The penultimate round of the British Youth, Junior & Senior Super Series took place at Eton Dorney over the August bank holiday weekend. The 2012 Olympic rowing venue was perfect for some flat, fast and furious racing for youth, junior and senior athletes. Over the four races, Welsh Triathlon had thirteen athletes racing throughout the day across the eliminator format. Athletes begin with heats to qualify for A, B or C finals before racing SuperTri style over 2-3 rounds of varying formats. The aim was to stay as high up in the rounds as possible to avoid being eliminated with the winner of the final A round being crowned the overall winner.

There was a mixed bag of performances from the Welsh Academy and National Performance Centre (NTPCW) athletes, with podium finishes, solid racing and some bad luck! The standout performers of the day for the youth & junior athletes were Lucy Jones and Deri McCluskey (also NTPCW). Lucy equaled her result from Mallory earlier in the season to finish a brilliant 3^rd in the Youth B category and 11^th overall. Deri continued his great form of consistency to finish 2^nd Junior and 4^th overall.

Dom Coy was the first of the NTPCW athletes to finish coming 3^rd overall. Also, in the A final, Matthew Shipley finished 14^th having had trouble with his wetsuit in T1. In the B final, Robbie Gibson finished 3^rd and Hugo Jinks finished 5^th. Having narrowly missed out on the B final, Morgan Watts finished 5^th in the C Final.

Agatha Skelton and Lili Jones were the sole representatives on the female side as they continue to gather experience in the British Super Series.

Well done to all athletes competing – the Youth B, Junior & Senior athletes are heading back to Mallory Park on 14^th & 15^th September for the Grand Final of the British Super Series. This also includes the Inter Regional Championships where our Tristar athletes will be competing for Wales!