Rosses Point Sprint - Entry Closing Very Soon

Rumor has it that we are fast approaching our closing limit. Last chance for any club members who have not entered. The entry will close at 330 or very early next week. We have well over 300 entries at the moment so we are well up on last years entry. Anyone who has not entered get it done now and don't be looking for a late one.

Good luck also to Roy & Aisling

While Lynsey is making her way to France, closer to home long time club racer Roy will be busy getting married -good luck to the happy couple; rumour has it that Aisling is going to join up for the 2012 season...

Results

1. Edel Hunt 29:11
2. Timmy Mc Carthy 23:54
3. Jackline O Connor 26:27
4. Ciara Conway 27:43
5. Mary Kehoe 28:00
6. Sharon O Hara23:44
7. Saoirse O Donohoue 24:33
8. Asley Henry 26:21
9. Conal Sexton 23:53
10. John Hanley 22:03
11. Tom Ford 25:49
12. Jan Canman 24:37
13. Andy Hamilton 23:56
14. John Elliot 25:50
15. Aidan Carty 27:56
16. Kate Hawney 25:57
17. Laura Spellman 28:26
18. Fergal Henry 24:23
19. Ronan Brennan
20. Shane O Doherty 23:29
21. Dathi Feehily 23:24
22. Alan French 23:32
23. Rory O Connor 29:03
24. Declan Byrne 22:06
25. Mark Capilitan 22:15
26. Eamon Mc Andrew 20:25
27. Jason Mc Morrow 20:19
28. Trevor Mc Sharry 23:23
29. Greg Kelly 23:25

Final Testing Time Trial

The training time trial series comes to an end on Wednesday. Text (0876811197) or email (casey.colm@gmail.com to confirm your starting place. Any club members who has never tested before and wants to a go your more than welcome. Winds are light onshore or head wind on the way back. Times should be quick.

Hell of the West Race Report- by Colm

Pre race- Seven am - shower, bowl of porridge, toast and jam and 750ml of high five. I had a good laugh at mouse eating his fried egg, thinking who will be sick later. Down to transition a bit of a spin on the bike to check the wind on the deep section. To windy and a quick change of wheel.

Transition - The place is like fort Knox. They have all the racks numbered and they have it lay ed out so all clubs are beside each other( good idea). Cecilia has locked her keys in the car so a bit of a panic arises and spent 15 minutes arguing with someone who has taken her spot to f...k off. Eventually they realise they are in the wrong spot. Quick change and toilet stop. No sign of ceilia before the start so she must be stuck.


Swim time- 800 participants were in transitions and we all had to cross the mat to be counted out. We got caught at the back. I basically ran the length of the beech and dived into the water. I swam about 50 meters to the start buoy and the guy waved the flag. The thought crossed my mind that mc lynn and mouse were still chatting on the beech. The first 600 meters was into an onshore chop and against a pushing tide. I missed a pack of swimmers and a potential good draft. I ended swimming behind a large group on my own wasting energy. They eventually pulled away and I lost around 2 minutes. Mental thought - practice drafting. I was first of our boys out of the water with Mc lynn right behind me and mouse about 1.30 behind us.

Onto the bike. I passed a few on the first little hill and then Marty Grealish passed me on the bike. I decided to use Marty as my marker and kept him within sight for the outward leg and the wind on our backs. I passed around 20 in the first 10 k and then just kept picking them off one by one on the return into the wind. I passed Marty on the way back into kilkee and picked off a few more. I could barely see a couple of participants in the distance but had no chance of bridging across. I was on my own for the last 15 k into the wind. I was only passed by one rider all day so I knew I had a decent split on a tough day. Mc Lynn had a decent bike but mouse was disappointed with his time. When we checked his bike afterwards his back wheel was stuck to the frame. Hense the slow time.

Run - I was in around 15 place starting the run. The run basically starts at sea level and rises to over the first5 k. There was 470 feet of elevation gain. Not my type of run but the same for everyone.You turn around and run back 5 k back down to sea level. My plan was to run a 45 min 10 k. Its a tough course and I am no mean runner. My tool to execute the plan was my Garmin 310 xt. All I had to do was run 6 x 7.30 minute miles. I felt lik I was moving ok and decided to try and reach the turn with 7.45 miles pace. Mc lynn passed me like a mountain goat just after 3.5k. I was happy enough as last time he went by me after 1k. I was surprised that mouse hadnt passed me by the turn and when I finally did meet him I was still a kilometer ahead. A quick cange of pace on the downhill section and push as hard as possible. Quickly the Garmin went down under the 7.30 target pace to around 7.20. All in vain as I got the pat on the back at the bottom of the last rise with about 1k to go. I finished with a 7:25 pace and was delighted that I had done my target time. I was shocked when I saw my run spilt 46:54. School boy error there are 6.2 miles in a 10k. Got my pacing wrong. However, I was quite happy as I had knocked 11 minutes of my previous time in 2009 and placed 48.

My lynn stormed through the field like a mountain goat and posted a top ten run split. He picked up a penalty somewhere along the line and got demoted from 21st to 30th overall. Mouse stormed through the field on the run passing around 50 runners to place 46th. When you look at the size and quality of the field we didn't do too bad. Every athlete in the top 20 are regularly race winners so if Mc Lynn and mouse pick up there performance levels a little it wont be long until they are winning.

The hell of the west is the premier event on the calender. The strongest field without a doubt every year and the organisation is flawless. Excellent goddy bag, secure transition area, well marshaled, good atmosphere, good food, recovery area with loads of massage and according to Cecilia a great after party. In my opinion in comparison to last weeks event, last weeks event is the same price and that's where the comparison ends.

The hell of the west is what all events should be run like. The event is run for triathletes by triathletes and is worth every penny of the entry fee. A must do for everyone. The organisers know what everyone wants from a triathlon. If you have not done this event before I would recommend participating.

Warrior of the Sea Race Report

Saturday saw the running of the annual Warrior of the Sea 6km swim from Rosses Pt to Strandhill. Conditions were challenging but thankfully made the event runable.
Wind was a moderate south westerly and there was next to no ground swell.

Things kicked off with a smooth, straight forward swim across the channel with a run over the end of coney island. Conditions were quite choppy after re-entering the water making it difficult to get rhythm going or to sight the first buoy. It was hard going around the islands with low cloud on the ox mountains which is an important sighting point for the swim. Once around bluerock things got much easier with a flat Strandhill making it easy to see the big sand dune and make the final push to the strand. A good crowd had gathered on the beach for the finish which made for a great atmosphere for the swimmers as they exited the water. Water support was excellent all the way along and made people feel safe and really helped with guiding people in the right direction. Water temperature was low with a lot of upswell this week, 16 very brave swimmers went without wet suits. A strong national turn out made for an extremely competetive event with local lifeguard John Morton taking overall honors with what can only be described as a devestating swim.

The club was extremely well represented both in numbers and performances. Our very own Lynsey Dunne took the Warrior of the Sea title in the female category with an impressive swim that leaves her well set up for her English Channel attempt at the weekend. Lynsey is picture receiving her handcarved trophy from organiser Scot Reid along with Sponsor (and competitor) Willie Tyndall.

Shane O'Doherty was the first club member ashore with Swim Series Winner Caoimhe ni Mhurachu and Alan Shaw both breaking the two hour mark with impressive swims. Trevor McSharry, John Burrows and Marie-Claire McKenna all broke the 2hr15 with strong swims. Padraig Hanley finished well with Lisa Dunne close behind in her first Warriors Swim. Channel Swimmer Kieran Fitzgerald braved the elements leaving the wetsuit behind with Darren Duncan right behind him at the finish. Adrian O'Connor, Paul Burns and Wayne McNulty reached the shore in close succession. A visibly cold John Hanley finished just in front of Paul "Sam" McGarry. Sandra Deery and Martha Van Der Mulen crossed the line together pushing each other along the way. Anthony Blake put in a heroic display to finish his longest swim to date, regretting his big breakfast at the final buoy where he off-loaded it onto one of the kayaks! Bryan Whelan was close behind and John Dolan finished to round out a great day for the club.

A bbq was enjoyed in the Strand Bar afterwards by all particpants and volunteers.

Everyone enjoyed the event which was organised by club member Scot Reid.

Full results are available on www.wots.biz

Well done to all warriors!

Club swim and run tomorrow

For anyone not competing in either Kilkee 'hell of the west', warrior of the sea or Ransboro 10k this weekend (or even for those who are and fancy some last minute cramming!) the club swim and run session takes place in Rosses Point at 7pm.

This is a chance for members of all ability to meet and train together and is well worth doing -even if it is just to build up a thirst for Friday night partying.

Good luck to everyone racing, if you are racing and get a chance to tap your thoughts on the days racing into an email; please send them (and a photo if you managed to snap one) on to either Shane, Colm, Brian or Cecilia so we can get the blog race reports for 2011 up and running -it's always good to get a first hand description...

Bike Week - Time Trial

Well done everyone and good to see a few new faces. Your more than welcome again next week. Great Turnout for a wet and windy night . Best predicted times for the ladies was (1st) Sheila Ryan (2nd) Thresa Kilganon and the boys was (1st) Micheal Devins and Paul Keough. Colm has the uncollected prizes for the girls.

A few short points on safety - loads of people are cutting the first corner and are putting their own lives in danger. It was reported that there were a few near misses last night. You cannot at any stage break the rules of the road and nearly everyone done so last night. Whoever was cycling down the promenade on the footpath scaring the living daylight out of walkers will ya please cop on and have some level of responsibility.

1. John Hanley 22:02


2. Michelle Henry 27:53


3. Mary Kehoe 27:45


4. Theresa Kilgannon 24:58


5. Gwen Hunter 29:38


6. Shelia Ryan 26:03


7. Sharon o Hara 24:09


8. Conal Sexton 23:57


9. Marin Laffey 29:41


10. Damien Foley 22:12


11. Alan Waters 23:00


12. Roy Kelly 23:49


13. Timmy Mc Carty 24:29


14. Leo Donlon 22:28


15. Diarmuid Timmons 24:50


16. Emanuel Mc Cormack 28:40


17. Tom Ford 26:00


18. Tomas Lynn 24:03


19. Ronan Brennan 22:39


20. Graham Mc Mullan 25:26


21. Rory O Connor 23:09


22. Micheal O Connell 24:34


23. Trevor Hunter 22:42


24. Declan Byrne 22:15


25. Tommy Shierdan 21:43


26. Rory Rafferty 26:25


27. Seamus Mc Gowan 21:29


28. John Elliot 25:31


29. Raymond Byrne 22:05


30. Brian Sexton 20:09


31. Damien Mc Sharry 21:30


32. Ross Mc Lynn 21:04


33. Cecil Whiteside 26:35


34. Jason Mc Morrow 20:08


35. Paul Keough 19:28


36. Micheal Devins 19:15


37. Paul Rooney 22:50


38. Ciaran Coyne 25:07


39. Fergal Henry 24:42


40. Martha VDM 29:19

Physio offer for Sligo Tri Club Members

Hopefully most of the club is staying injury free this season but if not a Sligo based physiotherapist is offering a 20euro first session for club members...
Details are:
Liam Ryan Bsc Physio, Msc Sports Physio, Msc Musculoskeletal Physio
Specialist Musculoskeletal and Sports Chartered Physiotherapist with postgraduate clinical masters in Sports and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy from the University of Queensland, Australia.
More info can be found on his website or Contact:
Liam Ryan
Sligo Advanced Physiotherapy Clinic,
6 The Mall,
Sligo
083 4105861

National Bike Week Time Trial

The club are hosting an Open Time Trial on the Rosses Point course next Wednesday 22nd of June. The whole point is to try and promote the bike so pass the word around and get as many bums on seats as possible. Any Triathlon Ireland or Cycling Ireland member can participate. To make it a little more interesting there is going to be a few cash prizes based on predicting your finishing time. Participants are not allowed use any type of device to time themselves.

We are going to charge a small entry fee of 5 euro for cash prizes. All entries collected will go out in cash prizes. Any existing time trail league participant who does not want to pay the entry fee can participate as normal, but if you want to win the prize you gotta pay the entry.

First Rider @ 7pm

Non pre registered riders sign on @ 6.15pm.

Proposed prizes

1 - male predicted time / 1 - female predicted / 1 vet - over 50 predicted

You can pre enter by texting 0876811197 or email casey.colm@gmail.com

Time Trial Results

Good night of testing. Conditions were 12mph SW wind. Loads of personal bests. Most people improving by 1-2 minutes from last week. A new course record by Micheal Devins(Eire og). First sub 19 with an 18:54. A new club male record set by Brian Sexton (Sligo Tri) 19:29 and a new club female record has been set by Saoirse O Donoghue (Sligo Tri Club) 23:09. The course was a little longer than the last few weeks with the turn around marked tonight at last years turn around point. Good to see big Ross mc Lynn back testing and posting a PB. Be interesting to see if people can bring that form into the weekend.

Results

Ciara Conway-----------------------------------27:06

Michelle Henry---------------------------------26:40

Edel Hunt---------------------------------------28:16
Kate Hawney------------------------------------25:19

John Hanley------------------------------------21:28

Theresa Kilgannon------------------------24:18

Greg Kelly---------------------------------------22:02

Cecil Whiteside---------------------------------25:33
Ashley Henry------------------------------------24:58
Alan Watters------------------------------------22:29
Conal Sexton------------------------------------23:57
Saoirse O Donoghue--------------------------23:09
Kevin O Donnell-------------------------------24:46

Jackaline O Connor---------------------25:27

Matt mc Garrigle-------------------------------25:02

Daihi Feheily-----------------------------------23:04

Alan French--------------------------------------21:54

Shane O Doherty---------------------------------22:35

Seamus Mc Gowan-------------------------------20:56

Damien Mc Sharry------------------------------20:44
Ross Mc Lynn--------------------------------------20:35
Brian Sexton--------------------------------19:29

Colm Casey----------------------------------------19:51
Stephen Mullane--------------------------------20:12

Eamon mc Andrew ---------------------------------20:40

Micheal Devins---------------------------------------18:54

Jason Mc Morrow-----------------------------------19:59

Timmy Mc Carty--------------------------------------23:16

Swim Series Final Results

Well done to all the winners and to everyone who took part in the swim series over the last few weeks. Had a lot of swimmers who had never swam 750m in the sea before the series who successfully finished last weeks 1500m race.

Competition was tight in all divisions which has got everyone race ready for the rest of the season.

Special thanks to our committee (Siobhain, Catherine, Lynsey, Padraig, Phelim, Anthony and Scot), club marshals, safety crews and sponsors:

Sligo Kayak Club
Sligo Civil Defence Boat
Leitrim Civill Defence Boat
Sligo Sub Aqua Club
Harry's Bar Rosses Point
Joes to Pros Fitness Coaching
Sligo Credit Union
Chain Driven Cycles Sligo

Don't forget to swim safely and that our meet and trains are 7pm Mon, Weds & Fri
Good luck to everyone taking part in Mullaghmore on saturday and in the Warrior of the Sea 6km next week.

TIME HANDICAP FINAL TABLE

Position	Name	Points
1	Greg Kelly	295
2	Michelle Henry	288
3	Aidan Carty	287
4	Bryan Whelan	286
5	Aisling Gaughran	283
6	Diarmuid Timmons	277
7	Fergal Keane	275
8	Lisa Quinn	275
9	Noel Keavney	273
10	Barry Bree	270
11	Jan Canham	270
12	Andy Hamilton	266
13	Ronan Brennan	265
14	Donncha O Connor	262
15	Leona Moran	262
16	Mary Kehoe	255
17	Tom Ford	255
18	Dario Donadoni	255
19	Saoirse O Donaghue	249
20	Kieran Cunningham	249
21	Alan Shaw	245
22	John Elliot	243
23	Gwen Hunter	240
24	Caoimhe Ni Murachu	239
25	Trevor McSharry	238
26	Shiela Ryan	238
27	John Burrows	237
28	Darren Duncan	235
29	Lisa Dunne	235
30	John Heneghan	235
31	Padraig Hanly	230
32	Anthony Blake	228
33	Sandra Deery	227
34	Ray McMorrow	223
35	Catherine McGlinchey	221
36	David Downes	220
37	Theresa Kilgannon	219
38	Scott Reid	217
39	Tommy Sheridan	211
40	Jana Dresse	190
41	Paul Burns	188
42	Matt McGarrigle	185
43	Kate Hawney	185
44	Cecil Whiteside	173
45	Roy Kelly	150
46	Sean Flannery	136
47	Damien McSharry	131
48	Jason McMorrow	129
49	Gavin Patton	127
50	Leo Donlon	100
51	Jacqueline O Connor	87
52	Brian Sexton	71
53	Brian Gill	66
54	Ronan McNamara	64
55	Wayne McNulty	63
56	Ronan Keane	59
57	Alan Watters	57

Ladies Outright Wk 4				Ladies Outright Final Table
Name	Time	Points		1	Caoimhe Ni Murachu	300
Caoimhe Ni Murachu	00:19:01	100		2	Lisa Dunne	297
Shiela Ryan	00:20:14	99		3	Shiela Ryan	297
Lisa Dunne	00:20:15	98		4	Leona Moran	292
Leona Moran	00:20:44	97		5	Saoirse O Donaghue	289
Jana Dresse	00:22:31	96		6	Jana Dresse	289
Saoirse O'Donaghue	00:22:56	95		7	Mary Kehoe	285
Theresa Kilgannon	00:23:00	94		8	Gwen Hunter	282
Mary Kehoe	00:23:21	93		9	Theresa Kilgannon	281
Gwen Hunter	00:23:45	92		10	Sandra Deery	280
Sandra Deery	00:23:50	91		11	Lisa Quinn	275
Kate Hawney	00:27:01	90		12	Catherine McGlinchey	272
Lisa Quinn	00:27:07	89		13	Aisling Gaughran	270
Catherine McGlinchey	00:27:43	88		14	Michelle Henry	269
Michelle Henry	00:30:25	87		15	Kate Hawney	182
Aisling Gaughran	00:30:51	86		16	Jacqueline O Connor	89

Week 4 Mens Outright Results

Number	Name	Time	Pts		Final	Table
1	Scott Reid	00:15:53	100		Number	Name	Pts
2	Matt McGarrigle	00:17:10	99		1	Scott Reid	300
3	Shane O'Doherty	00:18:05	98		2	Matt McGarrigle	297
4	Jason McMorrow	00:18:41	97		3	Shane O'Doherty	295
5	Alan Shaw	00:18:52	96		4	Alan Shaw	291
6	Donncha O'Connor	00:19:39	95		5	Trevor McSharry	288
7	Trevor McSharry	00:19:45	94		6	Donncha O Connor	286
8	Padraig Hanly	00:20:57	93		7	Padraig Hanly	283
9	Andy Hamilton	00:20:58	92		8	Andy Hamilton	276
10	John Burrow	00:21:00	91		9	Darren Duncan	273
11	Tommy Sheridan	00:21:18	90		10	Tommy Sheridan	272
12	David Downes	00:22:22	89		11	John Burrowns	271
13	Sean Flannery	00:22:26	88		12	David Downes	269
14	Kieran Cunningham	00:22:26	87		13	John Elliot	261
15	John Elliot	00:22:38	86		14	Kieran Cunningham	258
16	Barry Bree	00:22:39	85		15	Diarmuid Timmons	254
18	Ronan Brennan	00:23:03	84		16	Barry Bree	251
19	Diarmuid Timmons	00:23:06	83		17	Paul Burns	250
20	Gavin Patton	00:23:08	82		18	Anthony Blake	248
21	Paul Burns	00:23:15	81		19	Ronan Brennan	248
22	Noel Keavney	00:23:26	80		20	Noel Keavney	246
23	Anthony Blake	00:23:55	79		21	Jan Canham	244
24	Damien McSharry	00:23:58	78		22	Fergal Keane	238
25	Dario Donadoni	00:24:05	77		23	John Heneghan	233
26	Fergal Keane	00:24:11	76		24	Dario Donadoni	233
27	Jan Canham	00:24:50	75		25	Tom Ford	225
28	John Henghan	00:25:02	74		26	Ray McMorrow	222
29	Ray McMorrow	00:25:12	73		27	Greg Kelly	219
30	Tom Ford	00:26:00	72		28	Bryan Whelan	216
31	Greg Kelly	00:26:12	71		29	Aidan Carty	212
32	Bryan Whelan	00:27:30	70		30	Jason McMorrow	194
33	Aidan Carty	00:30:41	69		31	Sean Flannery	180
					32	Damien McSharry	159
					33	Gavin Patton	159
					34	Roy Kelly	152
					35	Cecil Whiteside	143
					36	Leo Donlon	91
					37	Ronan McNamara	90
					38	Brian Sexton	89
					39	Wayne McNulty	86
					40	Brian Gill	84
					41	Alan Watters	74
					42	Ronan Keane	70