Rossendale Triathlon 2008
| Published: 23rd June 2008 23:54 |
The sun was shining over Rossendale as 178 individuals and 14 relay teams of 3 took part in the 3rd Rossendale Triathlon on Sunday 8th June, which consisted of a 400m swim at Marl Pits Pool, a demanding 20k cycle from Marl Pits to Burnley and back, followed by a 5k run around the sports complex.
Photo by Dave Haygarth
Competitors came from as far away as Kent to compete against a strong field of local talent in the 3rd Triathlon organised by Rossendale Leisure Trust.
Photo by Dave Haygarth
Daniel McParland from Carnforth was the overall winner of the men's event for the 2nd year running, closely followed by Roger Wilkins from Blackburn, with Marc Laithwaite from Wigan coming in 3rd.
The ladies section was won by Birmingham based Victoria Ruisus, with 2nd prize going to Kali Taylor from Skipton and 3rd to Gemma Adams from Preston.
The first Rossendale residents to complete the course were John Ferguson and Michelle Dew, who finished 17th and 48th respectively.
The first team were the Golden Oldies, comprising of well known sporting local residents, Ken Garrett, swimming, Roy Flanaghan, cycling and Jeremy Gold, running.
The 2005 winner and one of the event organisers, Garrie Prosser said: "It was very pleasing to see so many people coming to the Valley to compete. The feedback we received was really good and we are now establishing it as one of the premier events in the North West."
Pool's Manager for Rossendale Leisure Trust, Carole Fairhurst, said: "The event was a huge success and we would like to thank Valley company, Officiotek Digital Office Solutions, who kindly sponsored the t-shirts, Solve IT who sponsored the prizes, Speakmans for the bike racking and all the volunteer marshals, without whom an event like this could not go ahead."
The organisers would also like to thank local supermarket, Whiteheads, for providing the water for competitors and Rochdale restaurant, Bangla Fusion, for donating a £30 meal voucher as a prize, John Stephensons and Scottish Courage, who also donated prizes, and Rossendale Mountain Rescue for their first aid cover.
Full results, including split times for each discipline, are available online at www.ukresults.net/2008/rosstri.html
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