Great to see so many members continuing to race through the summer – plenty of race left Olympic distance NC – Harbourman host by Wicklow TC – congratulations to Carolyn Hayes who won the female race, and is once again National Champion. Our only other competitor Ed Hayes also medaled Read more
Congratulations to the winners of Hell of the West spot prizes, kindly donated by The Bike Shop: Fastest bike split for a HOTW rookie (male): Padraig O’Sullivan Fastest bike split for HOTW rookie (female): Caoimhe Maguire Outstanding marshals (most nominations from LTC athletes and marshals at HOTW 2018): Angela Robertson, Read more
The Club Aquathon race of the 26 July will be held in the city centre. (Not O’Brien’s bridge) This event is only open to club members. This will be the first aquathlon to be held in the City It will consist of a 750m swim Dive start) and 5k run Read more
Thanks to our own Diarmaid Lane for his Hell of the West Race Report. There is a limit
The Bike Shop (O’Connell Street, Limerick) very kindly provided us with vouchers to use as spot prizes in Kilkee. We would like to award three vouchers to marshals, as voted by YOU, club members who participated in Hell of the West 2018. If any marshal(s) stood out to you on Read more
LTC League after round 7 HOTW Ladies League Things are hotting up nicely in the ladies league after round 7. Aoibhe Reidy took max points and was the 1st LTC lady across the line and sits at the top of the table. Mary Ryan, Sinead Walsh and Alex Steward Read more
Congratulations to Kristi Hogan, who was awarded the Ciarán Smyth Perpetual Cup on Saturday. The cup is named in honor of Ciarán, whose PJ Mathews business was a long time sponsor of the Club and our races. It is awarded to the person whose contribution to the Hell of the West Read more
The 50M pool is closing for refurbishment form this Friday July 5th. There will only be very limited access to the 25M pool during this time. The works will take at least 4, and likely 6 weeks to complete.
Hell of the West – The big one of the year for so many. Congratulations to our podium finishers Aaron O’Brien, Colm Turner and Aoibhe Reidy. Ronan Costelloe, Pádraig O’Sullivan, Eamon Hanley & Bryan Nolan made the top 15 men, while Shóna Keane, Sinéad Walsh, Andrea Cullen & Eimear Laffan Read more
It is the wind on the Wild Atlantic Way that poses the biggest challenge to athletes in this long running event, however with temperatures in Clare reaching a 40 year high this week, it was the heat which would be the biggest factor for athletes at the 34th running of Kilkee Read more
On the hottest record day in Ireland in 40 years, we made use of the Shannon for a swim, followed by a mostly shaded run along the River path, out and back for 4.4KM. In his last training session LTC, Greg Baxter set the pace on the swim, but was chased Read more
The fine weather is back! This is great news for heading to the beach but means there are a few things we would like you to consider for race day. The temperature is predicted to be 27 degrees in Kilkee on Saturday. Please be sure you are well hydrated ahead Read more