The very best of luck to all club members participating in the SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon and National Marathon Championships 2015. The training is done and all that remains is to put those personal race plans into practice. As ever, the advice is the same – don’t go off  too fast early on. Settle into a nice sustainable rhythm that doesn’t leave you out of breath. Be aware of the weather conditions. If it’s cold, wet and windy, it’s probably not a good idea to expose too much skin to the elements. It’s a long way around and you won’t want your core temperature to drop too much. Whatever else, do your best and enjoy the event.

The third weekend of the 2015 cross country season features the County Intermediate & Novice B events. The venue once again is Carrigadrohid, which successfully hosted the County Senior XC last weekend. So, for location information, please refer to the previous posting. Our dry spell looks like it will continue for another few days at least, so long spikes shouldn’t be needed. The Intermediate races, starting with the ladies, get under way at 12pm followed immediately by the Novice races sometime after 1pm.

WOMEN: Intermediate 5k,  Novice B 4k

MEN: Intermediate 8k, Novice B 6k

Course Map

The venue, midway between Coachford and Macroom on the R618

The second weekend of the 2015 cross country season features the County Senior XC, the premier event on  the local XC calendar. Local clubs will be vying to get their hands on the coveted team and individual titles. Once again, the venue is Carrigadrohid, 8km city side (east) of Macroom, on the R618, Macroom-Coachford road. The event is organised and hosted by West Muskerry A.C. and gets under way with the Senior Women at 12pm followed immediately thereafter by the Senior Men. Events conclude with Juvenile Uneven Age races.

Novice Women 5000m

Novice Men 10,000m

Squadron leader to Glucksman Gallery. Code ESB. Target in sight.

Loc8code: WQR-21-3FN
LAT/LON: 51.902156N, 8.872072W
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Course Map

The Senior XC is held under AAI rules; participating athletes must be registered club members and wear a club Singlet. Transport will be available leaving the UCC Farm, Curraheen at 10.15am. Please come along and lend your support. We wish the best of luck to all those participating.

Celtic Cross Hotel, Rosscarbery (l.h.s. of the N71 Causeway)

The Celtic Cross Hotel, Rosscarbery will be our base for this year’s club training weekend on Sat 29/30th August 2015. B&B and an Evening Meal will cost €65 per person sharing with the use of hotel facilities. There are still some places available, so if you are interested please call or text Ailíse ASAP at 0860226850.

This year’s club training sessions and workshops will be hosted by Dave Matthews, a two-time Olympian and current Irish 800m record holder. The Kildare man is the designated Athletics Ireland coach for the Cork region and the current fitness coach and training adviser to the Cork County senior hurling squad.

We’ll be checking into the Celtic Cross Hotel around 2pm on the Saturday. Next up, it’s off to Owenahincha Beach and Castlefreke Woods for a training run at 3:30pm. We’ll return to the hotel for a 5:30 – 7 pm workshop with Dave Matthews. There’ll be plenty of time to freshen up before dinner at 8pm. On the Sunday morning, there’ll be a run at 9am followed by breakfast at 10:30am and checkout at 12pm. We look forward to seeing you all at the Celtic Cross Hotel on Saturday 29th.

Rosscarbery is a sleepy town on a shallow estuary, which opens onto Rosscarbery Bay. It’s a popular summertime tourist destination with proximity to at least three fine beaches. The nearest, “Warren Beach”, is only a mile from the village. A couple of miles down the road is the fine “Owenahincha” beach backing onto a network of sand dunes. Just up the road from “Owenahincha” is “Castlefreke Woods” with some excellent terrain for trail running. And with the schools due to open after the long !!Summer!! break, we can almost guarantee you a sunshine weekend.

With just over two months to go to the first big Cross Country event of the season – County Novice – here’s a full schedule of XC events for 2015. So, clear the decks and circle those calendars well in advance. Venues to be confirmed at a later date.

The Munster AAI 2015 Novice, Senior & Masters 4 Mile Road Championships take place in Kilmallock, Co. Limerick, at 1pm, on Sunday, March 29th next. The event is organised and hosted by Kilmallock AC, on behalf of Munster Athletics.

Race H.Q. for the day is the Deebert House Hotel, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick.  Take the N20 north to Charleville. As you exit Charleville, take the R515 east (turn right) for Kilmallock. This is a four mile road race with the ladies up first. The starting point is on the Railway Road about a half mile from the Hotel, so you’ll need to allow time to jog out there. The race finishes very close to the Hotel.

Course Information (Click Here)

LAT/LON Coordinates: 52.400861N, 8.570355W

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Midleton A.C. will host the County Novice & Masters Road Race Champs 2015 on Tuesday (St. Patrick’s Day) in Midleton. The distance for all events is 4 miles. The Novice & Masters will be run together. The Ladies will start at 11am sharp with the men following 20 minutes later at 11:20am. This is a Championship race and the rules dictate that you must wear a club singlet. Race H.Q. will be the Midleton Park Hotel, Old Cork Road, Midleton. You can collect your race number in the main room (Jameson Suite) between 10am and 10:30am. Please allow enough time to get to the start line which is about one mile from the hotel. The route taken is the same as that of the annual Midleton A.C. Joe Hourigan 5 Mile Road Race starting at mile one.

Cork AAI County Roads Champs – Midleton – Route

Members can travel directly to Midleton, or meet up at the UCC Farm, at 09:45. If you can’t make it out to the Farm, text Gerry and we’ll try to arrange a pick up point somewhere within the city. Please note that the club training session on Monday evening (March 16th) has been cancelled. Wishing the very best of luck to all the BARRS Men and Ladies, who have been entered for this event.

A fantastic day in Ballycotton saw 70 finishers from the Barr’s with great performances and pb’s aplenty! Leading the Barr’s home was Rory O Sullivan in a great time of 53.47 with John Meade closely behind in 54.10. Michael Corbett completed the men’s team that finished third. Individually Ann-Marie Holland was 6th woman home and was 1st F40. Margo Dinan was 1st F45, Mary Sweeney was 2nd F50 and Marion Lyons was 2nd F60. In the men’s Cathal O Connell was 1st and Ken Devine 3rd in M50 and Dan Kennedy was 3rd M60. Great performances by them and everyone else that finished!

Place Name Cat Chip Time
16    Rory O’Sullivan    M    (53:47)    53:47:00
20    John Meade    M    (54:10)    54:11:00
35    Michael Corbett    M    (56:30)    56:31:00
40    Cathal O’Connell    M50    (57:09)    57:11:00
43    Alex O’Shea    M40    (57:15)    57:15:00
48    Michael Houlihan    M    (57:31)    57:33:00
58    Ken Devine    M50    (57:49)    57:51:00
103    Eoin Field    M40    (1:00:36)    01:00:43
108    Garrett Casey    M40    (1:00:43)    01:00:51
117    David Butler    M    (1:01:02)    01:01:05
157    Ann-Marie Holland    F40    (1:02:34)    01:02:38
178    Fergal Sargent    M    (1:03:29)    01:03:35
200    Glenn Dollard    M    (1:04:02)    01:04:11
212    Ruairi O’Mahony    M    (1:04:29)    01:04:30
216    Stephen Geoghegan    M40    (1:04:37)    01:04:39
228    Paul Penney    M    (1:04:45)    01:04:55
244    Anthony Archer    M50    (1:05:11)    01:05:14
275    Margo Dinan    F45    (1:06:02)    01:06:12
277    Niamh Cronin    F35    (1:06:04)    01:06:15
290    Loic Garel    M    (1:06:19)    01:06:41
303    Denise Twohig    F40    (1:06:51)    01:07:00
306    Anne Wolfe    F40    (1:06:51)    01:07:03
353    Mary Sweeney    F50    (1:08:09)    01:08:11
354    Alan Noonan    M    (1:08:09)    01:08:16
387    Tim Crowley    M    (1:08:17)    01:09:00
469    Conor McCarthy    M    (1:09:55)    01:10:30
491    Willie Hayes    M55    (1:10:48)    01:10:54
502    Thomas Darcy    M    (1:10:15)    01:11:13
566    Dave Sheehan    M    (1:11:24)    01:12:22
569    Dan Kennedy    M60    (1:12:23)    01:12:27
626    Irene Eighan    F35    (1:12:36)    01:13:19
647    Martin Curtin    M    (1:12:35)    01:13:44
657    John Coleman    M45    (1:13:13)    01:14:00
699    Declan Nestor    M45    (1:13:43)    01:14:40
776    Paul Griffin M    (1:14:57)    01:15:44
806    Eoghan O’Crualaoi    M    (1:15:31)    01:16:14
849    Micheal O’Crualaoi    M50    (1:16:10)    01:16:55
860    Dave O’Regan    M45    (1:16:39)    01:17:01
862    Joe Kelleher    M40    (1:16:41)    01:17:03
869    Eddie Barry    M60    (1:16:18)    01:17:07
893    Graham Nudds    M    (1:16:16)    01:17:25
900    Oisin Carroll    M    (1:15:16)    01:17:31
928    Orla Crosbie    F45    (1:16:33)    01:17:52
929    Gillian Cotter    F40    (1:16:34)    01:17:53
976    Kenneth Smyth    M55    (1:17:55)    01:18:38
983    Michael Power    M55    (1:17:51)    01:18:43
987    Eamonn Carroll    M50    (1:16:31)    01:18:45
999    Siobhan Healy    F35    (1:18:10)    01:18:54
1003    Donncha Casey    M55    (1:18:09)    01:18:57
1040    John Whelan    M    (1:17:58)    01:19:22
1075    Mary Mulcahy    F50    (1:18:10)    01:19:47
1158    Kitty Harrington-Buckley    F50    (1:20:11)    01:20:49
1185    Catriona Santry    F    (1:20:26)    01:21:07
1214    Lorraine O’Sullivan    F35    (1:20:52)    01:21:38
1261    Pat Carey    M    (1:19:20)    01:22:16
1261    Michelle Manning    F    (1:19:19)    01:22:16
1344    Michelle Nolan    F40    (1:22:49)    01:23:15
1351    Sharon Holland    F40    (1:21:43)    01:23:20
1437    Barry Coleman    M    (1:23:30)    01:24:53
1469    Derek Walshe    M40    (1:23:42)    01:25:19
1613    Marion Lyons    F60    (1:27:10)    01:27:15
1727    Evelyn O’Shea    F    (1:28:06)    01:28:54
1811    Cait Mehigan    F35    (1:28:54)    01:30:05
1829    Edel O’Leary    F    (1:28:09)    01:30:17
1942    Kelly O’Connell    F    (1:28:51)    01:31:53
1943    Aidan O’Connell    M55    (1:30:30)    01:31:53
2130    Aidan O’Gorman    M40    (1:32:26)    01:34:36
2170    Noreen O’Leary    F45    (1:33:49)    01:35:26
2328    Austin Murphy    M65    (1:37:16)    01:38:35
2459    Aileen O’Shea    F35    (1:41:16)    01:42:54

These are the finishers listed as being in the Barr’s.