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www.MyPE.co.za: The first round of the EPTA Summer Series triathlon was won by Gauteng student Corney van de Ryst from Nelson Mandela Bay’s Jack de Kort and Ryan Peter. Van de Ryst who is a top national age group triathlete, paced himself well behind the experienced de Kort during the 750m swim and 20km cycle leg before making a lightning fast transition between the cycle leg and the 5km run leg to take the lead and complete the race in 1hr 6min. De Kort did extremely well to hang onto 2nd place, finishing just 1min 19sec later, with a fast chasing Peter finishing just 19 seconds behind.

Liza Bright had things all her own way in the ladies race, finishing in a time of 1hr 15min and placing 12th overall. Ingrid Brown finished 2nd in the ladies category in a time of 1hr 20min with Melanie Norden in 3rd place in 1hr 29min. 16 year old Keagan Scott was the first junior home in a time of 1hr 19min, placing 18th overall.

“It’s been a frustrating start to this year’s Summer Triathlon Series, ” said Series organiser Mike Zoetmulder of Zports, “Round 1, which was scheduled for last Thursday morning, had to be postponed due to extreme weather conditions and then Saturday’s event was delayed by an hour due to heavy mist over the sea making the scheduled swim start impossible.”

A fun aquathlon consisting of a 1km run, 100m swim and ending with another 1km run is held in conjunction with the Summer Series triathlon and this was won by the Riddle siblings, Camryn and Jamie. Jarryd Gough and Matthew Grobbelaar placed 2nd and 3rd in the boys category with Crystal Hulett and Kelsey Vaughan taking the silver and bronze in the girls race.

Round 2 of the Series will take place on Wednesday morning, 22 December at Marina Martinique at 9.30am with Round 3 concluding the Series on Sunday, 26 December at Port St Francis. The Series is open to teams and individuals and online entry can be made on www.TriSummerSeries.co.za and late entries will be taken on race days.

Full Results.

Round 1 – Hobie Beach: Saturday 18th December 2010 Sprint Distance Triathlon

Men
1 Corney Van Der Ryst 01:06:31; 2 Jack De Kort 01:07:50; 3 Ryan Peter 01:08:09; 4 Louw De Villiers 01:10:59; 5 Michael Kingston 01:12:43; 6 Adrian Clarke 01:12:50; 7 Emile Van niekerk 01:13:14; 8 Gavin Moore 01:14:06; 9 Silvio Scribante 01:14:16; 10 Kevin Mutlow 01:14:22; 11 Tim Ellerbeck 01:15:07; 12 Bruce Campbell 01:16:34; 13 Wayne Brown 01:17:13; 14 Brian Perry 01:18:09; 15 Andrew Higgins 01:18:36; 16 Derek Creed 01:19:14; 17 Keegan Scott 01:19:56; 18 Blaine Wilkins 01:20:08; 19 Martin Webber 01:20:22; 20 Bradley Smith 01:21:06; 21 William Wilson 01:21:17; 22 Kyle Henning 01:21:49; 23 Mark Goodwin 01:23:12;  24 Nick Chapman 01:23:15; 25 Russel Tucker 01:24:58; 26 Johan Barnard 01:26:08; 27 James Flanagan 01:26:35; 28 Steven Van Niekerk 01:27:14; 29 Jonathan Teppler 01:27:27; 30 Hugo Leuenberger 01:27:39; 31 Greg Tucker 01:28:55; 32 Darryll Wicht 01:28:57; 33 Pieter Van De Hoven 01:29:05; 34 Mark Alderman 01:29:22; 35 Jason Smith 01:29:40; 36 Henk Spoormaker 01:30:08; 37 Claude Ackermann 01:30:37; 38 Warren Hoole 01:31:36; 39 Martinus Briers 01:31:49; 40 Ian Maughan-Brown 01:31:52; 41 Rob Ermes 01:31:59; 42 Kent Williams 01:33:29; 43 Ivan Smith 01:33:35; 44 Nick Van Dierklek 01:33:43; 45 Clayton Cherry 01:33:55; 46 Arnie Van Jaarsveldt 01:34:22; 47 Paul Schoeman 01:34:23; 48 Gary Lambad 01:35:57; 49 Andre Van Biljoen 01:36:19; 50 Jose Neves 01:36:58; 51 Kristen Britz 01:37:09; 52 Peter Meyer 01:37:11; 53 Michael Copeland 01:37:22; 54 Christopher Fourie 01:38:02; 55 Fulvio Falco 01:40:40; 56 Barry Roberts 01:41:27; 57 Theo Van niekerk 01:42:46; 58 Gary Chewitz 01:42:46; 59 Lourens Van zyl 01:46:03; 60 Jonathan Roche 01:47:52; 61 Dave Coffey 01:49:09; 62 Colin Stephen 01:49:13; 63 Foozie Jappie 01:52:01; 64 Michael De Klerk 01:53:49; 65 Marshall Bruennen 01:54:59;66 Paul Du Plessis 02:08:12; 67 Domenick Brennen 02:13:22

Ladies
1 Liza Bright 01:15:44; 2 Ingrid Brown 01:20:25; 3 Melanie Norden 01:29:39; 4 Alason Critchley 01:31:09; 5 Emma Brewster 01:32:37; 6 Denise Scholtz 01:32:54; 7 Candice Smith 01:35:27; 8 Karen Strydom 01:36:00; 9 Bronwin Meyer 01:37:08; 10 Lindi Le Roux 01:37:46; 11 Helen Kernohan 01:45:03; 12 Debbie Gillett 01:47:40; 13 Natalie Style 01:53:42; 14 Karry Shipp 01:55:52; 15 Chantell Rudman 01:56:16; 16 Ranel De Bryn 01:56:49

Aquathlon
1 Camryn Riddle 00:24:15; 2 Jamie Riddle 00:24:17; 3 Crystal Hulett 00:24:29; 4 Kelsey Vaughan 00:25:09; 5 Ashleigh Vaughan 00:25:10; 6 Jade Grobbelaar 00:26:40; 7 Jade Vaughan 00:26:45; 8 Tamryn Gill 00:26:46; 9 Jarryd Gough 00:29:39; 10 Matthew Grobbelaar 00:29:39

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