Snickers, Twix, Curly Wurly, Toblerone all seen at triathlon - but where was a Marathon?
In total 132 teams took part at Southwater, with each comprising three participants – one of whom did a 400m lake swim, one an 18.5k cycle and the other a 3.8k run.
Chichester’s teams were named CWTC Snickers, CWTC Twix, CWTC Curly Wurly, CWTC Toblerone and CWTC Dead Slow & Stop. Curly Wurly had a team member drop out at the last minute but Adam McCulloch, already doing leg one for Twix, volunteered to do their third leg.
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Hide AdSteve Winter and Gareth Dridge managed to lose a shoe each between the bike ride and the run.
The rain held off right until the final competitor crossed the line.
Chichester results: Twix (Adam McCulloch, Levi Mainwaring, David Summerfield 2hrs 59min 47sec); Snickers (Steve Winter, Gareth Dridge, Graham Dance) 3.01.03; Toblerone (Del Morton, Mark Mills, Paul Reynolds) 3.27.20; Curly Wurly (Jo Donlan, Nicky McCulloch, Adam McCulloch 3.31.10; Dead Slow & Stop (John Taylor, Daniel Van Dyne, Becci Taylor 4.12.36).