Saturday 10th May saw the inaugral Horsham GO TRI event at Pavillions Leisure Centre in Horsham, The event organised by Horsham Triathlon Club was a great success.
The sun came out just as the organisers arrived at Horsham Park to set up for the very first Horsham GO TRI event, a welcome sight after the heavy rain forecast throughout the week. The Aquathlon event, consisting of a 200m pool swim and a 3.4km run was a roaring success for Horsham Tri Club as their first self organised event.
It was good to see the event was supported from the sidelines by Jenny Vincent, Triathlon England Regional Manager, and Ian Ford, Horsham District Council Sports Development Officer. The competitors, aged between 14 and 56 years old, arrived at Pavilions in the Park with excitement, anticipation and quite a few nerves, as for many this was their first experience of a multisport event. Nonetheless they all cheered each other on and completed the course with plenty of smiles.
The fastest male of the very first Horsham GO TRI was Peter Lines, from Fareham in a time of 18:53, and the fastest female was last minute entrant, Lisa Fenn, from Horsham in a time of 22:08.
If you want to join in the fun, beat your last time, or compete against your friends and family there are 5 more Horsham GO TRI events lined up over the summer. The next event is on Saturday 14th June at Pavilions in the Park Horsham, for more information visit http://horshamtriclub.co.uk/go-tri-events/.
