Dear Member/Guest
May I first of all wish you a belated Happy New Year and trust you're now well into your 2012 preparations for another rewarding year in Triathlon.

I am now posting in connection with the 2012 Membership fees for Olympian Triathlon Club. I have attached a word document setting out the Membership categories for the forthcoming year. These are essentially broken down into four groups:

(i) Competing Members using the swimming facilities at Olympia Leisure Centre;
(ii) Competing Members not using the swimming facilities at Olympia Leisure Centre;

Congratulations to everyone who took part in Irelands first Ironman event. There are days when you earn your stripes and Sunday 4th September was one of them. With very windy conditions the organisers were forced to shorten the swim and in the end most people were very happy they did so. The water was very choppy and with a strong wind coming in off the sea it made for a difficult start to the race. The wind helped competitors on the out-leg of the bike course to Maam Cross in Connemara. The return leg was a different story with strong winds and rain to contend with.

Carlingford – Double trouble

Well done to Paul Carroll who successfully defended his 2010 Carlingford Triathlon victory. Paul took the lead early in the bike leg and went on to win by nearly four minutes.
Jim Cooke won the Super Vets with another strong performance. Commenting afterwards on the race he said ‘I had another good bike!’
Results below
Pos Name Finish Cat Gen pos swim T1 Cycle T2 Run
1 Paul Carroll 02:05:25 vet 1 00:24:24 00:00:50 01:04:03 00:00:36 00:35:29
12 Graham Barr 02:16:11 30-39 12 00:25:49 00:00:55 01:11:16 00:00:31 00:37:36

Hi Folks,

My name is Neville O'Neill, I'm the race director from Olympian Triathlon Club and I’m organising the Mourne Triathlon for 2012.  I wanted to let you know that Mourne is now open for entry, details are below.  I’m contacting everyone from the 2011 entries first to give you the chance of getting in early and having first chance before it really starts to heat up

I was the race organiser for the event in 2011 and I'm taking the task on again with the main goal of putting on a safe, enjoyable and challenging event.  We've done a lessons learnt on the 2011 event and taken all the feedback people gave us as we feel it's important to put on an event everyone can enjoy and feel it's good value for money.  

So what will 2012 bring?  Well for starters it's the same cost as last year £45 for single entries and £70 for relay.  We've also moved the race to July 7th this year and we've also been granted National Series status.  We are at present the only Olympic distance event in Northern Ireland with National Series status.  This will give people a chance to score NS points for the 2012 year.  We are in talks with sponsorship companies and we are going to ensure the goodie bags are well supplied this year.

The event was moved from August to July as the original date clashed with the Women's Olympic event in London and we didn't want to risk stealing the spotlight from that event :)

Details so far:

Event Date - July 7th 2012 10am start

Full Olympic Distance (National Series) - Entry https://www.triathlonireland-newserver.com/local-races.html

Closed Roads

One of the most beautiful race locations in Ireland

Both single & Relay entries available

I look forward to seeing you all in July for what I hope to be an enjoyable race for everyone

Until then stay safe and happy training :)

You can check out of web-site for race details and updates

http://www.otcbelfast.com/node/28 or on Facebook for the latest news at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000773128445

Kind regards,

Neville