SEAGRAVE DUATHLON: Matt Hallam came in with an almighty first place on Sunday 1st March destroying the field behind him at the Seagrave Duathlon in Leicestershire. Over the sprint course of a 5k run, 23k bike and finally a 5k run, Matt was ahead of second place by 5 minutes exactly and in windy conditions. This was a great sharpening up race ahead of the Dambuster Duathlon next weekend. Podium photos will be added later…

Slightly further East on the Saturday was the BELVOIR CHALLENGE. Neil Midgley finished in a storming 20th position on the off-road and undulating marathon course. The course is renowned for it’s 3000 cakes over the whole 26 mile course at the check points. We do fear this may have slowed down our athlete and he consumed more calories than lost.

Heather Sellars heads out to the ITU World Triathlon Series opener in Abu Dhabi (capital of the United Arab Emirates or UAE) sporting a new tri-suit emblazoned with Jackpot Racing’s logo.  The race takes place on 7th March which should be relatively cool.  The heat doesn’t bother Heather though, “I love the heat; the hotter the better for me!”

The elite race is over the sprint distance of 750m/20k/5k starting at the Abu Dhabi Sailing & Yacht Club, on the Volvo Ocean Race yacht pontoons.

Heather says, “My aim is to just enjoy my first World Series, without having any pressure, and getting stuck in there with the best in the world and hopefully get a good result.”

Congratulations to the main prize money earners during 2014.

We’d like to recognise and applaud members of our team who did fantastically well to podium at races last year, with prize money being awarded as follows:

Andrew Whiteley £185
Jonny McLean £180
Kieran Hill £160
Mika Brown £100
Jenni Muston £75
Tom van Rossum £20
Chris Brown £10
Francis Riley £10

For 2015 we have an increased prize money pot and a new points-based system