THIRTEEN members of Branches in Area 17 of The Pony Club travelled over from Northern Ireland to Grantham in England on Friday last to compete in Sunday’s PCUK Winter Triathlon Championships.

In the team events, the best result for Area 17 came at Open level where the quartet of Harry Purdy (Iveagh), Sam Statts-Howard (Route), Una McClelland (Iveagh) and Emma Stewart (Killultagh, Old Rock & Chichester) finished fifth (8,491 points) behind the winners, Area 15 (8,900).