Nottingham Triathlon Club, East Midlands Triathlon Club of the Year in 2022 held their annual awards night on December 1.
The club with a number of Gedling borough members was started as a new club in lockdown when some members of a club which closed down in lockdown, wanted to keep training together so worked with British Triathlon to set up the new club.
Christian Thorne, Social Secretary said: “We had our Awards night on Friday with some incredible performances this year, one member entering for the first time, several triathlons at 65 for charity, one member their first Olympic Triathlon, another, their first Ironman in Vichy, France, the Coast to Coast 150 mile cycle in a day, the Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon and a number of podiums from the rest.
“We’re friendly, inclusive, supportive of people wanting to do their first triathlon through to competing at GB level internationally.
“All training is led by British Triathlon qualified coaches.”
The annual awards evening, where the club celebrates the amazing things they have achieved as individuals and as a club in 2023 announced the Nottingham Triathlon Club award winners as follows:
- Most improved female – Susan Wheatcroft
- Most improved male – Isaac Kirkpatrick
- Female of the year – Holly Woodford
- Male of the year – Eddy George
- Family of the year – The Richards
- Outstanding achievements – Annette Frost, Brain Abbotts
Christian added “We’re really proud of our super friendly club and want to share these incredible experiences. Everyone should do a triathlon once but you will want to do more. There are so many fantastic local events.”
Nottingham Triathlon Club is a British Triathlon affiliated club catering for all ages and abilities. Awarded the British Triathlon Bronze TriMark award in 2019 and East Midlands Triathlon Club of the Year in 2022.
The club offers over 118 training places in the swim, static bike and run at 4 venues across Nottingham.
Further information including contact details can be found on the club website www.nottinghamtri.com/ , on the club’s social media HERE or by email to hello@nottinghamtri.com.
