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The Derry City Council joined forces with the Northwest Triathlon Club this year incorporating the Liam Ball triathlon into the Northwest Sprint Triathlon, which was held last Sunday 4th May at the Templemore Sports Complex. Raced over a shorter distance than the traditional Liam Ball triathlon, athletes had to swim 750m, before exiting the Complex for a 20 km bike ride out to Newtoncunningham, and back, before completing the event with a 5km run on the cycle paths around the Complex grounds.
The Buncrana duathlon took place on Sunday 20th April. Competitors gathered at the Buncrana Leisure Centre where the race commenced and the fine morning ensured a big turnout. The race consisted of a 2 mile run, 10 mile bike and 2 mile run and from the gun the race was on for top spot.
North West Triathlon Club held its Sprint Duathlon on Sunday 6th April. Strong winds forced a last minute change of bike course for safety reasons, and made racing conditions tough. However over 50 competitors braved the elements and made it a fantastic race.
David Graham won the Senior Mens race in a very closely fought affair with North West’s Sean McFadden and QUB’s Mathew Wilson with all three men posting identical splits in the first leg of the run. McFadden and Wilson took second and third places respectively. The Northwest's Eimear O’Brien won the Senior Womens race with Aoife Logan also of Northwest TC coming second and Helen Hughes in third. Derry’s Chris Sandy and Eamonn Colhoun combined to win the relay event. Triangle’s Colm Loughery won the Male Vets category and Kay Hack (Triangle) won the Female Vets prize. Winter Damp Dash League - Race 6 (03/04/08) Race 5 took place on 3rd April with preparations for the club duathlon on the 6th well under way. Garry O’Donnell led the Senior Men on the swim followed by Darren Deehan and Colm Quigley. Sean McFadden produced a blistering run to post the fastest run split and take second place behind O’Donnell. James Beattie took third place with another fast run. Paul McConnellogue led the Male Vets ahead of Frankie Dunlop and Paul McGilloway. Eimear O’Brien had another great swim followed by consistently good run to take first place in the Senior Women’s race with Liza-Jane Jorque in second place. Aaron Heaney was placed first this time in the Male Junior race ahead of Darren Armstrong. Winter Damp Dash League - Race 5 (06/03/08) Race 5 took place on 6th March with a good turnout from the club. The Senior Men’s race was again very close with Colm Quigley and Gary O’Donnell fighting it out for first place. Colm led the swimmers out while Gary made up the time on the run to come out on top with a mere seven seconds separating the pair in their overall times. James Beattie produced a good swim and a strong run to take third place. In the Senior Women’s race Eimear O’Brien led from the swim but a strong run from Miriam McFadden saw her overtake O’Brien and take first place. Aoife Logan was third. Peter McLaughlin took the Male Vets category with Packy Deehan in second. In the Junior Men’s race Darren Armstrong and Aaron Heaney battled it out with Armstrong eventual winner of that category. Winter Damp Dash League - Race 4 (14/02/08) Race 4 was held on 14th February with some great times being posted. Once again top spot in the Senior Men’s race was very close with only five seconds separating first and second positions. Colm Quigley was first out of the water just ahead of Garry O’Donnell. O’Donnell managed to pull slightly ahead on the run to give him overall top spot with Quigley in second. Darren Deehan made up third place and Paul McConnellogue took first in the Male Vets category ahead of Paul McGilloway and Packy Deehan. The Senior Women’s was again won by Eimear O’Brien putting in her fastest swim time so far and coming fourth place overall. Liza-Jane Jorque took second place and Roisin Lynch won the Female Vets category. Race 5 of the Damp Dash League will take place on Thursday 6th March. Registration at Templemore Sports Complex from 6.45pm. 2008 Race Calender Take a look at the 2008 Race Calender and Fixtures page. The fixtures page and the calender will be updated at times during the season, so please check regularly. The 2008 membership form is now available for download. Please visit the Membership page for more information. Naas Wheelworx Dirty Weekend Duathlon Series Congratulations to Eimear “Don’t mess with me” O’Brien and Sean “Fingers” McFadden who competed at the Naas Wheelworx Duathlon at the weekend. Sean had a great race to come away with top spot while Eimear also put in a fine performance to come second in the women’s race. Eimear also competed in the first race of this series back in January and again raced well for second place behind Elena Maslova. The next race in this series takes place on Sunday 9th March. Check out www.naaswheelworxtc.com for a full race report and results. Results to follow... Winter Damp Dash League - Race 3 (17/01/08) Shaking off the Christmas excess we had another great turnout for Race 3 of the Damp Dash League. In his fastest swim time of the league so far Colm Quigley was yet again first out of the water in the senior men’s race with David Doherty and Garry O’Donnell following close behind. Joanne Doran led the senior women out of the water ahead of Eimear O’Brien and Aoife Logan. Gerry McDermott took the lead in the male vets race with Peter McLaughlin chasing him. O’Donnell led the field home on the run and took top spot overall with only a second separating himself and Quigley with Paul McConnellogue coming through for third place. O’Brien again ran well to take first place overall in the women’s race with Doran and Logan taking second and third respectively. In the vets race McLaughlin posted the faster run time but McDermott still held the overall led for first place. Race 4 of the Damp Dash League takes place on Thursday 14th February ’08 at Templemore Sports Complex. Registration from 5.45pm. Winter Damp Dash League - Race 2 (6/12/07) Race 2 of the Damp Dash League took place on the 6th December. In the swim Colm Quigley again saw himself in 1st position with Paul McConnellogue and Darren Deehan hot on his heals. Rita McGlinchey was first female out of the water with only four seconds separating her and Eimear O’Brien. Despite the driving rain outside the hardy competitors took to the road for the 2 mile run. In the Senior Mens race Quigley finished this leg by a more comfortable margin to take first position making it two wins out of two in the League. McConnellogue and Deehan held their positions to make up 2nd and 3rd places respectively. In the Senior Ladies race O’Brien turned things around posting the 2nd fastest run time overall and followed Quigley in making it her second win in two League races with McGlinchey taking second place. Gerry McDermott took first place in the Male Vets category and in the Junior Mens race Darren Armstrong and Aaron Heaney battled it out with Armstrong eventually winning this category also making it two wins in a row for him. Race 3 of the Damp Dash League takes place on Thursday, 17th January 2008 at Templemore Sports Complex. Registration from 5.45pm. Winter
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NWTC’s Colm Quigley and Garry O’Donnell continued their closely fought Damp Dash races with only seconds separating them in the first run. Quigley put some time between them on the bike and finished with a strong run to take top spot with O’Donnell taking second place. North West’s Aileen Morrison gave the boys a run for their money coming in with them off the first run and posting the fastest second run time to win the women’s race. Anne Neary came second and also was first local female home. Owen McKinney was first local male home and the relay team race was won by a McDevitt/Crawford combination.
Aileen
Morrison from the Northwest Triathlon Club realised her major goal
last weekend by winning the Irish Triathlon Championships held in
Ballyronan, Co. Derry. Despite the poor weather conditions, Aileen
had a near prefect race. Exiting the 1500m lake swim alongside her
one of her main rivals Claire Connor from Hi-elbow in 20 minutes
exactly. During the 40km bike leg, which is normally her weakest
discipline, Morrison was able to put some ground between herself
and Connor starting the 10km run with a slight lead. After a strong
bike leg, Elena Maslova from Dublin’s Piranha club had narrowed
the gap and was close on their heels in 3rd spot at the start of
the run. Maslova charged her way through the run, passing Connor,
but a strong run from Aileen was enough to hold her off to break
the tape and take the Irish title in a personal best time of 2 hrs
11 minutes 23seconds. Less than 50 seconds separated the top 3 positions
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