Wellington School Siblings Qualify for Pony Club National Triathlon Championships

27 Jan 2016

A brother and sister from Wellington School have qualified to attend the NFU Mutual Pony Club Triathlon Championships in Milton Keynes in March 2016.

Jarvis and Mimi Lumb, in Year 8 and Year 6 respectively, at Wellington School qualified this weekend. The siblings both finished first in the shooting discipline.

12 year old Jarvis, who has recently moved up to the Junior Section, which is for 14 years and under, achieved the highest score in shooting at the same time as achieving and excellent run covering 1500 metres and swam 8 lengths 13 metres in 3 minutes to win the overall event.

The Winter Triathlon consists of the running, shooting and swimming phases of Tetrathlon. Qualifying competitions take place in each Area and the qualifying Members are invited to compete at the Finals in March.

Photo: L to R: Mimi and Jarvis Lumb, who qualified for the Pony Club National Triathlon Championships.