THE fourth Norwich Triathlon was held recently, and with the option of Olympic distance and the new sprint distance it attracted a field of over 400 competitors.

THE fourth Norwich Triathlon was held recently, and with the option of Olympic distance and the new sprint distance it attracted a field of over 400 competitors.

Seven Bungay Black Dogs took part with five in the Olympic distance event.

This event took in a 1500m swim in Whitlingham Broad followed by a 38k bike ride around South Norfolk lanes and finished with a 10k run around Whitlingham Park.

Terry Garrity enjoyed success by finishing in 2-33:31 to take first place in the Male V55 category.

Lynne Emmett emulated his performance to take first place in the Female V40 category in a time of 2-41:30.

Ali Morton was next in 2-56 and was awarded third V45 with Andy Drinkell a few seconds behind in 2-56:26.

Sue Potter just crept under the three-hour mark by 48 seconds and her reward was first place in the V50 category.

In the sprint distance which comprised of 750k swim, 20k bike and 5k run, Robbie James finished in 39th overall from 150 competitors in a time of 1-13:43 with Karen Waters putting in a good performance to finish in 1-38:.06.

The Mutford 5k Relay was held on Sunday, July 13 and Bungay Black Dog Running Club had five teams entered in the main event which had to have a female runner to start then followed by four other runners. In the past it has been a struggle to find female runners to compete, but such is the strength of the ladies' section of the club now that eight females took part.

Lynn Emmett set off on the first leg avoiding the bottleneck at the front but soon surged to second place and was awarded first F V35 trophy for her time of 19:48 which helped the A team to finish in sixth overall.

Black Dog A: Lynn Emmett 35A 19:48, John White (1st run) 35B 18:10, Ian Taylor (1st run) 35C 18:57, Steve Barrett 35D 19:26, John Wharton 35E 21:24. Total 1-37:45.

Bungay Black Dog B: Carol Maycock 36A 23:47, Terry Garrity 36B 20:17, Karen Gedge 36C 25:47, Chris Chorley 36D 20:40, Darrel Oldman 36E 20:52. Total 1-51:23.

Bungay Black Dog C: Hazel Garrity 37A 24:18, Richard Dye 37B 20:44, Robin Wilson 37C 20:37, Bruce Rayner 37D 21:19, Neil Thomas 37E 24:01. Total 1-50:59.

Bungay Black Dog D: Bobbie Sauerzapf 38A 23:08, Robin Farrar 38B 24:58, Nigel Gilham 38C 22:54, Bob Paul 38D 23:01, Andrew Smith 38E 22:37. Total 1-56:38.

Bungay Black Dog E: Christine Muttitt 39A 26:06, Karen Waters 39B 31:14, Trisha Hagan 39C 25:51, John White (2nd run) 39D 18:53, Ian Taylor (2nd run) 39E 19:21. Total 2-01:25.