Clonmel Senior Athletic Club Notes April 2017
Clonmel Athletic Club Notes 2nd April
Great Performances in the Manchester marathon
The Manchester Marathon took place last weekend and the Club was well represented in this event. Shane Greene ran very well when finishing 311th in 2 hours 58 mins 8 secs we also had good performances from Richard O Gorman 944th in 3:14:48, Noel Gillman 1095th in 3:18:00, John Laste 1400th in 3:23:49, Anthony Power 2666th in 3:42:20, Sean McCarthy 3716th in 3:54:50, Miriam O Gorman 4033rd in 3:57:57 and Niall McCarthy 5322nd in 4:17:24.
Liverpool Half Marathon
This event also took place last weekend and here Jimmy Boland was the Club representative and he ran very well when finishing 47th in 80 mins 17 secs. He ran very well going through 5 miles in 29 mins 57 secs and through 10 miles in 60 mins 42 secs.
Wins for Jimmy Boland and Linda Grogan
The Morrison Mini Cahir sponsored 6k road series got off to a fantastic start last week, despite the bad weather before the race with 243 athletes representing 55 teams, absolutely brilliant and thanks to all the team Captains for all their help. Thanks also to the Gardai and our many stewards who ensured that the whole event was a brilliant success.
Well done to Jimmy Boland (Smooth Operators) who was 1st in 21 mins 13 secs, Joey Feery (Boston Scientific A ) 2nd in 22 mins 12 secs and Brian Looram (The Pacers) 3rd in 22 mins 18 secs. The top three women were 1st Linda Grogan (Individual) 24 mins 23 secs, Suzanne Shine ( Pedal to the Metal) 2nd in 24 mins 48secs and 3rd Aine Roche (O Gorman’s Bakery) in 24 mins 56 secs.
In the team competition we have 5 Divisions this year, such is the interest.
For many athletes it was their first run over this route and so it was hard for them to accurately predict their time. Taking this into account we have brought in a Default System just for tonight’s results. In Division One the default is that all the teams regardless of what they scored tonight they are within 30 points of the Leaders, it is also the same Default, 30 points in Division Two. While in Division 3, 4 and 5 the Default is 40 Points. This format gives every team a chance of success. Please note that the Default only works for race 1, so all teams have a chance of prizes. As regards Prizes there will be Prizes for the 1st 3 teams in each Division. We have had a brilliant response this year to this event and so we have decided that for Race 3 Only, we will reward a team in each Division that records the lowest number of points in Race 3 and who finishes outside the top three of that Division, an Award, so all the teams in each Division have a opportunity to win such an Award. Everyone will have ran this route at least two times so everyone will have a fair idea of what time they can predict for the 3rd race. So there will be four team prizes to run for in each Division.
Please note that the Presentation of Prizes will take place in Mulcahy’s, Gladstone Street on Wednesday 19th April at 9pm where we will have Food and Music and a great night is guaranteed.
As regards the way we drew up the Divisions, the top Divisions are made up of teams with seasoned athletes while the other Divisions are a mixture of Fun Runners and Newcomers
We would also like to thank the Tipperary Educational Training Board for the use of their fine facilities at the Mall as Race Headquarters for this series of races.
Munster Road Championships
Currow, County Kerry was the venue for this year’s Munster Senior Women’s Road Championships where Aine Roche was our sole representative. Aine ran well when finishing 10th overall in 25 mins 24 secs. She was 3rd scorer on the Tipperary Senior women’s team that won Bronze medals.
Clonmel Athletic Club Notes – 8th April
National Universities titles for Michael Carey and Evan Lynch
The Irish Universities Track and Field Championships took place over the weekend at the CIT Track in Cork. In the Men’s 3000m Steeplechase Michael Carey (DCU) ran a brilliant race when coming home a very convincing winner in 9 mins 48.32 secs. Michael was 2n din this event last year and delighted to see him go one better and claim the Gold medal. Then we had Evan Lynch (UL) competing in the 3K walk and he too put in a brilliant performance when coming home a clear winner in 13 mins 16.44 secs. These two athletes had distinguished themselves very well at Post Primary level and it is great to see them still competing with the best at 3rd level competition. Anthony Bowen (UL) competed in the 10,000m events and ran very well when finishing in 38 mins 12.92 secs.
Great performances from Laura Tobin and Orlaith Moynihan
Over the past couple of weeks Laura Tobin has put in a number of fine performances while competing for her college St Leo’s. At the start of March she opened her season with a very good run in the 5000m when finishing 3rd in 18 mins 19.54 secs. The following week she competed in another 5000m race at the University of South Florida Bulls Invitational Track Meet and ran well when finishing in 18 mins 22.99 secs. Then on the 24th March she made her debut over 10,000m on the track when competing at the Sheraton Spring Break Invitational Track and Field Meet when running very well when finishing 2nd in 38 mins 28.95 secs, very good running. Then last week she competed at the 2017 Pepsi Florida Relays Meet in the 5000m where she put in a brilliant performance when running 18 mins 11.96 secs. This performance was Laura’s fastest time of the season by over seven seconds.
Orlaith Moynihan opened her outdoor season with a win. Last week she competed at the Yale University Mark T Young Invitational Track and Field Meet. Here she competed in the 5000m and was a convincing winner in 18 mins 9.54 secs, great way to open your season. Then this weekend Orlaith made her debut over 10,000m on the track at the Princeton University hosted Sam Howell Invitational Track meet. She ran very well when finishing 5th in 37 mins 11.62 secs, brilliant running.
Great performances in the Ballinroad 5k
The West Waterford Road race series got underway last weekend with the Ballinroad 5K. It was great to see Club members running so well in this 5k which was held over a good flat route. Nigel O Flaherty ran very well when finishing 9th in 16 mins 58 secs. Aine Roche ran very well when finishing 2nd Women when 38th in 19 mins 11 secs and no doubt she was delighted with this performance as she knocked 11 seconds off her 2016 run. Dick O Gorman also ran well after his Manchester Marathon when cruising around in 19 mins 12 secs. Then we had Bohus Jarabek also running very well when finishing 41st in 19 mins 17 secs. Kealey Tideswell ran very well when finishing 3rd woman in 20 mins and improving on her 2016 run when she was 5th woman in 20 mins 9 secs. John Laste showed no ill effects from his brilliant performance in the Manchester Marathon a week ago when finishing 54th in 20 mins 12 secs. We also had good performances from Eamon English 78th in 21 mins 25 secs, Julie Tideswell 133rd in 23 mins 56 secs and Tina Crotty 142nd in 24 mins 15 secs.
Killea Road Races
These races took place last weekend and in the 10K Kealey Tideswell ran well when finishing 2nd woman in 41 mins 2 secs. Then we had Julie Tideswell running well in the 5k event when finishing in 24 mins 31 secs.
Wins for Jimmy Boland and Claire Annan
The 2nd race of the Morrison Mini Cahir sponsored 6k road series got off to a fantastic start last night (Wednesday), where conditions were very favourable for running. Once again, the club is very grateful to Gary Morrison for sponsoring our series of races again this year. Thanks also to the Gardai, the Civil Defence and our many stewards who ensured that the whole event was a brilliant success.
Well done to Jimmy Boland (Smooth Operators) who was 1st in 20 mins 5 secs, Mark Darmody (The Pacers) was 2nd in 21 mins 5 secs with Keith O Brien (Sidney Striders0 3rd in 22 mins 4 secs. The top three women were 1st Claire Annan (Pedal to the Metal) in 23 mins 28 secs with Kealey Tideswell (Fun Runners) 2nd in 24 mins 42 secs and Aine Roche (O Gorman’s Bakery) 3rd in 24 mins 46 secs.
In the team competition we have 5 Divisions this year and there is great competition in all five Divisions going into the last night next week, with prizes for the top three teams in each Division, so all to run for.
Please note that the Presentation of Prizes will take place in Mulcahy’s, Gladstone Street on Wednesday 19th April at 9pm where we will have Food and Music and a great night is guaranteed.
We would also like to thank the Tipperary Educational Training Board for the use of their fine facilities at the Mall as Race Headquarters for this series of races.
Annerville 10K Road Race 7th may at 10.55am
This Summer Classic event takes place in Clonmel on Sunday 7th may at the new time of 10.55am. This year the organising committee have come up with a new race route as well as a Race medallion specially designed for the event for all finishers as we celebrate the 31st promotion of this event, that started out in 1986 as the Bianconi 10K and has grown in stature ever since. This new route is a good flat route that could see many athletes set PBs over this Classic distance. The race will start at the Clonmel Arms Carpark and the athletes will proceed up Irishtown, turning left at the Traffic lights and left again at the Dungarvan Road Roundabout. Here the athletes will proceed all the way down to Bulmers Roundabout via the Old Bridge and Kilganey. At Bulmers Roundabout athletes will turn left and head back to the new finish at the side of the Sporting Press via the Waterford Road and the Davis Road. Our Race Headquarters will be at Colaiste Cheitinn, the Mall and we will be taking entries from 8.30am onwards. We will also have changing facilities and Post Race Refreshments plus the Presentation of Awards at Race Headquarters.
Clonmel Athletic Club Notes – 15th April
Great performances in the Butlerstown 4 Mile
Last Friday night the very popular Butlerstown 4 mile promoted by West Waterford took place where conditions were good for running. Nigel O Flaherty ran very well when finishing 11th in 22 mins 36 secs to win the over 40 award, great to see Nigel running well again. Then we had Anthony Bowen also running very well when finishing 18th in 23 mins 14 secs. Brian Looram competing over this distance for the first time in quite a while ran very well when finishing 30th in 24 mins 6 secs.
Michelle Doherty wins Women’s race in Tipperary Town
The Tipperary Wheelers 5K took place last Friday night and here Michelle Doherty ran very well when winning the Women’s race in 20 mins 27 secs, great to see Michelle running well again.
Kilkenny 5k
The Kilkenny 5K road race took place last Thursday night and here Alan Carter ran very well when finishing 35th in 18 mins 46 secs.
County Senior 5K and 10K Road Championships
The blue ribbon events of the County Road Championship season takes place next Sunday in Dundrum with the County Junior 3K for both men and Women as well as the County Senior Women’s 5k and Men’s 10K Championships down for decision. The Junior 3K for both Women and Men will start at 12 noon followed immediately by the Start of both the Women’s 5K and Men’s 10K race at 12.15pmTo date we have had a fantastic response by Club members to all the County Road Championships and hopefully that trend will continue for next Sunday’s race as both Senior races will give our athletes an opportunity of another hard race in preparation for our own Annerville 10k on Sunday 7th May. The Club is defending both Senior Individual titles and Senior Club titles won last year over the same course. In the Women’s 5k race the defending Champion is our own Aine Roche and we wish her the very best in defending her title. Hopefully we can also defend the Club title won last year by the team of Aine, Siobhan McHugh and Annemarie Boland. We have the talented athletes and we have a very good chance of success provided we get all our members out to compete over what is a very good flat route. In the Men’s race the defending Champion is Kevin Maunsell who piped his brother William for the title last year close to the finishing line. Again we are hoping to defend the Club title won by the team of Kevin, William, Nigel O Flaherty and Jimmy Boland last year over this course. We have the athletes well capable of defending this title provided all our members come out and compete as everyone is eligible for these Championships.
Annerville10K – Sunday 7th May – 10.55am
Preparations are going very well for this Classic event, now in its 31st year. This year’s event has a new Starting time – 10.55am, a new course with a new starting line – Carpark at the rear of the Clonmel Arms Hotel, a new finishing line – close to the Sporting Press on the Davis Road and a Medallion for all finishers. The Race Headquarters is once again at Colaiste Cheitinn, the Mall where Race Registrations will start at 9am. This year’s Prize list is as follows: Men – 1st 5 Men, 1st 2 over 40, 45, 50, 55 and 1st over 60, 65 and 70. The Women’s prizes are: The 1st 5 women, 1st 2 over 35, 40, 45, 50 and 1st over 55, 60 and 65. The 1st Man and Woman will win 150 Euros each. This race has an Athletic Ireland Race permit. It is the best value 10K in Munster. This event is also ideal preparation for anyone training for the Women’s mini Marathon in Dublin over the June Bank Holiday as it is a flat and fast route. For race enquiries, please contact Niall at 086 1660888.
Great racing in Race 3 of the Morrison Mini sponsored 6k series
Race 3 of the Morrison Mini sponsored 6k road race series took place in very good weather conditions tonight and it was brilliant to see 231 athletes compete. Once again the Club is indebted to Morrison Mini for their very generous sponsorship. Competition was very keen throughout all the Divisions and the majority of the final placings were only decided tonight. Indeed great credit must go to all the team Captains for encouraging all their teams to compete and it was just brilliant. In the race itself Keith O Brien (Sidney Striders) ran very well when winning in 22 mins 2 secs with Brian Carroll (Kipchoge’s Crew) 2nd in 22 mins 3 secs and Michael O Sullivan (Sidney Striders) 3rd in 22 mins 19 secs. The top three women were Claire Annan (Pedal to the Metal) in 23 mins 37 secs, Linda Grogan was 2nd in 24 mins 12 sec with Suzanne Shine (Pedal to the Metal) 3rd in 24 mins 18 secs.
At this stage the Club would like to thank Noel Lonergan of Colaiste Cheitinn for all his help, the Loreto Convent, the Gardai and the Order of Malta for all their help and assistance and to our many stewards for helping to make the whole event such a success, a big thank you to everyone who made this series of races such a success, especially the Team Captains. The final race takes place this Wednesday night at 7pm. In this race athletes can wear their watches as the race format will be Lucky Dip where prizes will be won by athletes who finish in pre selected finishing paces. Then later that night the Presentation of Prizes will take place in Mulcahy’s Gladstone Street at 9pm where we will have Post Race Refreshments and music and a great night is gaurunteed.
Cahir RUN4Fun in aid of South Tipp Hospice
On Wednesday 26th April all roads lead to Cahir for our very popular Cahir Run4Fun 4 mile road race at 7.30pm. This year the event will raise much needed funds for South Tipp Hospice. This event is promoted by Clonmel Athletic Club and sponsored by Morrison Mini Cahir. Last year’s event was a brilliant success with 365 athletes competing. This event over 4 miles caters for all levels of ability from Walkers to joggers to athletes.
For every participant there will be a donation made to South Tipp Hospice, so the more participants the more funds this worthy cause will benefit from.
The race will start on the Clogheen road outside Morrison BMW Garage and the athletes will proceed out the Clogheen road turning right before Cahir Golf Club. From here they will proceed for about 2k to the Mitchelstown Road where they will turn right and head for Cahir with the race finishing outside Morrison BMW premises.
There will be Cash Prizes for the following categories:
1st 2 Senior Men, 1st 2 Master Men 0/40 and over.
1st 2 Senior Women, 1st 2 Master Women 0/35 and over.
There will also be a lot of Cash Prizes allocated in an Open Draw on finishing positions during the race. This type of competition will see prizes allocated to athletes right down throughout the race, a prize for every 12 finishers. Among these prizes there will be a prize of €100 as well as many other Cash Prizes. One prize per athlete. The Entry fee will be €10 and entries will be taken on the night at Morrison BMW, Cahir from 6pm onwards. This race has an Athletic Ireland Permit. There will also be Post race refreshments. This event will be chip timed by Premier Timing Systems.
For further Enquiries please contact Niall O Sullivan at 086 1660888.
Clonmel Athletic Club Notes 23rd April
Silver lining day for the Club
The Club travelled to the County Junior and Senior Road Championships last Sunday in Dundrum. It was great to have Club athletes competing in three out of the four Championship races and it was great to see that all four races were very competitive. In the Junior Men’s 3k we have brilliant debuts from Riain Patterson and Daniel Slattery in this event. Both athletes ran very well with Rian running very well to win his first County Junior medal when winning the Silver medal in 10 mins 36 secs. Then we had Daniel Slattery also running very well when winning the County Junior Bronze medal, his first County Junior medal, by finishing 3rd in 10 mins 50 secs.
In the Senior Women’s 5k we had a very good entry of athletes representing the Club. Kealey Tideswell ran very well when finishing 4th in 19 mins 16 secs just edged out for the Bronze medal by 2 seconds. It is great to see Kealey running well again. Then we had Aine Roche also running well when finishing 6th in 19 mins 40 secs. Hot on her heels was Suzanne Shine who also ran very well when finishing 7th in 19 mins 48 secs. These three athletes combined very well to win the Silver medals in what was a very competitive team event. We also had good performances from Michelle Doherty who was 12th in 20 mins 41 secs, Aisling English 26th in 23 mins 12 secs, Annemarie Boland ran very well when finishing 31st in 24 mins 9 secs, Mellissa McCarthy 32nd in 24 mins 9 secs, Martina Crotty 35th in 24 mins 58 secs and Helen O Ceallaigh 36th in 25 mins 7 secs, great performances all round and our team of Michelle, Aisling and Annmarie Boland were piped for the Bronze medals on countback, still very good performances.
In the Senior Men’s event William Maunsell made his intentions known from the start when going to the front and dictating the pace. Twelve months ago over this same course William was edged out of the title by his brother Kevin close to the finishing line. William was determined to add this title and so he set a strong pace that soon had the field scattered. He maintained this relentless pace to come home a very clear and convincing winner in a brilliant time of 30 mins 58 secs, fantastic solo effort by a determined athlete. Then we had Michael Carey making his debut in this Championship event and he ran very well when finishing 4th in 33 min 8 secs. Then we had Nigel O Flaherty also running well when finishing 14th in 35 mins 31 secs and with Jimmy Boland also running well when finishing 17th in 35 mins 57 secs, this quartet won the Inter Club Silver medals and were beaten by a strong Dundrum team for the Gold medals. We also had good performances from Joey Feery 21st in 37:31, Conor Fleming 25th in 38:08, Brian Carroll 26th in 38:11, Billy Moloney 33rd in 38:50, Brian Looram 34th in 39:00, James Denn 38th in 39:30,Pat O Connor 39th in 39:32, Oliver Lynch 40th in 39:40, Mark Corcoran 49th in 41:15, James O Brien 52nd in 42:05, John Laste 53rd in 42:21, Alan O Shea 55th in 43:47, John Perry 57th in 43:57 and Ian Patterson 59th in 49:37. Our team of Joey Feery, Conor Fleming and Brian Carroll combined to win the Inter Club Silver medals in the B Section. We wish Anthony Bowen a speedy recovery form an injury he picked up before the race.
Boston Marathon
Congrats to Clonmel AC man Eddy O Donoghue who competed the Boston Marathon in 3:21:45 in extreme heat on Easter Monday supported by his no1 fans Caroline, Óisin & Lily! An amazing experience for all the family.
Sympathy
The Club would like to extend its deepest sympathies to Eamonn Crowley and his family on the sudden death of his wife Elsie.
Clonmel Senior Athletic Club Notes 30th April
Great performances at County Senior Track and Field Championships
The County Senior and Masters Track and Field Championships took place in Templemore over the weekend, 30th April. Bernard O Neill had a very good Championships winning the Men’s over 60 100m as well as winning the Long Jump with a jump of 3.29M. He also won both the Shot Putt with a throw of 7.44M and the Javelin with a throw of 23.59M. Hazel Galloway ran very well to win the Women’s over 60 100m. Mike Fitzgibbon making his debut in these Championships ran very well when winning the Senior Men’s Silver medal in the 400M in 57.98 secs.
Kevin Maunsell wins Limerick Half Marathon
The Great Limerick Run series of races took place today in good conditions and it was great to see Club members taking part in the Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K. Pride of place goes to Kevin Maunsell who won the Half Marathon today in 67 mins 46 secs, making it two wins out of two over the Half Marathon distance. He made his Half Marathon debut in the 2015 Boston Scientific Half Marathon in Clonmel which he won in a course record time of 68 mins 25 secs. Today he was in the chasing pack for the first few miles, clipping along at a good comfortable pace going through 3k in 8 mins 24 secs, 9K in 29:30, catching the leader at around 8 miles. He then increased the pace going through 17K in 55:24 and coming home a clear winner in a new PB of 67 mins 46 secs, brilliant running and it is great to see Kevin running so well at the moment, averaging 5 mins 11 secs a mile, brilliant. He also won his first Munster Senior title with this win as this event also incorporated the Munster Half Marathon Championships. We also had some other great performances in the Half Marathon including David Ryan who also ran very well when finishing 3rd over 40 in 76 mins 20 secs, going through 9K in 32:19 and averaging 5:50 mile pace. Then we had Jimmy Boland also running very well when finishing in 78 mins 41 secs, going through 9K in 33:14 averaging 6:01 mile pace. Billy Prout also ran well when finishing in 97 mins 28 secs, going through 17K in 78:31 while Pat Coffey also ran well when finishing in 98 mins 23 secs and going through 17K in 80:16.
In the Marathon we also had great performances and here we salute the great performance by Joey Feery who ran the classic distance in 2 hours 56 mins 55 secs, brilliant performance. I recently read in a magazine that only 2% of athletes that run Marathons manage to break the three hour barrier, well done Joey on such an achievement. Joey ran a smart race going off steady and clipping along at 6 mins 50 secs mile pace up to halfway and was running very comfortably and reached halfway in 89 mins 20 secs. He kept that pace going and was still full of running as he entered the last few miles which saw him clipping along now at sub 6 minute mile pace to come home to finish 4th Senior Man, brilliant running and he ran the second half of the race just under 2 minutes faster than the first half, the ideal way to run a marathon, finishing like a train. This was a major improvement on his first outing over this distance which he ran in 3 hours 16 minutes. Shane Greene also ran very well when finishing in 3 hours 2 mins 32 secs having gone through halfway in 89 mins 41 secs in 35th place. Siobhan McHugh also put in a brilliant performance in the Marathon when finishing 7th Woman in 3 hours 21 mins 15 sec to win the 3rd over 45 award, brilliant running, Siobhan ran well going through halfway in 97 mins 6 secs. We also had good performances from Noel Gillman who was 103rd in 3 hours 22 mins 46 sec and went through halfway in 99:51, Mark Corcoran who was 155th in 3 hours 32 mins 43 secs and he went through halfway in 104:30, Neil Proven who was 171st overall in 3 hours 36 mins and he reached halfway in 96:42, John Laste seems to have recovered well from his PB in the Manchester Marathon to put in another great performance when finishing in 3 hours 28 mins 54 secs and reaching halfway in 101:33 and Brian Tyrell also wrote new figures for the Marathon when running a PB in 4 hours 4 mins 40 secs, he went through halfway in 115:31.
In the 10K race we also had some very good performances like Michelle Doherty in 42 mins 39 secs and she was 4th woman over 40, Anne Marie Boland also ran very well when finishing in 47:25 as well as Michael Egan in 53 mins 4 secs, Yvonne Arrault in 60:36 and Eimear McMahon in 72:01.
Nigel O Flaherty wins Cahir RUN4FUN 4mile event
The 5th promotion of the Morrison BMW sponsored Cahir RUN4Fun 4mile road race, promoted by Clonmel Athletic Club, took place last night in good running conditions. This year’s race nominated Charity was the South Tipp Hospice.
The race started outside Morrison BMW showrooms and right from the start a group of three athletes set the pace led by Nigel O Flaherty (Clonmel AC) and hot on his heels was William O Dwyer (Dundrum AC). Nigel kept a strong pace going and came home a very worthy winner in 22 mins 6 secs and defended his title very well having won last year’s race. Then we had William O Dwyer running well when finishing 2nd in 22 mins 18 secs with Alex Davey of Dundrum 3rd in 23 mins 6 secs. Brian Carroll of Clonmel AC won the over 40 award when finishing in 23 mins 35 secs with Michael O Sullivan of Carrick on Suir 2nd over 40 in 23 mins 49secs. The women’s race was won by Clare Annan of Clonmel AC in 23 mins 39 secs with Linda Grogan of Dundrum AC 2nd in 24 mins 57 secs. Suzanne Shine of Clonmel was 1st over 35 in 58 mins 58 secs with Michelle Doherty also of Clonmel AC 2nd in 27 mins 11 secs.
At the Presentation of the Prizes, Frank Lynch Vice Chairperson of Clonmel AC thanked the Garda, Civil Defence and the many stewards who ensured the whole event was a great success. Gary Morrison of Morrison BMW Cahir also thanked the many people who helped in any way to make the event such a success and in particular all his staff for all their hard work over the past couple of days. He was also delighted to have South Tipp Hospice as the chosen Charity this year.
Then we had the Special draw where for every 12 athletes that crossed the finishing line one of them received a voucher and this was done by having Pre selected finishing positions drawn while the race was in progress. So the prizes were evenly distributed throughout the whole race and everyone had an equal chance of winning. This is the only event in Ireland that distributes the prizes in this way and the prizes varied from 100 Euros to 20 Euros.
Great Club Performances in the Cahir RUN4FUN 4 Mile
The Cahir RUN4FUN 4 mile road race took place last night in Cahir and it was great to see 62 Club members taking part. Nigel O Flaherty underlined his recent good form when running very well to win the 4 mile race very convincingly in 22 mins 6 secs, great to see Nigel running so well at the moment, he also won this event in 2006, as we head for our annual Annerville Classic on the 7th May. Then we had Brian Carroll also running very well when finishing 5th in 23 mins 35 secs to win the over 40 award with Brian Looram hot on his heels in 6th place two secs adrift. Then we had Clare Annan winning the women’s race very convincingly in 23 mins 39 secs. Alan Carter flew the local flag when running very well when finishing 9th in 24 mins 24 secs with James Denn 10th in 24 mins 30 secs and Bohus Jarabek 11th in 24 mins 50 secs. We also had good performances from Oliver Lynch 13th in 25:03, Brendan Walsh 14th in 25:12, Aine Roche 16th in 25:17, Donal Ryan 17th in 25:28, Mark Corcoran 18th in 25:25, John Browne 19th in 25:47, Tom Butler 21st in 25:50, Suzanne Shine won the women’s over 35 award when running well to finish in 25:58, Noel Ryan 25th in 26:19, Peter Kiely 27th in 26:30, John Perry 28th in 26:31, Tyrone Power 29th in 26:35, Pat Coffey 31st in 26:44, Vincent McHugh 33rd in 26:56, John Laste 35th in 27:11, Kenny Brett 36th in 27:11, Michelle Doherty ran well when finishing 2nd women over 35 in 27:11, Eamon English 41st in 27:47, Sheila Perry 42nd in 27:57, Graham O Regan 47th in 28:53, Marian Flaherty 51st in 29:19, Ashling English 54th in 29:30, Ned O Brien 60th in 30:14, Martin Walsh 61st in 30:15, Julie Tideswell 63rd in 30:19, Pat Walsh 66th in 30:23, Michael Ryan 67th in 30:29, Neil Proven 72nd in 30:43, Bernie Hopkins 87th in 33 mins, Aine Butler 97th in 34:10, Eamonn Crowley 99th in 34:14, Aisling Cooney 101st in 34:27, Josephine Brett 105th in 34:34, Lorraine Kennedy 109th in 34:38, Cathy Mansfield 116th in 34:53, Pauline Condon 117th in 34:59, Gillian Prendergast 120th in 35:37, Sheena McGrath 122nd in 35:49, Johnny Casey 127th in 35:59, Sean Brett140th in 37:04, Kim Conway 142nd in 37:21, Joyce Cullinane 143rd in 37:23, Karen Dunne 159th in 39:55, Mari Murphy Condon 164th in 40:44, Claire O Neill 166th in 40:55, Fionnuala Kennedy 167th in 41:06, Dawn Ahearne 173rd in 41:56, Aine Ryan 174th in 41:57, Dee Karr 148th in 41:58, Susan Parker Laste 178th in 42:40, Carol Dowling 182nd in 46:03, Majella Quinlivan 188th in 55:51, Aoife Hackett Britton 189th in 55:51, Marie Barry 203rd in 67:57 and Michelle Higgins 204th in 67:57.
Great running in the Waterford to Tramore race
This very popular race took place last weekend. Nigel O Flaherty underlined his recent good form when running very well to finish 7th in 43 mins 47 secs. We also had good performances from Alan O Shea 88th in 53:53 and Cathy Mansfield 260th in 67:21,