A good squad for the penultimate race of the season in Reigate with a solid 7th place result.  Unfortunately not quite enough to drag us up from the bottom of the league but all to play for in the last race of the season on 11th February. 

All details and results on the cross country page.

A fantastic show of numbers from the club at the EnduranceLife coastal trail series runs in Dorset this weekend. On what turned out to be a lovely sunny December day, over 40 Ful-on Tri members were there to take on the hills and the mud whilst trying to enjoy the dramatic Jurrasic coastline. Amazing efforts for everyone who took part, and some great results alround, but a special congratulations to our 4 podium finishers -

Parys Edwards	10km	1st Female
Ellen Robinson	Half Marathon	3rd Female
Euan Lees	Half Marathon	2nd Male
James Whetman	Half Marathon	3rd Male

Also, a very worth mention for Alex Hussey who completed the gueling full marathon distance event.

Another great event from the EnduranceLife team, & with the celebrations that followed a top weekend was had by all!

Thank you for all your nominations for the club awards.  We have 8 nominees for the Zurich award, a reflection of how privileged we are as a club to have so many fantastic people contributing to its success. We have 3 nominees for the Dave Aitchison award.

Now it's time for you to vote for the winner - please go to the 'Annual Awards 2011' section under 'surveys' in the 'Members area' section of the website or click here

Voting will close at midnight on Saturday 10th December. Winners will be announced at the party on Saturday 17th December.

Many thanks.

A brief reminder of the awards:

Dave Aitchison Sportsmanship Award

The Dave Aitchison Award for Sportsmanship is given to an athlete who has demonstrated sporting behaviour during competition - respect and concern for an opponent, grace in victory or defeat, fairness and courtesy before, during and after the event.  This trophy has been kindly donated by Dave’s family to honour the spirit of good sportsmanship which Dave so clearly stood for. The Dave Aitchison Sportsmanship award is a way for Ful-On Tri to recognise those whose acts or attitude demonstrate consideration for others in race situations where many others would concentrate exclusively on their own endeavours. This could be through helping out with equipment failure on race day, providing pre-race assistance to novices at their first race, or sacrificing their own goals in order to aid a fellow competitor who has come into difficulty.

Zurich Club Member of the Year Award

An outstanding contribution to the club, not in exceptional sporting achievements, but someone who has demonstrated selfless commitment and the spirit of volunteering that is essential to the running of a not-for-profit sports club.

This trophy marks the generous £2,000 donation the Club received from Zurich in 2004 , and what’s more, you don’t have to be fast to win it! The Zurich Club Member of the Year award is a way for Ful-On Tri to recognise the efforts of our top volunteers within the Club. It is one of the ways that the Club can say thank you to those who generously give their time, energy and skills to the workings of the Club. This could be on committee, coaching, organising training camps, or volunteering at any number of the various events the Club is involved with throughout the year.

Our Ful-on tri long distance big-guns were down Mexico way this weekend and laying it down in style at Ironman Cozumel.

Those of us watching online were glued to the results as this exciting race unfolded....First out of the water was James Deane in an amazing 52:38mins (that's 1:23mins/100m!). Just a few minutes later Conan Gibney & Stu Anderson finished the swim just seconds apart and set about chasing down those ahead on the bike. By the end of the bike Stu was leading Conan by only 6 mins in 5th & 9th place in their age group. They then ran almost identical marathon times of 3:15hrs to finish in 6th & 7th place respectively in their age group, and bag those much coveted slots for the world champs in Kona 2012. (Also, in an incredibly tough age group, Stu & Conan finished 6th & 7th in their age group, but 7th & 8th placed age groupers overall!) Not far behind, James also had an amazing race to break the 10 hour barrier, and Nico van der Westhuizen finishing his first ironman in an fantastic 10:27hrs.

It's been a long season of hard training continuing months after most of the rest of us have eased into the off-season, but with such epic results I'm sure it's now all very worthwhile. Well done guys!!

Full results on the results page - Races » Race Results » Race Results 2011