Anne Marie McGlynn made a sparkling masters’ debut when she ran away with the women’s 6km at the British and Irish Masters Cross-Country International in Santry today (Sat).
With her Letterkenny club-mates Natasha Adams and Fionnuala Diver second and fourth, McGlynn was also leading the Irish W35 team to a resounding victory. Second overall and first W40 was Claire Martin of England.
McGlynn will return to Santry next weekend to run in the National Interclubs, where places on the Irish team are at stake. Last year, she captained the Irish team to the bronze medals at the European Championships. “My target is a place on the Irish senior team and this was perfect preparation,” she said.
In the older age groups, Carmel Parnell of Leevale was winning a record-breaking tenth title in her first year over 60. She had started conservatively and had no idea she had won until well after the race was over. “The visibility wasn’t great today and when you move into a new age group, you’re not sure of who you’re racing against,” she said. The W60 team finished second.
On a great day for the Irish, Pauric McKinney of Inishowen won the M50 race after sprinting past four-time M45 champion 
Austin Davies of Wales, who had led for most of the race. Second of the Irish was Damien Martin from Raheny. Sidelined by illness was Mick Traynor, who did a tremendous job as team captain. Former M50 champion Tommy Payne of Tinryland won the M55 category, while world 1500m indoor record-holder Brian Lynch of NER won the M60 class; the Irish made a clean sweep of the placings to win the team title.
Other good results came from Martin McEvilly of Galway City Harriers who was first M65 and helped the team to victory and the winning W45 trio of Jackie Carthy from Kilmore 1st, Raheny’s Annette Kealy 2nd and Carmel Crowley of Bandon 3rd. In the M45 category Peter Matthews of DSD finished third. Maria McCarthy of Farranfore MV was fourth W40. Winning Irish teams were the over 35, 45 and 65 women and the over 35, 40, 55, 60 and 65 men.
Winner of the men’s M35-49 8km was England’s Christopher Greenwood who was retaining the title he won last year in some style. A good runs from Derry’s Declan Reed saw him finish second overall and second M40; Michael Harty of East Cork was third overall and first M35.
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Results –
British and Irish Cross-Country International, Santry.
Women – W35: 1 Anne Marie McGlynn (Ire) 20.57, 2 Natasha Adams (Ire) 22.25, 3 Joasia Zakrewska (Sco) 22.26,4 Fionnula Diver (Ire) 22.28. Other Irish: 11 Charlotte Kearney 23.56. NI: 9 Denise Logue 23.41, 10 Catherine Diver 23.50, 13 Jodi Smith 24.02, 18 Allyson O’Toole 24.36.
W40: 1 Claire Martin (Eng) 21.48, 2 Louise Rudd (Eng) 22.04, 3 Helen Berry (Eng) 22.21, 4 Maria McCarthy (Ire) 22.41, 5 Gerry Short (NI) 22.45, 6 Paula Grant (Ire) 22.57. Other Irish: 9 Adele Walsh 23.32, 19 Rosaleen McKeown 24.40. NI: 11 Julie Butler 23.38, 13 Sonia Knox 23.42, 15 Sharon Leetch 23.46.
W45: 1 Jackie Carthy (Ire) 22.59, 2 Annette Kealy (Ire) 23.07, 3 Carmel Crowley (Ire) 23.18. Other Irish: 9 Maria Dolan 24.05. NI: 5 Shileen O’Kane 23.36, 7 Pauline Thom 23.52, 10 Debbie Matchett 24.08, 15 Jackie McGinley 24.40.
W50: 1 Claire Elms (Eng) 22.43, 2 Fiona Matheson 22.58, 3 Gail Griffiths 23.39. Irish: 4 Niamh O’Sullivan 23.44, 6 Sharon Cahill 24.15, 13 Angela O’Connor 25.54. NI: 6 Anne Terak 24.10, 10 Hannah Shields 24.58, 16 Heather Kelly 26.24, 17 Aine McNeill 26.27.
W55: 1 Clair Donald (Eng) 23.48, 2 Monica Williamson (Eng) 24.221, 3 Sue Becconsall (Eng) 24.33. Irish: 7 Pauline Moran 25.09, 10 Mary Sweeney 25.44, 12 Joan Hough 26.22, 13 Ann Sullivan 26.35. NI: 17 Una Gavin 29.29, 18 Ruth Perioli 32.59.
W60: 1 Carmel Parnell (Ire) 24.37, 2 Gail Duckworth (Eng) 26.13, 3 Maggie Statham (Eng) 26.57. Other Irish: 6 Mags McCreary 28.01, 9 Mary Jennings 28.28, 12 Carmel Mac Donhnaill 28.44. NI: 17 Maureen Oliver 35.18, 18 Eileen Stewart 38.26.
W65: 1 Angela Copson (Eng) 25.47, 2 Ros Tabor (Eng) 26.58, 3 Margaret Glavey (Ire) 27.33. Other Irish: 6 Phyllis Browne 29.35, 7 Joan Coyle 29.43.
W70: 1 Dot Fellows (Eng) 29.08, 2 Betty Gilchrist (Sco) 32.03, 3 Brigid Quinn (NI) 32.09. Irish: 4 Kathleen O’Brien 32.14, 9 Pam Benson 34.25, 10 Ann Woodlock 35.12, 15 Geraldine Walsh 42.20.
Men – M35: 1 Michael Harty (Ire) 26.03, 2 Adrian Whitwam (Eng) 26.15, 3 Ross Jones (Eng) 26.16,4 Stuart Maloney (Ire) 26.20, 5 Michael McMahon (Ire) 26.23, 6 Tim Twomey(Ire) 26.32. Other Irish: 9 John Dunne 26.55, 11 Niall Sheil 27.25. NI: 12 Chris McGuinness 27.31, 14 Neil Weir 27.40, 18 Ben Morrow 28.09 19 Gareth Lyons 28. 34, 22 Barrie Atkinson 28.56, 23 Christopher Moren 29.07.
M40: 1 Christopher Greenwood (Eng) 25.33, 2 Declan Reed (Ire) 26.00, 3 Ciaran Doherty (Ire) 26.21, 4 Brian McCluskey (Ire) 26.46. Other Irish: 9 Niall Lynch 27.36, 10 Peter O’Sullivan 27.39. NI: 15 Michael Bennett 28.37, 21 Stephen Morris 29.05, 23 Alex Brennan 29.30, 26 Francis Tumelty 29.59, 29 Roger Pannall 30.19, 30 Richard Agnew 30.20.
M45: 1 Tim Hartley (Eng) 26.41, 2 Eamon White (NI) 26.48, 3 Peter Matthews (Ire) 27.03. Other Irish: 6 Kevin O’Connor 2732, 11 Tony Reilly 28.02, 14 Frank Hayes 28.30, 19 Noel Marum 29.11 27 Stuart Kennedy 31.12. NI: 5 Gary Henderson 27.22, 10 Philip Tweddie 27.59, 15 Cathal McLaughlin 28.39, 16 Dermot McIlhinney 28.39.
M50: 1 Pauric McKinney (Ire) 26.39, 2 Austin Davies (Wal) 26.41, 3 Andrew Leach (Eng) 26.48. Other Irish: 7 Damien martin 27.58, 8 Mark Gleeson 28.16, 9 Aengus Burke 28.22, 16 Eddie Newman 29.07. NI: 13 Dale Mathers 28.49, 19 Craig Hutchinson 29.18, 19 James Wallace 29.33, 20 Noel Connor 29.36, 22 Bernard Brady 29.56, 27 Nat Glenn 30.53.
M55: 1 Tommy Payne (Ire) 28.18, 2 Neil Thin (Sco) 28.41, 3 Ifan Lloyd (Wal) 28.44. Other Irish: 6 Martin McDonald 29.27, 9 Ger Maloney 29.30, 12 Tom O’Connor 29.49. NI: 7 Laurence Johnson 29.28, 10 David Clarke 29.39.
M60: 1 Brian Lynch (Ire) 29.29 2 Matt Shields (Ire) 29.37, 3 Paul Elliott (Ire) 30.11. Other Irish: 12 Eamonn McEvoy 31.49. NI: 10 Gerry O’Doherty 31.35, 166 David Lilburn 33.15, 18 Ray Curran 33.43, 20 Jim Newberry 33.56.
M65: 1 Martin McEvilly (Ire) 23.21, 2 JJ Murphy (Ire) 23.40, 3 Richard Marks (Wal) 24.10. Other Irish: 8 Pat O’Shea 25.02, 10 Barry Potts 25.32. NI: 4 Terry Eakin 24.24, 13 Charles Maban 26.32, 15 Barry Morris 26.56, 19 David Nicholson 27.53.
M70: 1 Peter Giles (Eng) 24.56, 2 Gerry Lynch (NI) 25.12, 3 Martin Ford (Eng) 25.12. Irish: 11 Pat Healy 27.46, 12 Pat Bonass 28.00, 15 Terry Mee 29.11, 19 David Hawcroft 37.27. NI: 10 David Seaton 27.26, 14 Fred Murdoch 29.10, 17 Jim Platt 31.01.
M75: 1 Peter Covey (Eng) 28.47, 2 George Black (Sco) 28.51, 3 George Buckley (Eng) 29.14. Irish: 5 Jim McNamara 29.39, 7 Sean Cooney 30.24, 9 Roger Rushe 32.21, 15 Tadhg Twoomey 34.51. NI: 10 Hugh Young 32.28.
Teams
Women –
W35: 1 Ireland 7, 2 England 18, 3 Scotland 31, 4 N Ireland 32, 5 Wales 46.
W40: 1 England 6, 2 Ireland 19, 3 Scotland 25, 4 N Ireland 29, 5 Wales 45.
W45: 1 Ireland 6, 2 N Ireland 22, 3 England 23, 4 Wales 40, 5 Scotland 42.
W50: 1 England 11, 2 Scotland 22, 3 Ireland 23, 4 N Ireland 31, 5 Wales 47.
W55: 1 England 6, 2 Wales 23, 3 Scotland 4 Ireland 29.
W60: 1 England 9, 2 Ireland 16, 3 Scotland 26, 4 Wales 32.
W65: 1 Ireland 16, 2 England 17, 3 Wales 24, 4 Scotland 29.
W70: 1 England 14, 2 Ireland 23, 3 Wales 31.
Men –
M35: 1 Ireland 16, 2 England 29, 3 Scotland 52, 4 N Ireland 63, 5 Wales 83.
M40: 1 Ireland 18, 2 England 27, 3 Scotland 58, 4 Wales 63, 5 N Ireland 85.
M45: 1 England 22, 2 N Ireland 32, 3 Ireland 34, 4 Scotland 71, 5 Wales 93
M50: 1 England 18, 2 Ireland 25, 3 Wales 57, 4 N Ireland 79, 5 Scotland 85.
M55: 1 Ireland 16, 2 Scotland 22, 3 England 28, 4 Wales 34, 5 N Ireland 35.
M60: 1 Ireland 6, 2 England 15, 3 Scotland 26, 4 N Ireland 44, 5 Wales 45.
M65: 1 Ireland 11, 2 England 20, 3 Scotland 32, 4 N Ireland 32, 5 Wales 36.
M70: 1 England 8, 2 Scotland 20, 3 N Ireland 26, 4 Ireland 38, 5 Wales 41.
M75: 1 England 8, 2 Scotland 16, 3 Ireland 21, 4 Wales 39.
Overall (tbc)- 1 England 27 points, 2 Ireland 33 points
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