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

Pos			Time	Swim	T1	Cycle	T2	Run
1	Will	Clarke	01:48:28	00:18:53	00:00:25	00:58:07	00:00:10	00:30:52
27	Stephen	Harrison	02:00:18	00:20:49	00:00:36	01:02:23	00:00:28	00:35:59
34	Mike	Bridge	02:11:23	00:20:52	00:00:28	01:01:08	00:00:11	00:48:40

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

Male	Female	Name	Surname	Time
12		Steve	Harrison	9:34
27		Simon	Hall	9:55
27		Mark	Robertson	9:55
57		Brian	White	10:21
62		Gavin	May	10:25
72		Tim	Gilbert	10:31
80		James	Grierson	10:37
109		Dil	Wetherill	10:54
113		Mike	Russell	10:56
114		Mark	Grayson	10:57
120		James	Bedford	11:00
128		Chris	Baxter	11:02
137		Ed	Manson	11:09
142		Jon	Gillham	11:10
158		Richard	Allen	11:18
163		Pete	Ryan	11:22
168		John	Rose	11:26
174		Darren	Woodhall	11:30
201		Shawn	Reader	11:55
209		Matt	Hickman	12:01
214		Keith	Perry	12:09
	29	Gemma	Sargent	12:15
	33	Suzy	Hawkins	12:27
	36	Chris	Yuill	12:30
233		Richard	Thomas	12:35
	42	Sam	Tophill	12:41
	44	Jackie	Perry	12:42
241		Tony	Shortland	12:43
	47	Sam	Tophill	12:44
244		Drew	Lowrie	12:47
245		Simon	Douglas	12:49
	56	Lesley	Dutton	12:55
262		Tim	Smith	13:23
267		Paul	Dutton	13:42
	89	Nina	Pitcairn	13:52
	97	Lynn	Allen	14:04
276		David	Parsley	14:14
	110	Vicki	Goulding	14:23
	122	Alyson	Sprawson	14:55
	138	Meli	Fletcher	15:45

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

FVS TRI’s Steve Harrison returned to competition with a business as usual 2^nd place overall and 35/39 age group win at the Milton Keynes Olympic Triathlon over the 1500m lake swim/40k bike and 10k run. Having sustained a shoulder injury in the Corus Elite Sprint Event in Reading in May when brought down on the bike, Steve was expecting to potentially  sit out the remainder of the season.  His time of 1:53:08 was only 2 minutes behind his previous best when at full fitness and this has encouraged Steve to contest the National Championships at Wakefield on Sunday, an event he won in 2006.  Top veteran Ian Mackerness was 2^nd home for the club in 2:04:24 and Simon Patenall 3^rd in 2:14:54 just 3 seconds ahead of Kerri Renshaw who was 2^nd in the competitive 30/34 age group. Super Vet World Championship medallist Richard Melvern was also 2^nd in the 60/64 age group with a 2:18:26.  Shawn Reader 2:34:33 and Nat Whitley 2:38:14 were first timers at the Olympic distance, and Pete Ryan completed his 2^nd Olympic in a week and went under 2:30 with a super 2:22:16. Stephen Jones completed his first event for FVS TRI with a 2:19:38

Pos		Cat	Finish	Swim	Bike	Run
2	Stephen Harrison	35-39	01:53:08	00:17:50	01:01:47	00:33:29
30	Ian Mackerness	40-44	02:04:24	00:20:07	01:05:50	00:38:26
98	Simon Patenall	40-44	02:14:54	00:24:36	01:08:52	00:41:24
100	Kerri Renshaw	30-34	02:14:57	00:20:08	01:13:15	00:41:33
129	Richard Melvern	60-64	02:18:26	00:25:58	01:12:40	00:39:47
136	Stephen Jones	35-39	02:19:38	00:22:23	01:13:19	00:43:55
164	Peter Ryan	30-34	02:22:16	00:24:23	01:15:46	00:42:06
280	Richard Thomas	40-44	02:32:37	00:27:24	01:18:24	00:46:47
295	Edward Manson	35-39	02:33:48	00:27:09	01:19:50	00:46:47
301	Shawn Reader	40-44	02:34:33	00:29:23	01:19:27	00:45:41
323	Richard Easterbrook	35-39	02:36:20	00:29:54	01:16:49	00:49:35
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