Honorary President

Chairpersons

2022 - ——- Barry Williams

2019 - 2021 Peter Heron

2016 - 2018 Allan Edwards

2015- —— Paul Skipper

2010 - 2014 Alvin Cooney

Honorary President Alan Kirkham

I joined Mersey Tri in 1990, my first event being a Try a Triathlon event, organized by the club at Crosby.  At the time every member was an ex runner (like me) or cyclist with the odd ex swimmer and a few from various other sports.  I thought that for the club to develop, we needed to introduce youngsters into the sport, so I set up an event for children in 1997 and began coaching children for the event at the same time. I soon gained my Level One coaching qualification.  The event became the Wirral Children’s Triathlon which is still going today. I continued to coach the children’s group until 2019.  I also set up and coached swim sessions for seniors at Byrne Avenue pool and Woodchurch Leisure Centre but these have since transferred to The Oval Leisure Centre and Calday Grange pool.  I have also coached cycle and run sessions for seniors and children although most of my coaching time has been spent on poolside. In between coaching I raced many triathlons from sprint up to Ironman.  I have been NW Region Triathlon Champion in the 50-55 age group and National Middle Distance Champion in the 60-65 age group. I am still coaching but haven’t raced since suffering a double bout of cancer in 2013-14.

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