The 220 Triathlon Series: 1992
I’ve already looked at 1991 here. In 1992 there were only four events in the series. I did three and was ranked 47th at the end of the season. I missed Bath because I was on a student exchange in Canada.
Swindon was nationals. And a selection race for the European Short Course Championships in Lommel. Lessing, Smith and Cook medalled for the men. Spoiler alert. All 3 did well in Lommel too.
Windsor was back. And had 3 qualifying sports in every age group for the Worlds in Canada. The AG thing was getting bigger in UK triathlon. Apparently Saturday night had a Hawaiian shirt pool party. I don’t remember this. On Sunday, Alison Hamilton and Spencer Smith won.
Ironbridge became Middle Distance. And was ace. The first middle distance where I felt I went gun to tape. At a solid pace. No blow-ups.
18 year old Ben Bright cycled away from Britain’s best. On a steel bike with training wheels. And Bianca Van Woesik beat Sarah Coope.
Bath moved fully into town. And stole the BBC slot from Portsmouth. More on Portsmouth in a future blog post. Hamilton ran down Neilsen. Barel ran down Bright. Ben looked knackered after a long French season.
Swindon and Ironbridge also had some TV coverage. And Alison Hamilton and Matthew Belfield were overall series winners.
