Nat Series Races 2016

Kurt_Godel

16/04/2016 North Tipp Sprint Sprint Nenagh Tipperary Intervarsity Champs
24/04/2016 Sligo Tri Pool Sprint Triathlon Sprint Sligo Sligo
22/05/2016 Tri 795 Carlow Sprint Carlow Carlow
29/05/2016 The Gauntlet Half Iron Middle Galway Galway
05/06/2016 Up the Creek Sprint Kilrush Clare
11/06/2016 Fastnet Eurospar Triathlon Sprint Schull, Cork Cork
11/06/2016 Westport Triathlon Sprint Westport Sligo
19/06/2016 Firmus Energy City of Derry Sprint Derry City Derry
25/06/2016 Hell of the West Standard Kilkee Clare National Champs
10/07/2016 Wicklow Town Black Castle Standard Wicklow Town Wicklow
16/07/2016 Two Proviences Sprint Lanesboro Longford National Champs
23/07/2016 King of the Hill Sprint Kinsale Cork
23/07/2016 Top of the Mourne Standard Rostrevor Down
09/07/2016 I Tri 2016 Sprint Ennis Clare
31/07/2016 Loughrea Sprint Triathlon Sprint Loughrea Galway
31/07/2016 Belfast Titanic Triathlon Standard Belfast Belfast
06/08/2016 Sligo Triathlon Standard Hazelwood Sligo
13/08/2016 Caroline Kearney Standard Mullingar Westmeath
13/08/2016 Lough Neagh Triathlon Sprint Ballyronan Londonderry
20/08/2016 Tri the Hook Sprint Fethard on Sea Wexford
28/08/2016 Vodafone Dublin City Triathlon Standard Phoenix Park Dublin
03/09/2016 The Lost Sheep Middle Kenmare Kerry National Champs
10/09/2016 Blacksod Point Challenge Triathlon Standard Belmullet Mayo
11/09/2016 Jailbreak Triathlon Standard Cork Cork
17/09/2016 Pulse Port Beach Triathlon Sprint Clogherhead Louth

MojoMaker

At last they have seen the light regarding Athy.

toomuchdetail

Great to see Nenagh back where it belongs , delighted too that Westport got our NS again .

Kurt_Godel

A new race from Wicklow Town... presume its Wicklow Tri Club, anyone have info?

BTH

It's about bloody time Lanesboro got the national Sprint champs. Longford being the spiritual home of triathlon in Ireland and all that

sporteamon3

Good to see dates for NS races published so early. As one season finishes time to start planning the next.

RacoonQueen

Kurt_Godel wrote: »

A new race from Wicklow Town... presume its Wicklow Tri Club, anyone have info?

Came on to look for info on that. Handy one for not having to travel far/stay overnight for an olympic

EC1000

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Came on to look for info on that. Handy one for not having to travel far/stay overnight for an olympic

I can think of another one but you never show up!!

RacoonQueen

EC1000 wrote: »

I can think of another one but you never show up!!

On my list. I keep giving money I don't have away

bryangiggsy

A kick in the nuts to Challenge Galway organisers. U want to run tris of all distance the same weekend as HOTW ...We will give them the Nat Champs

Fiftyplus

Disappointing to see Dunmore East losing NS status, not surprised at Athy though - shocking organisation this year. Wicklow looks interesting - any info?

Kurt_Godel

Fiftyplus wrote: »

Disappointing to see Dunmore East losing NS status, not surprised at Athy though - shocking organisation this year. Wicklow looks interesting - any info?

Agree about Dunmore East, great race.

Scratching my head about who is organising the Wicklow race. I asked a couple of Wicklow Tri members about it tonight and they hadn't heard anything about it.

mossym

mightyily impressed with that list for a few reasons
1) Great to see N Tipp Sprint get NS again. given it hasn't run last 2 years it pretty much guarantees it will have to next year
2)great to see Nat Champs back at Kilkee.
3)Lost Sheep NC again. Proper Order


might make 2 out of the 3 of those.

loudeac

Kurt_Godel wrote: »

Agree about Dunmore East, great race.

Scratching my head about who is organising the Wicklow race. I asked a couple of Wicklow Tri members about it tonight and they hadn't heard anything about it.

As far as the gossip ,its in wicklow harbour ,run the murragh bike probably south bound coast road . NS in its first year ????

Kurt_Godel

loudeac wrote: »

As far as the gossip ,its in wicklow harbour ,run the murragh bike probably south bound coast road . NS in its first year ????

Any gossip on who is organising it? (The Sporting Proud crowd perhaps?)

The R750 south is a great spin. Coming back via the old N11? Very little traffic now the new motorway opened. More clothesline jabbering;)

RacoonQueen

With it being NS, I assumed Wicklow Tri were organising, it seems a safer bet to give a NS race to a club in its first year than a commercial entity.

Kurt_Godel

RacoonQueen wrote: »

With it being NS, I assumed Wicklow Tri were organising, it seems a safer bet to give a NS race to a club in its first year than a commercial entity.

Must be Wicklow Tri. They are playing their cards close to their chest!

tunney

bryangiggsy wrote: »

A kick in the nuts to Challenge Galway organisers. U want to run tris of all distance the same weekend as HOTW ...We will give them the Nat Champs

Mah, if anything I think its a good thing. The whole festival of tris things tends to result in farcial organisation of a good few of them. Maybe this way they bin the sprint and olympic and focus on the LC

Podge83

This looks like a great list overall. One big surprise for me is Dunmore East being out. Maybe the bike course cost them? Out and back on open road?? dare I mention the D word?

Tri the Hook was a million times better this year than last and I had kind of settled in my mind that the NS last year didn't suit them. Only fault this year was the crossover (Run crosses bike course - IMO and accident waiting to happen). And Kurt - the swim was full length (or even longer).

Looks like TI finally listened to opinion about Athy. Too much being tried there on one day. Serious negative feedback this year. Very interesting to see what numbers they get this year.

Wicklow is a mystery by the looks of it.

mossym

RacoonQueen wrote: »

it seems a safer bet to give a NS race to a club in its first year than a commercial entity.

pretty sure they gave cutra NS in it's first year

Podge83

Interesting that they have also announced the Hardman as the long distance national champs (but not NS).

Kurt_Godel

Kurt_Godel wrote: »

Must be Wicklow Tri. They are playing their cards close to their chest!

Not Wicklow Tri. Looking forward to it in any case.

RacoonQueen

mossym wrote: »

pretty sure they gave cutra NS in it's first year

Yeah they did, was thinking of that as I posted.

bryangiggsy

tunney wrote: »

Mah, if anything I think its a good thing. The whole festival of tris things tends to result in farcial organisation of a good few of them. Maybe this way they bin the sprint and olympic and focus on the LC

I agree Dave...It bothers me when they try to do this. Hopefully they bin the sprint\olympic. I wonder what's happening with Tri Athome now. No mention of it at all.

Claude Burgundy

BTH wrote: »

It's about bloody time Lanesboro got the national Sprint champs. Longford being the spiritual home of triathlon in Ireland and all that

And i hear it has the best looking athletes as well;)

interested

Claude Burgundy wrote: »

And i hear it has the best looking athletes as well;)

Not sure about that - Id have gone with 'the most visable athletes' since BTH has been spotted from space based on his highly illuminating humour and skin

In addition to that am happy to see this race as NC sprint: safe, fast, well managed and marshaled.

bryangiggsy

Claude Burgundy wrote: »

And i hear it has the best looking athletes as well;)

Isn't lanes boro the draft capital of Ireland hopefully the no of waves will sort that out.

BTH

bryangiggsy wrote: »

Isn't lanes boro the draft capital of Ireland hopefully the no of waves will sort that out.

There was no drafting anywhere near me this year anyway.

Claude Burgundy

bryangiggsy wrote: »

Isn't lanes boro the draft capital of Ireland hopefully the no of waves will sort that out.

Ya but that's the Roscommon side;)

mossym

BTH wrote: »

There was no drafting anywhere near me this year anyway.

said he with a sly smile on his face...

griffin100

bryangiggsy wrote: »

A kick in the nuts to Challenge Galway organisers. U want to run tris of all distance the same weekend as HOTW ...We will give them the Nat Champs

Would there be much of a crossover between entrants for the HOTW, especially as Nat Champs and the Challenge race? Personally I wouldn't have thought so and imagine both will sell out.

On NS status in first years the 2015 Carlow Tri was in its first year and got NS.

Claude Burgundy

griffin100 wrote: »

Would there be much of a crossover between entrants for the HOTW, especially as Nat Champs and the Challenge race? Personally I wouldn't have thought so and imagine both will sell out.

On NS status in first years the 2015 Carlow Tri was in its first year and got NS.

Indeed it was and it was a very well put together event by Racing, i'd expect nothing less from that club !

No sign of Joey Hannan there for either distance. It wouldn't be right for me to comment re Athy.

Is IM Dublin 70.3 a TI sanctioned event ? If so glad Lost Sheep got the Nat Champs and not them.

Also a nice mix of races nationwide as well.

mossym

Claude Burgundy wrote: »

No sign of Joey Hannan there for either distance. It wouldn't be right for me to comment re Athy.

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Joey Hannon wasn't NS last year either. given it's run by the smae club as HotW it's probably only fair to give them one race rather than two

couerdelion

Claude Burgundy wrote: »

Is IM Dublin 70.3 a TI sanctioned event ? If so glad Lost Sheep got the Nat Champs and not them.

Why?

Claude Burgundy

couerdelion wrote: »

Why?

Smaller club run event that is better priced and has a proven track record as a race.

MojoMaker

Tell that to Wicklow Tri Club.

tunney

MojoMaker wrote: »

Tell that to Wicklow Tri Club.

??

Claude Burgundy

MojoMaker wrote: »

Tell that to Wicklow Tri Club.

They decided not to run "beast" for specific reasons i won't go into here. Anyone who knows them will know the reason and it wasn't IM.

MojoMaker

Just an observation on the topic of smaller club-run well-priced events with good track records being overlooked in favour of unproven commercial ventures on that club's doorstep.

RacoonQueen

MojoMaker wrote: »

Just an observation on the topic of smaller club-run well-priced events with good track records being overlooked in favour of unproven commercial ventures on that club's doorstep.

You're sounding like tunney now with your riddles.

Which race is the reason Beast of the East didn't go ahead this year? It's back next year I thought?

MojoMaker

Not at all, I'm just curious how a breakaway group was recognised by TI and handed not just a sanctioned race but a NS race on the doorstep of WTC?

I'm not gonna say bad form as I don't know the ins & outs, but quite curious how this development came about. As it's one of the few east coast events next year it will be popular I'm sure, and a cracking location.

RacoonQueen

ah ok I thought you were talking about something that happened this year. BotE can still go ahead...Wicklow is big enough for two..

MojoMaker

Love to see BOTE back on the calendar - cracking race.

tunney

Claude Burgundy wrote: »

They decided not to run "beast" for specific reasons i won't go into here. Anyone who knows them will know the reason and it wasn't IM.

No it wasn't IM and it isn't anything sinister. Either stirring or misinformed.

Claude Burgundy

MojoMaker wrote: »

Just an observation on the topic of smaller club-run well-priced events with good track records being overlooked in favour of unproven commercial ventures on that club's doorstep.

Oh agreed !

Claude Burgundy

tunney wrote: »

No it wasn't IM and it isn't anything sinister. Either stirring or misinformed.

Agreed it wasn't IM at all and neither was it sinister. Not stirring or misinformed as i worked at the event in 2014 and was given the reason for no 2015 by the 2014 race director.

Just not a topic to be discusses here, pop me a PM and i'll tell you what i was told !