New Trilogy Member

Hi All,

Our new Chairman, Dave Osborne, and his wife Sinead have given Trilogy its newest member. Baby Harry Osborne, all 7lb90z was born on Tuesday.

Both mother and child are doing well.

Good luck to all of you and I hope his big sister isn't too jealous.

Well done, and it wont be long till he is kick your arse on the bike!

Seasons Greetings to all

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to one and all. I hope Santa is kind. Time to make those New Years Resolutions (Training Plans)! Don't worry if you overindulge there is plenty of training planned for the New Year.

2011 Calendar Update

The Photos for the 2011 Calendar have been finalised, and everything is good to go except for 2 things...

1. I need the dates for races, test tris, etc - these won't be known until we have the AGM on Wednesday next.


2. 2. No one has bought it yet! I will only be ordering calendars for anyone who has paid by the AGM.

You can buy yours now by logging in and ordering. Remember - I will be ordering this on Thursday 16 December, so don't be disappointed.

Tonight's run off

Please note that the dangerous condition of footpaths around Portlaoise has forced us to cancel tonights run.

Tomorrows swim is looking good, if there is any change, ie if we need to cancel it, there will be an announcement here and a text to anyone registered for swimming. If there is no announcement or text take it the swim is on.

Its too early to decide about the weekend cycles, but again watch for updates and texts.

TI Official Training Courses 2011

We all love to race, and one of the most important requirements for good racing is having good race officials (referees and technical officials). TI in 2011 are hoping to provide additional technical officials at races around the country, and it will be there job to oversee the event preparation, and to act as referee on the day.

The role of a technical official is voluntary, but members are re-imbursed €50.00 plus mileage expenses per event. In addition, TI are looking to set up a priority scheme for race entry in 2011 meaning that technical officials may be able to get into events easier, a big benefit for the races that seem to always sell out.

Basically, this is an opportunity to earn a few euros, build up your technical experience of triathlon, see races from another perspective, and help improve the quality of races in Ireland. The aim is that people will do 2-3 races and as a rookie you would not do these alone (i.e. for your first few times you would be appointed as assistant referee alongside an experienced official).

Before you can officiate, you will need to attend a free one-day training course, and TI are organising these one-per-month around the country - Dublin, Limerick, Galway, Cork and possibly the midlands.

Keep an eye on the TI website - the link below is for the training day in Dublin recently, the training days ahead will look just the same. If you have any questions, you can ask any of Trilogy's trained officials - including Willie, Trish, Mark O'S, Mick, Karl and Roy among others.

Link to last months Training Day

Spinning OFF tonight

Due to the continuing bad weather and the lethal state of the roads around Killenard, spinning has had to be called off tonight. Apologies for this, lets hope its the last session effected.

Ho Ho Ho - Party On

Christmas party kicks off tonight from 8:00pm, food serving at 8:30pm.

The list of people who wll be there is below. Remember to bring your gift, wrapped and labelled - we'll collect them on arrival and give them out after the food.

Anyone not on the list is welcome to come along after the food, say 9:30 or so. Unfortunately, as we had to book the number of meals in advance, we aren't able to take any more on for the meal. See you there.

Kevin Bracken, Maeve Bracken, Liam Byrne, Sheila Camphuijsen, Taco Camphuijsen, Denise Coogan, Pawel Debakowski, Kevin Doyle, Michelle Duggan, Orla Dunne, Elaine Fitzpatrick, William Fitzpatrick, Keith Galbraith, Paul John Brennan, Martin Keane, Sandra Little, Catriona Marshall, Patrick Marshall, Eimear Mathews, Tim Mathews, Elaine McCann, Karl McCann, Shay McCourt, Anthony McDonald, Aoife Molloy, Alan Murphy, Dave Murphy, Denise Murphy, Trish Nicholls, Siobhan O' Toole, Stephen O' Toole, Eamon O'Connor, Gerry O'Connor, Karen O'Grady, Demot O'Leary, Mick O'Neill, Noel O'Reilly, Alan Phelan, Anita Phelan, Johnathan Robinson, Mary Territt, Noel Territt, Kate Tsang, Simon Tsang, Sinead Wearen, Terry Wearen.

Weather Update

At this time swimming is on tonight. If this changes later a text will be sent to all members registered for swimming.

The Christmas Party is also still on for tomorrow night. It will be reviewed again tomorrow morning and everyone going will be texted if there is any change.

Keep an eye on here for updates also.