Most improved

Will Slater

Will’s hard work on the bike and running has been rewarded with a big increase in speed and some great results in several triathlons. He’s mixing it with the top end of the results table now. He took an age group win at Ashbourne Triathlon, 9thopen place at the North West Tri, 8th overall at the Llandudno triathlon, 11th at Blithfield, 11th at Boundary Breeze and 12th at Oulton Park duathlon. He has also successfully qualified to represent GBR in his age group at the European Sprint Tri Champs in Istanbul in 2025. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hayley Green

Hayley has made huge progress with her swimming, both in the pool and in the open water.  When she first started with the club struggled to swim for more than 25m at a time without taking a rest. She has taken on her first triathlon at Nantwich in May and went back again in September for more and performed very well in both. She has ventured out on some tough rides with the fast group has shown a real increase in speed at the track and has stepped up from the steadies to chain gang.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Emma Turner

Emma has done really well this year from not having taken part in the sport to completing both her first sprint race at Nantwich and an Olympic distance event at Blithfield.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yulia Ivanenko

Yulia came to England with her family in difficult circumstances. She had not run, ridden or swum before. She has worked hard at her swimming and running at the NTC sessions and this year she took on her first triathlon at Cholmondeley team relays. The absolute joy on her face when she completed the race was amazing.  She actually leaped over the finish line with the broadest smile ever.

 

 

 

 

 

Best performance (women)

Emma Broadhurst

For her performances at Challenge Wales and Ironman Tenby. She smashed each discipline at Challenge Wales, finishing in 5:50 and taking second age group place. At Ironman Tenby she finished a brutal course in terrible weather conditions when many couldn’t. Emma also was 30th woman, and 6th age group at the British sprint tri championships and she took a third age group sprint triathlon place at the world qualifying event at Cardiff.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charl Clayton

Charl has proven that she is one of the toughest, if not the toughest, participants out there. If tackling the headwinds and hills of Challenge Wales 70.3 was not enough to prove this, she also got to ring the first time Ironman bell at the end of the red carpet at Ironman Italy. Charl Clayton for her dedication and determination in completing her goal of completing Ironman Italy despite various injury niggles and problems along the way.  A great job well done.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michelle Marshall

Michelle has once again had a strong season and mixed it with the best age groups at European and World level. She placed 6th at the European aquathlon championships in Coimbra Portugal, 8th at the European sprint triathlon in Vichy and 28th at the World sprint championships in Torremolinos.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Patience Lamb

Patience has had another season of great progress on the British Triathlon junior training programme. This culminated in her 6th place at the European junior championships in Banyoles, Spain. She had won the British Triathlon super series European youth qualifier to qualify for her place. Patience races at a whole different level from age group events and is mixing it with the best in Britain and Europe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lesley Dawson

Lesley Dawson has had some great results representing Great Britain in her age group in Vichy at the European sprint triathlon coming 16th while being under the weather and in Torremolinos World sprint triathlon championships coming 7th.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best performance (men)

John Braithwaite

John has shown great consistency and dedication in his training as he prepared for his first full Ironman event at Copenhagen. He worked really hard to achieve this and got round in 13:23.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nathan Walker

Nathan Walker continues to develop his speed and skill as he’s moved from junior to adult events. He took back to back overall wins at the sprint triathlons in Ellesmere and Llandudno, where his swim and run speed in particular secured victory. Nathan also had age group wins at Wilmslow Sprint Tri and the Cross Sprint Tri at X-Terra Weston Park, 4th at Salford and 7th at Boundary Breeze. He raced in his first GBR age group race in Torremolinos in the World sprint triathlon championships and mixed team relays and has qualified for the World sprint triathlon championships in 2025.

 

 

 

Mat Stephenson

Mat Stephenson has had wins across many different distances. He won his age group and was 12th open at the standard distance triathlon in Southport, 3rd in his age group at the Vitruvian Half Ironman with a time of 4:44, 31st at Challenge Roth with a time of 10:37 and was the 3rd Brit. He has also qualified for the Ironman 70.3 World championships in Taupo, New Zealand this December. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Didier Nuttall

Didier Nuttall completed Ironman Cascais in Portugal in 9:58, even while not feeling his best -  a superhuman achievement. He was  overall winner at the Shropshire triathlon middle distance event, in 4:24. This season has also run the Berlin marathon in 2:44, Boston marathon in 2:58 and Wilmslow half marathon in 1:15.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stuart Fisher

Stuart Fisher has had some great results representing Great Britain in his age group. He took silver medal at the World sprint duathlon championship in Townsville Australia, and 4th at the European sprint duathlon championships in Coimbra, Portugal, proving his calibre among the best age groupers once again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Volunteer

Matt Harper

Matt has shown immense dedication to coach and organise training sessions, even while struggling with injury himself. He has been the backbone of both the running all year and the open water sessions over the summer. He’s also led plenty of bike rides and supported club members with their goals, nurturing, looking after and getting them over the line. 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike Howard

Mike pulls together the newsletter week in and week out, making sure everyone’s race results are included and sharing people’s news and achievements. He organises club rides and events, including the camping trip to Bala in the summer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mark Hatton and Michelle Marshall 

Mark and Michelle have done a sterling job as club captains throughout the year. They organised the teams for the Cholmondeley relays, making this a memorable occasion for the 36 club members who formed the nine teams. They also organise the club’s cross-country teams, cajoling and encouraging everyone to come along and join the fun. Mark has also work hard designing the new red club kit and jazzing up the black kit and Michelle has been busy working with Charl organising the annual club awards night, last year and also this year.

Charl Clayton

Charl has been a driving force of the club behind the scenes as membership secretary. She looks after new members and organises the systems in the background that keep the club running smoothly, we would be lost without her. She’s also put lots of effort and time into organising the annual club awards night, last year and this year. It wouldn’t happen without her.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Most dedicated

Hayley Green

Hayley is a regular feature at most of the club training sessions, and her performances reflect her hard work. She’s learned to swim in the pool, she’s regularly at the running track and she’s a stalwart of the Tuesday and Saturday rides.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jason Riley

No matter what the setback, Jason always overcomes it and makes it to the next start line. A true inspiration and role model to us all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gary Payne

Gary regularly attends track, chain gang and swimming sessions both in the pool and at open water. He’s also given lots of support to the open water kayak rota. He's also a great advocate for the club, encourages others and sharing his experiences. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nathan Walker

Nathan is at many of the club training sessions. He’s a regular at Northwood track and loves the open water swimming at Astbury. He’s also joined the chain gang this year – holding his own with club veterans. His dedication is matched only by that of his mum!