o 1 Lap – Joe Dunlop, Nathan Troy, Daryl Coates, Mikaela Heilman, Mae Eldridge.

o 2 Lap – Karen Trengove, Bron Troy, Therese Johnston, John Wood, Angus Hickman, Team Devery.

Last Friday’s results are as follows:

Kids Course (across the pool or baby pool, 600m bike, 400m run)

Girls – Abbey Kurtz 5.25 (PB), Taniesha Kurtz 5.30 (PB), Chloe Lanham 5.43, Chelsea Apps 5.49, Lauren Thomas 6.04 (PB), Holly Proctor 6.40, Makenzie Felton 6.40 (PB), Holly Gorham 6.44, Charlotte Groves 6.50, Hannah Cartwright 6.52, Samantha MacCabe 6.55, Tilly Proctor 7.00, Jade Browne 7.02, Hannah Keen 7.11, Mackenzie Thompson 7.18, Inka Wilson 7.21 (PB), Maisie Thompson 7.26 (PB), Lillee Felton 7.30 (PB), Ella Roberts 7.35 (PB), Mollie Thompson 7.38 (PB), Rachael Chamberlain 7.39, Kate Johnston 7.39, Finella Palmer 7.45 (PB), Emma Wilkinson 7.48 (PB), Anna Johnston 7.56, Ashleigh Saunders 8.18, Phoebe Varela 8.24 (PB), Amber Thomas 8.41, Hannah Chamberlain 8.47 (PB), Claire Lewis 8.48, Bella Scammell 8.48, Pip Austin 8.50, Jade Lanham 8.53, Lucy Proctor 8.53, Tess Roberts 9.02 (PB), Sophie Johnston 9.25, Zoe Brown 10.00 (PB), Izzy Thompson 10.26, Lucy Scammell 11.18, Lily Lawler 11.38

Boys – Luke Cranney 5.06, Brian MacCabe 5.20 (PB), Mitchell Dale 5.25, Cooper Bingham 5.30, Matthew Dun 5.43 (PB), Cameron Dale 5.45, Lachlan Enzerink 5.53 (PB), Matt Wilkinson 5.55, Oliver Wilson 6.06, Will Austin 6.11, Tom Thuaux 6.15, Darcy Callaghan 6.23, Justin Cranney 6.30, Riley Langfield 6.50, Samuel Dun 6.37, Hamish Newell 6.37, Patrick Dun 6.46, Alex Brown 6.49, Riley Whatman 6.53, Nathan Dale 6.54, Brayden Harris 6.55, Harry Thuaux 6.55 (PB), Jaiden Farrell 6.58 (PB), Mac Webster 6.59 (PB), Justin Thomas 6.59, Ky Johnson 7.19, Jackson McLeish 7.20 (PB), Finn “Rat-tail” Ryan 7.30, Riley Cartwright 7.36 (PB), Nicholas Horne 7.58, Nicko Brown 8.00, Bailey Callaghan 8.14 (PB), Jake Roberts 8.15 (PB), Mackie Farrell-Hutt 8.16, Sam Callaghan 8.17 (PB), Eoghan Killick 8.48, Digby Williams 8.51, Charlie Williams 8.58 (PB), Daniel Gorham 9.14 (PB), Bailey Cranney 9.33, Ben Varela 10.02, Carter Langfield 10.10 (PB), Will Lawler 13.21, Jack Chamberlain 14.08

Beginners Course (50m swim, 2km bike, 800m run)

Females – Jayne Sharkey 12.57 (PB), Josie Date 13.01 (PB), Maddison Johnson 13.14 (PB), Anna Hickman 13.15 (PB), Peta Sharkey 13.32 (PB), Lil Wilson 13.38, Lyn Terry 13.41, Lily Hickman 16.17

Males – Paddy “Rocks” Ryan 11.10, Toby Apps 12.09 (PB), John Terry 12.12, Brandon Vickary 14.58, Chris Brown 15.14, Joe Herden 15.35, Billy Eldridge 16.19, Nathan Stead 17.21, Haydn Thomas 17.53

Teams – CMJ 11.35, M&G Terry 12.20 (PB), Kexodus 12.50, Purple Llamas 13.01, CJ’s 13.35, Watta 13.40 (PB), Super Speedy 13.52, Yvette/Olivia 14.39 (PB)

1 Lap Distance (100m swim, 4.5km bike, 1km run)

Females – Melissa Tidswell 18.11 (PB), Mikaela Heilman 18.47 (PB), Gabriella Rhodes 19.15, Melissa Thompson 19.22, Mae Eldridge 19.34, Jessica Tidswell 19.55 (PB), Violetta Tidswell 20.03, Christie Felton 20.41, Diane Browne 21.10, Genevieve Chamberlain 21.33 (PB), Shaneen Treasure 22.14, Jasmine Geeves 24.32 (PB), Yvonne Cousins 32.13

Males – Julian Larsen 17.10, Brendan Tidswell 17.42, Llewellyn McMaster 17.54 (PB), Peter Watt 18.12, Andrew White 18.20 (PB), Ben Wilkinson 18.40, Bede Leyland 18.44 (PB), Nathan Troy 19.17 (PB), Darrell Makin 19.47 (PB), Kieren Murray 21.17, Daniel White 23.10, Richard Enzerink 23.44 (PB), Oscar Geeves 31.10

Teams – Porter/Pango 15.53 (PB), Team Apps 18.30, Eldridge/Wilko/Terry 23.20

2 Lap Distance (200m swim, 9km bike, 2km run)

Females – Bron Johnson 34.35, Bron Troy 36.39, Linda Jonkers 39.44

Males – Andrew Fisher 29.16, Mark Fisher 30.28 (PB), Bernie Wilkinson 30.51, Karl Lanham 31.19, Rob Webster 31.46 (PB), Scott Vickary 32.34, Kendall McMaster 32.46, Gorilla Monsoon 33.46, Angus Hickman 34.25, Grant Terry 36.26 (PB), Juan Varela 37.22, Guy Geeves 41.30 (PB)

Teams – B&J 31.35.

Highlights this week include the Kurtz combination of Abbey and Taniesha gaining their second PB in a row while Brian MacCabe and Matthew Dun achieved the same feat.

Emma Wilkinson has inherited the Road Runner’s legs as she charged around the 400m to slash her PB and Bailey Callaghan’s matchbox bike wheels were a blur as he flew to a second PB of the season.

The beginner girls cranked up the pace with Josie Date’s sprint finish spectacular.

Toby Apps smashed a further one minute from his PB the previous week.

The self titled “Good Samaritan” Haydn Thomas made his long awaited debut in the Beginners Course (looking somewhat like he’d just arrived in Lilliput) and was virtually carried to the finishing line by his entourage. He dismissed his “slowish” time saying it had something to do with helping a youngster untangle her shoelace from the bike chain.

The wiser onlookers know that he was simply using that time to regain his breath that had escaped him since the swim began and was probably part of a tactical race strategy (smart thinking Haydo).

The much anticipated unveiling of the “Aussie Cossie” (with calls like “I didn’t realise you can get them off Ebay”) had spectators aghast, not at the speed and precision of the man, but at the way he pushed a younger competitor who had the hide to sweep past him on the run like he was standing still (a little respect next time Llewellyn – slow down a bit to make him feel better about himself, then take off).

Rob “Sardine” Webster had the outboard going in the pool as he held down second place in the swim, wedged between two Fishers. There has been talk that his love affair with his mountain bike could be coming to an end, but he is reluctant to ditch the old girl just yet.

Ernie Porter ran like his budgie smugglers were on fire to clock approximately 3.50 for his 1km run.

Fresh from the jungles of Rwanda, Gorilla Monsoon (aptly named given there is usually a flood of hair in the pool following the swim) cruised around the course and continues to eat away his time but he fell just short of a PB (imagine what he could do if he shaved down for the occasion – he probably hasn’t got a spare week to prepare though).

Guy Geeves declared his intentions with a blistering time that slaughtered his last season PB by nearly two minutes (the naturally occurring swim cap is certainly making a difference).

The first round of applause this week goes to Bob Hilton who spent some time on Sunday to iron out a few of the technique flaws in the swim leg for struggling freestylers.

Those who attended came away feeling that they had learnt something and felt better in the water.

Daryl Coates went from definite shark bait to struggling swimmer in one lesson.

The next session will be this Sunday. Plans are at present to run the clinics for the next three Sundays starting at 10am for about an hour and a half.

The second round of applause goes to the regular riders who have invited others to join the peloton on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.

This selfless act where they are prepared to slow their normal cruising speed in order to assist other members of the club develop their endurance and skill is admirable. Well done boys.

On the subject of bikes, as the numbers each week continue to grow, so does the demand for pushies.

If you know of a bike that has sat idly for a period of time in a shed or someone is looking to sell one for a reasonable (that means very cheap) price, then the Cowra Triathlon Club could be interested.

You could bring it down on Friday evening or contact Jeremy at Mr Embroidery and ask him to check it out.

For those who have earned a PB award in the previous weeks, they will be handed out before you race tonight. Because everyone has been so impressive, presentations will begin at 5.50pm as there are multitudes to distribute.

No triathlon on November 27

Please note there will be no triathlon on Friday, November 27.

Thought for the week: In light of the unwarranted controversy last week: “It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others”.

Here’s hoping we don’t see any cats tonight.

Keep on Tri-ing.

Hugh Jarms.