Fifth ‘Frank Duffy’ for McCambridge

Maria McCambridge of DSD won the  SSE Airtricity Frank Duffy 10-Mile for a fifth time out of eight starts in Dublin’s Phoenix Park this morning.

McCambridge was out on her own from the start and clocked an excellent time of 55 mins 15 secs. Afterwards, she confirmed that she will be defending her Irish marathon title for a second time at the SSE Airticity Dublin Marathon in October.  “The hunger has come back  – and quite suddenly. I really didn’t want to run another marathon earlier this year, ” said McCambridge after the race. She now heads to Spain for three weeks warm weather training before the SSE Dublin Half Marathon next month.

Scottish athletes dominated the men’s race with  Andrew Douglas the clear winner in 49 mins 57 secs. In second place was his team mate Michael Crawley. Tallaght’s Tomas Fitzpatrick was first of the home runners in third place.  In the Dublin Championships, Raheny Shamrock won  the senior men’s title and DSD the women’s.

CLONLIFFE’S Brian McMahon was a clear winner of the Warriors’ Run 15k up and around Knocknarea in Co Sligo.

Saturday August 23

Airtricity Dublin Race Series Frank Duffy ’10’, Phoenix Park. www.dublinmarathon.ie.

Men: 1 Andrew Douglas (Sco) 49.57, 2 Michael Crawley (Sco) 50.20, 3 Tomas Fitzpatrick (Tallaght) 50.30, 4 Eddie McGinley (Annadale) 50.35, 5 Brian Maher (KCH) 50.45, 6 Neil Renault (Sco) 51.00, 7 Paddy Hamilton  51.19, 8 Mark Ryan (Rathfarnham WSAF, M35) 51.36, 8 Max McNeill (Sco) 52.23. M35: 2 Brian Leahy (Raheny Shamrock) 53.17, 3 Tommy Evans (Gowran) 53.54. M40: Rob Cross (Crusaders) 53.35, 2 Shane O’Neill (Rath WSAF) 55.11, 3 Ciaran McCarthy 56.42. M45: 1 Ken Norgrove (Donore) 55.58, 2 Philip Hennessy (Donore) 57.39, 3 Peter Gaffney 58.40. M50: 1 Paul Moran (Gardai) 55.53, 2 Eddie Newman (Mullingar Hrs) 58.28, 3 Brian Kelly (Raheny Shamrock) 59.46. M55: 1 Jack Tyrrell (Tallaght) 64.34, 2 Adrian Tucker (Gardai) 66.31. M60: 1 John Cullen (Liffey Valley) 60.30, 2 Tom Turner Limerick CC AC) 67.39, 3 Pat Byrne (Clonliffe Hrs) 68.06. M65: 1 Pat Collins (Liffey Valley) 70.48, 2 Michael Ferry (Gardai) 78.48, 3 Padraig Gibbons (Liffey Valley) 86.07. M70: 1 Terry Mee (Donore) 76.28, 2 Paddy Beauchamp 79.22. M75: Joseph Maguire (Donore) 89.52. Jun: Eoin Keating (Portmarnock) 62.12.  Teams – Dublin Championships: Senior – 1 Raheny Shamrock 93, 2 Rathfarnham WSAF 96, 3 Donore Harriers 153. M35 – 1 Donore Harriers 91, 2 Crusaders 221, 3 Liffey Valley 238. M50 – 1 Rathfarnham WSAF 283, 2 Raheny Shamrock 521, 3 Liffey Valley 890.

Women: 1 Maria McCambridge (DSD) 55.15, 2 Megan Crawford (Sco) 57.30, 3 Jennifer Emsley (Sco) 57.40, 4 Siobhan O’Doherty (Borrisokane) 58.41, 5 Shona McIntosh (Sco) 59.10, 6 Patrycja Wlodarczyk (Raheny Shamrock) 60.34, 7 Niamh Devlin (DSD) 61.20, 8 Cathy McCourt (NBH, W40) 61.34, 9 Fiona Stack (Raheny Shamrock) 61.52, 10 Kate O’Neill (MSB) 62.27. W35: Justine O’Connell Urell (DSD) 65.01, 2 Ciara Foster (Sportsworld) 65.28, 3 Suzanne Sheehy (Fingallians) 66.53. W40: 2 Anne Curley (Donore) 63.01, 3 Tara Kenndy Monks 66.47. W45: 1 Maria Dolan (Rath WSAF) 63.00, 2 Olwyn Dunne (Crusaders) 69.08, 3 Cathryn Brady 70.15. W50:1 Charlotte Stevens (Sli Cualann) 79.07, 2 Aileen Melody (Sportsworld) 79.08, 3 Tina Corcoran 79.46. W55: 1 Nuala Reilly (Drogheda & Dist) 75.04, 2 Bernie Manley (Raheny Shamrock) 76.31, 3 Bernadette Mitchell 77.04. W60: 1 Mary Lynch 78.52, 2 Phyllis Browne (Starof the Sea) 79.20, 3 Eileen O’Brien (Lucan Hrs) 83.29. W65: Caroline Lynch (Sportsworld) 82.45. W70: Margaret Churchill 2:11.56. Jun: Emily Ryan (Dunboyne) 82.41. Teams – Dublin Championships: Senior – 1 DSD 81, 2 Donore Harriers 97, 3 Sportsworld 106. W35: 1 Crusaders 324, 2 Sportsworld 340, 3 Donore Harriers 362. W50: Raheny Shamock.

Warriors’ Run 15km, Strandhill, Co Sligo (819 finishers; www.precisiontiming.net)

Men 1 Brian McMahon (Clonliffe) 51.8, 2 Barry Minnock (Rathfarnham WSAF) 56.51, 3 Richard Gorman (Sligo AC) 57.06. Women: 1 Breege Connolly (NBH) 62.01, 2 Heather Foley 67.04, 3 Sinead Foley 69.01.

Endurance Challenge 2068 (incl 4 marathons), Leinster Marathon, Dublin  www.endurancechallenge.ie.

5km (27 finishers) – Men: Freddy Keron Sittuk (Raheny Shamrock) 17.34, 2 Shane O’Farrell 18.59, 3 Padraig Craddock 19.49. Women: 1 Claire Murphy 28.20. 2 Kate Holohan 28.41, 3 Joanne Smith 30.26.

Marathon (8 finishers) – 1 Cathy O’Connor 3:23.26, 2 Aine Killeen 3:44.09, 3 John Neville 3:52.32.

Friday August 22

Meade Potato Company Potato Day 5km, Rathkenny, Co Meath (371 finishers; www.precisiontimining.net)

Men: 1 Cillian O’Leary (Raheny) 16.11, 2 Shane Boyle (Dunshaughlin, M40) 16.41, 3 David O’Connell (Bohermeen, M50) 17.07. Teams – 1 Bohermeen, 69, 2 Trim 103, 3 Syddon GFC 116. Women: 1 Sinead Eacrett (St Michael’s) 19.07, 2 Mary Hanley (Na Fianna, W50) 19.28, 3 Linda Fahy (Dunshaughlin, W40) 19.32. W50: Mary Watters (Navan) 20.48. Teams – 1 Bohermeen 55, 2 Carrick Aces62, 3 Drogheda & Dist 75.

GSK 5m, Co Waterford. Ger Wyley Sports/Skins Summer Series Rd 11 (final rd).

Men: 1 Philip Harty (W Waterford) 25:20, 2 Trevor Power (Waterford) 26:00, 3 Rory Moloney (W Waterford) 26:07. Noe; Murphy (Waterford) 26.19, 5 Raivis Zakis (W Waterford) 26.54. M40: J John Malone (Youghal) 27.46, 2 Dermot Ryan (W Waterford) 27.54. M45: 1 Jim Baldwin (Waterford) 29.07, 2 John Murphy (Grange Fermoy) 29.17. M50: 1 Ray Hahesy (W Waterford) 30.38, 2 Patrick Heffernan (Moyglass) 31.12. M55: 1 Neilus Ahearn (Midleton) 30.44, 2 Gerry Cantwell (W Waterford) 31.54. M60: 1 Maurice Tobin (Grange Fermoy) 34.11, 2 Con Kelleher (Waterford) 36.33. Junior: Barry Keane (Waterford) 28.57.
Women: 1 Sylvia Malone (Waterford) 30:30, 2 Sinead Mansfield (W Waterford) 31:42, 3 C lotilde Fitzgibbon (Grange-Fermoy) 31:50, 4 Joan Maloney (Waterford) 32.36, 5 Maire Mahoney 32.55. W35: 1 Kate Wall (Clonmel) 35.28, 2 Mary Dyer ( W Waterford) 36.27. W40: 1 Diane Behan (Waterford) 34.39, 2 Karen Ryan ( W Waterford) 36.54. W45: 1 Liz Nolan (Waterford) 34.50, 2 Ann Dunford (W Waterford) 36.29. W50: 1 Una Uí Mhuirthe 33.46, 2 Ann O’Donnell (W Waterford) 39.22. W55: 1 Ann Fitzgerald (Waterford) 34.20, 2 Bernie Prendergast ( W Waterford) 38.26. Junior: Ciara Burke 36.21. 280 ran. Series winners – Men: Kevin  Kenneally (West Waterford).  Women: Martina Dwyer (Carrick-on-Suir).

Wednesday August 20

Leisureworld BHAA 5m, Ballincollig, Co Cork (342 finishers; www.corkbhaa.com)

Men: 1 Chris Harrington (CH Construction) 25.31, 2 John Meade (Joyce Wolfe Physio) 25.49, 3 Darren Molloy (Navy) 26.20. M40: Trevor Woods (UCC) 27.44. Women: 1 Martina Kiely (Dept of Ed) 29.10, 2 Tricia Behan (HSE) 32.50, 3 Denise Twohig (HSE, W40) 32.53.