West Waterford’s David McCarthy made a welcome return to racing when he won the Galway Bay 10km in a time of 31 mins 15 secs. Raheny’s Conor Dooney was a close second, with Siobhan O’Doherty of Borrisokane first women in 35 mins 10 secs.
The half marathon was won by 34-year-old Moldovan Prodius Roman in 66 mins 03 secs, an quality athlete who qualified for the marathon at the London Olympics. Second was Donore’s John Travers in 66 mins 3 secs while third was David McCarthy of West Waterford (yes, that’s what it says in the results). We see that the 10km started at 9.30am and the half at 11am, so maybe it’s possible. First woman was Grainne Ni Uallachain of GCH.
Barry Minnock of Rathfarnham won the marathon in 2:27.35, beating Clonliffe’s Gary O’Hanlon back after a bit of a break. First woman was Nicola Cosgrave.
EOIN CALLAGHAN of Star of the Sea and DSD’s Fiona Clinton were the winner of the 32nd Simon 5 mile held in Dublin’s Phoenix Park. A feature of the races was the numbers of schools teams entered, with individual names not included in the overall results. So although we suspect it was Eoin Brady of Hartstown Community College who finished fourth, we’re not sure.
Well done to all the Hartstown students as well as those from the High School in Rathgar, St Dominic’s Cabra, Moyle Park, Castleknock Community College, Beneavin DLS, St Michael’s, Holy Child Killiney, Mount Anville, Our Lady of Mercy, and St Patrick’s Cathedral Grammar School who lined out. There were also big groups from Deutsche Bank and Susquehanna Ireland.
ROBERT COBALLY of organising club DSD won the inaugural Spirit Motor Group Twlight 5km around the Sandyford industrial estate. A total of 95 teams had entered the race.
IN BELFAST, record numbers turned out for the NI Road Relays – 63 women’s teams and 73 men’s. That’s 136 in total and over 500 runners, all of them active running club members. Newcastle won the senior women’s title, with North Belfast Harriers best of the men. So why don’t these teams come down to Dublin for the National Road Relays in March? Are they invited?
Saturday October 3
32nd Simon 8km Fun Run Phoenix Park (1,173 finishers; www.precisiontiming.net. Provisional)
Men: 1 Eoin Callaghan (Star of the Sea) 26.12, 2 Kevin Baker (Arup) 27.14, 3 Dermot Gorman 27.24, 4 Eoin Brady (Hartstown CC) 27.35, 5 Dan Buckley 28.51, 6 Peter Gaffney 28.53.
Women: 1 Fiona Clinton (DSD) 29.05, 2 Annette Kealy (Raheny Shamrock, W45) 29.52, 3 Niamh Murray 32.42, 4 Breda O’Callaghan 33.22, 5 Amy Reignier Surage 34.52, 6 Maire Kilkerrin 35.00.
NI Road Relay C’ships, Victoria Park, Belfast,
Women (3 x 3,380m) – Masters (30 teams): 1 City of Lisburn 36:38, 2 North Belfast Harriers 37:21, 3rd Ballymena Runners 37:51. Senior (33 teams) :1 Newcastle AC 34:30, 2 North Belfast Harriers 34:37, 3 North Down AC 35:23.
Men (4 x 3,380m) – Masters (44 teams): 1 Willowfield Harriers 41:51, 2 North Belfast Harriers 42:40, 3 Ballymena Runners 43:17. Senior (29 teams): 1North Belfast Harriers 40:29, 2 St Malachy’s AC41:21, 3 North Down AC41:31
Elverys Sports Galway Bay Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km (www.redtagtiming.com)
10km (1,365 finishers) – Men: 1 David McCarthy (W Waterford) 31.15, 2 Conor Dooney (Raheny Shamrock/Team Davy) 31.24, 3 Ray Hynes (Donore) 32.10, 4 Tudor Moldovan (Clonliffe) 32.15, 5 Michel McMahon (Donore) 32.15, 6 Simon Ryan (Raheny Shamrock) 32.19.
Women: 1 Siobhan O’Doherty (Borrisokane) 35.10, 2 Martina Kiely (St Finbarr’s)36.26, 3 Regina Casey (GCH) 36.46, 4 Sinead Whitelaw (Mullingar Hrs) 37.03, 5 Marie Hyland (Crusaders) 37.40, 6 ??Sarah Maken 40.57.
Half marathon (1,104 finishers) – Men: 1 Prodius Roman (Clonliffe) 66.04, 2 John Travers (Donore) 66.31, 3 David McCathy (W Waterford) 67.43, 4 Mark Dooley (Donore) 69.05, 5 John Dunne 9Donore) 73.35, Fabio Rea (Lazio Running Team) 74.41.
Women : 1 Grainne Ni Uallachain (GCH) 87.15, 2 Barbara Dunne (GCH) 88.16, 3 Siobhan Egan (GCH) 88.48, 4 Meagan Day 91.10, 5 Esther O’Flaherty (GCH) 91.45, 6 Deirdre Enright 92.34.
Marathon (203 finishers)– Men: 1 Barry Minnock (Rathfarnham WSAF) 2:27.35, 2 Gary O’Hanlon (Clonliffe Hrs) 2:27.56, 3 Brian Leahy (Raheny Shamrock) 2:33.34. Women: 1 Nicola Cosgrave 3:19.22, 2 Annmarie Connell3:22.42, 3 Maria Hayes 3:30.59.
Thursday October 1
Spirit Motor Group Twilight Run 5km, Sandyford Ind Estate, Dublin (590 finishers; www.precisiontiming.net)
Men: 1 Robert Corbally (DSD) 16.00, 2 Brian Coleman. 3 Romain Denis (UCD) 17.14. Women: 1 Eimear Fitzmaurice 18.29, Niamh Devlin (DSD) 18.44, 3 Stephanie Barnwell 19.40. Teams – Men (27): 1 ROD1 1:13.58, 2 GoCar Team 1 1:19.17, 3 Kenyan Child Foundation 1:22.38. Women (17): 1 Gonzaga Ladies 1:35.34, 2 What the Hill? 1:39.26, 3 Brophy Solicitors 1:41.21. Mixed (51): 1 UCD Inst for Sport Health 1:22.19, 2 Smith & Williamson 1:27.05, 3 AIB Stillorgan Runners 1:27.24
Tuesday September 29
Dublin Night Run 10km/5km, Parkwest (560 finishers; www.redtagetiming.com)
10km (312 finishers) – Men: Roman Soltys 35.59. Women: Tara Kennedy Monks 39.06.
5km (250 finishers) – Men: David O’Leary 17.09. Women: Cliona Larkin 22.11.
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