Entries online are now open for the Neath Valley Triathlon which is held at Glynneath on the 20th September 2009. There are a limited number of entries so don't if you want to race as there are a good number of athletes already entered. For further information please use the link opposite.

Celtic Tri Awards Evening 2009 Celtic Tri will be holding their annual awards evening on February 7th at The Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea. The price of a ticket is £17.50 per head which includes a hot buffet, disco. The evening will start at 7.00pm. If wishes to book their plces at the awards evening please contact Karen "Kaz" Burrows.

Once again this year the Club is organising an off road duathlon series at Cymer. The series is designed to be 3 training sessions comprising run-bike-run and will only be open to Club members. The sessions will be timed and an award given to the best performing male and female at our Club dinner on 7 February 2009.

This year's events are being organised by Nikki Powell; Tim O'Leary and Steve Wilkinson and will be on:

• 14th December 2008
• 4th January 2009
• 1st February 2009

Further details regarding these will follow shortly and will be posted on the Club web site.If it is not your intention to race then I would be grateful of any commitment you can give to helping on the day or being a marshal.

Race Pack and Entry Form

Celtic Tri have recently relaunched the newsletter which is being coordinated by Graham Vyner. If any memebers have not received the newsletter via email could you please forward your email address to Ieuan Jones and he will then add it to the distribution list.

The Celtic Junior Tri Awards Evening will take place on Friday 5th December at the 'Refresh' in Cymmer. There will be a pool party from 6.00pm - 7.00pm and the awards at 7.30pm. All Celtic Tri members welcome.

Online voting is now available for the Welsh Volunteer of the Year 2008. He would like all Welsh Triathlon Members in Celtic Tri to cast vote on the link below as winners in our region will go forward to the British Triathlon National Awards. The closing date is Friday 17th October.

Welsh Volunteer Awards

Celtic Tri Off-Road Duathlon, 2nd November 2008

The race will be held in Margam Country Park and surrounding forest just off J38 of the M4 at Port Talbot. Parking as you enter the park and follow the road into the park which leads directly to transition area. Registration will be held in the castle and will be clearly signposted. The run will be on grass and compact trails in a single 5km loop around the park. The bike begins with a climb up Cwm Philip valley on mountain firetrack roads and once at the top comprises a single lap rolling course of the mountain top offering spectacular views of Somerset, Gower peninsular and Brecon Beacons before the exhilarating decent back to transition.The initial 5km run is repeated with the finish in front of Margam Castle

There will be two starts, one for individuals and the other for teams to give less experienced athletes the chance to sample multisport at its best.

Entries are £20.00 for BTF members and £24.00 for BTF teams.
£24.00 for non BTF entries and £30.00 for non BTF teams.

There are toilets and cafeteria immediately adjacent to transition as well as play areas to keep the kids entertained.

Route maps will be issued once confirmed with the forestry commission.

Anyone wishing to volunteer to marshal at the event or has any queries. Please contact: Colin Price (Race Organiser)

Well done to our young athletes who represented Wales at the Inter Regional Championships held in Aldershot. They were up against the best young athletes in Britain and did us proud with some excellent performances in their respective categories. All our athletes will be training hard to qualify for next years race as it will be held at Bryn Bach Parc, Tredegar.

Due to the holiday period there will be no swimming at Cymmer Pool Friday 1st and Friday 8th August.

Due to industrial action there will be no swimming at the National pool, Swansea on Thursday 17th July.

Due to increases in pool hire and to maintain the amount of sessions available there will be increase in swimming fees. The prices for both Adult and Juniors will raise by 50 pence per session.

Well done to all athletes and marshals / volunteers who helped to make the race a success.

Results

After six events of the Celtic Tri Club Championships there is still plenty to race for at the last race at Tuska.

Current Placings after six events

There is a shortfall of coaches within Celtic tri to cover all swim sessions. The Swinsea swim session on Thursday evening will continue but on times there will not be a poolside coach. However session plans will be provided and subs will be taken by a senior member of the club.

Due to a swimming gala there will be no swimming at Neath Pool on Saturday 21st June.

A big thank you to all athletes and volunteers who helped to make the race a success.

Results

More photos are available on the gallery page.

Celtic Junior Tri, Welsh Triathlon Championships

Well done to all the young athletes who participated in the recent Welsh Triathlon Championships in Cardiff.

Results

There has been a number of alterations to the club championships regarding races. The Celtic Trial Triathlon on 1st June has been added instead of Llanelli Sprint Triathlon and Brecon Triathlon on 14th June as been added instead of Aberdare triathlon. With such a busy race calender in June it can mean only one thing. A good night for your partner if you make it to July. Happy racing!

Dave Copland from Ipswich Tri took some photos of Bleanavon Triathlon recently and there are a few of Celtic Tri. To see them use the link below. Thanks Dave!

BlaenavonTri2008

Attached is a Race Pack and Cousre Map of the Celtic Trial Triathlon on 1st June. There has been a excellent response to this new race as there are only a few places left. For any wishing to enter please click on the appropriate link to acquire an entry form.

Due to a swimming gala there will be no swimming at Neath Pool on Saturday 10th May.

Celtic Junior tri will be holding their anuual general meeting at 7.30pm on Wednesady 23rd April 2008, at Cwrt Herbert Playing fields. Any members who wish to nominate candidates or required any further information, please contact Andy Bartlett.

Celtic Tri are organising a number races this year. Aprt from the well established Aberavon Beach Aquathlon there will be a standard distance triathlon based at the boating lake at Margam. Entry forms for both these races are now available at the appropriate links on this page. Race packs will be updated in the near future. For further information please contact: Celtic Tri.

Celtic tri presentation evening was again another success with many athletes receiving awards for their hard work throughout the year. Well done to exeryone who made the evening such a success. Further images are available on the gallery page.

The Club Championship races have now been published on the 'events' page and will predominately follow the Welsh Chamionship races. The Championships will consist of seven races (one to be confirmed) with the athletes best five results scoring. More information is provided on the events page.

At the recent Neath Port Talbot Sports Awards Evening, Celtic Tri were fortunate to have two nominations this year. In the club nomination we were narrowly pipped by Tonmawr RFC. However we did mange to bring back some silverware in the form of Jack Newton who was awarded the Young Sports Personality of the Year. Well done Jack