Athletics

Wight Tri member Ant Mildenhall flew across the Atlantic to take on the Ironman Madison Wisconsin on 11th September. Ant - coached by Simon Pilcher and Darren Cole at Vectis Academy - showed huge determination to stay in the endurance...

Wight Tri members travelled the short distance across the Solent to take part in the Challenging Events Bournemouth Sprint and Standard Triathlons. With an early morning start, the men’s wave was off first, with Trevor McAlastair and Dan Shortman taking...

Wight Tri member Marianne Su-Yin took on her first ever triathlon recently, going straight in at the deep end as she took part in the Zell am See Ironman in Austria. As a triathlon novice in the female 50-54 age...

Isle of Wight athletics star Henry McLuckie wants to emulate close friend Ben Pattison and propel himself onto the podium on the international stage. After claiming bronze at the European Under-20 Championships last year, the past 12 months have proved...

Wight Tri members and GB Age Group triathletes, Jan Fletcher and Liz Dunlop, travelled to different sides of the UK to take part in qualification triathlon events for the 2023 World Sprint Triathlon Championship in Hamburg, Germany and World Standard...

Wight Tri members, Dean Pike and Dan Shortman took on the London Standard Triathlon with the swim taking place in the London Docks and the transition indoors at the Excel Centre. The huge event, which sees several triathlons of varying...

Olly Hodkinson Olly Hodkinson completed his 1st ever Half Ironman distance at the Tribourne Eastbourne Middle Distance Triathlon, and Paul Webb took on his first ever full Ironman distance at the Outlaw Ironman in Nottingham. The Nottingham event (2.4m swim,...

Continuing on her amazing success at the World championships 4 weeks ago, 1st home at the English National Sprint Championships at Mallory Park in Leicester was Isle of Wight athlete Millie Williams.  Millie had a strong swim, coming out of...

Jan Fletcher has qualified for the 2023 World Triathlon Championships in Spain by coming 2nd in the Woodhorn Standard Distance Triathlon and GB Age Group World Championships Qualifier in Ashington. With an unusual late afternoon start time of 16:20 and...

Wight Tri member Laoise Bennis had a fantastic start to her season by winning the female overall race at the Eton Dorney Sprint Triathlon in June. Laoise started with a solid swim time of 15:03 for the 750m swim and...