I hope you are all having a great summer so far and welcome to all our new members at Ashford Tri Club.
We are well into race season now, so here’s a little roundup of what we have coming up.
Upcoming events
Sunday 10th August
20th Anniversary Wine Tasting and Tour
2025 marks the 20th anniversary of Ashford Tri club. We still have a few places left for our wine tasting event at Wayfarer Wines. Details tickets are available here – BOOK HERE
Tuesday 12th August
ATC 1K Swim Club Champ Race
1000m Open water swim race at Lydd Lake – open to all club members.
Details and booking via Spond (Please also Book via Action Watersports and pay for a normal Tuesday night swim)
Thursday 14th August
10 mile Club Champ TT
Details on Spond
Sunday 17th August
French Day Trip Social Bike ride
Suitable for all abilities, 56 mile social ride in France, meeting at Dover and departing on 7:10 Ferry. Details on Spond
Saturday 30th August
ATC Parkrun tour – Dover Waterfront
End of month Parkrun tour – details on Spond
Sunday 7th September
Target Race – Swim Run at Bewl Water
3 different race distances available – 6k, 10k or 21k
For more info and race entries – Click Here
Members Achievements
KOM/QOM Ride
Well done to all who took part in the annual King and Queen of the Mountains Club Ride on 3rd August.
Congratulation to Amy Wimble and Alex Milne who were crowned Queen and King of the mountain respectively.
National Success
CONGRATULATIONS to club member Sophie West who became the woman’s PTS5 British Paratriathlon Champion 2025.
Outlaw – Holkham Half
Congratulations to Terry & Rich for completing the a gruelling Half-Ironman distance in Holkham.
The rain did not stop play as our boys powered through. This was Rich’s first half-iron distance event after a long and challenging personal journey. #AllAboutTheBlue
Eastbourne – Half Iron distance Tri
Huge Congratulations to Georgina Hall and Andy Cornwell for completing the Half Iron distance triathlon at Eastbourne in rather soggy conditions. Great achievement!!!
This was Georgina’s first Half-iron distance event too!
Splash and Dash
Our friends over at Ocean Lake Tri put on a great event over at Leybourne Lakes on July 9th.
Plenty of Ashford club members joined them for the mid-week Aquathon series.
Shout out to Georgina Hall who won the Female 1500m/5k distance, Aurore Festaud who was first in the 400m/5k, and Mark Higginson who made the Open 400m/5k his own, finishing first, last, and in fact, in every position!
Honourable mention to Lorna Cheshire, who managed to turn the 5k run into a 5 miler, and ended up at a pub.
Hastings & Captains Rides
The annual Hastings & Back ride went off without a hitch. Much fun was had by all!
Also, the annual Captains ride had a great turn out this year.
Current weekly Training Schedule
Wednesdays 18:50
Trail Run
Last Sunday of month
Brunch Social Ride
Swim
The Coached pool swim sessions have finished for the summer, however club members regularly swim at Lydd and Leybourne Lakes, these are more informal and ad hoc so keep your eye open on Spond and Facebook.