Our Centre wants to invite all members and their friends to take part in our annual Santa Run in aid of Drogheda Hospice. The run will take part alongside river boyne, starting from little parking by Horse Lane, Trinity Street, at 1pm on Saturday 13th of December 2008. All donations accepted on the day. Please contact our reception on 0419844910 to get more details.
Our Charity Triathlons and Duathlons came to an end. Thanks to the support of almost 80 members and non - members we were able to raise exactly 1200 Euros in aid of Drogheda Hospice Homecare in Drogheda.
On Friday the 5th of July we met representatives of Drogheda Hospice Homecare to hand over our raised money in order to help in day to day operations of Drogheda Hospice Homecare. The raised money would be mostly needed in areas like: transportation costs, electricity and heating. During our short meeting we already agreed on September event to support again needs of Drogheda Hospice. Here you can view some of the pictures taken on the day;
Westgate Fitness Centre Management(Niamh Walsh and Artur Klimkowski) presenting cheque to Carmel Freeman and Teresa Kilkenny from Drogheda Hospice Homecare.
Niamh, Artur, Wendy Penders, Patrick Carolan, Ann Marie and Denise Lynch.
Patrick Carolan, Kitija, Niamh and Phil Smith.
Updated Class TImetable, valid from October 2008
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Joanna Byrne - first from the left, joined our gym 6 months ago. Joanna belongs to the group of most regular, and hard workers. When being asked what she likes about our leisure centre, she says - I like it, because it is a real gym, it is spacious and staff are friendly. Joanna’s goals are: tone, cardio and general fitness. We wish Joanna all the best and further fitness successes!
Bob Hanon - top second from left, has been training with Westgate Fitness for 7 years. One of the things he loves about our centre is our commited staff, equipment and size of our gym. He loves having a great work out!
Liz and Aidan Mc Hughs joined old Westgate Fitness in Donaghy’s Mill in 1996. Since that time, they have been seen every day in our gym. Their main area of interest will be cardio, stretching, circuit training and general fitness. When asked about our gym, they proudly say - We love it, it is a serious gym for serious people, you do have everything here what you need to stay fit! Apart from that, they like it because of social aspect of Westgate Fitness. They say, it is a local gym for Drogheda people, and they know most of the members in Westgate. We wish both of them further successes!
Barbara Pepper joined our leisure centre 6 years ago. Just recently finished Flora Mini Marathon in just 52 minutes, running for Gary Kelly Cancer Centre. Barbara finished on 376th position out of 6000 competitors. Well done! When asked about Westgate Fitness she says- It is a very easy going place, and it matters when you are training! She likes the atmosphere, staff and size of the gym. Barbara loves cardio and weights. When asked about her training routine and schedule, she proudly says - I am in minimum 3 times per week, if I can I come more! Great commitment! We are wishing Barbara further goals!
Bartek Czerwinski (left), originally from Poland, joined Westgate Fitness 2 years ago. He is often seen in the gym, either running or working out in the weights section. Sport has been always a passion for Bartek. In early days professional alpine skier; now enjoys work out in our gym, and preparing for upcoming triathlons and duathlons in Westgate! When asked why he chose Westgate as his gym, said - This is the coolest gym in Drogheda, the staff here rock and no other gym in town has this much of equipment!
Philip Smith (right), started training at Westgate almost a year ago. Among many hobbies, Phil’s passion for sport can be described as just amazing! Former captain of the Irish Wodo Karate Team, now enjoys workouts in our gym. With 27 years of training Philip is holding 4th Dan in Wodo Karate, 3rd place in European Karate Championship and many other trophies. When asked about our club, he says - I like the club for a variety of weights, instructor’s attention to members progress and an eye for details. Philip alike many other members participates in our charity triathlons. His latest advanced triathlon result - 1hr and 6 mins came as a shock! Well done !
Jack Mc Kenna (left) belongs to our youngest and most regular members. Jack joined our club along with his family, whose passion for training is being passed from parents onto children. Jack apart from being a rugby player, enjoys coming for a day to day session to our club. Jack’s interest would be mainly strength, endurance and weights training, as that is what he needs for rugby. When asked about things he likes about our gym, he says - great staff, spacious gym and lots of weights. We wish Jack best of all and further sports achievement!
Our Swim Competition, which took place at our Fitness Centre for children on 8th June 2008, 3 pm, Sunday, is over. Championship was a real success and showed a very competetive spirit. The winner of level 6th was Naoise Madigan O’Leary with excellent time of 0:37′04 sec. Here you can view some of the photos. We will give full update on the results soon!
Westgate Fitness Leisure Centre is taking bookings for the completely new swim course during the summer. Our new courses for children and adults will start from 14th of June, and will offer ten days course aiming at beginners and improvers. One to One 10 day swim course is aimed at anyone going away on holidays and not having enough time for the whole 10 week course. Adults - 259 Euros, Children - 189 Euros.
Due to popularity of our courses we advise to book now in order to avoid dissapoinment. Please contact reception for more details or simply call 0419844910!
Our June triathlons in aid of Drogheda Hospice finished on tuesday. I wish to thank all our participants and especially Niamh Walsh, who so far has rised almost 300 Euros in aid of Drogheda Hospice, Richard McKenna, Michael Tuohy and David Leach , who raised 150 Euros each using their sponsorship cards. I want to thank Denise Lynch, Wendy Penders and proprietor of Westgate Fitness Centre - Paul Byrne, for the final support . With all participants having competed we are still awaiting for our final figure, which should be donated to Drogheda Hospice at the end of this week. I will keep everyone up to date!
I wish to ackowledge all our members, that due to excellent atmosphere and fun, we will have another charity events as early as September this year. I’ve spoken to Drogheda Hospice management about our annual events, which was accepted with greatest appreciation!
Best regards, I will see you all in September
Artur Klimkowski
Here you can view some of our participants and their effort to finish well!
Niamh, Niamh, Niamh!
Daruius Mazciukaitis - advanced triathlon and Denise Lynch with Trish Flanagan after duathlon. Well done!
Philip Smith with Patrick Carolan (left)- advanced triathlon. Just a reminder Philip finished his triathlon in 1hr and 6 minutes. Distances were 7,5 km run, 15 km cycle and 700 meters swim. Well done!
Kevish Beeharry, Marcin Walkowiak and Beata Mulawa finishing beginner duathlon!
David Leach (left) and our two staff members Stephen Kilroy and Mark Garvey!
Michael Tuohy and Maria Toporcikova (right) and Richard McKenna (left), winner of the Beginner Duathlon in 25 min 24 sec. None of us said it was going to be easy!
Maria Toporcikova - Swim
Pawel Cichocki during his excellent intermediate triathlon performance. No wonder when instructor can do well!
Results!
Beginner Duathlon
1. Richard McKenna - 25.24
2. Marcin Walkowiak - 25.45
3. Beata Mulawa - 31.05
4. Kevish Beeharry - 34.29
5. Denise Lynch - 38.55
6. Barbara Farrelly - 41.27
7. Justyna Stokowski - 42.34
Duathlon Intermediate
1. David Leach - 34.30
2. Stephen Kilroy - 36.00
3. Mark Garvey - 37.40
Advanced Duathlon
1. Paddy Rath - 47.35 - excellent time!
Beginner Triathlon
1. Michael Tuohy - 29.56
2. Niamh Walsh - 30.09
3. Maria Toporcikova - 33.44
Intermediate Triathlon
1. Pawel Cichocki - 52.33
2. Artur Klimkowski - 55.06
Advanced Triathlon
1. Philip Smith - 1hr 06 Best time in the history of our triathlons!!!!
2. Darius Mazciukaitis - 1hr 14.09min
Beginner Triathlon Distances
Run 2,5 km; Cycle 5km; Swim 200m
Intermediate
Run 5km; Cycle 10km; Swim 400m
Advanced
Run 7,5km; Cycle 15km; Swim 600m
Duathlon Distances
Beginner
Run 2km, Cycle 4km, Run 2km
Intermediate
Run 3km, Cycle 6km, Run 3km
Advanced
Run 4km, Cycle 8km, Run 4km
All Ireland Strong Man competition will be held on the 26 & 27 July 2008 at Westgate Fitness Leisure Centre Drogheda. Day first will include: truck pull - arm over arm, 5 barrell lift, stones test and car roll. Day second will include Hercules hold, human lift, axle deadlift and super yolk and drag.
Here you can view some of the last year’s pictures!
See you all in July!
Replacement swipe in tags are now available at the reception for €3
