News & Racing Leon Griffin and Rebecca Eveleigh win Cairns Half 2011 Leon Griffin and Rebecca Eveleigh have won the Cairns Half 2011. Griffin did it in style finishing over 12 minutes ahead of second placed Joey Lampe. A surprise 3rd today was Charlie Low who normally is an age grouper. Rebecca Eveleigh won her 1st ever open race and Kiwi Hannah Lawrence came second By Karl Hayes • 15 years ago
Challenge Cairns Update – Fettell, O’Grady and Macca in front After coming out of the swimover 3 minutes down Macca has caught the lead guys on the bike. Graham O'Grady and Clayton Fettell are now leading the race with Macca and are now around four minutes ahead of the second bike group. Berkel, White, Whyte, Dellow and Hotchkiss are staying in touch. Th
Jun 5, 2011 Leon Griffin and Rebecca Eveleigh win Cairns Half 2011 Leon Griffin and Rebecca Eveleigh have won the Cairns Half 2011. Griffin did it in style finishing over 12 minutes ahead of second placed Joey Lampe. A surprise 3rd today was Charlie Low who normally is an age grouper. Rebecca Eveleigh won her 1st ever open race and Kiwi Hannah Lawrence came second
Jun 5, 2011 Challenge Cairns Update – Fettell, O’Grady and Macca in front After coming out of the swimover 3 minutes down Macca has caught the lead guys on the bike. Graham O'Grady and Clayton Fettell are now leading the race with Macca and are now around four minutes ahead of the second bike group. Berkel, White, Whyte, Dellow and Hotchkiss are staying in touch. Th
Jun 5, 2011 Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee take the Madrid round of the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Alistair Brownlee wins third consecutive Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series Madrid.
Jun 5, 2011 Chris McCormack (Macca) wins Challenge Cairns 2011 As predicted by Pete Jacobs the day before the race Macca won and White was second. Chris McCormack wins Cairns Airport Challenge Cairns in style after being over 3mins down in the swim. As predicted Fettell, followed very closely by Graham O'Grady, lead the swim and hit the bike with a solid
Jun 5, 2011 Rebekah Keat wins Challenge Cairns 2011 Rebekah Keat finished 12th overall and won the women’s Cairns Airport Challenge Cairns triathlon today ahead of a determined Michelle Mitchell. Mitchell came from behind to slowly pick off the girls in front of her. She looked fresh for the whole run. At one stage casually asking as she ran by ‘how far is the next woman in front of me?’. Next lap Michelle was in front of her. Carrie Lester was 3rd and Candice Hammond was 4th. Both Candice Hammond and Carrie Lester rode 5:11 with Belinda Granger
Jun 4, 2011 Ironman Australia on OneHD – Sunday June 5 Urban Hotel Group Ironman Australia and Urban Hotel Group Ironman 70.3 Port Macquarie will air on Ironman's Australian broadcast partner, OneHD at 3.30pm on Sunday June 5, 2011.
Jun 4, 2011 Gold Coast Half Ironman Cancelled Well it is official, USM today put out a press release stating: "Despite the best efforts of our team we have been unable to secure a venue for the 2011 Gold Coast Half, forcing the cancellation of the event. Our current agreement with Calypso Bay expired in 2010 and unfortunately they decided
Jun 4, 2011 Quicksilver Reef Swim on Green Island – Report and Video – Cairns Adventure Festival The Cairns Airport Adventure Festival continued yesterday with the Quicksilver Reef Swim on Green Island. Over 200 participants boarded the ferry and headed to one of Australia's most stunning locations, The Great Barrier Reef to take part in the 1.5km or 3km Ocean swims this morning. With 24
Jun 3, 2011 Cairns Half Triathlon Race Preview The Cairns Half is being run concurrently with the full Challenge Cairns, also starting in the blue waters off Yorkeys Knob. Whilst the field is not stacked like the last two races of this distance in Australia Joey Lampe and Leon Griffin will make sure that this will be a great competition. These t
Jun 2, 2011 Cairns Airport Challenge Cairns Women’s Race Preview Cairns is gearing up for the first Challenge event to take place on Australian soil, and the excitement is palpable. The women's race is shaping up to be a great battle, with two of Australia's most experienced iron distance athletes preparing to go head to head. Belinda Granger and Rebe
Jun 2, 2011 2011 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series resumes in Madrid this weekend It's not often they enter a Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series race and don't make the podium but Beijing 2008 gold medallist Emma Snowsill and reigning ITU World Champion Emma Moffatt failed to reach it at home in Sydney. Snowsill had a rough swim leg and was out of c
