Tri Club triumph in the Torbay Twilight

Torbay Tri Club were out in force for the first running of the Torbay Twilight 10k, as over 25 members raced their way around Torbay Velopark, taking home a number of podium victories.

Expertly organised by club member Gary Burman, runners completed nearly seven laps in breezy but warm conditions. Leading the team home to the men's team prize was Jon Pressling in 37.46 and first club lady was Kate Baldock in 44.10. 

Full list of club finishers: Jon Pressling 37.46, Matt Edmondson 38.12, Paul Whitehead 39.21, Charles Higginson 39.48, Richard Smith 40.09, Nigel Fenn 40.28, Simon Graham 41.07, Jerry Hocking 42.23, Jonathan Hiscoke 42.32, Kate Baldock 44.10, Simon Johnson 44.12, Kate Maslin 44.38, Ben Reed 45.31, Katie Potter 45.40, Cathy Parkinson 45.53, Cassandra Pressling 49.32, Mark Maslin 51.55, Peter Coish 56.19, Stephen Wilbraham 56.23, Katie Giles 56.39, Helen Stanway 56.55, Rob Pressling 57.01, David Hewet 57.42, Chantelle Lane 1.02.43 and Lizzie Hurford 1.10.45. 

A special mention also to the fantastic pacing duties of Siân Longthorpe, Naomi Flanagan and Neil Downer who ran times of 40, 45 and 50 minutes respectively to help runners achieve their target times.

Proudly flying the Team GB flag in Coimbra, Portugal, Laraine Gibbins, Peter Hayward and Wendy Urban took on Europe's best age group racers at the European Duathlon Championships.

Against fierce competition, Laraine put in a superb performance to take a podium spot and come away with a fantastic bronze medal in her standard distance duathlon age group (2.54.36), while team-mate Wendy narrowly missed out on third spot in her respective age group over the sprint distance (1.16.23).

Doubling up for the weekend, Peter raced first in the sprint distance and claimed a strong top ten finish (1.15.44) and then the next day went longer in the standard distance event in a time of 2.37.05.