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Thirty competitors raced in great conditions at this years sprint triathlon at the opening of the Stromness Shopping week festival.  The competition was strong with several local and visting triathletes (see attached MSWORD file for results).  A big thankyou to all those who travelled to Orkney for the race (including two young competitors from Southhampton!) and all those who helped organise the event.

 Stromness Sprint results (MSWORD file)

Pictures (supplied by Robbie Bruce) can be viewed by clicking on the thumbnails of pictures at the bottom of the web page

Over 20 competitors took part in the annual Kirkwall triathlon in warm but breezy conditions.  With over half the field from mainland Scotland clubs, it was a competitive race.  The race was won for the men by Mark Harrison, closely followed by Angus Peden from the Ayrodynamic Triathlon Club.  The womens race was won by Orkney’s Kirsty Murray in 2:26:29.  Many of today’s participants were taking part at this distance for the first time.  Click on the link below for results:

 Kirkwall triathlon standard distance triathlon results - 2007

The Orkney time trials are held every Tueday at 7pm starting from the school in Finstown.  All ages and abilities welcome.  It is a 10 mile course for adults and 5 miles for juniors.  Further details from Cycle Orkney.

 Click here for results Time trial results

The mini triathlon was cancelled and run as an aquathon due to winds in exessive of 50 miles/hr. The competitors braved the weather to complete a 3mile run after the 400 metre smim. The results are available by opening the post and clicking the link below:

Aquathon results (msword))

“TriathlonScotland” is the governing body of the sport in Scotland and along with “Triathlon England” and “Triathlon Wales” it is affiliated to the British Triathlon Federation (BTF).

New rules mean that every one who races in a “traithlonScotalnd” santioned race (which includes the Orkney Triathlons) will require to be a member of triathlonscotland. There are three ways in which you join (explained below) - it is also worth remembering that if you race regularly purchasing an additional “race license” will work out cheaper.

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The Club runs a number of events that are part of the triathlonScotland race calendar - more information can be found in the “race”category”. The following information provides a brief outline of the travel options (see www.visitorkney.com for further information).

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