We would like to wish all the best to Eamon McEvoy who is retiring from his Assistant Principal position in Little Island National School. Eamon is a long standing member of the club and is the current Irish M60 5000m champion. A top runner we hope that this will result in him going even faster with all the extra training he will get in!!
Cork County Intermediate Cross Country Champions!!!!
Congrats to our men’s and women’s teams who both won the County Intermediate Cross Country Championships today.
In cold and wet conditions Allen Whitaker continued his fantastic cross country season with a hard fought win. Allen won by 5 seconds in the end. Paul Gallagher was third man home and in a fantastic team performance Rory O Sullivan was 4th and Rob Patterson 6th. Eoin O Keeffe was 8th, Cathal Kelly 9th, Daniel Stiegler 12th, Colin Condon 19th, Gerry Cronin 20th and Martin O Reilly 26th so a fantastic all round team performance. Well done everyone!
Our ladies team repeated their county novice feat with a 1,2,3! Martina Kiely, who has had a brilliant cross country season, led them home yet again with Karina Teahan 2nd and Louise Keane 3rd. Gillian Cotter was 5th and Cait Mehigan 21st in another brilliant team performance. Well done to everyone!
County Intermediate Cross Country Championship Teams
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!
Claire McCarthy to represent Ireland in European Championships!!!!!
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.
Inter County Cross Country Championship 27th November
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.
Club AGM Monday, 28th November, 2011
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.
Munster Intermediate Cross Country Champions!
Congratulations to our mens team, who put in fantastic performances to win the Munster Intermediate Cross Country Championship in Clonmel on Sunday 13th November. Cathal O Donovan led the team home, finishing a very impressive 5th. He was closely followed by Alan Whitaker, who is having a great cross country season, in 8th place. Michael Morgan in 25th and Denis Coughlan in 32nd completed the scoring for a fantastic win. Well done to all who ran.
Race Updates
John Meade won the HSE 4 Mile race on the 6th November in a time of 21.03. Michael Murphy won M50 and Willie Hayes won M55 in the same race. In the ladies race Geraldine O Shea ‘fresh’ from her Dublin Marathon exploits was the winner in 25.18. Rachel O Callaghan won F35 and Marion Lyons won F55.
In the Lisgoold 5k on the 13th November, Geraldine O Shea won for the second week in a row posting a time of 19.35. Rachel O Callaghan was 3rd. In the mens race Rory O Sullivan waas 3rd in 17.44.
Dublin Marathon, 31st October, 2011
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
Novice B Cross Country Champions! 30th October
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.