Tetrathlon
2012 Click here to read about the Triathlon at Grangemouth in January
2011 Click here to read about the Annan Triathlon Click here to read about Aberdeen Winter Triathlon Click here for news from the championships at Hartpury Success was in the air for Scotland as the Tetrathlon competition held on Saturday and Sunday, saw the Scottish team of Aylish Paisley (Eskdale Branch), Michael Craig (Eglinton Hunt Branch) and Christopher Liechti (Eglinton Hunt Branch) taking the team honours on a score of 14261. Michael Craig was also victorious in the Individual competition taking the title on a score of 4887, closely followed by Christopher in 2nd place on a score of 4797. The running, shooting and riding phases of the Tetrathlon were all held within the castle grounds, making interesting viewing for those who have never seen the sport in action before. Winter Triathlon Series Click here to read a report from Boness on 6th February 2011 Click here for a report from Annan on th 27th November
Aberdeen 7th November 2010
Eglinton Hunt Pony Club enjoyed the first of the Winter Triathlon Series at Aberdeen on 7th November. As always it was a very well run competition with a total of 117 competitors taking part. EHPC had 7 competitors, all of whom did very well. The next Winter Triathlon is at Annan (quite close really!) on 27th November. Anyone who would like to take part and is unsure of how to enter, rules, etc, please contact Kirsty Craig (thecraigfamily1@btinternet.com) for further information. Open Boys Michael Craig decided to move up to Open Boys for this competition and managed a very respectable 2nd overall. He was 5th in his shoot, 3rd in the run and 1st in his swim. Junior Boys Christopher Liechti swept the boards in Junior Boys coming first in each discipline. Great result. Junior Girls Both Harris Ritchie and Antonia Craig moved up to Junior Girls for the first time. Harris managed to secure 2nd overall out of 29 girls, a super result. Antonia came 10th overall with PB’s in each discipline. The two girls shared 2nd place for their shoot with a score of 940. Minimus Girls Katie Ritchie also moved up to Minimus Girls and came 7th overall. She also had a fantastic shoot coming 3rd with a score of 900. Mini Mini Boys Angus Ritchie in one of his first competitions came 5th overall, with another good shoot on a new gun which brought him in 3rd. Mini Mini Girls Stephanie Craig, also in one of her first competitions came 4th overall. Her best result was in her swimming where she came 5th with 4 lengths and 4 metres.
Click here for August 2010 Report
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TRIATHLON RESULTS
EAST LOTHIAN TRIATHLON/TETRATHLON 18/19.04.09 RESULTS
Christopher Liechti, Jack & Matthew Hassard, Harris & Katie Ritchie and Stephanie Craig all travelled through to North Berwick for the first three stages of East Lothian PC’s Tetrathlon with great results.
Junior Boys, Christopher was 4th, 2nd and 2nd in his shoot, run and swim respectively and lay 2nd overall at the end of the day.
Mini Boys Jack was 4th, 6th and 1st and was 4th overall.
Mini Girls, Harris was 3rd, 3rd and 2nd and lay 3rd overall.
Mini Mini’s, Katie was 3rd, n/p and 2nd and lay 3rd overall. Stephanie, although not placed put in a sterling effort in all three phases. Mathew was 4th, n/p and 4th and lay 5th overall.
Christopher, Harris, Katie and Stephanie returned for the final cross country phase on the Sunday with terrific results.
In their respective classes, Christopher finished 4th overall, Harris 2nd, Katie 2nd and Steph 4th.
Shauni Dunlop and Antonia Craig travelled through on the Sunday as well to take part in the hunter trial, and although not placed, they had a lovely runs around the beautiful course.
Congratulations to you all!
On 07.03.09 Christopher Liechti was the sole competitor from Eglinton Hunt PC to travel through to Angus PC’s triathlon but it was well worth it. He was 2nd overall in Junior Boys having a personal best in both his shoot(840), and his swim(7 lengths) and completing the run, over hilly terrain, in 6 mins 2 secs.
On 14.03.09 both Heather Ridland and Christopher Liechti travelled through to Fife Hunt’s triathlon.
Heather (Open Girls) was 4th in her shoot, 2nd in the run, 3rd in the swim and 3rd overall. Great to see you well up in the placings Heather!
Christopher (Junior Boys) was 3rd in the shoot, 2nd in the run, 3rd in the swim and 3rd overall.
Congratulations to you both and good luck in the cross country phase of Fife Hunts Tetrathlon at Montrave on the 4th of April 2009.
POSTAL SHOOT RESULTS
During the winter Scottish Tetrathlon ran a postal shoot in which Christopher Liechti, Michael and Antonia Craig and Harris and Katie Ritchie took part.
They were split into different divisions depending on past shoots and rough ages.
Christopher was 7th, in division 13, with a score of 56.00.
Michael was 8th, in division 14, with a score of 58.83.
Harris was 4th in division 17, and 5th in her age group with a score of 88.17.
Katie was 5th in division18 and 2nd in her age group with a score of 75.17.
Antonia was 1st in division 21 and 12th in her age group with a score of 65.83.
Girls you have been outstanding and the boys will have to train hard to catch up with you!
Well done to you all.
Winter Triathlon Series
There are 4 competitions making up the winter series and the final placings are taken by adding each individual’s best results out of three.
Eglinton Pony Club is very proud to announce that Christopher Leichti came 8th in Junior Boys and Harris Ritchie, a commendable 4th in the Mini Girls section.
Well done to you both!
We hope we can encourage more of our members to try out Tetrathlon and the best way to start is the Winter Triathlon Series where you can concentrate on just the shooting, running and swimming. If you are at all interested, please contact Karen Ritchie at kyritchie@tiscali.co.uk
BO’NESS TRIATHLON RESULTS
We had six budding athletes through at Bo’ness for the last competition in the winter series and it was a terrific day out and there were some great personal bests.
Open Girls
Heather Ridland was 7th in her shoot, 8th in her run, 8th in the swim and was just out of the places in 7th overall. It is unusual not to have Heather up there in the top places and I am sure we will see her returning to winning form soon.
Junior Boys
Michael Craig had a great start in his first competition at junior level coming 6th in the shoot, a 5th in his run and a fantastic 1st in his swim! Overall 6th place.
Christopher Liechti also had a great competition coming 12th in the shoot, 7th in the run, 9th in the swim and was 9th overall. Christopher gained personal bests in every discipline, an obvious result of all the extra training he is putting in!
Minimus Girls
Harris Ritchie was 9th in the shoot and then put in a terrific run and an equally terrific swim to come in 2nd in both. Overall 3rd place. Well done Harris!
Antonia Craig has just moved up into minimus and did a great shoot with a personal best score of 820, put in a solid run and had a terrific swim, another personal best!
Mini Mini Girls
Katie Ritchie had a disappointing shoot (although it looks like a wee brother may have moved her sights prior to the competition! Checks at the shooting club on Monday will confirm!!!) She then had personal bests in both her run and swim gaining 6th place in the swim.
The children that have competed in this winter series have put in an incredible amount of time and effort and the result has been terrific improvements from all of them in all the triathlon disciplines. They have all supported one another and made some good friends– just as pony club should be!
GLENROTHES TRIATHLON RESULTS
Eglinton Hunt Pony Club had 5 members competing on 10th of January 2009 at The Fife Sports Institute in Glenrothes.
Heather Ridland, in the Open Girls, was placed in all three events and was a commendable 6th overall (particularly after the Christmas excesses!!).
Christopher Liechti, Junior Boys, had a disappointing shoot, was 6th in his run and just out of the placings in the swim and 7th overall. He is putting in lots of extra training and I think we will see great improvement from him over the next few months.
Jack Hassard, Minimus Boys, was 7th, with a much improved score, in the shoot, well placed in the run, 5th, and the swim, 4th, resulting in a super 4th overall. Well done Jack, the highest placed Eglinton member competing!
Harris Ritchie, Minimus Girls, was 6th in a very large and competitive shoot, but had a very disappointing run after getting a stitch near the beginning and suffering from a septic toe! She was 5th in the swim, again a little under par and finished 8th overall. She will hopefully be back fighting fit for Boness in February!
Katie Ritchie, Mini Mini Girls, was 7th in the shoot, 8th in the run, and 9th in the swim but this resulted in her being 6th overall. This just goes to show that you can get placed well without being at the top in all three events. Well done Katie.
We are hoping that there will be at least eight Eglinton members competing at Boness on the 1st of February as Michael and Antonia Craig have returned from a skiing holiday in Switzerland and with the addition to our normal team, of Fionulla Kerr who is now shooting with us on Mondays. Welcome Fionulla!
Keep up the training everyone and see you all on the 1st.
Dates for your Diary
15th/16th July 2009 Scottish Tetrathlon Event at Strathearn
7th/8th/9th August 2009 Tetrathlon regionals at Auchlishie
? April 2009 Hunter Trial Auchlishie
Some of our members have joined and are practising at Dundonald Pistol and Rifle Club. They are getting great instruction from the members there and will hopefully we will see their shooting improve.
DPRC are holding open nights at 7pm on the third Tuesday of every month (except July) and anyone, children and adults, are welcome to attend if you fancy having a go. (Please make contact with Karen if you wish to attend an open evening as all contact should be through Karen and not directly with the club)
ABERDEEN TRIATHLON RESULTS
On Sunday 07.12.08 two members of Eglinton Pony club travelled the 180 miles to Aberdeen to take part in the 2nd competition of the winter series.
Antonia Craig competed in the mini mini’s.
She was 12th in the shooting, 10th in her 1000m run, 3rd in 2 minute swim and came a very commendable 10th overall.
Christopher Liechti competed in the junior section.
Although not placed in a very competitive section, he achieved a personal best in his 3 minute swim (your early morning pool sessions are paying off, Christopher!) and gained some valuable experience.
Well done to you both!
Remember the next competition of this series is in Glenrothes on the 10th of January 2009 - schedule now available at www.tetrathlon.org.uk - look forward to seeing you all there!
The first competition of four took place in Annan, Dumfries on the 09.11.08
Eglinton Hunt PC had three participants
Antonia Craig competed in the mini mini girls section and came 8th in the shooting, 12th in the run and a very credible 4th in her 2 minute swim. This was Antonia’s 1st time at a Triathlon event and she finished in overall 7th place, a fantastic way to start!
Christopher Leichti competed in the junior boys section, a step up for him this term which meant that he had to go from shooting two handed to one. He was 7th in his shooting, 7th in the run and did a personal best in his swim of 5 and half lengths. He finished 7th place overall out of approx 19 competitors. Well done Christopher!
Harris Ritchie competed in the minimus girls section and came 3rd in her shoot, 3rd in the run, 4th in her swim and finished in 2nd place overall.
The next event in this series is at Aberdeen. Although quite a distance away it is well worth the travel for any budding triathlete out there. The next competition dates after that are Glenrothes on 10.01.09 and Boness on 01.02.09. Schedules will be available on www.tetrathlon.org.uk at a later date (Aberdeen schedule available now).
These are terrific competitions and a good opportunity to meet children from other clubs in Scotland.
Any body wishing to take part in these events, just looking for advice or wishing some shooting practice can contact Karen Ritchie at 01292 541231.
Area 19 Tetrathlon and Hunter Trial - Results
Gordon's Tetrathlon Report for 2005 - Click Here
Well done to all !