Junior Club Championship

Christmas party and awards presentation

Congratulations to the following who were presented with trophies and prizes at the awards presentation and Christmas party:

Performance U12  Male: Isaac Brown  / 
Performance U12 Female: Tammy Falshaw
Performance O12 Male: Alex Yee
Performance O12 Female: Natalie Falshaw
Coaches Awards:  Adam Efrat and Harry Horsman
Endeavour Awards: Elle Horsman and Matthew Brogan
Rising Stars: Michael Eagling, Archie Dunnill and Joseph Yee
Parent Volunteer Award: Sheila Horsman

Their names have been added to the Club Champions page.

There was a surprise visit from
'Mark Cavendish' and 'Bradley
Wiggins' to celebrate the Cavs winning this year's Club Championships.

2011 Club Championships

Crystal Palace Junior Triathletes take Dulwich Park by storm!

Last Sunday was the final CPT junior club championship event, a run race in Dulwich Park.  Well done to everyone who competed and earned points for their team. 16 of you were there and your CPT kit looked striking on the start line.

But did the Wiggos close the points gap?  No, unfortunately not for them, this year the Cavs came out in force, scores on Sunday were...

Cavs 109 with 10 team members and bonus points awarded to Harry, Matthew, Mali and Ben A
Wiggos 66 with 6 team members and bonus points awarded to Alex and Elle

Many congratulations to the Cavs who have taken the Club Championship title this year by 129 points and will be awarded the trophy with a mini Mars of course for EVERYONE who took part in the Club Champs series.

Jon says "Chapeau" to all who took part and thank you to the parents and supporters.

If anyone has any ideas to evolve the club champs for 2012 please let Sheila know.

You can also view Helen's photos on Facebook (you don't have to be on Facebook to access images).

Club Champs update

As the triathlon race season draws to a close there is one final event remaining in the CPT Junior Club Championships, the Dulwich Park Run on Sunday 2 October.

It is a one mile run for primary age and two miles for secondary age, up to 15 years old.  Entry is on the day, usually a couple of quid and takes place whilst the 10k is going on so from around 10:15 onwards, with the junior races starting from around 11:00.

There was a massive turn out of CPT juniors last year with lots of podium places too, all presented by Jo Brand!  A lot of adult members having run the 10k stayed to support the juniors, so make sure you wear your club kit to get a big cheer.  If you would like to purchase a CPT running vest please email Brigit 

So finally the crucial bit…..the team scores!

Wiggos 779
Cavs 857

Remember everyone earns 10 points for their team for taking part.

Which team will win the esteemed honour of Club Champions?

Club champs update

The Trinity Triathlon, the 9th event in the club champs series took place on 10 July.  There was a massive 24 of you racing but also a further eight juniors who wanted to race but couldn't due to illness/injury or not getting a place   That's three quarters of the junior club!  Wow, you lot are keen.

Points for the Trinity Triathlon were as follows:

WIGGOs 135 including 5 bonus points awarded to Alex Y, Freddie and Oliver
CAVs 112 including 2 bonus points awarded to Michael

So, with one event remaining the Wiggos have closed the gap slightly and are 78 points behind.

CAVs 857
WIGGOs 779

The final event is the Dulwich Park run in October, remember last year the Wiggos were behind and came out in force for this event to steal the championship!  The date hasn't been advertised yet but it is usually the first weekend in October, so pencil in Sunday 2 October and we'll let you know when we find out.

Lastly, a big thank you to Sara and Alice for organising the picnic and Jon for organising the rounders match, hope you enjoyed yourself... and it wasn't just the juniors having fun, it was the big kids too!

Club Champs update

At the end of June, 12 daring juniors undertook the Children's open water race at Dorney Lake.  What an event, on the hottest day of the year everyone who raced received a very cool 'Super Tri' (instead of Super Dry) t shirt!  

So with the Wiggos scoring 50 points and the Cavs scoring 70 points, the overall scores after eight events are...

WIGGOs 644
CAVs 745

Top scorers for the Wiggos are Adam and Elle and top scorers for the Cavs are Luc and  Harry.

There are only two events remaining in the Club Champs, many of you are racing the Trinity Triathlon (don't forget our picnic afterwards!) this weekend and then the Dulwich Park run in October, date to be confirmed.

Read Joe's Dorney report and Matthew's on the June news page.

Club champs update

The 7th event in the CPT club champs series took place on Sunday 19 June, the Thames Turbo Aquathlon in Hampton.  As always there was loads of encouragement for everyone and a lot of CPT noise!  Well done to everyone, especially for completing those many, many laps around the field, it made me dizzy watching.

Which team had the most triathletes racing?

The Cavs had six juniors, scoring 60 but the Wiggos had nine juniors plus four bonus points, so they scored 94. It's getting closer!

Overall scores after seven events are....
Wiggos 594
Cavs 675

Three events left to go, can the Wiggos close the gap?  See some of you at Dorney Open water race this weekend.

Thanks to Ron and James for their photos from the race.

Ron's photos
James' photos

Club Champs update

A massive turn out for the CPT club Aquathlon at Trinity on Friday, well done to everyone who raced, especially the first timers.  Looking through Brian's photos, there's a mixture of joy and pain on your faces!  Thank you to Suse, Jon and Phil for organising the race.  Results are listed below.

So which team had the most juniors racing?  Well it was even at 12 juniors per team, so both the Wonderful Wiggos and Courageous Cavs score a bumper 120 points each! 

If you would like to write a short piece about any of the recent club champs for the website, please send to the webmaster who will happily publish here.

Team scores so far are...

Wiggos 500
Cavs 615

Next three Club Champ events are all London League races too... and may not be full, so if you fancy having a go get online and enter.  Go to the Events page for more info.

19 June - Thames Turbo Aquathlon
26 June - Eton Open Water Triathlon
10 July - Trinity Triathlon

Photos from the Velodrome on 7 June

Club Champs Aquathlon

Times from Friday's Club Championship Aquathlon at Trinity are now available. Congratulations to everyone who took part. There will be an update to the team scores soon.

Harry completed three laps of the adult run course as he and Elle had to share a pair of trainers!

View Brian's photos from the Aquathlon.

Club Champs update

Our new TriStart members have been placed in teams for the Club Championships. Lottie will be racing for the Cavs and Oliver for the Wiggos. 

Herne Hill Velodrome
Tuesday was a night of exhilarating racing between the Cavs and Wiggos at Herne Hill Velodrome, with tons of team and club spirit!  Sam was directing the Cavs whilst Adam led the Wiggos.  Everyone really put in an all-out effort with the Wiggos just pipping the Cavs 5 races to 4.  Photos will be added here shortly.

The scores were....

Cavs 60
Wiggos 80 (20 bonus points)

Halfway through the Club Champs series the Cavs lead the Wiggos 495 to 380. 

Club Championship belated updateThe first weekend in May saw the start of the junior London League races, and also the third event in the CPT Club Championships.  19 CPT juniors competed in either the Epping Aquathlon or the Hillingdon Duathlon with Adam and James racing in both!  Well done to everyone, especially to those for whom it was their first race.

At Hillingdon on Sunday CPT had the biggest turn out of any club and everyone made their presence known with plenty of noise and encouragement for all.

Jon said …. "A great performance by everyone who raced in testing windy conditions.  A great effort from all, particularly by Harry, Morris and Nik who had crashed the previous day.  As usual I was a very proud coach"

Congratulations to the Cavs, who once again had the most team members racing. Hillingdon results were….

Wiggos 75 (70 team points and 5 bonus points for places by James A, Alex Y and Elle)
Cavs 113 (11 team points and bonus points for places by Isaac and Mali)

So, overall scores after three events are…..Wiggos 155  Cavs 283.

Photographs from Hillingdon and Club Champs updateThanks very much to Mark Allan for the action photographs from Hillingdon on Sunday 6 March.

Well done to Matthew's little brother, Luke who cycled round and round on his little bike and appears on the last photo in this gallery.

View the photos.

Where are the Wiggos?
The second CPT junior club champs event, a bike team time trial was held at Hillingdon on Sunday at the end of the training session.  Once divided into their teams it quickly became apparent that perhaps the Wiggos had stayed in bed!

There were eight Cavs taking part (scoring 80 points) and only four Wiggos (scoring 40 points) so the scores on the doors after two events are.....

Wiggos 80
Cavs 170

Check your diaries and get yourself along to the next event in the CPT junior club champs, the Hillingdon Duathlon on Sunday 1st May, entries are now open.  There is another CPT training session at Hillingdon ahead of this on Sunday 10 April, which will give you valuable race prep.  Read more about last Sunday's session on the News page.

1st Club Champs Event - Richmond Park - 26 FebruaryIt was a very wet and windy day for the first event in the junior club championships on Saturday.  After getting a soaking on their bikes around Richmond Park the Chilly Cavs and Wet Wiggos were extremely enthusiastic to get on with the team run relay, no really they were!  It was a brilliant turn out considering many were away for half term and the dreadful weather.  Nine Cavs and four Wiggos completed the event, Ben A and Alice were also there but couldn't run due to injury and illness.  With a slight imbalance of team members, Jon borrowed a few Cavs to run as Wiggos for the day. It was a closely contested race with everyone giving it their best shot. 
 
Points so far are.....
Cavs 90
Wiggos 40
 
The weather just added to the madness.  A great team and club spirit, well done to everyone who braved the morning.

Are you are Cav or a Wiggo?All junior members have been divided into two teams and each athlete will earn 10 points for their team by completing each of the series events.  Teams have been juggled around to ensure a good split of age groups and gender.

WIGGOs - Abi M, Adam, Alex C, Alex Y, Alice, Ben H, Elizabeth, Elle, Eva, Freddie, George, Georgina, James A, Jay, Jessica, Louis, Morris, Sacha and Tamsin.

CAVs - Abigail S, Ben A, Daniella, Dominic, Freya, Harry, Isaac, Joe K, Joseph, Luc, Mali, Matthew, Max, Michael, Natalie, Nik, Olivia, Sam, Sumer and Tim.

Go to a full list of the 2011 Club Championship events.

CPT Junior Club Championships 2011After the success of the Club Champs in 2010, where Crystal Palace junior triathletes competed in over 160 races in the series, we are pleased to announce we will be holding our friendly Wiggos vs. Cavs team challenge once again!

The following races have been selected in the CPT Junior Club Championships 2011.

26 February - Team Run Relay (Richmond Pk) - Club Session/Race
6 March - Hillingdon Bike TT - Club Session/Race
1 May - Hillingdon Duathlon - London League
22 May - CPT Triathlon - London League
7 June - Herne Hill Bike TT Club - Session/Race
10 June - CPT Aquathlon (Trinity) - Club Session/Race
19 June - Thames Turbo Aquathlon - London League
26 June - Eton Open Water Triathlon - London League
10 July - Trinity Triathlon - London League
October - Dulwich Park Run - Junior & Secondary ages
TBC - CPT Aquathlon Club - Session/Race

The events in our championships which are also London Region League races have the dates in red.  These races can fill up very quickly, so be sure to enter early if you want a place.  You can see all the London League Races for 2011 on the Events page. Please note not all races are open for entry yet.

If you would like to know more about the London Region League races go to London Region, where you can read about this years series. 

The events involving CP triathletes only are in black and there is no need to enter, just turn up!

Hopefully there is something there for everyone to enjoy and once again the CPT and team spirit will prevail.  For every event in the club champs completed you will score points for your team.  More details to follow regarding teams and rules in a few weeks time.

Make sure you put the dates in your diaries and look out for details of when races open as they are likely to fill very quickly. For those of you testing out the log books don't forget to write the events you enter in the race section and onto your training calendar.