Mark Christie of Mullingar Harriers was a comfortable winner of the Rathfarnham 5km, pushing the pace from the start and winning in 14 mins 37 seconds. Just three seconds adrift was Brian Maher of KCH. In the battle for third place, Conor Dooney of Raheny outsprinted Dunshaughlin’s Robbie Matthews and Tom Fitzpatrick of Tallaght, who was running his first race since undergoing surgery earlier this year.
Ciara Durkan from Skerries was a clear winner of the women’s race in 16 mins 34 secs. Raheny veteran Annette Kealy was second, following by her Raheny clubmate Maria O’Sullivan and Ilona McElroy of Crusaders.
* Lizzie Lee of Leevale finished 9th woman at the Berlin Marathon in 2: 38.09 – a personal best by eight minutes. Gladys Ganiel of North Belfast Harriers was 13th in 2: 39.36 (inside Commonwealth Games qualification mark), while Thomas Frazier clocked 2:17.45 and Philip Harty 2:21.53 in the men’s race.
* Maria McCambridge clocked a time of 2 hrs 1 min 15 secs at the Eco 2 Run 20 Mile race held on a 5-mile loop around Eastpoint Business Park in Dublin’s Docklands – roughly equivalent to a 2:41 marathon. McCambridge started with 31 mins 9 secs for her first 5-mle loop and then clocked splits of 29:56, 30:05 and 30:02. First home in 1:55.52 was Bernard Roe with his Raheny clubmate Simon Reede less than a minute behind in 1:56.41. With 5 mile and 10 mile options (and a few opting to do 15 miles, ie three laps), this ingenious idea isn’t so much a race as a time trial – and everyone seems to have had a good time and achieved their objectives.
* Annadale’s Paddy Hamilton won the revived Ferns Half Marathon in 69 mins 48 secs. Tom Hogan of host club SBR was second and Raheny’s Simon Ryan third. Jackie Carthy of Kilmore was first woman.
* Gary Thornton won the Loughrea Grey Lake 10km today, with British Olympic marathon runner Freya (Murray) Ross finishing fourth overall and first woman in 34mins 36 secs.
* Dublin Women’s Mini Marathon winner Siobhan O’Doherty led home close to 900 finishers at the Tipperary Women’s Mini Marathon 10km in Clonmel. Her time of 35 mins 17 put her almost three minutes clear of the chasers led by local athlete Angela McCann. In third place was Teresa Agar, 2nd in the Moone Kilomarathon a day earlier.
*Raheny’s Brian Leahy was a clear winner of Saturday’s Moone Kilomarathon in 90 minutes 57 seconds. Just over two minutes behind in second place was Brian Kirwan, with Brian Murphy third. Making it a Dublin double was Donore’s Anne Curley winner of the women’s race, with sister Florence third and Teresa Agar splitting the pair.
* Irish marathon champion Paul Pollock of Annadale Striders led home an entry of close to 900 at the Bangor 10km. Pollock finished in an untroubled time of 30 mins 45 secs. First woman was Dromore’s Julie Turley in 36 mins 40 secs. A day later, Pollock won the Redcar Half Marathon in England, clocking a time of 67 mins 25 secs.
* Gary O’Hanlon won the 10km at the Elvery’s Galway Bay Running Festival and then after a short rest, helped the Clonliffe team to victory (and a €1,000 cheque) in the half marathon. Sergiu Ciobanu was a clear winner of the race, with O’Hanlon 4th. Pauline Curley was first woman in the “half”. Sarah Mulligan of DSD was third overall and first woman in the 10km.
* A day later, Gary O’Hanlon did another double – he started by winning the 10km race with sister Karen first woman at the Jog for Jockeys fundraiser in the Curragh. An hour later, the pair were part of the winning team in the 5km, won by juvenile athlete Jack O’Leary with O’Hanlon second.
* Mick Traynor and Aoife Talty made it a Raheny Shamrock double at the inaugural St Anne’s Parkrun, with 233 finishers. Traynor’s time of 15.49 was an age-related Irish Parkrun record, while Talty’s 16.51 was an Irish women’s Parkrun record. Over one thousand men and women of all ages and levels of fitness ran a Parkrun in the Republic this weekend.
Sunday September 29
Rathfarnham 5km (1,144 finishers; www.precisiontiming.net)
Men: 1 Mark Christie (Mullingar Hrs) 14.37, 2 Brian Maher (KCH) 14.30, 3 Conor Dooney (Raheny) 14.53, 4 Robbie Matthews (Dunshaughlin) 14.57, 5 Tom Fitzpatrick (Tallaght) 15.01. 6 Gerard Gallagher (Finn Valley) 15.12, 7 Louis McCarthy (Rathfarnham WSAF) 15.13, 8 Tommy Evans (Gowran) 15.23, 9 Paul Fleming (Rathfarnham WSAF) 15.24, 10 Loughlin Campion (Dunboyne) 15.30. M40: 1 Shane O’Neill (Rathfarnham WSAF) 15.56, 2 Fergal Swaine (Donore)16.23, 3 Sean Mac Seoin ( MSB) 16.46. M45: 1 Paul Cowhie (Civil Service) 16.38, 2 Brendan Ward 16.46, 3 Brian McManus ( Nth East Runners) 16.53. M50: 1 Dermot Clarke (Bohermeen) 16.35, 2 Tom O’Connor (Liffey Valley) 16.49, 3 Mick Gygax (Raheny) 18.26. M55: 1 John Collins (Leevale) 17.47, 2 Joe Corcoran ( Lucan Hrs) 19.18, 3 Noel Ward 21.16. M60: 1 Andrew McLinden (Hamilyton Hrs) 17.46, 2 Terry Kavanagh (Sli Cualann) 19.39, 3 John Orlandi (Drogheda & Dist) 19.46. MJ: 1 Jason Donegan ( Tullamore Hrs) 16.25, 2 David Scanlon (Rathfarnham WSAF) 16.28, 3 Jonathan O’Donoghue ( Rathfarnham WSAF) 16.39. Teams – 1 Rathfarnham WSAF 30, 2 Raheny Shamrock 43, 3 Donore Harriers 79.
Women: 1 Ciara Durkan (Skerries) 16.34, 2 Annette Kealy (Raheny Shamrock, W45), 3 Maria O’Sullivan (Raheny Shamrock) 17.34, 4 Ilona McElroy (Crusaders) 18.08, 5 Niamh Donnelly (Celtic DCH) 18.21, 6 Paula Grant (Portlaoise) 18.26, 7 Sinead Lambe (Donore) 18.32, 8 Mary Finn (Sportsworld) 18.42, 9 Aoife Joyce (Crusaders) 18.44, 10 Cushla-Brid Hehir (Ennis TC) 18.47.W40: 1 Barbara Murray (Donore) 19.14, 2 Vanessa Sallier (Rathfarnham WSAF) 19.22, 3 Sandra Armstrong (Sportsworld) 20.26. W45: 2 Jacqui Boyle (Tallaght) 19.31, 3 Sharon Tighe (Tallaght) 20.23. W50: 1 Grainne Butler (Civil Service) 18.55, 2 Mary Watters (Navan) 20.30, 3 Irene Walsh 23.07. W55: 1 Carmel Mac Domhnaill (W Limerick) 20.56, 2 Helen Ingram (Rathfarnham WSAF) 21.12, 3 Nuala Reilly (Drogheda and Dist) 21.54. W60: 1 Margaret O’Brien 25.44, 2 Rosaleen Quinn 26.05, 3 Anne Woodlock (Donore, W70) 26.36. WJ: 1 Nadia Power (Templeogue) 18.56, 2 Niamh McLoughlin ( Rathfarnham WSAF) 22.23, 3 Susan Fitzharris (Rathfarnham WSAF) 23.18. Teams – 1 Crusaders 33, 2 Donore Harriers 46, 3 Tallaght AC 56.
Ferns Half Marathon, (184 finishers; www.sbrclub.com)
Men: 1 Paddy Hamilton (Annadale Striders) 69.48, 2 Tom Hogan (SBR) 70.01, 3 Simon Ryan (Raheny Shamrock) 71.41, 4 Niall Sheil (St Killian’s) 72.48, 5 David McPherson (Kilkenny City Harriers) 74.08, 6 Myles Gibbons (SBR)75.11. M40: 1 Michael Boyle (Raheny Shamrock) 76.36, 2 Martin Monaghan (Slaney Oly) 78.08, 3 Tommy McElwaine (SBR) 79.52. M50: Eugene Doherty (SBR) 91.59. M60: Jim Boland (Sli Cualann) 100.50. Team – SBR (Tom Hogan, Myles Gibbons, Tommy McElwaine, David Leonard).
Women: 1 Jackie Carthy (Kilmore, W40) 83.11, 2 Dena Hogan (SBR) 90.55, 3 Anna Bushe (Croghan) 94.20, 4 Trish Sinnott (Coral Runners, W40) 95.04, 5 Amy Masner (Coral Runners) 96.23, 6 Cora Muldowney 98.47. W40: 3 Catherine Kelly 100.06. W50: Ann Bolger (SBR) 107.48.W60: Mary Hickey (Sli Cualann) 109.37. Team – SBR (Dena Hogan, Danielle Hennessy, Mary Doyle, Lillian Lawless).
Eco 2 Run Festival, Eastpoint Business Park, Dublin Port. www.eco2run.ie
20 Mile (190 finishers) : 1 Bernard Roe (Raheny) 1:55.52, 2 Simon reede (Raheny) 1:56.41, 3 Eoin Brennan (Tallaght) 1:59.25, 4 Gary Crossan (Letterkenny, M40) 2:01.11, 5 Maria McCambridge (DSD) 2:01.15, 6 Paddy Lyons (Tallaght) 2:04.38. Wheelchair – John McCarthy (IWA) 2:05.28.
Women: 2 Stephanie Bergin (Sportsworld) 2:24.21, 3 Mary Jennings (Waterford, W55) 2:31.07, 4 Maureen Lowther (W40) 2:31.32, 5 Tara Monls-Kennedy 2:36.56, 6 Louise Kierans (W40) 2:38.07.
10 Mile (70 finishers) – Men: 1 Mark Murphy (Raheny) 60.40, 2 Sean Murphy (Crusaders) 60.54, 3 Cian Cullinan 60.55. Women: 1 Vanessa Fenton (Raheny/3D Tri, W40) 71.49, 2 Deirdre Ni Chearbhaill (Crusaders) 73.21,3 Malgorzata Grzych 81.18.
5 Mile (47 finishers) – Men: Dan Palmer 31.37. Women: Wendy Bates 37.22.
Loughrea Grey Lake 10km (234 finishers; www.redtagtiming.com)
Overall: 1 Gary Thornton (GCH) 31.00, 2 Noel Berkeley 32.19, 3 Matt Bidwell (GCH, M40) 33.55, 4 Freya Ross (Edinburgh AC) 34.36, 5 John Harkin (Tullamore Hrs, M40) 34.58, 6 Vincent McGuinness (Loughrea) 35.10, 7 Gerry Carty (GCH, M40) 35.58, 8 Ray Somers (Athenry) 36.28. M50: Tom Loftus (Raheny) 43.33. M60: Martin McEvilly (GCH) 44.13.
Women: 2 Orla Gormley-Loftus (Raheny, W45) 42.12, 3 Caroline Whiriskey (Loughrea) 42.23, 4 Colette Sweeney (Mayo, W35) 42.38, 5 Fionnuala Keane (Loughrea, W35) 43.33, 6 Aileen Hardiman 46.03.
Jog for Jockeys 5km and 10km (www.precisiontiming.net)
5km (319 finishers) – Men: 1 Jack O’Leary (MJ) 17.14, 2 Gary O’Hanlon (Clonliffe) 117.18, 3 Paul Archbold 17.42, 4 Brian Hayes 17.54, 5 Des Noonan 18.09, 6 Hugh Morgan 18.20. Women: 1 Michelle Cox 19.38, 2 Liz Foy20.36, 3 Karen O’Hanlon (Dunboyne) 21.07, 4 Molly Aspell (WJ) 22.25, 5 Amy Downes 23.58, 6 Caroline Murtagh 24.23.Teams (12) – 1 Baby Faced Assassins (G O’Hanlon, D Noonan, K O’Hanlon) 28, 2 The Kings 29, 3 Team Morgan 41.
10km (114 finishers) – Men: 1 Gary O’Hanlon (Clonliffe) 33.59, 2 Patrick Moore 35.57, 3 David Borgan 39.59. Women: 1 Karen O’Hanlon (Dunboyne)42.01, 2 Victoria Nicholson 45.27, 3 Avril Fitzsimons 49.38. Team – Baumgartner 241.
Liz McDonnell Charity 5km Cross-Country, Castletown House, Celbridge, Co Kildare (181 finishers; www.chipit.ie)
Men: 1 Kevin Kelly 16.07, 2 Simon van Lonkhuyzen 16.38, 3 Rory Mooney 16.39, 4 Conor Burke 16.54, 5 Buceanu Nicolae 17.12, 6 Conall Hayes 17.28. Women: 1 Jean Wilson (Sportsworld) 18.15, 2 Amy Clarke (Na Fianna, WJ) 19.24, 3 Imelda Clarke (Na Fianna, W40) 19.44, 4 Niamh O’Connor (WJ) 19.59, 5 Ciara Hewson 21.21, 6 Joan McGillacuddy 21.57.
Tipperary Women’s Mini Marathon, Clonmel (894 finishers; www.totaltiming.ie
1 Siobhan O’Doherty (Borrisokane) 35.17, 2 Angela McCann (Clonmel, W40) 38.03, 3 Claire Annan 38.18, 4 Teresa Agar 39.07, 5 Aine Roche 40.54, 6 Kealey Tideswell 41.23.
Saturday September 28
Men: 1 Paul Pollock (Annadale) 30.45, 2 Keith Shields (Foyle Valley, M35) 31.44, 3 Alan O’Hara (NBH, M35) 31.57, 4 Eamonn White (NBH, M40) 33.11, 5 Adam Boyd (NBH) 33.43, 6 Ben Morrow (Ballymena Runners) 33.52. M45: Paul Rowan 9Willowfield) 34.02. M50: Noel Connor ( Ballymena Runners) 36.29. M60: Paul Elliott (NBH) 36.36.
Women: 1 Julie Turley (Dromore, W35) 36.40, 2 Cathy McCourt (W40) 38.22, 3 Julie Balmer (W35) 38.35, 4 Rachel Gibson 39.31, 5 Denise Logue 39.44, 6 Amanda Perry (W40) 40.13. W45: Geraldine Branagh 40.37.
Elvery’s Sports Galway Bay Half Marathon and 10km(www.redtagtiming.com)
Half Marathon (737 finishers) – Men: 1 Sergiu Ciobanu (Clonliffe) 67.11, 2 Brian MacMahon ( Clonliffe) 71.18, 3 Declan Power (Clonliffe) 75.25, 4 Gary O’Hanlon (Clonliffe) 78.53, 5 Pauline Curley (Tullamore Hrs, W40) 80.03, 6 Sean Murphy (Trim) 80.08.
Women: 2 Jane-Anne Healy (Athenry) 86.09, 3 Sinead Roche 89.49, 4 Sinead Foran (Athenry) 93.53, 5 Ruthann Sheehan (Athenry) 95.12, 6 Maggie Vahey (Predator TC) 95.18.
10km (1,053 finishers) – Overall: 1 Gary O’Hanlon (Clonliffe) 33.31, 2 Andrew Annett (Mourne Runners) 34.07, 3 Sarah Mulligan (DSD) 35.05, 4 Nicola Duncan (Portobello) 35.26, 5 John Cronin (GCH) 36.56, 6 Barry Chambers 37.03. Women: 3 Veronica Colleran (Ennis TC) 39.26, 4 Marie Hyland (Craughwell) 39.49, 5 Regina Casey (GCH) 40.04, 6 Aoife Brady (Sportsworld) 41.32.
Ballyhaunis 8km, Rd 5 C&C Cellular Mayo AC League. Thanks to Tom Hunt for result
Men: 1 Roger Barrett (Ballina AC) 26:00, 2 Michael Canty (Ballina AC) 26:43, 2 Brendan Gill (Mayo AC) 28:23. M40: 1 John Nolan (Claremorris) 30:12, 2 Sean Murphy (Mayo AC) 30:27. M50: 1 Dominic Regan (Mayo AC) 32:21, 2 Brendan Monaghan (Tuam AC) 33:15. M60: Paddy Cole 45:10. MJ: Tadgh McGinty (Swinford AC) 30:04
Women: 1 Ann Lennon (Mayo AC, W45) 30:28, 2 Colette Tuohy (Mayo AC, W40) 31.26, 3 Pauline Moran (Mayo AC, W55) 34:47. W40: 1 Joan Walsh (Mayo AC) 35:44, 2 Eileen Donnellan 41:26 (B’haunis FFL). W45: 1 Jackie Fleming 36:05, 2 Susan Gannon 38:21. W50: 1 Bernadette Morrin 40:43, 2 Bernie McHugh (Mayo AC) 42:38. W55: 1 Margaret Glavey (Mayo AC) 37:04, 2 Mary Keane (Fingallians) 47:25. WJ: Muriel Moran 54:03. Ballyhaunis Fit for Life: 1 Eileen Donnellan 41:26, 2 Maura Gorman 42:18, 3 Samantha Cleary 49:07
Moone Kilomarathon 26.2km and 10km, Moone, Co Kildare (www.precisiontiming.net)
Kilomarathon (153 finishers) – Men: 1 Brian Leahy (Raheny Shamrock) 1:30.57, 2 Brian Kirwan 1:32.40, 3 Brian Murphy 1:33.10, 4 Gary Condon (Sli Cualann, M40) 1:39.06, 5 Simon Mulvey (Tallaght) 1:39.28, 6 Ian McGrath (Sli Cualann, M40) 1:39.49. M40: 3 Philip Culbert 1:53.50. M45: 1 Eddie Newman (Mullingar Hrs) 1:42.56, 2 Ultan Geoeghegan 1:47.54, 3 Aidan Swan (Dunshaughlin) 1:52.30. M50: Ciaran Byrne (Marathon Club of Ireland) 2:09.10, 2 Billy Porter (Sli Cualann) 2:10.29, 3 Gerry Shevlin 2:25.47. M55: Jack Tyrrell 1:54.07. M60: Fran Meehan 2:23.38.
Women: 1 Anne Curley (Donore, W40) 1:47.48, 2 Teresa Agar 1:48.43, 3 Florence Curley (Donore Hrs) 1:54.47, 4 Olivia Sheerin (St Michael’s AC, W45) 2:00.18, 5 Elaine Conlon (W40) 2:00.52, 6 Majike Beltman 2:09.11. W40: 3 Lucy Darcy (Sportsworld) 2:14.42. W45: 2 Aisling Hegarty 2:26.21, 3 Ailish Kelly (Portlaoise) 2:29.03. W50: Pauline Craddock 2:49.58. W55: Irene Dunne 2:36.23.
10km (194 finishers) – Men: 1 Paul Campbell 34.08, 2 Pat Byrne (Tinryalnd, M40) 34.18, 3 Dwayne Farrell (Tinryland) 34.39, 4 Brian Byrne 36.34, 5 James McAssey 37.38, 6 William Owens (Crusaders) 37.45. M40: 2 Peter Baldwin 38.48, 3 Lian Byrne (St Abban’s) 39.40. M45: PJ Carroll 39.00. M50: Donald Daly 47.11. M55: Bill Tyrell 40.38. M60: JJ Murphy (Tinryland) 41.01. M65: Bobby King ( St Coca’s) 46.46. M70: Willie Doyle 55.12.
Women: 1 Margaret Danagher (Templemore) 40.19, 2 Ann Fitzgerald (W45) 49.37, 3 Sandra O’Reilly 50.08, 4 Sara Hosey 50.53, 5 Bernie Shaw 51.59, 6 Brid Heffron 52.05. W40: Gillian Hegarty 54.31. W50: Clare Morgan (Blackrock AC) 53.21. W55: Bernadette Doyle 1:26.59. W60: Anne O’Toole 1:26.13. W65: Hazel Wynne 1:48.38. W70: Mary Doyle 1:40.00.
Causeway Coast Ultra, Marathon, Half Marathon and 10km, Portstewart, Co Antrim, www.championchipireland.com
10km (139 finishers) – Men: 1 Dermot McElhinney 41.20, 2 Andrew Macaline 43.35, 3 Peter Hopley 44.42. Women: 1 Gemma Turley 49.09, 2 Sonia Knox 47.49, 3 Karrie Taylor 52.19.
Half Marathon (392 finishers) – Men: 1 Marc Jennings 1:30.49, 2 Peter Cromie 1:31.26, 3 Philip Tweedie 1:32.12. Women: 1 Karen Alexander 1:34.21, 2 Julie Murphy 1:51.04, 3 Anne Bonner 1:53.52.
Marathon (145 finishers) – Men: 1 David Simpson 3:18.36, 2 Stuart Palin 3:28.52, 3 Chris Denton 3:29.23. Women: 1 Sarah Kelland 4:28.36, 2 Helen Weir 4:34.55, 3 Nuala Mcloughlin 4:35.20.
Ultra (72 finishers) – Men: 1 Justin Maxwell 5:34.21, 2 Ian Lockington 5:59.39, 3 Nicki McPeak 6:05.34. Women – 1 Christina McKenzie 6:48.30, 2 Helena Dornan 6:50.01, 3 Janeen McGergor 7:46.28.
Parkrun 5km:
St Anne’s Raheny (Inaugural; 233 finishers) – Men: 1 Mick Traynor (Raheny, M45) 15.49, 2 Michael Kiely ( Crusaders) 16.08, 3 Kieron Peters (Star of the Sea) 16.19. Women: 1 Aoife Talty (Raheny) 16.51, 2 Hannah Oldroyd (Airedale Dodgers) 18.15, 3 Carly Derraven 21.51.
Malahide Demesne, Dublin (261 finishers) – Men: 1 Eoin Brady (Raheny, M45) 16.28 (PB), 2 Davey Byrne (Clonliffe, M40) 16.40, 3 Gerard Martin 17.35. Women: 1 Cindy Kelly 19.23, 2 Helen O’Connor (Raheny) 21.46, 3 Aoife Nolan 22.06.
Marlay Park, Dublin (302 finishers) – Men: 1 Adrian White 17.19 (PB), 2 Eoghan O Murchu 17.25, 3 James Dara Brady (Sportsworld) 17.46. Women: 1 Rachel McGrane (W35) 20.15, 2 Olwyn Dunne (Crusaders, W45) 20.52, 3 Elisha De Alker (W14) 21.14 (PB),
Griffeen Park, Lucan (110 finishers) – Men: 1 Will Byrne (M40) 18.02, 2 Richard Brice (M45) 19.09, 3 Fergal Downes (M45) 19.44. Women: 1 Freda Comiskey (Lucan Hrs, W40) 20.59, 2 Lindsay Ellerker 22.34 (PB), 3 Dee Tully 22.38 (B).
Westport (75 finishers) – Men: 1 Paddy O’Toole (Mayo AC, M35) 16.34, 2 Dean Smyth 18.51,3 Gerry Galvin (Mayo AC, M45) 18.54. Women: 1 Sorcha McAllister (Westport, W15) 19.36, 2 Aoife O’Brien (Westport, W14) 20.57, 3 Saorise O’Brien (Westport, W14)21.41.
Castle Demesne Macroom (54 finishers) – Men: 1 John Dunphy (Midletown, M40) 19.05, 2 Denis Kelleher (M45) 19.11 (PB), 3 Diarmuid Holland (M40) 20.05 (PB). Women: 1 Mary Sweeney 9St Finbarr’s, W50) 20.22 (PB), 2 Rachel O’Callaghan (W40) 21.28, 3 Mary Murphy (St Finbarr’s, W50) 24.45 (PB).
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