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Tri Team Wigan for Triathlon Training

Tri Team Wigan offer Triathlon training and racing for the novice through to the elite athlete, we have a Junior section from age 7+ and a Senior section, in all a membership of over 100 Triathletes and their families.  All training sessions offer a progression and are coached by British Triathlon qualified coaches or qualified Swimming Teachers.

Club sessions run throughout the week all year round at venues all across the Wigan Borough and new members are always welcome.  Anyone thinking of joining the club or wishing to come along to any of the training sessions is very welcome.  You can take your pick from up to 5 sessions after which you will be asked to join the club, there is generally a surcharge of £1 per session.

We are a friendly club who have a love and passion for the sport so please do get in touch or come along to one of our sessions and see it for yourself! So if you are doing your first sprint or training for an Ironman event make that first step and get in touch.

We operate 3 swimming sessions per week, a speed endurance track running session, and a turbo run session.  We are part of the Wigan Triathletes Cycling group which provides a weekly Sunday Ride, a Chain Gang session in winter, our own turbo session and entry into cycling time trials and local crit races. See the “Weekly Training Sessions” tab for more details.

We run Children’s events, both of our own and with Ashurst Bike Club and Warrington Triathlon Club see the events tab for details and to enter.

In 2010,11 and 12 we have set up and run the Wigan Primary and High Schools Triathlons at Leigh Sports Village.

 


How it all started

In Spring 2003, Dave and Cathy Green were asked by Wigan’s Sport Development team to coach a number of athletes from Wigan swimming clubs for an Aquathlon at the Greater Manchester Youth Games. Following the event which Wigan won, the athletes and coaches wanted to continue with the training and, in 2004, Tri Team Wigan was born. Within months four athletes, under Dave’s expert guidance, were selected for the WorldClass Start squad and since then we have had several young members who are also members of the North West Regional Academy aspiring to the Triathlon England Olympic Talent Squad. But Tri Team Wigan is not just for juniors; there is a healthy adult membership too, ranging from the serious competitors to the “fun runners”. We may not all aspire to the Olympics but we can all get fitter and faster!