World championships a family affair for the Evans'
00:00, 23 August 2007
updated: 17:03, 23 August 2007
A FAMILY of four from Kent have qualified for Great Britain’s pentathlon and triathlon world championship squads.
Melanie Evans and her husband Ron, from Cobham, will compete in the masters section of the World Triathlon World Championships in Hamburg, Germany on September 2.
Their son Michael will also compete in the under-24s section of the championship while his twin brother Gareth is set to take part in the Junior World Championship Modern Pentathlon in Portugal on September 25.
The quartet train with Larkfield AC.
Melanie Evans said: "I’m pleased my husband and I are competing this year. It is the first year we have been able to give more time to our own training."
All four were selected after attending qualifying events throughout the country.