With next week being “Join a club” week, we at Blackwater Triathlon are offering a chance to participate in training sessions on Tuesday 23rd (turbo Adair hall @7.15) Wednesday 24th (7pm running session in Colemans) and swimming (Thursday @8in Fermoy swimming pool). Your chance to see what it’s all about. All levels catered for. Come along and give it a lash! Please message or leave comment below for numbers ... See MoreSee Less
3 days ago ·
Busy Weekend for Blackwater Triathlon Club Swimmers.
Last weekend was very busy for the BTC swimmers. On Fri 5th October Mary Collins and Frank Hallasey took part in the Lough Hyne night swim. Over 100 swimmers swam with light sticks on their heads accompanied by a magical light display from the little creatures in the water. On Sat 6th, the annual Sherkin to Baltimore 2K Swim took place. This is a very popular event in the open water swim calendar and 300 swimmers took part on the day. The swimmers were transported by ferry to Sherkin, where they lined up up together on the slipway before entering the water and swimming back the 2km to Baltimore. It's advertised as just a swim but to some people it's a race. Then, completing an eventful weekend for the swimming enthusiasts in the club, Sunday 7th October saw the Sandycove Island race take place. Bad weather had forced the organisers to cancel this popular race first time around this year and conditions on the morning were once again not ideal. A decision was eventually made to proceed with the race, but for safety reasons the swimmers didn’t follow the usual route, around the island, but kept inside the island and swam around buoys instead. The first leg of the race was very rough but the rest was perfect as it was sheltered by the island. There were 150 swimmers in the event and the Blackwater competitors had a good day out with Dave Crowley and Declan O’Keeffe winning their age categories. Bill McAuliffe came third in his age group, Dave Mulcahy was fifth in his and Jim Crowley finished seventh in his age category. Well done to everyone who took part on the day. Special mention must go to Dave Mulcahy, who has taken part in all 23 of the Sandycove races. ... See MoreSee Less
5 days ago ·
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AGM Presentations.
The Blackwater Triathlon Club Annual General Meeting was held in The Grand Hotel in Fermoy on Friday the 6th of October. Before all the usual AGM business of reading reports, detailing finances and electing club officials began, the club took the opportunity to recognise the contributions of three other organisations which had played an important part in our events this year. BTC Chairman Shane Collins presented a cheque to Olan O’Farrell and Judith O’Brien of the Blackwater Sub Aqua Club in recognition of the support they provide us every year for all of our water based events. Founded in 1981 and based in Fermoy the Sub Aqua club is also home to the Blackwater Search and Recovery unit. Consisting of 26 search divers and support personnel they provide a vital service for all the users of the river. During our annual Triathlon and Aquathlons and The Great Blackwater Swim, they are always on hand to provide support during the swim section of the races and help keep our swimmers safe. This year we also had support from the Killavullen Kayak Club during our events. Safety is of paramount importance during our events and it’s vitally important that we have lots of kayakers escorting our swimmers in the river during the swims. The folks from Killavullen were more than happy to give us a hand this year and Declan O’Keeffe presented a cheque to Tom Luddy and John Brown as a mark of our appreciation. The club also presented a cheque to the Lions Club as part of the proceeds from this year’s Great Blackwater Swim. The Blackwater Triathlon Club has always endeavoured to be part of the local community in Fermoy. Last year we partnered with The Fermoy Lions Club in order to organise the inaugural Great Blackwater Swim as part of The Fermoy Festival in August. Following the success of last year’s event we decided to run the event again this year and once again we couldn’t have done it without the partnership of The Lions Club. This year’s swim was an even bigger success, with double the numbers of last year’s swim and it was with great pleasure that Dave Mulcahy presented members of the Fermoy Lions club with some of the proceeds of the race. The Lions club do really good work around Fermoy and we hope to continue this association in years to come. ... See MoreSee Less
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