Bananaman TTT & Relays - 11th July
8 BTS teams turned out to represent the club at the unique Bananaman Team Time Trial and Relay event, over the 800m/20km/5km distance at Dorney Lake. Summation of the performances and official results are provided courtesy of Lynda Hart, with photos available from Rob Holden.
"A big thanks to everyone who raced and came out to cheer at BananaMan today. I hope I can speak for everyone to say it was a fun day out and a good time for everyone.
Congrats to Paul F, Paul M and Adam T for finishing 1st in the BTS Men’s competition and 3rd overall. Well done!
The men’s group had a strong BTS second place showing by the BTS “Experienced Team” with Dick File, Dave Lightbourne and John Booker taking second in the BTS standings. Well done besting the “Younger Generation”! Rounding out the men’s division – “The Younger Generation” of Gope, Dan B and Dan S finished strong. So strong in fact that Dan decided to revisit his breakfast at the finish. You can’t ask for more from a teammate, can you?
In the ladies team time trial, the BTS women swept the top three places with Nicky Way, Sarah B and Louise taking first place. Julia, Caroline and Barbara were a close second with Debbie, Erica and myself rounding out third place.
In the ladies Relay, Holly Sear battled a massive wind to bring her team of Helen and Katy to 1st BTS place closely followed by Janice, Beth and Pippa. Well done ladies!
Also, special mention goes to our BTS competitors on other teams. Heather, Ralph and Angela also braved the wind and sun to compete in BTS colors on other relay teams. Did I mention it was windy?
Not to forget - a big, big, big, big thank you to all our supporters. I’m not sure if it was just for the picnic but it was great to see Rob, Corinne, Gemma, Luke, Kate, Kate (yes, there were two), Romano, Caroline, Stephen and Jane at the event. Thanks to all partners, boyfriends and friends as well. If I missed you in my thanks, I swear I saw you but let’s blame the wind.
Lastly (finally you say) a big thanks to Louise, Janice, Julia, Caroline, David and Ralph for arriving early to help with setup. It is very, very much appreciated!
Thanks again for the great photos from Rob and Corinne. Hopefully everyone had as much fun as I did at BananaMan today"
berkshire tri squad
