Fun Kids Tri – 24th May 2008
Although a small turn-out for the East
Essex Tri Squad this year, this event turned out to be full of excitement
and thrills with an amazing standard of competition.
Hannah Shean was the first competitor for EETC in Tri Stars 1. Unfortunately,
the organisers decided they would like to just have one wave of competitors, so
decided to put four swimmers in a lane without seeding. This made the swim a
little challenging for the stronger swimmers. Anyway Hannah exited the pool, made
a good transition and headed onto the bike, unfortunately at this point her
chain fell off, luckily dad wasn’t too far away and managed to fix things, but
Hannah had a lot of work to do on the 2 lap course to catch up. Hannah finished the bike and raced out onto
the run finishing in fourth place. (She later found out she was third as a girl
was a lap short on the bike.) Well done for not giving up when everything
seemed to be going wrong!
Hannah Kane was next up in Tri Stars 2 and once again was in a wave with a
large amount of competitors and a lane full of swimmers. A good transition and
a strong bike leg pulled Hannah up through the ranks, and then she stormed out
onto the run course where she produced her best running ever! Well done,
Hannah!
George Knight was determined to do well. He was fully prepared and raring to go on
his new bike after a very good swim. The organisers had made it very clear that
it was the responsibility of the parents to count laps and make sure their
child had completed them all. So Dave Knight positioned himself where George
would be able to see and hear him after the appropriate number of laps. George
had a great bike leg and a great run leg and after finishing said to his
dad - “I never heard you tell me to come
in” Dad replied
“I didn’t, you had another lap to
do!” DOH! Still, George took the responsibility of
informing the referee himself rather than waiting for it to be picked up in the
results showing great maturity.
Tri Star 3 boys was a very fast and exciting race and amongst the fray for East
Essex were George Smith and Matt Kane. Once again a large number
of swimmers, but George produced a great swim with Matt following. They then
cycled solid bike legs in a very competitive field and held their own on the run
course. This was a great race for spectators as the standard and ability of all
the competitors was fantastic. Great efforts Lads!
Last up was the Youths race.
The Tri Stars 3 had warmed the spectators up to expect excitement and the
Youths did not disappoint. As there only a few girls entered they decided to
start them with the boys. If any of the boys thought this would make the race a
little easier they were well and truly mistaken! From the start of the swim to
the end of the run the pace of this race was fast and furious (with just a
little illegal drafting). William Muggleton
was not left standing in this melee and produced strong solid results in all
three disciplines. As the last EETC athlete on the course he was treated to a
Hungarian Wave by the rest of the East Essex Kids!
Hannah Shean
Tri Star 1Girls 3rd
Hannah Kane Tri Star 2 Girls 14
George Knight Tri Star 2 Boys 16
George Smith Tri Star 3 Boys 9
Matt Kane Tri Star 3 Boys 17
Will Muggleton Youths - Boys 8
Congratulations to you all!