Paul Amey, the Kiwi who transferred to GB, won at Noosa yesterday. His unexpected win in 1:47:59, not that he's not talented but he was a late entry into a class field, is probably down to the training put in for the Hawaii Ironman where he was DNFd last month. Full results should appear on the Noosa website.

Hurricane Michelle skimmed the coast of Mexico for Sunday's season closer in the ITU Cup and a Coastguard Authority ruling reduced the swim to 1000 metres and the bike leg was cut to 38.8km due to flooding. Steph Forrester came from the third group off the bike to overhaul everyone but Sheila Taormina (USA) to take second with Leanda Cave in 4th (results on the ITU website).

By the start of the men's race the wind had subsided a little and Richard Stannard was the first to exit the swim. A stray dog running onto the course ended the race for Chris Moffatt and others and Andrew Johns was unable to maintain contact with the lead bunch and finished 22nd. Greg Bennett (AUS) was the final winner... Richard Stannard was a DNF but it's not clear if this was also down to the dog!

The race was the final for this season's points and Chris Hill retained his World Cup title for 2001 with Craig Watson (NZL) and Andrew Johns finishing the season at second and third. Steph Forrester finished 10th in the rankings.