28th July 2008

FVS TRI’s Steve Harrison and Mike Bridge competed alongside the GB Olympic team of Will Clarke, Tim Don and Alistair Brownlee in the Corus Elite British Championships in Bryn Bach Park Wales .Will Clarke won Gold in 1:48:28 for the 1500m swim, 40k bike and 10k run with Steve Harrison  27^th in 2:00:18 and Mike Bridge 34^th in 2:11:23

FVS TRI were well represented at the inaugural Bedford Multisport Weekender which featured a 10k run, off road triathlon. Quadrathon and Aquathlon on the Saturday with a sprint triathlon on the Sunday to complete the weekend.  Top Veteran Triathlete Ian Mackerness was the overall winner in a time of 1:10:00 for  the main event of the Weekender which was Sundays  open water sprint triathlon over 750m open water swim, 20k bike and 5k run. Mark Robertson completed his third event in  two days and was an excellent 3^rd  overall and winner of the 20-24 age group in  1:11:54. Chris Baxter was 3^rd home for the club in 1:17:18. James Bedford completed his first triathlon for the club in 1:20:32 just ahead of Paul Habibi in 1:21:31.  Vicki Goulding was 1^st in the female  20-24 age group in 1:33:09. Graham Perry finished in 1:41:35 and Meli Fletcher 1:48:15

Mark Robertson started the weekend multisport festival  with  a 2^nd in the 10k in a time of  39:33 for 2^nd place overall  and followed up later in the day with a win in the Aquathlon over 750m open water swim and 5k run which he completed in a total time of 30:51. Brenda Bozwood Davies was 21^st in 51:18

FVS TRI Couple Chris Yuill and Jon Gillham grabbed 2nd male and female prizes in the  Off Road Triathlon completing the 400m swim 15k off road bike and 5K run in 01:21:27 and 01:13:16 respectively. Nina Pitcairn completed her second triathlon in successive weekends and finished the off road event in 1:36:58. It was a bit of a family affair for Nina who was accompanied by her brother Toby in his first event and father Richard

Mark Beaver competed in the first Quadrathon for FVS TRI which is triathlon with  the addition of  Kayak leg. Mark finished the event in  2:06:59 for the 750m open water swim,4k kayak, 15k off road bike and 5k off road run.

Will Long completed the Culford Sprint Triathlon near Bury St Edmunds in 1:06:22  for the  300m swim, 21.5k bike and 4.5k run and was 71^st from 170 starters.

FVS TRI  put out 9 teams for the midweek Fairlands Valley Lake Relays held over a 3k course for teams of 5 men and 3 women. Both the men and the ladies Vets teams were 2^nd  against many specialist run teams over a distance alien to triathletes who are endurance athletes used to competing over much longer distances. The men’s vet team were Simon Hall, Brian White, Gavin May, James Bedford, James Grierson and the ladies were Sam Tophill, Lesley Dutton, Jackie Perry.

Individual times for the 3k legs were

Mike Russell earned a 43 second PB in 25:59 for the Stevenage Evening 10 Mile Cycle Time Trial. First home for the club was Kevin Smart in 25:04, Tim Smith 26:06, Drew Lowrie 27:09and Chris Yuill 29:16