Club egroup message board

For anyone who cannot make the official club trainings there is an egroup at: SligoTriathlonClub where they can post training times and co-ordinate smaller groups at times to suit.

This might be usefull as the open water season kicks off where training can only be done safely in a group. It could also serve as a buy and sell for club members looking to sell/ upgrade kit. The site requires a yahoo mail account which can be set up at login.

(the latest posts are on the top left of this blog).

Training and event update

The Thursday night bike sessions are continuing to grow, with three groups taking to the road last night for beginners, intermediate and advanced cyclists. It is hoped that as the season progresses we can develop more training specific to each of these groups -in the meantime meet on Thursdays @ 6:15 at the roundabout outside Summerhill College.

Payment for the club gear is also due so if you still have not got round to it contact John (jnaz@eircom.net) or post it to: John Hanley, Nazareth House, Church Hill, Sligo -marked private and confidential.

The last of the local duathlons takes place this Sunday in Boyle @ 12pm, it is being part organized by one of our members and proceeds are going to a very worthy cause so if you are free it is well worth a trip to Lough Key -more details here.

The triathlon racing season proper is almost upon us and the club is looking to establish course records for club members (male/ female by age group). We are looking for records in Sprint, Olympic, Half-Ironman, Ironman (if anyone is mad enough) and records for best club 10k run, 40k time trial and 750 and 1500m swims. If you are racing don't forget to mail your results to sligotriathlon@gmail.com, as this is the first year of compiling these records now is the perfect chance to get your name into the club hall of fame!

Time Trial League

The first in the Chain Driven Cycles Sponsored Time Trial series kicked off on Tuesday night.

A great turnout of Sligo Tri members joined by Eire Og and Inisfree Wheelers members met at Rosses Point for a seven oclock start.

Michael Devins of Eire Og was fastest over the course in what proved to be testing conditions for all the cyclists. Jason McMorrow was the fastest Sligo Tri member.

A full list of results can be seen on www.whatsoninsligo.com

A big thanks to all marshals who helped out on the on the night.

Sea Swimming Begins - 7th May

Sea swimming is going to begin on Friday 7th May at Rosses Point Beach.

Weekly club meet-ups will be at 6:30pm Weds and 6:30pm Friday.

We'd ask club members not to form smaller groups going out early/late on Weds/Fri and to stick to the time above, safety in numbers, better training etc.

If people are swimming other days to above, never swim alone, more safety info on http://www.iws.ie/index.html

We will all meet up at 6:00pm at the "beachery" for the first session. This is the old shed type building just up from the main car park. Will do a very quick (10min)run through on the club guidelines for open water training which everyone needs to attend. We'll aim to be suited up and in the water for 6:30pm.

We will break off into three groups.

Advanced group will be for experienced swimmers who've done lots of tri's and are trying to shave some time off their swim. They will go over the 2nd beach and swim across approx 1km depending on conditions.

Intermediate group will be made up of strong pool swimmers with limited or no open water experience, they will be swimming a shorter distance on the first beach. Approx 500m to start with. Club coaches will be on the first beach to help the intermediates during the session.

The beginners will be made up of people who can swim in the pool but are only starting into open water swimming. We're doing three introductary sessions which are aimed at complete novices to open water swimming. If you're nervous about getting into the sea then these are for you, we will have experienced club members easing you into the water with the sessions taking a structured format. The second and third intro sessions will be on Weds 12th May 6:30pm and Fri 14th May again at 6:30pm.

We will ensure no one gets left behind.

Looking forward to seeing you all there

Results Duathlon 4- 5k 23k 2.5k

Sorry for the delay but better late than never. Once again well done Neill on winning the latest duathlon. Some very good performances. Just to plug the Boyle duathlon nextweekend and the last local one of the season. Should be a great event and the last event that suits all the featherweights. Dont forget the timetrials start on Tuesday.

1st Neill Walton 1:04:55
2nd Niall Melvin 1:06:30
3rd Brian Sexton 1:07:32
4th Sean Flannery 1:08:05
5th Colm Casey 1:08:47
6th Eamon Mc Andrew 1:09:58
7th Stuart Mc Kenna 1:10:55
8th Wayne Mc Nulty 1:12:02
9th Kieran Mc Grory 1:12:47
10th Molua O Donoghue 1:13:50
11th Leo Donlon 1:14:00
12th Conor Mc Cann 1:14:14
13th Rory Connor 1:14:39
14th Czarke Kelly 1:14:42
15th Rob Lennon 1:15:02
16th Roy Kelly 1:15:24
17th Paul Mc Devitt 1:16:50
18th Mick Walton 1:17:36
19th Deirdre Lynn 1:18:11
20th E Melvin 1:18:25
21th Thomas Lynn 1:18:34
22nd Ciaran Clancy 1:19:00
23rd John Walsh 1:19:09
24th Barry Duffy 1:19:30
25th Gareth Killen 1:20:17
26th Cecillia Mc Guiness 1:20:38
27th Liam Curran 1:21:08
28th John Mulrooney 1:21:12
29th Sharon O Hara 1:21:34
30th Ronan Scott 1:22:04
31st Noel Hoey 1:22:24
32nd Celine Lynn 1:22:34
33rd Aisling Cawley 1:24:35
34th Mathew Mc Garigle 1:25:19
35th Jackoline O Connor 1:26:07
36th Cindy Mc Carty 1:26:31
37th Una Mannion 1:29:38
38th Adrian O Connor 1:29:47
39th Jane Mc Devitt 1:29:48
40th Kevin Mc Lynn 1:30:41
41st Geard Devins 1:32:01
42nd Rose Tully 1:33:58
43rd Marin Laffey 1:38:41
DNF Paul Burns
DNF Declan Byrne

Swim Series Sponsor Announced

With great pleasure we can announce that Harry's Bar, Rosses Point will be the event sponsor for the upcoming Sligo Triathlon Club Swim Series.

Thanks to Fintan who's always been a good fried of the club.

It's a great bar with nice views of the bay and channel, well worth a visit.

Pictured at the announcement in Harry's were Event Committee Members Cecilia, Phelim and Shane along with members of the RNLI (including Alan Watters a tri club member), Civil Defence Lifeboat Crew and Sligo Kayak Club.

Water cover will be provided by the RNLI, Civil Defence Lifeboat and Kayak club without which we could not run the event, their help is much appreciated.

Swim Series Entry Closed

Entry is now closed for the swim series.

The 50 places filled up very quickly with a good spread of abilities from newcomers to experienced open water swimmers.

There is a reserve list for people who've missed out on entry, places will be assigned from that should anyone drop out.

Stay tuned to the blog for more details.

Tri Suit Prices

Chain Driven Cycles have announced pricing for the wetsuits for the fitting/swimming session (Sunday Rosses Pt 4pm)

Zoot Flash 2010 suit €179
Zoot Fuzion 2010 suit €270
Zoot synergie 2010 suit €399

There is also a 10% discount from the above prices for Sligo Triathlon Club Members.

Don't forget to bring your tri suit if you have one so as to try it on underneath.

Time Trial Series Begins

The time trial series begins on Tuesday evening. Please meet at the upper car park in Rossess Point. Registration @6pm. First Rider @ 7pm Sharp. Just a small note on warming up. If you have a turbo trainer please bring and do a stationery warm up. Less traffic milling around the car park at the start. You can do a far better warm up and you wont miss the start.

The schedule of time trial organisers is below. The organisers job will include the following - administering registration, collecting entries, sign on sheets and disclaimers, organising and positioning of marshals and timekeeping. All materials will be supplied in advance of the time trails.

If you are down to organise an event and cant attend you most swap with someone else. Organisers cannot be replaced by anyone else they must organise the timetrial.

All other league participants will be assigned to a night of marshaling on the opening night. No marshaling No prize

Training Time Trial League


27th April 2010 – 14k – Rosses Point (Daire Mooney & Colm Casey)

4th May - 28k - Rosses Point (Alex Carey & Mick Devins)

16th May – 40 k – Colloney – Sunday (Cecilia Mc Guiness & Stephen Carty)

25th May – 28 k - Rosses Point – (Jason Mc Morrow & Sean Flanery)

1st June – 4 k – Hill Climb – Moragh (John Hanley & David Downes)

13th June – 40k – Colloney - Sunday (Wayne Mc Nulty & Ronan Mc Namara)

29th June – 14k – Rosses Point (Micka Walton & Neill Walton)

11th July – 40k- Colloney – Sunday (Fergus Scott &Niall Melvin)

20th July 28k - Rosses Point- (Damien Mc Sharry & John Elliot)

27th July 4k- Moragh Hill climb– (Leo Donlon & Eamon Mc Andrew)

More Duathlon Photos & Time for Sunday

Courtesy of Dara Mooney - Eire og

http://www.whatsoninsligo.com/


Final Duathlon in the series.

Registartion takes place in the boat house/sailing club at 9am. Race starts at 10am. As far as I know the distance has been ammended to internation sprint distance duathlon or 5k 22k 2.5k.

See you Sunday.

Chain Gang

We had a excellent turnout for the chaingang on last Thursday. Approximately 15-20 turned out for the up and over session. There were 2 groups due to the variation in standards. Reports back suggest that we should have 3 groups. The idea of a chain gang is to ride at tempo for the session. The average speed of the advanced group was a little under 23 mph. Just a few clarifications. If a rider gets dropped they should continue riding and use one of the flyovers at pearse road or Caltragh on the way into town to cross the road safely and recover until the group catchs you. On the way to Colloney the front group will continue to ride until the 2nd roundabout in Colloney. Therefore if you get dropped you continue to the 1st roundabout and get back onto the group. If you are dropped very early cross over at Ballyhedrehid or there is a gap in the barrier around 2 miles from Colloney.

Any rider who was dropped by their group last week should try and just hold the wheels of the riders in front dont ride through as the tempo is to hard or miss a couple of turns to recover

Meet @ 6.30pm Train @ 6.45 pm. If you are late either drive to Colloney or Cycle to Ballyhedrhid and cross over to the other side. Dont try and chase onto the group.

This week we will have 3 groups - Beginners, Intermediates and Advanced.

To make this session work we really need number so please turn up on Thursday and we will group riders based on their ability. The session is not meant to be easy but if you want an easier session you can drop back groups

Innisfree Wheelers Tour of 3 Counties

Innisfree Wheelers Cycling Club are staging their annual Tour of the Three Counties
on next Saturday April 24th
Distance 80km
Route: Sligo-Bundoran-Kinlough-Manorhamilton-Sligo
Start Time 10am from Canus Major,Clarion Hotel,Sligo.
Entry Fee:10euro for Cycling Ireland Members 20euro Non Cycling Ireland Members
All proceeds of the day go to Friends of Cregg House Fund.
Info on the event from John Greene 086-1005219

Swim Series Entry

Hey All,

Spaces are filling up fast for the swim series races taking place in May and June, we've already had 32 swimmers reserve their places.

Before the event goes public in local papers etc i'd like to give existing club members one more chance to enter

If your name isn't on the list below you need to contact shane sligotriathlon@gmail.com and it will be added. Get in touch before the end of the week, once the places are gone that's it.

We're capping it at 50 swimmers for logistical and safety reasons and registration will be in advance of the event.

THERE WILL BE NO ON THE DAY RACE ENTRIES - NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS


Shane O'Doherty
Stuart McKenna
Paul Burns
Catherine McGlinchey
Mary Eglington
Roy Kelly
Trish Casey
Neil Dwyer
Una Mannion
Paul McDevitt
Jane McDevitt
John Hanley
Jason McMorrow
Joe Waters
Melua Donaghue
Mark Capillitan
Gavin Patton
Ceclia McGuinness
Padraig Hanly
Noel Keavney
Aidan Carty
Kevin Mills
Gareth Killian
J O Connor
Maureen Laffey
Aisling Gaughran
Martha VDM
Kate Hawney
Mary Kehoe
Alan Shaw
Keiran Cunningham
Paul Gormley

Tri suits and Free hoodie

We are taking the final order on our club Tri suits. We have approx 25-30 names and we will be ordering next Wednesday. The suits are approx €80 when the discounts are included. We have been able to source quality hoodies and we will be supplying the hoddies free with every order before next Wednesday. Not a bad deal for a quality trisuit and hoodie. Please contact John with your order size ASAP. The total cost after the closing date will be close to €120

Wetsuit Fitting Session - 25th April

Sligo Triathlon Club in association with Chain Driven Cycles is running a wetsuit fitting session on Sunday April 25th at Rosses Point at 4pm.

http://www.chaindrivencycles.com/

Stephen will have a full size range of Zoot wetsuits on hand as well as changing facilities. People can try on the suits and swim with them in the tidal pool (full tide is at 4:30pm so we should have lots of water in there).

If you're looking to buy a wetsuit this is a great way of trying some different designs and sizes out. There is no obligation to buy and no fee either so it's well worth doing for people buying their first suit and those considering an upgrade.

The club is committed to supporting local businesses where possible.

More information to follow on pricing...

People can and do use general purpose surfing wetsuits for triathlons so a specific triathlon wetsuit is not essential but is advisable. Swimming wetsuits have differences in thickness in the right places to improve body position, slick outer surface to reduce drag, increased flexibility etc..

All club members are welcome to come along, email sligotriathlon@gmail.com to reserve a place as we will need to know numbers attending by sunday 18th April.
Any other questions email shane at the address above.

JOIN A CHAIN GANG...

There will be an outdoor bike session in place of the Thursday "turbo" session to take advantage of the bright evenings and good weather -the first one takes place this Thursday @ 6:45 -meet at the entrance to Summerhill College at 6:30pm. The session will take the form of a high tempo "up and over" session up and down the dual carriageway. The training will suit most as riders can use the flyovers to rejoin the group if dropped. The training should last no more than an hour and a half and is an ideal way to get up to speed for the bike section of triathlon.

Photos from Sunday's Duathlon Now Available!

Sligo Triathlon Club member Mark Capilitan was on hand to take some great action photos from Sunday's Duathlon at Rosses Point, Sligo on April 11th.

The photos can be viewed at the link below






Thanks go to Mark for taking the time to do this.
http://markcapilitan.nextproof.com/galleries/duathlon11apr10
For a 20% discount, use the code - sligotri

Summer Time Trials

Sligo Triathlon Club


Training Time Trial League (league homepage)

27th April 2010 – 14k – Rosses Point (Daire Mooney & Colm Casey)

4th May - 28k - Rosses Point (Wayne Mc Nulty & Ronan Mc Namara)

16th May – 40 k – Colloney – Sunday (Cecilia Mc Guiness & Stephen Carty)

25th May – 28 k - Rosses Point – (Jason Mc Morrow & Sean Flanery)

1st June – 28 k – Hill Climb – Moragh (John Hanley & David Downes)

13th June – 40k – Colloney - Sunday (Micka Walton & Neill Walton)

29th June – 14k – Rosses Point (Alex Carey & Mick Devins)

11th July – 40k Colloney – Sunday (Damien Mc Sharry & John Elliot)

20th July 28k Rosses Point- (Leo Donlon & Eamon Mc Andrew)

27th July 14k Moragh Hill climb– (Fergus Scott & Niall Melvin)


We will require any other participants in the league to be assigned to one night of marshaling. We will require a minimum of five marshals per race.

All competitors will be assigned a number at the start of the league. This number must be used by the competitor during all the time trials.

Tuesdays- Sign on from 6.15pm – Start 7.00pm (sharp)@ the car park Rosses Point

Sundays- Sign on from the Teeling Centre @ 8.15am - Start 9.00am (Sharp)

Contact - Colm Casey 087-6811197

New and potential members are more than welcome. Non- Sligo or Mullagmore Tri club members must sign a wavier form to participate. Non club members are required to take out associate membership of Triathlon Ireland (€5) and associate membership of Sligo Tri (€5). All competitors must pay the fee of €50 for entry to the full league. Individual events €7 per event.

As soon as the registration takes place we will require any other participants in the league to be assigned to one night of marshaling. We will require a minimum of five marshals per race. The organisers of the night will pass the marshal kit to the organisers for the following week. The marshal kit will include sign on sheets, guest disclaimer, stopwatch, marshal jackets, signs etc and results sheets.

ROUND 3 DUATHLON RESULTS

Congratulations to all that took part in the 3rd duathlon of the season - a combined training event with MSC Tri Club on a very sunny Sunday 11th April in Rosses Point. There was another big turnout for the 2.5k run / 22k cycle / 2.5k.
First home was Desi Foley followed by Neil Walton, and then Gary Higgins.
Huge thanks to all competitors, many of whom had great improvements on previous times, and of course to all marshals who helped run the event!

Name	Club	Time
Desi Foley		49.55
Neill Walton	Sligo Tri	52.35
Gary Higgins	Sligo Tri	53.05
Niall Melvin	Sligo Tri	54.26
Eamon Mc Andrew	Sligo Tri	55.00
John Hanley	Sligo Tri	55.20
Sean Flannery	Sligo Tri	55.30
Jason Mc Morrow	Sligo Tri	56.19
Mel Casselery	Msc Tri	58.20
Meloa O Donohoue	Sligo Tri	59.40
Stephen Carty	Sligo Tri	59.50
Charke Kelly	Sligo Tri	01:00:15
Martin Supple		01:00:21
Rob Lennon		01:00:40
Rory Connor		01:01:59
Tommy Shiredan	Sligo Tri	01:01:36
Leo Donlon	Sligo Tri	01:01:56
David Gunning		01:02:31
Declan Byrne		01:02:49
Conor Mc Cann	Sligo Tri	01:02:58
John Walsh	Sligo Tri	01:03:47
Barry Cannon		01:03:58
Ronan Brennan	Sligo Tri	01:04:04
Pauric Derry	Sligo Tri	01:04:26
Sharon O Hara		01:05:06
Liam Curran		01:05:15
Conor Evans		01:05:43
Saoirse O Donohoe	Sligo Tri	01:05:59
Kevin O Donnell	Sligo Tri	01:06:32
Caoimhe Ni Murchu	Sligo Tri	01:07:28
Jackoline O Connor		01:10:20
Una Mnannion	Sligo Tri	01:11:20
Katie Crowe	Sligo Tri	01:11:20
Cathriona Fallon	Sligo Tri	01:18:00
Colm Casey	Sligo Tri	DNF
Tomas Lynn		DNF

Duathlon this Sunday

Round 3 of the duathlon series is this Sunday (11th April):

2.5k run; 20k cycle; 2.5k run

Same distance again due to popular deamand.

Meet at Rosses Point beach car park at 9am.


...we need marshalls to make the event a success so if you are competing then bring a friend/ family member to help out -the more people that help run these races, the more races can take place.