Raheny Freddy Sittuk outsprinted Declan Reed from City of Derry Spartans to win the Waterside Half Marathon in Derry in a time of 69 mins 18 secs. In the women’s race, Catherine Whoriskey of City of Derry Spartans had a comfortable victory.
In Belfast at the Laganside 10km, Mark McKinstry of North Belfast Harriers came home first in 32 mins 01 sec. For second place, Christopher Madden from City of Lisburn made it ahead of Lindsay Gordon from North Belfast Harriers. Winning the women’s race was Laura Graham of Mourne Runners, who finished in 35 mins 26 secs. Gladys Ganiel of North Belfast Harriers was second in 35 mins 39 secs.
A day earlier, Sittuk had won the Ardee 5km in Co Louth, where DSD’s Niamh Devlin was first woman.
Sunday September 3
Waterside Half Marathon and Relay (1,722 entries; www.myrunresults.com)
Men: 1 Freddy Sittuk (Raheny) 69.18, 2 Declan Reed (City of Derry Spartans, M40) 69.19, 3 Scott Rankin (Foyle Valley) 70.18, 4 Emmet McGinty (City of Derry Spartans) 72.36, 5 Mark Long (Foyle Valley) 72.39, 6 Pierce McCullagh (Sperrin Hrs, M35) 72.56. M40: 2 Ciara McGonagle (Letterkenny AC) 74.14, 3 Barrie Atkinson (East Down) 77.17. M45: 1 Philip Callaghan (Inishowen) 82.38, 2 John Shevlin (Knockamanny Runners) 85.32, 3 Peter Neil (Omagh Hrs) 85.51. M50: 2 Delfim Pimental 79.11, 2 James Crampsey (City of Derry Spartans) 81.46, 3 Bill Duncan (Lifford Strabane) 82.46. M55: 1 Michael Duncan (Lifford Strabane) 87.20, 2 Seamus McCallion (Foyle Valley) 92.19, 3 Owen J Coyle (Rosses A) 93.53. M60: 1 Tommy Gartland (Knockmanny Runners) 95.59, 2 Tony Grant (Foyle Valley) 1:40.00, 3 Dessie Gibson 1:44.53. M65: Hugh Boyle (Springwell) 90.28. M70: Danny Sheerin 99.11. Teams( 35 entered) – 1 City of Derry Spartans 16, 2 Foyle Valley AC 21, 3 Letterkenny AC 39.
Women: 1 Catherine Whoriskey (City of Derry Spartans) 80.41, 2 Deborah Grey (Bellahouston Road Runners, W45) 89.04, 3 Catherine McKinley (Letterkenny AC W40) 89.56, 4 Jacqueline McMonagle (City of Derry Spartans, W45) 92.17, 5 Amy-May Lally 93.22, 6 Noreen Bonner (Finn Valley, W60) 96.00. W40: 2 Roberta Dornan ( N Down) 96.49, 3 Aisling McGlinchy 96.51. W45: 3 Philomena Gallagher (Tir Chonaill) 99.47. W50: 1 Verona Campbell (Foyle Valley) 98.08, 2 Linda Pettigrew (Ballymena Runners) 1:42.25, 3 Paula McGilloway (City of Derry Spartans) 1:43.22. W55: 1 Irene Cements (1Zero1) 99.11, 2 Catherine Moran 1:51.23, 3 Liz Harrigan (BOLT) 1:53.37. W60: 2 Maureen Maher (BOLT) 2:17.55, 3 Brid McCann 2:28.54. Teams (31 entered) – 1 City of Derry Spartans 26, 2 Finn Valley AC 56, 3 Lifford Strabane 71.
Relay (78 teams) – Men: 1 City of Derry Spartans 71.33, 2 Foyle Valley 74.13, 3 Blast 3 95.38. Mixed: 1 Blast Relay 94.33, 2 Blast Relay B1:43.10, 3 Blast Relay 2 1:46.12. Women: 1 Chicks from the Sticks 1:48.23, Reach Running Club 1:55.11, 3 Eglinton Road Runners 2:06.30.
Laganside 10km, Belfast (967 finishers; www.championchipireland.com)
Men: 1 Mark McKinstry (North Belfast Hrs) 32.01, 2 Christopher Madden (City of Lisburn) 32.11, 3 Lindsay Gordon (NBH) 32.12, 4 Conan McCaughey (Derry TC) 32.29, 5 John Black (NBH) 32.58, 6 Stephen O’Gorman (Dromore AC) 33.18. M45: Declan Power 33.21. M50: Francis Marsh (Nth Down) 35.10. M60: Domhnall MacAuley 41.11. Jun: Craig McMeechan (Nth Down) 33.42.
Women: 1 Laura Graham (Mourne Runners) 35.26, Gladys Ganiel (NBH, W40) 35.39, 3 Jessica Craig (Nth Down) 37.02, 4 Catherine O’Connor (East Down) 38.31, 5 Kelly Neely (W35) 38.55, 6 Anne Terek (City of Lisburn, W50) 38.57. W55: Janet Patrick (Springwell RC) 53.34.W60: Valerie Blayney (N Down) 53.46.
West Limerick Open Cross-Country, Newcastle West.
Women: 1 Hilkea Kontro (Limerick AC); 2 Niamh O’Sullivan (Riocht), 3 Aoife O’Mahony (Lios Tuathail), 4 Shona O’Flynn (Dooneen), 5 Mary O’Connor (Riocht, W40), 6 Emily O’Regan, 7 Verena Tarpey (Dooneen, W40), 8 Liz Heaslip (Riocht, W50), 9 Tara Carr (Limerick AC, W40), 10 Ann Marie O’Keeffe (West Limerick), W40. Fit for Life: 1 Gillian Cunneen. 2 Eileen O’Riordan (Gneeveguilla).
Men: 1 Tim O’Connor (Riocht, M40), 2 Sean Doyle (guest), 3 Tim Twomey (Leevale), 4 Colm Turner (Limerick AC), 5 Aoghan Mac Domhnaill (West Limerick) , 6 Mark Guerin (Limerick AC), 7 Robert Purcell (Gneeveguilla, M40), 8 Dermot Kearns (Dooneen, M40), 9 Keith Daly (Limerick , M40), 10 Joseph Donworth (Frome). M50: Joe Chawke (Dooneen). Fit for Life: 1 Seamus O’Flynn, 2 Pat Naughton (An Bru), Ross Gallagher. Team – 1 Limerick 34, 2 West Limerick 67.
Mondello Half Marathon and 10km, Co Kildare (www.popupraces.ie)
Half marathon (169 finishers) – Men: 1 Brian Leahy (Raheny Shamrock) 75.10, 2 Tadgh Moriarty 81.27, 3 Diarmuid Byrne 90.00.Women: 1 Louise Long 93.21, 2 Kim Doyle 98.17, 3 Helen Murphy (W40) 99.59.
10km (160 finishers) – Wheelchair: Cillian Dunne 32.15. Men: 1 James Keane 38.12, 2 Marek Filipiak 39.15, Paul Cummins 39.33. Women: 1 Naoise Waldron (Sportsworld) 42.56, 2 Claire Mulligan (W40) 46.24, 3 Ana Barbu 46.30.
Saturday September 2
Seamie Weldon Memorial Ardee 5km, Co Louth (387 finishers; www.myrunresults.com)
Men: 1 Freddy Sittuk (Raheny) 15.18, 2 Valdas Dopolskas (Balbriggan and Dist) 15.23, 3 Brian McVCluskey (NR, M40), 16.29, 4 Malcolm McDonnell (Mullingar Hrs, M40) 16.36, 5 Maurice McMahon (M40) 16.56, 6 Declan Toal (NER, M40) 17.28. M50: 1 David O’Connell (Bohermeen) 18.50, 2 Chris Keeling (Balbriggan and Dist) 19.14, 3 Jim McArdle 20.20. M60: 1 Andrew Rogers (St Peter’s) 21.26, 2 Sean Cooney (Tara AC) 24.39. Jun: 1 Danny O’Brien (Dunleer) 18.36, 2 Oisin Hughes (Blackrock AC) 18.56, 3 Fran Whelan (Naomh Mairtin GFC) 21.13. Teams (7)- 1 Dunleer AC 36, 2 North East Runners 42, 3 Balbriggan and District 74.
Women: 1 Niamh Devlin (DSD) 18.28, 2 Karen Costello (Dunleer, W40) 18.58, 3 Erin McHugh (Drogheda and Dist) 19.11, 4 Anne Linden (Carrick Aces) 19.27, 5 Nicola Welsh (Dunleer) 19.29, 6 Mary Leech (Drogheda and Dist, W40) 19.37. W40: 3 Dearbhla Green (NER) 20.58. W50: Josephine Killeen 21.59, 2 Anita Bolton (NER) 22.19, 3 Mary McDonnell (Drogheda and Dist) 24.44. W60: 1 Kathleen Brennan (Ardee and Dist) 30.16, 2 Rosemary Gorman (St Mary’s GFC) 45.03, 3 Anne Woods 46.36. Jun: 1 Abbie Sheridan (Ardee and Dist) 23.00, 2 Tara McGuinness (Ardee and Dist) 23.28, 3 Eimear McCoy 23.47. Teams (9)- 1 Dunlerr AC 42, 2 North East Runners 55, 3 Drogheda and District 60.
West Waterford Greenway Half Marathon Kilmacthomas to Ballinroad,(395 finishers; www.myrunresultscom)
Men: 1 Alan O’Shea (Bantry) 69.10, 2 Frank Quinlan (Waterford AC, M40) 73.22, 3 Mark Smith (Eagle AC) 73.23, 4 Ravia Zakis (West Waterford) 73.33, 5 Tony Fogarty (Templemore AC) 74.52, 6 Philip Nilan (Celbridge AC) 76.13. M40: 2 Dermot Ryan (West Waterford) 76.40, 3 Nigel O’Flaherty (Clonmel AC) 78.36. M45: 1 Tony Kelleher (Togher AC) 77.13, 2 Angus Tyner (Glendalouhg AC) 80.51, 3 Pat O’Connor (Eagle AC) 82.47. M50: 1 Paul Moran (Rathfarnham WSAF) 77.53, 2 John Fitzgibbons (St Finbarr’s) 86.51, 3 Ray Hahesy (West Waterford) 86.55. M55: 1 Danny Crowley (Ballymore Cobh) 99.42, 2 Jim O’Reilly (Brendna’s RC) 1:49.07, 3 Stanislaw Byczek (Carrigtwohill) 1:49.51. M60: Anthony Dwyer (West Waterford) 95.56. M65: Tony Ruane (Cartamundi Jets) 1:55.31.
Women: 1 Sylvia Malone (Waterford AC, W40) 86.20, 2 Kate Veale (West Waterford) 89.34, 3 Ciara Wilson (DMP) 90.17, 4 Antoinette Jackman (Copper Coast Crackers, W40) 91.36, 5 Claire O’Callaghan (Glendalough AC) 94.32, 6 Deirdre Murphy (West Waterford, W40) 94.53. W45: 1 Sinead O’Brien (Kilmore AC) 98.57, 2 Diane Behan (Waterford AC) 1:47.20, 3 Christian Murphy (Midleton AC) 1:50.01. W50: 1 Anna Byrne (Midleton TC) 1:40.23, 2 Libby McGinn Murphy 9West Waterford) 1:47.09, 3 Carmel Murphy (Carrick-on-Shannon) 1:48.35. W55: 1 Josie Ui Chuirrin ((West Waterford) 1:4.30, 2 Margaret Power (West Waterford) 2:02.10, 3 Amanda Cooney (Midlteon AC) 2:03.35. W60: Olive Ruane (Cartamundi Jets) 1:59.58.
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