OSPREY Leisure Centre recently provided training facilities to a team of dedicated athletes in preparation for the gruelling Race to the Sun.

Weymouth athletes from the Sandsfoot Cafe Racers (SCR) took part in the very popular Majorca 70.3 half ironman distance race.

Accompanied by family and friends to support them, they travelled to Alcudia and took part in the challenging event with more than 3,000 other competitors from all over the world, entering as individuals and teams.

The group brought home two trophies, one for Linda Ashmore, who entered as a solo competitor, as she won her age group (65-69 years) in fine form.

Two relay teams from SCR entered the event primarily as a fun competition between husbands Sam Wait, Jo Foot and Paul Mason and their wives Jodie, Casey and Kate.

Kate said: “We were very pleased to find out we were the first ladies’ team home in the whole competition, as well as finishing before the men!”

Nigel Williams, Osprey Leisure Club manager, said: “As Osprey Leisure Centre has perfect training facilities for indoor coaching and a slipway for open water access, many swimmers use the centre to train for their first triathlons, as do the Sandsfoot teams for the international event.

“It was great to see them doing really well on the world stage.”