Round-up: Fionnuala 5th and First Woman at Albertville 5-Mile

Fionnuala Britton finished fifth overall  and first woman at the Albertville 5-Mile  around Duncrue Industrial Estate in Belfast today.

From the start, Britton was part of a pack that was chasing early leader Brendan Teer of East Down.  Teer finished a clear winner in 25 mins 47 secs, followed by Willowfield’s Paul Rowan in 26 mins 7 secs and James Brown of East Coast in 26 mins 34 secs.

Britton finished in 26 mins 43 secs. Second woman was Newcastle’s Kerry O’Flaherty,  back racing after a break, in 28 mins 46 secs.

* Keith Shiels of Foyle Valley won the Bundoran 10-Mile in Co Donegal, finishing over half a minute clear of Eoghan McGinley from Rathfarnham WSAF. First woman was  Raheny’s Fiona Stack in 59 mins 34 secs, with Breege Connolly of North Belfast Harriers a close second in 59 mins 46 mins and Rathfarnham’s Caitriona Jennings third  in 60 mins 36 secs.

* John Reidy won the men’s race comfortably at the Dublin Airport BHAA Cross-Country at the Alsaa. Sonya O’Connell won the women’s race in a sprint for the line, with Paula Grant a close second.

*Fastest time from the various Parkruns came from Aberdeen visitor Eoin Durkan  who ran 16.33 at Marlay Park, followed by Barbara Cleary in 17.16. A few weeks ago ,Cleary was the first woman to lead home a Parkrun; others have followed and indeed, the increased number of women in all the Parkruns yesterday was noticeable.  Fastest women’s time  of the day came from Deirdre Byrne with 18.35 in St Anne’s Park.

Saturday March 1

Albertville 5-Mile, Duncrue St, Belfast. www.albertvilleharriers.org; www.nirunning.co.uk

Men: 1 Brendan Teer (E Down) 25.47, 2 Paul Rowan (Willowfield) 26.07, 3 James Brown ( E Coast) 26.34. Women: 1 Fionnuala Britton (Kilcoole) 26.43, 2 Kerry O’Flaherty (Newcastle AC) 28.46, 3 Claire Connor (NBH) 29.53.

Cara Bundoran Run 10-Mile Challenge (667 finishers; www.precisiontiming.net)

Men: 1 Keith Shiels (Foyle Valley) 51.31, 2 Eoghan McGinley (Rarthfarnham WSAF) 52.06, 3 Glenn Phair 52.36, 4 Gerard Gallagher (Finn Valley) 52.39, 5 Tudor Moldovan (Clonliffe) 52.49, 6 Liam Feely (Nth Leitrim) 53.20. M40: Richard Gorman (Tir Chonaill) 56.41. M50: Gerard Duddy ( City of Derry) 61.59.

Women: 1 Fiona Stack (Raheny Shamrock) 59.34, 2 Breege Connolly (NBH) 59.46, 3 Caitriona Jennings (Rathfarnham WSAF) 60.36, 4 Natasha Adams (Lifford) 60.44, 5 Heather Foley 60.57, 6 Danielle Fegan (Armagh) 61.178.

Dublin Airport BHAA Cross-Country, Alsaa, www.bhaa.ie

Men/Open 5-Mile (141): 1 John Reidy 28.38, 2 Patrick Malone (Turf Club, M45) 29.15, 3 William Morris (DCC, M35) 30.00, 4 Thomas Sherlock (B of Ire) 30.06, 5 Ronan Hartnett (Gardai) 30.32 6 Anthony Malone (Gardai, M35) 30.40. M40: 1 David Hipwell (An Post) 30.55, 2 Stuart Mary (DAA) 32.07, 3 Ian Redican (Gardai) 34.56. M45: 2 Edward McEntee (Detica) 31.12, 3 Dave Carrie (An Post) 31.19. M50: 1 Tom O’Connor ( B of Ire) 31.39, 2 Bruce Philips (DCC) 32.40, 3 Gerry Kenny (ABB) 33.04. M55: 1 Brendan Ryan (OSI) 31.47, 2 Chris Keeling (Sanbra Fyffe) 32.19, 3 Gerry Woods (OPW) 34.01. M60: 1 Noel Hanratty (Sec Teacher) 33.11, 2 John Todd (Cadbury) 34.18, 3 Adrian Byrne (Gardai) 35.27. M65: 1 Peter McDermott (DIT) 38.17, 2 Michael Ferry (Gardai) 39.25, 3 Sean Slattery (Swords Labs) 40.41. M70: 1 Terry Mee (Dublin Taxis) 41.19. M75: 1 Tadgh Twomey (Dublin Newspapers) 47.48, 2 Sean Lambe (Glanbia) 49.40. Women: 1 Angela Charlton (W40) 48.28.

Women’s 2.5-Mile (49): 1 Sonya O’Connell (TCD) 12.55, 2 Paula Grant (Sec Teachers, W35 12.58, 3 LauraBehan 13.00, 4 Maura Kearns (Dept of Ed) 13.03, 5 Louise Reilly 13.13, 6 Sharon Grant (Sec Teacher) 13.34. W35: 2 Niamh Corby (Revenue) 13.43, 3 Karen McDonnell (Gardai) 13.51. W40: 1 Liz Foy 13.33, 2 Vanesssa Sallier (Mercer) 14.09. W45: 1 Aileen Carrie (Bitech) 15.43, 2 Mary Purdue Smyth (System Dynamics) 16.06, 3 Helen Cheshire (Sec Teacher) 16.35. W50: 1 Bernie Byrne 14.05, 2 Fiona Byrne (Eircom) 15.13, Susan Walsh (Revenue) 15.21.W55: 1 Sheelagh Jones (Sec Teacher) 14.28, 2 Mary Jennings (Sec Teacher) 14.41, 3 Eileen O’Driscoll (Teachers B0 15.02, 4 Nuala Reilly (Fair Gate HC) 15.12. W60: Eileen O’Brien (St John Of God’s) 16.50. W65: Evelyn McNelis 16.46.

Carlingford Half Marathon and 10km, Co Louth.www.championchipireland.com; very provisional result

10km (271 finishers)– Men: 1 Kieran Martin 36.45, 2 Alan Duggan 39.12, 3 Ciaran Walsh 39.48. Women: Nita McLoughlin 44.29, Jane Adams 45.05, Roisin Brady 45.26.

Half Marathon – Men: 1 David Graham 73.28, 2 David Brady 75.53, 3 John Courell 76.27. Women: Tara Malone 86.49, Sarah Colgan 89.08, 3 Sharon Traynor 92.11

Kinvara Rock and Road 10km and Half Marathon www.precisiontiming.net

Half Marathon (649) – Men: 1 Joe Cawley (Sli Cualann) 76.11, 2 Paul Fitzgerald (Liemrick AC) 77.06, 3 Oliver Mullins (Craughwell, M40) 77.14. Women: 1 Eimear O’Leary (MSB87.30, 2 Grainne Ni Uallachain 9GCH) 89.12, 3 Roisian Farragher (Le Cheile) 90.09.

10km (673) – Men: 1 Matt Bidwell (GCH, M40) 32.50, 2 Andrew Annet (NBH) 33.11, 3 Patrick Quinn (Ennis TC) 34.07. Women: 1 Veronica Colleran (Ennis TC, W40) 39.36, 2 Sinead Foran (Athenry) 39.44, 3 Siobhan Lennon (W40)40.35.

Parkrun 5km – Malahide Park (313 finishers) – Feidhlim Kelly (Raheny Shamrock) 16.43, Rachael Beck (Portmanock AC, W40) 19.15 (PB). Marlay Park Rathfarnham (496)– 1 Eoin Durkan (Aberdeen AC) 16.33, 2 Barbara Cleary (W40) 17.16 (PB). St Anne’s Park Raheny (225)– Andrew Haydu (Tallaght AC, M35) 16.58, Deirdre Byrne 18.35. Griffeen Park, Lucan (140)– Derry McVeigh (M40) 18.04, Linda Fahy (Dunshaughlin AC, W40) 20.01. Ardgillan, Balbriggan (120)- Ben Malone (Fingal TC, M20) 18.36 (PB), Catherine Troy (Balbriggan RR) 23.29 (PB).  Castle Demesne, Macroom, Co Cork (62) – Richie Fitzgerald (M40) 20.41 (PB), Ciara Santry (W20) 22.57 (PB). Clonakilty (68) – Richard Murphy 20.42, Sinead Caulfield (W15) 22.09. Westport (45) – 1 Sean Flynn (M15) 17.25, 2 Colette Tuphy (Mayo AC, W45) 19.04.