On Sunday 28th April Aycliffe Triathlon Club took part in a variety of events across the North East. First saw 3 members in Durham Duathlon an event made up of a 5k run followed by a 25k cycle then another 5k run.
Kevin Greenhall was 1st in his category (again) coming home in 1 hour 50 mins, Gareth Elkin was 5th in his category with a fantastic finish time of 1 hour 34 mins and Andrew Robertson in the same group as Gareth came in 1 hour 48 mins in 14th position.
Across at Teesdale Andrew Sedgwick and Ian Knight were taking part in the Teesdale Mountain Time Trial, the course was a tough 40 mile route which both riders completed in very fast times of 2 hours 7 mins for Ian Knight and 2 hours 22 mins for Andrew Sedgwick.
Over at Sunderland Wendy Bake took part in the Sunderland Marathon coming home with a new PB going sub 4 hours with an impressive time of 3 hours 53 mins. Altogether a very busy but successful day for the club, despite the terrible weather conditions everyone thoroughly enjoyed their races.
Sunday May 5th the club had five members competing at the Darlington Rotary Sprint Triathlon. There were two new athletes making their debut in the 400m swim-26k cycle-5k run event, Melanie Rowland was 9th in her category coming home in 1 hour 39 mins and David Fisher 23rd in his group with 1 hour 23 mins. Also racing was Jen Bainbridge who was 15th in her group and a time of 1 hour 36 mins and Wendy Bake who was 6th in her group also in 1 hour 36 mins. Gareth Elkin was first athlete home for the club in 1 hour 21 mins taking 18th place in his category.
On Sunday 12th Andrew Robertson and Martin Sedgwick were in the Cleveland Sprint Triathlon. The multi-sport event made up of a 400m swim-11 mile cycle-3 mile run saw a very close placing between the two athletes with Andrew Roberts coming in 28th with a time of 1:13:18 and Martin Sedgwick 29th in 1:13:33 in their group.
Altogether a great start to the Triathlon Calendar for Aycliffe Tri Club with some fantastic results. A very big well done to everyone who competed and a thank you to everyone who supported the club.
If anyone would like further details about the Club please visit the website www.aycliffetriclub.onsport.com By email aycliffetriclub@gmail.com or call Club Coach Andrew Sedgwick on 0788 7817960
