Lunn was number one in a race held on PACTRAC's 40th anniversary

Members old and new were present to witness the 33 athletes lining up in two waves at Oundle Pool.

Adam Clark was first out of the pool, leading Julia Kingsley by 25 seconds, with Paul Lunn right on her heels. Susie Freeman was the next out with a 6-second advantage over Sophie Robotham.

Lunn had the fastest bike split, gaining a 2-minute advantage over Clark coming into the 2nd transition, while Chris Elder and Rob Hammond now moved into 3rd and 4th positions, respectively 20 and 40 seconds further behind.

Chris Brennan, in his first triathlon since 2019, was now in 5th place, whilst Ellie Piccaver took the lead for the ladies in 6th.

The top 7 places didn’t change on the run, with Lunn extending his lead to 3:37 minutes over Clark who pulled away from Elder by 2:30 minutes for a clear 2nd place. Positions 3-6 didn’t change, although the gap narrowed between them to just 1:38 minutes.

Ten athletes beat the hour mark while 11 recorded personal best (PB) times, including first lady Piccaver by 35 seconds, and Darren Coley who his tally to 4 PBs in 4 races so far this year. Lunn recorded his best time this year of 47.07, while Georgina Jennings lowered the over 80s record by 8:14 minutes.

Clark then won his first Mini Series race of this year in a season's best time of 48:41. Clark led Julia Kingsley out of the water by 16 seconds, with Sophie Robotham leading Susie Freeman out a further 23 seconds behind. Rob Hammond was the next out, just over a minute in arrears of Adam.

Phil Groves, in his first event of the season, had the fastest bike split to move himself up from 10th to 2nd and was now just 40 seconds adrift of Clark. Jaap Flikweert followed Groves in, 7 seconds behind, after being caught at the top of Lower Benefield Hill, 2 miles from home.CLark enjoyed the fastest run though, pulling a further 10 seconds clear of Grove to win by 50 seconds. Flikweert held onto 3rd, while Chris Brennan recorded his fastest mini-series run, as he caught Hammond in a long sprint for the line.

Robotham and Chris Pike swapped positions on the run with the former recording a PB by 56 seconds in her 3rd triathlon in 8 days.

Defending ladies champion, Susie Freeman was 30 seconds behind at the start of the run, but couldn't close the gap as Robotham moved further ahead.

Ten athletes beat the hour whilst 6 recorded PBs, including 2nd placed Phil Groves, while Darren Coley recorded his 5th PB in 5 events.