Ben Bely

Benoit /bɛnˈwɑː/, aka Ben, moved with his family to Saffron Walden from France in 2009. He joined the WaldenJNR Group F coaching team in 2016 and quickly gained his Level 1 qualification and completed his Level 2 in the Spring of 2019. He took over leader of Group C and is now leader of Group F.

 

Ben's two son's Maël (former Group C) and Luhan (former Group C) have raced for many years and bored of just acting as a taxi service Ben decided to take the plunge and enter the Basildon Aquathlon in 2013. He hasn't looked back since and now regularly competes around the region. Ben is Club Captain of WaldenTRI in 2019 and is passionate about ensuring the older "whippersnapper" WaldenJNR members compete in adult competitions alongside the "old codgers" of WaldenTRI.