Federation

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Address
Unit E2, Glencormack Business Park
Kilmacanogue
Co. Wicklow
Ireland
Ireland

President
Lochlann Walsh

Secretary General
Conal Heatley

Website
http://www.triathlonireland.com/

Phone
+353 12741032

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Latest News

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  First national Paratriathlon championships held in Ireland

  This year's national championships in Ireland marked a landmark step for paratriathletes, with the first ever staging of a Paratriathlon National Championships. While it attracted a small field it marked an important step in the development of triathlon in Ireland. “Triathlon Ireland are putting a real focus of making triathlon accessible to juniors, beginners and those with disabilities so it was great to see so many people racing over the weekend. We’ve recently added a new Paratriathlete section to our website which provides people with some more information and we’ve entered discussions with Paralympics Ireland ahead of Rio 2016. We’re hoping to have some paratriathletes representing Ireland in ITU and ETU races over the coming years," said Triathlon Ireland CEO, Matt McKerrow. In Ireland’s inaugural Paratriathlon National Championships it was Tony Ward, piloted by TI President Mark Riseley, and Michael Delaney, piloted by Matt Coughlan in the CAT6 division who had a close fought race at the head of the field. Delaney suffered some mechanical issues but managed to overcome a broken chain to make it to the finish shoot just seconds behind Ward. In a gesture of sporting goodwill Ward slowed so that both could cross the line in celebration together in a time of 1 hour 21 minutes and 3 seconds. Chris Frost (CAT4) made the trip from the UK and was rewarded with a third place finish overall in the National Paratriathlon Championships. Ward commented afterwards, “It was a really tough race. I struggled on the swim and the bike but I’m a strong runner so enjoyed that. I’ll definitely be back for more and I’ll be looking into some ITU races too." Click here to find out more on paratriathlon in Ireland To find out more on paratriathlon, please click here {/exp:tagstripper:tagsToSave}

• World Championships 2006 - Triathlon Ireland Team

  78 triathletes will be making their way to Lausanne over the next few days in order to represent Ireland ranging in age from 16 - 73. Nows the find time to find out what makes them tick, what inspires them and what goals they have for the race... Simon Biddell will represent Ireland Under 23, Colin Bolger and Junior Heffernan will compete in the Junior event with the remaining athletes competing in their age group. Click Here to access our athletes profiles. {/exp:tagstripper:tagsToSave}

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  Lough Neagh Triathlon.

  Lough Neagh has always been lucky with the weather for its annual triathlon boasting glorious days of sunshine but as the heavens opened on Friday night right into the early hours of Saturday morning I think everyone began to worry that it was going to be a repeat of the unfortunate weather conditions of Triathlone and the Galway triathlon. Despite our Irish triathletes becoming more accustomed to, and many boasting a preference for wet and windy conditions it does put a dampner on a race and certainly doesnt encourage spectatorship. Registration opened at 7am and with that the sun began to rise and it turned into a glorious day. With 2 races ahead, closed roads and nearly 500 athletes fluttering around it was a busy day for the host club HiElbow and the entourage involved in ensuring the day went off without a hitch. Once everybody was signed in and set up in transition the race briefing took place. Everybody listened intently or so it seemed, quite possibly many of the athletes were in the zone psyching themselves up for what lay ahead. The first race, the age group race kicked off shortly after 10am in four waves with five minutes between each wave. Male and female juniors and vets and all relay teams went off first, followed by male and female 20-29s followed by female 30-39 along with male 35-39s and off last were the male 30-34 - the age group with the largest number of competitors. With the most competitive athletes so widely spread across the age groups and therefore all starting at different times it was a tough task for anyone to know quite how well they were doing outside of their own age group. Peter Jack from Triangle Triathlon Club was the official commentator for the event and as always provided the crowd with entertaining commentary from start to finish. Colin Bolger from Pulse TC who was in the first wave was first back into T2 and went out strongly on the run, next up was Colm Cassidy who had been in the second wave, Colms swim has improved over this season but his bike split is where the real dividends pay off. Colm, who had started 5 minutes after Colin gradually gained ground over the four laps and was the first to cross the finish line. He couldnt start the celebrations just yet but he was pleased with his race and confident that he had put in a good time. Liam Dolan, Tom Kelly, Colin Bolger, Art MacManusa were among the first group to cross the line. With Brian Crinion, Alvin Cooney and some of the older lads a little further behind due to a later start. In the ladies event Anne Paul from Trianlge TC was first lady to cross the finishing line but as with the mens event it wasnt until the overall results were compiled we knew who had won overall. Claire Connor who looked very strong throughout the event was next over the line followed by Aoife O' Connor and Elena Maslova. HiElbow run the race as an age group race and award prizes for 1st / 2nd / 3rd in each age group. The prizes for the overall winners are awarded to them within their age group. However top three winners are as follows: Colm Cassidy 3Dtri 2:02.57 Brian Crinion Belpark 2:03.24 Alvin Cooney Mersey 2:04.34 Claire Connor 2:15.19 Anne Paul Triangle 2:17.42 Aoife O' Connor Belpark 2:20.08 Shortly after the age group race was finished the race briefing for the elite race took place. This is a draft legal race and we had 17 triathletes at the start line. We were delighted to welcome British triathletes Richard Stannard, who recently came 6th in both The London Triathlon and the Salford World Cup, Clayton Payne who recently came 2nd in the Koh Samet Olympic Distance Triathlon and 3rd in the Koh Samet Long distance Aquathlon, Emma Davies who came 12th in the London Triathlon and also Shawna Novak from Israel. We were also delighted to welcome our own Gavin Noble back home for the race as well as Irish athletes Rich Brady and Simon Biddell who are based in the UK. Richard Stannard is a very strong swimmer and so sure was Peter Jack that Richard would be first to exit the water he offered the keys of his house to anyone willing to take on his wager....lets hope Peter hasnt been sleeping in a tent since Saturday night!! Gavin Noble was first out of the water just in front of Stannard both finishing in under 18mins. Clayton Payne was just behind. Payne was soon dropped on the bike and he stayed with the second group which included Brian Campbell and Simon Biddell. Part if the next group were Eanna McGrath, Rich Brady amongst others. Emma Davies who was 5th out of the swim managed to hold onto this group. Each pack worked well together with everyone putting in their fair share of work. At the pack of the field there was a collision between Paul Wilson and Aubrey Storey resulting in Wilson taking a fall from the bike and putting an end to his race. Thankfully there was no serious injury, just a few scrapes and cuts. The standard at the front of this race was superb to watch, if you blinked you missed Stannard and Noble return to T2. Both set off looking quite comfortable with a 10km run to face. The second and third packs had managed to merge by the last lap and all arrived back to T2 together. Brian Campbell and Eanna McGrath were soon in third and fourth place. Stannard managed to put some space between himself and Noble on the run to win the race in 1hr 55.33, Noble came in second in 1:56.23 winning the title of Irish Elite Champion 2006. In third place was Brian Campbell who put in the fastest run split of the day in 33.22. Eanna McGrath finished in 4th. In the ladies race Emma Davies who worked hard to keep up with the men on the bike finished in an impressive 2:08.11 and Shawna Novak finished 2nd in 2:24.04. The under 23s raced with the male and female elites. Simon Biddell won first place, followed by Ed Cooke. For full details check out www.triathlonireland.com {/exp:tagstripper:tagsToSave}

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  Irish Youth Duathlon Championships

  Mourne Youth Duathlon 2006 31 competitors lined out for Mourne Youth Duathlon which this year acted as the Irish Youth Duathlon Championships. The field included both locals and those who had travelled with parents taking part in the main event. Special mention to Michael Mahon who travelled from Greystones that morning especially for the youth race, Byron and Evan Cunningham who travelled from Blessington and Donall Breen from Wexford. The local Dromara Cycling Club was well represented by its junior members. The duathlon consisted of two laps of a 600m run course, followed by a 4km cycle around Castlewellan lake and a final one lap run. The run was held on grass and walking paths and included a particularly challenging ascent towards the castle. First home in a time of 16:13 was Eoghan McManus. Laura Casey was the first female competitor home taking third place overall with a time of 16:46. Both have put in excellent performances this year in youth events and are also Irish Youth Aquathon Champions in their age groups. Names to watch for the future perhaps. Competition was keen in all age groups and it was an extremely fast field. In the Male 12-13 category, Christy Davis took first place over Greg Naughton by two seconds. In the female age 11 category, Victoria Kinkaid took first place over her sister Maria by a few seconds. Meabh Nolan put in very good run times but lost time on the cycle course. She wins the ‘Endeavour’ award for the event. Congratulations to all youth competitors on an excellent race and season overall. Looking forward to seeing you at youth events next year. Patricia Roe For photos and results check out triathlonireland.com {/exp:tagstripper:tagsToSave}

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  Double win for Crinion this weekend

  There was nothing stopping Brian Crinion this weekend as he wins both Carlingford and Pulse Triathlons....although the win in Carlingford wasnt quite the walk in the park for him that Pulse was!! Carlingford Triathlon On Saturday morning,200 brave athletes descended upon the beautiful village of Carlingford in the north of Co. Louth to take on the challenge of a 1000m swim(or so they thought),a 32k cycle and an 8k run.Among them were some of Irelands top athletes but for many Carlingford represented a further opportunity to test the water so to speak,and further their experience of triathlon.What we promised them was a stepping stone to Olympic distance racing,with a nice sheltered swim,a flattish,fast bike and a lovely stroll along the shore to finish.However the elements knew that triathletes were made of harder stuff than that as what we got was not a mere introduction for beginners but conditions that provided some tough times for some of the countrys elite. The strong winds that surfaced on Saturday morning meant the swim was destined to be a battle of survival for most,with high waves and a strong current looming.As a result the swim had to be shortened to approx 700 metres for safety reasons. At the stroke of midday,the first one hundred brave souls and one even braver with just a pair of speedo's accompaning him into a sea that can only be descided as memorable.The swim was a triangular course with the first 300 metres swimming directly into the huge waves which made sighting very dificult and breathing even harder. Unsurprisingly,it was David Graham who exited the high seas first,confirming not even mother nature can stop this young man from dominating the swim leg of races.Graham exited the water with a two and a half minute lead over Belparks Brian Crinion who had also taken off in the first wave.However among those who posted some very fast swim splits were Pulse's young hotshots of Eoin Mc Donnell and Darren Hughes who were flying the flag for the wave 2 swimmers. Out on to the bike and Brian Crinion was chasing hard,eager to make the most of his strength on the bike and like many of the other 200 athletes was feeling the benefit of a strong tailwind on the way out of Carlingford.Turning right and heading for Dundalk, the bike course was relatively fast on the way out to the turnaround point with a few small hills to negotiate and some strong crosswinds present on some of the more open sections of the road.On the inward section of the bike,it was a similar story with the blustering wind only a factor on small sections.However on turning to head back towards Carlingford,the tailwind we had earlier benefited from was now determined to seperate the men from the boys as the final 4kms of the bike made many of the already weary athletes question the sanity of this sport. It was on this last section of the bike that Crinion finally caught David Graham,who himself was highly impressive posting the fourth fastest bike split of the day,but just wasn't enough to hold off Crinion who was to take a small lead into T2.Next into T2 was local boy Liam Dolan who exited the water in 35th position but didn't disappoint on the bike as he made a mockery of the tough conditions to blast through the bike section passing some fine athletes such as Peter Savage,Oliver Harkin and Brian Farrell from Belpark who arrived into T2 in fourth place with Savage and Harkin not far behind. The run was an out and back course along the shore but with heavy legs and thoughts of the approching finishing line,not many of us took the time to appreciate the beautiful scenery around us. At the business end of things,David Graham had worked extremely hard to catch Crinion on the first section of the run and it was anyones guess as to who would take the victory.Graham attacked with 4k to go and managed to open a small gap but with Brian Crinions experience in the sport,he worked his way back up to Graham and with the strong wind making the last few kms tough going ,both men ran shoulder to shoulder until they turned the corner at the sailing club and from there it was a sprint finish with Crinion just taking the victory and denying David Graham by the smallest of margins.Following soon after was Setanta's Liam Dolan who solidified his position with a very fast run,managing to hold off the chasing few of Brian Farrell,who finished fourth,and the fast finishing Peter Savage who put in the 3rd fastest run of the day to take 5th place overall. In the womens race,things were not quite as close as Trudy Brown dominated from the start and for the other ladies present it was a battle of the best of the rest to take second.After posting a great swim time and a blistering bike split,Trudy could afford to cruise home on the run with Anne Paul taking second place 5 mins later and Karen Bothwell completing the top 3. This was the first year of the Carlingford Triathlon under the leadership of Setanta Triathlon Club and we hope that in the coming years we can establish it as a major race on the TI calender as we have always felt it has the potential to be major race and something which can attract even more of Irelands top athletes. A call has been made and mother nature assures us that next year we can book a calm sea and have the wind turned off!!Seriously though we would like to thank those of you who braved the rough conditions yesterday and made it a success.We hope you all enjoyed it and will feel the benefit of it in some major events coming up. Best of luck to all. Aidan Connolly Setanta Triathlon Club. Results Brian Crinion David Graham Liam Dolan Trudy Brown Anne Paul Karen Bothwell Junior Simon Cox Aidan Connolly Daragh Carolan Male Vets Eamonn McConvey Leslie Wilkinson Glen Pollock Female Vets Anne Paul Joanne Bingham Pulse Triathlon Pulse Triathlon Club held their first triathlon in Golden Falls lake in Blessington today and it was a great success. The recent wintery weather held off and the sun came out for the event although there was still a slight chill in the air. The race went off in 3 waves with the crowds counting down the start for each wave. The 750 metre swim went off pretty smoothly but competitors were faced with a rather lengthy and steep run to transition, for the stronger runners this was a great opportunity to get ahead of the stronger swimmers - some athletes pounding their way up the hill, others crawling... Colm Turner was entered for todays race but a fall off the bike last week resulted in a broken collar bone sadly ending this season for Colm who enjoyed a great win, beating Brian Crinion in Bray triathlon last month. There has also been an increase in strong swimmers this year, many of whom are new to the sport and with this winter to improve on the bike and run, next year the competition will be tougher than ever Niall Callanan was first out of the water followed by Fernando Fuentes and Peter Kern, Fearghal Mulvihill and Mark Reisely. Brian Crinion was 11th out , Crinion made up great time on the bike and was back into transition over a minute ahead of Kern and Reisely. A quick 35 seconds in transition and Crinion went out on the run. He put in a hard run for the first 2.5km before relaxing slightly and taking it home in 59:34. Reisley had made some time on Kern on the bike and the two stayed close on the run, Kern leading by only a few seconds, Kern looked set for 2nd place when he stopped just before the finish line, waited for Reisley and the two crossed the line together for joint second....now thats friendship! ...could Crinion not have waited and made it joint first for the three?!! There were plenty of ladies out on the course today. Noelle McDonald was first out of the water. Katharina Baldinger was over 2 mins behind but she is savage on the bike and put in a split of 32.14, 24th overall, she stayed strong on the run to win the ladies race and finish overall in 19th place, a very impressive result, Ailbhe Healy, Sharon Dolan, Orla Power and Keira Eva Mooney all put in very strong performances. Ailbhe Healy finished 2nd and Sharon Dolan in third. There was a great atmosphere at the race and lots of support, the prizegiving took place in Avon Ri leisure centre and it was great to see so many people stick around for it. Well done to Pulse Triathlon Club for a great debut and to everyone who was involved behind the scenes. Results Brian Crinion 59:34 Mark Reisely 1:00.45 Peter Kern 1:00.45 Katharina Baldinger 1:09.47 Ailbhe Healy 1:12.44 Sharon Dolan 1:13.55 For full details check out Triathlon Ireland {/exp:tagstripper:tagsToSave}