Race Photos Courtesy of Alan Shaw and Padraig Hanly
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Saturday 26th June saw the last race of the Sligo Triathlon Club Metalman Swim Series.
The series comprised of 4 races over 4 weekends with swimmers awarded points for each race.
58 members of the Sligo Triathlon Club took part in the popular races which are now in their second year. Assistance was provided by the Civil Defence Lifeboat and Sligo Kayak Club with spectators treated to a flyover of the coast guard helicopter before the race began.
The swim took place in slightly choppy conditions over a 1.25km course. Conditions made for an interesting race swam at high speed with the experience of the previous three swims paying off for all swimmers.
In the Time Handicap Division Eamonn McAndrew took the honours with good winter pool training really paying off. Roy Kelly and Fintan Ewing were close behind and will be back next year keen to wrestle the title from Eamonn. Gavin Patton and Ray McMorrow completed the top five with strong final day swims.
In the outright division newcomers Matt McGarrigle and Stewart McKenna really pushed each other for first place as the weeks went by with McGarrigle edging it with a lighting fast swim to win the last race. Shane O'Doherty and Jason McMorrow returned from last year to the podium to take third and fourth position respectively challenging each other along the way. Molua Donoghue took 5th position.
In the ladies division Deirdre Healy transferred her pool talents to the sea to narrowly edge Cecilia McGuinness into second position with the result going down to the wire on the last day. Martha Van Der Mulen took third position.
The series unearthed some very promising open water swimmers with Alan Shaw, Wayne Mc Nulty, Liam Fitzgerald and Padraig Hanly all rapidly improving and sure to challenge for podium positions next year. Many swimmers completed their first open water swim races over the four weeks.
Prizegiving and a BBQ took place at Harrys afterwards, the race sponsor.
Thanks to all from the club who helped with the races.
Time Handicap Result Week 4
Posn Name Hcap Time
1 Czerke Kelly 00:29:50 100
2 Liam Fitzgerald 00:32:20 99
3 Gavin Patton 00:33:38 98
4 Neil Dwyer 00:33:46 97
5 Tom Ford 00:33:50 96
6 C McGuinness 00:33:55 95
7 Jason McMorrow 00:34:09 94
8 Sean Flannery 00:34:16 93
9 Martha VDM 00:34:18 92
10 Eamon McAndrew 00:34:19 91
11 Melua Donaghue 00:34:20 90
12 Brian Gill 00:34:23 89
13 Darren Duncan 00:34:30 88
14 Noel Keavney 00:34:38 87
15 Lynsey Dunne 00:34:38 86
16 Gwen Hunter 00:34:40 85
17 Adrian O'Connor 00:34:40 84
18 Patrick Stewart 00:34:41 83
19 Deirdre Healy 00:34:44 82
20 Ray McMorrow 00:34:55 81
21 K O'Donnell 00:34:57 80
22 Fintan Ewing 00:35:00 79
23 Jana Dresse 00:35:02 78
24 Padraig Hanly 00:35:02 77
25 Tommy Sheridan 00:35:04 76
26 John Heneghan 00:35:15 75
27 Alan Shaw 00:35:18 74
28 Wayne Mc Nulty 00:35:22 73
29 K Cunningham 00:36:30 72
30 Mary Eglington 00:37:07 71
31 A Gaughran 00:37:12 70
Wk 4 Outright Results
Positon Name Outright Time Points
1 Matt McGarrigle 00:17:10 100
2 Shane O'Doherty 00:18:05 99
3 Jason McMorrow 00:19:09 98
4 Melua Donaghue 00:19:20 97
5 C McGuinness 00:19:25 96
6 Deirdre Healy 00:19:44 95
7 Neil Dwyer 00:20:16 94
8 Liam Fitzgerald 00:20:20 93
9 Kev O'Donnell 00:20:27 92
10 Alan Shaw 00:20:48 91
11 Wayne Mc Nulty 00:20:52 90
12 Fintan Ewing 00:21:00 89
13 Darren Duncan 00:21:30 88
14 Eamon McAndrew 00:21:49 87
15 Padraig Hanly 00:22:02 86
16 Tommy Sheridan 00:22:04 85
17 Sean Flannery 00:22:16 84
18 Martha VDM 00:22:18 83
19 Lynsey Dunne 00:22:38 82
20 Brian Gill 00:22:53 81
21 Gavin Patton 00:23:08 80
22 Adrian O'Connor 00:23:10 79
23 Gwen Hunter 00:23:40 78
24 Jana Dresse 00:24:02 77
25 Noel Keavney 00:24:08 76
26 Patrick Stewart 00:24:11 75
27 K Cunningham 00:24:30 74
28 Ray McMorrow 00:26:55 73
29 Czerke Kelly 00:27:50 72
30 John Heneghan 00:30:15 71
31 Tom Ford 00:32:50 70
32 A Gaughran 00:35:42 69
33 Mary Eglington 00:37:07 68
Week 4 Ladies Result
Posn Name Outright Time Points
1 C McGuinness 00:19:25 20
2 Deirdre Healy 00:19:44 19
3 Martha VDM 00:22:18 18
4 Lynsey Dunne 00:22:38 17
5 Gwen Hunter 00:23:40 16
6 Jana Dresse 00:24:02 15
7 A Gaughran 00:35:42 14
8 Mary Eglington 00:37:07 13
Time Handicap Final Table
Posn Name Total
1 Eamon McAndrew 287
2 Roy Kelly 269
3 Fintan Ewing 267
4 Gavin Patton 267
5 Ray McMorrow 267
6 Neil Dwyer 266
7 Brian Sexton 265
8 Martha VDM 265
9 Noel Keavney 265
10 L Fitzgerald 264
11 Stephen Carty 264
12 Jason McMorrow 263
13 Stuart McKenna 261
14 Sean Flannery 259
15 Wayne Mc Nulty 259
16 Jana Dresse 254
17 KCunningham 251
18 Melua Donaghue 248
19 Tommy Sheridan 247
20 Patrick Stewart 244
21 K O'Donnell 243
22 C McGlinchey 242
23 Una Mannion 239
24 Alan Shaw 238
25 Darren Duncan 237
26 Brian Gill 236
27 John Heneghan 235
28 Padraig Hanly 232
29 Sandra Deery 228
30 C McGuinness 222
31 Lynsey Dunne 222
32 AGaughran 204
33 Mary Eglington 201
34 Maureen Laffey 189
35 Tom Ford 187
36 Adrian O'Connor 180
37 Scott Reid 173
38 Gwen Hunter 169
39 Pat Bishop 169
40 Deirdre Healy 168
41 Czerke Kelly 166
42 Joe Watters 165
43 Alan Watters 162
44 Conal Sexton 161
45 Brian O'hara 131
46 Catriona Fallon 100
47 Ronan Brennan 100
48 David Downes 96
49 John Elliot 95
50 Paul Burns 92
51 Gary Higgins 90
52 Kate Hawney 89
53 C Ni Mhuruchu 83
54 Jenny Murray 81
55 Niall Melvin 70
56 Aidan Carty 60
Outright Table
Posn Name Total
1 Matt McGarrigle 298
2 Stuart McKenna 297
3 Shane O'Doherty 294
4 Jason McMorrow 291
5 Deirdre Healy 285
6 Melua Donaghue 284
7 Liam Fitzgerald 281
8 C McGuinness 279
8 K O'Donnell 279
9 Alan Shaw 275
10 Neil Dwyer 271
11 Wayne Mc Nulty 270
12 Fintan Ewing 266
13 Brian Sexton 262
14 Martha VDM 258
15 Darren Duncan 256
15 Padraig Hanly 256
16 Eamon McAndrew 254
17 Tommy Sheridan 251
18 Una Mannion 246
19 Sean Flannery 244
20 Brian Gill 237
21 Lynsey Dunne 235
22 Gavin Patton 232
23 Patrick Stewart 230
24 Jana Dresse 228
25 Noel Keavney 223
26 K Cunningham 218
27 Sandra Deery 216
28 Stephen Carty 210
29 Ray McMorrow 208
30 C McGlinchey 200
30 Roy Kelly 200
30 Scott Reid 200
31 John Heneghan 199
32 A Gaughran 193
33 Mary Eglington 191
34 Maureen Laffey 182
35 Conal Sexton 164
36 Adrian O'Connor 157
37 Gwen Hunter 154
38 Pat Bishop 151
39 Brian O'hara 149
40 Joe Waters 143
41 Czerke Kelly 135
42 Tom Ford 133
43 Alan Watters 132
44 Gary Higgins 95
45 C Ni Mhuruchu 93
46 Niall Melvin 90
47 David Downes 83
48 Jennifer Murray 82
49 John Elliot 79
50 Ronan Brennan 69
51 Catriona Fallon 65
52 Paul Burns 64
53 Kate Hawney 63
54 Aidan Carty 59
Ladies Table
Posn Name Total
1 Deirdre Healy 59
2 C McGuinness 58
3 Martha VDM 56
4 Una Mannion 51
5 Lynsey Dunne 47
6 Jana Dresse 44
7 Sandra Deery 43
8 C McGlinchey 39
9 A Gaughran 36
10 Mary Eglington 36
11 Gwen Hunter 30
12 Maureen Laffey 30
13 CNi Mhuruchu 19
14 Jennifer Murray 17
15 Kate Hawney 13
16 Catriona Fallon 10
