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So it's just a scary 17 days to go until the Mikes Bikes Pembrokeshire Coast Triathlon in Broad Haven! The event cannot take place without volunteer marshals helping to make sure the swim, bike & run courses are safe, and that important tasks such as registration & the transition area are well managed. Everyone helping out will receive a little goody bag, & a roll & a cuppa courtesy of the lovely people at the Broad Haven Ocean Bar/cafe. If you can spare a few hours on Saturday 8th June, please message us at events@pembrokeshire-tri.org.uk. Thank you!!! Remember, if Lola can do it, so can you!
Amazing races by our members today. All finished safely with strong running. Unfortunately Sian withdrew after the bike due to exacerbation of an injury at Llanelli last week.
Good luck to all Pembrokeshire Tri Club athletes at the Tata Steel Triathlon. #pembstri #leagueleaders
You know it's getting close to the Mikes Bikes Pembrokeshire Coast Triathlon when the banner goes up on the seafront, the road closure notices go up, and the road closure leaflets get dropped to affected properties. The waters were perfect this evening, lets hope for the same on RACE DAY!! Entries close on 31st May, we do have some places remaining, but once they're gone, they're gone!!
What a weekend for our Juniors in Llanelli. A Fabulous weekend saw our amazing Juniors race over numerous races on Saturday and Sunday. It all started on Saturday morning at the Llanelli Duathlon where 9 of our athletes raced in a very competitive field with between 50-60 in each race. Impressive performances by everyone. Highlights of the races was a fabulous win in the T2 Female race by the outstanding Scarlett Hinton, a great battle between Leo Tytler and Josh Barrett and the best performance so far by a battling and determined Amelia Harwood showing the potential she has.
Next race was the 1st IRC Welsh Triathlon Qualifier. Great win for Dewi Thomas in the T2 race who managed to hang on for the win after a strong swim bike. After a great swim leg, Rhys Caygill managed to stay in touch of 3rd place on the bike before using his blistering run to secure a 3rd. Both Dewi and Rhys have put themselves in a great position for Welsh Selection this year. Harry Griffiths had a great race showing real potential in his 1st year as a T2 Triathlete to grab a well deserved 11th and leaving some very good athletes in his wake in one of the strongest fields we’ve seen.
In the T3 race (13-14yr olds), 3 of our boys had great races against an amazing field. Despite great conditions, a stiff wind picked up just before their race to create tough conditions on the bike. After representing Wales last year, Ifan Bowen had a great start to his 1st year as a T3 to claim 8th. Also as 1st year T3 athlete, Ethan Hinton gained great experiences, and despite leaky goggles in the swim battles his way to a determined 15th. Rhydian Brown also has a great race all round to gain an impressive 14th.
The afternoon saw the best of Britain race in the Elite Youth and Junior Superseries. This year we managed to have our best representation in a British Race. In the Female youth race, the more experienced Eva Edwards exited the water just ahead of Megan Thomson who was racing her 1st race as a Youth athlete at this level. Both worked well within their respective bike groups with Eva managing to get into a bike group ahead of Megan who just missed that group. Despite that, a mature head saw Megan wait for the next group and both stayed with their groups until the end of the bike leg. Onto the run and Eva displayed a stunning run leg to get the 6th quickest run split of the day, an amazing achievement considering the quality of the field. Megan also had a great run and gained a few positions before the end of the race.
Next up was our 3 Male youth athletes. Callum Thomas had his usual strong swim to get a decent bike group. Callum has worked hard on his bike and managed to stay within that group. Exiting the water just behind was Liam Edwards (again in his 1st race as a Youth) and Dafydd Brown. Dafydd has made great progress with his swim and after a swift T1, hammered the bike to catch up with Callum’s bike group. Liam had an unfortunate T1 and had difficulty with his wetsuit and missed Callum and Dafydd’s bike group as a result. Despite this, Liam still had an excellent run to finish off his race.
Today saw 2 of our Juniors race in the Senior Llanelli Triathlon. Despite racing Saturday, Dafydd Brown raced again today along with Iwan Dugmore. Despite racing yesterday, Dafydd had a better day today winning the Junior race with Iwan finishing 2nd Junior. A great race for Iwan who has been suffering from a hip injury over the last couple of months.
Well done all!! Great numbers despite some of our triathletes being away with a school trip. Club coaches were very impressed and wholly deserved after all your hard work! Well done coaches on your hard work - the skill levels of our members were very impressive evidenced by most of our athletes having the quickest transition splits of the day. Let the successes continue!! Thanks to Karen Munn for the photos.
Results
Junior Duathlon
Tristars Start
Emily Wolsey - 12th
Tristars 1
Sion Thomas - 4th
Seren Bowen - 8th
Tristars 2
Scarlett Hinton - 1st
Amelia Harwood - 5th
Leo Tytler - 5th
Josh Barrett - 6th
Aaron Bowen - 14th
Ben Wolsey - 17th
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