We didn't quite get the wind sorted out; probably because we (ie Troy) set up the gazebo at the finish line to ward off any possible showers. It did that but, being securely anchored to the fence behind, its presence encouraged the capricious westerly; or so it seemed to the more superstitious among us! anyway the road stayed dry and there was still a good array of PBs returned.

And a course record! Travis' TT bike only arrived a few days ago but it seemed to work OK. It needed to because Matt Illingworth was fired up and ready to defend his course record and the Champion's title he earned last year. There wasn't a lot of time between them at the finish: 22sec. But there was very little space between any in the first four or five places. Anyway Matt's precision riding ensured he went home with the Master's gold medal and overall silver. Ben O'Connor just held on to third place ahead of Dylan P-H by just under five seconds.

Jess Huston spent exactly a minute and a half less time on the course than Emma Pooley earning her a well deserved Gold medal. Emma actually spent quite a bit more than that 1:30 on the circuit as did third place-getter, Nathalie Laurendeau: they both ran off the bike being dedicated triathletes like many of today's field. In fact Emma also rode to and from the event. So did Dion Lazic who did a slightly shorter 'warm up' but not anything apparently to blunt a seven minute PB on his part - heading today's list.

Another man it was good to see posting a PB again was Nigel Barley on his hand-cycle; a timely return to the form we're used to seeing.

Jeff Usher's usual task of managing the team around the course took on an extra dimension of having to marshal one station while necessary signage was still being placed. He didn't get much warm-up as a result but did still get a ride in. Terri Usher and Megan McEwan again shared the responsibilities of the rego desk; Aunt Emily was your starter, diligently maintaining his focus and equanimity for the two hours it took to get everyone on their way. Aviva Gordon marshalled starters for him; there were no late starts today. Phil Parr added an expert eye to the problem intersection of DeHaer/Rowley manned by our traffic management friends, WARP while Troy looked after the final turn into DeHaer. Lorraine was our roving race referee on the back of the Harley and Siobhan Healy looked after the driveway entrance to the Community Centre. Very big thanks to you all.