Senior Club News

The Mick Murphy Memorial 4-mile road race took place in Ferns, Co. Wexford on last Saturday. Damp but warm conditions greeted the competitors, but a stiff and challenging course awaited. The race started and soon Peter Somba the Irish-based Kenyan athlete set out his stall as he charged through the opening mile of a town circuit […]

The Antrim Coast International Half Marathon took place early on Sunday morning last with William Maunsell and David Mansfield representing Ireland and winning their first International vest. This was a proud occasion for both club members as the years of hard training paid rich dividends with their first International appearance. The race over a very

The Boston Scientific Half Marathon took place today in ideal conditions. Right from the start Paul Minogue made his intentions known as he went into the lead inside the 1st 200m. He was closely followed by a group consisting of Garrett Lordan of Clonakilty Road runners, John O Brien of St Finbarrs AC, Johnny O

Sunshine greeted all the athletes last Sunday for the Boston Scientific Half Marathon, which this year was held over a new route. Right from the start Paul Minogue went into the lead and soon opened a gap on the chasing pack of five athletes after 200m. Paul maintained this tempo over a familiar route to

The Lombardstown 5 Mile took place outside Mallow on Thursday evening 25th of August. On a glorious evening for running, Evan Fitzgerald took on Niall Shanahan from An Bru AC  and Paul Moloney Mallow AC in the final km after they had successfully broken clear of the chasing pack in the opening mile of an undulating

This popular race attracted a very good entry last week in Cork on an ideal night for running. The race started and soon a group of three set the pace at the front including Evan Fitzgerald. This group stayed together for the next few miles over the undulating route. Then with about 800m to go

This popular race took place in ideal conditions last Saturday evening in Cork with over 1000 athletes competing. Vasiliy Neumerzhitskiy underlined his good form when finishing 175th in 70 minutes. Then we had Donal Ryan also running well when finishing 204th in 71 mins 32 secs with Anne Marie Halpin, the next club member to

Michael Egan loves a challenge, well he truly achieved one last weekend when competing in the Quadrathon Challenge in County Donegal. This involved 4 Half Marathons in 4 consecutive Days over different routes that were very scenic and rugged along parts of the Wild Atlantic Way on the Inishowen Peninsula. This Challenge involved a marathon

The National Masters Track and Field Championships took place on a sweltering sun-drenched Tullamore Harriers track on Saturday 13th August. The club had three athletes competing on the day Hazel Galloway in the 100m and 200m over 65, Noel Howley in the over 70s 800m and 5,000m and John Laste in the 5,000m over 55 Race Walk.

Killavullen GAA centre was the venue for the Nagles Half marathon Trail run. Held in very warm conditions we saw some great performances. Trevor Whelan underlined his very good form when finishing 9th in 1 hour 57 mins 48 secs. Then we had Sarah Whelan also running well when finishing 36th in 2 hours 20