Before the Thunder in Bala

What a magnificent place. 432 finishes did the Bala Sprint as part of HSBC race. KTC was well represented. Matt "King Lear" Doucette punished the course with a time of 1 hr 55 mins. John Welsh showed he's got the magic with a time of 1 hr 51 mins. Kirsten Lowery placed a very respectable time of 2 hrs & 4mins. Paul Mallory finished with a time of 2 hrs & 24 mins.

Lloyd Smith had an amazing time of 1 hr 44 minutes. John Dow hammered the course with a time 1 hr 42 minutes. Asked after the race for any insider secrets, John replied, "always get yourself into the yellow swim caps as they have least resistance & drag of all the colour spectrum in fresh water lakes" Yours truly had a great race as well with the best swim of the year 15 m 10s perhaps indicating all that time in the water & with the Barrie Masters is starting to pay off.