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Welcome to SAUK Triathlon
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SAUK is a sports club primarily based in SW London with a significant South African flavour involved in the three disciplines of triathlon: swimming, cycling and running.
The club is made up of athletes of all abilities who want to train and race in a familiar and friendly environment, while gaining
knowledge and sharing information about the sport.
SAUK triathlon is open to everyone from complete novice to seasoned Ironman triathlete, and of course you don't have to be South African - we have plenty of members from all over!
We like to put a big effort into our training so we can excuse the large effort we put into our socialising afterwards.
When entering races, always put SAUK Triathlon as your club. This will ensure club recognition and help in the allocation of points for the new London club triathlon league.
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20/02/2009 ::Spin Sessions::
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Club spin sessions are held on Thursday evenings 7:30-8:30 and 8:30-9:30 at the Pedal Studio.
Mark Tickner will be taking the 7:30pm class from this week going forward.
Please ensure you are there on time, as well as registered in the New Riders section of their website to use the Pedal Studio HRM system. This will help both yourselves and Mark monitor your training, and you will an email after the session with all your HRM stats which you can then add to your training logs.
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26/02/2009 ::Robby Ricc Blog::
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For those of you missing Robby's excellent articles now that he has moved back to SA with his family, you can keep up to date with his exploits at his new blog.
Plenty of interesting discussion on life, family and of course triathlon. Catch up on Robby's preparation for SA Ironman, Comrades and Fatherhood.
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31/03/2008 ::Track Sessions::
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A quick reminder that SAUK are introducing athletics track training sessions on Wednesday evenings (starting this Wed 3 Apr) at Wimbledon Park Athletics Track. The main track sessions are inspired by the Herne Hill Harriers sessions.
Starting time: 7:30PM so aim to get there between 7:00PM and 7:20PM.
For those not wishing to do track we are also re-introducing the 8km and 5km time trial, starting at the track at the same time.
More details on the sessions are on the forum here. See you guys there.
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25/03/2008 ::Cape Epic 2008::
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On Friday 28 March 2008, 1200 riders from 41 countries will embark on a 9-day journey through South Africa's Western Cape as part of South Africa's 5th ABSA Cape Epic.
It's 966k's from Knysna to Lourensford, climbing 18,529m, across some of South Africa's most beautiful mountain passes. And in the mix are some of the original SAUKsters: Nick Stephenson and Wayne Keet.
RobbyRicc will be giving us a daily diary starting on Thursday:
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11/03/2008 ::Ex Members in SA Champs::
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Recently East London (RSA) hosted the SA tri champs. The photo above
is of 3 ex SAUK tri members, each one representing a different province.
From left to right: Steve Attwell (WP), Keith Buhr (EP) and Nick Stephenson (Central Gauteng).
That's a pretty special pose there, Keith!
Results can be found here.
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30/01/2008 ::Letter from the Club Captain::
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The Club Captain, Dave Whittingham Jones, has written a letter to outline his plans for 2008:
With post season resting and festive season indulgences behind us, we reached that time when we shift our thoughts to the year ahead. Reluctantly we dust off our bikes and stretch our legs with the intention of heading out in the damp January weather to clear out the training cobwebs and hit the 2008 season in big chain-rings.
We're getting a lot of enquiries.... more here
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09/01/2008 ::Farewell Robby::
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The end of last year saw one of the most popular and influential members of SAUK move back to SA with his family.
Robby Riccardi will always be remembered by many of us for his tireless energy and enthusiasm, for his ability to talk for hours on any topic of his choosing, and for his willingness to help along novices who didn't know their Zipps from their HRMs.
So we're doing a special on Robby:
Cheers china!
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16/12/2007 ::Xmas Run::
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It's time to gather together our best SAUK Santas, Xmas Elves, Reindeers and Xmas Fairies ...
The Xmas run will be held on Sunday 16th December, so save the date!
Check out this page for further details or this post on the forum.
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24/10/2007 ::Paint The Town Red::
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The End of Season party - Paint The Town Red - was a great success with plenty of awesome prizes.
A full report with a list of prize winners can be found here.
This year we were particularly lucky with lots of sponsors making some great contributions - please take a moment to check out our sponsors page: support the guys who support us!
Photos of various shenanigans can be found here and here.
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09/10/2007 ::Annual General Meeting::
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The Club AGM was held at Physio SW19 on Tuesday 16th October 7:00PM.
The new committee will look as follows:
| Club Captain:
| Dave Jones |
| Treasurer:
| Kerry Pryde |
| IT:
| Howard Houlston |
| Training / Social:
| Oliver Excell
Alison Coates
Marco Stichini
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Training, Development and Social positions will be decided at the committee handover on Tue 30th. Congrats the new committee and we look forward to hearing from you soon!
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12/09/2007 ::The Vitruvian::
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Congrats to everyone who raced The Vitruvian this past weekend.
The race was hosting the National Middle Distance Champs and the Inter Service Champs so there was a pretty good field. The atmosphere was great, the conditions perfect
and everyone had a fantastic time. Definitely one to seriously consider for next year's race calendar!
Results can be found here.
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28/06/2007 ::Summer Party::
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On Sat 21st we had the summer party, which went down very well. Thanks to everyone who helped out, especially the girls for getting Bar 366
decked out in such a festive fashion, making salads, sourcing prizes, and many other tasks too numerous to mention. Thanks to the guys for organizing the
training and seeing to the braai.
Also many thanks to our sponsors who provided the prizes:
Action Bikes provided a Track pump, CO2 canisters and a saddle bag. They are located at 211 The Broadway, Wimbledon, London, SW19 1SD.
Global Esprit provided a set of Continental tyres and can be found by Earlsfield station, at 525 Garratt Lane, London, SW18 4SR.
Photos can be found here.
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10/07/2007 ::Congrats::
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Congrats to the SAUK competitors at the following Ironman events:
- France, Sunday 24 June
- Switzerland, Sunday 24 June
- European Champs Germany, Sunday 1 July
- Austria, Sunday 8 July
There were some great performances out there and hopefully we'll get some race reports to tell us how it all went.
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14/03/2007 ::SAUK Trisuits!!!::
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The spangly new SAUK trisuits have come through (click image for larger view) and we will be doing a fitting tomorrow Thur 14 Mar at the Time Trial (see Training section for details).
Someone will be there, upstairs at The Telegraph from 7:00PM onwards and you can try on different sizes to see which one you want to order.
As you can see from the image, Kerry Short has done a great job on design and I can tell you that they do look fantastic on - we will definitely make a big impression at races.
Do remember to bring either cash or a cheque book as you will need to pay there and then - cost is a bargain £50.
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12/03/2007 ::Get Swim Fit::
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Get-Fit-Swim is a new initiative to help swimmers improve, and offers various swim programs for novices all the way to experienced swimmers or triathletes.
Registration is free and you get immediate access to all levels of the programme.
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