanagh in his first year of Quadrathlon, and to Adam Norfolk and Phil Holden who both started last year and have very well in their first full season! We hope everyone enjoyed their quad season and will be back for more next year!

We have been a little low on athletes joining the BQA this season, with only 18 members, but we do have 8 Race Organizers/Clubs affiliated to us, which we are very grateful to for their support, they provide us with the opportunity to race and enjoy our sport. All 5 of our Quad Races this year have been superbly organized by enthusiastic ‘Teams’ of like minded people and athletes, all enjoyed by the competitors with the aim to Keep our Small Friendly Sport ALIVE!

The BQA help to promote their races and supply the Race insurance so its vital we have YOUR support and memberships to keep these races going. So a Big THANK-YOU to all our 2013 members!

Trophies are awarded each year, provided each winner has done 3 races in the series, and must be a current BQA Member. Congratulations to the 2013 Winners

Overall Winners Perpetual Trophy Male Ian Smith (First BQA Member)

Overall Winners Perpetual Trophy Female Sharon Colley

Vet 40 Male Nigel Unwin

Vet 50 Male John Kavanagh (role down as Ian Smith won Overall Trophy)

Mark Pryor has been presented with the Eric Hatliff Memorial Trophy awarded each year ‘For Endeavor’ given to an athlete showing his enthusiasm and commitment to the sport of Quadrathlon. Mark has been our Chairman for 3 years, he has raced, and organizes a Winter Quad Series and the Boxend Quadrathlon each year the BQA have been very grateful for all his hard work and commitment to the sport and he has more than earned ‘Eric’s Trophy’

A BIG THANK-YOU MARK …. and I hope your going to still help me out next year!

2013 Final Trophy Results