03/07/2023
Midlands Aquathon Series, Coosan, Athlone 28th June 2023.
Athlone Triathlon Club
A huge thank you to Mike & John Halpin for the GoPro & Aerial Footage, and the technical support on the day.
Club Statement Below.
[MIDLANDS AQUATHON SERIES - ATHLONE]
(Results and photo gallery here;
https://linktr.ee/Athlone_Triathlon_Club )
It was a buzz to welcome racing back to our home ground, Coosan Point! Round 4 of the Midlands Aquathon Series provided an evening of superb racing, camaraderie, teamwork, craic and banter and a brilliant atmosphere all around!
It was our pleasure to host the penultimate race, in the Series, and welcome 113 of our friends and fellow athletes from Lough Key Triathlon Club Lanesboro Triathlon Club Longford Triathlon Club Midland Triathlon Club Westport Triathlon Wexford Triathlon Club Castlebar Triathlon Club Tullamore Triathlonclub to the shores of . The weather was on point, the swim fresh and calm and the run a tasty little challenge as always every athlete on the course raced their hearts out with some awesome photo finishes. Huge congratulations and well done to everyone for crossing the line
Congratulations to our podium finishers for the evening;
Sprint - Males
Ciaran Madden Longford TC
Adrian Carroll Tullamore TC
Cole Phelan Tullamore TC
Sprint - Females
Hilary Hughes Westport TC
Niamh Murphy Wexford TC
Elaine Lally Lanesboro TC
Try-A-Tri - Maura Dervin Lanesboro TC
Relay Team - Margaret & Colin Longford TC
Athlone TC
1st Male home - Sam Fox
1st Female home - Lynette Costello
We would very much like to extend our sincere thanks to a number of people, who without their help, dedication and time, the event would not have been possible. To all our many clubmates, family and friends for giving up an entire evening to marshal and volunteer, helping ensure a smooth and safe event for all involved. To Carita and her amazing team at the Lough Ree Inn for generously sponsoring our event and hosting us for registration and the after-race gathering. To Trevor at MyMilkman, Garrett and Sabine at the Sheraton Athlone Hotel and Darren at Brennan & McNally's Centra Athlone who sponsored our spread of refreshments. To Robbie and all the Athlone Sub Aqua Club who volunteered their time and provided amazing water safety support and assistance. And to our wonderful team of photographers and videographers, AC Sports Images - Aerial Vision Ireland, Mike & John Halpin for capturing the event perfectly; we can’t wait to see the final edits!
And lastly to our incredible clubmates who showed out in force once again to represent and race for their club; Lynette, Sam, Cormac, Tom, Aoife M, Alan, Inga, Brendan, Toine, Brian, Ian, Alan D, Jenny, Martina, Jenny, Colette, Kieran, Ronan, Donna, Jan, Alannah, Pat G, Pat F, - ye smashed it!
https://youtu.be/GNwCP6gRWnY
Midlands Aquathon Series, Coosan, Athlone 28th June 2023.Compilation On Behalf Of; Athlone Triathlon Club. Athlone Triathlon Club4 days ago · [MIDLANDS AQUA...