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!
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.
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.
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.
Congratulations to everyone who ran so well in difficult conditions on Monday. Warm, humid and windy conditions are not ideal for any race, let alone a marathon. The race looked fantastic on tv however so I hope you all enjoyed it, insofar as you can enjoy a marathon! Enjoy a well earned rest. Not all results are correctly on the Dublin Marathon website yet so this is just what I have so far. They say they will have the issues rectified by Thursday so hopefully I will be able to update this soon. If I missed anyone, e-mail your race number to me at oregan.dave@gmail.com.
Pos. Name Time
1 36 Cathal O Connell 2.35.00
2 230 Ken Devine 2.58.02
3 326 Denis Lyons 3.02.26
4 355 Neil O’Connell 3.04.26
5 397 Geraldine O’Shea 3.05.50
6 617 Niall O’Herlihy 3.13.07
7 644 Daniel Stiegler 3.13.40
8 750 Mary Sweeney 3.15.58
788 Paul O’Toole 3.16.44
9 1047 Brendan O’Neill 3.23.04
10 1254 Niamh Cronin 3.25.48
11 1359 Maitiu Baxter 3.28.06
12 1422 Fergal Sargent 3.28.29
13 1603 Anne Wolfe 3.30.26
14 1634 John Fitzgerald 3.31.54
15 1729 Dan Kennedy 3.32.14
16 2261 Trevor O’Neill 3.38.41
17 2455 Martin O’Reilly 3.42.21
18 2846 John Coleman 3.45.20
19 3067 Aiden Henry 3.47.31
20 4390 Siobhan Healy 3.57.59
21 6031 Barry Coleman 4.15.36
22 6445 Colette Daly 4.20.04
23 7814 Mary Mulcahy 4.34.23
The Barr’s won Team Gold in both the Mens and Ladies races in this event. Two more great team performances. Well done everyone!
Congratulations to Barbara Curran who was third in the Cork county Novice B Cross Country in Carrignavar on Sunday. Rachael Crowley was 4th in the same race and the team packed well so could be in contention for a team medal.
In the men’s race Michael Houlihan was 5th and Kevin Coleman 6th. The team did well here too so when the results are published could be in line for honours.
Well done to all who ran so well.
John Meade was 2nd in the mens race while Valerie Vaughan was second in the ladies race in this 10k race in Bandon last sunday.
Date: Sunday 30th October 2011
Venue: Carrignavar, Co. Cork
The County Novice B will be held with the County Juvenile B Cross Country Championships on Sunday October 30th in Carrignavar. With all the big guns and boy racers ruled ineligible, the Novice B is an ideal opportunity for new club members and L-plate runners to experience cross country on more level terms. I was going to say level playing pitch, but in truth the organisers of cross country events do their level best (sorry for all the puns) to ensure there are few if any level running surfaces in cross country. It seems the goal of XC is to hinder running, not help! You’ll need a club top, a pair of spikes and have a washing machine and packet of Bold or Persil on standby for when you get back home.
These are the County Novice B Teams Novice Men: Michael Houlihan, John O’Sullivan, Eoin O’Keeffe, Kevin Coleman, Aidan O’Gorman, Colin Condon, Glenn Dollard, Tom Cuddihy, Rory O’Sullivan, Patrick Rahilly.
Novice Women: Barbara Curran, Cait Mehigan, Rachel Crowley, Una Kennedy, Patricia O’Connor, Yvonne O’Raw.
Best of luck everyone!
Martina Kiely won the Munster Novice Cross Country Championship in horrendous conditions yesterday in County Clare. Martina was with the leaders for the first lap but pulled away early in the second lap and kept increasing her lead all the way to the finish to win well.
In the men’s race Cathal O Donovan led the team home, finishing 3rd overall himself. He was followed home by Paul Gallagher (who won county Gold with Clare!), Allen Whitaker and Denis Coughlan for a fantastic team win.
Well done to all who ran on another great day for the club!
Date: Sunday 23rd O 0pm, Men at 2pmVenue: Newmarket On Fergus, Co. Clare The historic old town of Carrigadrohid was the venue for a successful Munster Novice XC in 2010. This year’s Munster Novice XC takes place in the equally attractive grounds of Dromoland Castle just north of the village of Newmarket on Fergus in Co. North Limerick. Transport is available leaving the UCC Farm in Curraheen at 10am. As this is a championship race, all participants must wear the club singlet. The Women’s race is up first at 1.30pm followed thereafter by the Men. Travelling from Limerick on the N18 (E20) take Exit 11 for QUIN. Cross over the motorway and make a U-Turn back down the R458 in the direction of Newmarket on Fergus. The race venue is in the vicinity of the Dromoland Castle Hotel and will be signposted on route. Note that Exit 10 will take you through the village of Newmarket on Fergus. As all cars will be parking on the road, taking Exit 11 will have all cars facing in the same direction and thus avoid traffic congestion.
The Barr’s teams are as follows:
Novice Men:Paul Gallagher, Allen Whitaker, Michael Morgan, Eoin O’Keeffe, Denis Coughlan, Kevin Coleman, Robert Patterson, Michael Houlihan, Gerard Cronin, John O’Sullivan, Daniel Siegler
Novice Women:Martina Kiely, Valerie Vaughan, Orla Crosbie, Gillian Cotter, Catherine Power, Rachel O’Callaghan,Kathleen Kelly, Sharyn O’Callaghan