Kilkee 500 euro for the winner

peter kern

Well done to the Kilkee Race organizers.
Class race as always for everybody . The best goddie bag in triathlon,
and on top of a perfect race, really good prize money for top 3.
It can be done!

mloc123

peter kern wrote: »

Well done to the Kilkee Race organizers.
Class race as always for everybody . The best goddie bag in triathlon,
and on top of a perfect race, really good prize money for top 3.
It can be done!

I suspect making a huge profit is not the main aim of LTC... unlike Athy.
Goody bag did sound very good.

promethius

to be fair to organisers, an epic goody bag. saw one of the jackets (yes jackets) today and they look great

El Director

And the Giro sunglasses worth €100! Not that I got a chance to see/use them as the girlfriend pocketed them!

tunney

peter kern wrote: »

Well done to the Kilkee Race organizers.
Class race as always for everybody . The best goddie bag in triathlon,
and on top of a perfect race, really good prize money for top 3.
It can be done!

Have you emailed the Athy organisers and passed on your thoughts? Pretty sure that they do no frequent boards.ie

peter kern

we had that discussion 2 years ago when the prize money was reduced from 1000 to 500 euro.......
Anyway its not about Athy its about being positive an give Props to Kilkee...

peter kern

promethius wrote: »

to be fair to organisers, an epic goody bag. saw one of the jackets (yes jackets) today and they look great

Just t make sure we dont have a misunderstanding the very decent prize money in Kilkee is on top of a great jacket and shades, top race. and after party for everybody.

elvis jones

peter kern wrote: »

we had that discussion 2 years ago when the prize money was reduced from 1000 to 500 euro.......
Anyway its not about Athy its about being positive an give Props to Kilkee...

Well why mention them in the thread title ?

Yeah i seen the jacket and glasses, some of our club did it.........well done to them !

peter kern

the last time tunney said not everything can be done togehter.
and its not all about the elites.
Kilkee does an outstanding job bringing it togheter. why not give them Kudos.
If you dont compare it with another big race few people will understand as they all ask me are those guys who come top three full time athletes.... so they seem to think prize money is higher than 500 euro for the winner.

elvis jones

peter kern wrote: »

the last time tunney said not everything can be done togehter.
and its not all about the elites.
Kilkee does an outstanding job bringing it togheter. why not give them Kudos.
If you dont compare it with another big race few people will understand as they all ask me are those guys who come top three full time athletes.... so they seem to think prize money is higher than 500 euro for the winner.

Agreed, but don't say its not about Athy if you put it in the thread title.

peter kern

ok fair point

peter kern

ok fair point
unfortunately I seem nt to be able to change the header

if some of the mods can do it, that would be cool.

tunney

peter kern wrote: »

the last time tunney said not everything can be done togehter.
and its not all about the elites.
Kilkee does an outstanding job bringing it togheter. why not give them Kudos.
If you dont compare it with another big race few people will understand as they all ask me are those guys who come top three full time athletes.... so they seem to think prize money is higher than 500 euro for the winner.

Masssive respect to LTC for their races.

We could open up a whole new debate by the use of "the elites" and "full time athletes" in the above.

peter kern

I see it a bit like this athletes that can come top 5 in nat champs
or the really big races like kilkee and dublin, should not incure cost for racing . and I think nat series races should help a bit.
And right know only the Lost Sheep, Dublin, Kilkee do that.
Nat series overall title is worth 120 euro less than a win in Athy .

The funny thing is Limerick tri is also one of the few clubs besides Trisports and Pulse that supports its athletes.
Overall Clubs are very fast to claim the results but often dont offer much for the advertisement they get from a fast athlete.

tunney

peter kern wrote: »

I see it a bit like this athletes that can come top 5 in nat champs
or the really big races like kilkee and dublin, should not incure cost for racing . and I think nat series races should help a bit.
And right know only the Lost Sheep, Dublin, Kilkee do that.
Nat series overall title is worth 120 euro less than a win in Athy .

The funny thing is Limerick tri is also one of the few clubs besides Trisports and Pulse that supports its athletes.
Overall Clubs are very fast to claim the results but often dont offer much for the advertisement they get from a fast athlete.

I agree with everything here. I would go further to say that a top ten NA athlete should not have to sit in front of a computer to try and get into a race.

Limerick Tri club is a well set up club, possibly the best in ireland, probably in fact. if something is going to be done right is it any surprise that its there?

I agree some clubs, some more so than others, sign fast people up before they even know it and then give nothing to them.

Hanley

Holy moly, jacket and €100 sunglasses?! What else was there?! And how much was entry?

peter kern

i think entrance fee was 50 euro.

pgibbo

Hanley wrote: »

Holy moly, jacket and €100 sunglasses?! What else was there?! And how much was entry?

62.50 entry fee for Kilkee