Newly crowned Dublin masters cross-country champion John Dunne of Raheny Shamrock added the Leinster title to his collection in Dunboyne today. Winning the women’s title was Tullamore’s Pauline Curley.
The top three in the men’s race were resuming battle after the Dublin Championships only a week earlier in St Anne’s Park, when Shane O’Neil of Rathfarnham WSAF had dropped out early in the race. This time there was no stopping him and he chased Dunne right to the finish line. Dunne came home first in 20 mins 28 secs, with O’Neill two seconds behind for second and Raheny’s Ian Conroy just two seconds behind again for third. Raheny finished best of the fifteen teams, with Portlaoise second and Ferbane third.
Equally close was the women’s race where Curley was pushed hard by Kilmore’s Jackie Carthy with only two seconds in it. Third was Karen Costello of Dunleer, while fourth was Adele Walsh of St Senan’s. With no W60 category, Nuala Reilly and Brigid McCabe were recorded as finishing second and third W55 behind DMP’s Ann Sullivan. The men’s age groups went up to over 70. Tullamore won the team title from Drogheda and District.
Winning the inter races were Sinead Tangney of Sportsworld and Stephen Conroy of Celbridge AC, with both both also leading their clubs to team victory .
UCD’S Conor O’Keeffe and Rathfarnham’s Donna Mahon were the winners of the Howth hill race this morning – the opening round of the new-look IMRA Winter Spring League. A total of 266 finished the long race; see www.imra.ie
Leinster Masters and Inter Cross-Country Championships, Dunboyne (Full result www.myrunresult.com)
Masters – Women (76 finishers): 1 Pauline Curley (Tullamore Hrs, W45) 15.34, 2 Jackie Carthy (Kilmore, W45) 15.36, 3 Karen Costello (Dunleer, W40) 15.41, 4 Adele Walsh (St Senan’s, W40) 15.43, 5 Nicola Welsh (Dunleer, W35) 15.46, 6 Ruth Kelly (Sportsworld, W40) 15.56. W50: Bridget Clarke (Na Fianna) 17.25. W55: 1 Ann Sullivan (DMP) 17.011, 2 Nuala Reilly (Drogehda and Dist, W60) 18.52, 3 Brigid McCabe (Mullingar Hrs, W60) 19.02. Teams – Club W35(10 teams): 1 Tullamore Hrs 32, 2 Drogheda and Dist 43, 3 Sli Cualann 49, 4 St Laurence O’Toole 49. County W35 (8) – 1 Louth 15, 2 Offaly 25, 3 Dublin 40. Club W50 (4) – 1 Mullingar Hrs 16, 2 North East Runners 34 3 Tullamore Hrs 36, 4 Sportsworld 44. County W50 (5) – 1 Meath 8, 2 Westmeath 16, 3 Louth 25.
Men (154 finishers): 1 John Dunne (Raheny Shamrock, M35) 20.28, 2 Shane O’Neill (Rathfarnham WSAF, M45) 20.30, 3 Ian Conroy (Raheny Shamrock, M35) 20.32, 4 Brian McCluskey (North East Runners, M40) 20.37, 5 Tony O’Reilly (Portlaoise, M45) 20.46, 6 Paul Buckley (Ferbane, M40) 20.50. M50: Pat Malone (Newbridge) 21.23. M55: Ger Moloeny (St Paul’s) 22.30. M60: Martin McDonald (Ballyroand and Dist) 22.13. M65: John Todd (Tullamore Hrs) 26.33. M70: Sean McMullin (Mullingar Hrs) 29.51. Teams: Club M35 (15 teams) – 1 Raheny Shamrock 33, 2 Portlaoise 63, 3 Ferbane 64. County M35(8) – 1 Dublin 16, 2 Laois 50, 3 Offaly 64. Club M50 (4) – 1 Mullingar Hrs 43, 2 Tullamore Hrs 60, 3 Liffey Valley 79. County M50 – 1 Westmeath 43, 2 Dublin 56, 3 Offaly 60.
Inter – Women (32): 1 Sinead Tangney (Sportsworld ) 15.26, 2 Helen Brouder (Sportsworld) 15.44, 3 Laura Buckley (Dunboyne) 15.53, 4 Sally Forristal (St Joseph’s) 15.58, 5 Ciara Rooney (Navan) 15.16, 6 Catherine Thornton (Crusaders) 16.18. Teams:Club (5) – 1 Sportsworld 30, 2 Dunboyne 41, 3 Crusaders 63. County – 1 Dublin 17, 2 Meath 27, 3 Offaly 70.
Men (41) : 1 Stephen Conroy (Celbridge) 27.21, 2 Neil O’Rourke (Civil Service Hrs) 27.34, 3 Barry Murphy (Celbridge) 28.06, 4 Paul Mitchell (Tullamore Hrs) 28.22, 5 Rory Kavanagh (Dunboyne) 28.28, 6 Ian McManus (Celbridge) 28.34. Teams: Club (6) – 1 Celbridge AC 18, 2 Tullamore Hrs 38, 3 Raheny Shamrock 57. County (2) – 1 Kildare 46, 2 Dublin 65.
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