Whats Happening in May 2018

• Club Clothing Update
• On-going Training Activities
• Spring Duathlon Series
• Friday May 4th 19:45 hours Swim Rescheduled
• Kayak-Based Safety Awareness Training for Open-Water Swimming
• Coached Open-Water Swimming
• Summer Series
• Tri Kingdom Come
• TI Motor Cycle Training Course
• Killarney Tri Club Indoor Triathlon Series
• 2018 Club Fobs
• Autumn / Winter Training Activities
• Junior Club Volunteers / Garda Vetting
• Resources for Club Members
• IM Club Points Reminder
• Community Activities / Discounted Club Entries

Club Clothing Update

Delivery of the Velo-Revolution club gear is expected in and around June 8th.
We will post more information as we receive it.

On-going Training Activities

• Coached Running takes place every Wednesday evening on the “Skinny Mile”
  • Meet outside Top Part Motor Factors on Rock St at 6:20pm for a 6:30pm start on the north end of the Skinny Mile
  • Sessions will continue until early June
• Bike Hill Repeats take place every Monday evening on Scrahan Hill
  • Meet outside O’Donnell’s, Mounthawk at 6:45pm for a 7pm start at The Oyster Tavern (on the R558 Tralee-Fenit road)
  • This session is open to riders of all abilities… come along and do an hour and you’ll find that both your ascending and descending abilities will improve
  • Sessions continue until May 21st

Spring Duathlon Series

The fourth and final event of our Spring Duathlon Series takes place this Sunday, May 6th, at Fenit Community Centre.
This week sees the distances increase but don’t be put off by that – it’s just a matter of pacing yourself!
The run is a 5km, followed by a 20km bike, and then the run again.

We still require some marshals for this events – if you are free to marshall please register below.

• Registration and detailed course information:
  • Events are free to enter and open to current TI / TTC members
  • To participate in the Spring Duathlon Series please register here
    (If you have already registered, you don’t need to do it again ;-))
  • Detailed information about each event can be found here
• Schedule:
  • Duathlon #4 – Home Sweet Home
    • Sunday, May 6th, Fenit Community Centre
    • Sign-on at 10:30am; Start at 11am
    • To marshall at this event, please register here

Rescheduled Friday Swim

Please note that the coached swim session scheduled for Friday, May 4th, at 19:45 hours has been postponed and is re-scheduled for Friday, May 11th at 20:30 hours.
We apologise for any inconvenience.

Kayak-Based Safety Awareness Training for Open-Water Swimming

In anticipation of another summer of swimming, we will require kayak-based marshals to provide support throughout our Summer Series.  Are you interested in volunteering as a kayak marshal for some events in our Summer Series?
If so, then we are offering FREE kayak-based safety awareness training to 10 club members.  Training will be provided by club swim coach / water safety officer John Edwards and will take place in Fenit on Saturday, May 12th, 09:30 hours – 13:00 hours.
To take part on this training course, please register here.
If you participate on this free training course, then we expect you to volunteer as a kayak-based marshal for some of the events in our Summer Series.

Coached Open-Water Swimming

All coached open-water swimming sessions are now SOLD OUT!
Novice, Intermediate and Advanced sessions will commence on Monday, May 14th at Locke’s Beach, Fenit.
A second Intermediate session will commence on Wednesday, May 16th, also at Locke’s Beach, Fenit.

Summer Series

The schedule for the Summer Series should be available by Monday, May 7th.
This year we will be bringing you twelve (12) events in the series.

Tri Kingdom Come

Our annual club triathlon – Tri Kingdom Come –  takes place in Fenit on Saturday, August 4th, 2018.
The success of this event depends significantly on the presence of club members, both in participating in the event and volunteering at the event.
To participate in the event, please register here.
We will require approximately 50 club members (that’s less than 25% of the adult club) to help out over that weekend.
To volunteer at the event, please register here.
If you decide to volunteer, please register as soon as possible as planning for this event is well underway!
So far, we have just 3 club members signed-up to volunteer!

TI Motorcycle Training Course

Triathlon Ireland will be holding a Motorcycle Official Beginner and Refresher course in the Bracken Court Hotel, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin on Saturday, 12th May 2018.

The course is designed to inform motorcyclists about triathlon, introduce them to the rules of the sport with particular focus on the cycling disciple, safety and how to impose penalties for rules breaches. The course also provides an introduction to advanced motorcycling and the “System of Motorcycle Control” used by all advanced riders and Class one police motorcyclists. All tutors are fully accredited RoSPA Advanced Instructors.

You can register here

Killarney Tri Club Indoor Triathlon Series

Our friends and neighbours in Killarney Triathlon Club are organising an indoor triathlon series in April and have issued an invitation to members of Tralee Tri Club .

• These events will take place in the Coral Leisure Centre on the bypass road Killarney on Saturday mornings
• It will be a pool swim, starting at 8am
• The bike will be indoor on spin bikes or turbo trainers
• The run will be outdoors
• The cost is EUR 5 per person
• Series commences April 21st

2018 Club Fobs

The Tralee Tri Club 2018 key-ring fobs are now available from committee members.
These fobs can entitles the bearer to discounts at various local sports / leisure facilities and sports-wear providers.

Autumn / Winter Training Activities

The following activities will resume in September / October:

• Coached Pool Swimming continues on Friday’s and Sunday’s at Tralee Sports Complex
• Strength & Conditioning with Achieve Fitness
• Turbo training
• Trail Running
  • Join the TTC Trail Running Group for the latest updates
• Cycling Time Trials (TT)
  • Join the TTC Cycling Time Trials Group for the latest updates
• Hot Yoga with Hot Yoga Kerry

Junior Club Volunteers / Garda Vetting

Tralee Junior Triathlon Club plays a very important role within our triathlon community.
We very much rely on parents / guardians / adults to volunteer at our events.
If fact, without volunteers we cannot hold events!

We would deeply appreciate it if you could help out at Junior club events in 2018.
If you are assisting at just one event then you will not require garda vetting – you can be assigned to assist someone that is already garda vetted.
If you wish to assist at multiple events then you must get garda vetted.
The process is very simple:

• Go to the Triathlon Ireland web site and select Resources – Safeguarding – Garda Vetting and Access NI.
• Please read carefully then print out and fill in the E VET validation form.
• This form can be validated by the clubs Children’s Officer (Niamh Murphy) The Gardaí or a solicitor.

More information is available here.

Resources for Club Members

• TTC Training Activities Calendar – master list of club training activities
• TTC on Facebook – facebook page for general TTC information
• TTC Equipment Group on Facebook – closed facebook group in which club members can offer equipment for sale/exchange to other club members
• TTC Cycling Time Trials Group on Facebook – closed facebook group for details of Cycling Time Trials
• TTC Trail Running Group on Facebook – closed facebook group for details of Trail Runs
• TTC MTB Group on Facebook – closed facebook group for details of MTB activities
• TTC IRONMAN Barcelona 70.3 EMEA Club Championships Group on Facebook – training and planning information for TTC members taking part in the IM Club Championships in Barcelona on May 20th, 2018
• TTC IRONMAN Dun Laoghaire 70.3 Group on Facebook – training and planning information for TTC members taking part in IM Dun Laoghaire 70.3 on August 19th, 2018

TTC Social Media Policy on Facebook Groups – please ensure that the Club Webmaster is invited onto all TTC-branded groups.

IM Club Points Reminder

Each time a club member participates in an IRONMAN event, the club gains ranking points.
In 2017, TTC was ranked in the top 50 clubs globally, 18th in Europe and 1st in the country.
If you are undertaking an IM event in 2018, please ensure that you have affiliated TTC with you IM account; points are then automatically assigned to the club
The 2017 IM Club ranking is here.

Community Activities / Discounted Club Entries

• Baile Mhuire, Tralee is looking for cyclists to take part in the Ring of Kerry Cycle
  • If you wish to sign-up with Baile Mhuire please contact Denise Leahy on 066-712-3373

Regards,
Tralee Triathlon Club
info@traleetriclub.ie