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Belgooly-Kinsale 5M Road Race, Fri 29-Jul-2011, 7.30pm

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This race is organised by Belgooly A.C. and starts at the earlier time of 7.30pm, unusual for a July start. Rumour has it the race will double up as the Belgooly Annual Run, which had to be put on Ice way back in December. Entries will be taken at Kinsale GAA Grounds up to 7.15pm. The entry fee is €10.00, half of which will be donated to the Kinsale Branch of the Irish Disabled Sailing Association. Changing facilities and post race showers are available inside the GAA Grounds.

Kinsale Regatta 5M Map

Welcome to Ireland’s gourmet capital, a gastronomic paradise. If you arrive from Cork City via the R600, you’ll have to go into the town centre, turn right up Friars Gate and then left up that  steep hill to reach the GAA Grounds on Bandon Road. If you want to avoid the post race jog back up that hill, find somewhere to park (legally) in the town itself. If you are coming from Innishannon via the R605, instead of going left around the town, go straight on at Glasheen to arrive directly at the GAA Grounds on your right.

Kinsale Regatta 5M Route

This race starts high up outside the GAA Grounds and finishes near sea level at the Bank Of Ireland. The start is a moderate downhill followed by a fast downhill and a long flat 3M run-in along the scenic Kinsale shoreline. Be careful on the downhill section! There’s still a long way to go when you get to the bottom. The presentation of prizes and refreshments will be in the Temperance Hall about one minute walk from the finish line.

1st 6 Men, 1st 6 Ladies, 1st 3 Men O/40, 1st 3 Men O/45, 1st 3 Men O/50, 1st 3 Men O/55, 1st 3 Men O/60,
1st 3 Juniors, 1st Men’s team (3 to score), 1st Lady O/35, 1st Lady O40, 1st Lady O/45, 1st Lady O/50,
1st Ladies’ team (3 to score), 1st Wheelchair Athlete

Churchtown South 5M Road Race, Thu 28-Jul-2011, 8pm

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The 31st Churchtown South 5M road race takes place on Thursday evening July 28th at 8pm. A total of 24 BARRS members participated in the 2010 race and doubtless similar numbers will be making their way again this year. The 3rd race in the Ballycotton Summer Series is expected to attract a large field of over 400 entries, so allow plenty of time for parking, check-in and warm-up. Entry on the night costs €5. Take the N25 Cork-Waterford road to the Midleton roundabout and exit southwards. Veer left at Ballinacurra and take the R629 to Cloyne. Instead of turning left for Shanagarry, go straight ahead, heading SE for Churchtown South.

Churchtown South Map

Race HQ for the evening is the local community hall located at the junction near the start point (A). The course is roughly two laps of a 2.5M circuit starting at (A) and finishing at (E). The section between (A) and (C) is narrow unpaved road, rough underfoot at the sides and down the middle. The section between (C) and (A) is normal paved road with very little traffic and ideal for road racing. Starting on a narrow section of road, you’ll need to be up near the start if you want to figure among the front runners. If you have to spend a penny, do so early as it’s unlikely you’ll be able to muscle your way to the head of the pack. After a hectic start, it takes a while for the field to unravel and overtaking is difficult on the narrow section between (A) and (B).

Churchtown South Route

Donoughmore 7 Mile Race

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Well done to Cathal O Connell who was fourth and John Meade who was 5th in this tough 7 miler. Geraldine O Shea was 2nd in the ladies. I will put up all the resultsin more detail over the weekend.

Carrigtwohill 5k

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Carrigtwohill Community Council
CARRIGTWOHILL ‘5K’
Wednesday 20 July 2011. 8:00pm

Finishers in the St. Finbarrs AC team. Pace Race Race
Place Time Name Team Race Age Category min/mile No Place
1 0:16:11 O’DONOVAN, Cathal St. Finbarrs AC M 05:12.4 440 4
2 0:16:29 MEADE, John St. Finbarrs AC M 05:18.2 626 7
3 0:16:32 O’CONNELL, Cathal St. Finbarrs AC M45 05:19.2 724 8
4 0:17:21 LYONS, Dennis St. Finbarrs AC M 05:34.9 617 14
5 0:17:33 HOULIHAN, Michael St. Finbarrs AC M 05:38.8 661 17
6 0:18:02 RAHILLY, Patrick St. Finbarrs AC M 05:48.1 451 26
7 0:18:27 O’HERLIHY, Niall St. Finbarrs AC M 05:56.2 533 36
8 0:18:34 GEOGHEGAN, Stephen St. Finbarrs AC M 05:58.4 439 43
9 0:19:58 SARGENT, Fergal St. Finbarrs AC M 06:25.5 616 79
10 0:20:44 WOLFE, Anne St. Finbarrs AC F 06:40.3 625 111
11 0:20:53 COTTER, Gillian St. Finbarrs AC F 06:43.2 624 115
12 0:20:56 HENRY, Aiden St. Finbarrs AC M40 06:44.1 764 116
13 0:21:24 O’MULLAIN, Micheal St. Finbarrs AC M 06:53.1 426 134
14 0:21:28 KELLY, Kathleen St. Finbarrs AC F 06:54.4 833 139
15 0:21:32 CRONIN, Niamh St. Finbarrs AC F 06:55.7 885 141
16 0:22:11 CARROLL, Chris St. Finbarrs AC M55 07:08.3 669 178
17 0:22:30 DOWNEY, Janice St. Finbarrs AC F 07:14.4 987 194
18 0:22:48 EIGHAN, Irene St. Finbarrs AC F 07:20.2 608 212
19 0:22:54 KENNEDY, Una St. Finbarrs AC F 07:22.1 668 218
20 0:24:00 MCEVOY, Rebecca St. Finbarrs AC F 07:43.3 592 275
21 0:24:04 MCEVOY, Eamonn St. Finbarrs AC M55 07:44.6 591 279
22 0:24:42 MURPHY, Austin St. Finbarrs AC M60 07:56.9 442 300
23 0:25:39 MULCAHY, Mary St. Finbarrs AC F45 08:15.2 977 337
24 0:26:08 MANNING, Denis St. Finbarrs AC M40 08:24.5 551 360
There were 24 finishers in the St. Finbarrs AC team.

5th John Buckley Sports Graded T&F Meeting 2011

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The 4th meeting of the Graded T&F League provided a great night of excitement and entertainment for all concerned. Some athletes were obviously a little wet behind the ear when it came to the Steeple Chase, but were nonetheless up to the challenge. Well, all those soggy runners should have dried out by Saturday afternoon July 23rd for the penultimate meeting in the 2011 series. Here is an opportunity for athletes to adopt a more dignified posture for a full menu of T&F events at the CIT Track. Admission is €5, open to athletes of all levels of ability and entrants are free to bite off as much as they can chew. Bon Appétit, mes amis!

29th Donoughmore 7M Road Race, Fri 22-Jul-2011, 8pm

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This is basically a 10km race with a bonus kilometre at the end. “More bang for your buck”, as they say. The race is organised by Donoughmore A.C. and entry on the night costs €10. There’ll be finishing prizes for everybody as well as the usual post race refreshments. There’ll also be prizes in all the usual categories including Junior and Team (Club/BHAA). A total of 21 BARRS members participated in the 2010 race.

The race starts on a hill at Stuake (A) and the first 2M are up and down on a country road until (B). Shortly after the 2M mark, the course veers left and rejoins the R579. For the next 3M, the course continues south losing about 300ft in elevation until the 5M mark at (C). The course then climbs about 200ft in the last 2M. From point (C) there’s quite a steep pull but this levels off to a gradual incline as you approach Donoughmore Cross (D). Turning left, the final 0.5M is tough with an uphill bend at the School the hardest section. Beyond this bend, the road levels off somewhat for the last 150m finishing at point (E) close to the starting point.

The men’s course record is 33.09 ran by Peter Riley of Leighharriers (UK) in 2006, while the ladies record of 40.02 was set by Valerie Vaughan of  Blarney-Inniscarra A.C. in 2001.

From Cork City and its suburbs, head for the Anglers Rest Bar just off the western end of the N22 Carrigrohane (Straight) Road. Follow the R579 northwards bypassing Muskerry Golf Club and the Tower-Blarney turnoff. After about 10 miles on the R579, you’ll reach the R619 intersection. At this point, right turn for Donoughmore. Alternatively, Donoughmore is about 12 miles SW of Mallow on the R619 Mallow-Coachford road.

Kilworth 5 mile, IPS/Garda 5k, Banteer 5k

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In the Kilworth camp 5 mile Colin Condon was 35th in 33.57 while Mary Murphy was 76th in 40.46. Mary was 1st F50.

In the IPS/Garda 5k Cathal O Connell was 1st M45, Michael Murphy was 2nd M50 and Willie Hayes 1st M55. In the ladies Leonie Merrick was 3rd F40.

In the Banteer 5k Martina Kiely won the ladies race in 18.17, finishing 10th overall.

John Buckley Sports Graded Track and Field

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In the 3rd round of the John Buckley Sports graded track and field event St. Finbarr’s finished 3rd – again!

Denis Coughlan was 6th in the first 400m race, while David Hickey won race 2 with Colin Condon 3rd. In race 3 it was St. Finbarr’s all the way with Barbara Curran, Aidan Henry and Grainne O Callaghan in the top 3 places. In the 1500 Paul Gallagher was 16th in the A race while Declan Murphy was first and Michael Murphy 2nd in the B race. Martina Kiely and Eamon McEvoy were 4th and 5th in the B race.

EMC 5k, Corkbeg 5 mile

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Greetings from Portugal! I see you are all racing away like the mad things that you are! Caneca por favor! Obrigada. Anyway now that I have a bevy I see that in the EMC 5k Cathal O Donovan was 3rd and Willie Hayes won the M55. Willie finally getting a win after some recent 2nd and 3rd place finishes. Aboy Willie! Gillian Cotter was 1st in F35 with Kathleen Kelly 2nd in the same category. Orla Crosbie was 2nd F40 and Marion Lyons was 1st F55. Well done everyone.

A couple of days later Denis Lyons was 4th in the Corkbeg 5 mile race. Irene Eighan was the 6th placed lady in the same race.

Carrigtwohill 5km Road Race, Wed 20-Jul-2011, 8pm

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Presented by East Cork AC in association with Carrigtwohill Community Council, the second running of the Carrigtwohill 5km Road Race takes place on Wednesday evening the 20-Jul-2011 at 8pm. The race is run in and around the grounds of Barryscourt Castle, which is located about 300m or so south of the Carrigtwohill slip roads on the main N25 Cork-Waterford route.

The course is essentially two loops of a triangular circuit located outside the castle grounds. Runners exit the castle grounds for the main loop via one road and exit the loop to return to the castle grounds via another. There are three minor hills along the way, but nothing to get excited about. A total of 24 BARRS members participated in last year’s inaugural race. The overall reaction of participants was very favourable, describing a well organised race around a fast course in very pleasant surroundings.

Race H.Q. is at Barryscourt Castle. Entry on the night is €7 with all the proceeds going to Carrigtwohill Community Care, Meals on Wheels & C.A.S.A. Entries will be taken between 6.30pm and 7.30pm. Post race refreshments will be served in the Barryscourt Castle grounds.