East Essex Tri Club enjoyed another great day when 90 adults and 90 children took part in the sixth annual Rayleigh Aquathlon, held in the grounds of Sweyne Park secondary school.

The adults set the pace in the morning with five members finishing in the top eight places.

Joe Giggins held off team mate Harry Smith by five seconds to win the adult race with Taz Porter (4th), Ian George (7th) and Mathew Brown (8th) also running well.

Zena Shean took a day off from her coaching duties to continue her success at the multisport event by winning the ladies' vets section with 36th place overall.

Other East Essex Tri adult finishers: Hugh Smith 13th, Ian Maynard 17th, William Muggleton 21st, Gary Langridge Brown 22nd, Bradley Taylor 23rd, Paul Horsley 25th, Keith Muggleton 26th, Daniel Jago 30th, Nikki Twine 31st, Christine Mowle 35th, John Smith 37th, Dawn Muggleton 40th,Colin King 41st, Neil Lynch 44th, Chris Milne 45th, Ryan King 46th, Janet Burrows 47th, Andrew Ridley 48th, Janice Brown 54th, Jackie Eyres 55th, Andy Dawbarn 56th, Neil Kirsh 57th, Ian Steddon 59th, Tom Newman 60th, Trevor Hand 63rd, Sue Fuller 64th, Mandy Smith 68th, Diane Shellito 70th, Dave Knight 82nd, Rob Ambridge 83rd, Denise Knight 88th.

The children's section started with the under eight-year-old boys and girls. East Essex members Harry George (3rd),William Paisley (4th) and Jack Shellito (5th) finished their first event for the club.

Hannah Mcelroy and Carys Harding, from Canvey Swimming Club finished third and fourth respectively.

Hannah Shean followed her mum's example, finishing first in the 9-10 girls, with Brogan Smith close behind in third place. Next to finish were Keira Tippet (4th), Brooke Smith (8th), Katie Steddon (9th) and Kirsten Lynch (12th).

Tomas Ambridge finished fourth, with Edward Peek 8th, Richard Dawbarn 10th, Jake Ridley 11th, and Larni Harwood 12th in their first participation of the distance.

The girls and boys 11- 12 year olds had the most participants with 45 entries.

East Essex Tri girls' results: Abigail Brown 5th, Alice Paisley 9th, Roisin Brown 14th, Emily Muggleton 19th , Jaide Buttle 21st, Hannah Kane 22nd, Molly George 30th, Emma Steddon 32nd. Other local girl competitors: Abigail Lee (Canvey Swimming Club) 31st, Shannon Wennington (Fitzwimarc) 11th.

East Essex Tri boys' results: George Knight 4th, Adam Woodcock 8th, Ben Lammin 9th, Harry Hay 14th, Mathew Kirsh 15th. Other local boy competitors: Todd Harding (Canvey Swimming Club) 11th, Daniel Lee (Canvey Swimming Club) 12th.

Ellie Jade Smith celebrated her 13th birthday with a seventh place finish in the 13-14 age group. Tom Honeysett had a brilliant race to finish in first place, with George Smith 7th, Mathew Woodcock 13th, Adam McCloud 12th, Alex Brown 14th, and Joseph Shean 16th. Ryan Haylock 12th, and Katie Thomson 4th from Canvey Swimming Club.