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Monaco Table Toppers

The British Biathle Team of 100 athletes came home from the = Principality of=20 Monaco with a record NINE World Champions.

The weather for this event, which is two weeks later than normal, was = worrying with thunderstorms closing Nice airport at one stage and some = of our=20 athletes being diverted to Avignon and even Italy. However all = eventually made=20 it to the beautiful Larvotto Beach for the competition.

The Pasta Party at the Grimaldi Forum on the eve of the competition = was=20 hectic, with over 500 turning up and just one serving point, the queue = was=20 rather long!

Competition day came with clear blue skies and very warm temperatures = and=20 quite a swell on the water in the normally placid and protected Larvotto = Bay.=20

An early start for the youngest competitors, the 10 year Old Youths E = and=20 first away were the boys. Britain=92s best medal hope, Bradley Yates was = up at the=20 front contesting the lead with two South Africans in the early stages = but=20 Bradley, one of the fastest 800 metres runners in the Britain, had to = settle for=20 third and a bronze medals behind the two South Africans. Benjamin Meir = 6th, Hugh=20 Ireland 7th and Sam Scholl 11th completed the GB team.

A similar result in the Girls race with South Africa taking the first = two=20 places but only 3 seconds covered the first four with Bethan Whittall = (3rd) and=20 Caitlan Stewart (4th) battling all the way to the line, so close that = they=20 recorded the same time. Bethany Everson (5th) Jennifer Vincent (7th) = Victoria=20 Halford (9th) and Angharad Eburne (12th) completed the team.

Two bronze medals in the first two races =96 could the youths D = athletes do any=20 better? The Boys race was a torrid affair with all conscious of the = short fast=20 start leading to a sharp turn on to Avenue Princes Grace and the main = run. It is=20 important to get through the corner safely and preferable in front. This = Hugo=20 Fleming managed and was never headed winning by a clear 10 seconds = margin from=20 two South Africans and becoming our first World Champion of 2007. Jack = Beddoes=20 finished in an excellent fourth place with Ben Everson 7th and George = Richardson=20 8th. Andrew Keat 10th, Daniel Quarmby 13th.

Were we on a roll? We certainly were. Ellie Walton had an emphatic = win in the=20 Girls race to become our second World Champion and she was ably backed = up by our=20 2006 European Champion Emily Jenkinson who claimed the Bronze medal. = Grace Howie=20 was 6th, Bethany Letherby 9th, Kathleen Rafferty 12th and Zainab = Carr-Millar=20 15th.

Ben Walsh was our best finisher in the Youths C race in 5th Place = with Marcus=20 Quarmby 7th, Tom Rowley 8th, Keiran Maynard 10th , Jo Gigli 12th and = Omari=20 Carr-Millar 13th. In the Girls Race, a fall at the notorious first = corner saw=20 the leading two bounce back to their feet and go on to a 1 =96 2 and it = was=20 Melissa Courtney who became our third World Champion of the day holding = off a=20 very strong challenge from a South Africa trio. Joanna Puckett was 6th, = Emily=20 Fitzhugh 9th, Chelsea McKenzie 12th, Giverny Barrett 15th, Hannah Radvan = 16th,=20 and Sally Chui 18th acquitted themselves well in a field of 33 athletes. =

All of the Masters Men ran together and with the sad absence of = Frenchman=20 Christophe Ruer, who won the World Championships in Manchester in 2006, = the=20 Youths A men were to compete for the Christophe Ruer Trophy in his = memory. Luca=20 Villa was many people=92s favourite for the crown but it was countryman = Alessandro=20 Lambruschini who led the way from the start with Villa finishing second. = Mark=20 Evan led home the British Challenge in 7th Place just ahead of Nick = Ireland and=20 Darren Yates in 8th and 9th.

The Czech Republic claimed their first Gold medal in the masters B = race with=20 Stephen Kelleher literally snatching a bronze medal on the line from = South=20 Africa. Our Fourth World Champions cam in the form of Biathle Stalwart = Geoff=20 Lewis in the Masters C Class followed home by Bill Shackcloth in the = Silver=20 medal position.

Our Masters Ladies are always seen as some of the best in the world = and this=20 year again saw some strong performances. In the A race, Annaley Yates = found=20 herself in the lead after the swim but South African=92s only female = Farrier, in=20 the form of the very strong and experienced Treloar Childs, managed to = catch and=20 overtake Annaley by the end of the run. Another Silver for Britain with = Caroline=20 Slimin 4th and Jackie Walsh 5th. Melanie Evans showed the B ladies the = way home=20 to record and emphatic win and our fifth World Champion. Once again = Melanie was=20 backed up by Judith Quick in Silver medal position with Margaret Smith = fourth.=20 Our redoubtable multi world Champion Mary Collett once again added to = our World=20 Champion tally by winning the C race.

The event moved on to the longer swim distances now and it was a = great pity=20 that no-one seemed to know that the swim course needed to be altered. = The Youths=20 B Girls found that they were swimming the 100 metres course not 200 as = should=20 have been set up. However the swimmers did two laps of the swim course = and an=20 absolute catastrophe was avoided. Out of this Rebecca Craigie managed to = salvage=20 an excellent third place and a bronze medal. Lucy Smith finished in 6th = with=20 Hannah Hills 8th, Fenella Langridge 10th, Jessica Pike 14th, Melissa = Mason 15th,=20 and Georgina Thornton 21st.

Course sorted and the large of contingent of Youths B Boys were off. = An=20 Egyptian, Gomma Aly Eldin took complete control of the race to take the = win but=20 it was Michael Cook who upheld the British honour with a strong run to = third=20 leading home some good packing from Chris Wilkinson 4th, Scott Evans 5th = and=20 Josh Radvan 6th. The other Brits were Thomas Crew 10th, Robert van Tromp = 12th=20 Sam petty 13th, Niall Laming 15th =96 all finishing in the top half of = the field.=20

France gained their first medal of the Championship with silver in = the Youths=20 A Girls race and it was Laura Evans who finished third for her bronze = medal.=20 Sophie Crumly and Georgina Grandfield finished 4th and 5th Kay Shafford = and=20 Danielle Parkinson 9th and 10th and Lucy Baker 13th. Although Stephen = Mason=20 looked very comfortable leading the field into the water after the first = run in=20 the Youths A Boys race, it was two South Africans who started the second = run=20 ahead. Despite some very spirited running by Stephen and the gap closing = he had=20 to settle for a well deserved third and another bronze medal for the GB = Team=20 Matthew Pye finished 8th, Matthew Hill 11th, Henry Brewster 12th, = Matthew=20 Everest 13th and Kevin Jones 14th.

The Junior Women=92s event was almost a walkover for Natalie Barnard = who=20 dominated the event winning by 32 seconds from Lucy Ferguson and Nicola = Rowley=20 to give Britain a clean sweep of medals and another World Champion. = Natalie=20 Thomas finished in 6th place. Another emphatic win and Britain=92s = eighth World=20 Champion came courtesy of Russell North. Russell never looked in any = trouble=20 keeping the chasing South African and fast charging Egyptian at bay. = Chris=20 Joyce, Michael Evans, Alex Surplice and James Parkinson packed well to = finish=20 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th.

The Senior Ladies Race saw the 2006 World Champion Maria Barrett and = bronze=20 medallist Rachel Jones head to head with last year=92s silver medallist = missing=20 through Injury. But it turned out to be a fight between Rachel Jones and = newcomer Ireland=92s Emma Davies. There was nothing to choose between = them as they=20 entered transition but the strong swell seemed to favour the Irish girl = who=20 started the second run 30 seconds ahead. Although the gap had been = reduced to=20 just 12 seconds by the end of the race Ireland gained their first = Biathle World=20 Champion and Britain had to settle for silver. Marie Barrett finished = third to=20 take bronze and Carly Bland finished in 5th place.

Richard Stannard made it two World Championships in three years when = he=20 repeated his 2005 performance on the same course to beat two very good = Italians=20 and become our ninth World Champion of 2007. Our own 2006 World bronze = medallist=20 and Champion Jon Fletcher and Gregan Clarkson finished in 5th and sixth = places=20 respectively. Toby Ryan finished in 16th place and Ian Shackcloth 18th. =

Prince Albert was on hand to help with the presentation of the medals = and he=20 showed his very keen interest in sport by willingly being photographed = with many=20 of the athletes. The Championships ended with a wonderful closing party = at the=20 Stars =92n Bars Restaurant on the harbour at which the Biathle World = Tour meals=20 were also presented.

So a fitting end to the Biathle Season with a record number of World=20 Champions. We now look forward to 2008 with renewed vigour. A new venue = for the=20 Italian World Tour, A new European Championships and a trip to Cape town = for the=20 2008 Biathle World Championships at the end of October.

Congratulations to the whole British team on their impressive = performances=20 and a great deal of thanks to all who helped, managed and coached the = team=20 during their stay in Monaco.

View the picture gallery here and here and the results here.

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Great Britain	9	5	10
South Africa	7	12	6
Italy	1	2	1
Egypt	1	-	2
Czech republic	1	-	-
Ireland	1	-	-
France	-	1	- =

Howard Jones

Bridlington 2007

The event went very well this year. Set up on time, cloudy, no wind,=20 reasonable warm and a still sea to swim in. Perfect. Just missed the sun = which=20 came out for the presentation ceremony and whilst tiding up. Most = successful=20 year to date apart from the numbers but everyone left happy.

Negotiations are on to move the event to a local pool with plenty of = room to=20 run for next year. We have to remember that this area was severley = affected by=20 the floods in June this year and is still recovering from their effects. = Results=20 are available here.

Gregan Clarkson

Rain Didn=92t stop Play - Weymouth GB Series 3

The fourth event of the 2007 Biathle World Tour and third event in = the GB=20 Biathle Race series was staged in Weymouth on Saturday 30th June = (Results here).=20 Despite the severe weather warnings, the day produced constant heavy = rain but=20 mild temperatures and a warm sea. The anticipated bad sea state didn=92t = materialise and the event went on with great success, although the = Officials and=20 spectators needed to dry out after the event.

The races started early, at 8:00 a.m. to take advantage of the high = tide and=20 the youths D & E Girls were first to get underway. In a close = finish, Bethal=20 Whittall managed to get the better of Caitlan Stewart 2nd and Jennifer = Vincent=20 3rd. Another close finish in the Youth D race saw Grace Howie win by = just 2=20 seconds from Ellie Walton with Kathleen Rafferty third.

The weather forecast must have frightened off the young boys from = Gray House=20 School and Sam School was left to take the win. George Richardson held = off Sean=20 Watson to win the Youths D race with Connor Aitkin sneaking third.

Melissa Courtney had an emphatic win in the Youths C race with an = excellent=20 time of 5 minutes dead, 30 seconds ahead of Joanna Puckett and Giverny = Barrett a=20 further 5 seconds back in third. Oscar tweed won the Boys race from Alex = Sampson=20 and Tim Longden.

Hans-Joerg Kuck from Germany won the Masters A race from Dave Milburn = and=20 Nick Ireland with Richard Dunbabin having a seemingly easy win in the = Masters B=20 race from Stephen Kelleher and John Sutton. Carole Smith made a = successful=20 return to Biathle winning the Masters B race from Margaret Smith and = Mary &=20 Peter Collett took the respective Masters C crowns.

The Youth B races are always very strongly contested and Weymouth was = no=20 different. Thomas crew won the boys race with Niall Laming just pipping = Robert=20 van Tromp for second. Fenella Langridge took the spoils in eth girls=92 = race from=20 Melissa Mason and Georgina Thornton.

There were wins for Ed Ponsonby and Kay Shafford in eth Youths A Race = and for=20 Lucy Ferguson in the Junior Ladies Race. Carly Bland won eth Senior = Ladies race=20 from Caroline Slimin and Katie Carter.

The Senior men=92s race brought together 2 world champions and a = double world=20 bronze medallist. By the end of a hard fought race, it was the 2005 = Biathle=20 World Champion who won in a time of 11 minutes 45 seconds from double = World=20 Bronze medallist Jon Fletcher (12mins 4 secs) with the reigning Biathle = World=20 Champions Gregan Clarkson third (12 mins 18 secs)

Following the event everyone dried off and went to the Sea Palace for = a=20 splendid Chinese Banquet and the prize giving. Our appreciation goes to = all=20 those volunteers who helped with registration, transition, timekeeping,=20 recording, life saving and all the other jobs in the most continuous wet = conditions I have seen for a long time. It is only with such help that = these=20 competitions are the success they are =96 THANKS!

Biathle World Tour - Follonica

A British team of 27 athletes travelled to Tuscany for the Italian = round of=20 the Biathle World Tour and came away with 18 medals.

The event was held in very high temperatures on the seafront of the = holiday=20 resort of Follonica. Right from the first event, the British domination = started=20 to show. Jennifer Vincent and Megan Bassett came home 2nd and 3rd behind = a very=20 strong Turkish athlete in the Youths E race. In the Youths D events, = Gold and=20 Silver went to Hugo Fleming and Andrew Keat and, in the girls=92 race, a = bronze=20 medal to Hannah Parker behind an Italian and a Spaniard.

Success continued in the Youths C races when Kieran Maynard easily = won the=20 Boys event with Brett Bassett just outside the medals in 4th. Sally Chui = finishing an excellent second to Spain=92s Marta Garcia with the other = British=20 girls Hannah Radvan 5th and Charlotte Coxhead 7th.

In the Masters events, gold medals went to Margaret Smith (B), Mary = and Peter=20 Collett (C). Mick Flaherty who hasn=92t done any running training since = his knee=20 injury managed to win a photo finish with fantastic sprint to the line = for=20 silver in the Masters B race and silver went to Suzanne Clarkson (B) = with Simon=20 Fleming 4th (B) and Paul Brewster (A) 6th. Unfortunately our other = masters=92=20 medal hope, Geoff Lewis was not too well on the day and did not compete. = We all=20 hope he is soon back to his usual good form.

After nearly 10 minutes of racing, Alex Heredia of Spain won the = Youths B=20 event by just 1/100th of a second from Josh Radvan. Perhaps if his top = had been=20 a few microns thicker =96 you never know! Oliver McSoley finished 6th = and Guy=20 Usher 8th. Jenna Waite was 8th in the Girls B race.

Henry Brewster added to our gold medal tally in the Youths A Race = with=20 another emphatic win and Natalie Thomas gained a further gold in the = Junior=20 Ladies event.

Britain took all three medals with a fine 1, 2, 3, in the Senior = Ladies event=20 courtesy of Rachel Jones, Carly Bland and Michelle Matson. Despite some = brave=20 front running by our current World Champion Gregan Clarkson, an = immensely fit=20 trio of Italian policemen relegated him to fourth in the Senior Men=92s = Race by=20 the finish.

Once again, Britain showed how strong its Biathletes are when pitted = against=20 the rest of the world and look forward to heading the Biathle World Tour = tables=20 at the end of the year. Well done to everyone. Full GBR results are = available here.=20

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Great Britain	8	7	3
Italy	7	5	8
Turkey	3	1	1
Spain	2	2	-
Germany	-	1	1

GB Series Rankings now available here= .

Biathle World Tour - Weymouth

The joining instructions for the Biathle World Tour at Weymouth can = be=20 downloaded here.

GB Series Biathle - Canterbury

Last weekend (27th May) saw the final GB Series Biathle to be held at = Kings=20 School Recreation Centre in Canterbury. The weather relented and the = athletes=20 enjoyed another excellent competition thanks to the time and effort of = Geoff and=20 Denise Farnham.

Geoff and Denise have organised this event for the last three years = and done=20 so very professionally. Denise has a great history in Biathle, taking = her first=20 world title in 2001 in Germany and being pipped by just 2 seconds in = Cagliari to=20 take silver. She bounced back to take world titles in Monaco (2003),=20 Marktoberdorf (2004) and Monaco again in 2005. Denise is also a very=20 accomplished track runner having achieved international medals at = various middle=20 distances. Unfortunately injuries lead to her retirement from all sport = in 2006.=20 Denise has been a shining example to the sport and a great ambassador. = Geoff,=20 who has masterminded the Canterbury events was always on hand to offer = his help=20 and encouragement at all Biathle competitions. I clearly remember = getting=20 absolutely wet through in the finishing funnel at the World = Championships in=20 Salford, collecting timing chips from competitors and issuing refunds. =

After the Canterbury event a presentation was made to Geoff and = Denise who=20 were thanked for all their support and help over the years. We now offer = the our=20 best wishes for their retirement from Biathle.

The results for the Canterbury event can be accessed here=20 and should anyone want to try and step into Geoff and Denise's shoes and = stage a=20 Biathle event in the South East, then don't hesitate to contact either = Howard = Jones or Mick Flaherty for help and = guidance.

4th North East Schools Biathle

Entry forms are now available for the North East Schools Biathle to = be held at=20 Bridlington on Saturday 8th September. There will be an award to the = overall top=20 school, medals for the top three in each age group and a commmemorative = prize to=20 all finishers

WORLD TOUR BIATHLE CUBA 2007

The Cuban Modern Pentathlon Association has organised their 2007 = round of the=20 Biathle World Tour in Havana on June 9th & 10th according to the = followings=20 program.

June 9 : Arrival of delegations & Technical Meeting

June 10 : Competition at the Playas del Este, Villa M=E9gano and = Award Ceremony=20

The closing date is 20th May and anyone interested in attending = should=20 contact Howard Jones ( howard.jones3@tesco.net ) or = 01772 652=20 747.

European Championships 2007 - Turkey

We have just been informed by the UIPM that the Turkish Federation = have=20 requested a date change for the European Biathle Championships. Until we = have=20 clarification, I would suggets that all those interested in = competing=20 refrain from making travel and accommodation arrangements until the = situation is=20 made clear.

Follonica and Monaco Information Sheets

Information sheets have now been published and are available as = downloads for=20 the 2007 Follonica and Monaco Biathle events.

Triple Gold in Monaco

Richard Stannard held off two very determined Italians to take Gold = Medal at=20 the World Biathle Championships in Monaco . This was only the second = medal GB=20 hade ever won in the Senior Men=92s event, John Fletcher getting the = first, a=20 bronze in 2004.

Maria Barratt took Gold and continued our success in the Junior = Ladies event=20 and Denise Farnham won herself another Gold having moved up to Masters = Ladies B.=20

The overcast and slightly damp but warm day in Monaco started with = success.=20 Monty Wilson and Hugo Fleming took fine silver and bronze medals = respectively in=20 eth first race of the day, the youths E.

Then a succession of South African victories before Grace Hobbs took = GB=92s=20 third medal of the day, a bronze in the Youths D Girls Race. After = recovering=20 from a nasty fall during in the Youths C race, another Bronze medal went = to=20 Sophie Corbidge seen here presenting champagne flutes to UIPM Secretary = general=20 Joel Bouzou (centre) and President Klaus Schorman. Samantha Preddy just = missed=20 out in fourth.

More medals came to GB in the Masters events with a clean sweep in = the=20 Masters B Ladies race for Denise Farnham, Mary Collett and Margaret = Smith. John=20 Hill and Dave Dodgson took Silver and Bronze in the Masters B Mens race = and=20 Geoff Lewis took silver in the Masters C Men=92s race.

Yet another Bronze medal went to Laura Evans with Lorna Russell a = close=20 fourth in the Youths B girls Race.

Although German David Pietzner took victory in the Youths A Boys = Race, a=20 photo finish was required to split Russell North and Alex Surplice for = Silver=20 and bronze. In the Girls Race, Natalie Barnard claimed the bronze in = front of=20 Harriet Hart and Clare Kane.

James Lock had a fine competition and an excellent final run to take = bronze=20 in the Junior Men=92s event. Maria was never headed in the Junior Ladies = event=20 winning by 48 seconds, Nicola Rowley taking bronze.

The final events of the day were the Seniors and Richard Stannard, = just home=20 from his Silver medal in the World Aquathon Championships in Japan , was = very=20 determined to take the Biathle crown. He did just that with an = impressive 8=20 seconds win over last year=92s silver medallist and 21 seconds over the = 2004 World=20 Champion. Three times World Champion Daniella Chmet was to make it four = in a row=20 but it was Gwen Kinsey who took the silver medal for Britain in the = Senior=20 Ladies event.

All the focus now goes on Salford Quays for the next Biathle World=20 Championships to be held on 3rd September 2006.

Top=20 3 and GBR Results

2005 Biathle World Championship Medal Table

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
South Africa	9	7	5	21
Great Britain	3	6	10	19
Italy	3	2	2	7
Egypt	2	1	0	3
Germany	1	0	0	1
Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
Switzerland	1	0	0	1
Denmark	0	1	0	1
France	0	1	0	1
Hungary	0	0	1	1
Lithuania	0	0	1	1

Biathle World Tour Dates 2006 - 2008

South Africa have published the dates for their World Tour Events for = the=20 next three years.

World Tour - Sunday 16th April 2006 - Bela Bela Game Reserve=20
World Tour - Sunday 8th April 2007 - Cape Town=20
World Tour - Sunday 23rd March 2008 - Venue tbc

Anyone interested in being considered for the 2006 event, please let = Howard = Jones know=20 asap. The event promises to be a huge success with plenty to do in this=20 remarkable country.

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