Welcome

The West Midlands Region of Pentathlon·GB comprises the counties of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire.  The Region also serves Wales. 

There are currently 5 affiliated clubs in this region, contact details are listed on the Clubs page.  Clubs affiliated to Pentathlon·GB tend to be either schools or swimming, running & fencing clubs which have an interest in:

modern biathlon (run and swim), 
triathlon (run, swim and shoot), 
tetrathlon (run, swim, shoot and fence)
or pentathlon (run, swim, shoot, fence and ride).

Pentathlon comprises the five sports of running, swimming, pistol shooting, fencing and horse riding (show jumping).  For a brief description of each discipline, click on the images at the right of this page.  For information and frequently asked questions on how to get started click here. 

All the events have variations depending on the age of the competitors.  In addition club competitions may include 'local' rules for ease of administration.  The basis of competition is that competition times and scores are converted to points, based on published tables.  Placings are established from aggregate points for all the disciplines.

The age groups for competitions are as follows:

Age Category     Age as at 31 December

Youth E              10

Youth D              11 - 12

Youth C              13 - 14

Youth B              15 - 16

Youth A              17 - 18

Junior                19 - 21

Senior                22 - 35

Masters              36+

News Summary

31/08/08 - success at the British Youth Pentathlon Championships - report here.

02/07/08 - Nick Woodbridge is selected for Beijing - report here.

30/06/08 - Summer Competition - Click on the links for Report, Results & link to photo's

25/05/08 - Pentathlon Training Weekend - report and photo's here.

13/04/08

Regional Biathlon & Open Triathlon - Click on the links for the Competition Report and Results

31/03/08 - Intensive riding course - report and photo's here.

29/03/08 - Freestyle Swim workshop - report here

05/01/08

Winter Tetrathlon & Biathlon - Click on the links for the competition Results and report  

18/11/07

National Modern Triathlon Championships - results for West Midlands Competitors here.

03/11/07

Midland Schools Biathlon Qualifier - results here.

29/09/07

Charlotte Grandfield at the Junior World Cup

23/09/07

Regional Triathlon/ Biathlon - competition report here, results here.

01/07/07

Summer Biathlon/Pentathlon - competition report here, results here.

28/04/07

Balsall Common Biathlon - competition report here, results here.

01/04/07

Regional Biathlon/Open Triathlon - competition report here, results here. 

06/01/07

Winter Tetrathlon - competition report here, results here.

20/11/06

National Modern Triathlon Championships - results for West Midlands Competitors here.

29/10/06

Midlands Schools Biathlon Qualifier - Results here

07/10/06

Saint Martin's Inter -girls Biathlon - results here, report here

24/09/06

Regional Triathlon, Championships/Open Biathlon - results available here, report here.

25/08/06

Charlotte Grandfield brings home team bronze at the Youth A World Championships - report here

25/06/06

Summer Triathlon, Tetrathlon and Pentathlon held on the 24th & 25th June 2006 - report here, results available here. Images of the event are available to view and buy online here

09/04/06

Charlotte Grandfield wins Gold for Great Britain - News here

06/03/06

Nick Woodbridge wins bronze for Great Britain. News here

02/01/06

Formation of The West Midlands Modern Pentathlon Club -  click here for details