Mr.Oil Senior Cross 20th December
The Mr. Oil Senior Cross Country, the pinnacle of the Cross Country season took place yesterday in Lingstown, kindly hosted by Kilmore AC. Considering the time of year the conditions were very good for running and the ground underfoot better than most other years when the event was held. A small group of club athletes headed to the 5k ladies & 10k mens events. Another well organised event by the County Board and everyone who volunteered in any capacity and the club would like to pass on their thanks for all the efforts put in for this race and indeed all the County races of 2021.
Ladies as always were first up and in the 5k race we had Mary Gaynor 18th & Catherine O'Connor 19th running very good races and looked comfortable throughout the 2.5 lap route. Well done ladies.
Next up in the Men's 10k Dermot Foley & Gavin Hayes set off on the 5 lap course and gave good accounts of themselves with Gavin 54th & Dermot just behind in 56th place. Well done men.
A word of thanks to Helen Sinnott & Padraig Kelly who gave their time as volunteers at todays event.
Laura Lyn Half Marathon 12th December
The Laura Lynn 1/2 Marathon took place in Dublins Phoenix Park yesterday backed by Ray D'Arcy and his fundraising team.
Five our our men travelled up to the event which took place on a scenic route in the park on a pleasant morning for running.
Finbarr Bradley was the first of our vest wearers home breaking his PB in the process with Tadhg Henderson next. Fran Power broke his PB and following him was Enda O'Sullivan & Ollie Stack.
Well done men, just rewards after your training for the event.
Well done to Dave Nolan who was unable to go up to Dublin so ran his Laura Lynn 1/2 marathon virtually around the streets of Wexford. Dave is also running a marathon distance a week since January as he raises funds for the Laura Lynn children's hospice. Only 2 weeks and 2 marathons to go Dave !
NIA Live 8th December
Last night in Abbottstown there was an NIA indoor event which 2 of our track athletes travelled up to compete in.
Clodagh Dunbar looked good finishing 2nd in the 2nd race of 400m and happy to get a base for season ahead.
Michael Deady had a good opener in his first 60m in 2 years and will push on in 2022.
Well done to you both.
Clontarf Half Marathon 27th November
The Clontarf Half Marathon took place this morning on a cold and breezy course which takes in the scenic Bull Island. Donal Grant travelled up and after all his hard work training he was rewarded with a great time.
Well done to you Donal
13th November 10mile/10km Stook
As more races start to take place the popular took 10 mile/10k race took place today in Kilkenny. Finbarr Bradley was our sole representative at the race putting in a good performance coming home 46th in 1:15:27 in the 10 mile race.
Well done Finbarr
13th November Varsities Road Relays
Inter Varsities Relays
Today the Inter Varsities Relays were held and club member Roisín O'Reilly was representing UCD in the event. 4 legs of 1mile, 2 mile, 2 mile & 1 mile testing the teams and Roisín ran the fourth leg 1 mile. A great display from UCD ladies winning the event, their first win in the event since 2015.
Congratulations to Roisín and her team mates.
Parkrun 13th November
houtout to our Parkrunners this week.
An ideal morning for a run as the mild November weather continues.
At Wexford Racecourse Parkrun we had 4 members in Dermot Foley, Chris Bent, Jesse Kielthy & Sharron Dier who all finished the free weekly 5k event.
At the New Ross Parkrun we had Martin Kelly & Fran Power completing their 5k.
Well done to everyone.
7th November Leinster Uneven Age
Cross country season continued today and 3 Menapians took a journey up to Avondale House County Wicklow for the staging of the Leinster Uneven ages Cross Country. In the U 11 girls race Aoibheann Farelly ran well at her first Leinsters and dug deep to be a scoring athlete on the Wexford team who finished 8th team overall, a great result.
Our 2nd athlete competing was Laragh Walsh fresh from winning the County title a few weeks ago. She ran the U13 race finishing in 35th place in her first Wexford vest and the 3rd Wexford girl home. The first 3 Wexford girls were only a second apart and they were the 5th place team on the day, another great result.
Our 3rd athlete was the Ciara Dolan running U19 and showing her consistency finishing a very well placed 18th and 2nd Wexford girl in a very competitive field. Well done.
Well done Aoibheann, Laragh & Ciara. A word of thanks to our coaches and also to the girls parents for travelling up today.
Mullingar Parkrun
On Saturday our own Martin Kelly was on the road and dropped by the Mullingar Parkrun while in the area. Not only did he produce a great time (his own parkrun PB) but he was the No. 1 parkrun athlete in his age category in the country!
Well done to you Martin
Shout out to our Parkrunners who on a blustery morning for running got out and got their 5k done at the free weekly event. John Dier, Sharron Dier, Dermot Foley & Enda O'Sullivan completed the Wexford Racecourse Parkrun.
Sinead Ryan, Oliver Stack, Fran Power & Martin Kelly took the spin to JFK Park to run the New Ross Parkrun.
Well done folks.
Mr Oil Novice Cross Country 31st October
Mr. Oil County Novice Cross Country 2021.
Sunday saw the hosting of the Mr. Oil County Novice Cross Country races with S.B.R. the kind hosts on this occasion and I think everyone will agree the course was enjoyable despite some surface water in places after the heavy rain during the week. As always ladies were first up to race 4k which was just over 2 laps of the field. Our lone female athlete Mary Gaynor put in her usual strong performance and finished in 14th place. Next up the Men's race and this was 6k which was approx 3.5 laps of the field. 6 club men took on this race with Tony Harpur coming home in 16th after a gritty run, Dermot Foley was 29th with Gavin Hayes just a few places behind in 33rd, a few places behind him was Chris Bent in his first Cross country run and his first ever run for the club in 37th, John Dier dug deep to finished 40th and Darren O'Grady just behind in 41st.
A word of thanks to S.B.R. for hosting & to the Co. Board and their helpers for their work getting the event staged. Thanks to the Civil Defence who provided medical cover. Lastly thanks to our volunteers on thd say Helen, Catherine, Padraig & Sharron.
