The weather was kind to us again for the 2nd staging of this event , with blue skies and sunshine but not too warm conditions to race in . The clash with London Triathlon didnt help the numbers although a healthy contingent from Crystal Palace Tri using the race as their club champs did boost the attendance . Sussex visitor Noel Miles from East Grinstead tri took the mens honours with the damage being done on the bike split , putting over a minute into his rivals . Another long-distance visitor was Tri-Angllia’s Simon Brierley who took 2nd place just 16 seconds behind the winner . in 3rd spot was Rob Parry from the Crystal Palace crew just 33secs further back from 2nd .
The ladies race wasnt quite so close with Susan Fairfax again doing the damage on the bike leg and taking a big lead over her rivals which gave her a comfortable lead of over 3mins to take the win . Emily Miles from East Grinstead Tri took 2nd spot and Cathy Cooke from Cystal Palace took 3rd spot . After requesting everyone who won something to try and stay for the results the system was fed some duff data with some competitors numbers overlapping others and despite our best efforts the results had to wait until Sunday evening before being published . As promised i will make sure that everyone who has won something will get it , either by post or handing over at a future event .
Category Winners
Male Ladies
15-16 Jamie McGowan
19 Ben Cockburn
20-24 Rory Hopcraft Annie Gascoigne
25-29 Rob Scott Michelle Carroll
30-34 Scott Richardson Sally Smith
35-39 Victor Thompson Annchen Clarke
40-44 Matt Jeoffry Shelia Horsman
45-49 Jon Horsman Sara Hoolahan
50-54 James Lucas Louise Alan- Smith
55-59 Haydn Whitmore Jill Harrison
65-69 John Bacon Geri Bright
70-74 John Brown