KELLY College swimmer Jordan Channon was one of two 12-year-old boys selected to represent the South West in the British Triathlon inter-regional championships which took place in Wales.
The event brings together the most promising young triathletes from around Great Britain; each of the 11 regions sends a team of 14 athletes to represent them in three age groups. Because of low water temperature in the lake to swim the race was held as a duathlon — a 550 metre run followed by a 4 km cycle in the Welsh valleys, followed by a 1.8 km run around Parc Bryn Bach. Jordan raced in the Tristar 2 age group against 21 other boys and was in sixth place coming off the bike but had a superb 1.8 km run, to finish third. The South West came fourth out of 11 regions.
At Parc Bryn Bach Jordan met many of his sporting idols — including Alistair Brownlee (the 2009 World Champion ), Jonathon Brownlee (2010 U23s world champion) and Tim Don (2010 British Triathlon super series winner).