Letterkenny 24/7
Seventeen club members had an early start in Belfast for the Olympic and sprint race.
The first competitors were in Belfast lough at nine am with Aidan Callaghan and Gavin Crawford being the best performers for the club with Aidan narrowly missing out on second place overall and Gavin finishing a credible 14th.
There were some debut performances at the Olympic distance with markers being set down for 2015. Stephen Sweeney, Patrick Patton, John Mc Carron, Clara Quigley and Killian Nulty all put good performances in their first attempt at the Olympic distance.
The club also had three entrants in the sprint distance with Colin Dean wrapping up his season and Tommy Hill racing well after illness in his home town race.
Liam Tinney unfortunately took ill during the run and had to retire
In Boyle Christine Russell and Orlaith Fogarty performed well in the sprint event although Christine suffered a dq for drafting. Martin Robinson performed well in this event as well.
In Achill Louise Ruddy continued her return from injury with another fine performance in the Achill adventure race.
A special word of thanks to Bernard Mc Dyre who officiated as a technical official at the race on Sunday his seventh time this year.
The club is obliged to provide a quota of technical officials for events every year and Bernard does trojan work on behalf of the club.
The AGM has been fixed for the third of October at seven pm in Aura not the seventh as per previous notes.
Training continues as follows but a change is in the offing which will be communicated within the next few weeks.
Training
Monday open water swim 6.30pm Gartan
Tuesday Track session 7.40 pm Aura
Wednesday Pool swim 8 pm Aura
Thursday TT or brick 7 pm Foxhall
Saturday club cycle 9.30am Aura
Results
Belfast Titanic Olympic Triathlon
3 Aidan Callaghan 1.55.12
14 Gavin Crawford 2.05.36
56 Paul Doherty 2.16.27
72 Paul Dillon 2.18.27
81 Bronagh Ogara 2.19.26 (special event winner)
91 John Mccarron 2.21.59
117 Padraic Mitchell 2.23.53
143 Martin Donnelly 2.26.25
205 Cathal Roarty 2.33.50
207 Stephen Sweeney 2.33.53
210 Paul Ogara 2.34.22
226 Clara Quigley 2.36.40
227 Killian Nulty 2.36.42
249 Patrick Patton 2.39.13
Belfast City Sprint Triathlon
35 Colin Dean 1.15.23
54 Tommy Hill 1.20.04
Liam Tinney dnf( retired ill)
Lough Key Sprint Triathlon
Orlaith Fogarty 1.26.19 8th woman and 1st in category
Martin Robinson 1.36.57 133rd
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