Season 2006

2006 was a good year for the Scottish Borders Triathlon Club. For the first time all the qualifiers for the Club championship actually took place in the Borders.

Thanks to the sponsors Borders Sport and Leisure Trust and especially Ian Learmouth and his team for a well organised “Borders Sport & Leisure Trust Triathlon Series”, with events taking place at Galashiels, Hawick, Peebles, Selkirk, Kelso and Eyemouth swimming pools.

The series finally came to a climax on Sunday 17th September at Eyemouth. It was an almost perfect racing day, the sun shone for us and there was not much wind to speak of. Rory Methven won again in fine style in a time of 1:08:18, almost three minutes ahead of the second placed athlete. However, there were some great results from others, with Paul McGreal having a superb time after having done an 8 hour adventure race the day before, coming in 11th.
Graham Easson just seems to be getting better and better all the time, with one of his best sprint race results to date and even after Ronnie Notman’s charge, managed to beat him again in their private little tussle, with Graham 15th and Ronnie 23rd. New member Alisdair Clipston also had an excellent race to place 7th. Other placings were – Adam Nichol 12th and first junior, Iain Arnott 13th, Brian Nichol 14th, Charlie Roberts 25th, Suzanne Mercer 44th, David Hunter 46th, Katrona Methven 63rd and 1st female supervet and the ever present Toby Vint 69th.

Rory also managed to get himself an interview on Radio Borders, who were at Eyemouth pool for a few hours, as did his mum, Katrona. Unfortunately the DJ’s were gone by the time the presentations were being made, but Rory claimed the overall “Borders Sport & Leisure Trust Triathlon Series” prize which was presented by Nick Gillingham, former breaststroke world record holder and Olympic medallist. The Borders club received several prizes for the series as a whole, with Adam taking 1st Junior, Jenell Robertson 1st female vet and Katrona 1st female supervet.

The series also brought several new faces into the sport and they all showed an enthusiasm to continue next year.
All in all the whole series was a great success for both the organisers and the club, with numbers increasing as the races went on, so let’s build on the success for the new season. Good luck with your training!

Club Championship

The club championships were based on the best four results of the Borders Sport & Leisure Trust Triathlon Series plus the Hawick duathlon. It was hotly contested as ever with some competitve showings from all those that took part.

The overall honours went to Rory Methven with Kenny Short a close second, while Suzanne Mercer was first female. Well done to all who took part.

For Full Championship Results click here.

For Championship Results by age category click here.