It was a weekend of big occasions and big distances for athletes from Hitchin-based triathlon club Team Trisports as Sunday was dominated by two key events.
First there was the ETU Triathlon European Championship held in Athlone, Ireland that saw four club athletes represent Great Britain in the Olympic distance age-group race.
Finishing first for the club in a stellar time of 2:12:05, Steffan Ford, part of the Team Trisports Development Squad that receives equipment support from Letchworth based retailer Trisports, once again underlined his strong form this season by covering the 1500m swim, 40km bike and 10km run course in such a fast time.
Next across the line, Gemma Sargent, also a Development Squad athlete, made the most of her second age-group experience (having also raced at a duathlon age-group event in Rimini in 2008) to clock a time of 2:25:21.
And ensuring that the veteran members of the club were also represented, Chris and Anna Priestley also raced and set times of 2:36:30 and 2:55:21 respectively – with Anna’s time earning her a 4th place finish in the Female 55-59 age-group and 3rd Britain in her age-group.
From big occasions to big distances, nine athletes from the club took to the start line of the Big Cow Cowman middle distance triathlon on Sunday.
Finishing first for the club, and a highly impressive 22nd overall out of more than 500 competitors, Chris Baxter completed the 1900m swim, 92km bike and 21km run in a stunning time of 4:42:58, with Kate Turner the first female finisher for the club in a great time of 5:29:16.
Also competing were; Helen Shulver (5:33:32), Sam Tophill (5:47:56), Darren Greene (5:56:00), Gerry Corrance (6:09:17), Paul Dutton (6:27:09), Steve Allison (6:50:23) and Alyson Sprawson (7:06:48).
In the sprint version of the race, Steve Mussett finished the 750m swim, 20km bike and 5km run in 1:29:22.
On Saturday, Brenda Bozwood-Davies raced the Timex Womens only Triathlon over the Sprint distance and finished in a time of 1:30:48
And finally, Mike Russell completed the last of the Dave Gudgin 25 mile TT series on Tuesday evening in a new PB time of 1:12:46.
