Talk by Martin McCarthy Fri 3rd Feb at CIT
Former Irish Senior Cross Country Champion Martin McCarthy will give a talk on Friday 4th February at 7.00pm in the Cork County Board room adjacent to CIT track. This is in advance of the All Ireland Intermediate Cross Country Championship that weekend. All are welcome. Martin, who was an athletics scholarship student in Iona College in the US and represented Ireland in Cross Country, has a wealth of experience to pass on in what should be a very interesting talk. It will be just after the Friday evening training session at the CIT track so hopefully there will be a good crowd in attendance.
Happy New Year
The Barr’s would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year and all the best for 2012! May all you pb dreams come true!
All Ireland Novice Cross Country 11th December 2011
In a fantastic performance Martina Kiely was third in the All Ireland Novice Cross Country Championship. In a close fought race Martina was in contention all the way and although edged out of the silver medal position she held on to the bronze. She won a silver however when it was confirmed that our ladies team had come second! With Karina Teahan finishing an excellent 10th, Valerie Vaughan, Louise Keane, Gillian Cotter, Orla Crosbie, Barbara Curran, Una Kennedy and Cait Mehigan all ran very strongly to earn a great All Ireland silver medal. Well done everyone!!
In a mens race that was highly competitive and had a huge field our mens team finished 10th and Cathal O Donovan and Allen Whitaker both scored for the Cork team that won silver. We had 12 men competing on the day which is a huge number. Well done to all of you who ran so well on the day!
Eamon McEvoy
We would like to wish all the best to Eamon McEvoy who is retiring from his Assistant Principal position in Little Island National School. Eamon is a long standing member of the club and is the current Irish M60 5000m champion. A top runner we hope that this will result in him going even faster with all the extra training he will get in!!
Cork County Intermediate Cross Country Champions!!!!
Congrats to our men’s and women’s teams who both won the County Intermediate Cross Country Championships today.
In cold and wet conditions Allen Whitaker continued his fantastic cross country season with a hard fought win. Allen won by 5 seconds in the end. Paul Gallagher was third man home and in a fantastic team performance Rory O Sullivan was 4th and Rob Patterson 6th. Eoin O Keeffe was 8th, Cathal Kelly 9th, Daniel Stiegler 12th, Colin Condon 19th, Gerry Cronin 20th and Martin O Reilly 26th so a fantastic all round team performance. Well done everyone!
Our ladies team repeated their county novice feat with a 1,2,3! Martina Kiely, who has had a brilliant cross country season, led them home yet again with Karina Teahan 2nd and Louise Keane 3rd. Gillian Cotter was 5th and Cait Mehigan 21st in another brilliant team performance. Well done to everyone!
County Intermediate Cross Country Championship Teams
The teams for the Intermediate Cross Country Championships on Sunday are as follows:
Men: Paul Gallagher, Denis Coughlan, Rory O’Sullivan, Glenn Dollard, Colin Condon, Eoin O’Keeffe, Michael Houlihan, Allen Whitaker, Michael Morgan, Martin O’Reilly, Cathal Kelly, Daniel Stiegler, Gerard Cronin
Women: Karina Teahan, Louise Keane, Cait Mehigan, Gillian Cotter, Una Kennedy, Barbra Curran, Catherine Power, Orla Crosbie
Best of luck everyone!
Claire McCarthy to represent Ireland in European Championships!!!!!
After her fantastic performance in the Inter County Cross Country Championships Claire McCarthy has been selected for the Irish team to compete in the European Cross Country Championships. These will take place on the 11th December in Velenje, Slovenia. Congratulations and best of luck to Claire who well deserves this honour for all the hard work she has put in, especially since returning to training after having her third child.
Inter County Cross Country Championship 27th November
Congratulations to Claire McCarthy who put in a fantastic finish to come second in the Inter County Cross Country Championship in Sligo yesterday. In coming second Claire led the Cork ladies to the Inter county title. This was a fantastic achievement by Claire who missed the recent senior county cross country through illness.
Club AGM Monday, 28th November, 2011
The club AGM takes place next Monday at 8pm in the Montenotte Hotel. Your attendance would be greatly appreciated and all offers of assistance are gratefully received.
Munster Intermediate Cross Country Champions!
Congratulations to our mens team, who put in fantastic performances to win the Munster Intermediate Cross Country Championship in Clonmel on Sunday 13th November. Cathal O Donovan led the team home, finishing a very impressive 5th. He was closely followed by Alan Whitaker, who is having a great cross country season, in 8th place. Michael Morgan in 25th and Denis Coughlan in 32nd completed the scoring for a fantastic win. Well done to all who ran.