Two of Beeches sc masters swimmers , joined well 1000 people in Sutton park early on Sunday morning to try there their hands at the many forms of triathlon events being held at the  City of Birmingham Triathlon. There were sprint races , relay teams , super sprint events right up the full Olympic distance races (1500m swim,40k bike,10k run). Nick Platt from Beeches Sc and Henwood court attempted  his 1^st full length triathlon in the over 40 age group . Nick produced a great performance coming in just over 2hrs 50 minutes which placed him in 19^th place in his age. Beeches SC other swimmer was Paul Bates who took on the relay triathlon event,  doing the swim leg as part of a team entry. aul put in  a great swim around the 2 laps of Sutton parks Powell’s pool  , doing the fastest time for the swim of anyone on the day 19mintutes 19 seconds helping his team finish in creditable  13^th place . Well done to all who took part.

Results

http://www.uktriathlon.co.uk/birmingham/results.htm