Bonello Spiteri and Galea shine in series
Keith Galea and Danica Bonello Spiteri.
National champions Keith Galea and Danica Bonello Spiteri reigned supreme throughout the Birkirkara St Joseph Triathlon Series 2011, winning all four races.
A total of 116 triathletes took part in this year’s races, held under the auspices of the national association.
Notwithstanding the influx of new participants, the events were organised to a high standard.
Galea twice dipped beneath the one-hour mark in the 750m swim, 20km cycle and the 5km run.
Carl Attard also managed to go under the hour in the final race but suffered a two-minute penalty for drafting in the bike segment.
Galea’s winning time was four hours, 42 seconds. Attard was second in 4:04.04 and rookie Steve Chetcuti third in 4:15.00, eight seconds ahead of Rudolph Agius. All four are members of Birkirkara SJ.
Veteran Nicky Farrugia had a great season, winning the seniors category in 4:32.41.
In the women’s series, Bonello Spiteri was simply irresistible. She smashed the course record in the final race, clocking one hour, six minutes, 45 seconds.
Bonello Spiteri topped the classification with a time of 4:33.30 to finish ahead of Donatelle Camilleri, 4:56.17. Margaret Seguna was third in 5:05.38.
In the women’s seniors, Suzanne Farrugia won in 5:28.28 to finish ahead of BSJ team-mate Debbie Caruana Dingli (5:37.57).
Ilkley race
Bonello Spiteri is rapidly making her mark in the UK triathlon scene.
The Malta champion has just taken part in the Ilkley Triathlon which consisted of a 500m pool based swim, where she clocked 7.54.
She then headed out to a three-lap 5km bike course, 2km of which were steep uphill. Bonello Spiteri showed her grit, clocking 33 minutes. A quick transition led to a 5km run, which also featured the steep 2km uphill, clocking 21:15.
This gave her a total time of 1:03.32, placing her second overall and first in her age group (30-39).
The race was won by top UK triathlete Rachel Bamford.
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