Dan's the man in last Creggan aquathon in 2013

Daniel Quigley was first past the post in the last open water club aquathon of the season.
Mark Murray was a close second, just 15 seconds off Dan's time of 23:15. Joe Doherty was in third, posting 25:25.
And so that's it for another season at Creggan Reservoir.

Speaking on behlaf of the committee, Eamon Harkin said  "A big thank-you to all who helped out, over the summer at our reservoir swims, especially the boat cover crew. Thanks lads. See you all next May."

The full results/times from Monday's race follow:

Place    Name.          Swim.              Finish 

1 Dan Quigley            11:13.               24:15

2 Mark Murray         10:30.               24:30

3 Joe Doherty           10:26.               25:25 

4 James Beattie       11:22.              25:39 

5 Paul Slavin.           12:39.              26:27

6 Johnny McLaren      12:27.              27:01 

7 Ciaran McKenny.  12:05.             27:29 

8 Adrian Kelly.          12:35.             27:30 

9 Dermott Connelly  13:59.             28:19 

10 Brian Bradley.      14:43.            29:23

11 Peter McLaughlin    13:28.           29:24 

12 Brian McLaughlin     12:47.           29:43 

13 Oran MCBride.     15:40.           30:09

14 Miriam McFadden 12:56.         30:30 

15 Riosin Lynch         14:36.          31:50 

16 Liam Harte            16:30.          32:48 

Peter McCamphill       14:30         29:10 2laps 

Thomas Long              Dnf 

Relays

1 The Lake Coma 2      10:20.        23:28

2 The @ Team              12:29.       24:32

3 The A+ Team            15:22.       31:24 

NWTC braves the Foyle in Three Bridges Swim

North West Triathlon Club members were out in force for the annual Foyle Search and Rescue Three Bridges Swim last Sunday. Conditions were tougher than usual for the swimmers but the North West crew battled the wind-whipped waves of the raging river with grit and determination. Around 50 people - the majority of them clib members -took to water for the 2.6 mile swim from Foyle Bridge to Craigavon Bridge. Some of the brave souls even continued their challenge as far as the boathouse at Prehen. Among the swimmers were a few 'purists' who took to the water without wetsuits, including recently crowned Irish long distance swimming champion, Gerard Curran who was first back to the boathouse. Amy Coll of Foyle Search and Rescue said the event raised more than £2,000 for the charity. “It all went brilliantly despite the river conditions,” she said. “It was a rough swim with the wind blowing against the swimmers - which made it challenging. But everyone seemed to get through it alright and really enjoy it. "Most importantly the event raised vital funds to go towards new swift water rescue equipment and we’d like to thank everyone who took part as well as those who supported them,” she said. Well done all.

Aaron Deane third at Lakeside

NWTC's Aaron Deane has finished third in the inaugural Lakeside Triathlon in Ballyshannon.
Aaron, who led the run almost to the finish line after another impressive bike performance, posted a time of 1:08:51. He was beaten at the line by second placed Ciaran McCloskey (1:08:49) and trailed winner Eoin McManus by just 17 seconds.
Aaron led a strong field of North West Triathlon Club members in the race with Daniel Quigley also finishing strongly in eighth place in 1:11:04.

North West triathletes take on the world

A team of local triathletes are gearing up to take on the world.

Five members of North West Triathlon Club are heading to the Triathlon Age Group World Championships in London next month to represent Ireland. Maeve Maher McWilliams from Muff, Aoife Logan from Buncrana, Jarlath Fearon, Roisin Lynch and Joanne Doran, all from Derry, have qualified for the Triathlon Ireland team.

The local triathletes will form part of a 300-strong Triathlon Ireland squad which will travel to the London to compete in events covering various distances. Among the TI management team is North West Triathlon’s Club’s Paddy McLaughlin.

The Carndonagh man - who is Irish double Ironman champion and this weekend will compete for Ireland in the European Long Distance Triathlon Championships at Vichy in France - is one of four managers in the Irish squad.

He said this week: “To have five triathletes in the Irish squad from North West Triathlon Club is an excellent result for the club.

“Maeve, Jarlath, Roisin, Aoife and Joanne have had tremendous results in the Triathlon Ireland National Series and Championship to qualify and I’m sure they’ll do us proud in London. Some of them are taking part in two races at the championships.”

Paddy, also qualified for the event but opted to take up the prestigious management role as manager of Ireland’s top amateur triathletes (15 in each age group) as they seek honours in sprint and standard distance triathlon as well as in aquathon.

Up to 5,000 of the world’s best amateur triathletes will be competing in and around Hyde Park.

Kids Splash & Dash Charity Aquathon

Over 40 Kids yesterday took part in the Charity Aquathon run in the Buncrana Leisure Centre. Feedback from all including the competitors was that it was a great event, well run and good fun to take part in. Full Report coming soon along with photos. Thank you all for taking part, based upon the enthusiasm we will certainly be holding more events and will keep you all posted.

Kids "Splash & Dash" Aquathon

On August 25th 2013 in the Buncrana Leisure Centre the Northwest Triathlon Club (NWTC) present a Kids "Splash & Dash" Aquathon in aid of the the Childrens Medical & Research Foundation, with all proceeds going directly to the charity http://www.cmrf.org/ . This is a fun event and every athlete competing will get a "goodie bag" . The event is sanctioned by Triathlon Ireland and as a result this is a qualifying event for the "King or Queen tri series" see below for more details.

To enter the Aquathon:

Online:

Go to www.triathlonireland.com and enter there (race calender then scroll to the 25th Aug, find the Buncrana Kids Aquathon, then select enter and complete the registration process.

Off-Line:

Complete the attached entry form and post back to (form here)

Thomas McCallion
Sports Development
Shared Future Centre
Derry
BT47 2DA

Closing date for pre entries will be Friday, 12pm 23rd August

On the Day:

there is the ability to enter on the day but to do this we ask you to get to the buncrana leisure centre as early as possible (registration opens @ 9am and will close sharp @ 10am). To guarantee a goodie bag YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER with an email to info@northwesttriclub.com.

Complete 4 races and become a King or Queen of The Kids Tri Series

The Kids Tri Series consists of races catering for 8-15 year olds (this refers to the age of the child on Dec 31^st 2013) all around the country. The format of the series is non competitive with any Triathlon Ireland member who can complete 4 races, crowned a King or Queen of The Kids Tri Series. These races must be sanctioned by TI and can be duathlons, aquathlons or triathlons to give kids a chance to have fun in a variety of multisport events
How to get involved...

• Become a Junior Member of Triathlon Ireland
• Complete 4 races
• Notify scott@triathlonireland.com with your completed races and postal address

• Receive your medal, t-shirt and goodies!

• Get listed of the Kings and Queens Hall of Fame on the TI Website!!

You can find a fill list of races here. Just look out for Children's Aquathlon, Duathlon or Triathlon under the event type.

Welcome

Folks, going forward all race results and race reports will be posted here and available via the club website http://www.northwesttriclub.com.

This will make the effort to get race results on line quicker, reports easier to submit and (god help us !)  people the ability to comment on results an reports.

So welcome to Race & Report 201x