St. Malachy's past pupil achieves European success

Shannon Connolly, past pupil of St. Malachy's Primary School will travel to Budapest Hungary, next week to represent Ireland in the world Triathlon Championships.

A triathlon is an endurance sport consisting of swimming, cycling and running. A mile swim is followed immediately by a 25 mile cycle, and finished with a 6 mile run.

Armagh man Shannon has had a successful triathlon season in 2010; becoming Ulster Champion (Under-25) in May and finishing an excellent third place in the European Triathlon Championship in July.

St. Malachy's are holding a non-uniform day to support Shannon's trip to the World Championships. Shannon would like to say a big thank you to all at St. Malachy's Primary.

Shannon will be racing the World Aquathon Championships (Swim to Run) on Wednesday 8^th September and the World Triathlon Championships on Sunday 12^th September in Budapest.