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| Dermot McDermott |
On a day packed with hard racing, Sligo Athletic Club, anchored by Dermot McDermott, took their first ever men’s national senior relay title, just beating Raheny Shamrock to the line. McDermott and Raheny’s Cillian O’Leary had set off together on the final leg, with McDemrott only breaking away with the line in sight. Making up the team were 800m specialist David Harper, Alberto Sanchez,
Even closer was the women’s race with DSD’s Sarah Mulligan giving it her all to retain the title for her club. With the line just yards away, Mulligan looked on her last legs but sheer will kept her ahead of the fast-finishing Aoife Talty of Raheny.
This was a brilliant win for DSD, with Niamh Devlin keeping in touch with the leaders on on the opening mile. Linda Byrne then improved on her own course record with a time of 10 mins 31 secs on the two-mile leg where she was chased hard by Fiona Roche of Raheny. Mulligan then bravely finished off the job, with both teams given a time of 21 mins 6 secs – a big improvement on the old course record of 21:28.
In the master’s races, an eyeballs-out two-mile leg from Paul Fleming gave Rathfarnham WSAF the men’s over 35 title, with Ronan Kearns bringing the team home. In the women’s race, a typically gutsy performance from Annette Kealy, also on the two-mile leg, gave Raheny the lead, leaving it to Sharon Phelan to continue Raheny’s winning streak in this age category.
A record number of over 250 entries had signed up, with the masters races particularly well supported. Teams came from all over the country, with Ennis, Craughwell, Finn Valley and, of course, Sligo, among those who faced long journeys home. Also notable were multiple teams from clubs with thriving Meet and Train/Fit for Life sections such as Drogheda and District, Tallaght, Dunboyne, Crusaders, Donore and host club Raheny.
With the weather staying kind, everyone enjoyed the chance to meet up with old friends and new and catch up on the gossip; with more and more men and women of all ages joining clubs, this great event can only get better! Pics at www.lindie.zenfolio.com
* Gary O’Hanlon of Clonliffe Harriers won the Connemarathon in 2 hrs 35 mins 15 secs. English visitor Catherine Hogan was first woman in 3:27.26. Waterford’s Mary Jennings – who has made a loose promise that she’ll retire when she reaches her 100th marathon – finished fourth of the women. Not bad for a 57 year old! Keith Whyte won the ultra, with Amy Masner of Parnell first woman. A total of 2,71.15 finished the three races on offer, almost 2,000 of those in the half marathon won by GCH’s Matt Bidwell in 79 mins 29 secs..
Sunday April 7
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| Winning DSD team |
Woodie’s DIY Road Relay Championships, Raheny, Dublin (provisional)
Women – Senior: 1 DSD (Niamh Devlin, Linda Byrne, Sarah Mulligan) 21.06, 2 Raheny Shamrock (Loraine Manning, Fiona Roche, Aoife Talty)21.06, 3 Crusaders (Niamh Bopland, Carolien Crowley, Orla Drumm)21.36. Fastest times – Mile: Lorraine Manning (Raheny/Orla Drumm (Crusaders) 5.12. Two Mile: Linda Byrne (DSD) 10.31 (rec). Masters – W35 (11 teams): 1 Raheny Shamrock (Lorraine Byrne, Annette Kealy, Sharon Phelan) 23.07, 2 Dunboyne (Karen O’Hanlon, Fioan Reid, Emilia Dan) 23.12, 3 Mullingar Harriers (Michelle O’Halloran, Mary Scully, Aine O’Reilly), 23.40, 4 Tallaght 24.08, 5 Sportsworld 24.17, 6 (tbc) Drogheda and District 24.27.W50 (2): Finn Valley (Noreen Bonar, Kay Byrne, Marie Speight)26.09, 2 Tallaght 29.35.
Men – Senior (11 teams): 1 Sligo AC (David Harper, James McKeogh, Alberto Sanchez, Dermot McDermott) 38.40, 2 Raheny Shamrock (Donal Foley, Ian Conroy, Mark Kirwan, Cillian O’Leary) 38.34, 3 Clonliffe Harriers B (Aaron Hanlon, David Fitzmaurice, Michael McDiarmada, Kris Valters) 38.35, 4 Ennis TC 39.31, 5 Donore Harriers 39.47, 6 Finn Valley 39.52. Fastest legs – Mile: David Spreight (Finn Valley) 4.28. Two-mile: Kris Valters (?) (Clonliffe) 9.28. Three-Mile: Alberto Sanchez (Sligo) 14.22.
Masters – M35 (18 teams): 1 Rathfarnham WSAF (Shane O’Neill, Paul Fleming, Ronan Kearns)19.32, 2 Raheny Shamrock (Des Kennedy, Mick Traynor, Damien Martin)19.39, 3 Craughwell (Mark Davis, Gerry Ryan, Martin Corcoran) 20:00, 4 Clonliffe 20.04, 5 Tallaght 20.12, 6 Raheny Shamrock B 20.17. M50 (9 teams): 1 Tallaght (Gerrry Woods, Niall Coppiner, Brendan Ryan) 21.31, 2 Rathfarnham WSAF A (John McCabe, Tommy Bishop, Joe Casey) 22.29, 3 Finn Valley (Pat Hergarty, Dominic Bonner, Mark Connolly) 22.31, 4 Clonliffe 22.39, 5 Tallaght B 22.55, 6 Tullamore Hrs 23.127
UCC Carol Lynch Memorial Cork BHAA 10km, Western Gateway Buildings, Cork (530 finishers; www.corkbhaa.com),
Men:1 Alan O’Shea (HSE) 32:06, 2 Tim O’Donoghue (EMC) 32:29, 3 John Meade (Joyce Wolfe Physio) 32:34, 4 D Coffey (Pilz) 33:58, 5 Ian Harnett 34:13, 6 Shane Simcox (Leisure World) 34:23. M40:1 Joe Cunningham (Eli Lilly) 2 John Malone (TRInRUN) 34:45, 3 John Hennessy (Janssen) 36:56. M45: 1 Don Keohane (IPS) 36:22, 2 Fergus Wall (Pfizer-Little Island) 36:52, 3 Conor McMahon (Solvit Foods) 39:31. M50: 1 Denis Carroll (Blarney Woollen Mills) 40:46, 2 Alan Carey (Carey Tools) 41:23, 3 Mike McGrath (Blarney Woollen Mills) 42:06. M55: 1 Eamonn McEvoy (Dept of Educ) 37:35, 2 Willie Hayes (An Post/Eircom) 40:03, 3 Tom Cody (MD Insulation) 42:20. M60: 1 Con O’Brien (Dept of Ed) 42:05, 2 Andrew O’Farrell (Pfizer-Ringaskiddy) 44:45, 3 John Holland (An Post/Eircom) 45:51. M65: 1 Jimmy Murray (HSE) 46:27, 2 Bernard Sisk (Sisk Builders) 48:02, 3 Paddy Daly (Army) 54:47. M70: 1 John O’Leary (Bookdeal) 49:06, 2 Peter Gaffney (HSE) 53:04, 3 Frank Kelleher (Cork City Co) 64:42. Teams – A: 1 Pfizer-Little Island 49, 2 TRInRUN 137, 3 Glenside Environmental 186. B: 1 EMC 97, 2 Navy 106, 3 Eli Lilly 136. C: 1 Planet HC 257, 2 Southern Law 259, 3 CIT Staff 300.
Women: 1 Emma Murphy (Cork Shops) 36:59, 2 C armelCrowley (Stockhealth, W45) 37:22, 3 Nollaig O’Neill (Leisure World, W40) 39:13, 4 Rhona Lynch (GE Healthcare, W35) 39:15, 5 Helen Leonard (MD Insulation, W40) 39:36, 6 Michelle Kenny (Dept of Ed) 40:03. W35: 2 Denise Twohig (HSE) 40:42, 3 Ann-Marie Power (HSE) 41:07. W40: 3 Ann Wolfe (Joyce Wolfe Physio) 41:31. W45: 2 Margo Dinan (Fit for Life) 41:13, 3 Orla Crosbie (HSE) 43:04. W50: 1 Frances O’Connor (Dept of Ed) 48:10, 2 Deirdre Quinlan (Dem Enterprises) 49:30, 3 Frances Lynch (Meitheal Mara) 50:35. W55: 1 Marion Lyons (Fit for Life) 54:33, 2 Betty O’Riordan (JF Gould) 59:57, 3 Joan McCarthy (BoI) 61:47; Teams – A: 1 HSE 198, 2 Joyce Woulfe Physio 217, 3 Fit for Life 236. B: 1 HSE 563, 2 EMC 595, 3 Eli Lilly 624.
Connemara Half, Full and Ultra Marathon, from 9am. C: Ray 091-565154; www.connemarathon.com.
Half (1,924 finishers) – Men: 1 Matt Bidwell (GCH, M40) 79.29, 2 Phil Kilgannon (Sportsworld) 81.18, 3 Clive Brown 82.30. Women: Deirdre Byrne 90.14, 2 Vanessa Fenton (3D Tri) 92.34, 3 Suzanne Quinn (Le Ceile) 94.42.
Full (601 finishers) – Men: 1 Gary O’Hanlon (Clonliffe, M35) 2:35.15, 2 Dessie Duffy (Bailieboro) 3:00.44, 3 Ciaran Faherty 3:02.45. M40: Dave Foran 3:16.57. M50: Jean Michel Froment (Redek) 3:21.41. M60: Michael Greene (GCH) 3:28.22.
Women: 1 Catherine Hogan (Serpentine) 3:27.26, 2 Gillian Cordner (Seaprk AC) 3:36.25, 3 Dreidre Grady 3:37.43, 4 Mary Jennings (Waterford, W55) 3:42.17.
Ultra (190 finishers) – Men: 1 Keith Whyte (Ennis TC) 4:25.52, 2 Vasily Neumerzhitskiy 4:37.00, 3 Wayne Reid 4:38.36. M40: Gerry Duffy (Mullingar Hrs) 4:55.54. M50: Robert Irvine (NBH) 5:29.54.
Women: Amy Masner (Parnell) 5:32.26, 2 Angela Beckmann (Angelas Renntiere, W40) 5:33.48, 3 Hannah Shields (W40) 5:46.05.
Decathlon Half Marathon and 10km, Belfast. www.pioneer-group.co.uk.
10km(152 finishers): Men – 1 Andrew Considine (NBH, M35) 33.51, 2 David Graham 34.18, 3 Nat Glenn (M45) 34.18. Women: 1 Gemma Turley 38.38, 2 Nichlan Henderson (W35) 40.29, 3 Amy Sheppard (Cobra RC) 44.42.
Half Marathon (143 finishers): Men – 1 Alan O’Hara (M35) 71.38, 2 Johnny Park (Orangegrove, M40) 77.10. 3 Damien Kelly (Sportsworld) 77.35, 5 Nigel Grier(Dromore, M50) 78.24. Women: 1 Julie Balmer (Nth Down), W35) 84.54, 2 Lauren Quee 86.q5, 3 Roisin Hughes (NBH) 87.25.
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| Lucan Harriers M&T team |
Michael Egan Memorial 4-Mile, Quilty, Co Clare (1203 finishers)
Men: 1 Michael Shannon (St John’s) 20:32, 2 KennethRodgers (St John’s) 20:35, 3 Peter O’Sullivan 21:38, 4 Julio Cesar Castro (Kilmurry-Ibrick NC) 22:02, 5 Fergal Smithwich (Marian) 22:23, 6 Willie Devitt (Kilmurry-Ibrick NC) 23:05. M40: 1 John Conroy (Ennis TC) 24:34, 2 Joe Colleran 25:09, 3 John O’Malley (Kilmurry-Ibrick NC) 25:33. M45: 1 John Murphy (Ennis TC) 25:14, 2 Michael Kenny (St Mary’s) 28:17, 3 Conor Lovett (West Limerick) 32:40. M50: 1 Ambrose Heaghney (Kilnaboy) 24:06, 2 TJ Whyte (Tuam) 24:36, 3 Al Meaney (St Mary’s) 27:40. M55: 1 Eugene Moynihan (Marian) 24:11, 2 Tom Mackey (Kilmurry-Ibrick NC) 25:00, 3 James Kenny (Kilmurry-Ibrick NC) 26:01. M60: 1 Martin McEvilly (GCH) 25:32, 2 Kevin O’Loughlin (Kilmurry-Ibrick NC) 31:06. MJ: 1 Eoin Looney (Kilmurry-Ibrick NC) 23:57, 2 Liam Gray (Kilmurry-Ibrick NC) 24:56, 3 Caoilfhionn O’Dea (Kilmurry-Ibrick NC) 26:03. Teams – 1 Kilmurry-Ibrick NC A 25, 2 Ennis TC A 50, 3 Kilmurry-Ibrick NC B 58.
Women: 1 Dympna Ryan (Dundrum) 24:08, 2 Veronica Colleran (Ennis TC) 25:04, 3 Aisling Kelly (St John’s, WJ) 26:12, 4 Maria Carey (Ennis TC) 26:24, 5 Siobhan Lennon (Ennis TC, W40) 26:31, 6 Eimear Power (Sportsworld) 27:28. W35: 1 Mary Cahill (Ennis TC) 30:43. W40: 2 Loretto Duggan 28:35, 3 Mags Malone (Kilmurry-Ibrick NC) 30:00. W45: 1 Sue Garrihy (Kilmurry-Ibrick NC) 28:14.W50: 1 Carmel MacDomhnaill (WLimerick) 29:06, 2 Christina Organ (Kilmurry-Ibrick NC) 33:42, 3 Teresa Ryan (Tulla) 45:08. WJ: 2 E Shannon (Kilmurry-Ibrick NC) 27:54, 3 E Keane (Kilmurry-Ibrick NC) 28:03. Teams – 1 Ennis TC 27, 2 Kilmurry-Ibrick NC A 35, 3 Kilmurry-Ibrick NC B 60.
Women’s Meet and Train Summer League Rd 1 (3 miles), Griffeen Park Lucan.
1 Bernadette Kiernan (Clonliffe) 19.58, 2 Shona Keane (Sportsworld) 20.01, 3 Aoife Quigley (Crusaders) 20.12.
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