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Welsh National Series Winners Announced

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Welsh Triathlon are pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 National Series.

The 2017 Series was contested over four National Championship races: the Aquathlon and the Sprint, Standard and Middle Distance Triathlons. The aim of the series was to further raise the profile of the National Championship events, to begin to develop a ‘ranking’ type  series which adds value to the competitive calendar in Wales and to begin to build a series offering for Youth and Junior athletes.

Points were awarded to all home nation members with the aim of growing entries and encouraging participation in Welsh races from athletes living across the UK. This year scoring was worked out by an athlete’s standardised time, relative to that of the 40th percentile finisher.

In short, the better the performance on the day, relative to the average in the field, the more points are awarded.

In the Youth and Junior Series only the Aquathlon and Sprint Triathlon races counted towards the series, as all years within these categories were eligible to compete at these distances. In the Senior categories upwards, an athlete’s three best performances counted towards the total.

The below table shows the top three in each category:

Category

Series winner

2nd place

3rd place

Youth Female

Laura Sharp (Cadence Tri Club)

223.41 points, 2 races

 

 

Youth Male

Nathaniel Harries (Cycle Specific)

243.08 points, 2 races

Rhys Davies (Pembrokeshire Tri Club) 120.99 points, 1 race

Eden Potter (Menai T&F) 110.51 points, 1 race

Junior Female

Rhiannon Kamink (Colwyn Bay AC) 104.97 points, 1 race

 

 

Junior Male

Tomos Nesham (Pencoed Tri Club) 129.10 points, 1 race

Sam Johnson (GOG Tri Club) 128.79 points, 1 race

Lewys John, 128.24 points, 1 race

Senior Female

Natasha Barton (Cardiff Triathlon Club) 188.99 points, 2 races

Carol Bridge (Rhondda Tri Club) 122.28 points, 1 race

Emily McLoughlin (East Grinstead Tri) 119.63 points, 1 race

Senior Male

Gareth Hodgson (Team Cranc) 385.13 points, 3 races

Anthony Bannon (Cardiff Triathletes) 342.93 points, 3 races

Ross Simpson (Urban Cyclery/Onit Sports) 262.74 points, 2 races

Female 40-49

Helen Little (Caerphilly Triers) 172.16 points, 2 races

Gillian Hopkins, 109.27 points, 1 race

Debbie Clark, 106.45 points, 1 race

Male 40-49

Craig Flannery (AVK) 340.32 points, 3 races

Nathan Bevan (Rhondda Tri Club) 217.48 points, 2 races

Geraint Jones (CRP Tri) 211.02 points, 2 races

Female 50-59

Beverley Lewis (Cardiff Triathletes) 191.00 points, 2 races

Lindsay Hobson-Barlow, 101.97 points, 1 race

Ceri Thomas (Pencoed Tri Club) 96.74 points, 1 race

Male 50-59

Paul White (Sospan Road Runners) 285.46 points, 3 races

Ian Mossop, 201.37 points, 2 races

Simon Williams (Caerphilly Tri-ers) 200.41 points, 2 races

Female 60-69

Hilary Johnson (HUUB Academy), 98.33 points, 1 race

 

 

Male 60-69

Paul Bennett (Port Talbot Harriers) 281.99 points, 3 races

Bill Snowden (Cardiff Triathlon Club) 191.15 points, 2 races

Edward Morgan (Taff-Ely Tri Club) 104.56 points, 1 race

Male 70-79

Roger Kiernan, 159.89 points, 2 races

Owen Cooper, 83.68 points, 1 race

 

 

Full series rankings can be found here: final-rankings-after-race-4_1.xlsx

We will be in touch with winners to arrange prizes and payments of prize money as outlined here: https://www.welshtriathlon.org/events/welsh-triathlon-national-series-2017

Welsh Triathlon want to grow the series into a high-profile competition over the coming years. Next year the number of series races will grow, and we hope that the announcement of our series winners will further increase the numbers competing in 2018.

Congratulations to all our winners and we hope these athletes will return to defend their titles next year!

In the meantime, if you have any queries about the series or feedback on races this year please email willkirk@welshtriathlon.org.

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