Congratulations to Eoghan Barry who became the first member of Audax Ireland to receive the Randonneur 5000 medal. 192 randonneurs were awarded the medal for 2012 representing 18 countries.

The Randonneur 5000 medal is awarded for completing the full series of 200, 300, 400, 600, and 1000 km brevets, the Paris–Brest–Paris and a Flèche, together with enough additional events to bring the total to 5000kms in a 4 year period.