31 participants braved the wintery weather tonight to take part in the Saputo Hopkins Mini Tri 2 at the Blue Hole ☁️💨🫠

It was great to see 19 people returning from week 1, and new faces out on course tonight too! A great atmosphere and vibe out on course, some friendly competition and banter both at the front end of the packs and within. These events are such a great event with all different ages out on course and it’s great to see everyone supporting and cheering each other on 🎉

Onto the results. Tonight we had Brooke Gordon cross the line in first place in the Woman’s for the second week in a row, followed by Jenny Dowie and Melissa Pitman in third place. In our Men’s category, Joel Wallace took the top spot on the podium tonight, Dallas Jones unable to run him down. Coming across in third was 11 year old Tadhg Loughran. It was great to have 2 teams out on course again this week, well done to Team Obst and Just Cuz! For all the results – check out the Results section of the Website!

Big thank-you to Sophie for taking the lead as Race Director this week and bringing the event to life. Shout out also to Steven and Grace in the water for us tonight, Emma on timing and all our other Volunteers out on course tonight! Quickest pack-up of the year, thanks to all those who chipped in 🙏

We also awarded series medals tonight – to be eligible you needed to have participated in both weeks, and it was then the quickest cumulative time. In the Men’s we had Joel Wallace (1st), Tadhg Loughran (2nd) and Gavan Cooper (3rd). Congratulations to Brooke Gordon (1st), Jenny Dowie (2nd) and Melissa Pitman (3rd) as our Woman’s Series Winners. Well done for your consistency guys!

Big thank you to Saputo for their sponsorship of our Club, and this series this year – which helps us to keen our entry fees low!

Next up – bring on Foreshore on the 11th Feb … an event for the whole family, so jump on board and bring your friends!