National Championships at Manvers 2024

The BQA were so pleased that Dearne Valley and the Team at Manvers Lake took on the task, of hosting the BQA National Championships, and what a fabulous event it turned out to be! They upped the event this year and made it even better, less laps on the swim course and on the kayak course made it much easy for the athletes, and with the use of chip timing for the first time it was so much better for the marshals and organizers! We were also blessed with gorgeous weather for the 2nd Race in the BQA Series,  congratulations to everyone who raced and to everyone who gave up their time to help this event run extremely smoothly!

Special thanks to Mark Benton, David Jones and there Manvers Team for organising this great quad, you are a wonderful ‘Team’ of people thank you for your enthusiasm and for inspiring so many to take to the water and embrace the challenge, you have put so many smiles on peoples faces at Manvers. Without a doubt it’s such a fabulous feel good event, enjoyed by everyone, from seasoned athletes to first timers it was so good to see everyone just loving the day

Also huge thanks to ‘David and Caz Jones’ who have been organizing Quad Training Days throughout the year and encouraging newcomers to our sport, they do a fantastic job to introducing people into our sport!

We started the morning at 8.30 with the QuadKidz Tri and Quad race a huge well done to them, they were all amazing all finished their races in fantastic style , most certainly our stars of the future!

Boys 9-11
1st Sam Docherty 23.40
2nd Guy Hebdon 26.59
Boys 16-18 (full distance)
Joseph Dsilva 2.248
Girls 12-15
1st Charlotte Docherty 36.15
2nd Isabelle Moorhouse 44.36

The main race started at 9.30. It was 1 800m lap in the swim, followed by an out and back 15km gravel bike ride on the Trans Pennine Route. Then back to the lake for the 4km kayak, 4 laps (approx. 1 km per lap), and finally a 5 km off road run around the whole lake. A great course and inclusive to all standards of athletes. We had our strongest quadrathletes competing at the front end of the race for the National Overall and Age Group Titles, but as always its so good to see our year in year out athletes and the first timers who always give it their all! The BQA want to thank every single one of you for taking part and supporting our small but wonderful sport, we do really apricate your commitment …. Thank -You! 

OUR 2024 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS including Age Groups, plus a special mention to all our BQA members taking part! 

MENS
BQA NATIONAL CHAMPION – 1st Vet 60 Jules Taylor 1.37.16
BQA 2nd overall – 1st Senior Oli Fairbairn 1.38.33
BQA 3rd overall – Nicholas Farnell 1.45.32
BQA 4th overall – Phillipe Jumeau 1:49:25
BQA 5th overall – 1st Vet 50 Jeff Chappill 1.51.34
BQA 6th overall – John McAdam 1:53:39
BQA 8th overall – 1st U23 Blake Mawson-Burren 1.57.23
         11th overall – 1st Vet 40 Adam Draup 2.03.20
BQA 12th overall – Andrew Lawson 2.26.25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LADIES
BQA National Champion – 1st Vet 40 Helen Russell 1.48.24
BQA 2nd overall – Tora Oetgen 2.08.12
    3rd overall – Clare Addy 2.14.15
BQA 4th overall – 1st Vet 60 Helen Recchia 2.15.06
BQA 5th overall – Janet Green 2.20.26   
BQA 6th overall – 1st Vet 50 Caz Jones 2.29.49
BQA 7th overall – Geraldine Richards 2.31.59
BQA 16th overall – Amanda Lord 3.06.48

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FULL MANVERS RESULTS

NATIONAL TROPHY STANDINGS after 2 RACES BQA trophy Series after 2 Races

WORLD CUP STANDINGS WQF and BQA Race 5

The BQA love to hear about your Race experiences, so we can share them and inspire others to have a go at our sport, so please dont hesitate to send me your story … we’d love to share it! SEND malpasashleys@btinternet.com

Big Thanks to ‘Jules Taylor’ ‘Our Men’s National Champion for writing us his Race Report

Plans are made to be changed I think someone once said !
Brigg was going to be my only Quadrathlon originally this year , but having enjoyed it so much now have a full season of racing .
National Championships here at Dearne Valley
World Long Course Quad in Hungary
Awesome Foursome at Bude
Brigg Sprint distance

I hadn’t raced at Manvers home ground before, but on arrival I was blown away by the lake and the whole setting . The lake looked really inviting, and was a great for the swim and kayak. With Amelia (13 yr old daughter) as my support crew we pitched up Saturday evening and had a good night’s sleep .

Sunday morning was lovely, warm, just a little breeze, perfect. Kit sorted, gravel bike racked, and straight into the swim . It was such a relief to have the space to swim in, not getting kicked, grabbed, or swim over, it felt like it went ok , with no issues at all .

Into T1, and Helen (Women’s Champion ) was already getting her bike kit sorted so she must have had a storming swim, it was a rapid transition and of on the bike. Within a short while a few of us found ourselves on the golf course having followed the wrong path, quickly we got back on the right one and I put the effort in and was pulling away. Before the turnaround , the eventual winner of the Triathlon event passed me , but I managed to keep him in sight to the finish of the bike. Having seen where the other Quad competitors were after the turnaround I knew I couldn’t let up!

This was always going to be a hard race between Oli and myself, having never beaten him yet, I was vaguely pleased to be ahead at this stage , but knew he would be putting in maximum effort .

First onto the kayak, and this I felt should be my ace card, confident with some solid training the past couple of weeks. It was a great feeling to have the lake to myself  and got stuck in to a strong smooth rhythm. First lap rounding the islands , and then I could see others now on the water , but not till the start of the second lap could I figure out where the other competitors actually were. At the start of each lap after, I saw I was making time on Oli which as it ended up , I badly needed.

Onto the run, and realised I really had been pushing it on the kayak as I struggled to bring my breathing down. I had around 3 minutes I reckoned on Oli, but knew his running was stronger so just had to zone out and work as hard as I could. I had a few of the Triathletes to use as targets to run down, using this to keep my pace up as much as I could, eventually I could see the finish line on the other side of the lake , so with about 1.5 km left I started to empty the tank! I kept looking back but no sign of anyone, so it ended up a really satisfying victory for me. As it turned out Oli had pulled back a couple of minutes and was only a minute behind me …. it was a great race !

On paper, it looked a really nice fun race and it was , but also one of the hardest I’d done. A very deceptive course …underestimate it at your peril! Many thanks to all involved it was brilliantly organised, awesome atmosphere, once again another fabulous Quadrathlon hear in Great Britain!

For me …. Next stop World Long Course Championship in Hungary!

Thanks Jules, and we wish him Luck at the Long Course World Championships flying the GB Flag!

Once again a Big Thanks to Everyone, and a special mention to the Manvers Team for there non stoppable enthusiasm and to the BQA who keep our sport going for us all to enjoy! I look forwards to seeing many of you girls at the Deva Divas Quad (and your Team Coach David too) … you will have an absolute Blast!!