123.ie National Senior Indoors.
Club thrower Sarah Louuse Carr was our sole representative at the 123.ie National Indoors. As we all now know her speciality is the Weight for Distance. Full of confidence in her ability after recent competitions she threw a PB of 5.63m for an impressive 6th place.
Congratulations Sarah Louise and thanks to Mick, Mags Steve, Cate & Padraig who on officiating over the weekend competition.
Enniscorthy 10k
A group of seven club members headed up to Enniscorthy in very favourable running conditions for the Enniscorthy 10k superbly hosted by Slaney Olympic AC. Over 200 entrants saw many athletes traveling from near & far to compete. Rob today earned the honour of first Menapian over the line. Nice to see everyone coming in with great finish times and special mention to Catriona in her first outing for the club.
Well done to our Magnificent 7 !
Rob Casey 44:10
Eamonn Foley 46:42
John Dier 47:27
Micheal Kinsella 47:49
Tadhg Henderson 49:18
Louise Henderson 58:59
Catriona Murphy 1:12:21
Photos from popupraces.
Wexford Credit Union Night Run
Thursday night was a busy night on the streets of Wexford Town as large numbers gathered to tackle the 5k route organised by Wexford Credit Union & friends. A well known route out the Rosslare Road and back along Wexfords historic Main Street finishing up at the doors of Wexford Credit Union. A lovely evening weather wise and a large group of club members young and old turned out.
Well done to Josh Nolan, Lucas & Elijah Page Redmond, Orla Dolan & Maebh McCormack who all entered the non timed juvenile section.
Adult results :
Brian Smyth 19:06
Dermot Foley 19:46
Rob Casey 20:42
Martin Kelly 21:52
Fran Power 21:57
Micheal Kinsella 22:51
John Dier 23:08
Helen Wallace 23:22
Mylor Perry 23:38
Paula Gondard 24:03
Gareth Lloyd 24:54
Mathew Perry 25:10
Enda O'Sullivan 25:43
David Clancy 25:51
Sarah Bermingham 26:09
Liam Carroll 28:40
Ollie Stack 29:32
Emma Perry 31:26
Sharron 34:59
Bridie McGuire 45:26
Race photos available on sportsphoto ireland facebook page.
123.ie National Masters Indoors / John Treacy Dungarvan 10 Mile
123.ie National Masters Indoors
The TUS International Arena in Athlone was buzzing with athletes on Sunday as the National Indoor Masters Championship took place. Two of our own were part of the championship, Tony Harpur running 400m/800m M45 double and Martin Kelly running 3,000m M65.
Martin put in a fantastic effort over 3000m and was duly rewarded with a Silver medal for his 2nd place finish in a time of 11min 22 sec.
Tony was competing over new distances Indoors and two very good races saw him running 800m in 2 min 23 & 400m in 1 min 04 for 6th place in both races.
Congratulations gents.
John Treacy Dungarvan 10 Mile
A road trip for 3 was in order to Dungarvan on Sunday morning. A great morning weather wise for running as a large crowd attended the ever popular 10 Mile Road race superbly organised by West Waterford AC.
Eamon Foley (1:19:48) , Tadhg Henderson (1:20:20) & Louise Henderson (1:38:53) all performed well recording great times as reward for their training sessions.
Well done lady and gents, enjoy the recovery.
123.ie National Indoors / Ballymurn 5k / Charlie Curran 5 Mile.
Sarah Louise Carr travelled to compete at the 123.ie National Indoors today in Athlone after her recent bronze in medal at u23. Her chosen event is Weight for Distance and today she threw an impressive new PB of 5.53m to claim a National Indoors bronze medal.
Thanks to our officials today Mick Mags & Padraig.
Congratulations Sarah.
Ballymurn 5k
The Ballymurn community came together to host their very popular 5k race today for the 9th time. As always a very well organised event which is a staple on the running calender for local athletes. The atmosphere in the village centre is fantastic as all level of athletes and children mingle as they make their way to the start line. Today the weather was near perfect for running as the day was nice and fresh without it being too cold and not a raindrop in sight. The refreshments afterwards were a welcome sight for everyone. Thank you and well done to Bobby Redmond and his team of volunteers for hosting another fantastic 5k. Club results below :
Helen Wallace 23:58 4th lady
Ilze Bedrite 24:02 5th lady
Darren O'Grady 24:24
Mary Gaynor 24:31
Orla Dolan 24:42
Gareth Lloyd 25:58
Catherine O'Connor 25:04
Sarah Bermingham 26:30
Helen Sinnott 27:19.
Well done everyone.
Charlie Curran 5 mile.
Some club members took to Carlow this morning to take on the Charlie Curran 5 mile run. They joined over 400 others o the route of the very popular race. With almost ideal running conditions they all performed well on the day and everyone was very happy with their performance.
Speedy recovery to Sharron Dier who picked up a slight injury and correctly took the decision to stop her race. Congratulations folks.
Results
Rob Casey 35:36
John Dier 36:52
Fran Power 37:14
Ollie Stack 59:34
Bridie McGuire 1:12:32
Gallagher Ferrycarrig 5 mile
A popular race held by the Crossabeg Community saw a large number of Menapians AC athletes arrive at Wexford FC grounds earlier today in conditions which were ideal for running. A very well organised event as always with our own Sarah Bermingham heavily involved in the background ensuring the event ran smoothly. Great to see such a large number of club vests today keep up the good work everyone.
Full club results :
Brian Smyth 32:40
Dermot Foley 32:59
Chris Bent 34:35
Jesse Kielthy 35:30
Martin Kelly 35:43
Rob Casey 36:04
Fran Power 36:18
John Dier 37:14
Eamonn Foley 37:24
Michael Kinsella 37:51
Tadhg Henderson 38:42
Helen Wallace 39:31
Ilze Bedrite 39:39
Gareth Lloyd 42:07
David Clancy 43:01
Sarah Bermingham 44:06
Enda O'Sullivan 44:16
Ollie Stack 44:22
Mary Cronin 51:00
Sharron Dier 51:15
Bridie McGuire 1:14:42.
Mr. Oil County Schools Cross country.
The Mr Oil County schools cross country took place in Adamstown on Wednesday on a very cool and bright day.
Our own multi eventer Eimear Halpin returned to Cross Country as she captained her Loreto School Senior team to a team Gold medal position and claimed an individual Bronze for herself to add to her ever increasing collection of medals.
Congratulations Eimear on another impressive performance in your final cross country schools outing.
Our javelin thrower Josh Nolan stepped out of his comfort zone in his CBS school colours tackling Junior Cross country for the first time with Zac Dee also competing in the same junior race.
In the same race representing St Peters College were Alex Lonergan & Elijah Paige Redmond checking out cross country as an option. All 3 ran a 2k race today performing well for their schools with Elijah scoring on the St Peters who claimed a team medal.
Well done to our 4 boys for stepping up to the start line trying out a new event.
Apologies if we missed anyone (just send a message and you will be added to the report)
Junior/U23 National Indoors.
On Saturday the 14th of January the junior and U23 National Indoor Competition took place at the Sport Ireland National Indoor Arena and the club interest was on the weight for distance event with Sarah Louise Carr competing.
Sarah threw a fantastic 5.46m and was duly rewarded with a second place Silver medal. We believe (but unconfirmed) that this is the clubs first National junior womens indoor throws medal at the National Indoors.
Currently running in UCD colours Roisín O'Reilly was competing over 1500m. As always she left nothing behind and a superb run saw her claim 3rd place for a national bronze.
Huge congratulations to both girls and thanks to their coach Mick McKeon.
A word of thanks to Mick, Mags, Padraig & Senan who were present performing various roles on the day.
Mr. Oil Masters Cross Country
All roads lead to the point to point venue of Lingstown yesterday morning as Kilmore AC hosted the Mr. Oil Masters Cross country. A clever route awaited the athletes incorporating some dry(ish) sections, some wet sections, plenty of mud and a few water features making it a challenging race. Heavy rain overnight also made sure the footwear was nice and muddy.
Our recent purchase of a club gazebo made its debut and was well received by our athletes giving some shelter to change and store our gear and have the welcome cup of tea or coffee from the coffee van (great idea).
As is customary it was ladies first and Helen Sinnott, Mary Gaynor & Ilze Bedrite lined up. Unfortunately due to illness we did not have a ladies team but there were plenty of age category medals on offer so plenty to race for on the 2 and a bit loop course.
Mary Gaynor came home in a fine 10th place claiming Gold O55.
Ilze Bedrite came just 2 place behind her in 12th and claimed Bronze O45.
Helen Sinnott came 16th and claimed Silver O50.
An impressive haul of medals ladies, congratulations.
Next up the mens race and the pace was hot from the start as they faced just under 3 and a half loops of the course.
Tony Harpur was our first man home in 19th just outside the O45 medals.
Dermot Foley was next home in 29th, Brian Smyth in 35th, then the trio of Tadhg Henderson 38th, John Dier 39th & Darren O'Grady 40th place.
Congratulations to John who claimed a Silver O55.
A big thanks to our supporters who travelled down Sharron, Ollie, Gráinne & Fran and thanks to Siobhan Doyle who volunteered on the day.
Big thanks to County Board and hosts Kilmore AC for another fine event.
Next up will be the road races stating with the Novice in March
Croghan Chase 2022
Croghan AC hosted their Croghan Chase 4k & 8k runs on the 27th of December. A very wet day for a road trip as a group of our men headed off to Coolgreaney instead of finishing off their selection boxes.
Martin Kelly, Dermot Foley, Ollie Stack, Eamonn Foley & John Dier all ran the 8k distance over the 2 lap route.
However the excitement was still to come as the journey home was interrupted by a breakdown, a wait for a tow truck, lift from Grainne for some and a nervous wait to see how the breakdown happened for the driver all contributed to an adventure for the lads.
Well done to everyone and thanks to Croghan and Paul Gibbons for the photos.
