DORSET Pentathletes provided array of strong performances in the South West Biathlon Championships held at Millfield School.

The team took home two individual gold medals, seven silvers and four bronze in total.

In the team event, where the best three athletes from the same age group made up a team, the club won 11 golds, seven silvers and three bronze.

The race consisted of a run and swim, with athletes scoring points for their times.

This event was also a qualifying race for the British Biathlon Championships.

Dorset Pentathletes’ Mick Flaherty said: “This was an excellent start to the biathlon season, with good strength in depth from the club.

“From this event the club will have 70 athletes and 14 teams going to the National Biathlon Championships in Solihull, where the Dorset Pentathletes will once again hope to be the top biathlon club.”

DORSET PENTATHLETES’ RESULTS

Girls’ Under-10: Holly Johnson 8th, Charlotte Smith 20th, Isabel Routh 22nd, Millie Andrews 23rd, Naomi Hudson 36th.

Team position: Third.

Boys’ Under-10: Jack Amor 2nd, Josh Cobb 3rd, Angus Evans 4th, Rocco Taylor 5th, James Carr 6th, Fin Sanderson 17th.

Team position: A team 1st, B team 2nd.

Girls’ Under-11: Lily Amor 4th, Alexandra Palotai Avel 7th, Georgina Paine 9th, Georgia Gussey 10th, Evie Hambleton-White 13th, Vivian Taylor 15th, Abbi Slade 25th.

Team position: A team 1st, B team 3rd.

Boys’ Under-11: Josh Smith 2nd, Finn Pardy 5th, Max Richardson 6th.

Team position: First.

Girls’ Under-12: Abbie White 4th, Jessica Hudson 5th, Anya Evens 7th, Tabitha Samouelle 8th, Kai Snell 16th, Rebecca Warland 17th, Chloe Bright 24th, Gemma Wyatt 32nd, Millie Corden-Lloyd 33rd.

Team Position: A team 1st, B team 2nd, C team 6th.

Boys’ Under-12: Charlie Cook 2nd, Ajay Coombes 7th, Sam Cobb 8th, William Carr 12th, Joshua Dreelan 15th, Ollie Sanderson 20th, Aaron Seager 25th, Shem Martin 28th.

Team position: A team 1st, B team 2nd.

Girls’ Under-13: Daisy Davies 4th, Harriet Tuson 5th, Phoebe Mills 12th, Emily Jefferies 14th, Amy Northam 16th, Catherine Tolley 18th, Millie Hambleton-White 21st, Ana Vaca Arozarena 31st, Tamara Mansur 35th.

Team position: A team 2nd, B team 4th, C team 5th.

Boys’ Under-13: Harry O’Donahue 4th, Thomas Edgar 5th, Tayo House 7th, Jack Wosika 18th.

Team position: Second.

Girls’ Under-14: Madeleine Johnson 4th, Sarah Wilson 5th, Portia Manson 12th, Erin Lee 13th, Molly Slade 19th, Sofia Garcia-Sainz Portillo 21st.

Team position: A team 1st, B team 4th.

Boys’ Under-14: Robert Croager 6th, Alex Felton 7th.

Girls’ Under-15: Kirsty Jenkins 3rd, Elizabeth Tolley 4th, Connie Baker 6th, Kara Hughes 7th, Jessica Sutton 8th, Ellie Gussey 9th.

Team position: A team 1st, B team 2nd.

Boys’ Under-15: Reuben Elcock 5th.

Girls’ Under-16: Zoe Gowers 1st, Alexandra Withey 2nd, Caitlin Wosika 4th, India Cooper 5th, Flora Johnson 6th, Olivia Manson 12th.

Team position: A team 1st, B team 2nd.

Boys’ Under-16: Harry Buttle 2nd, Bradley Seager 3rd, Tom Boulton 7th.

Team position: First.

Girls’ Under-17: Katherine Townsend 1st, Georgina Kemp 2nd, Aoife McCarthy 3rd, Georgina Lane 4th, Connie Reynolds 9th, Daisy Liddle 10th.

Team position: A team 1st, B team 2nd.

Girls’ Under-19: Amie Buttle 2nd, Rebecca Bowles 3rd.

For information on getting involved in biathlon/biathle/triathlon, contact Flaherty at flaherty121@aol.com, or go to the pentathletes’ website at dorsetpentathletes.co.uk