32 competitor's lined up for the 6th Mini-Series race at Oundle.
Dave Allsop was back to the form that he showed 4 years ago,
when he last won a Mini-Series race.
Dave has now won in the region of a dozen Mini-Series races
stretching back to 2005, and is rarely out of the top 5.
He won the Trophy in 2005, 2006 and 2008, but this was his
first Mini-Series race win since 2009.
... and he didn't have it all his own way, as Sean Pooley
pushed him with a PB of his own.
Kim Bell was first out of the water in 4:19, well over 1/2 minute ahead of
newcomer Will Tremellen, who in turn was well over 1/2 minute ahead of
1994's Mini-Series Champion, Dick Rollings. 2 more newcomers, Jim
Carmichael and Sean Pooley, were right on Dick's heals, before another
stalwart, Dave, came out in 6th place.
Sean and Dave were unable to dislodge one another on the bike, with Sean
coming in just 6 seconds ahead into T2. It was 45 seconds later before
the next 4 riders appeared and a further 20 seconds to Sean Beard in 7th place.
On a night where 6 runners all recorded 22 minutes for the 3.5 mile run,
including the top 4, Dave had the better legs and pulled alongside Sean P,
eventually moving ahead and winning by a margin of just 14 seconds.
Sean B moved into 3rd.
Caroline Findlay was the first lady in 10th place with another PB.
15 athletes came home in under the hour,
and 9 recorded PBs on the night.