A couple of youngsters from the West Suffolk Wheelers and tri club competed at the Ipswich junior triathlon at the weekend and had some encouraging results.

Johan Hasselder came 5th in the Tri 2 event whilst Alice Maguire came third in the Tri 3 (13 - 14yrs category) race. Alice was 3mins faster than she was last year over the same course and achieved a pb. in the swim section despite this being her weakest part of the race. She was the fastest girl on the bike and third in the run section resulting in her 3rd place overall. Alice was delighted with her position in a highly competitive age group and this latest result should help her climb higher in the tri star league.

 It was delivered at rather short notice on Thursday (26 Aug) last week, in four sections and expertly unloaded by HiAb crane and positioned with accuracy on the concrete blocks put in place by our team a few weeks ago ~ it fitted perfectly.  The building is complete and secure, and really looks ‘the business’.  We now need to have the services connected, and get it fitted out with furniture, kitchen and toilet facilities, and install our grant-aided training equipment. We are hoping we will have it ready for use within three weeks, and a programme of events is currently being arranged ~ more news very shortly.

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Calling all triathletes and more, the last swim/ run is to be held at the Moreton Hall health club on Friday 10th September starting at 6.30pm. Cost £2.50 which will go towards a drink afterwards at the bar whilst results are calculated. Two or more helpers are required to make this possible and early reply to Julia via email or text is needed so that we can make arrangements for the event to go ahead. The same distances are to be used as the previous ones which are 300m swim followed by a 5k out and back run. Interested??? email jjulia10@googlemail.com or text 07753134419