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| Mick Traynor |
Mick Traynor of Raheny Shamrock and Donna Mahon of Rathfarnham WSAF won the overall Dublin Masters’ Cross-Country titles on a perfect day for running at St Anne’s Park Raheny. Both led almost from the start and build up good leads.
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| Donna Mahon |
Perhaps the most remarkable achievement of the day was the run by Raheny Shamrock president Nick Corish, aged 88. Age groups started at over 40 , with a record 87 running the men’s race. It means that next year there may well be two races – one for the over 35-45 age group and another for the over 50 ages.
A massive 98 finished the women’s Meet and Train Winter League race in Griffeen Park, Dublin. In a race dominated by Sportsworld, Natalia Sokolowska was the winner – two years after her racing debut in this very race when she finished 45th.
* Pics from both races at www.lindie.zenfolio.com.
* At the Munster Indoors in Nenagh, Kelly Proper won the senior women’s long jump and Kourosh Foroughi the men’s high jump.
* A day earlier, Niamh Devlin and Tomas Fitzpatrick were the winners at the SDCC BHAA Cross-Country in Tymon Park, with a very healthy turnout of over 300 runners testing the BHAA’s new chip timing system.
Sunday January 8
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| Nick Corish M85 |
Dublin Masters’ Cross-Country Championships, St Anne’s Park, Raheny)
Women’s 3km(28): 1 Donna Mahon (Rathfarnham WSAF) 10.39; 2 Anne Curley (Donore) 11.02; 3 Lucy Darcy (Sportsworld) 11.19; 4 Helen White (Sportsworld, W45) 11.20; 5 Orla Gormley (Raheny Shamrock, W45) 11.30; 6 Lorraine Byrne (Raheny Shamrock, W40) 11.32; 7 Maria Dolan (Rathfarnham WSAF, W40) 11.37; 8 Sandra Armstrong (Sportsworld, W40) 11.39; 9 Sharon Tighe (Tallaght, W40) 11.40; 10 Sheelagh Jones (DSD) 11.41. W45: 1 White ; 2 Orla Gormley ; 3 Aideen Downes (Sportsworld) 11.44. W50: 1 Jones; 2 Karen McLaughlin (Donore) 13.31. W55: 1 Helen Ingram (Rathfarnham WSAF) 12.37; 2 Mags McCreary (Civil Service) 12.47. W60: Eileen O’Brien (Lucan Hrs) 14.38. Teams – 1 Sportsworld 27; 2 Rathfarnham WSAF 32; 3 Donore Hrs 56.
Men’s 6km (87): 1 Mick Traynor (Raheny Shamrock, M45)19.00; 2 Declan Power (Clonliffe, M40) 19.16; 3 Mick Boyle (Raheny Shamrock, M40) 19.23; 4 Damien Martin (Raheny Shamrock,M45) 19.36; 5 Mark O’Shea (Skerries AC, M40) 19.56; 6 Tom O’Connor (Liffey Valley, M50) 20.04; 7 Paul Cowhie (Civil Service, M45) 20.06; 8 Philip Hennessy (Donore Hrs, M40) 20.07; 9 Shane O’Neill 9Rathfarnham WSAF, 20.13; 10 Kevin Thompson (Skerries, M40< 20.14 M40: 1 Power; 2 Boyle; 3 O’Shea. M45: 1 Traynor; 2 Damien Martin; 3 Cowhie. M50: 1 O’Connor ; 2 Niall Coppinger (Tallaght) 20.35; 3 Philip O’Doherty (Clonliffe) 20.50. M55: 1 Desie Shorten (Tallaght) 22.07; 2 Tom Loftus (Raheny Shamrock) 22.52; 3 Terry Clarke (Rathfarnham WSAF) 23.26. M60: 1 Pat Collins (Liffey Valley) 22.38; 2 Vivian O’Hanlon (Tallaght) 24.00; 3 Dave Brady (Raheny) 31.12. M65: 1 Pat Bonass (Clonliffe) 26.05; 2 John Twomey (Rathfarnham WSAF) 27.37; 3 Ray McCormack (Raheny Shamrock). M85 (short course): Nick Corish (Raheny Shamrock). Teams – M40: 1 Raheny Shamrock 31; 2 Rathfarnham WSAF 53; 3 Liffey Valley 66; 4 Skerries AC 66; 5 Donore Hrs 102; 6 Clonliffe Hrs 129. M50: 1 Rathfarnham WSAF 68; 2 Tallaght 72; 3 Clonliffe 102.
Munster Indoors, Nenagh (selected results):
Women – senior: 200m – Antoinette Stafford (DMP, W25) 27.19. 3000m: Eimear O’Brien (Sligo) 10:17.52. Long jump Kelly Proer (Ferrybank) 5.85; 2 Antoinette Stafford (DMP) 5.81.
Junior: 60H – Sarah Lavin (Emerald) 8.87. 60m q – Phil Healy (Bandon) 7.88; Lavin 7.90. 200m: 1 Stephanie Carroll (Dooneen, W18) 26.03.400m: Jessica Neville (Leevale, W18) 59.26; 2 Megan Kiely (Ferrybank) 59.49. Triple jump: Sinead O’Connor (Tralee Hrs) 10.81.
Men – Senior: 60m q – David Killeen (Leevale, M25) 7.32. 200m – David Killeen (Leevale, M25) 23.33. 400m Ger O’Donnell (Carrick-on-Shannon, M25) 51.70. 1500m: Peter Hanrahan (Togher, M25) 4:05.58. 3000m: James McCarthy ( E Cork) 8:40.16; 2 Michael Carmody (Limerick) 8:40.92. Triple jump: Denis Finnegan (Leevale) 14.86. High jump: Kourosh Foroughi (Star of the Sea) 2.10.
Junior: 60m q – Greg O’Shea (Dooneen) 7.25; Padraig Kelly (Awbeg, M15) 7.29. 200m: 1 James Greene (Ferrybank, M18) 23.52. 400m: Greene 51.42. 800m: Dean Cronin (Blarney Inis, M18) 1:58.97. 1500m: 1 Cronin 4:21.79; 2 Michael Carey (Clonmel) 4:22.00.
Masters:
M35: 60m q Michael Downey (Rising Sun) 7.57. 200m Downey 25.57. 1500m Frank Quinlan (Waterford) 4:33.41.
M40: Pole vault – Kevin Byrne (DSD) 2.80 (rec)
M45: 200m Kieran Leahy (Waterford) 26.39.
M50: 200m John Murphy (Liscarroll) 28.22. 3000m: Michael Moore (Dundrum) 10:21.18.
M55: 200m Liam Lyster (Crusaders) 29.27. 3000m: Joe Gough (W Waterford) 10:19.14.
M65: 200m Brendan Dennehy (Rising Sun) 30.59.
W35: 3000m Martina O’Brien (C-on-Suir) 10:30.90.
W45: 800m Aisling Power (Ennis TC) 2:40.79.
W50: 800m Mary Sweeney (St Finbarr’s) 2:46.50. 1500m Sweeney, 5:28.23. 3000m Sweeney 11:30.19.
Women’s Meet and Train Winter Cross-Country League (2-mile), Griffeen Park, Lucan (98 finishers; full result www.womensmeetandtrain.blogspot.com).
1 Natalia Sokolowska (Sportsworld A) 13.17; 2 Caitriona Higgins (Sportsworld A) 13.23; 3 Erin O’Connell (Sportsworld B) 13.25; 4 Shona Keane (Sportsworld A) 13.31; 5 Freda Comiskey (Lucan Hrs A) 13.33.
Carlow Senior Cross-Country Championships
Men (10km): 1 Brian Kirwan (St Laurence O’Toole) 34.25; 2 Pat Byrne (Tinryland, M35) 34.42; 3 Colin Payne (Tinryland), 36.00; 4 Tommy Payne (Tinryland, M50) 36.29; 5 Dwayne Farrell (Tinryland) 36.46; 6 D Lawlor (SLOT) 46.50; 7 G Power (SLOT), 37.49; 8 J Griffin (SLOT) 38.17; 9 M Kehoe (Tinryland) 38.55; 10 L Murphy (Tinryland) 38.55.
Team: 1 Tinryland 33 pts; 2 SLOT 46 pts.
Women (4km): 1 Vera Nekrossova (SLOT, U-16) 17.37; 2 B Brown (SLOT) 17.50; 3 N Curran (SLOT) 18.00; 4 A Bulter (SLOT) 18.00; 5 B Long (SLOT), 18.08; 6 S Morrissey (SLOT) 18.15. Team: 1 SLOT, 10 pts; 2 Tinryland, 37 pts.
Wicklow Masters and Junior C-C, Shanganagh Park, Bray(Full result www.athleticswicklow.com).
Juniors – Women:1 Sile O’Byrne (Parnell) 16.45; 2 Amy Howard (Greystones) 17.26; 3 Paula O’Byrne (Parnell) 17.37. Men: 1 Jamie Cullen (Greystones) 22.59; 2 James Tyrell (Parnell) 23.45; 3 Donal Flannery (Parnell) 24.02. Teams – 1 Parnell 10; 2 Greystones and District 11.
Masters – Women (14 finishers): 1 Noelle Thorpe (Bray Runners, W50) 17.36; 2 Louise Cullen (Kilcoole, W40); 3 Sandra Pegman (Kilcoole, W40); 4 Anne McFadden (Kicoole, W50); 5 Martha O’Neill (Parnell, W40: 6 Jean Bader (Parnell, W45). Teams – 1 Kilcoole 9; 2 Bray Runners 17; 3 Parnell 24.
Men (30 finishers): 1 Joe Cawley (Bray Runners, M40) 21.40; 2 Finn Kirwan (Bray, M40)212.55; 3 Martin Fracis (Bray, M50) 22.49; 4 John Baldwin (Kilcoole, M45) 22.50; 5 Gary Condon (Bray) 22.57; 6 Ben Mooney (Inbhear Dee, M45) 23.01. M55: Bill Tyrell (Parnell)24.20. M65: Sean Clifford (Bray) 26.09. Teams – 1 Bray Runners 6; 2 Kilcoole 25; 3 Inbhear Dee 32.
Saturday January 7
South Dublin County Council C-C, Tymon Park, Dublin (full result www.bhaa.ie).
Women’s 2-mile (61 finishers): 1 Niamh Devlin (UCD) 11:49; 2 Catherine Devitt (Research Consultant) 11:57; 3 Fiona Mahon (Primary Teachers) 12:16; 4 Sonya O’Connell (Trinity College) 12:20; 5 Mary Hanley (Dept of Transport, W40) 12:30; 6 Grainne Butler (Therapist, W45)12:39.
Men’s 4-mile (254 finishers) : 1 Tomas Fitzpatrick 21:36; 2 Mick Clohisey (Spar) 21:43 ; 3 John Eves (UCD) 22:09; 4 Mark Hoey (Grassroots Landscaping) 22:12; 5 James McFadden (St. John of God’s) 22:20; 6 Louis McCarthy 22:22. M45: 1 Dave Carrie (An Post) 23.45; 2 Gerry Daly (Dublin City Co) 25.25; 3 Phelim Glynn (Eircom) 25.49. . M50: 1 Brian Furey (Diageo) 24.23; 2 Tony O’Halloran (Bank of America) 24.39 .
NI & Ulster Junior/Inter & Masters Cross Country Championships, Scotstown, Co Monaghan
Junior/Inter (55): 1 Jarlath Falls (Ballymena & Antrim AC) 42:21; 2 Alan O’Hara
(North Belfast Harriers) 43:26; 3 Liam Venney (East Down AC) 43:37; 4 Brendan Teer (East Down AC) 43:59; 5 Connor Magill (NBH) 44:16; 6 Caoimhin Kelly (Glaslough Harriers) 44:22. Teams – 1 Nth Belfast Harriers; 2 Foyle Valley; 3 Willowfield.
Women(54): 1 Cathy McCourt (NBH, W35) 18:22; 2 Donna Evans (Monaghan Pheonix, W40) 19:01; 3 Patricia O’Hagan (St Peters, inter) 19:04; 4 Denise Toner (Clones, inter)
19:13; 5 Emer McGovern (Innyvale AC, W35) 19:30; 6 Helena Crossan (Inishowen AC, W40) 19:44. W35: 3 Evelyn McGinely (Inishowen, 20.01. W40: 3 Stephanie Hambling (Nth Down) 19.48. W45: 1 Louise Kieran (Bailieboro) 20.56; 2 Anne Sandford (Newcastle) 20.56; 3 Patricia Campbell (Omagh) 22.40. W50: 1 Ruth Magill (Lagan Valley) 20.44; 2 Fionnuala McCourt (Lagan Valley) 21.34; 3 Mary Mackin (Dromore) 22.31. W55: 1 Noreen Bonnar (Finn Valley) 23.00; 2 Maureen Oliver 25.47. W60: Roisin Lynch (City of Derry) 23.15. W65: Brigid Quinn (Ballymena Runners) 25.58. Juniors: 1 Sara Moore (Omagh Hrs) 19.47; 2 Alicia Boylan (Oriel) 20.10; 3 Jessica Drohan (Shercock) 22.22. Teams – Masters: 1 Lagan Valley 46; 2 Inishowen 49; 3 City of Derry 99. Inter: 1 Lagan Valley 38; 2 Omagh Hrs 41; 3 City of Derry.
Master men (89): 1 Declan Reed (CoD, M35) 29.30; 2 Colin Roberts (CoD, M40) 30.28; 3 Paul Carroll (Annadale, M40) 30.34; 4 Paddy Mhor Doherty (CoD, M35) 30.59; 5 Mark Wright (Annadale, M40) 31.11; 6 Francis Marsh (Nth Down, M45) 31.15; 7 Neil Carty (NBH< M45) 31.21; 8 Pauric McKinney (Letterkenny, M45)31.32; 9 Dominic Bonnar (Finn Valley, M50) 31.40; 10 Gary Crossan (Letterkenny, M40) 31.45. M35: 3 Colin McNulty (Finn Valley) 33.13. M50: 2 Frank Sharkey (Lagan Valley) 32.29; 3 Davy Clarke (Larne) 34.01. M55: 1 Matt Shields (NBH) 34.23; 2 Sammy McEnany (CoD) 35.32; 3 Peter Lilburn (CoD) 37.13. M60: 1 Terry Eakin (Nth Down) 35.39; 2 Francis Boal (Lagan Valley) 41.02;3 Michael Smith (Laragh) 42.40. M65 (short course) 1 Christy McMonagle (CoD) 19.54; 2 Brian Smith (Nth Down) 21.10; 3 Fred Murdock (Nth Down) 22.10.
Teams – 1 City of Derry Spartans 25; 2 Finn Valley 62; 3 Annadale Striders 68.
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