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New Booking Process
You spoke, we listened. In recent years we have recognised that for many clients, booking accommodation directly has been a more cost effective option. That is why, in 2021 we are simplifying our booking process to ensure clients receive the very best rates. Over the...
Covid-19 Notice
To all our friends, As we are all swept up in the global pandemic our health is paramount and we know that sport is the most important of the least important things. At the BEST Centre our thoughts are with all individuals and teams affected by the pandemic: front...
What’s in store for 2020
We are excited to have re-opened the centre for the 2020 season! With our BEST Centre Academy kicking off their second term, and both our Training Week programme and Winter Triathlon Clinic in full swing, we are excited to have begun the season as BEST Centre Sports...
Welcome to BEST Centre Sports!
As some of you eagle-eyed folk may have noticed in our last post, we’ve got a new name – BEST Centre Sports! Swimming has built the foundation of BEST, with co-founders Matthew O’Connor and James Parrack both former Olympic swimmers, but as many of you know, we have...
Brits on Fire
With their victories in the Mallorca Olympic Triathlon at Colonia Sant Jordi on 23 April, British triathletes Emma Pallant (first woman and second overall) and Caitlin Bradley (first relay women, with Hannah Lord) topped a triumphant month on the island. Pallant,...
Lubomir Visnovsky – NHL Star Swaps the Ice for Multisport
For 15 years, Lubomir Visnovsky had 20,000 fans screaming his name every week as he tore through opposing teams in the National Hockey League (NHL). Star defenseman for the Los Angeles Kings, the Edmonton Oilers, the Anaheim Ducks and finally the New York Islanders,...
Keri-Anne Payne (GBR) – world champion, 2009, Olympic silver medallist, 2008, 10k
South African born Keri-Anne Payne has been at the forefront of open water swimming in Great Britain. Trained in at the ITC in Stockport by Sean Kelly, Keri-Anne won silver in the 10k at the Beijing Olympic Games and gold in the world championships in Rome, again in...
Fran Halsall (GBR) – world silver medallist, 2009, 100 free
Fran Halsall Fran was the youngest member of the English team at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in 2006, and after striking gold in the European championships in the 4 x 100 free relay that year, successfully defended the title in Eindhoven in 2008. Fran swam in...
Liam Tancock (GBR) – world champion, 2009 and world record holder, 50 back
Liam Tancock Liam hails from Exeter but had made his name at the ITC in Loughborough under coach Ben Titley. ‘Fatboy’ is a backstroke sprinter, setting the world record in the 50m back in Sheffield in 2008, and again twice more at the world championship in Rome on his...
James Goddard (GBR) – Commonwealth champion, 2002, 200 back
James was born in the Seychelles but has spent the majority of his swimming career with Sean Kelly in Stockport. The double European junior champion in 200m and 400m IM has also made his name in the 200m back, striking gold at the Commonwealth Games in front of a home...
10 of the BEST
Welcome to 10 of the BEST. This is where we will give you a snap shot of some of the swimming greats. Whenever a great swimmer is on the pookdeck, we ask them a questionnaire: 10 of the BEST. Catch a glimpse of what lies behind the medals and the media profiles, who or what has influenced their careers and how they spend their time away from the pool.
Keri-Anne Payne (GBR) – world champion, 2009, Olympic silver medallist, 2008, 10k
Fran Halsall (GBR) – world silver medallist, 2009, 100 free
Liam Tancock (GBR) – world champion, 2009 and world record holder, 50 back
James Goddard (GBR) – Commonwealth champion, 2002, 200 back
Hannah Miley (GBR) – world sc silver and bronze medallist, 2008, 200/400 IM
Jodi Cossor – lead biomechanist, British Swimming
Gemma Smith – Performance scientist, ITC Stirling
Rafa Munoz (ESP) – double world bronze medallist, 2009, 50/100 fly
Mireia Belmonte (ESP) – European Champion, 2008, 200IM
Jan Frodeno (GER) – Olympic triathlon champion, 2008
Interviews
Brits on Fire
With their victories in the Mallorca Olympic Triathlon at Colonia Sant Jordi on 23 April, British triathletes Emma Pallant (first woman and second overall) and Caitlin Bradley (first relay women, with Hannah Lord) topped a triumphant month on the island. Pallant,...
Lubomir Visnovsky – NHL Star Swaps the Ice for Multisport
For 15 years, Lubomir Visnovsky had 20,000 fans screaming his name every week as he tore through opposing teams in the National Hockey League (NHL). Star defenseman for the Los Angeles Kings, the Edmonton Oilers, the Anaheim Ducks and finally the New York Islanders,...
Amelia Rose Watkinson comes to Europe
One of the rising stars of world triathlon, Amelia Rose Watkinson has swapped the rainforests of Thailand for the European beaches this summer. Born in New Zealand, trained in Asia, Watkinson makes her European competitive debut at Mallorca 70.3 triathlon, followed by...
BEST Centre Olympic triathlon competitor Emma Pallant has IM in her sights
One of triathlon’s brightest young stars, Emma Pallant, plans to step up to Ironman distance racing in 2018. A fearsome athlete who can run most of her competitors off the course, Pallant is a multiple duathlon world champion and has competed in 70.3 races for the...
BEST Centre Olympic triathlon competitor Patrik Nilsson: calm in a storm
Winner of four Ironman races by the age of 25, father of a month-old son, about to compete in the Barcelona and European 70.3 races and a hot ticket for this year’s Kona Ironman World Championships, Patrik Nilsson is at the centre of a perfect triathlon storm. Yet the...
Lothar and Nicole Leder – Legends of Triathlon
In 2018, Ironman racing will celebrate its 40th birthday: the first ever race took place on 18 February 1978. In Darmstadt, Germany, two six-year-old children called Lothar and Nicole were just learning to swim and ride their bikes in 1978. Years later, they would...
Peter Naegeli – Training the world
Swiss coach Peter Naegeli, an age group Xterra champion, has gathered a multi-national set of athletes into his stable. Under the ‘www.kona-coaching.com’ umbrella, Naegeli guides his athletes through the stages of triathlon preparation, with several entered for 70.3...
Christian Prochnow – Staying Calm in Mallorca
There are many reasons to come and train at the BEST Centre in Mallorca, according to former pro triathlete Christian Prochnow: the superb pool, the great climate, the expertise and background of the owners and the company of swim and triathlon champions. ‘I love the...
Pamela Geijo: Top triathlete at the BEST Centre
Coming out of the water at the 2003 Valparaiso ITU Pan American Cup Olympic triathlon race in Chile, 23-year old Pamela Geijo lay in 5th place among the elite field. Born in Argentina, she was up against many of the best South American women in the sport, but knew...
Lotte Miller – Norway’s Rising Stars
‘Colonia Sant Jordi is just the right size,’ says Norwegian triathlete Lotte Miller. ‘It’s big enough that there are things to do, but not so large that you have to cycle through traffic. And it’s easy to get out into the countryside. I really appreciate that.’ A...
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