Club News
SH2OUT Accreditation - SH2OUT Accreditation We’re extremely proud to be the first club in the South East region to achieve SH2OUT (Interim) accreditation, and we hope to gain full accreditation when the lake opens in the new year. In 2019 Dartford & White Oak Triathlon club, took the decision to gain SH2OUT accreditation. SH2OUT is a partnership between British Triathlon and the Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) created to assist in the delivery of safe, quality and credible Open Water Swimming events. During 2019 the club worked closely with its designated SH2OUT technical adviser to ensure its existing operating and safety material met the SH2OUT standards andRead More →Lake Closure until further notice - Dear Triathlete, Following testing as part of the normal checks for the quality of the water at the lake, blue green algae has been detected. As I’m sure you are aware this can have serious and long lasting health implications for animals and humans alike. Therefore we have been advised that the lake must not be used until further notice whilst additional information is gathered and a decision made on how to proceed. The Bridge management company advise us that the levels are low but this precaution is necessary and they will be testing again in 4 weeks time. Please check your club emailRead More →
Chase the Sun -Mark o’brien - Mark O’Brien Chase the Sun 2019 Mark O’Brien Chase the Sun 2019 HAPPY READINGRead More →
South Africa Ironman report by Mark Milsom - IM SA Race Report Mark Milsom Happy reading everyone 🙂Read More →
Brian Downton -Grafman 2018 report - Grafman my second half distance Triathlon – Brian Downton May 20th 2018 was the day that 4 brave souls conquered the Grafman Half Iron man distance Triathlon – well 3 of us conquered it All of us had opted for the camp site with Craig and Dan Dean in Craig’s camper and me on a camp bed outside Dave Ps caravan (maybe) None of this posh hotels stuff So 4pm on Saturday 19th and we had all arrived – well nearly – we appeared to be short of a caravan and Dave – where was I going to sleep? With Dan? Or even worse topRead More →
Chris Childs Team GB report - Chris Childs – Team GB age group representative Like others in our club, I’m an ‘age-grouper’ and compete for GB at European and international tri events. I’m interested in training, travelling and getting better at Triathlon and the individual sports that make it up – swimming is my biggest challenge as I’ve never really learnt to do laps! Like others in the club, this can be the biggest challenge to any tri distance we tackle. One way around the swimming problem is to do duathlon – run/bike/run and that’s how I started in multi-sports, having come from a running background. I’ve been concentrating on shorterRead More →
