THE sun was shining for Worcester Triathlon Club’s annual Top Barn Triathlon but the event had to be changed to a duathlon at the last minute due to problems with the water.

The triple sprint competitors set off first completing three laps of each distance.

Worcester’s relay team of Andy Day, Neill Crump and Carl Kendall completed the 6.5km run, 75km cycle and 15km run course first in a time of three hours 58 minutes.

Andy Norris was the first individual athlete home in a time of 4hrs 5mins and the first female home was Yvonne Brindley in 5.37.

Next off were the double sprint athletes.

Adam Thomson was the first male to complete the 5km run, 50km cycle, 10km run in a time of two hours 34 seconds and new Worcester member Adam Jackson finished second overall.

The first female finisher was Jennie Spillane who completed the course in 3hrs 9mins.

The single sprint athletes set off on a lung-busting 1,500m run, 25km bike and 5km run. A fast pace was set from the start by Aled Jones. He maintained his lead throughout the race and finished first in 1hr 1lmins.

Worcester member Richard Gourlay was third in a creditable 1.16 after having mechanical problems with his bike.

The women’s race was won by Petra Vymetalova who finished 17th overall in 1.23.

Worcester Triathlon Club also had a win in the women’s category — Rosalind Townsend–Hope winning the super veterans section.