A TRIATHLON website has been awarded a prize by The Northern Echo.

The British Triathlon Association Northern Region website at www.communigate.co.uk/ne/northeastregionbta has been selected as the Pick of the Month site.

It started in November, and site owner John Howells has made good progress in developing the site.

Andrew Hutton, Communigate web editor, said: "Mr Howells has made great progress in learning to edit, and uses some advanced features, such as using a graphic for the page header instead of text, and tables.

"He has also used coloured text to great effect on his pages."

Mr Howells received a pair of digital binoculars donated by sponsors Sales and Marketing Services, of Darlington.