NINETY-SIX Dorset athletes took part in the South West Biathlon Championships held at Millfield School in Somerset.

The Dorset Pentathletes’ squad took home two individual gold, four silver and seven bronze medals.

In the team events – the best three athletes from the same age group – the club won 12 golds, one silver and two bronze medals.

The event, a qualifier for the British Championships, consisted of a run and swim with athletes getting points for the times that they achieved.

RESULTS

Girls’ Under-10 (first): 1 Bea Southcombe, 6 Ginny Bruce, 7 Holly White, 8 Skye Fisher.

Boys’ Under-10: 2 George Mahon.

Girls’ Under-11 (second): 11 Holly Johnson, 20 Alice Anderson, 23 Jessica Stevens, 24 Beatrice Ray.

Boys’ Under-11 (A team first, B team second): 2 Jack Amor, 5 Angus Evans, 7 James Carr, 8 Max Dangerfield, 9 Josh Cobb, 11 Rocco Taylor, 13 Fin Sanderson.

Girls’ Under-12 (A team first, B team third): 4 Anya Snowball, 7 Tottie Taylor, 9 Lily Amor, 10 Evie Hambleton-White, 14 Vivian Taylor, 25 Lucie Guy.

Boys’ Under-12: 3 Finn Pardy, 11 Jake Fisher.

Girls’ Under-13 (A team first, B team fourth): 4 Anya Evans, 6 Abbie White, 8 Tabitha Samouelle, 17 Chloe Bright, 19 Jessica Hudson, 20 Issy Colwell, 23 Kai Snell, 31 Gemma Wyatt.

Boys’ Under-13 (A team first, B team third): 3 Charlie Cook, 11 Ollie Sanderson, 12 William Carr, 14 Shem Martin, 21 Christian Clark, 23 Fred Fisher.

Girls’ Under-14 (first): 3 Daisy Davies, 9 Harriet Tuson, 13 Amy Northam, 19 Elizabeth Allen, 21 Millie Hambleton-White.

Boys’ Under-14 (fourth): 10 Jack Wosika, 11 Robert Clark, 19 Robert Millar.

Girls’ Under-15 (first): 2 Sarah Wilson, 3 Madeleine Johnson, 5 Isabel Watkins, 12 Portia Manson.

Boys’ Under-15 (first): 1 Ben Samual, 3 Alex Felton, 5 George Case, 7 Robert Croager.

Girls’ Under-16 (first): 3 Elizabeth Tolley, 4 Abigail Richardson, 6 Jessica Sutton, 9 Connie Baker.

Boys’ Under-16: 8 Jack White, 9 Mathew Yates.

Girls’ Under-17 (first): 5 Flora Johnson, 6 Olivia Manson, 15 Alice Liddle.

Boys’ Under-17 (first): 5 Harry Buttle, 8 Bradley Seager, 9 Henry Davies.

Girls’ Under-19 (first): 2 Georgina Kemp, 3 Katherine Townsend, 5 Aoife McCarthy, 6 Georgina Lane, 7 Daisy Liddle.

Masters Men: 4 Matt Colwell, 5 Thomas Manson.

This was an excellent start to the biathlon season with good strength in depth from the club. From this event the club will have 60 athletes and 14 teams going forward to the National Biathlon Championships at Solihull.

They will once again hope to be the top biathlon club at the championships.

For information on training and how to get involved in biathlon, biathle or triathlon contact Mick Flaherty at flaherty121@aol.com or visit dorsetpentathletes.co.uk