On a cold and windy day in Ballycotton, Sergiu Ciobanu won the men’s race for a third year beating Brian Maher and Mick Clohisey. His time of 49 mins 17 secs was three seconds faster than his winning time of last year. Maher’s time was also faster than the 51.28 he ran for third place in 2010, when Clohisey finished one place ahead of him in 50 mins 39 secs.
Maria McCambridge was first woman ahead of Siobhan O’Doherty and Claire McCarthy. Her time of 55 mins 1 sec was only 13 seconds slower that her course record breaking run of 2012 and shows that she is in great shape for a spring marathon.
East Cork beat Raheny for the men’s team prize, while St Finbarr‘s got the better of Leevale in both cases by a single point. Helping St Finbarr’s to team victory was the ageless Mary Sweeney, first ever female winner of the Ballycotton ’10’ back in 1979 and first W50 this time.
*Veterans ruled at the Meath Spring Half Marathon, with Gary O’Hanlon and Pauline Curley the winners.
* At the Connacht Indoors in Athlone, Paul Robinson ran 3:42.87 for the 1500m.
*At the England Athletics combined events championships in Sheffield, Elizabeth Morland of Cushinstown took a bronze medal with a total of 3.288 points.
* Some good results from a strong Irish contingent at the Scottish U20and 18 Indoors in Glasgow,with Kilkenny’s Cliodhna Manning winning the W20 60m, Sarah Kate Lacey the W18 60m, Lorraine O’Shea the W20 long jump, Sarah Buggy the W20 triple jump and Jade Leahy the W20 400m.
Sunday March 3
Maria McCambridge was first woman ahead of Siobhan O’Doherty and Claire McCarthy. Her time of 55 mins 1 sec was only 13 seconds slower that her course record breaking run of 2012 and shows that she is in great shape for a spring marathon.
East Cork beat Raheny for the men’s team prize, while St Finbarr‘s got the better of Leevale in both cases by a single point. Helping St Finbarr’s to team victory was the ageless Mary Sweeney, first ever female winner of the Ballycotton ’10’ back in 1979 and first W50 this time.
*Veterans ruled at the Meath Spring Half Marathon, with Gary O’Hanlon and Pauline Curley the winners.
* At the Connacht Indoors in Athlone, Paul Robinson ran 3:42.87 for the 1500m.
*At the England Athletics combined events championships in Sheffield, Elizabeth Morland of Cushinstown took a bronze medal with a total of 3.288 points.
* Some good results from a strong Irish contingent at the Scottish U20and 18 Indoors in Glasgow,with Kilkenny’s Cliodhna Manning winning the W20 60m, Sarah Kate Lacey the W18 60m, Lorraine O’Shea the W20 long jump, Sarah Buggy the W20 triple jump and Jade Leahy the W20 400m.
Sunday March 3
Men:1 Sergiu Ciobanu (Clonliffe) 49.17, 2 Brian Maher (KCH) 50.09, 3 Mick Clohisey (Raheny Shamrock) 50.33, 4 James McCarthy (E Cork) 51.38, 5 Tim O’Donoghue (E Cork) 51.59, 6 Alan O’Shea (Bantry) 52.31, 7 Sandis Bralitis (W Waterford) 52.55, 8 Michael McDiarmada (Clonliffe) 52.59, 9 Paul Stephenson (Rathfarnham WSAF) 53.02, 10 Brian Leahy (Raheny Shamrock) 53.23.
M40:1 Declan Power (Clonliffe) 54.44, 2 Wieslaw Sosnowski 9Eagle) 54.44, 3 Allen Whitaker ( St Finbarr’s) 55.28. M45:1 Cathal O’Connell (St Finbarr’s) 54.51, 2 Edwin Keville (Rathfarnham WSAF) 58.20, 3 Tom Blackburn (Moore Abbey Milers) 58.34. M50:1 Anthony Archer (St Finbarr’s) 58.22, 2 Tim Smith (Eagle) 61.40, 3 Seamus Rooney (Rahney Shamrock) 64.51. M55:1 Alex Rowe (Wesham RR) 60.02, 2 EamonnMcEvoy (St Finbarr’s) 61.45, 3 John Quirke (London Irish) 63.41. M60:1 Patrick O’Sullivan (u/a) 68.24, 2 Con O’Brien (u/a) 71.43, 3 John O’Halloran (Midleton) 72.11. M65: 1 Sean Clifford ( Sli Cualann) 69.21, 2 Jimmy Murray (Rising Sun) 75.02, 3 Eddie Mullane (Rising Sun) 82.01. M70:1 John O’Leary (Leevale) 80.07, 2 Peter Gaffney (Mallow) 82.38, 3 John O’Mahoney (u/a) 89.44. M75:1 Tadhg Twomey (MSB) 89.02, 2 John Fitzsimons (Crusaders) 93.42. M80:Phonie Clifford 2:19.51. MJ: 1 Brian McMahon (W Muskerry) 67.46, 2 Michael Furlong (Midleton) 70.26, 3 Colin Walsh 73.10.Teams– 1 East Cork 23, 2 Raheny Shamrock 24, 3 Clonliffe Hrs 27.
Women: 1 Maria McCambridge (W35) 55.01, 2 Siobhan O’Doherty (Borrisokane) 56.59, 3 Claire Gibbons-McCarthy (St Finbarr’s, W35) 58.08, 4 Angela McCann (Clonmel, W40) 60.15, 5 Adrienne Jordan (MSB, W35) 61.19, 6 Dervila Holmes (Donore, W35) 62.48, 7 Maura Regan (Eagle) 63.34, 8 Nollaig O’Neill (Leevale, W40) 64.17, 9 Joyce Wolfe (Leevale) 64.18, 10Maria Carey (Ennis TC, W35) 64.23.
W40:3 Anna Doris (Midleton) 64.33. W45:1 Ann Moore (Leevale) 64.55, 2 Margo Dinan (St Finbarr’s) 67.15, 3 Orla O’Rourke(u/a) 70.04. W50:1 Mary Sweeney (St Finbarr’s) 65.13, 2 Ann Donnelly (St Finbarr’s) 71.37, 3 Maria Hurley (Bantry) 73.40.W55:1 Helen Ingram (Rathfarnham WSAF) 70.52, 2 Anne Fitzgerald (Waterford AC) 71.32, 3 Marion Lyons (St Finbarr’s) 88.35. W60: 1 Patrice O’Keeffe (Waterford AC) 81.46, 2 Margaret Barry (Midleton) 94.25, 3 Mary Dillon (Mullingar Hrs) 1:42.10. W65:1 Joan Coyle (DSD) 81.32, 2 Maggie Dunne (Grange-Fermoy) 95.57, 3 Terri Gough (W Waterford) 1:44.18. W70:1 Breda Murphy 1:51.09, 2 Terry Blake 2:10.56. WJ:1 Siobhan Heylin (Waterford AC) 83.26, 2 Cliona O’Brien 87.49, 3 Una O’Sullivan 1:49.40. Teams– 1 Leevale 30, 2 St Finbarr’s 31, 3 Eagle 131
Meath Spring Half Marathon,Bohermeen www.precisiontiming.com
Half marathon(636 finishers) – Men:1 Gary O’Hanlon (Clonliffe, M35) 69.42, 2 Robbie Matthews (Dunshaughlin) 69.46, 3 Peter Mooney 73.17, 4 Michael Gibson Brabazon (Mullingar Hrs) 73.25, 5 Ian McGrath (Sli Cualann, M35) 73.31, 6 Rory Mooney (Raheny Shamrock) 75.10 M40: 1 Niall Lynch (Rathfarnham WSAF) 75.51, 2 Graham Hopkins (Donore) 76.19, 3 Sean Murphy (Trim) 76.26. M45:1 Paul Gleeson (Sth O’Hanlon)75.47, 2 Edward McEntee (Sportsworld) 79.14, 3 David O’Connell (Bohermeen) 79.49. M50: 1 Paddy Mangan (Dunshaughlin) 76.36, 2 Larry Kelly (St Coca’s) 80.44, 3 Ray Thornberry (DSD) 82.47. M55:1 Terry Clarke (Rathfarnham WSAF) 87.57, 2 Frank McCarthy (Drogheda and Dist) 96.00, 3 Charlie O’Brien (Dunshaughlin) 96.09. M60: 1 Niall Mathews (RTE) 94.30, 2 John Clohisey 96.50, 3 Michael Roberts ( N Down) 98.56. M65:1 Jim McNamara (Donore) 1:40.31, 2 Terry Mee ( Donore) 1:42.50, 3 Anthony King (St Coca’s) 1:45.09
Women:1 Pauline Curley (Tullamore Hrs) 77.38, 2 Florence Curley (Donore Hrs, W35) 85.20, 3 Emilia Dan (Dunboyne, W40) 86.44, 4 Karen Lavelle (Star of the Sea, W40) 87.53, 5 Sonya Reilly (Bohermeen, W35) 88.21, 6 Orna Dilworth (Sportsworld) 88.49. W40:3 Olivia Martin 89.00. W45:1 Olwyn Dunne (Crusaders) 89.21, 2 Imelda Clarke (Na Fianna) 91.07, 3 Mary Watters (Navan) 95.17. W50:1 Linda Gunning (Bohermeen) 96.08, 2 Angela Gallogly (Dunshaughlin) 1:49.19, 3 Pauline Troy (Mullingar Hrs) 1:49.36. W55:Mary Jennings (Waterford) 96.36. W60:Phyllis Brown (Star of the Sea) 1:53.34.
5km(264 finishers) – Men:1 Niall O’Callaghan (W Limerick) 15.51, 2 David O’Flaherty (Newcastle) 16.28, 3 Eoin Taggart (Greystones) 16.31. Women:1 Mary Hanley (Na Fianna)19.24, 2 Tara Shirley (Donadea) 19.51, 3 Linda Fahy (Dunshaughlin) 19.55.
Men:1 Liam Feely 32.03, 2 Mark Dalkins M40 32.11, 3 Adrian Smith 35.00. M50:Dermot Loew 36.39. M60: Richard Gavican 58.00. M70: Pat Barden 55.46. Women:1 Mary Finn 39.22, 2 Siobhan Murtagh 40.42, 3 Ann Lennon W40 40.48. W50: Geraldine McSweeney 47.19. W60: Mary Duignam 56.07.
Men:1 Loughlin Campion 34.32, 2 Guy O’Callaghan 36.56, 3 Ian Phelan 37.12. Women: 1 Seona Keogh 48.10, 2 Emma Farrelly 48.14, 3 Jennifer Foran 48.34. One lap: Men: Gearoid McDondals 18.58. Women: Hazel Murphy 24.13
Saturday March 2
Rock and Road Kinvara Half Marathon and 10km,Co Galway. www.precisiontiming.com; www.rockandroad.ie
Half Marathon(523 finishers) – Men: 1 Michael Shannon (Amphibian King) 70.34, 2 Adam Thiel (Team Run Gdansk) 71.58, 3 Brian Furey (Rathfarnham WSAF) 75.53. M40: Joe Cawley(Sli Cualann) 76.51. Women:1 Eimear O’Leary (MSB) 86.07, 2 Grainne Ui Uallachain 89.58, 3 Roisin Farragher 90.25. W40: Mary Kealy (Craughwell) 93.58.
10km(712 finishers) – Men:1 Matt Bidwell (GCH, M40) 32.57, 2 Owen Byrne (GCH) 34.16, 3 Timmie Glavey (Mayo AC) 34.58. M40:LiamMcGuane (Ennis TC) 37.02. Women:1 Anna Crooks (Predator) 39.22, 2 Sinead Foran 41.08, 3 Barbara Dunne (GCH) 41.38. W40:Siobhan Lennon (Ennis TC) 41.4.
Carlingford Half Marathon/10km,Co Louth. Provisional; late entries not included. www.championchipireland.com
Half Marathon(406 finishers) – Men:Niall McCabe 76.30, 2 Soimon Mulkvey 77.13, 3 Dermot Mathers 77.17. Women:1 Karen Alexander 82.48, 2 Tara Malone 87.00, 3 Paula Prendergast 87,41.
10km(201 finishers) – Men: 1 Shane Lynch 37.11, 2 Patrick Brennan 37.52, 3 Tony Keenan
38.01. Women: 1 Jenny Mulry 40.00, 2 Orla O’Leary 41.14, 3 Angela Gallagher 46.20.
Park Run 5km,Malahide Castle. 384 finishers; www.parkrun.ie.
Men:1 Mick Traynor (Raheny Shamrock, M45) 15.49, 2 Davey Byrne (Tallaght, M40) 16.32; 3 Unknown, 4 Romaine Denis M35 17.05 (PB). Women:1 Aoife Rickard (Donore Hrs) 18.59, 2 Joyce O’Hare (Clonliffe) 19.44(PB), 3 Alison O’Sullivan (Clonliffe W35) 20.40 (PB).
Doneraile Park 5km,Co Cork (201 finishers; lots of juniors!)
Men: 1 John Collins (Skibereen) 16.30, 2 Donal Coffey (Leevale) 16.35, 3 Vincent O’Brien (Limerick) 17.02. Jun:Shane O’Rahilly ( N Cork) 17.26. M40: John Dunphy (Eagle) 18.18. M60:Tom Madden 19.48.
Women:1 Dymphna Ryan (Dundrum) 18.19, 2 Aisling Moran (UCC) 19.03, 3 Michrlle Kenny (Midleton) 19.04. Jun: Ursula Bluett ( N Cork) 21.54. W40:Ide Donovan (Midleton) 21.44.
Hills:Leinster Winter League, Maulin (538m, 8km),Co Wicklow. (153 finishers; www.imra.ie)
Men:1 Des Kennedy (Raheny Shamrock, M40) 39.29, 2 Fergal Connolly (Boards) 40.48, 3 Eoin Syron (UCD) 41.00. M50:Jim Corbett (Wicklow TC) 50.22. M60:Matthew Kavanagh 66.11. M70: Mick Kellett 75.44. Women: 1 Jenny McCauley (Sli Cualann) 43.14, 2Kate Cronin (Raheny Shamrock) 44.10, 3 Emma Hand 50.24. W40: Maria O’Rourke (Sli Cualann) 58.03. W50:Irene Walsh 59.17. W60:Jean O’Neill (Clonliffe).
Debra Wicklow Mountains Half Marathon and 10km,Glendalough, www.debrairealnd.org; www.redtagtiming.com.
Half Marathon(194 finishers) – Men: 1 Turlough Conway (Rathfarnham WSAF) 1:31.10, 2 Gary Hynes 1:34.12, 3 Rafael Salazar 1:38.34. Women:1 Lucy O’Malley 1:49.37, 2 Aileen Flynn 1:56.17, 3 Annette Kehoe 1:57.92.
10km(87 finishers) – Men:1 Nick Walsh 50.49, 2 John O’Leary 52.43, 3 Kevin Derrig 56.35. Women: 1 Ruth McIntyre 60.12, 2 Niamh O’Keeffe 76.48, 3 Maria Moore 68.49.
U20: Men– 60m: 3 Mark McGarvey (City of Derry) 7.19.Also: 6 Oisin Fitzpatrick (Nenagh Oly) 7.38 (7.33 in ht), 7 Ryan McParland (City of Derry) 7.41. 200m ht 3: 3 Dan Finnerty (Nenagh Oly)23.84. 400m: 1 Robbie Stenhouse (Jersey) 49.95, 2 Ben Kiely (Ferrybank) 50.20. 800m: 6 Tom Hennessy (Nenagh Oly)2:04.57 (2:00.25 in ht).1500m: 11 Matthew Folland (City of Derry) 4:35.56. 60m H: 1 John McCall (City of Glasgow) 7.98, 2 Mark McGarvey (City of Derry) 8.40. Also: 4 Oisin Fitzpatrick 8.84. HJ: =3 Robert Bill (Ballymena and Antrim) 1.85. LJ: 5 Dan Finnerty 5.79. TJ: 2 Conor Daly (St Abban’s) 13.08, 4 Oisin Fitzpatrick 12.43.
Women – 60m: 1 Cliodhna Manning (KCH) 7.70 (PB), 2 Kathryn Christie (Edinburgh) 7.71, 3 Lorraine O’Shea (KCH) 7.92 (7.91 in ht). 200m:1 Chloe Lambert (Team Glasgow) 24.72, 2 Cliodhna Manning (KCH) 25.02, 3 Jenny O’Brien (City of Derry) 26.58.400m: 1 Jade Leahy (DSD) 57.25, 2 Jenny O’Brien (City of Derry) 58.96.Also: 5 Tamara Boyle (City of Derry) 60.94. 800m: 3 Emma Wilson (Ballymena and Antrim) 2:26.68. 1500m: 1 Chloe Cowan (Griffnock N) 4:56.17, 2 Amy Jackson (City of Derry) 4:58.71. Also: 5 Aoibhe Richardson (KCH) 5:10.22, 6 Aoife Deering (Nenagh Oly) 5:10.27, 7 Nicola Murphy (KCH) 5:48.28. 60m H: 5 Sinead McDonagh (KCH) 10.04, 6 Emma McCay (City of Derry) 10.09. HJ: 1 Sorcha Murphy (Ferrybank) 1.65. Also: 4 Emma McCay (City of Derry) 1.60, 5 Sinead McDonagh (KCH) 1.55, 6 Caitriona Twomey (KCH) 1.55. LJ: 1 Lorraine O’Shea (KCH) 5.59. Also: 4 Roisin Laverty (City of Derry) 4.76. TJ: 1 Sarah Buggy (St Abban’s) 11.63, …3 Clare Dougherty (City of Derry) 10.90. Shot (4kg): 1 Kathryn Weir (Crookstown Millview) 10.75.
U18: Men – 60m: 3 Darren Prout (Carrick-on-Suir) 7.32 (7.30 in SF), 4 Stephen Walsh 7.36, 7 Jack McCluskey (City of Derry) 7.38, 8 Callan Byrne (KCH) 7.41. 200m: 3 Jack McCluskey (City of Derry) 23.36. Also: 5 Aaron Barron (KCH) 23.66. 400m: 1 Paul Murphy 49.85. 800m: 1 Max Lancaster (Giffnock N) 1:58.51, 2 Liam Hennessy (City of Derry) 1:59.52. 1500m: 4 Conor Gillen (Craughwell) 4:23.04 (4:19.38 in ht), 8 Luke Varian(Togher) 4:33.18 (4:20.11 in ht), 9 Steven Cotter 4:36.67 (4:23.51 in ht). 60M H: 3 Joe Halwax (DSD) 8.78. HJ: 3 Sean Whittle (Ferrybank) 1.80. LJ: 2 Darren Prout 6.09. TJ: 1 Darren Prout 13.22. Shot(6kg): 3 Michael Surman (City of Derry) 9.25.
Women – 60m: 1 Sarah Kate Lacey (KCH) 7.95 (7.93 in ht), 2 Niamh McNicholl 7.97 (7.96 in SF), 3 Megan Devine (City of Derry) 8.05.Also: 5 Ciara Armstrong (City of Derry) 8.08, 6 Margaret Caldbeck (KCH) 8.08, 8 Siobhan Whelan (Ferrybank) 8.21 (8.17 in SF) . 200m: 3 Niamh McNicholl (Tramore) 26.00.Also: 5 Leanne Prout (Carrick-on-Suir) 26.51 (26.40 in SF), 6 Megan Devine (City of Derry) 26.92 (26.49 in ht). 400m: 6 Ciara Gallagher 60.88 (59.81 in ht). 800m: 5 Aoife Laverty (City of Derry) 2:25.17, 6 Anna Lawther (Ballymena and Antrim) 2:32.21 (2:24.08 in ht). 60m H: 2 Naomi Morgan (City of Derry) 9.07. Also: 5 Leanne Prout 9.22. HJ: =2 Neasa Murphy 1.65, 4 Kellie Meade 1.55, =8 Anna McIlmoyle (City of Lisburn) 1.55, =10 Eimear O’Donoghue 1.50. LJ: 3 Naomi Morgan (City of Derry) 5.26. Also: 5 Emer McCabe 5.15, 9 Siobhan Whelan (Ferrybank) 4.69, 18 Coleen Nevin 4.16. TJ: 10 Emily Walsh 9.07, 11 Coleen Nevin 9.02.
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