Meet The COMMITTEE
Ashleigh McManus
Club President
Ashleigh was introduced to Triathlon as part of a team doing our very ownRelay Wild event after coming from a swimming background. She immediatelycaught the bug, bought a road bike about 3 days after the event and started havingfun and competing. Being an active coach of a Swim club and with a few yearsTriathlon experience Ashleigh hopped right into her level 2 Triathlon coachingqualification in 2019.
John Thouless
Club Secretary
After taking 48 coached lessons before he could swim in his younger years, and removing the stabilisers from his bike at some ancient age, John decided it was time to join his local tri club! His favourite discipline is cycling, having recently treated himself to a ‘proper bike’, and his least favourite is running, especially when it follows a long swim and bike ride!
He claims to “enjoy” (???) taking part in half iron man events, “at a leisurely pace”!! He completed his first half in 2020, and is working on improving his personal best. In addition to the coaching, John enjoys the camaraderie of being in the Club.
Nigel Bruce
Treasurer
Biography to go in here
Annie McHugh
Welfare Officer
Perth Triathlon Club has given me the inspiration and camaraderie I needed to come back into training after a number of years at the forefront of motherhood.
After success in the discipline of canoe slalom, (GB number 11 if you are interested), I tried a bit of triathlon, where I found the change in focus from all out skill and speed over a fast course to the longer multi-discipline event, challenging.
My least favourite discipline is cycling, where I truly despair, however I do love swimming and running and successfully completed the Aberfeldy Middle Distance Triathlon in 2021. I swim regularly at the club swim sessions and during the summer months stretch out the kilometres in the discipline of Open Water swimming, I am under no pretence that cold water is anything but cold, but I have set a challenge of swimming 10km in an event next year.
Shona McKay
Membership Secretary
Ben Hammond
Vice-President
Ben did a bit of weightlifting at university, but almost no other sport for the subsequent 20 years,
Until he moved with his family to Perth and discovered the triathlon club as a counterpoint to both
working from home, and encroaching middle age.
He raced the shorter races, culminating with an Aberfeldy Middle Distance time just over 6 hours.
A few weeks after that his daughter was born, and he not raced since. However, he has entered the triathlonX lake district Half Distance for 2023, and is thoroughly intimidated by the bike leg
Laura Kent
Ordinary Member
Hi,
My name is Laura and I've been a member of PTC for about 7 years. I came to triathlon from fell and road running. Over training led to injury and I kept fit by cycling alongside a little swimming. When I was able to get back running again I decided to try a triathlon and loved it! I've not looked back since.
My strongest disciplines are running and cycling so duathlon suits me. However, I'm persevering with swimming and do enjoy a triathlon. I've done many sprint and standard distance ones and this year will do my first middle in Aberfeldy.
I find that the cross training required for triathlon works well as it's not all impact training like it was when I just focused on running.
I love training with PTC as it's far more motivating to train with other like minded people as opposed to on your own.
Please feel free to ask me any questions when you see me around 😊