Belpark at TI Awards Dinner

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Belpark at TI Awards Dinner 0

October 24th, 2011

Triathlon Ireland held its annual awards dinner on Saturday 22nd October in the Aviva Stadium, Dublin and some of the Belpark members went along to enjoy the festivites and pick up some well deserved prizes too. Special guests on the night were the Brownlee brothers who generously gave their time on the night for a Q and A session ably chaired by Bryan Keane. They were also on hand for a few photos.

The Brownlee brothers with some of the Belpark ladies squad

A number of Belpark members picked up age groups prizes for National Series and National Championships Sprint, Olympic and Middle Distance races

We also won the Ladies Club Championships and Mixed Club Championships award.

Deirdre O'Toole, Ellen Murphy, Helen French and Rebecca Byrne with Femal Club Champs award. Missing from picture are Laura Keane and Julie-Anne Bowden (photo courtesy of Gordon Thomson)

Kevin Keane, Ellen Murphy, Deirdre O'Toole, Stephen Early and Bill McCormack with the Mixed Club Champs Award. Missing from picture is Julie-Anne Bowden (photo courtesy of Gordon Thomson)

Belpark Club members with Johnny Brownlee

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Belpark Ladies win National Series Club Championship Title 2011 0

October 7th, 2011

Belpark Ladies have won the National Series Club Championships, with a 25 point victory over Pulse Tri Club, and Piranha in 3^rd. The result went right down to the wire, with victory only secured in the last race of the season in Belmullet. The six scoring ladies on the team were:

Julie Ann Bowden who was top scorer and had 3 podiums at National Series races

Ellen Murphy who won the Belpark Ladies Championships in her home race in Dunmore and took 2^nd place in TriAthlone Olympic.

Deirdre O’Toole who won TriAthlone Olympic and finished 6th at Olympic National Championships in Lough Neagh

Laura Keane, who after puncturing in Dublin Tri, extended her training for another month so that she could race in Belmullet to complete 5 NS races, and ensure Belpark won the overall champs.

Helen French had impressive improvements in her bike and run times from the 2010 season.

Rebecca Byrne who started the season in Athy as a complete beginner, and improved with every race, becoming the vital 6^th scorer on the team.

Julie Ann, Ellen and Deirdre also finished in the overall top 10 in the National Series Female rankings.

There were a number of other Belpark Ladies who contributed greatly to team spirit and who made podiums at multi-sport events during the season including Sarah Lane, Anne McGrane, Eimear Fitzmaurice, Laoise Griffin, Niamh Connolly, Barbara Hanrahan. Special mention must also go to Ellen Vitting and Grainne Connor who both recorded debut sub 12 hr Ironman. Hopefully all these ladies will be available and injury free to race in National Series in 2012.

Because no doubt other clubs are already looking to 2012 and how to wrestle the trophy from us. However we do have a few aces up our sleeves, with the hopeful return from injury of top triathlete Barbara Hanrahan, and perhaps our two class duathletes Eilis Connery & Catherine Devitt can be persuaded to hit the pool over the winter!!

Special thanks is due to John Caffrey, Brian Crinion, Stephen McBride, Eamon Tilley, Liam Dunne, Mick Bolger and Rathfarnham Athletic Club who contributed to ladies coaching sessions during the year. For information on ladies training events: contact Ellen Murphy (ellenwaterford@yahoo.com) or Deirdre O’Toole (deirdreotoole0@gmail.com) or drop along to any of our training sessions.