Aquathlon Series 2010

Sunday 11th April 2010

Sidmouth Aquathlon - Race Report

Same name different Sam!...This time its Sam Hopton who wins the latest Aquathlon in the Exeter Tri Club series. Sam's fast run time (18:03) was enough to leapfrog his nearest rival Olly Jose to win the race overall by 17 seconds. Sam in the Male Senior Category finished in a overall time of 27:10, Olly came second (27:27) whilst Tom Dodge finished third (29:51).

Helen Smith collected her second win of the series in the Female category and finished in an impressive overall time of 31:33. Helen competing as a youth finished 1 minute 42 seconds ahead of her nearest rival Holy Ferrar.

In the age-group categories Steve Swani (MV40-49), Lyn Curtis (F40-49), and Terry Windeatt (MV60+) collected their second win in the series. Mark Watson and Rosalind Townsend-Hope also collected winning prizes in each of 50-59 categories.

Diana Jeffery won the novice race by 12 seconds ahead of James Adams. These competitors are now considered no longer a novice!

The next and final race of the series is in Exeter, at the Devon and Cornwall Police Headquarters in Middlemoor. Please note entries close for this one on Sunday 18th April.

Pos	Bib Num	Full Name	Age Group	Cat. Pos	Swim	Run	Overall
1	78	Sam Hopton	MS	1	00:09:07	00:18:03	00:27:10
2	75	Olly Jose	MS	2	00:08:24	00:19:03	00:27:27
3	86	Tom Dodge	MS	3	00:09:56	00:19:55	00:29:51
4	71	Tobias Hole	MS	4	00:08:35	00:21:17	00:29:52
5	77	Steve Swani	MV40	1	00:08:36	00:21:18	00:29:54
6	72	Nicolas Ireland	MV40	2	00:08:35	00:21:20	00:29:55
7	67	Ivan Burton	MS	5	00:08:17	00:21:40	00:29:57
8	69	Sam Harris	MS	6	00:09:43	00:20:23	00:30:06
9	63	Barrie Huxtable	MS	7	00:08:56	00:21:13	00:30:09
10	62	John Gilhooly	MV40	3	00:09:12	00:21:18	00:30:30
11	79	David Turner	MV40	4	00:08:58	00:22:17	00:31:15
12	51	Jon Ayshford	MV40	5	00:10:30	00:20:51	00:31:21
13	74	Helen Smith	FY	1	00:08:18	00:23:15	00:31:33
14	39	Gareth Plunkett	MS	8	00:09:29	00:22:19	00:31:48
15	52	Adrian Excell	MV40	6	00:10:24	00:21:51	00:32:15
16	47	Ben Jeffery	MS	9	00:10:30	00:22:40	00:33:10
17	66	Holly Ferrar	FS	1	00:09:46	00:23:29	00:33:15
18	34	Mark Watson	MV50	1	00:11:14	00:22:16	00:33:30
19	59	Steve Ditchburn	MV50	2	00:11:03	00:23:07	00:34:10
20	37	Andrew Hill	MV50	3	00:11:52	00:22:36	00:34:28
21	61	Lyn Curtis	FV40	1	00:10:00	00:24:58	00:34:58
22	41	Yiana Shakespeare	MY	1	00:10:23	00:24:37	00:35:00
23	56	Becky George	FV40	2	00:11:27	00:23:34	00:35:01
24	48	Paul Hitt	MV40	7	00:11:09	00:24:07	00:35:16
25	76	Katrina Rye	FS	2	00:09:04	00:26:24	00:35:28
26	81	Jo Young	FS	3	00:11:01	00:24:39	00:35:40
27	19	Jane Beech	FV40	3	00:13:34	00:22:33	00:36:07
28	50	Joe Stych	MS	10	00:11:09	00:24:58	00:36:07
29	54	Kerri-Ann Upham	FS	4	00:09:37	00:26:45	00:36:22
30	58	Nicki Barrass	FV40	4	00:10:17	00:26:15	00:36:32
31	45	Sara Evans	FS	5	00:10:29	00:26:14	00:36:43
32	44	Rosalind Townsend-Hope	FV50	1	00:11:22	00:25:39	00:37:01
33	38	Lesley Ann Fosbrook	FV50	2	00:11:45	00:25:25	00:37:10
34	25	Sophie Warren	FV40	5	00:12:10	00:25:20	00:37:30
35	60	Terry Windeatt	MV60	1	00:09:31	00:28:12	00:37:43
36	83	Graham McDonald	MV60	2	00:12:03	00:25:47	00:37:50
37	26	Stephen Mitchell	MV50	4	00:11:36	00:26:58	00:38:34
38	40	Nicky Deane-Simmons	FV50	3	00:11:15	00:28:21	00:39:36
39	20	Becky Partridge	FS	6	00:11:14	00:28:38	00:39:52
40	16	Julian Head	MV40	8	00:15:24	00:24:55	00:40:19
41	23	Dennis Elliott	MV60	3	00:12:32	00:28:00	00:40:32
42	12	Craig Gwilliam	MV40	9	00:11:50	00:28:47	00:40:37
43	28	Linda Jenkins	FV40	6	00:11:39	00:30:07	00:41:46
44	70	Will Harris	MV50	5	00:11:32	00:30:27	00:41:59
45	14	Elizabeth Elliott	FV50	4	00:14:13	00:27:50	00:42:03
46	21	Polly Marsh	FS	7	00:12:05	00:30:34	00:42:39
47	11	Eric Barber	MV60	4	00:17:29	00:25:14	00:42:43
48	43	Karen Gutans	FV40	7	00:10:29	00:32:14	00:42:43
49	15	Tina Alam	FV40	8	00:13:04	00:29:44	00:42:48
50	17	Lester Trace	MV60	5	00:14:06	00:29:51	00:43:57
51	35	Ian Fosbrook	MV60	6	00:13:33	00:30:39	00:44:12
52	85	Judy Evans	FV50	5	00:15:08	00:30:25	00:45:33
53	18	Mike Gunnell	MV60	7	00:14:30	00:31:17	00:45:47
54	33	Tarida Mitcham	FS	8	00:12:33	00:34:51	00:47:24
55	22	Luci Skilling	FS	9	00:12:03	00:36:02	00:48:05
56	13	Rachel Short	FV40		DNS	DNS	DNS
57	24	Clare Hodgson	FS		DNS	DNS	DNS
58	27	Marilyn Joy	FV50		DNS	DNS	DNS
59	29	Robert Coster	MS		DNS	DNS	DNS
60	30	James Cooke	MS		DNS	DNS	DNS
61	31	Andrew Grigg	MS		DNS	DNS	DNS
62	32	Steve Lillywhite	MV40		DNS	DNS	DNS
63	36	Caroline Gentry	FV40		DNS	DNS	DNS
64	42	David Hope	MV60		DNS	DNS	DNS
65	46	Penny Aichison	FV40		DNS	DNS	DNS
66	49	Joe Stuteley	MS		DNS	DNS	DNS
67	53	Graham Cook	MV40		DNS	DNS	DNS
68	55	Mat Tandy	MS		DNS	DNS	DNS
69	57	Paul Croker	MV40		DNS	DNS	DNS
70	64	Gareth Griggs	MS		DNS	DNS	DNS
71	65	Katherine Broomhall	FS		DNS	DNS	DNS
72	73	Sam Jackson	MY		DNS	DNS	DNS

Pos	Bib Num	Full Name	Age Group	Cat. Pos	Swim	Run	Overall
1	9	Diana Jeffrey	Novice	1	00:06:06	00:23:29	00:29:35
2	5	James Adams	Novice	2	00:05:32	00:24:15	00:29:47
3	82	Sarah Sargent	Novice	3	00:06:11	00:27:33	00:33:44
4	4	Jackie Morris	Novice	4	00:04:44	00:29:51	00:34:35
5	6	Lynn Heard	Novice	5	00:06:55	00:29:34	00:36:29
6	1	Chris Blackabee	Novice	6	00:06:32	00:30:42	00:37:14
DNS	2	Free	Novice		DNS	DNS	DNS
DNS	3	Monica Edwards	Novice		DNS	DNS	DNS
DNS	7	Neville McMullan	Novice		DNS	DNS	DNS
DNS	8	Rebecca McMullan	Novice		DNS	DNS	DNS
DNS	10	Fleur Blackett	Novice		DNS	DNS	DNS