Regional Triathlon Championships & Open Biathlon

-         24th September 2006

 

Redditch Swimming Club members took part in the West Midlands Regional Triathlon and Open Biathlon held at Wombourne on Sunday 24th September. The Triathlon competition forms a qualifier for the Modern Pentathlon Association of Great Britain’s national championships to be held in November. The Biathlon composes Running and Swimming disciplines and the Triathlon adds Shooting to this.

 

Redditch competitors performed very well and came back with numerous awards and qualifying performances. 9 year olds Nicola Moss and Daniel Bridgman both won their Triathlon competitions, with Nicola heading all three disciplines for a commanding victory and Dan being fastest swimmer and leading the shooting.

 

10 year olds Lydia May and Clara Parker took 2nd and 3rd places in their Youth E girls Biathlon competition with Lydia being fastest swimmer.

 

Youth D(11-12 years)  Triathlon girls Hannah Rolls(3rd) and Sophie Bridgman(4th) both qualified for the National Championships to be held in Wolverhampton.

 

Courtney Hyde finished first in the Youth C (13-14) girls Triathlon and qualified for the nationals as an individual and as part of the West Midlands Modern Pentathlon Club’s team of 3. Courtney scored over 1000 points in each discipline for an emphatic win. Suzanne Britt produced a strong run to take 2nd place in the Biathlon and Jessica Nice came in 9th.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Results:

Class

Name

Run (1000m)

Swim (distance)

Shoot (/100)

Bi Points

Bi Posn.

Tri Points

Tri Posn.

Mini Boys

Daniel Bridgman

4:27.26

41.89(50m)

60

1604

3

2292

1

Mini Girls

Nicola Moss

4:00.90

41.92(50m)

46

1980

1

2500

1

Yth E Girls

Lydia May

4:27.33

37.39(50m)

-

1816

2

-

-

Yth E Girls

Clara Parker

4:25.74

44.16(50m)

-

1752

3

-

-

Yth D Girls

Hannah Rolls

4:00.82

1:24.25 (100m)

67

1952

4

2724

3

Yth D Girls

Sophie Bridgman

4:35.41

1:21.85 (100m)

61

1700

7

2400

4

Yth C Girls

Courtney Hyde

3:31.23

1:06.07 (100m)

88

2240

1

3264

1

Yth c Girls

Suzanne Britt

3:48.07

1:09.64 (100m)

-

2064

2

-

-

Yth C Girls

Jessica Nice

4:13.66

1:08.76 (100m)

-

1872

9

-

-