Category Archives: Open water

Social Half-Ironman

The plans are coming together for this Saturday, 22 Sept.  There will be two groups of cyclists – a slower group will leave Druridge Bay at 10, a faster group at 11.  The day will be fully supported, with tea, … Continue reading

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Open water swim – last one / change of start time

The last open water training session of the year will be this Thursday (12 Sept).  The Country Park now closes at 8pm, so we’ll swim at 6:30 rather than 7pm

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Summer super-sprints

A reminder that the summer super-sprints kick off this week.  The next three weeks will see the events at the Thursday night open-water swims at Druridge Bay. 2nd Aug – Aquathlon – 500m swim / 2.5k run 9th Aug – … Continue reading

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Open Water Swimming

Sessions start at Druridge this Thursday.  Meet at the Visitor Centre car park from 6:40pm, ready to swim at 7. As in previous years, we’ll split into informal groups based on ability & goals.  You’ll need to sign a disclosure … Continue reading

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Open Water Swimming

We have officially given up on Druridge Bay for the next couple of weeks until the water quality in Ladyburn Lake is checked as the water still looks like chocolate milk and we have no idea if is is clean … Continue reading

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Northumberland Swim Challenge – Druridge Bay

3 club members competed at Saturday’s open water swim challenge, all in the 3k event. 7. Helen Jones @49:18 14. Caroline Findlay 0:58:37 19. Bridget Peberdy 1:15:51 Full results at http://www.trinorthumberland.co.uk/2011-events/northumberland-challenge-swim

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QE2 – challenge swims

As part of the weekend of events at QE2 lake, Tri-Northumberland put on a couple of long-distance swim races on Saturday.  Jo G-O and Helen Jones fought it out for the top spot for the club, with Jo taking a … Continue reading

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Open water swimming this week

Quick reminder that we have a session at Druridge on Monday night to replace our usual pool session at Willowburn, which is cancelled due to the Bank Holiday.  Normal O/W swim timings apply – get there for about 18:45, in … Continue reading

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Open Water sessions – structure

Following on from last week’s more structured swim session, we’re going to continue with that approach for the rest of the summer. Groups are split by coloured swim-hat: Green hats – relatively fast swimmers, out for 45 minutes or more.  … Continue reading

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Bank Holiday Open Water Swim

As Willowburn will be closed on Monday 30 May, we’ll be running an additional lake swim at Druridge Bay.  Normal timings apply, i.e., arrive at 6:45 to be in the water at 7pm.  Park’s open until 9pm so there’s time … Continue reading

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