National Masters Track & Field / The Gaelforce Bray 10k / United Striders 5k / The Leo Carthy 6k.
National Masters Track & Field.
The National Masters Track & Field took place in Tullamore at the weekend and we had a number of athletes competing.
Siobhán Doyle had a brilliant run for
3rd in the 100m W60 in18.07 and unfortunately was just pipped for 3rd place in the last few metres of the W60 200m finishing in 4th place
Liam Carroll ran well for 6th in M50 100mtr race.
Mary Gaynor took an excellent 2nd in the W55 800m in 3:14.86
Catherine O'Connor ran an excellent race claiming 3rd W55 1500m in 6:52.72
Martin Kelly had another excellent run in the M65 1500m finishing 2nd in 5:29.06
The weather held off for the morning events but wasn't pleasant in the afternoon for the later events so some of our athletes were lucky with the elements.
Congratulations to all our athletes another great set of results
The Gaelforce Bray 10k.
The Gaelforce Bray 10k was held today on a new route away from the cliff walk used in previous years. Our own Ilze Bedrite took on the challenging run today finishing strong with a 1:13 finish time. Good stuff Ilze.
United Striders 5k.
United Striders hit on a novel race route with the opening of the New Ross Greenway. A 5km run from one end to the other was on offer setting up a super fast course which caught the attention of runners of all abilities meaning that the race had to be capped. A good complaint to have when organising a race.
Our own crew who had registered in time were Helen Wallace (22:29) Oliver Stack (26:09) Gráinne Hayes (28:54) & Sam Donegan (30:38) all ran superbly times with I believe 3 PB times in there. Great to see training paying off.
RoisÃn O'Reilly was in smashing form running in the distinctive yellow of UCD coming in 2nd lady in 16:42 , congratulations RoisÃn.
Well done everyone and tganks to United Striders for hosting such a great event.
The Leo Carthy 6k.
The Leo Carthy 6k was held on a 2 loop route around Our Lady's Island village on Sunday. A very well organised event won by well known local athlete Niall Sheil. Our own members were present namely : John Dier, Gareth Lloyd, Sharron Dier & Bridie McGuire.
In his native Tipperary Enda O'Sullivan was running 10k in the Run with Dunne event.
Onto Monday and the local Church of Ireland community held a 5k up at Wexford Racecourse. Much better conditions than the Saturday parkrun had. Tony Harpur had a superb run to finish 2nd place, Dermot Foley wasn't far behind in 5th.
Tony Harpur 18:35
Dermot Foley 20:30
John Dier 24:35
Gareth Lloyd 25:42
Sarah Bermingham 28:18
Siobhan Doyle 35:40
Bridie McGuire 42:20
Photos from
Pink Rock 10k / Streets of Athboy 5k.
Streets of Athboy 5k.
Our ever young Masters athlete Martin Kelly was on the road again and made his way to Athboy. Fr Murphy AC hosted their very popular 5k around the streets of Athboy and Martin was 2nd in the M65 category finishing in 20:19.
Great running again from Martin, congratulations.
Pink Rock 10k
Hosted by St Joseph's AC the Pink Rock 10k is a well organised race with a fairly flat course alongside the river Barrow. It has a great appeal as Wexford, Waterford & Kilkenny athletes all take part due to its location. Our 9 athletes were full of praise afterwards. Brian, Helen, Michael, Sarah, Ilze, Mary, Fran & Paul ran the 10k route while Gareth ran the 5k.
Today our ladies were the 3rd ladies team, an excellent result well done.
10k Club results :
Brian Smyth 40:44
Michael Kinsella 48:08
Helen Wallace 49:31
Mary Gaynor 50:06
Ilze Bedrite 54:13
Sarah Bermingham 57:02
Paul O'Meara 57:03
Fran Power 57:03
5k result:
Gareth Llloyd 25:26
The National Juvenile Championships Days 2 & 3. / Oylegate Utd F.C.10k. / Slaney Olympic Summer League 5k.
The National Juvenile Championships Days 2 & 3
The National Juvenile Championships Days 2 & 3 saw the Athletic Brothers Lucas & Elijah Page Redmond competing on both days in Tullamore. These two athletes are very dedicated putting in the training required for their events.
On Saturday Lucas was 5th in his 100m heat in 12.24 and was also busy in the triple jump, jumping really consistently with a best on the day of 10.63m which improves his PB from 10.35m a massive improvement.
Elijah coincidently ran the same time of 12.24 in his 100m heat finishing 5th.
Onto Sunday and day 3 saw both brothers competing over 200m.
Lucas ran 25.04 for 6th place in his heat.
Elijah ran 25.23 for 3rd in his Heat which qualified him for the final. He then ran 25.51 in the final which gave him a 7th place in the Nationals.
Huge well done to both Lucas & Elijah. A big thanks to their coaches and to their parents for having them competition ready and also getting them to Tullamore to compete.
Oylegate Utd F.C.10k.
Oylegate Utd F.C. held a 10k race this morning starting and finishing at the community centre. Well done to our 5 runners who it seems got the best of the weekends weather for the run. There was an untimed 5k also which Gareth Lloyd & Sharron Dier took part in.
10k times
Brian Smyth 42:01
Dermot Foley 44:08
Eamonn Foley 47:13
John Dier 51:48
Fran Power 53:37
Slaney Olympic Summer League 5k.
Slaney Olympic hosted another event in their very popular Summer League Race series on Friday evening.
Monageer was the destination and this time the distance was 5k. Well done to Michael Kinsella, Fran Power, John & Sharron Dier, Helen Sinnott, Paula Gondard, Catherine O'Connor & RoisÃn O'Reilly who all took part after their exploits on the track during the week.
Mr Oil County Track and Field championships.
At Enniscorthy there was great excitement at the track in Enniscorthy on Wednesday as the showers cleared, promising a dry evening for the events of the Mr Oil County Track and Field championships.
John Dier kicked off the action in his new shoes winning the over 50s 400m. Rob Casey was 3rd overall and 1st O35.
Next the ladies' 1500m Menapians vests made up over half the athletes, with Catherine O'Connor, Ilze Bedrite, Helen Wallace, Paula Gondard, Ciara Dolan, Mary Gaynor and Helen Sinnott all stepping up. Roisin O'Reilly now running for UCD blazed home in an impressive 4:46.30. Martin and Rob both took on the mens 1500m coming 7th(2nd O50) and 8th.
The 100m sprints were next on the cards, which gave athletes a chance to remember how to use the starting blocks. In the Senior Ladies Rosin, Helen W and Ciara competed coming 4th, 5th and 7th
In the masters over 35s Ilze took Gold.
In the over 50s Catherine, Siobhan, Samantha, and Sharon all took part coming in 2nd,3rd,5th and 7th.
In the masters mens over 35s Rob had a tight race winning gold by a whisker. For the over 50s Liam and John took to the blocks claiming 1st and 3rd O50.
Some of the ladies had a go at the triple Jump with Catherine and Ilze getting gold in their category and Helen Wallace taking Bronze.
The night was rounded off with the 4x100m relays. The ladies had 2 teams:
Ciara, Helen W, Mary, and Ilze Siobhán, Paula, Sam and Sharron Coming in 3rd and 4th respectively.
The men managed to convince Tadhg to put down the triple jump tape measure and put on some shoes to form a team. Liam, John, Tadhg, and Rob who clinched silver with another super sprint finish.
All in, the team took home 13 medals, 5 of which were gold. Special thanks to Tadhg and Padraig who helped run the evening.
All photos courtesy of Aoife Lyng Photos
Full Results: Masters Men 400m -Rob Casey 3rd(1stO35) 1:03, John Dier 5th overall 1st in O50s -1.24.08
Womens 1500m -1st Roisin O'Reilly (UCD) -4.46.30 -4th Helen Wallace -6.00.33 -6th Ciara Dolan -6.09.91 -7th Ilze Bedrite -6.24.59 (1st in O35) -8th Catherine O'Connor -6.35.33 (2nd O50) -9th Paula Gondard -6.36.71 (3rd O50) -10th Mary Gaynor -6.46.85 (4th O50) -12th Helen Sinnott -7.34.21 (6th O50)
Mens 1500m -7th Martin Kelly -5.31.16 (2nd O50) -8th Rob Casey -5.32.21 (5th O35) Senior Womens 100m -
4th Roisin O'Reilly (UCD) -15.83 Guest -5th Helen Wallace -15.88 -7th Ciara Dolan -16.73 Masters Women O35 100m -1st Ilze Bedrite -17.36 Masters Women O50 100m -2nd Catherine O'Connor -17.96 -3rd Siobhán Doyle -18.43 -5th Samantha Donegan -22.31 -6th Sharon Dier -22.84
Masters Men 100m O35 -1st Rob Casey -14.66 Masters Men 100m O 50 -1st Liam Carroll -14.87 -3rd John Dier -16.88
Senior Womens Relay -3rd (Ciara, Helen W, Mary, Ilze) -1.08.23 -4th (Siobhán, Paula, Sam and Sharron) -1.24.46 Senior Womens Triple Jump -3rd Helen Wallace -6.29m Master Women O35 Triple Jump -1st Ilsa Bedrite -5.89m Master Women O50 Triple Jump -1st Catherine O'Connor -5.75m
Another busy night of athletics was held on Wednesday evening as the Co Board hosted night 2 of the Mr Oil County Track & Field Championships. An opportunity for athletes to try events they normally would not consider mixed with some super competitive races as all club athletes mixed and encouraged each other.
We had another good response as people made there way to Enniscorthy.
The first track event was the 200m. Helen Wallace was 5th in Senior. Ilze Bedrite claimed gold in 035. Mary Gaynor took bronze in the O50 with Helen Sinnott 4th & Sharron Dier 5th.
In the mens O35 Donal Grant claimed Silver with Dermot Foley in 5th.
Liam Carroll took silver in O50 with John Dier 4th.
Onto the ladies Senior 3000m and Roisin O'Reilly (guesting for UCD) took first place, Helen Wallace 5th, Paula Gondard 7th, Catherine O'Connor 8th & Sam Donegan 12th place. In the O50 Paula took silver and Catherine took bronze..
The Senior men's 5000m was straight after and Donal Grant was 18th man home, he was 9th O35.
The ladies 800m Senior saw another wave of club vests as Roisin O'Reilly was 2nd, Ilze Bedrite 7th, Mary Gaynor 8th, Catherine O'Connor 9th, Paula Gondard 11th, Helen Sinnott 12th & Sharron Dier 13th. Ilze took silver in O35, Mary claimed gold on O50, Catherine took silver, Paula 4th, Helen Sinnott 5th and Sharron 6th.
In the mens 800m O35 Dermot Foley was 5th and Michael Kinsella was 4th in the O50.
The walks then took centre stage as everyone was encouraged to try the event, Sharron stepped it out finishing 5th in the senior 2000m but claimed Gold in O50.
The energy sapping steeechase was next up and Helen Wallace smiled her way around to a gold in the 3000m ladies and Dermot Foley finished 4th in mens 3000m however as there were 2 guests ahead of him he was silver medal winner.
In the ladies throwing events
Roisin was 4th in Senior javelin.
Tracey Nolan won silver O35 javelin, was 7th in the senior shot putt and 4th in O35.
Sam Donegan finished 4th in O50 shot putt.
In the mens throwing events
Dermot Foley was 9th in Senior shot putt 7th O35 and 4th in O35 javelin.
Darren O'Grady was 11th in Senior shot putt and 9th O35.
John Dier came 4th in the O50 javelin and also 4th in O50 shot putt.
Liam Carroll took bronze in O50 shot putt and silver in the O50 javelin.
The finale of the track was the 4x400m relay races. Our mens team and two ladies teams ran really well with slick baton changes.
Michael Kinsella, Dermot Foley, John Dier & Donal Grant ran to a bronze medal finish.
Catherine O'Connor, Mary Gaynor, Paula Gondard & Ilze claimed Silver medals with Helen Sinnott, Samantha Donegan Sharron Dier & Helen Wallace ran to a bronze medal finish.
A very successful evening as the club claimed such a collection of medals. Well donevto all who competed and
congratulations
to all our medal winners. Also thanks to all who helped on the night including Padraig Kelly & Mick McKeon and the County Board.
See Aoife Lyng Photos and Wezford Athletics for some superb acton Aoife Lyng Photos
Kilcock 5k. / National Junior Championships. / Mick Murphy Memorial 5k. / National Juveniles Tullamore.
National Juveniles Tullamore.
The National Juveniles took place over the weekend in Tullamore.
Saturday saw Josh Nolan & Elijah Page Redmond both competing in a competitive U15 javelin. A very windy day for throwing but both managed to throw pb distances despite the wind and Elijah finished 4th with Josh next in 5th place.
Fantastic achievement reaching the Nationals and performing so well.
Sunday the attention turned to the B Nationals and Alex Lonergan was competing in U15 100m and long jump. He performed exceptionally well in both events but was unlucky not to get amongst the medals.
Another fantastic achievement from a fine young athlete.
All 3 young men put in great performances and everyone in the club is proud of their performances. Thanks to our coaches and parents for travelling up and hopefully Tracey warms up again soon !
Mick Murphy Memorial 5k, Ferns
A lovely warm evening in Ferns on Friday with a slight breeze as SBR AC hosted their Mick Murphy 5k. A very large crowd took to the start line with with just over 200 entrants for this popular event. The course is well known to regulars and club members alike and at 7.30pm the whistle went and the road was awash with club vests and casual tops galore.
There was a very competitive field with 74 finishers under 20 minutes. The top 4 were in under 16 minutes showing the calibre of athletes present.
Our club was represented by RoisÃn O'Reilly, Tony Harpur, Dermot Foley, John Dier, Catherine O'Connor, Darren O'Grady & Sharron Dier.
Roisin had a super run finishing on the podium for 2nd lady home and Tony broke his 5k pb so happy faces all round. Well done to SBR on a fine event.
Club results
Roisin O'Reilly 17:04
Tony Harpur 18:18
Dermot Foley 20:36
John Dier 24:14
Catherine O'Connor 24:46
Darren O'Grady 26:05
Sharron Dier 31:23
National Junior Championships
Tullamore was the venue as Sarah Louise Carr hit the road on Sunday morning. An achievement competing at these events Sarah Louise was throwing the 20lbs in the Weight for Distance and on the day threw 6.07m setting herself a PB in the process. A competitive event saw her efforts resulting in 8th place overall.
Fantastic result as she has only just returned to full training after completing her Leaving Cert exams.
Well done Sarah Louise.
Kilcock 5k
Our wise man Martin Kelly was in action on Friday night as he ran the Kilcock 5k in 20:22
Great running Martin.
Mr Oil County B Championships. / Ballymurn 5 mile. / Viking Half Marathon & Quarter Marathon. / The Metalman Triathlon
Mr Oil County B Championships.
A lovely summers evening greeted all athletes at the Mr Oil County B Championships at Enniscorthy Sports Hub. The Club was well represented by athletes at Under 10 and Under 12. First event of the night saw Leon Spudic competing in the U12 Long Jump claiming a medal. Benny Lonergan U 10 took part in the 80 metres sprint followed by the Long Jump and Javelin. Conor Donovan competed in the U 10 Javelin. Another U 10 athlete Katie Walsh took part in her first County Championships making it to Sprint final. Katie also competed in Long Jump and Javelin. Estelle Longeran competing at U 12 took part in Long Jump,Sprint, Middle Distance, Javelin and Relay events. Amy Conde competed in U 12 Long Jump, Sprints. Middle Distance, Javelin and Relay events. Abbie Donovan competed in U12 Long Jump,Sprints and took a medal in Mixed Relay event. Sophie Fortune competed in U 12 Long Jump and took a medal in her Sprint final and added another medal in the Mixed Relay event. Ciara Walsh was also competing in her first County Championships and made it to Sprint final at U 12. Ciara also competed in Long Jump, Javelin, Middle Distance and Mixed Relay events.
An enjoyable night was had by all and special thanks to Parents, Coaches and Club officials who also attended on the night.
Ballymurn 5 mile.
The 2nd installment of the Slaney League took place in Ballymurn on Friday evening. A testing 5 mile route on a warm evening as 4 of our ladies travelled up to run.
Paula Gondard 40:32 , Helen Sinnott 46:41, Louise Henderson 49:34 & Sam Donegan 52:59 all ran well and we're all smiles afterwards for the photographer.
Well done ladies.
Viking Half Marathon & Quarter Marathon.
The historic Waterford City was the destination for our members as they hit the road early for the Viking event. 2 distances were of interest: Half marathon & Quarter Marathon.
With a start time of 9am it was surprisingly very warm out on the course.
In the Quarter Marathon Louise Henderson 1:01:42 and Sinead Ryan 1:19:53 both had superb runs.
The Half Marathon distance was covered by Brian Smyth 1:37:52, Dermot Foley 1:43:10, Gavin Hayes 1:46:12, Eamonn Foley 1:48:27, Jesse Kielthy 1:51:48 & Enda O'Sullivan 2:15:05 all running great runs.
Well done to everyone. Brilliant to see so many running this event.
The Metalman Triathlon.
Our club member Tadhg Henderson recently put a huge effort into training for a Half Ironman, read his experience below.....
Who knew that Metal is harder than Iron?
4:10am on a Saturday, great! I'd woken up 5 minutes before the alarm and would be able to get out without disturbing the rest of the house. Nervous excitement rising I took a look out the window. The early predawn light meant I could see that it was not raining if a bit windy. The day was here. A year's training would culminate in the race of my season today: The Metalman Triathlon in Tramore. After a quick breakfast and coffee made in the travel mug, I got kitted out for the day's event. Tri suit on, car already packed the night before I jumped in and pointed the car for Waterford ready to take on a 1.9km swim, followed by a tough but scenic 90km bike and finishing with the infamous 21.1km run in the hills around Tramore. 10 minutes into the drive, the heavens opened with a torrential downpour. Now I don't have a religious bone in me but I found myself praying for no rain on the bike! Nothing would be worse than cycling up hills into driving rain! Anyway a few minutes later and all was dry again. Phew! Arriving at Tramore got the car parked and asked a marshal where registration was, to be told it didn't open until 6am. I'd arrived an hour earlier than I needed to! Anyway not to worry, it gave me time to set up my bike and kit for the two transitions. I decided then to walk towards registration and wait for it to open only to see people with goodie bags coming back already. Great! Or not… I overheard some people talking and it seemed the swim was off due to rough sea conditions! Disaster! I had worked so hard at my swimming and made so much progress, this was a real disappointment. Anyway the Coast Guard made the call and as soon as I saw the sea, it was clearly the right call, it would have been unsafe. So just bike and run then. The bike course followed the main road out of Tramore down to Dungarvan, then back along the undulating Copper Coast Geopark to Tramore. We had a stiff headwind on the ordinarily faster first half of the spin, with some very challenging climbs in the second half. All things considered I was very happy to complete the 90km in just over 3 hours, almost 30 kmh average pace. Delighted to get off the bike and stretch the legs, I took off out of transition like a hare but very quickly realised that this was no sprint! Clocking an elevation gain of 241 metres over the half marathon distance this was the hardest road race I've ever done! To put it in context, that's more elevation than the Dublin Marathon, a race not known for being flat. But worst of all was the heat. Could really have done with that rain shower now! I refused to walk at any point pushing and pushing in fear that if I did stop I'd never get going again! A long long slog and 2 hours 5 minutes later I finally could hear the finish line! At last I'd done it. Someone stuck a medal on me and shoved a banana in my hand. Total time 5 hours 13 minutes, which sounds great for me for a half iron distance race, but no swim remember! Still that swim has to be done. Roll on next year when hopefully I'll get the full event!
Mr Oil County Senior Relays. / Leinster Juveniles 2023. / Glynn 5k.
Glynn 5k
Father's Day didn't deter our road runners from making their way to Glynn today to run the very popular 5k fundraiser in the village. Lovely warm weather compared to the downpours they ran in on Friday night. A nice course with a few hills to contend with followed by refreshments afterwards in the local village hall. What else is needed ?
One of our athletes was so organised he had no time to change so ran it in cargo shorts. Not mentioning any names but he was 13th !
Results :
13th Tony Harpur 20:08
17th Brian Smyth 20:48
38th John Dier 24:52
47th Sarah Bermingham 27:35
66th Sharon Dier 32:26
84th Siobhan Doyle 37:26
89th Bridie McGuire 42:39
99th Gareth Lloyd 47:33
Leinster Juveniles 2023 Day 2
The Leinster Juvenile Championships Day 2 saw our gang return for more competition after a good night's rest. After Saturdays great results they were confident and full of enthusiasm for the events ahead. A much more pleasant day for the spectator to sit back and enjoy a day of athletics.
Elijah Page Redmond was running U15 200m today and pushed hard from gun to tape and was duly rewarded with 1st place, gold medal.
Lucas Page Redmond was also running 200m today U17 and he also put in a huge performace being rewarded with a second place Silver medal.
Alex Lonergan was competing at U15 triple jump. A tough and technical event he outdid himself by setting a pb distance in a very competitive competition finishing in 7th place overall with a best jump of 8.32m
Congratulations to you all, a huge achievement.
The club are very proud of how our athletes performed over the two days and again many thanks to those parents giving up their time allowing athletes to compete. A word of thanks to the juvenile coaches who give their time freely every week to coach and also a mention to Padraig Kelly for officiating at the event.
Leinster Juveniles 2023 Day 1.
The Leinster Juvenile Championships were on in Tullamore on Saturday. A perfect day for competitors as the rain if the previous day cleared. However there were showers and thundery skies at times during the day.
Elijah Page Redmond, Lucas Page Redmond, Josh Nolan & Alex Lonergan were all in action.
Lucas took an excellent bronze in U17 100m. He went even better in the triple jump by taking home a gold medal.
Josh Nolan was in action in the u15 javelin throwing a new pb of 37.69m which earned him a bronze medal.
Elijah was 4th in the u15 javelin. He took an excellent silver in the 100m race.
The boys were then involved in the County team 4x100m relay with Alex Lonergan and Elijah running and Josh was sub as they ran a blistering lap claiming silver medals. The heavens opened during the race adding more difficulty to the changeovers but they ran superbly to finish in second.
Lucas was on the County u17 4x100m relay. A great performance saw them take silver medals.
Thanks to Tracey Nolan for looking after our athletes during the day and thanks also to the athletes parents for travelling up.
Mr Oil County Senior Relays.
The first staging of this event was held on the tar ambulance track around Wexford Racecourse on a very wet Friday evening. A fantastic team event encouraging participation of as many athletes as possible saw a great response despite the conditions. It was impressive to see all the club vests on display especially Taghmon AC who were competing for the first time at Senior.
Ladies as always were first on the line with Menapians AC fielding 3 teams of 3 who each had to run 1 x 1.5km lap. Superb running from all ladies in terrible conditions.
Teams :
Ilze Bedrite, Helen Wallace & Paula Gondard.
Catherine O'Connor, Sarah Bermingham & Helen Sinnott.
Louise Henderson, Siobhan Doyle & Sharron Dier.
Next to race were the men and we fielded 2 teams. Members 1 & 4 had 1x1.5km laps and members 2 & 3 had 2x1.5km laps to complete. Again superb running from each athlete saw and a brilliant bronze medal result for our men.
Teams :
Martin Kelly, Brian Smyth, Tony Harpur & Rob Casey. Bronze medal winners.
Micheal Kinsella, Alex Parris, Donal Grant & Tadhg Henderson.
The final race on the night was the much anticipated mixed relay with 2 ladies & 2 men on each team running 1 x 1.5km laps each in any order. 11 teams took to the start line and Menapians provided 4 of those teams. A great tactical event to watch as teams adopted different strategies saw brilliant running from everyone as the rain poured.
Teams :
John Dier, Sharron Dier, Louise Henderson & Tadhg Henderson.
Liam Carroll, Helen Sinnott, Catherine O'Connor & Donal Grant.
Ilze Bedrite, Helen Wallace, Brian Smyth & Tony Harpur.
Elaine McMahon, Sarah Bermingham, Alex Parris & Rob Casey.
Thank again to Wexford Racecourse for use of the grounds, County Board, our refreshments crew and all our supporters who braved the elements offering encouragement to all of our athletes.
A word of thanks to our club captain who arranged all our teams and also arranged the use of Wexford Racecourse.
Wishing Liam a speedy recovery, fingers crossed you will be running shortly.
Photos courtesy of sportsphoto ireland & Ollie Stack.
Mr Oil County Masters Road Race.
Davidstown was the destination on a sunny and warm Friday evening for the counties club athletes. A popular and competitive race every year with age category medals added to the individual & team medals on offer.
Fantastic to see all the club colours on display.
A testing route awaited eager athletes and our 8 ladies & 6 men all ran very well on the night. The ladies as is the norm were first to race and their distance was 4k. A blistering pace from the whistle and Ilze Bedrite 13th was our first member over the line closely followed by Mary Gaynor 14th, Catherine O'Connor 15th, Helen Sinnott 20th, Louise Henderson 21st, Sharron Dier 25th, SamanthaDonegan 26th & Siobhan Doyle 27th. Ladies were 4th team overall.
Next up with a 6k distance were the men and Tony Harpur 18th was our first member over the line with Rob Casey 37th, Tadhg Henderson 43rd, Michael Kinsella 44th, John Dier 46th & Liam Carroll 47th all having good runs on the night. Men's team were in 7th place overall.
In the age categories we had the following medallists:
O50 Helen Sinnott silver, Samantha Donegan bronze.
O55 Mary Gaynor gold, Catherine O'Connor silver, Sharron Dier bronze
O60 Siobhan Doyle silver.
A super haul of medals, well done to each of you.
Thanks to County Board and hosts Slaney Olympic on another well organised county race and thanks to those who travelled to support our athletes.
Thanks to Aoife Lyng Photos and Sportsphoto Ireland for their photos which are posted on their respective pages.
Mile Marker Kilkenny.
Tony Harpur was in action again today as he competed in his 3rd weekend event in 3 days. Masters on Friday, Triathlon on Saturday and today he was running the 10 mile event in Kilkenny - Mile Marker. The event took place on the roads around Danesfort Co Kilkenny and Tony showed no signs of tiredness as he battled his way to 8th place overall in a fantastic time of 1:06:33 .
Congratulations Tony.
Portumna Forest Half Marathon
Enda O'Sullivan added another half marathon to his collection yesterday. He travelled up to Portumna to tackle the Portumna Forest Half Marathon , a very scenic route through the forest.
He completed it in 2:03 inching ever closer to the 2 hour mark, won't be long now Enda.
Congratulations.
Hook or by Crook Triathlon
3 of our club members took on a slightly different event today. All 3 were competing in the Hook or by Crook triathlon which took place in the sea and on the roads all around the beautiful Dunmore East.
Well done to Helen Wallace, Tony Harpur & Tadhg Henderson (Tony & Tadhg both also ran the Mr Oil Masters 6k the night before).
Athy Triathlon / Dublin Women’s Mini Marathon.
A busy weekend for Mr & Mrs Dier as they both took on 2 different events on 2 different days in 2 different counties.
Firstly on Saturday John was taking on a triathlon in Athy finishing with a great time of 1 hour 18 mins.
On to Sunday and it was Sharrons turn as she completed the VHI Dublin Women's mini marathon which she completed in 1 hour 7 minutes.
Well done to you both and enjoy the recovery.
Slaney Olympic My Sport Summer League. Ballagh 4 mile
A superbly sunny and warm evening for our 4 who took part in the 4 Mile as part of Slaney Olympic Athletic Club Summer League.
Well organised as always, many thanks to Slaney Olympic for organising these events.
Club results:
Tadhg Henderson 30.20
Michael Kinsella 33.49
Helen Sinnott 36.17
Louise Henderson 37.44
Leinster Junior/Senior/Masters Championships.
There was superb weather conditions over the weekends Leinster Championships which were held in the SETU Carlow campus. Our athletes were busy across a range of events with Tracey & Ilze competing at Leinster for the first time and impressing on their debut !
On Saturday Catherine O'Connor won the W55 1500m with a great run.
Martin Kelly shows age is no barrier with a win in the M65 1500m.
RoisÃn O'Reilly running under the UCD colours was impressive as she continues to show her class while winning the 1500m.
Day 2 on Sunday saw RoisÃn return to grab silver over 3000m.
Not to be outdone Catherine returned and won the W55 3000m, a great weekend for Mother & Daughter.
Ilze Bedrite doubled up for 200m & 800m as she made her Leinster debut, running W45 and finishing just outside medals with 5th over 200m & 4th over 800m.
Tracey Nolan also making her Leinster debut doubled up on discus & hammer. Throwing in W45 she was 3rd in hammer and also 3rd in discus.
Congratulations to all our athletes and thanks to everyone who travelled and officiated on both days.
Great to see these such performances put in, well done to each of you.
Photos courtesy of Perri Williams Photography
Leinster Schools.
Elijah Page Redmond competed for his school St Peter’s College in the Leinster schools Track & Field last Wednesday. He was competing in the Junior Javelin. He was in third position right up to the last round of throws where he unfortunately he was edged into 4th place.
A super result and so close to claiming a medal, well done to Elijah.
Mr Oil County Senior Road Race / Mr. Oil County Championships Day 3 / C.B.S. 5k run.
C.B.S. 5k run.
The C.B.S held their fundraising 5k run on Sunday morning. Funds raised are split between their amazing Autism unit and their Zambia scheme, both excellent reasons to support the run.
Great support for this event from our club members. Well done to the organisers as everything went well from start to finish, they even managed to keep the rain at bay. Loads of marshals dotted around the course and even a cheering squad at Tesco traffic lights to boost runners up the final hill. These fundraining runs for some runners are a speed session and a chance to run with and against their clubmates and members of other clubs.
A testing route from the school all uphill towards Joyce's and then easing downhill to Tesco traffic lights before a little uphill to finish in the school grounds. A welcome cup of tea and coffee was provided with refreshments for everyone.
3rd Brian Smyth 19:07
11th Dermot Foley 20:11
20th Josh Nolan 21:47 (4th male student)
29th Paula Gondard 23:05
33rd John Dier 23:34
68th Samantha Donegan 29:51
78th Darren O'Grady 31:57
86th Sharron Dier 35:26
91st Jesse Kielthy 36:45
104th Bridie McGuire 42:23
Also out marshaling on the course we're Elaine & Carol.
Missing from photo is Samantha Donegan and our mascot was Jesse young daughter.
Mr. Oil County Championships Day 3
Day 3 of the County Championships saw a great turnout from the club with 15 athletes arriving to the track in Enniscorthy. Weather conditions were mostly favourable for competitors with just one rain shower, otherwise pleasant if cool.
Our youngest athletes on the day in the Under 10’s category were Chloe Carroll and Benny Lonergan. Both competed well in their 60m sprints and Chloe was in good form in the long jump.
We had 2 each of girls and boys in Under 12’s: Sophie Fortune competing in four events - 60m hurdles, 60m sprint, long jump and shot putt, Estee Lonergan in long jump and shot putt, Sonny Lowney in 60m hurdles, shot putt and long jump, and Leon Spudic in long jump. All put in really great performances.
Rory Henderson and Fiachra Mehigan made up the Under 14’s representation from the club, with both taking part in 75m Hurdles, 80m Sprint and long jump, while Rory gave shot putt a try and Fiachra went for the longer 800m middle distance race. Well done boys.
The under 15’s group were in flying form coming home with 10 medals between them. Half of those went to Elijah Paige-Redmond who won gold in the 200m sprint, 80m hurdles and triple jump, and silver in high jump and the 800m middle distance. Lorcan Carroll completed admirably in the high jump, 200m sprint, and 80m hurdles. Meanwhile training pals Orla Dolan and Meabh McCormack did battle in the 80m hurdles with Orla winning silver and Meabh bronze; Maeve also got bronze in High Jump and gold for Orla in the triple jump with both competing in each event. Alex Lonergan won silver in triple jump and performed well also in 200m sprint and the 800m middle distance races.
Zac Dee was the club’s sole representative in under 16’s. Zac started very well with a bronze in high jump and moved on next to the 100m hurdles. A fall during the race didn’t stop him coming home with bronze, it did however spell the end of the day’s events for the athlete unfortunately. We wish Zac a speedy recovery and well done on his performances today.
Lucas Paige-Redmond took gold in the Under 17’s sprint of 200m, and competed well in the 800m middle distance.
All and all a successful conclusion to this year's Mr. Oil Wexford County Championships. Thanks to all who helped out on the day including all of the volunteers from various clubs across the county and Wexford Athletics for organising. Special thanks also to our own club members who gave up their time over two weekends to volunteer and without whom Menapians AC could not participate - officials: Catherine O’Connor, Pádraig Kelly, Helen Sinnott, Siobhán Doyle and Senan O’Reilly, coaches: Liam Carroll, Ellen Cullimore, Louise Henderson and Tadhg Henderson. Thanks also to John Dier for help with setup.
Mr Oil County Senior Road Race
The scenic and historic village of Ferns was Friday nights venue where SBR were the kind hosts as the Co Board hosted the Mr Oil Senior RR.
A fantastic turnout and in particular the ladies who had 8 running. A warm evening with the sun shining awaited runners and supporters alike all looking forward to 2 competitive races. Great to see so many club vests on display from all clubs, some new designs, some older designs, all showing everyone which club the wearer represents.
On a very well known route to the runners the race started under the watchful eye of Ferns Castle with the ladies off at 7pm on the 5k loop once around the course.
Paula Gondard 26th, Helen Wallace 28th, Mary Gaynor 29th, Ilze Bedrite 31st, Catherine O'Connor 32nd, Sarah Bermingham 37th, Louise Henderson 39th & Helen Sinnott 40th all proudly wore the club vest running excellent races.
Next up the mens race with only the one entrant from the club. Tony Harpur 42nd drove from Larne straight to Ferns to compete showing great determination to represent the club. The men's race was 2 loops of the course making up the 10k distance with Tony running a very good race including a sprint finish.
All nine of you should be really proud, well done to Tony, Paula, Helen, Mary, Ilze, Catherine, Sarah, Louise & Helen.
Thanks to the County Board, SBR, all involved in marshaling etc and our supporters on the night.
Photos courtesy of Aoife Lyng Photos & John Dier.
The South Leinster Schools T&F / Wexford Marathon Festival of Running / Mr. Oil County Juvenile Championships
Day Two of the Mr. Oil County Juvenile Championships
Enniscorthy Sports Hub was the venue for day 2 as 20 young Menapians were in action and for some of these athletes it was their first time competing for the club.
Lucas Page Redmond took part in U17 sprints and javelin. He took gold in sprints and medalled in the javelin.
Zac Dee took bronze in U16 hurdles and also medalled in the javelin.
Elijah Page Redmond had a great day bringing home medals in U15 hurdles,sprints, long jump, javelin and shot putt.
Alex Lonergan medalled in the 1500 meters.
Orla Dolan made the final of the U15 100 metres.
Maebh Mccormack medalled in the U15 Javelin.
Fiachra Mehigan competing in his first county championships came 4th in the U14 1500 metres.
Jack Kinsella competed in the 100 metres sprint.
Rory Henderson competed in the 100 metres sprint and high jump at U14.
The club was well represented at U12 with Amy Conde, Kelly Cousins, Abbie Donovan, Este Lonergan, Sophie Fortune, Sophia Rose Grant and Ruby Cleary all taking part in 100 metres sprint with Sophie Fortune reaching the semi final.
Leon Spudic was in action in the U12 100 metres, turbo javelin and long jump.
Sonny Lowney took bronze in the U12 High Jump.
Oisin Moran made the final of the U10 sprints .
Conor Donovan competed in U10 turbo javelin.
The final track event of the day was the boys U15 relay and a great team performance by Elijah, Alex, Rory and Fiachra and a fantastic display saw them take a gold medal. In further good news Alex, Elijah and Zac have been selected for the County Relay Teams for the Leinster Championships.
Well done to all who took part and thanks to all who helped out officiating and coaching and tganks to all the parents for bringing the athletes to Enniscorthy for the day.Day 3 of the County Championships will take place next Sunday May 14th in Enniscorthy with registration open from 10.15am.
Day 1 Mr Oil County Championships
Day 1 focuses on the throws and jumps and took place on Friday night with D.M.P. as the kind hosts.
Great to see club members showing interest in these events.
Liam Carroll won a double gold in the senior men's hammer & discus.
Catherine O'Connor won bronze in the senior women's long jump & placed 5th in the discus.
Tracey Nolan won silver in the senior women's hammer & won bronze in discus.
Lukas Page Redmond jumped into silver in the under 17 and senior long jump coming very close to breaking the 5 metre mark.
In the U15 hammer Alex Lonergan took gold while Lorcan Carroll took silver.
Congratulations to all our competing athletes, special mention to Alex, Lorcan, Liam and Tracey who were all competing in the throws events for the first time.
Thank you to our members who officiated on the night, the County Board, D.M.P. AC and all involved in the event.
Wexford Marathon Festival of Running
Jesse Kielthy set himself a challenge to tackle the 3 hour race in the Festival this year. Set in the stunning grounds of Johnstown Castle the race involved a 1km loop to be completed as many times within the time frame. Over the course of the 3 hours Jesse competed a total of 28.77km. Well done Jesse a true test of mental and physical stamina and congratulations to Wexford Marathon Club on a successful event.
South Leinster Schools Track & Field
The South Leinster Schools T&F took place at the superb SETU facilities on Thursday. Elijah Page Redmond and Alex Lonergan were both in action for St Peters Secondary School at Minor level.
Elijah was 2nd in the javelin throwing a new PB of 35m with his second throw. He also ran the 200m finishing strong for 3rd place. This qualifies Elijah to compete at the Leinsters.
Alex finished ran well for 3rd in the 100m heats and also competed at triple jump finishing in 4th overall.
Well done to both young men and best of luck to Elijah at the Leinsters.