Rás leader and eventual winner Gediminas Bagdonas presents his flowers to Joely Power from Tramore. (See Townlands section, page 15.)

Rás leader and eventual winner Gediminas Bagdonas presents his flowers to Joely Power from Tramore. (See Townlands section, page 15.)

Beset by windy and wet weather for much of the week, the 2011 An Post Rás arrived in Tramore last Friday to a raucous, colourful and literally warm reception – delighting the local organising committee headed up by Cllr Pat Finnerty and Diarmuid Kelly.