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A fantastic evening of road relays took place on Friday evening at Wexford Racecourse. A perfect venue as approx 80% of the course can be seen from the changeover area meaning everyone can see the races develope. It was a wonderful sight to see the response from the clubs of the county as everyone proudly ran their hearts out for their club. The loop was 1.5k with a nice 'gentle' climb to test the legs. Unfortunately no medals this year for Menapians AC but the effort from every single athlete was inspiring to watch so well done to all who pulled on our vest and ran.
Thanks to Wexford Racecourse for allowing us use their venue, to Wexford County Board for organising the madness and to our club members who made the event happen organising refreshments and cleaning up afterwards. A special mention must go to our club Captain who somehow managed to get 12 teams to the start line and even managed to run himself so well done John Dier .
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*5th โ Menapians A: Sharon Martin, Ilze Bedrite, Catherine OโConnor โ 19:31
*6th โ Menapians B: Sarah Bermingham, Jennifer Kehoe, Helen Wallace โ 21:04
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*5th โ Menapians A: Anthony Dowd, Martin Kelly, Brian Smith, Dermot Foley โ 22:21
*7th โ Menapians B: Eamonn Foley, Paul Donovan, Tadgh Henderson, Conor McAoghin โ 24:54
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*4th โ Menapians B: Niamh OโBrien, Nora Boggan, Catherine OโConnor โ 21:42
*5th โ Menapians A: Siobhan Doyle, Bridie McGuire, Louise Henderson โ 27:53
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*4th โ Menapians B: Paul Donovan, John Dier, Ger Mulhall โ 20:00
*5th โ Menapians A: Conor McAoghin, Tadgh Henderson, Darren OโGrady โ 20:40
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*4th โ Menapians A: Sharon Martin, Ilze Bedrite, Anthony Dowd, Brian Smith โ 23:32
*8th โ Menapians B: Helen Wallace, Sarah Bermingham, Tadgh Henderson, Dermot Foley โ 27:12
*10th โ Menapians D: Nora Boggan, Louise Henderson, Darren OโGrady, Martin Kelly โ 29:52
*11th โ Menapians C: Sharon Dier, Bridie McGuire, Conor McAoghin, John Dier โ 35:24
Tailteann Games
The games took place in SETU Carlow in glorious weather. Our member Elijah Page Redmond was competing for St Peters College but also representing his club/county wearing the Leinster vest.
This alone is a fantastic achievement and then Elijah threw his javelin further than he ever threw before reaching 45.46m setting a new PB.
A Silver medal was his reward and was enough to earn him a spot at the upcoming SIAB Games in Derby, England. The top 2 in each event in the country qualify to travel and represent Ireland so this is a fantastic achievement for Elijah.
Well done and thanks to his coaches for their work and time to coach him.
A massive congratulations Elijah from everyone at the club.
Wexford Community Games
Congratulations to Fiachra Mehigan who won Gold in the Wexford Community Games on Saturday in the 1500m.
Fiachra now goes on to compete in the National Community Games finals.
Best of luck Fiachra.
Viking Marathon/Half Marathon/10k
Another event , another group of Menapians in action.
This time in Waterford as a group of members took part in the Half & 10k Marathon events.
A wonderful day although possibly a touch warm but each put in excellent performances, hard to single out 1 but special mention to John who achieved his goal of setting a new PB, congratulations.
A big well done to all who ran
10k
Eamonn Foley 48:27
Linda Leacy 1:05:32
Sinead Ryan 1:13:45
Half Marathon
Anthony Dowd 1:28:24
Brian Smyth 1:35:09
Dermot Foley 1:38:39
John Hyland PB 1:39:45
Ryan Ellard 1:45:07
Piercestown 5k
The inaugural 5k run in aid of Piercestown National School took place this morning with a huge entry of 400 runners and walkers. Starting and finishing at the school everyone followed an out and back route to Rathaspeck Golf Club.
Among them and spread right through the field were 13 club members supporting a great cause.
Well down to all of you, another 5k completed.
Micheรกl Kinsella 23:18
Gareth Lloyd 23:45
John Dier 24:06
Helen Wallace 25:02
Sarah Bermingham 27:10
Helen Burrell 30:42
Siobhan Doyle 31:09
Michael Murphy 34:10
Sharron Dier 37:24
Bridie McGuire 37:35
Helen Sinnott 45:20
Eve Marcus 1:02:37
Emmet Marcus 1:02:37