Involvement in Sport Events and direct contact with professional athletes provides us great with
satisfaction.
Being able to motivate and support them on their way to
podium . Since 1996 we have been involved in Road and Triathlon Events.
Recently we have got more involved in MTB events. This provieds Us
with valuable feedback directly from the source about needs and new trends.
Enclosed in a short list of some of the Teams, Events and Athletes we have been proud to sponsor:
2010 Season Sponsored Athletes:
Liam Dolan:
- Height: 1.86cm
- Weight: 72kg
- Age: 30
- Lives: Dundalk, Ireland
- Club: Setanta Triathlon Club
2010 Key Events:
- Ironman Germany
- Camlough Sprint Triathlon
2009 Top Results:
- Camlough Triathlon, Camlough, Ireland: 4th Overall
- Ironman Austria, Klagenfurt Austria: 25th overall, 2nd in Age Group. Set new Irish Ironman distance record. Qualified for Hawaii
- Lough Muckno Sprint Triathlon, Castleblaney, Ireland: 1st Overall and fastest run and bike splits
- Eireman Half Ironman, Wexford, Ireland: 3rd Overall
- Ironman Hawaii, Kona, Hawaiis, USA: 160th overall, 22nd in Age Group
- Ridley Dean TRI Custom Build
- ZOOT Zenith 2 Wetsuit
- ZOOT Ultra Racesuit
- ZOOT Ultra TT 3.0 Shoes
- ZOOT Compress RX Active Clothing
Liam's 2010 Season Race Reports:
- Kilkenny Tri, July 24th 2010 - 3rd "Three weeks after Ironman Germany I had my first race back, the Olympic Distance race in Kilkenny..." Read more
- Ironman Germany, July 4th 2010 - 18th "Everyone was sitting in a stuffy ice skating rink & sweating hard, not just because of the lack of air conditioning but because we all wanted to know whether wetsuits would be allowed or not...." Read more
- Camlough Triathlon, June 6th 2010 - 4th "This was my sixth time racking up for the Camlough Triathlon, held only a few miles from where I live..." Read more
- Sperrin Half Ironman, May 8th 2010 - 1st "While the sun was shinning brightly and high in the sky the temperatures unfortunately were not..." Read more
- Height: 1.82cm
- Weight: 66kg
- Age: 34
- Lives: Wicklow, Ireland
- Club: Wicklow Triathlon Club
- Ironman South Africa
- Ironman Austria
- ITU World Long Course Championships 2009 (Holland), placed 17th
- Little Woody Half Ironman UK, 2nd place
- ITU Olympic & Sprint Distance
- ITU Continental Cup Turkey 6th place
- ITU European Cup Erdec 13 th place
- ITU Asian Cup Gamagori 14th place
- ITU Asian Cup Amakusa 14th place
- ITU European Cup Croatia 20th place
- ITU Pan American Cup Domican Republic, 21st place
- ITU European Cup Kusadasi, 22nd place
- ITU European Cup Denmark, 23rd place
- Home Nations Duathlon Championships 3rd place
- Cube Aerium HPC Red Tri Bike
- ZOOT Zenith 2 Wetsuit
- ZOOT Trifit Tank
- ZOOT Trifit Shorts
- ZOOT Ultra TT 3.0 Shoes
- ZOOT Compress RX Active Clothing
- Irish National Champion in Sprint, Duathlon and Triathlon
- Best International result is 6th in ITU European Cup
- ITU World Championships- Holland - 17th "My longest race to date, 4km swim, 120km bike, 30km run..."
Click here for Eanna Mc Grath's Race Report - Big Woody Half Ironman - 16th August - 2nd "Well, first race of the year and first half Ironman. A day of mixed fortunes..." Click here for Eanna Mc Grath's Race Report
- July Report - Pyrenees training "After months of peppered training and numerous injections/rehab/crying, I'm back on my bike..." Click here to read more
- March 9th - K Capital Cup Round 1 - Kilruddery
- March - 23rd - K Capital Cup Round 2 - Tollymore
- April 6th - K Capital Cup Round 3 - Djouce
- April 23rd - K Capital Cup Round 4 - Castlewellan
- April 27th - Irish National Point Series Elite women - Ballinastoe
- May 11th - Irish National Point Series Elite women - Lumpers
- May 18th - Irish National Point Series Elite women - Larne
- June 15th - European marathon championships - Germany
- July 20th - Irish National Elite XC Championships TBA
- August 24th - Irish Elite Marathon Championships TBA
- August 30th - World Masters MTB Championships - France
- K-Capital Cup 1 - Kilruddery, Bray, Co. Wicklow, March 9th 2008 - Womens 1st "The mountain bike cross country season began on the 9th March with the opening round of the K-Capital Cup International MTB series" Click here to read more
- K-Capital Cup 2 - Moneyscalp, Co Down, March 23rd 2008 - Injured "Unfortunately I had to pull out of the 2nd round of the K capital Cup with a hamstring injury" Click here to read more
- May 6th - Joey Hannon race Limerick
- June 6th - Dublin City Duathlon
- June 12th - Aquathlon
- June 30th - "Hell of the West" Kilkee Triathlon - main target for 2007
- July 4th - Dublin Duathlon
- July 7th - Connemara or Carrick Triathlon
- July 10th - Aquathlon
- July 14th - Tri Athlone
- July 21st - Bray Triathlon
- July 28th - Kinsale Triathlon - main target for 2007
- August 1st - Dublin Duathlon
- August 4th - Castlewellan Triathlon - main target for 2007
- August 7th - Aquathlon
- August 11th - Carlingford Triathlon
- September 1st - Lost Sheep Kenmare Half Ironman Triathlon - main target for 2007
- Kenmare Lost Sheep Half Ironman September 1st 2007 - 9th place This was the last race of the season and due to my late start this year was the one I had targeted. I hadn’t really thought about it that way recently until one of the younger guys in the club wished me luck at training the Monday before saying: “I know this is the one you have been targeting this year”" Click here to read more
- Castlewellan Tri August 4th 2007 "This race started with a really tough swim which despite being in a lake was pretty choppy and it goes someway towards explaining my slow time of 24:25 but with Brian Campbell, the eventual race winner..." Click here to read more
- Carlingford Adventure Tri July 28th 2007 "7 hours 32 minutes! That’s the longest I’ve ever been on the go for. I wasn’t expecting the race to be that long and I know for sure my two teammates Loraine and Neil definitely weren’t expecting it" Click here to read more
- Athlone Elite Race July 14th 2007 - 14th place "Firstly I have to say well done to Hugh and all his organising team who put on a great day in Athlone. Having been involved in Dublin City Triathlon for the last number of years it was unbelievable to see how much the whole of Athlone town and local council embraced the race and turned out in their droves to support it. It rivalled the World Champs in Hawaii 2 years ago!" Click here to read more
- Carrick Tri Army Category July 8th 2007 - 1st place "This was the pressure race of the season! No seriously I was a little nervous about this race because it was the one where anything else but first place would have been a major disappointment for me, not to mention the grief I would have received in work come Monday!" Click here to read more
- Bull Wall Acquathlon June 12th 2007 - 6th place "These races are great. They are completely relaxed …. You just show up on the night and away you go. The swim start came as a complete surprise bur after a little confusion I got going." Click here to read more
- Crooked Lake Triathlon, Camlough June 9th 2007 - 6th place "This was my first full Tri of the year and following Wednesdays race I was feeling a little more confident. The weather was amazing and the atmosphere is always great in Camlough. There was a good bit of banter in the transition pre race and then it was down to business." Click here to read more
- Phoenix Park Duathlon June 6th 2007 - 7th place "Having missed the Joey Hannon, as I was abroad, the Duathlon was to be my first exposure to the Triathlon scene in ‘07. I was ready to renew some old rivalries..." Click here to read more
- Limerick Triathlon – 1st Female
- Fingal Triathlon – 1st Female
- Kinsale ‘King of the Hill’ Sprint Distance – 1st Female
- Carrick on Suir Triathlon Sprint Distance – 1st Female
- Midland Duathlon – 1st Female
- Dublin City Duathlon Series Race 1 – 2nd Female
- Chonemara Olympic Triathlon – 2nd Female
- Dublin City Triathlon National Olympic Championship – 2nd Female
- Camlough National Sprint Championship – 3rd Female
- Kilkee ‘Hell of the West’ Olympic Distance – 3rd Female
- Mourne Ulster Championship – 3rd Female
- Win Irish Triathlon National Series
- Win Irish Duathlon National Series
- Compete in Half Ironman Croatia with target to be among top three
- Compete in Winter Triathlon Slovakia with target to finish
- Limerick Triathlon – 2nd Female
- Joey Hannon - 2nd Female
- Mullaghmore Tri - 2nd Female
- Hell of the West - 4th Female
- Dunmore East - 2nd Female
- Tri Athlone - 1st Female
- Dublin City Tri - 5th Female
- Premiere Leaue 2006 1st in 40-44 Age Group, 6th Female Overall
- London Triathlon (Home Nations) Sub 2.30 9th Place
- Joey Hannon - 4th female
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Year 2000 Irish junior team for the world championship in Plouay France. The team included some of Irelands most promising professionals Philip Dignham AG2R, Nicholas Roche Codifs, Paudi O’Brien & Tim Cassidy Sean Kelly cycling team.
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Year 2001 Supply of a custom build ALAN carbon bike to Paudi O’Brien then one of Irelands top Junoirs/U23 now riding under the Sean Kelly team.
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2005 Enna McGrath international triathlete. Winner of the HELL OF THE WEST 2005
Those interested in seeking sponsorship need to contact us well in advance of any proposed event as funds are limited and budgets are usually well used up in advance.
Eanna Mc Grath:
2010 Key Events:
2009 Top Results:
2009 Season Sponsored Athletes:
Liam Dolan: We are proud to sponsor Liam in 2009 Season!
Liam was using Look 496 TRI, Zipp Wheels and built with top end Shimano and Profile equipment.
Liam was also selected by ZOOT sports and received the new Zoot Zenith Wetsuit, Zoot TRIfit Racesuit and Zoot Ultra Race Shoes
2008 Season Sponsored Events:
- Wicklow 200 - Irelands largest one day cycling event. Click here for morePaul Mahon and Beth Mc Clusky winners of the CLEC Carlingford
16k run - 26k MTB section - 6k sea kayak relay paddle - 2k run. More info on www.clec.ie
2008 Season Sponsored TRI athletes:
Wicklow Tri Club Members Sponsored for 2008 Lanzarote Ironman - Click here for more
Eanna Mc Grath Sponsored by Zoot and Cycle SuperStore. Bike - LOOK 496 frame with ZIPP Wheels and OVAL Trt bars. Clothing - ZOOT
Eanna's top athletic acomplishments
Eanna's 2008 Season Race Reports
Beth McCluskey MTB LOOK 986 bike with Fulcrum Red Metal Zero Wheels.
Beth's plan for 2008 Season
Beth's Race Reports
2008 Season Sponsored TRI Junior athletes: Colin Bolger, Neil Bolger, Mark Dowling
From their results for 2007, these guys are quite promising and they are very optimistic of improving on these results in 2008 season:
| Colin Bolger 2007 Season Results |
Neil Bolger 2007 Season Results |
Mark Dowling 2007 Season Results |
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Naas Wheelworx Duathlon 1 - 5th Naas Wheelworx Duathlon 2 - 2nd Belpark Duathlon 1 - 4th Belpark Duathlon 2 - 5th 3D Tri Wheelworx Aquathlon 1 - 6th Kinsale Triathlon - 3rd Mourne Triathlon - 4th Irish sprint champs - 6th Fingal Triathlon - 2nd Irish Triathlon Champs - 15th European Triathlon Champs - 3rd (AG) World Triathlon Champs - 46th (AG) |
Naas Wheelworx Duathlon 2 - 7th Belpark Duathlon 1 - 7th 3D Tri Wheelworx Aquathlon 1 - 2nd Limerick duathlon 2 - 8th Kinsale Triathlon - 14th Mourne Triathlon - 18th Irish sprint champs - 13th Irish Triathlon Champs - 29th World Triathlon Champs - 61st (AG) |
Irish Triathlon Champs - 4th World Triathlon Champs - 24th (AG) European Duathlon Champs - 7th (Elite u-23) European Triathlon Champs - 5th (AG) Lanzarote International Duathlon - 10th Carrick on Suir Triathlon - 4th Dublin City Duathlon - 2nd Dublin City Duathlon - 2nd Titanic Belfast City Duathlon 1 - 2nd Wheelworx Dublin City Duathlon 1 - 2nd Naas Wheelworx Duathlon 1 - 1st Naas Wheelworx Duathlon 2 - 1st Limerick Duathlon 2 - 1st Limerick Duathlon 3 - 4th |
2007 Season Sponsored TRI athletes:
On Thursday 22nd March four lucky Irish Triathlets were presented with their new sponsored equipment for the 2007 season.
Tom Kelly, Liam Dolan, Mary Daly & Elena Masalova were chosen from over 100 applicants for this impressive sponsorship package.
In association with CycleSuperStore Irelands premier cycle and triathlon superstore, LOOK cycles, ZOOT sports & ZIPP Wheels supplied some seresily impressive equipment and clothing the 2007 race season.
Tom Kelly: Look 595 ULTRA, Zipp 606 wheels and built with top end Shimano and Profile equipment.
Tom was also selected by ZOOT sports and received the new ZOOT ZENITH wetsuit regarded as the most innovative wetsuit on the market by Triathlete magazine. Also Zoots top of the line ULTRA Race Tri Suit with Bio Wrap technology, the most comfortable race suit on the market.
His sports background is Gaelic Football, Hurling and Basketball... until he did his first triathlon in 2003. "I signed up 2 weeks before the Westwood Charity Triathlon having done only some running and very little biking and swimming. Trained pretty hard as I had to beat my girlfriend who was also competing. Really enjoyed the race and got the bug from there"
"As for the first impressions of the gear obviously very impressed with the bike! If it's a case of look good = feel good = race good then shouldn't have any problems this season! Took the bike out for a Spin Sunday and Wednesday morning. Was pulling the mick a bit going out with the flash wheels but wanted to give the whole package a try (Training wheels on now)! Couldn't believe how comfortable the frame was... made me feel like I was on a lesser bike so had to keep standing up to check the response from the frame - which was way more rigid even then the Scandium La Pierre"
Tom's plan for 2007 Season
Tom's Race Reports
Elena Maslova : Selected by ZOOT sports and received the new ZOOT ZENITH wetsuit regarded as the most innovative wetsuit on the market by Triathlete magazine. Also Zoots top of the line ULTRA race tri suit with Bio Wrap technology, the most comfortable race suit on the market.
Elena is a member of the Piranha Triathlon Club (formerly known as Tsunami). She started to get involved in competitive sport at the age of seven when joimned the local Ski Club in Russia. Within a few years she was among the top three at the National Championship of Russia. As a result she was awarded a scholarship for the Olympic Biathlon Training College in St. Petersburg. At the Muju-Chonju (South Korea) Winter Universiade in 1997, her fifth major international competition, she won three out of three gold medals for Russia. After being chosen to join the Olympic team in 1996 she won numerous national titles as well as several medals in individual and relay at European Cups and World Cups. Due to an injury in 1999 she was forced to take a 1 year break from competing. In 1999 she moved to Ireland and soon joined the Piranha Triathlon Club. Her rankings so far are: Overall 2nd place in 2006 Premier League, 1st in 2006 Age Group, Overall 2nd in 2005 Premier League and much more.
"I am very happy to be sponsored by Zoot sports, their sportswear is of exceptional quality and is most definitely contributing to my sporting achievements. The wetsuit was a wonderful discovery as it is extremely flexible and I feel no constrains while swimming in the water. I am very happy to continue our friendship in the future and a big thanks to Cycle Superstore for distributing this exceptional sports gear"
Elena's key performances in 2006:
Elena's Targets for 2007:
Mary Daly : Selected by ZOOT sports and received the new ZOOT ZENITH wetsuit regarded as the most innovative wetsuit on the market by Triathlete magazine. Also Zoots top of the line ULTRA race tri suit with Bio Wrap technology, the most comfortable race suit on the market.
Mary Daly age 42, mother to 4 young children is a member of Midland Triathlon Club and Tullamore Harriers Club. "I competed in my first triathlon THE HELL OF THE WEST in 2004, not knowing what lay ahead."
"I more than appreciate my sponsorship and am very impressed with my ZOOT ZENITH WETSUIT. I havnt competed in it yet and its first outing will be the ATHY TRIATHLON in June! "
Mary's key performances in 2006:
Mary's Targets for 2007:
"To stay injury free first and foremost. To compete in as many races as possible. The Hell of The West will always be a real special challenge for me. I will atempt to reclain my title in Triathlone this year. I would be honoured to wear the Green at international competition this year so perhaps Hamburg will be on the cards."
Mary's Race Reports
Welcome to Scotland and to the Adventure Racing World Championship 2007:
Thursday 24 May - Saturday 2 June.
The Adventure Racing World Championship 2007 will take the best teams on Earth on a journey right into the very heart of this magical wilderness where they will discover and explore the richness of this ancient land.
CSS are sponsoring two Irish AR teams who are due to participate in the up coming World Adventure Racing Championships race called the Wilderness Arc.
The Teams are Irish AR Denny - Paul Mahon, Eoin Keith, Roisin Mc Donnell and Vanessa Lawrenson
and Irish AR Ballyfree - Paul Mc Arthur, Bob Boles, Moire O Sullivan and Chris Caulfield.
Disciplines: trekking, kayaking, mountain biking, swimming, rope-work & surprise activities
Paul Mahon from AR Denny Team:
Our thoughts on the race can probably be summarised along the following lines:
Primary aim of both teams is to survive the race and elements and finish the full course as an entire team.
For example the world champs in 2005 in New Zealand had 6 finishing team out of 40 starting teams.
Similarly the 2005 Wilderness Arc race had 9 finishing teams (Irish AR had teams in 4th and 5th) out of 29 starting teams.
The teams that have qualified include professional teams from 22 countries round the globe so a top half finish is our secondary aim though if conditions and the race go in our favour then an assault on the top 20 or higher is a definite possibility.
Our preferred conditions would be to have some wild weather on the mountains, of which there are sure to be plenty given that there is due to be 25,000 metres of climb involved in the race
Irish AR Denny Team
Irish AR Ballyfree Team
Till the end of year 2006 we
were proud equipment supplier of TEAM MURPHY & GUNN NEWLYN Irelands first
professional cycling team. Also we were proud to help Mark Nestor
keeping with our vision of helping young talent, Mark rode a Lapierre
Ultimate Carbon bike for the two seasons. Now he is a member of the
development squad on Irelands first professional team. MURPHY &
GUNN NEWLY team.
Murphy&Gunn/Newlyn
Team Murphy & Gunn / Newlyn will comprise of 14 Irish riders and
will begin as a continental or third division professional team. The
squad will have a totally Irish back up staff, main sponsors and
management team. The team is a progression of the Murphy & Gunn
amateur squad of the past three years and has attracted some of
Ireland’s top young riders from all around the country. The squad will
be led by former Irish road race champion and ex-Tonnisteiner
professional Morgan Fox from Athlone, and will focus primarily on the
development of young Irish cyclists nationwide.
The aim of the team
is to give young Irish riders a chance to develop through optimising
the best of what Ireland has to offer in terms resources and expertise.
The team will be the only professional cycling team based in Ireland
but as well as tackling the country’s most important races, will travel
abroad regularly to ride top international races. The squad has already
received invites for the Giro Del Capo in South Africa, the Sun Tour in
Australia, the Presidential Tour of Turkey and many more international
events, with the FBD Rás at home a top priority. Ireland’s highest
ranked coach, Padraig Marrey, will coach the team. The Balinrobe man is
a former national coach and also trains Irish professionals David
O’Loughlin and former U/18 world champion Mark Scanlon. The team will
be managed by Myles Gallagher with former Irish national team director
Declan Byrne as Directeur Sportif.
Team road captain Morgan Fox, the first Irish cyclist to turn
professional since the days of Kelly and Roche, when he signed for the
Belgian Tonnisteiner squad in 2001, said: “This is an unbelievable
opportunity for young Irish cyclists. Before, if you wanted to be a
professional,, you had to go and live in a foreign country, learn a new
language, maybe two new languages, and deal with a totally new culture".
Because of this, some very good young Irish cyclists never made it to
the top of the sport. Thanks to Murphy & Gunn and Newlyn Group,
youngsters are getting the chance to ride international races from a
base in Ireland. They don’t have to give up the comforts of home in the
early years and that really helps a lot”.
Team
Murphy & Gunn / Newlyn Group will ride Pinarello F4-13 bikes and
will wear Giordana clothing, DMT shoes and Rudy Project glasses,
courtesy of Yello Ltd. and the Cycle Superstore in Tallaght. Team cars
will be BMW’s supplied by Murphy & Gunn. Communications will be
sponsored by Ergo while Columbia Clothing will supply the team’s
leisure wear and Lucozade will supply sports drinks to the squad.
Article from www.cbg.ie written by Paddy Comin
For more details about Team Murphy and Gunn Newlyn visit www.teammurphygunn.com
Form
2002 till now we are prize sponsor HELL OF THE WEST triathlon Kilkee co
Clare. This is a National Series event. Distances are 1.5k Swim 45k
Bike 10k Run. Competitors flock from far and wide to compete in the
Triathlon and enjoy the fun afterwards. The swim takes the athlete out
into the lake like Kilkee bay, before cycling the roads of west clare
and running along the cliffs of loop head. We also sponsored Enna
McGrath last year’s winner. This is a great race and great fun, a
chance for us to have a beer!!
For more details visit www.limericktriathlon.com
We
are very happy to sponsor the TriAthlone. It is of course in Athlone
town centre. It comprises of a Shannon river swim, a bike route out the
Galway/Tuam Road, and a town centre run. The town centre component of
the "Classic" race, and the whole "Elite" race will take place on
closed roads. The route for 2006 is Sprint Distance, 750m Swim, 20km
Bike, 5km Run; on the proposed route for the European & World
Championships.
For more details visit www.triathlone.com
The Annual Triathlon Fundraising Event will take place in the picturesque seaside village of Mullaghmore and its environs. This is the sixth year in which a triathlon has been held in Mullaghmore and it has developed from a small local event to one of the most popular on the national calendar. As well as being part of the Triathlon Ireland Premier League (Tier 2) Series the Mullaghmore event still caters for people of all abilities from beginners to pros. There will be a shorter swim option for beginners (300m) and this has proved very popular in the past with many people moving on to the full sprint distance in subsequent years.The event will take place on 17th June 2006. With over 250 competitors, this is one of the major sporting events of the year in the northwest. For more details check the Mullaghmore Sailing Club website and if you want to join the event - fill the form!
We sponsor the Second Annual Focus Ireland Triathlon which will take place at Golden Falls Water Ski Club, Ballymore Eustace, Co. Kildare on Saturday 22 July 2006. Participants are invited to rise to the challenge of a 750m swim, 20km cycle and 5km run and raise a minimum of €250 (€550 for a team) to support the work of Focus Ireland. Over 220 participants took part in the Triathlon last year and raised over €100,000! The Focus Ireland Organisation is one of the largest voluntary organisations working with the homeless in Dublin, Limerick and Waterford. It is responsible for problems of homelessness and in promoting the homeless population's right to be fully reintegrated into society. For more information about activities of Focus Ireland's activities visit www.focusireland.ie
We sponsor the Bray Sprint Triathlon which takes place on Sunday 23 July 2006 in Bray Co. Wicklow. The distance is: Swim (750m)/Bike (20km)/Run (5km) For more information about event and Registration forms please visit www.braytri.com website.
We sponsor the Fingal Sprint Triathlon event which takes place every year. It is a great event for everybody - young kids and professionals. For more details and pictures from previous events please visit www.fingalsprint.3dtri.com
We have also sponsored:
