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Portaferry Triathlon 2011 – Triathlon NI

Portaferry Triathlon Race Report by the Real Triathlon Club.

“Sunny weather and a gentle breeze this year greeted competitors at the Portaferry Triathlon for a swim accross from Strangford lough the worlds 2nd fastest moving stretch of sea water and Triathlons hardest sea swim. Entry limit was 110 so the race was full. A flotilla of safety boats, kayaks and water skis escorted the athletes accross the 1km, 60 metre deep “narrows”. A 2 lap cycle with the first half on a hilly inland route and then on the Coast rd was the next challenge then. back to a huge crowd of supporters in the town for a 2 lap run on the rest of the Coast rd. Hawaii Ironman bound Alistair Duffield, Real triathlon retained his title at Portaferry in 1.22.15 from Galway Ironman bound Chris Speers, Peninsula 1.28.34 and Greg Foster 1.30.56.

 Trudy Brown, Real Triathlon, also retained her title in 1.30.57 with clubmate Kathryn Bell on the podium again in 1.44.38 and Claire Scott, Peninsula rounding off her comeback season with another podium in 3rd 1.47.09. East Down took the honours in the relay 1.28.32 from Kerry Spears Peninsula relay team 1.32.33 with Caroline McParlands Peninsula team 1.36.20. in 3rd.

Rachel Hughes, Peninsula, Julie Stewart, Real Triathlon, Orla McElroy, Jacinta Doyle, Castlewellan, Wayne Morrow, Glenarm, Tony McNulty, Olympian, Rodney Young, Triangle, Chuck Russell, Peninsula all finished first in their age groups.”
Portaferry Triathlon is organised by the ‘Real Triathlon club’. Distances were swim 1k, cycle 32k & run 8k.

 

 

 

 

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Portaferry Triathlon Results 2011

PosNameswimcycleruntotal
1Alistair Duffield01:22:15,
2East Down Relay01:28:32
3Chris Speers00:13:16.000:49:32.000:25:48.001:28:34.0
4Greg Foster00:12:43.000:51:48.000:26:25.001:30:56.0
5Trudy Brown00:13:42.000:49:16.000:28:00.001:30:57.0
6Wayne Morrow00:16:09.000:49:10.000:25:58.001:31:16.0
7Kerry Speers Relay01:32:33
8Tony McNulty00:15:20.000:51:11.000:26:37.001:33:07.0
9Rodney Young01:34:46
10Matt Armstrong00:16:07.000:50:40.000:29:05.001:35:52.0
11Mark Hanna00:18:57.000:48:54.000:28:12.001:36:02.0
12Caroline McFarland Relay01:36:20
13Gareth Love00:15:13.000:51:38.000:30:36.001:37:26.0
14Stephen Guy00:18:43.000:51:27.000:27:24.001:37:33.0
15Sean Paul Hughes00:16:46.000:54:49.000:26:35.001:38:09.0
16Ryan Craig00:14:38.000:55:40.000:27:55.001:38:11.0
17Chris Ross00:19:19.000:52:00.000:26:55.001:38:13.0
18Malcolm Robinson00:20:37.000:49:11.000:28:53.001:38:40.0
19Graeme Purdy00:24:14.000:49:01.000:26:30.001:39:44.0
20Bryan McFarland00:20:16.000:51:06.000:28:25.001:39:46.0
21David Losty00:20:14.000:54:16.000:25:35.001:40:04.0
22Fiach O'Shea00:17:39.000:53:51.000:29:48.001:41:17.0
23Chuck Russell00:17:43.000:53:21.000:30:47.001:41:49.0
24Gary McDonald00:19:41.000:54:38.000:28:17.001:42:35.0
25East Down Relay01:42:46
26David Rodgers00:14:58.000:56:50.000:32:04.001:43:51.0
27Michael McLernon00:21:34.000:53:56.000:28:39.001:44:07.0
28John Caithness01:44:13
29Kathryn Bell00:17:26.000:55:53.000:31:20.001:44:38.0
30Richard Campbell00:16:28.000:57:52.000:30:20.001:44:39.0
31George Graham00:19:05.000:55:19.000:30:47.001:45:10.0
32mark hanna00:21:20.000:55:34.000:28:27.001:45:19.0
33Greg Mason00:21:06.000:54:39.000:29:36.001:45:20.0
34Tobias McMurray00:22:11.000:54:02.000:29:20.001:45:32.0
35Andrew Gilmer00:21:31.000:54:59.000:29:44.001:46:13.0
36frederic mineur00:17:35.000:57:40.000:30:59.001:46:14.0
37Chris Barry01:46:58
38Claire Scott00:17:20.000:57:15.000:32:35.001:47:09.0
39Tony Wilcox00:19:28.000:58:45.000:29:06.001:47:18.0
40Stephen Whelan01:47:30
41D. Paul Harkin00:19:49.000:54:46.000:32:57.001:47:31.0
42Andrew Hanna00:21:37.000:55:08.000:30:49.001:47:32.0
43Paul Alexander00:19:59.000:55:37.000:32:07.001:47:41.0
44Rachel Hughes00:17:25.000:59:12.000:31:24.001:47:59.0
45Brendan McNamara00:16:59.001:01:23.000:30:10.001:48:30.0
46Richard Patterson00:18:36.000:57:38.000:33:26.001:49:39.0
47Andrew Coggins00:20:38.000:58:38.000:30:41.001:49:55.0
48Richard Graham00:24:22.000:57:23.000:28:21.001:50:05.0
49Peter Thompson00:19:12.000:59:37.000:31:45.001:50:33.0
50kieran trainor00:18:40.000:59:27.000:32:49.001:50:55.0
51David Balmer00:18:09.000:58:30.000:34:59.001:51:37.0
52Roger Boyd00:21:35.000:53:22.000:36:53.001:51:50.0
53Michael Tweedie Relay01:51:50
54Julie Stewart00:17:18.000:59:47.000:34:59.001:52:03.0
55Shaun Bolton00:20:26.000:59:26.000:32:14.001:52:05.0
56Brian Duggan00:22:12.000:56:31.000:33:24.001:52:06.0
57Andrew Thompson00:18:19.001:00:12.000:34:45.001:53:14.0
58david mcconnell00:23:45.000:57:05.000:32:34.001:53:22.0
59Michael Galloway00:20:28.001:00:10.000:33:29.001:54:06.0
60Orla McElroy00:21:40.000:59:57.000:32:34.001:54:10.0
61John McKirgan00:20:47.001:00:40.000:33:11.001:54:37.0
62Lewis Waterworth01:54:45
63Kenneth Hughes00:24:44.001:00:27.000:30:34.001:55:44.0
64Katy Best01:55:50
65Ian McConkey00:28:31.000:57:04.000:30:24.001:55:58.0
66Barry Kilmartin00:20:48.000:59:07.000:36:06.001:56:00.0
67Mark Mcintyre00:22:07.001:00:14.000:33:51.001:56:12.0
68Gabriel Bell00:23:10.001:02:13.000:31:17.001:56:39.0
69Kevin Dynan00:20:41.001:02:25.000:34:14.001:57:18.0
70David Jennings00:20:55.000:58:58.000:37:58.001:57:50.0
71John O'Neill00:25:40.001:02:09.000:31:12.001:59:01.0
72Katherine Lorrimer00:23:00.001:05:01.000:33:03.002:01:03.0
73John Graham00:26:23.001:02:11.000:32:33.002:01:05.0
74Chris Moffett00:23:12.001:08:08.000:30:51.002:02:10.0
75Brian Sinclair00:22:13.001:01:55.000:38:25.002:02:32.0
76Jacinta Doyle00:22:09.001:06:06.000:35:09.002:03:23.0
77Ryan McTier00:20:59.000:54:37.000:47:59.002:03:34.0
78Michael McMullan00:23:30.001:03:25.000:36:59.002:03:53.0
79Barry Dick00:23:48.001:04:14.000:36:10.002:04:10.0
80Jenny Magill00:28:36.001:02:50.000:33:08.002:04:32.0
81Clarke Browne00:22:10.001:06:47.000:35:40.002:04:36.0
82Lauren Quinn Relay02:04:50
83Jonathan Fahey00:29:41.001:00:51.000:35:26.002:05:57.0
84Andrew Dick00:22:26.001:04:21.000:40:10.002:06:56.0
85Gary Laverty02:07:01
86Raymond Milligan00:32:23.001:03:19.000:31:46.002:07:27.0
87Diane McKee00:29:35.001:05:45.000:32:28.002:07:47.0
88David Allen00:29:11.001:06:06.000:32:32.002:07:48.0
89Maura Concagh00:25:12.001:07:43.000:35:39.002:08:34.0
90David Higgins00:31:40.001:03:42.000:34:04.002:09:24.0
91Kevin Mc Carthy00:20:50.001:16:51.000:34:25.002:12:06.0
92Richard McGreevy00:30:32.001:09:07.000:33:09.002:12:47.0
93David Law00:30:41.001:07:40.000:35:05.002:13:25.0
94Philip Orr00:28:52.001:05:52.000:41:33.002:16:16.0
95Helen Rose00:29:57.001:10:31.000:41:11.002:21:38.0
96Lesley Archer00:33:33.001:07:10.000:43:09.002:23:51.0
97Michelle Murphy00:29:53.001:10:40.000:45:59.002:26:32.0
98Eamonn Hamill00:26:08.000:58:16.000:40:36.0.02.05.00
99Desi McHenryDNF
100Mark DiamondDNF
101Michael MonaghanDNF
102Jonathan FayDNS
103Elle ForrestDNS
104Mark GallowayDNS
105Robert GriffinDNS
106Judith BurnsDNS

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