Helen Blamey swam 1500m and was second in her age group, and 17th female overall out of 76  in the Human Race Open Water swim series race at Windsor. Her time was a reflection of the huge current – 41.57, of which she estimates 30mins of that was going upstream and 12 coming back!

Lloyd Cosgrove and John Sawers were flying the flag for VTC at the Swashbuckler down in the New Forest – 1.9km swim, 80km bike, 22km run. John came 65th overall (8th age group) in 4:55:18 just overtaking Lloyd on the final kms of the run, who came in at 4:58:50 placing 75th (21st in age group). John says: “This was an excellent race with stunning views out on the course and excellent organisation – recommended to anyone looking for their first stab past Olympic distance.”