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Cheetah Run 4 Miles

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4 00:21:31 MARSHALL, Cornelius St. Finbarrs AC MS 4
6 00:21:37 MEADE, John St. Finbarrs AC MS 6
13 00:23:01 MCNAMARA, Wesley St. Finbarrs AC MS 13
16 00:23:19 KELLY, Cathal St. Finbarrs AC MS 16
22 00:23:58 MURPHY, Michael St. Finbarrs AC M50 22
39 00:25:08 CARROLL, Eamonn St. Finbarrs AC M45 39
46 00:25:15 DOWNEY, Kevin St. Finbarrs AC MS 46
57 00:25:35 MULCAHY, Darren St. Finbarrs AC MS 57
84 00:26:17 O’SULLIVAN, Bernard St. Finbarrs AC MS 84
96 00:26:30 O’NEILL, Trevor St. Finbarrs AC MS 96
97 00:26:32 COTTER, Gillian St. Finbarrs AC F35 97
106 00:26:52 WOLFE, Anne St. Finbarrs AC F35 106
126 00:27:26 CUDDIHY, Tom St. Finbarrs AC M40 126
135 00:27:36 HENRY, Aidan St. Finbarrs AC M40 135
159 00:28:22 KELLY, Kathleen St. Finbarrs AC F35 159
198 00:29:31 COLEMAN, Barry St. Finbarrs AC MS 198
214 00:29:44 O’CONNELL, Paul St. Finbarrs AC MS 214
224 00:29:55 COLEMAN, John St. Finbarrs AC M40 224
299 00:31:43 MCEVOY, Rebecca St. Finbarrs AC FS 299
300 00:31:44 MCEVOY, Eamonn St. Finbarrs AC M55 300
302 00:31:47 MURPHY, Austin St. Finbarrs AC M60 302
314 00:32:02 BUCKLEY, Eileen St. Finbarrs AC F45 314
328 00:32:19 MANNING, Michelle St. Finbarrs AC FS 328
335 00:32:38 LYONS, Marion St. Finbarrs AC F55 335
360 00:33:15 HORGAN, Oonagh St. Finbarrs AC FS 360
376 00:33:25 MCSWEENEY, Sarah-Louise St. Finbarrs AC FS 376
379 00:33:27 CURRAN, Barbara St. Finbarrs AC FS 379
384 00:33:41 MULCAHY, Mary St. Finbarrs AC F45 384
394 00:33:56 MANNING, Denis St. Finbarrs AC M40 394
396 00:33:57 GRIFFIN, Hazel St. Finbarrs AC FS 396
453 00:35:43 O’MAHONY, Emer St. Finbarrs AC FS 453
506 00:37:07 CARROLL, Clodagh St. Finbarrs AC FS 506
594 00:39:48 RYAN, Jean St. Finbarrs AC F50 594

Bandon Half Marathon

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It was not as easy to pick out club members in this one as the club was not listed on the results so apologies to anyone I may have missed.

Cathal O Connell’s marathon preparation seems to be on track as he finished with an excellent 3rd place in 74.21. It looks like he will be there or thereabouts again in the Cork Marathon! The ageless Willie Hayes was 20th in 87.50 while Eamonn Carroll was 26th in 89.32 and Fergal Sargent was 36th in 91.23. Rachel O Callaghan was 74th in 98.59 and Colin McTaggart was 192nd in 1.52.17, with Kitty Harrington-Buckley 238th in 1.55.53.

This was a very tough race with lots of hills so all were excellent performances.

Midleton 5 Miler 5th May ’11

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Some excellent performances again in this one with the full results as follows:

5 Cathal O Connell 27.03 1st M45
6 John Meade 27.42
10 Cathal Kelly 28.59
16 Wesley McNamara 29.26
19 Paul Duggan 27.43
49 Michelle Nolan 31.46 3rd F
60 Anne Donnelly 32.19 1st F50
63 Fergal Sargent 32.22
114 Trevor O Neill 34.18
164 Jason Pierce 36.08
172 Michelle O Mullain 36.25
197 Maria collins 37.19
218 Barry Coleman 38.15
234 Austin Murphy 39.01
277 Kitty Harrington-Buckley 40.26
291 Barbara Curran 41.06
293 Hilary Creedon 41.24
302 Hazel Griffin 42.02
339 Mary Mulcahy 44.45

Soon after this Cathal O Connell won the Pfizer 6 mile race while Mary Sweeney was 4th and Louise Keane 6th in the ladies race.

In the rising sun straight mile Eamonn McEvoy was 10th in 5.15 just ahead of the 1st lady Martina Kiely also in 5.15. Rebecca McEvoy was 3rd lady in 6.22 while Colin Condon was 15th overall in 5.43 and Austin Murphy 38th in 7.27.

Also in May Gillian Cotter was 1st lady home in the stride by the tide and Michael Murphy was 6th in the same race, winning the M50 category.

Meanwhile Mary Sweeney continued her winning ways in the Newmarket to Kanturk 5 miler being the 1st lady home in 32.25

Great Island 10 Miles

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There were some excellent performances again in this tough hilly 10 miler. Margo Dinan back to defend the title she won last year had to settle for 2nd this time around in an excellent time of 68.03. John Meade, Con Marshall and Rob Patterson (R Pattz?!) all had top 10 finishes. Here is the full list of results.

5 John Meade 56.37
6 Con Marshall 57.16
9 Rob Patterson 62.03
25 Stephen Geoghegan 66.05
28 Fergal Sargent 66.26
36 Margo Dinan 68.03
49 Mary Sweeney 69.40
52 Gillian Cotter 69.52
66 Rachel O Callaghan 71.56
73 Killian O Leary 72.47
99 Trevor O Neill 75.03
110 Catherine Power 76.02
112 Eddie Barry 76.17
143 Kenneth Smyth 78.39
148 Cathal O Donovan 79.07
197 Colin McTaggart 84.05
199 Austin Murphy 84.14
226 Ronan McCarthy 87.14
239 Mary Murphy 88.23
245 Mary Mulcahy 88.58
247 John Coleman 89.07
258 Hilary Creedon 90.07
278 Eileen Twomey 92.40

Some Results

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There are a lot to catch up on so here goes with some of them…..

In the Mallow 10 the results were as follows:

7 Cathal O Connell 54.37 1st M45
13 John Meade 55.35
16 Paul Gallagher 57.16
28 Jim Cosgrove 58.51 2nd M40
51 DenisLyons 60.50
58 Neil Murphy 61.35
65 Paul Downes 62.10
108 Stephen Geoghegan 64.17
117 Eamonn Carroll 64.52
129 Der Moloney 65.41
194 Margo Dinan 68.38
211 Gillian Cotter 69.05 3rd F35
254 Trevor O Neill 70.48
280 Michael dunne 71.48 1st M60
328 Padraig Maguire 73.24
329 Anne Wolfe 73.25
333 Kathleen Kelly 73.33
384 claire O Neill 75.23
437 Michael O Crualaoi 78.09
476 Eileen Buckley 79.34
533 Daithi Merrick 81.44
540 Rosalia Crockett 82.19 1st F55
553 Kitty Harrington-Buckley 83.04
559 Amanda Stavrou 83.22
573 Mary Mulcahy 84.00
579 Leonie Merrick 84.21
592 Colin McTaggart 84.59
633 Michelle Manning 87.24

Paul gallagher went on to finish 4th in Kilnaboy in 56.16 and finished 3rd overall in the spring classic series after some brilliant performances. His combined time for the four 10 milers was an impressive 3.44.50. Tony O Connell was the only other club member to complete the series in an overall 5.06.37 for 50th place.

In some BHAA races there were some excellent performances by club members. John Meade was 2nd in the Janssen 4 mile and the Fota Island 5k, while Cathal O Connell was 4th in the Janssen race and was 1st M45. Paul Gallagher was 3rd in the Fota Island hotel 5k. In the UCC 10k John was 3rd and Amanda Stavrou was 2nd F50 and Marion Lyons was 1st F55.

Cork Marathon – Badly Needs Stewards

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Hi guys,

As I’m sure you all know the Cork Marathon, Half Marathon and Team Relay takes place this bank holiday Monday 6th June. The organisers are badly in need of additional volunteers for stewarding. You don’t need any experience. Anyone who is not participating in the race who can give some time please do so as it is the volunteers that keep events like this going. If you can help contact Paddy Buckley (A Barr’s stalwart!) on 085 1480725 or 021 4545935.

Best of luck to all who are running and remember to wear the Barr’s colours to ensure you get great support around the course!

BGE Cork City Marathon Mystery Tour 2011-06-06

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John Buckley Sports Graded T&F League 2011

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In the summer of 2010, the inaugural series of Graded T&F Meetings took place at the UCC Mardyke Arena and CIT. The series proved very successful due in no small part to the unqualified support of the St Finbarr’s AC and its members. An average of 17 BARRS athletes attended the five summer events. We hope that those of you who competed last year will do so again in 2011 and look forward to seeing some new faces as well.

A series of six meetings is planned for Athletes male and female over 17 years on the day of the competition; the Shot, Discus, Hammer and 56lb Weights are limited to athletes over 18. Track events will, if necessary, be divided into separate races on the basis of performance, which could involve mixed races. Admission is €5 per meeting. Each athlete will receive a performance certificate and electronic timing will be used.

Due to ongoing reconstruction work at the Mardyke Arena, CIT will host the 2011 series.  Once again, here’s an ideal opportunity for members to compete with athletes from local clubs and ones further afield. With no Olympic Games or World Cup competition this year, these graded events should  provide a  welcome distraction during the height of the silly season.

7th Paddy Desmond Memorial 4M, 2011-03-17, Ballinhassig

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It was Paddy’s day on the double on March 17th as in excess of 250 runners made the short trip to Ballinhassig for the 7th Annual Paddy Desmond Memorial 4M Road Race hosted by Rising Sun A.C. This year’s event doubled up as the County Novice & Masters Roads Championships, a commonsensical approach that certainly contributed to the record turnout. Perhaps this kind of mutually beneficial arrangement will become more commonplace in the future. As they say, if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em! As with Ballycotton, unusually dry March weather meant that conditions were once again ideal for running. The race was well stewarded and the organisers made sure that participants were well catered for in the Marion hall afterwards. 

In the men’s race, Wieslaw Sosnowski (Eagle) was first home in 20:56 with Chris Harrington (Leevale) second in 21:03 and Danny Smith (Ballynonty) third in 21:09. In the ladies race, Emma Murphy (St. Finbarr’s) was first home in a time of 24:12 confirming her return to form and adding to her recent victory in the ESB-Fota Island Hotel 5Km Road Race. Ann Marie Holland (Eagle) finished second in 24:41 with Michelle Nolan (Midleton) in third place just 9 seconds behind. John Meade and Paul Gallagher (St. Finbarr’s) continued their excellent run of form on the roads by finishing 4th and 7th overall. 


County Novice & Masters Roads Championships 2011

In terms of the County Championships, Meade and Gallagher’s 2nd and 3rd positions helped the St.Finbarr’s team to victory in the Men’s Novice section. Ken Devine was a category winner in the M45 section with Willie Hayes finishing 3rd at M50. Eamonn McEvoy was first home at M55. In the Ladies section, Margo Dinan and Orla Crosbie finished 1st and 2nd in the F40 category. Mary Murphy finished 3rd at F50 while Marion Lyons was best at F55. 

Novice Men
1.  St Finbarrs ‘A’  2,3,11,14 – 30 pts
2.  Midleton  7,8,15,21 – 51 pts
3.  St Finbarrs ‘B’  17.18.20,23 – 78 pts

Masters Men O50
1.  Eagle  9, 16, 19 – 44 pts
2.  St Finbarrs  5, 17, 25 – 47 pts 

Novice Women
1.  Eagle  2,3,10,15 – 30 pts
2.  St Finbarrs ‘A’  6,7,9,11 –  33 pts
3.  St Finbarrs ‘B’  12,17,18,19 – 66 pts 

Masters Women O40
1.  St Finbarrs 1,4,10,12 – 27pts
2.  Midleton  3,6,7 – 16 pts

Masters Women 0/50
1.  St Finbarrs  11,13,15 – 39pts

Daffodil Day, Friday, March 25th 2011

You make me feel so young. You make me feel so Spring has sprung.
Every time I see you bloom. I’m such a happy individual.
 
The moment that you peak. I wanna run and play hide-and-seek.
Wanna go and bounce the Moon. Just like a big toy Balloon

You and I are just like a couple of tots. Runnin’ around the Meadow.
Pickin’ up all those Forget-me-nots.
 
You make me feel so young. You make me feel there are Routes to be gone.
Lots of Bests to be done, and wonderful Times to be run.

And even when I’m old and gray. I’m gonna feel the way I do, here today.
Because, you make me feel so young.