Overall 23 swimmers completed the swim with about £4500 raised for the KIDS and GAFIRS (Rescue Services) charities.

It will be attempted again next year!

20^th May

Lucy Chittenden races elite

Congratulations to Lucy Chittenden who competed in her first elite draft-legal race in the first round of the Corus Elite Series at GreenPark in Reading. Racing against the likes of Olympians Andrea Whitcombe and Flora Duffy, Lucy finished 10th overall in the ladies race. Here's how Lucy summed up the experience.

Came out of the swim with my goggles filled with water from the fight at the start of the race came out of the swim in 20th place and just missed the lead bunch on the bike. Worked very hard with another girl and was catching the bunch up. Came off the bike with the back of the bunch in 13th place and had very good transitions. Ran off the bike to overtake some more people in front of me and managed to get in the prize money and finished in 10th place. It was the hardest race I have done but the most rewarding one too.

We look forward to further success for Lucy in the elite ranks. 2012 perhaps?

Lucy Chittenden on the bike and run. © Rob Hunter.

15^th May

FTC Training Week Lanzarote 2009

Christian Vaughan is organising a club training week at Club La Santa, Lanzarote for 29^th January - 5^th February 2009.

Latest Info.
We have now filled the first sports apartment and a number of others. I can only hold the second sports apartment until the end of the week, which will be the cheapest option for making the trip. If you are thinking about going to Lanzarote to train (or soak up the sun), NOW is the time to say so!!! The original document is below--I am booking flights this week and need travel info from all those registered(you will have got an email today) as I need this for flight booking.

Details can be found here.

Further information and small print can be found here.

The Club La Santa Website can be found here.

Further information will be posted as and when received on the "What's On" page here.

13^th May

Ian Howard's Trans Alpine Triathlon

At the beginning of July, Ian will set off on a 2,000 mile triathlon across the Alps, from the French Riviera to Slovenia to raise money for Marie Curie Cancer Care.

Ian will cycle or run over the highest asphalted passes in each country and swim in any lakes along the way. Ian's wife Judith, and Rosie (a black labrador), comprise the support crew. They have bought a camper van to live in. Friends are welcome to join Ian for various stages of the route. They hope to be back at the end of August. 

Sir Ranulph Fiennes has sent a message of support: "Marie Curie Cancer Care provides nursing care to cancer patients around the country making life more comfortable for patients in their last days and providing valuable support for their families. Please support Ian in his ambitious attempt to traverse the Alps from end to end in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care. To cover over 2,000 miles, taking in the very highest roads of the Alps, without using mechanical transport, is a considerable challenge and I send him and Judith my best wishes for a successful undertaking."

Every penny raised will go towards Marie Curie Cancer Care.

You will be able to follow Ian's progress on this website here.

You can sponsor Ian and help raise funds for Marie Curie Cancer Care here.

5^th May

Top turnout for Hart

No less than 61 FTC members competed at the Hart Triathlon.

Hopefully everyone achieved their personal goals and congratulations to the following who achieved podium places in their respective age-groups:

1^st Female Lucy Chittenden
1^st FV40 Fiona Love
1^st FV35 Nikki Fowler

2^nd MV35 Rob Hunter
2^nd FV40 Andrea Merritt
2^nd FV55 Mouveta Fowler

3^rd MSen Mark Taylor
3^rd MV35 Jason Harris
3^rd FV35 Allie Richardson
3^rd FV50 Ali Wigg

16^th April

FTC Training Week Lanzarote 2009

Christian Vaughan is organising a club training week at Club La Santa, Lanzarote for 29^th January - 5^th February 2009.

Details can be found here.

Further information and small print can be found here.

The Club La Santa Website can be found here.

Further information will be posted as and when received on the "What's On" page here.

30^th March

Ironman Training Weekend Done and Dusted

Well done to everyone who took part in the Ironman Training Weekend. Thanks to all those who gave up their time to help out with timekeeping, marshalling and supporting and thanks to Allie Richardson for taking on the organisation. The weekend appears to have been a success despite the atrocious conditions which caused the curtailment of Saturday's bike ride. Hopefully everyone achieved their personal goals.

Results (times) have been posted on the Ironman Training Weekend page here.

3^rd March

New British Triathlon Websites Now Live

The new British Triathlon Federation and Triathlon England websites are now live. Click on the logos below to view.

27^th February

South East Regional Triathlon Championships

News from Human Race is that the weekend of 19th/20th July will see the inaugural South East Regional Triathlon Championships take place at Dorney Lake, Eton.

Held over the standard distances of 1500m open water swim, 40km bike and 10km run, the individual age-group race will take place on the Saturday with Sunday's 3/4 distance BananaMan race (800m, 30km, 7.4km) hosting the relay and team time trial races.

Details should appear on the Human Race website, in the mean-time, forms are available here: Age-Group Champs London Region (19th July)   Regional Champs for Relay and TTT (20th july)

Also now available is the entry form for the first ever Children's Open Water Triathlon at the same venue on 12th July.  

25^th February

Club Awards Dinner

Congratulations to all our members who received awards at the dinner this weekend and special congratulations to Lucy Chittenden for Youth Member of the Year, Philippa May for Club Member of the Year and Carl Atkinson for the Alan Keith Trophy award for his efforts in the Norseman triathlon.

2007 Trophies

A list of the trophies awarded is detailed below. The age group winners have been added to the championship records here.

Ironman Training Weekend

Preparations are under way for the Farnham Triathlon Club Ironman Training Weekend which will take place on the weekend of 28^th, 29^th and 30^th March.
For those that have not participated in this before, we hold an Ironman training weekend with the swim taking place on the Friday evening at the usual swim time, the cycle taking place on Saturday morning along the A31 and the run taking place along the Basingstoke canal footpath starting at the wharf by the Barley Mow in Dogmersfield on Sunday morning.
Participants elect to either do the half or full Ironman distance and you can mix and match on all three disciplines (for example you can choose to swim the half distance, cycle the full distance and run the half or if you prefer just choose one of the three to complete at either distance).
Although it is important to emphasise that this is not a race, times and splits will be recorded to give participants an indication of how they might fare over the full or half Ironman distances. Photographs and 'results' from previous years are available, together with details of this year's event, on the Ironman Training Weekend page.
In order to organise this we need to know how many people want to take part in each discipline and which distances so please let Allie Richardson know your name and choices as soon as possible.
We also need marshals to help with the timing and safety of this event – please let Allie know if you are able to help.