Michael & Carol are King and Queen of Ogier Novice Triathlon

On Saturday 14th May the annual Ogier Novice Triathlon was held at Les Quennevais Sports Centre attracting nineteen first time athletes. The race consisted of a 300m pool swim, followed by 6km cycle and a 1.5km run.

As the race was separated into several waves the overall positions were never certain until after the finish. Michael Charlton was the first male and overall winner in a time of 23:13 despite him only deciding to do the event at the last minute. Carol Knight narrowly won the ladies category by 8 secs in an overall time of 28:20 ahead of Louise Shaw and Claire Bourne.

The only junior athlete of the day, Hugh Percival, was first out the water and managed to lead the race up to the first lap of the cycle where Michael stormed past and managed to hold off Graham Hosley and Andy Heaven to the finish. In the ladies race Louise Shaw was the first lady out of the water well clear of the other ladies until Carol Knight used her cycling skills and strong running ability to take the lead to the finish.

The athletes can now proudly call themselves triathletes and hopefully will continue with the summer triathlon series. The Jersey Triathlon Club would like to thank Ogier for sponsoring the event