Welcome to Viceroys Stuart Simms: ‘Having been always into sports, including rowing which I took quite seriously for about 15 years, I took a well earned break from competition when my lovely 3 daughters came along in quick succession. Now they are at an age where their running and swimming is getting close to being better than mine I thought I had better take up a new sport and show them what their old dad is capable of (?)… I have always run reasonably well and enjoyed mountain biking so triathlon seamed a natural step. I have been training on and off for a couple of years and fancied training with a club to get more structure as well as have more fun! So fso good, the Sunday rides have been brilliant and shown me what cycling in a group is really like – awesome:-) 2016 is about building a base fitness / strength that will enable me to compete more seriously next year, Viceroys feels a perfect club in which to do both.’

and Kirsty Kothakota: ‘Hello fellow Viceroys!

‘I am a newbie Viceroy and very much a novice triathlete.

I live close to Bushy Park in Teddington and love running there and I am now looking forward to trying cycling and lake swimming too.  (Thanks for the beautiful bike, Mel) I’ve done a couple of baby distance triathlons before but nothing recently.  I will be doing the free triathlon at Walton Excel in the morning – so should perhaps head to bed now before an early start!

I am a Mum of two fun but exhausting boys (1 and 3) and am actually really looking forward to having a bit of time back for myself – both for the training sessions and the great social side of the club that I have heard about ;-)’