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After having a lot of bad luck at the Brighton and Hove Triathlon and having to withdraw,Travis Eyles fronted up his demons and successfully completed Dorney Lake, his first Standard Distance Triathlon...well done Travis!  

Fifteen club triathletes competed in multiple events this weekend.

Sam Wade again won the Brighton and Hove Sprint Triathlon, with new member Simon Lilley doing well coming 10th in a large field. And there were first experiences of triathlon for Olle Akeson, and Matt Stevens also did well improving on his time in his first triathlon last year. Ella Grabsky, continues her progress in triathlon and how much she's improving, coming second in her age group. 

Emma Wrightman did very well in the B&H standard distance placing 10th female and 2nd in her age group. It would seem that Keir Macdonald and Travis Eyles might have been victims of the tidal issues that affected those starting in the later later waves. 

In the 1066 triathlons turned duathlons Liz Halliday was first female in the standard distance, Geoff Pike coming 4th overall. This was the Club Championship race and so each win the 12 points on offer! Sally Symes continued her impressive year, competing in the sprint and Paul Young disappointingly for him had what would have been his first Middle Distance turned into an adapted duathlon but completed it well in hot conditions. 

At Dorney Lake Erica Martin, not in her preferred duathlon, once again still finished high up the placings in the Sprint Triathlon.

Well done everyone!

Paul Young continues his triathlon improvement at Dorney Lake...

Amazing performance from Liz in this middle distance triathlon. Not only was she the fastest woman aged 60 plus but, despite not running much recently due to a long term injury, she completed this race only 44 seconds slower than the first middle distance triathlon she did 19 years ago, inspiring all of us to keep training, holding back the sands of time! 

A small group of Phoenix athletes took part in the second event of the 2024 Club Multisport Championship. Chelsey was 3rd woman overall and second in her category. And in the open category Simon Lilley was second overall in his first multisport race in Phoenix colours. Honourable mentions too for Phil Grabsky, who continues to demonstrate his ability at pretty much any event, Geoff Pike and the evergreen and hugely inspiring Eogan McKenna all came in the top 5 in their categories.  

Sally Symes and John Poustie did great in the sprint triathlon at Bewl water, Sally in particular winning her age group and 5th woman overall. Issy Gibson, in her first triathlon, was third in the standard distance. Well done all three! 

New members Sally Symes and John Poustie completed the Eton Dorney Sprint Triathlon, Sally winning her category and John coming 6th.  

There were fewer Phoenix entries this year but Aysha Bhimji had an excellent race in the standard distance finishing 7th in her age group and new member Paul Young competed very well in his first standard distance triathlon and is keen to improve further. Matt Stevens came third in his age group in the sprint distance and Danielle Simpson third overall in the standard distance aquathlon. Well done all!  

Chelsey once again demostrates her growing triathlon skills by coming 2 out of 159 in her age group (9th woman overall) in the Olympic Distance London Triathlon. Amazing result! 

Malcolm Hughes and Tom Sanderson compete well in the AJ Bell Sunderland British Standard Distance Championship. Malcolm continues his return to form and fitness following a long recovery from Covid. 

Laura Lodge, Kirsty Bunning and Val Avella all excel at Ironbourne 70.3...well done ladies! 

Alex Garrod completes Ironman Frankfurt in 9 hours 46 minutes...astonishing effort and performance but he says it's his last Ironman...we'll see!  

Bobby, Nina and Nick all represented Phoenix at Eastbourne. Well done all three! 

A couple of weeks after her first triathlon (a sprint distance) Amelia completes her first middle distance, the Half Ironman in Hawaii...if you're going to do one, it might as well be Hawaii...Congratulations Amelia!

Madelaine Parmar, competes in her first triathlon (a Super Sprint) and is 2nd female finisher...amazing, very well done Madelaine!!

Sam Wade won the sprint distance race in an eye wateringly quick 56 minutes dead...finishing it off with a 15:06 5k! It was also good to see Sam Leader racing for the club, coming 3rd in her age category as did Mark Walker also racing in the sprint distance M55-59 category.  

Sadly, and very unfortunately, Gary Moran in his first triathlon, competing in the Standard distance, had a mechanical and had to withdraw. He says he might try aquathlon next!  

Bobby Searle excels in her first ever standard distance triathlon. She was 2nd out of 24 women in 2:32:24 and won her age group. To top it off she completed a 10k PB after nearly two hours of cycling and swimming in 37:25:07. Incredible performance...well done Bobby!

Week ending 22nd May marked the end of the window for our Virtual Aquathlon - a 750m swim and 7.5k run to be completed in one day. We had 4 women and 7 men take part with Danielle Simpson excelling, winning the women's race...including a swim in 11:04 beating all comers, men and women. Val Avella and Jude Matthews were second and third.

Jack Donaghy won the men's race beating Matt Greenall and Tim Jones into second a third respectively. 

Next up is the Sprint Triathlon and we are accepting entries into either the Eastbourne Triathlon or the Mid Sussex event, both are on the 12th June. Placings for the Championship will be based on paces over each course, so that we can include entries to both events. Entries close for both events soon. 

Erica Martin qualifies (yet again!) for the GB age group team in the European Sprint Duathlon next year, joining Nina Atherton who had pre qualified for Bilbao.

Congratulations Erica!!   

On what looked like being a drizzly and damp Sunday morning for the DIY, virtual Ringmer duathlon the weather turned out ok for a small but perfectly formed multisport posse. 

Liz created the course based on the cancelled Ringmer event that we were hoping to do. The start was staggered so that everyone finished each leg more or less together with transitions neutralised, although more time might have been spent together had some of us not taken wrong turns here and there...but everyone raced the distances if not the courses!

All that remained was to have a drink, a roast and a chat before what, for some, was a gruelling journey on probably the busiest day of the year on the roads surrounding Brighton! 

Many thanks to Pauline, Alex Bonzi and Dan for support and bike security! It was also good to see Alex out on his bike again after a long layoff.

The fifth event in the Club Multisport Champs saw a handful of hardy Phoenix souls brave what looked like was going to be pretty unpleasant conditions at Bewl standard distance triathlon. However, the triathlon Gods smiled on us and although the reservoir was a tad choppy it could have all been a lot worse! 

The top performer was Kerry McGawley, second woman, in 2:27:30. Kirsty continues her meteoric improvement and beats Erica by 4 seconds. Well done all, including the Magnificent Mckenna who was unable to finish but cheered us all on in his inimitable style! And thanks to Lee McGeever for his support too. 

There was also a sprint triathlon on the same day with Mark Walker and new members Martina Tiziani and Nick Cressey competing.

Well done everyone!

Kirsty Bunning, silver in her age group, and Val Avella (5th) have excellent races in the Eastbourne Middle Distance triathlon in extremely hot conditions.

Six Phoenix members competed in the Mid Sussex Sprint Triathlon, with additional interest as it is part of the Multisport Championship. Everyone raced hard, especially Gill, who decided one loop of the bike course wasn't enough, so did two! 

Alex Garrod and Kerry McGawley both perform well in the Eastbourne Standard Distance Triathlon. Kerry wins her age category and qualifies for the Europeans next year.