We had several members travel over to Hamble Sports Centre for the Chapel Aquathlon, another South Central Series event. And for once it was an afternoon start so we didn’t need to get a ridiculously early ferry! Well done to Benjamin, Martin, Katie, Alex, Phoebe, Jasper, Elsie and Freddie. Elsie came away with 2nd place girl in Tristar 1 and the support all of our members showed for each other was fantastic.
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Eton Sprint Triathlon
Lottie-Rose and Benjamin took part in this competitive event at Dorney Lake. Lottie achieved a nearly 3 minute PB on the course from the previous year and Ben a whopping 7 minute PB! Amazingly, both of them have qualified to represent GB Under 20 age group in the European Sprint Triathlon Championships in 2023. Congratulations to them both!
Oldbury Triathlon
The second event in the South Central series saw Martin, Katie, Jasper, Elsie and Emily travelling to Wiltshire for the Oldbury White Horse Children’s Triathlon. This was a pool swim with a cycle and run on grass. Each of them showed some brilliant skills and once again Emily came away with 2nd place girl in Tristar 1.
Southampton Fast Twitch Triathlon
Gethin, Benjamin, Kaitlin and Lottie-Rose competed in 400m swim, 20km cycle and 5km run at the Southampton Fast Twitch Triathlon. They all enjoyed the beautiful surrounds of the New Forest. Well done to all of them for taking on this event.
Milton Keynes Duathlon
This was the first event in the British Triathlon South Central Series for Katie, Jasper, Elsie and Emily. Great efforts from all of them in a run, bike, run . Emily was on the podium with a 2nd place in Tristar 1 girls.
WLWM Ningwood 10m TT
April 21st saw the first Wightlink Wightmountain time trial of 2022. A beautiful evening saw Kaitlin, Lottie-Rose, Henry, James, Dan and coaches Simon and Darren compete with other cyclists over the Ningwood 10mile course. Great times and PBs for most of these triathletes made for a good club evening out. Looking forward to the next one in May already.
WLWM Charity 3 up Team Time Trial
The Isle Of Wight Triathlon Club entered two teams in Wightlink-Wightmountain charity team time trial event over the hilly terrain of the West Wight.
Tactical riding by “Tom’s Train” consisting of Thomas, Henry and Lottie bought Lottie-Rose home as 1st lady and won a team prize. “Tri Hards” gave the youngsters a ride to aspire to on a brilliant race. A fabulous Sunday morning out raising money for Mountbatten Hospice, Isle of Wight.
Goodwood Duathlon 27th March
Freddie, Emily, Elsie, Jasper, Katie and Martin had any early start for the Portsmouth Triathletes Spring Duathlon at Goodwood. Such a great experience to race on an iconic motor circuit! There were great performances from all of them with 2nd place boy for Freddie in Tristar 1 and 1st place girl for Emily in Tristar 1.
Bath Duathlon
Martin travelled to Odd Down Circuit for the Bath Duathlon which is a great purpose built cycle track. He performed brilliantly against some strong competition in some very windy conditions in a run, bike, run format. Well done Martin.
Hever Castle Triathlon 26th / 27th September
Hever Castle is our final triathlon event of the season and as usual it didn’t disappoint. We had 19 athletes representing the club and in many different events; sprint triathlon, super sprint triathlon, sprint duathlon, standard duathlon, tristar 1, tristar 2, tristar 3 and youth! Some families made a weekend of it and had lots of laughs together on the event campsite. Four of our younger members were competing for the first time so a huge well done to them. Everyone gave it their all and from a spectating point of view they were amazing to watch. As is always the way with the club, the support they showed for their team mates was brilliant. We can’t wait to return again next year.
