Tuesday, September 20, 2011

NEW - Mountain Bike Training Opportunity


SPLASHnDASH is encouraging everyone to fall in love with mountain biking during the Fall Mountain Bike Trail Rides.

Date: Saturday, October 1 - November 26 @ 9:00am

Cost: $25/ 9 weeks - must be a BNL or TriNL Member

There will be alternating meeting points: Bowering Park, Wedgewood Pool and Paradise Recreation Centre. For more information or to register click HERE

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Otto Ryan Going To KONA

It's been a great season for our competitive members with our second athlete qualifying for the World Championships in Kona Hawaii.

Congratulations to Otto Ryan who completed Sunday's Ironman Wales in 10 hours 45 minutes 35 seconds for second place in his age group and a spot in Kona 2012.

Jeff Holmes qualified earlier this year and will be in Kona next month for the 2011 Worlds.

Friday, September 9, 2011

Newsome Swimming English Channel RIGHT NOW

After several days of weather delays our friend Paul Newsome is now underway with his 34k swim across the English Channel!

Paul was in St.John's last month to lead a swim clinic and to take part in the St.John's Triathlon.

We wish him well and will be tracking his progress over the next few hours RIGHT HERE.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Ideal Conditions For Final Open Water Swim

Hard work and patience paid off  last night for the swimmers of the 2011 SplashnDash Open Water Swim Series.

After four weeks of battling the weather and each other, the following athletes came out on top.
  • 750/550m Junior Division Peter Gregory
  • Masters Women 750/550m Division - Anne Gregory
  • Masters Male 750/550m Division - Kris Pilgrim
  • Masters Women 1500/1100m Division - Lesley-Marie Lahey
  • Masters Male 1500/1100m Division - Steven Dyke
Congratulations to everyone that participated in this series. For final results of the SplashnDash Open Water Swim Series click HERE.