Spokes Duathlon Tramore – 2011

Report by Robin Stubbs of Transition Events.

Saturday saw the fourth running of what is now one of Irelands largest Duathlon on the seafront in Tramore, when over 200 competitors took to the start line in glorious Spring sunshine.

Martin Kirwan (Waterford Triathlon) picking up 1st place for the 2nd year in a row.

Following a week of dreadful weather the omens were not good for a favourable day on Saturday. However morning broke and the southeast was resplendent with Tramore Bay acting as the perfect setting for this early season challenge. There were athletes of all abilities present from all over the country and all were eager to tackle the 3 km run, 16km bike and then 3 km run.

The race got of to a frantic start as the large field sped out through The Gap and headed towards Riverstown. Brain Murphy of Carrick AC was the early pacesetter as the rest of the field struggled to stay with his blistering pace. Brian led into T1 but the chasing pack was not far behind as Jim Baldwin and Martin Kirwan of Waterford Tri were within striking distance and indeed found themselves hotly pursued by Carrick man Kevin Shelley, Carlow Tri`s Keith Heary and a host of local athletes all keen to shine on home turf.

No time was wasted in T1 as the athletes quickly substituted their trainers for cycling shoes and made a quick exit. The bike course has been improved this year with the recent resurfacing of the main Tramore Road. New roads or not there was a strong northerly wind to deal with but as they say, ..“it’s the same wind for everyone!..”

Defending champion Martin Kirwan used all his experience and power in the bike leg to establish a healthy lead over Keith Heary with Kevin Shelley back in third closely followed by Eddie O`Donughue. In the ladies category there was a titanic tussle developing between “superVet” Niamh Richardson, Catherine Brown of Carrick Tri and her clubmate Diane Behan. There were also strong performances from local stalwarts of the Triathlon scene as Garry McCarthy again showed his endurance and experience as he gradually made his way up through the field.

Local Tramore lads were also to the fore. Tramore “Metalman” Triathlon winner in 2010, Tadhag Cronin was holding a top 10 spot and a relative novice of this event Paul Ogle was also well placed in the top 15.

As the race leaders headed out on the final run leg Marin Kirwan was in pole position and it was a lead he was not going to let slip as he romped home in a new course record of 45.23, knocking 36 seconds off his previous record which he set in 2010. Can anyone stop this man! Keith Heary maintained second and Kevin Shelley was third.

In the ladies, Niamh Richardson pulled away from Catherine Brown to claim the ladies title with Diane Behan in third. Stefan Green was first of the male Vets and Carrick tri won the relay event.

This year saw the largest participation of juniors ever and is a sign of the popularity that the sport now has. Pierre de Lesatar was the first Junior over the line with a remarkable time of 51.41 which was 21st overall.

The event grows bigger by the year and has become a part of the calendar in the seaside resort which large numbers of the public turning out in support. As always with this event there is a charity aspect to it. This year’s nominated cause was Down

syndrome Ireland.

A big thank you to Sportiff Waterford Cycling Club who helped out with the marshalling, Tramore Order of Malta, Tramore Garda, T-Bay Surf Centre and indeed our lead sponsor, Spokes Cycles.

Check out www.transitionsevents.com and www.spokes.ie for all results and photos.

See you in the summer for the Specialized 3 bay Challenge!

Results

Spokes Tramore Duathlon results in excel format.

Pos.	No.	Time	Name	Club		Cat
1	445	45.23	Martin Kirwan	Waterford Tri	M	30-39
2	464	45.51	Keith Heary	Carlow Tri	M	30-39
3	502	46.06	Kevin Shelley		M	30-39
4	382	46.39	Eddie O`Donoghue		M	30-39
5	443	46.4	Tim Mahony	Midelton	M	30-39
6	498	47.46	Tadhag Cronin	Piranha Tri	M	20-29
7	475	48.53	John McDonald	Waterford Tri	M	30-39
8	538	49.01	Stefan Green	Waterford Tri	M	V
9	486	49.05	Barry Lambe	Waterford Tri	M	30-39
10	298	49.21	Brian Murphy	Carrick AC	M	30-39
11	391	49.33	Gerard Conlon	Waterford Tri	M	30-39
12	507	50.19	John Casey	Carrick Tri	M	V
13	394	50.21	Paul Ogle		M	30-39
14	330	50.24	Michael Moloney	Waterford Tri	M	30-39
15	492	50.27	Trevor Robinson		M	20-29
16	410	50.34	Jim Baldwin	Waterford Tri	M	30-39
17	405	50.48	Gavin Duffy	Piranha Tri	M	20-29
18	512	51.01	Johnathon Flynn	Midelton CTC	M	30-39
19	530	51.15	Jason Travers	Dungarvan CC	M	30-39
20	426	51.29	Dave Williams		M	V
21	376	51.41	Pierre DeLastar	Sportiff W C C	M	J
22	296	52.08	Tommy Falconer	Carrick AC	M	30-39
23	528	52.09	Paul Wise	Waterford Tri	M	30-39
24	485	52.12	Kyle Barrett		M	20-29
25	544	52.13	Tom Fanning	Comeraghh CC	M	30-39
26	412	52.22	Brendan Murphy		M	30-39
27	243	52.41	Stepehn Butler	Waterford Tri	M	30-39
28	389	52.42	Pat Nolan	Carrick Tri	M	30-39
29	395	52.43	Warren Roche	Carrick Tri	M	20-29
30	508	52.46	Darryl Hale	Waterford Tri	M	V
31	428	52.48	Hugh Byrne	Barrow Wheelers	M	30-39
32	431	52.56	Aidan Bourke	3D Tri	M	20-29
33	387	52.59	Kieran Jackson		M	J
34	434	53.05	Andy Mulligan	Carrick Tri	M	30-39
35	519	53.18	Gary Robinson		M	20-29
36	524	53.2	Morris McCartan	Ennis Tri	M	30-39
37	459	53.26	Graham Loughman	Carrick Tri	M	30-39
38	297	53.27	Eoin Molloy	Kilkenny City	M	30-39
39	521	53.29	Niamh Richardson		F	V
40	390	53.31	Alan Kavanagh	Waterford AC	M	30-39
41	397	53.39	David O`Flaherty	Kilkenny Tri	M	30-39
42	408	53.41	Conor Blackett		M	20-29
43	564	53.56	John O`Connell	Midelton	M	20-29
44	433	54.02	David Grace	Carrick Tri	M	30-39
45	537	54.06	Catherine Brown	Carrick Tri	F	20-29
46	478	54.55	Edward Conway		M	20-29
47	458	54.57	Brian Clery		M	20-29
48	452	54.59	Martin Lydon	Carrick Tri	M	V
49	558	55.01	Derek Nolan	Waterford Tri	M	30-39
50	469	55.04	David Leonard		M	30-39
51	506	55.09	Dermot Power	Waterford Tri	M	V
52	438	55.18	John Griffin	Garda AC	M	30-39
53	468	55.21	Damon Crowley		M	J
54	461	55.38	Dan Kirby		M	20-29
55	467	55.45	Diane Behan	Carrick Tri	F	V
56	295	55.46	Mark Daly	Waterford Tri	M	30-39
57	462	55.51	Pascal Halley	Tramore AC	M	V
58	553	55.54	Tony McMahon		M	V
59	97	55.59	Stephen Gough	Carrick Tri	M	20-29
60	483	56.01	Dean Cunningham		M	20-29
61	514	56.05	Louis O`Carroll	Waterford Tri	M	J
62	513	56.08	Owen Byrne	Waterford Tri	M	V
63	378	56.11	Verena Fenlon	St. Joesephs AC	F	V
64	547	56.14	Larry Swift		M	30-39
65	299	56.17	Henry Smith		M	30-39
66	487	56.24	Pauline Lambe	Waterford Tri	F	V
67	520	56.27	Deirdre Keane		F	V
68	536	56.43	Niall Murphy		M	J
69	491	56.45	Michael Cox		M	V
70	451	56.48	Michael Power	St. Joesephs AC	M	V
71	401	56.54	Conor Geary		M	30-39
72	377	56.56	Gavin Downey		M	20-29
73	465	55.56	Bruce Wardrop	Waterford Tri	M	30-39
74	457	56.57	Conor Fitzgerald		M	20-29
75	450	57.01	Mathew Sills		M	20-29
76	561	57.21	Martin Flynn	Waterford Tri	M	V
77	407	57.22	Tomas Breen	3D Tri	M	20-29
78	413	57.28	Paul Redmond	Carlow Tri	M	30-39
79	430	57.41	Mark Hayes		M	30-39
80	463	57.57	Gavin Fraser		M	V
81	529	58.16	Barry Lynch		M	V
82	388	58.31	Eddie Chan		M	J
83	476	58.35	Austin Henessy		M	30-39
84	420	58.44	Meryvn O`Callaghan	Waterford CC	M	30-39
85	559	58.55	Cathal Lowe	Waterford AC	M	V
86	432	58.57	Brian Mannion		M	30-39
87	470	59.04	Tom Power		M	30-39
88	98	59.05	Brendan Cullinane		M	20-29
89	543	59.13	Jacinta Power	Waterford AC	F	30-39
90	223	59.16	Ken Savage		M	30-39
91	99	59.17	Ray Coady		M	20-29
92	411	59.31	Michael Corbett		M	30-39
93	396	59.36	Liam Dunne	Kilkenny Tri	M	V
94	522	59.49	Andrew Logan	Carrick Tri	M	30-39
95	482	59.49	Brian Cuddihy	Carrick Tri	M	Relay
96	517	59.55	Martin Saunders		M	20-29
97	424	59.56	Liam Quinlan		M	20-29
98	380	1.00.11	Michael O`Farrell		M	30-39
99	415	1.00.12	Chris Gallagher		M	20-29
100	429	1.00.23	Paddy O`Leary	United Striders	M	30-39
101	516	1.00.37	Gerard Power		M	20-29
102	527	1.00.38	Martin Coughlan		M	V
103	449	1.00.41	Billy Goodwin		M	20-29
104	557	1.00.42	Gerard O`Donoghue		M	30-39
105	542	1.00.48	Peter Murphy		M	20-29
106	563	1.00.50	Tony Browne	Carrick Tri	M	V
107	489	1.01.09	Gerard Maher	Waterford Tri	M	V
108	386	1.01.39	Morris Boland	Carrick Tri	M	V
109	525	1.01.42	Liz Nolan	Waterford Tri	F	V
110	207	1.01.54	Fintan Power		M	20-29
111	490	1.01.55	Eimear Mathews	Trilogy Tri	M	V
112	427	1.02.00	Emmett Ronan		M	30-39
113	493	1.02.06	Paul Wynn		M	30-39
114	477	1.02.22	Aidan Dunphy		M	V
115	534	1.02.22	Nellie Haul	Carrick Tri	M	V
116	540	1.02.28	Garry Morrissey		M	20-29
117	383	1.02.45	Alan Cord		M	30-39
118	100	1.02.54	Alan Hanrahan		M	20-29
119	230	1.02.57	Thomas Kinsella	Kilkenny City	M	20-29
120	503	1.03.07	Brian o`Rourke	Waterford Tri	M	30-39
121	421	1.03.18	Diana Stafford	Piranha Tri	M	30-39
122	511	1.03.27	Jerry Sullivan		M	V
123	539	1.03.29	Steven Daly	Waterford Tri	M	20-29
124	384	1.03.36	Robert Butler		M	Relay
125	474	1.03.37	Mark Stafford	Wexford Tri	M	20-29
126	504	1.03.39	Hagredin Abduramani	WIT	M	30-39
127	541	1.03.45	Andrew Daly	Waterford Tri	M	20-29
128	419	1.03.47	Colm Stacey		M	20-29
129	494	1.03.59	Paul Lyng		M	V
130	292	1.04.23	Noel Walsh		M	30-39
131	453	1.04.31	Neill White		M	30-39
132	293	1.04.33	Shelley Brennan	Waterford AC	M	30-39
133	515	1.04.37	Brian Carroll		M	30-39
134	550	1.04.41	Jenifer Wallace	Kilkenny Tri	M	30-39
135	526	1.04.44	Liam Fleming		M	30-39
136	417	1.04.58	Maddie Ronan	Carlow Tri	F	30-39
137	404	1.05.02	Johana Howlett	Piranha Tri	F	20-29
138	454	1.05.17	Edwina Bulter	Waterford Tri	F	V
139	518	1.05.20	Jenny Kervick	Waterford Tri	F	V
140	448	1.05.21	Norma Goggin	Waterford Tri	F	V
141	446	1.05.22	Olive Costello	Waterford Tri	F	V
142	422	1.05.23	Katherine Taordal		F	20-29
143	435	1.05.39	Lynne Hincks		F	30-39
144	398	1.06.03	Joe Ryan		M	20-29
145	331	1.06.06	Kieran McCaffrey	Carrick Tri	M	V
146	481	1.06.14	Micahel Cagney		M	V
147	414	1.06.22	John Stacey		M	20-29
148	556	1.06.38	Paul Fox		M	V
149	473	1.06.42	Fran Traynor		M	V
150	460	1.07.04	Aoife Traynor	Wexford Tri	M	20-29
151	294	1.07.05	Paddy o`Neill	Carrick Tri	M	V
152	496	1.07.13	Ethan Cunningham		M	20-29
153	425	1.07.21	Brendan Boland		M	V
154	455	1.07.22	David White		M	20-29
155	96	1.07.25	Brendan Lyng		M	30-39
156	456	1.07.44	Ray Cass	Barrow Wheelers	M	V
157	403	1.07.46	Seamus Loughane		M	30-39
158	549	1.08.10	Paudie Nash		M	20-29
159	444	1.08.31	Yvonne Lyons		M	V
160	406	1.08.53	Louise Wolfe		F	20-29
161	533	1.08.58	Martin McEvoy		M	30-39
162	385	1.09.36	Denis Leamy		M	30-39
163	472	1.10.01			M
164	531	1.10.25	Tressa traynor	Wexford Tri	F	20-29
165	400	1.10.29	Michael Howlett		M	30-39
166	442	1.10.47	Anette O`Mahony	Waterford Tri	F	30-39
167	562	1.10.50	Ivan Cuddihy		M	V
168	439	1.11.46	Lorraine Moore		F	20-29
169	551	1.11.50	Cora hennessy	Kilkenny Tri	F	30-39
170	479	1.11.54	Rosie Sherwin		F	30-39
171	441	1.21.21	Brian Casey		M	20-29
172	392	1.12.47	Yvonne McCormack	Carrick Tri	F	20-29
173	161	1.13.05	Leigh Ryan		M	20-29
174	409	1.13.10	Siobhan Young		F	20-29
175	555	1.13.22	Zeta Doley		F	30-39
176	554	1.13.27	Cormac McCart	Carrick Tri	M	V
177	560	1.13.55	Sandra Campion		F	30-39
178	548	1.14.01	Vanessa Phelan		F	30-39
179	484	1.14.20	Cunningham		M	Relay
180	393	1.14.21	Naimh Hayes		F	30-39
181	505	1.14.35	Aileen Hayes		F	30-39
182	501	1.14.37	Garry McCarthy	Carrick Tri	M	V
183	545	1.15.02	Debbie Dooley		F	30-39
184	495	1.17.32	James Brown	Wexford Tri	M	30-39
185	488	1.17.55	Emer Flynn		F	30-39
186	423	1.18.13	Sharon Roche		F	30-39
187	416	1.18.22	Eoin Budds		M	20-29
188	440	1.19.41	Sorcha de Bacun		F	20-29
189	546	1.20.05	Joanne McCabe		F	20-29
190	406	1.20.08	Louise Wolfe		F	20-29
191	523	1.20.10	Kevin Nolan		M	V
192	381	1.20.44	Mossie Quaid		M	V
193	379	1.21.11	Claire O`Sullivan		F	30-39
194	535	1.22.04	Ruth Hannon		F	20-29
195	480	1.23.15	Joe Fitzgerald		M	V
196	497	1.23.15	Graham Farrell		M	V
197	510	1.24.16	Jerry Buckley		M	V
198	418	1.25.42	Ita-Marie Dunne		F	20-29
199	552	1.26.16	Niamh Trihy	Waterford AC	F	V
200	471	1.35.01	Aoife Garrett		F	20-29
201	10	1.39.50	Leoine Forristal		F	30-39
202	509	1.42.06	Leela O`Shea		F	V
203	532	1.42.07	Claire Bulfin		F	30-39