Army Inter Corps, Inter Unit & Individual Standard Distance Triathlon Championship 2023 took place at Queenfords Lake in Oxford. A great turn out for the event with just under 100 athletes taking part in the championship. It was a very warm day and the water temperature was over 23 degrees, which meant the first event with no wetsuits for the open water swim. This was a very split feeling amongst the athletes, as some have always swam in a wetsuit, so a very different race in the water for some.
Major Unit Winners – Army HQ
Maj Al Fortune, Lt Col Chris Stuart & Col Nick Mackenzie
Major Unit Runners Up – Defence Academy
Maj Edd Charlton-Weedy, Maj James Gibson & Maj Alan Finlay
Minor Unit Winners – AMS Support Unit
Capt Louis Darrock & Capt Owen Graham
Minor Unit Runners Up – RMAS
CSgt Christopher Taggart, SSgt Mehar Singh Gaha
Open Corps Winners – Infantry
Maj Simon Kershaw, LCpl Jenson Cozens, Capt George Steele, CSgt Chris Taggart, WO2 James Parkes
Open Corps Runners Up – RAPTC
Maj Willie Wilson, SSgt Blair Webster, SSgt Matt Hanson, SSgt Sam Littlewood, Sgt Nick Anderson
Female Corps Winners – AMS
Maj Abigail Bainbridge, Lt Col Sarah Bennetts, Sgt Lorna Macdonald
Female Corps Runners UP – RE
Col Fiona Scotter, Maj Gemma Simister, WO2 Kate Dunscombe
Male Overall Winners Female Overall Winners
1st – WO2 Nick Drabble 1st – Capt Rosie Wild
2nd – Capt Simon Fear 2nd – Maj Abigail Bainbridge
3rd – Maj Edd Charlton-Weedy 3rd – Maj Kath Breeze
Male Age Group Winners Female Age Group Winners
18-19yrs – Pte Richard Haywood
20-24yrs – OCdt Joshua Fathers 20-24yrs – OCdt Arabella Henley
25-29yrs – Capt Owen Graham 25 – 29yrs – Capt Alice Paterson
30-34yrs – Capt Simon Fear 30-34yrs – Capt Rosie Wild
35-39yrs – WO2 Nick Drabble 35-39yrs – WO2 Kate Dunscombe
40-44yrs – WO2 Mark Bowman 40-44yrs – Maj Caroline Stalker
45-49yrs – Maj Alex Fortune 45-49yrs – Col Fiona Scotter
50+yrs – Maj Willie Wilson 50+yrs – Capt Sue Chittock