Glohealth AAI Mens' Intermediate XC, Dundalk I.T., Sun 24-Jan-2016

There were some fantastic individual and team performances by BARRS athletes in today’s All Ireland Intermediate & Masters Cross Country at Dundalk I.T. Conditions were very difficult with huge crowds running in what was a mud bath but the BARRS turned out in great numbers and performed brilliantly.

Our O35 Women’s team (Ann-Marie Healy, Gillian Cotter, Margo Dinan, Karina Teahan and Denise Twohig) achieved a very creditable 4th place just 12 pts behind the bronze medal winners. Individually, Karina Teahan was 2nd at F35 after a fantastic run that saw her finish 6th overall.

Our O35 Men finished 3rd with John Meade, Con Marshall, Rory O Sullivan and Joe Cunningham all scoring. John, Con and Rory also scored for the Cork team that finished 2nd. Our O50 Men’s team finished 9th with Eamonn McEvoy, Willie Hayes, Tony O’Brien and Eddie Barry all scoring. Individually John Meade was 6th at M35 and Rory O Sullivan 9th. Con Marshall was 9th at M40 with Eamonn McEvoy 4th at M60.

In the Women’s Intermediate race, the BARRS were 7th with Catriona Santry, Anita Murphy, Irene Eighan and Lorraine O’Sullivan all scoring. Catriona Santry also scored for the Cork Intermediate team that finished 2nd!

Well done to the BARRS athletes who travelled all the way to Dundalk and performed so well!

Irene Eighan winner at the BHAA-ESB XC 2016, Beaumont Park. (Photo - Joe Murphy, Eagle)

Rounding off a very successful weekend after Saturday’s Waterford Half Marathon, the club’s Men and Women posted some excellent performances in the BHAA-ESB Cross Country Race at Beaumont Park.

The BARRS Ladies completed a clean sweep with Irene Eighan an impressive winner and Caitriona Santry outsprinting Anita Murphy for 2nd and 3rd respectively. Gillian Cotter finished 4th overall and 1st at F40. Kitty Harrington Buckley was 1st woman home at F50.

In the Men’s race, Alex O Shea continued his impressive comeback with a 3rd place while the gallant Stephen Geoghegan was 2nd at M40 and the irrepressible Tony O Brien 1st at M55.

Well done to all the BARRS runners!

The GloHealth (National) Intermediate, Masters & Juvenile ’B’ XC Championships of 2016 take place at Dundalk I.T., Co. Louth on Sunday 24th of January. The day’s proceedings kick off with the Juvenile races at 11am with the first of the adult races commencing around 1.30pm. The closing date for entries is Friday 15th of January. Competing athletes must be registered with Athletics Ireland for 2016. The Cork County Athletics Board has arranged a BUS, which will depart Patrick’s Quay at 11am on Saturday 23rd.

Cork Team Selections & Travel Arrangements

TIMETABLE
13.30 Master Women & Men M65
14.00 Master Men M35-64
14.40 Intermediate Women
15.10 Intermediate Men

Some fantastic performances again this weekend by Barr’s athletes, this time in the Waterford Half Marathon. In perfect running conditions with no wind or rain (if you can believe that!) John Meade was 3rd in 71.19, Michael Morgan 5th in 73.16 and Rory O Sullivan 7th in 73.32.

In other results of note Joe Cunningham was 16th in 77.33 and was 1st M40. Paul Duggan was 21st in 78.16 and was 2nd M45 and Martin Curtin was 29th in 79.13. Graham Nudds finished in 89.32.

Great running by all of them, well done!

Congratulations to the Barr’s members selected to represent Cork in the National Intermediate & Masters Cross Country Championships. These take place in Dundalk IT on 24th January.

Those selected are as follows:

Mark Cronin (Intermediate Men)
Ann Marie Healy (O35 Women)
Eamonn McEvoy (O50 Men)

Best of luck to them and all others from the club who compete on the day!

St. Augustine's College Duckspool, Abbeyside, Dungarvan

The AAI National Novice & Juvenile Uneven Age XC Championships take place on Sunday, 06-Dec-2015 at St. Augustine’s College, Dungarvan, Co Waterford, just 2.5km (5 mins by car) from Dungarvan Town Centre on the R675. The Juvenile events get under way at 11.30am with the Novice Women up at 2pm and the Men at 2.20pm. The course is a flat one in and around the Collage grounds. However, with all the recent heavy rain, the course will probably be pretty well churned up by the time the Novice races get underway.

WOMEN 4,000m : MEN 6,000m

LAT/LON: 52.099018N 7.591842W
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Course Map

The Cork AAI Masters XC takes place on Sunday 01-Nov-2015 from 12pm. The venue is Shankill Lower, Conna, Fermoy. This venue is NOT the Hayes’ farm that members will be familiar with from previous years. To get to this venue, you’ll drive through Conna village on onwards towards Tallow on the R628. Keep an eye out for the AAI road signs after Conna. This event is organised and hosted by St Catherine’s A.C. and gets under way with the Junior Men and Women at 12pm.

WOMEN 4,000m : MEN 7,000m

Loc8code: W3Z-12-K74
LAT/LON: 52.094989N, 8.073315W
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Course Map

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