IT has certainly been a busy summer for the athletes of Wight Tri with members competing all over the country in some of the hottest weather on record.

A group of Island triathletes headed for North Wales to take part in the Bala Standard Tri — quite a contrast from their last visit there in 2014 when they were greeted by wind and rain.

For the first time, this year’s triathlon included a 1,500m non-wetsuit swim on Wales’s largest lake, Llyn Tegid.

Wight Tri’s Grant Philbrick and Andy Dixon used the wetsuits, disqualifying their times and rankings, while Mary Norman played it by the book.

Philbrick was out of the water in 34.59, with Dixon finishing it in 37.41 and Norman in 38.03.

In the cycle — undulating but fast — Philbrick posted 1.13.29, Dixon 1.10.13 and Norman 1.14.49, followed by the run along the lake.

Philbrick finished it in 44.41 for a 2.36.17 total, while Norman came in next in 42.19 (2.38.04 overall), with Dixon completing the run in 48.01, for a personal best time of 2.40.31.

Wight Tri’s experienced athlete, Liz Dunlop, and Steve Parish, competed in the Worthing Sprint Triathlon, which also incorporated the 2019 European Age Group Sprint Triathlon Qualifier.

Dunlop made a super start with 13.01 for the 750m swim to lead her age group (60-64) — and held on to first when completing the 14.5-mile cycle in 48.09 and 25.35 for the 5km run, finishing in 1.29.49 to qualify for the Euros.

Meanwhile, Parish posted a PB swim of 18.35, together with bike and run splits of 47.04 and 30.35 to give him an overall 1.38.54, and a top 20 spot in the 50-54 age group.