PIRANHA NEWS | Piranha Triathlon Club
Applications for Race Director & Assistant Race Director Positions for DCT 2021
Dear Piranhas, Planning has begun for DCT 2021, which the club will host in August 2021. The Committee is seeking applications for the race organisational committee. There are two positions, Race Director and Assistant Race Director. These are paid positions that involve working with all relevant stakeholders to ensure that race day is a success for all athletes and volunteers.…
Read MorePiranha Awards Night 2019
Its that time of the year again ladies and gents… The Piranha Triathlon Club Awards Night 2019 is nearly upon us. After a hugely successful season of racing, we will be celebrating by letting our hair down at the Piranha Awards Night. This is an unmissable event and promises to be better than ever this year. The event will take…
Read MoreReflections on my Ironman Journey: The Last Lap by Dave Cullen
Pro athletes, aspiring IM podium age groupers and Kona-chasers look away now. This is for the strugglers and strivers hoping to make it over the line one day at an Ironman event. It reflects my personal thoughts and feelings as I finally reach the final leg of my IM journey which has been a journey that involved committed training and…
Read MoreNotice of Annual General Meeting 2019
Piranha members, This is to advise you of the upcoming annual general meeting of the members of Piranha Triathlon Club. The details of this meeting are as follows: Date: 12th October 2019 Time: 10:30 Place: Westwood Club, Clontarf At the meeting, members will have the opportunity to: Speak about any items on the agenda; and Vote on any resolutions proposed. Agenda: Receipt and approval…
Read MorePiranha National Series Strategy: Pulse Port Beach Sprint Triathlon (Race 6) Handbook
Hard to believe but Summer is over and Season 2019 is wrapping up nicely with Pulse Port Beach Triathlon one of the last races of the season, almost heralding the wind down after a fairly frantic few months (If you think racing was hard try and do a Handbook for them!). Don’t take the foot off the gas yet… The…
Read MoreDun Laoghaire Ironman 70.3 by Liz Rouine
I joined Piranha Triathlon Club in November, 2017, same night as Nora and in my first year did sprints and an Olympic, delighted with these and the great support and encouragement from the Club, super (Nora and myself were like Thelma and Louise heading off on an adventure to do them). I was chilling at Christmas thinking what will I…
Read MorePiranha National Series Strategy – Loughrea Sprint Triathlon (Race 5) Handbook
The Bank Holiday approaches, but no rest for the wicked! Next Sunday (August 4th) marks race number 5 of our Piranha National Series race strategy – Loughrea Sprint Triathlon in Galway. With three weeks since Two Provinces hopefully most of you will have had time to relax and recover before we go hard at it again. The closed roads for…
Read MorePiranha National Series Strategy: Two Provinces Sprint Triathlon (Race 4) Handbook
After a hard day of racing in Wicklow last Sunday, there is very little time to rinse off the wetsuit as 2 Provinces NS Sprint Triathlon is taking place next Saturday, 13th July. This is recognised as one of the best races on the calendar, both from a racing and setting perspective. The swim is in Lough Ree and is…
Read MorePiranha Member DCT Applications
Outlined below is the policy the Committee drafted last year with regard to Piranha members racing Dublin City Triathlon. Key policy points – A maximum of 10 members can race in any given year and where applicable, exemptions made for Cat 1 and Cat 2 athletes racing Super Sprint race only (due to limited races in the calendar for this…
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