Newry Triathlon Club

Many thanks to all who participated and assisted with the smooth runnin of todays race;

See attached results;

Constructive feedback would be appreciated;

regards

Race Committee

Fantastic first event really well organised. Well done all involved. went of so well.
Great to be a part of it

Gerry said it all! Thank you guys so much for making my first tri back this year so much fun! i smiled from start to finish!! Lovely setting and very friendly marshalling from start to finish! Hopefully see yous all soon again!

Luke

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Many thanks to all those who supported this event- this encapsulates a vast number of people from the competitors to the marshals, to the supporters and the members of our club who spent so much time preparing and giving up their own time and indeed resources to make this event happen. I have spoken with quite a few of the competitors who remarked on the super marshaling and support, thank you.

I would like to thank our sponsors and also the committee of Fiddler's Green for allowing us to join in the festival ( and Rostrevor GAA for the use of the premises and Jacqueline Morgan for the refreshments):

Bellini's
The Whistledown
Canal Court
Gerard Nolan- physio
Mourne Fitness
Shane McKeown accountants
M&M Services Ltd.
Blue Seventy
Rosemary Connolly Solicitors
The Shelbourne Bakery

There was a huge input from club members and their families- with transition (pete q, paddy duffy, stephen morgan, paul mccann, tony bagnall, niall fitzpatrick, david o'prey, sean f, pearse mckeever, ciaran hughes, milo, padriag mallon, liam hutchinson, mick dunford, eamon campbell, ken behan, to name a few). Many thanks to Catherine Murphy and Patricia McParland for their invaluable assistance with registration (and to Eithne Murphy and Maria Hughes on Sunday). Can I also thank Connor Murphy for his help on the day at the finish line. Thanks also to Spacer (neil mcdoanld) for all his help with PR and sponsorship and to Michelle McKeown and our mayor Mick Murphy from the council for all their help.

There are a few members of the committee that need a special mention- Paul McCann, is there anything that this man can not do! Thanks for all your assistance with transition, making bike rakes, prizes (and the list goes on) and indeed Lorraine for the lovely banana and chocolate bread. Thanks to Louise Watters and our own Delia I mean Deirdre Dunford for all the delicious buns in the club after the event.

Padraig and Milo had a fantastic swim route for us which had great boat and kayak cover, well done lads.

The road marking was first class and kept us all going and indeed laughing. The bike route was tough but enjoyable, well done Ciaran Hughes, first class, well organised.

Sean the run route was a great success and allowed spectators to see the agony!! The water stations were well manned and the route was well marked. The fabulous support and cheers kept us all going ( On a personal note I must mention Elaine Hughes, Caitriona Courtney and Ashley Martin, thanks girls).

David O'Prey has invested a huge amount of hours into the organisation of this event, with Pete Quinn (both behind the scenes with the police, parades commission, council, triathlon ireland and dare I mention the forestry and on the day and for the set up) and without his solid contribution the event would not have taken place, thanks David.

Last but my no means least, the final word has to go to Pete Quinn, our race director. What an event!! Well done Pete, huge success. This man spent all of last week preparing for this event and chasing up people and things, in fact he has probably spent the last 6 months chasing people and getting the event organised. Dedicated to the last, campting out to ensure the safe keeping of the transition area. What more can be said really. Pete, first class event.

I could keep going on and on (and generally do), but I'll sign off here and await the Hell of the Mournes 2011 Part Deux.

That was simply superb from start to finish, and i don't just mean the race. I mean all of you who made this possible. From a competitors point of view it was one of the best i've been to. From idea to execution i really take my hat off to you all. You are a credit to the club.
Ross Collins. Magnificent. Its good to see you on top of the podium. A worthy winner. However, you need to work on your victory tumble!
Look at the 'About Us' section of this website written by Tony 'T' Bagnall. 'The Newry Triathlon Club was once the best club in the nation'. With the people we have driving this club there's no reason why we cant replace 'was once' with 'IS'. Onwards and upwards.

Fair play to you Ken. Straight back to work after the race. Man of Steel.

WOW! That was some race. Congrats to everyone who took part yesterday. The rest of us sit in awe of you all!
Congrats to all the organisers also. There has been nothing but positive feedback, praise and promises of people returning next year with all their mates in tow. It's all thanks to your hard work and dedication. You left nothing to chance.

Fair play to you all!!!

Thanks for all the kind words,

JD you must be very bored on your hols reading up this non GAA stuff! Thanks for your comments.
Hope you enjoy the rest of the hols!

regards

Sean

Yes,

Have a look at this link....more to follow (I've hit my maximum download already so may have to facebook them instead). If you know somebody please feel free to tag them on the photos.

Cheers to all who ran an unbelievable event yesterday. It ran like clockwork. Sean, you taking the straw hat to Germany ??

http://www.flickr.com/photos/liamhutchy/

Cheers
LiamHutchy

Not a good day, a GREAT day. Thanks Pete & co. From Mark & Roisin

A loads of photos for your perusal-

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=194350&id=779781739

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=194350&id=779781739#!/album.php?aid=194363&id=779781739

There are 2 folders so hava look!

LiamHutchy

Hutchy if you didn't stop atop of spelga to take all them pictures you would have had by far the fastest bike split!

An absolutely fanastic event and a tribute to each of the organisers and the Newry Tri Club. I can honestly not think of anything that could be improved or modified (what can ya really do about jelly fish!), it was just a pleasure to be involved from registration right through to celebratory drinks in Rostrevor that night. Organisers, marshalls, police, spectators everyone was fantastic and there was a real buzz amongst the competitors who knew they were taking part in something special and were encouraging each other. The toughest and most enjoyable triathlon ive done or seen and ive no doubt there will be huge demand for places next year. Well done and thanks.