Torrential rain throughout Friday night and the early hours of Saturday morning didn’t stop our Club Championship race. The non-competitive wave set off shrouded in darkness with heavy rain hammering the pool deck with a total of 13 competitors. Next was the Intermediate wave with 5 competitors. By the time the Club Championship race began at 6.30am the rain had eased considerably and the morning started to improve. The course was extremely wet so it was hard to finish the bike with a PB. It was a great that everyone took extra care and arrived back at the club safely.
Congratulations to our overall Club Champion, Simon Harradence who had a fantastic race with a super fast time of 49.51. Well done to all competitors for participating in the event.
Sebastian Thompson had an awesome race in the Intermediates, winning over Remy Hawkins by just 9 seconds! A great sprint finish! Congratulations Bas! Congratulations to Ava Thompson for taking out first place in the Female Intermediates. Ava also received the Encouragement Award for her commitment to club racing throughout the year. Very well deserved Ava!
Congratulations to all the following people who won their age categories in the championship race. Well done and congratulations to our ConsistencyAward and Special Award recipients as well.
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Michelle and Darren Jones were given the huge job of organising all the trophies. This year winners received wine glasses which was a great idea and very much appreciated by all the recipients. Thank you both for the hard work you put into the Presentation of Awards.
Following the Presentation of Awards we enjoyed a delicious breakfast celebration feast! Jenny & Ian Curnow as well as Jeff Murray did a brilliant job cooking bacon, eggs and sausages. Kent and Jenny Holmes as well as Kev Bannerman organised and picked up Muffin Break Muffins, bakery sausage rolls, fruit and yoghurt cups and fresh bread.
Marshalls
An extra big thank you to our course Marshalls; Helen Murphy, Judy Murray, Scott Collins and Jennifer Love who were out there in very wet conditions!
Committee
Thank you to this season’s Committee and departing members; Stuart Crawford, Kev Bannerman, Christian Andrews & Tracy Foyster. Welcome to the new members joining the Committee; Rowena Smith, Viv Wright and Rod Sewell.
There are so many people who helped make Club Championships, Presentation and the Celebration Breakfast a success. Thank you to all and I apologise if you weren’t mentioned personally. One great thing about our club is that everyone just pitches in when there are things to be done. So thank you again.
Wishing all our members a happy and safe off season. The tri club will start up again in mid to late September. Watch the Facebook page for informal get togethers and confirmation of start up dates for the 21/22 season.
Enjoy sleeping in next Saturday morning!
Tracy 🙂