The first race this weekend was held in Fermoy.  This was a sprint event with good attendance from our club. Congratulations to Andree Walkin who had her best race ever to finish as second Female.  Well done also toMike o Grady and Niall Maloney who were the first Limerick athletes home in 10th & 11th positions. Check out all the Fermoy results here.  Other members not competing in Fermoy were clearly tapering for the 'National Olympic Distance Championships' which were held in Dublin this year.  With the swim in the Liffey (the clean section) followed by the cycle and run with laps in the Phoenix Park, the event successfully catered for over 650 participants between their main and supersprint events.  David Richardson led the way home for the Limerick element, coming 23rd overall and 7th in his category amongst an extremely competitive field that included Gavin Noble who won the event.  Great performances also from Mike Ryan taking 3rd in cat., Liam Liddy who took 4th in cat. and Mike Casey O'Shea finishing 9th in cat.  Many more club members in Dublin with great performances also, you can check the dublin results here.

A lot of members headed up Mullingar direction for the annual 'Caroline Kearney' Triathlon.  This great olympic distance event has grown over the past few years and has become very popular with our members.  With a large contingent from our club there were plenty of satisfying results.  Niall Collins (even after technical difficulties) placed highest in 17th overall and 2nd in his cat.  Just a minute down was our Chairperson, Johnny Deegan. An excellent race for Johnny won him 1st in his cat. Unfortunately as a result of Niall passing out our chairperson on the run leg of the event it seems he has broken strict club protocall and some form of disciplinary action seems inevitable. Have your say here.   The Griffins also had great races with Laoise finishing 2nd in her cat. whilst mother Joan continues to dominate her cat. at most events with another 1st position. Mike Ryan picked up 2nd place in his cat as well as the evergreen Niall O Donovan picking up 3rd in his cat.Oh, there was one other very good result, but the guy isn't really a proper member so we won't bother mentioning it. Ah well I suppose we better. Louis Kelleher (Bellpark/Limerick?) had a solid race through all three disciplines giving him a great 8th position overall. Well done to all members who attended the well organised event and from what we hear it comes highly recommended and will definitely see a strong showing from Limerick again next year. Results can be found here

Fresh results in from this weekends racing in Kinsale (Sprint), Kilkenny (Sprint+Olympic) and 'Beast of the East' (Olympic).  In Kinsale the rain held off, a lovely day there really, where Tom O Donnell took category victory on the tough sprint course. It's not called 'King of the Hill' for noting!  An excellent result from Eoin Gamble placing  second in his category after ignoring doctor's advice to rest up after a recent ailment, but as Eoin said at the finish line 'Pain is temporary, club pide is forever'. Darragh Dunne finished with a top 10 in the race.  A very enjoyable race down there with credit to Cork Tri Club.  Amazing to see the ability of elite Bryan Keane who took Kinsale victory with ease. Kinsale results here. In Kilkenny reports still coming in but we hear that Niall Maloney had a great sprint event to finish a fantastic 7th in the overall results there, we'll post more on this new event as the news comes in. Kilkenny results here. Colm Turner put in another smashing performance in Wicklow to win 'Beast of the East'.  Colm also won additional prizes there for taking the quickest bike and run splits. Read his Race report here).  This event is reasonably new on the claendar and if you want a tough one this is it.  The cycle includes a couple of monstrous climbs with some athletes reportedly looking for climbing equipment to tackle the run.  Great reports back from our members there on the organistaion and efficiency of the event by Wiclow Tri Club.  Well done on good perfomances by Dave Richardson (9th) and Deirdre Kearney (with an amazing quickest overall swim time) whilst our other rep. Miriam Mc Cormack was hit with technical difficulties on the bike leading to early retirement. 'Beast of the East' results here.   Kilkee may be over but there's still plenty of excellent racing out there,  check out the TI calendar and see if you can get yourself into a few more events.

Limerick athletes were on form again toady at a variety af races around the country.  Colm Turner lead the way again with victory in the Carrick on Suir sprint event closely followed by Mike Yelverton to make it a 1,2 for Limerick there.  Still in Carrick our own chairperson, Johnny Deegan, took category victory with a top 10 finish.  Lots of club members competing at all levels so congrats to all.  Carrick Results here.  On another run of good form was Alison ledger with another second placing at the Carna Olympic Triathlon.  Well the swim today would have actually challenged a lot of full Ironman events with competitors chasing down buoys drifting out to sea.  Two more top 10 finishes there from Darragh Dunne and Niall Collins. Carna Results here Photoos here.  As if two races weren't enough to fill the weekend another contingent of the club were sent to Baltimore in Cork.  Mike O'Brien finished a super 4th in a strong field whilst taking age group victory at the same time. A very good performance from Louis Kelleher also with a top 10 finish .  The committee appreciates M.O.B's kind gesture in passing on his cash winnings to the club funds for the benefit of all in the club, nice one. Baltimore Results here.