After 6 rounds of the 9-race PACTRAC Mini-Series at Oundle, Simon Hoppehas put himself into a good position.
An athletes best 5 races count, with 10 points being awarded for a
win in each race down to 1 point for 10th place.
With 4 wins in 4 starts Simon now has 40 points. He still needs to race
1 more time to clinch the Trophy, as Steve Giles also has 40 points,
but from 5 races. Rob Hammond has 35 points from 5 races, whilst in 4th
place Jaap Flikweert has 27 points from just 3 races.
Steve's worst position has been 5th which gives him 6 points, so if
Simon doesn't race next week, Steve would need at least a 4th place (7
points) to take the lead outright.
In the contest for the Women's Trophy, ROZ GILES recorded her fifth
straight win last night to give her the maximum 50 points. She,
therefore, WINS THE WOMEN'S MINI-SERIES TROPHY for 2011. Georgie
Freeman is 2nd at the moment with 37 points from 4 races, being 1 win
and 3 second places.
On Wednesday, Neil Tandy led the swimmers out, closely followed again
by Georgie Freeman. Simon Hoppe followed, half a minute behind, with
Ross Kent and Rob Hammond in close attendance. There then followed a
constant stream of swimmers leaving the water at regular intervals.
Neil soon took the lead on the bike, but was quickly caught by Simon,
who pulled a minute ahead by the second transition. Neil held onto
second place, starting the run 30 seconds ahead of the chasing trio of
Ross, Rob and Steve Coward. Steve Giles who was 17th out of the pool,
was a further 45 seconds adrift in 6th spot.
Simon then had the fastest run of the night, but only by 5 seconds over
Steve Giles who pulled up to 2nd overall, still 2.30 minutes behind.
Rob Hammond eventually caught Neil in Oundle on the way back, and
pulled ahead by just 7 seconds in a close contest for 3rd place.
That was Simon's 4th win from 4 starts in this year's Mini-Series, and
he just needs 1 more to take the Mini-Series Trophy. We had 8 PBs
tonight plus another 2 first-timers, as the wind and the rain held off
until after the event.
results are on http://www.pactrac.co.uk
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Dave Allsop competed in The Cowman - British Middle Distance Age
Group Championships at Milton Keynes, finishing 7th in his Age Group.
This was a Half-Ironman distance race covering:
a swim of 1.2 miles - 2 laps in the lake at Emberton Park near Olney. A
mass start in 2 waves with over 300 athletes in each.
bike 57 miles - a challenging course based on 2 large laps and 1 small
lap.
run 13.1 miles - 4 laps around the park and surrounding countryside.
79 Dave Allsop 34:07 2:34:39 1.37.17 = 4.46.03 AG = 7th.
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4 members of PACTRAC competed in the Bedford Olympic Distance triathlon
with a 1500m town-centre river swim; a one lap 25m bike course on some
fast flat roads, with a couple of testing hills; and a 3 lap 6.25m run
course around the equally fast and flat Embankment.
Results:
34. Adrian Whitby 30:01 1:15:40 42:15 = 2.27.56 AG = 8.
38 Giles Cooper 30:13 1:14:16 43:47 = 2.28.16 AG = 7.
71 Chris Jordan 27:57 1:14:49 57:48 = 2.40.34 AG = 2.
82 Jeremy Lloyd 31:11 1:18:39 53:25 = 2.43.15 AG = 12.
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Nathan Tweedie competed in the Team Cherwell Junior Triathlon at
Sibworth nr. Banbury in the Youths 15-16yrs race.
This consisted of a 400m swim, a 5.5m bike on tarmac(9 laps), and a 1.75
m run on grass(3 laps). He did well and enjoyed the experience of
racing on tarmac for the first time.
5th. Nathan Tweedie 5.10 18.55 11.16 = 35.21