Primary Sports Canterbury Triathlon

The Primary Sports Canterbury Triathlon was held today at QEII with close on 1000 of the best triathletes from all around the region competing. Amongst them, FOS had a strong team of 16 competitors. We had some brilliant results with two seconds, a fourth, two fifths, an eighth, a 12th and a 15th in fields of over 100! We also had Maddison and Sam B on the front page of the Press!!!

Congratulations to our Silver Medallists: ALEX E and BEN ML

50m Swim, 4km Cycle, 2.2km Run
9 Years Girls
5. Bayley A 23.33
15. Georgia C 24.42
29. Amelia D 25.31
115 finishers

9 Years Boys
2. Alex E 21.21
8. Nathan C 22.09
Matisse M DNF
112 finishers

10 Years Girls
5. Emily W 22.46
53. Emma W 26.15
67. Helena L 26.54
133 finishers

10 Years Boys
2. Ben ML 19.51
4. Louis B 20.35
12. Logan SS 21.33
109 finishers

100m Swim, 8km Cycle, 2.2km Run
11 Years Girls Race
60. Claudia 37.42 (age 8!)
69. Stella 39.09 (age 9!)
91 finishers

11 Years Boys Race
36. Sam B 32.38 (age 10)
65. Maddison A 36.46 (age 10)
92 finishers

Thanks to our reserves for taking times, to the parents for support and transport and to all our competitors who tried their hardest. Full results should be on the Primary Sports Canterbury Web site tomorrow. See: PSC Web Site

Individual Triathlon 2010

Over 135 competitors competed in our Individual Triathlon today in beautiful weather reaching 30 degrees later in the day. All competitors were superb and it was great to see so many parents and other supporters cheering them on. Ben Marshall-Lee was a record breaker this year and managed to beat Oliver Hobb's 2003 Senior Boys' record. Ben recorded 14.31 and the old record was 14.48. Others were close to records also. Thanks to Ted Pearce and Kelly from the Canterbuy Tri. club and the CBHS boys who helped out. For full results see:
https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AS9DnmJrtYHaZGc1cHQ4NHpfMWNtM3g2dnpu&hl=en

Trophy winners were:
Senior Boys:
Ben M-L
Senior Girls:
Emily W
Junior Boys:
Sam T
Junior Girls:
Claudia R


Trophies (see above) and ribbons (first three in each age group) will be awarded at the full school Assembly on Friday 5th March at 10.00am in the Hall.

"It was very exhausting doing the triathlon but it felt great when you finished." Milly aged 8.
" I really enjoyed handing out the lollies at the end and seeing people finish." Jordan aged 9.
"I think that the hardest part was the run because I felt sick in the middle of it because I had gulped a heap of water in the pool."Josh aged 9.
"This was my first time doing it and I felt really exhausted. I felt proud when I had finished it." Ethel aged 9.

TERRIFIC TRIATHLETES!

10 year girls at the PSC Triathlon
Anna 42nd, Isabel 9th, Goldie 32nd out of 104 finishers!

Our school triathlon team competed at the Primary Sports Canterbury Triathlon championships at QEII on Wednesday. Our terrific triathletes had some superb results against the best of Canterbury over a tough course. Our 9 year old boys were especially dominant with three in the first six and Quinn winning! Thanks to the parents who helped out and to our support team of reserves; Ben, Emily, Bayley and Nathan.

Results:
9 year boys: 50m swim, 4km cycle, 2.5km run
1. Quinn C 20.39
3. Louis B 21.19
6. Alex H 21.31
103 finishers

9 years girls: 50m swim, 4km cycle, 2.5km run
3. Holly R 21.26
23. Helena L 24.36
24. Emma W 24.41
114 finishers

10 year boys: 50m swim, 4km cycle, 2.5km run
5. Henry I 20.38
7. Alex S 21.01
40. Hamish F 23.07
123 finishers

10 years girls: 50m swim, 4km cycle, 2.5km run
9. Isabel G 22.45
32.= Goldie H 25.09
42. Anna G 25.43
104 finishers

Our 9/10 years reserves went in the longer race.....
11 year boys: 100m swim, 8km cycle, 2.5km run
22. Sam H 29.58
43. Angus S 31.58
48. Matt L 32.14
85 finishers

11 year girls: 100m swim, 8km cycle, 2.5km run
63. Emma T 36.58
68. Megan W 37.58
93 finishers

Over 300 Triathletes @ Fendalton School

Team 22 Individual Triathletes last Wednesday

Today over 300 triathletes of all ages competed in our Teams' Triathlon (105 teams of 3). Some classes in the Middle and Senior Teams had 100% participation! (I know Team 7 did!). Teachers and parents also took part with the only school record falling on the day to the Mums' team of Annabel S., Kate R and Julieana F. who smashed the 2008 record by 43 seconds and were the fastest team overall on the day in 7min. 16 sec.

It was great to see so many children giving it a go and hopefully many of the participants will try a full triathlon in the future.

Ribbons for triathlon placegetters in both the Individual and Teams' Tri will be awarded at assembly on Friday.

Individual Triathlon 2008 - One record broken!

We had 125 children start and finish our school triathlon today! One record was broken but more importantly lots of children completed their first ever triathlon and were very proud of themselves!

Louis B (pictured opposite) was a close second to Henry I (who won his second school title within 24 hours!) in the Seniors Boys' race but he broke the 9 years boys' record , held by his brother Max, by six seconds to record 15m36secs. Third Senior Boy was Alex H just edging Alex S, winner of the second wave. The Junior Boys' race was a tight tussle with Nathan C edging Jay S and Sam T on the run to win in 9m50s.

Senior Girls' Champion for 2009 was Holly R in 17.23 ahead of Isabel G and Goldie H. Bayley A was a convincing winner of the Junior Girls' race ahead of Jordyn B and Hannah J. The 6 Years Girls' record, held by Claudia R, was missed by only 6 seconds by Lauren S-S in 12.50.

The Teams' Triathlon will be held next Tuesday, 24 February, and we hope for lots of parents to join the teachers and close on 300 children.

Swimming Sports and Triathlon Dates 2009

Swimming Sports 2009:
12noon-3.00pm Thursday 12 Februray (PPD 13 February) - Week Two
Championship Heats: Thursday 5 February (PPD 10 February)

• 11am-12.30pm for Juniors aged 7/8 @ 1 January 2009
• 1.30pm- 3.00pm for Seniors aged 9/10 @ 1 January 2009

Individual Triathlon 2009 (Year 3+)
9.00am-10.30am Wednesday 18 February (PPD 19 February)

Teams' Triathlon 2009 (Year 3+)
9.00am-10.30am Tuesday 24 February (PPD 25 February)

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