Belfast athlete Stephen Scullion, who is a member of Clonliffe Harriers, won the Laganside 10km in Belfast today. Scullion and Scott Rankin of Foyle Valley led the race for the first 5km before Scullion pulled away from victory in 30 mins 48 secs. East Down’s Brendan Teer finished second after overtaking Rankin in the later […]
Clonliffe’s Mark Kenneally was the winner of the Mick Murphy 4-Mile hosted by Sliabh Buidhe Rovers in Ferns, Co Wexford on Saturday evening. Kenneally was chased early on by Freddie Keron Sittuk, the Kenyan now (apparently) running with Raheny Shamrock and Sean Hehir of Rathfarnham WSAF. This pair,both with hard races in their legs from […]
Freddy Keron Sittuk not only won the Pat the Baker Longford Marathon but set a new course record of 2 hrs 22 mins 36 secs. Freddy, from Kenya, has become a familiar figure on the Irish roads since arriving here for the Belfast Marathon in May. In second place in 2:31.51 was Clonliffe’s Gary O’Hanlon […]
Maria McCambridge was first woman at the Airtricity Frank Duffy 10-mile , finishing in 56 mins 28 secs for her fourth victory in this race and her third in this year’s Airtricity Dublin Road Race Series. Her performance proved that she has recovered from the ordeal of the marathon at the World Championships, where she […]
Dundrum South Dublin made it a hat trick of wins in the premier division of the Woodie’s DIY National Track and Field League in Tullamore today. DSD was chased hard all the way by Leevale, but victory in the final 4 x400m relay gave them a crucial nine points and sealed their third win in […]
Some impressive performances at the Woodie’s DIY National Masters in Tullamore despite a series of heavy showers that forced delays and hindered athletes competing in the more technical events. On the track, Roger Sexton of North Down proved fastest of the day in the men’s 200m, clocking a time of 23.66 that gave him M40 […]
Newly crowned Irish heptathlon champion, Kelly Proper will lead a strong Ferrybank women’s team at Sunday’s Woodies DIY National League Finals in Tullamore. With Proper on the team, Ferrybank last won the title in 2011, but the Waterford club has struggled to field a full team since then. DSD were the winners in the two […]
Rose-Anne Galligan of Newbridge AC is out of the World Championships in Moscow after finishing seventh in heat two of the 800m. Galligan’s time of 2:02.05 was well off her Irish record. Paul Pollock is Ireland’s remaining competitor – he goes in Saturday’s marathon, along with Sergiu Ciobanu of Clonliffe Harriers who is competing for […]
As you all know by now, Rob Heffernan of Togher AC is the world 50km walks champion – exactly thirty years to the day since one Eamonn Coghlan won the 5000m at the very first World Track and Field Championships in Helsinki. Ireland’s only other world champion is Sonia O’Sullivan winner of the 5000m in […]
Laura Reynolds has finished a disappointed 31st in the women’s 20km at the World World Athletics Championships in Moscow. Her time of 1 hrs 33 mins 39 secs in hot, humid conditions put her over six minutes behind the winner Eleana Lashmonova of Russia who finished in 1:27.08. Clonliffe’s Brian Gregan is out of the […]
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