Irish Life Frank Duffy 10 Mile / Mr Oil County Road Relays / parkrun
Irish Life Frank Duffy 10 Mile
Ali Ashgar Khoyee has found a distance he likes and travelled to Dublin for this 10 mile event around Phoenix Park.
He had a super run improving on his last outing with a time of 1:16:32 setting a new PB for himself with an improvement of over 4 minutes.
Congratulations Ali, great running.
Mr Oil County Road Relays
The rearranged Road Relays took place at Wexford Racecourse on a very pleasant Sunday morning. Our call for Relay runners during the week was answered and we entered 1 Senior women's teams, 1 Senior men's teams, same again in Masters and finally 2 mixed Relay teams. A brilliant spectator event as the athletes can be seen for almost 3/4 of the loop so watching your club athletes whizz around the 1500m loop before handing over to the next athlete brings extra excitement to the event.
A super haul of medals was their reward for stepping outside their comfort zone and blitzing the laps one by one.
In the Mixed we were gold and silver medal winners.
In the senior ladies we were also gold medal winners and gold in Masters.
And in the senior men's we were silver medal winners and gold in Masters.
Congratulations to all our athletes.
Thanks to the management of Wexford Racecourse for use of the facility, Irish Red Cross for first aid, County board for their organisation, Tadhg who was on entry and result duty as well as running and all the club members who came out to support our runners as we hosted the event.
*Senior Ladies
Gold
Catherine O'Connor, Ann Thomas & Sarah Bermingham
*Senior Men
Silver
Ryan Ellard, Brian Smyth, John Hyland & Rob Casey
*Masters Ladies
Gold
Bridie McGuire, Sharron Dier & Sam Donegan
*Masters Men
Gold
Ali Asghar Khoyee, Ger Mulhall, John Dier & Tadhg Henderson
*Mixed Relay
Gold
Sharron Dier, Ann Thomas, Ryan Ellard & John Dier
Silver
Sarah Bermingham, Bridie McGuire, Ger Mulhall & Rob Casey
parkrun
Parkrun have recently changed there requirements and now each event needs a second Event Director. Our own Brian Smyth has been elected as the 2nd Event Director for Wexford Racecourse Parkrun joining John Dier. Congratulations Brian.
Fiachra us going from strength to strength as he continues to improve his times.
Enda O'Sullivan ran the Knockancree Cloughjordan parkrun.
At Wexford Racecourse Fiachra Mehigan, Micheál Kinsella, John Dier, Gareth Lloyd, John Hyland, Brian, Fran Power, Martin Kelly, Mary Cronin, Linda Leacy, Ollie Stack, Michael Murphy & Sharron Dier all completed their 5k.
United Striders 5k / Gaelforce Bray 10K / parkrun / Menapians League
United Striders 5k
The Greenway is more used to cyclists but on Friday evening it was flooded with 350 athletes as United Striders held their extremely popular 5k run. An A to B route athletes were bussed to the start although some jogged out as their warm up. Blessed with a lovely warm evening the athletes gathered with some watching Ms Adeleke race on stewards phones before the event started.
A very fast course resulted in elite athletes chasing times and PBs seemed to be broken by many on the night including our own Geoff and Fran.
Congratulations to United Striders Athletic Club on a hugely successful event and a welcoming cup of tea with goodies afterwards.
Brian Smyth 19:25
Rob Casey 20:40
Fran Power 21:28
Paul Harpur 22:10
Geoff Hoffheinz 23:43
John Dier 23:56
Darren O'Grady 28:20
Sharron Dier 38:29
Gaelforce Bray 10k
Ilze Bedrite took a drive to Bray on Saturday to run the Bray 10k. A tough 10k route as it involves trail for the most part with the going mostly either uphill or downhill and incluses the Little Sugarloaf. Ilze completed the course in 1:16:08 on the energy sapping route.
parkrun
A combination of no Wexford Racecourse Parkrun and the United Striders 5k on Friday evening saw a much smaller club crew running parkrun at the weekend. Well done to Ryan who had a great run dipping under 20 mins for the first time.
Ali Ashgar Khoyee was on pacing duty again this week in Corkagh Parkrun.
In JFK Ryan Ellard, Dermot & Martin Kelly ran the New Ross Parkrun.
Menapians League
Our club handicap league continued on Sunday with the short but challenging due to the surface beach course over 3 km on Carne Beach. Out and back saw everyone home within 19 minutes leaving plenty of time to take advantage of the good weather with some opting for a soak in the cool Irish sea and others heading to Our Lady’s Island for coffee in the sun. Well done everyone,
Masters Track & Field Tullamore / Leo Carthy 6k
Masters Track & Field Tullamore
A big round of applause please for Catherine O'Connor who yesterday ran the 1500m in the Masters.
She lined up in Heat 2 putting in her usual determined performance where she finished just outside the medals in her age category. She clocked a brilliant time of 6:32.66 for 4th place.
Congratulations Catherine.
Leo Carthy 6k
The Leo Carty 6k run took place on Bank Holiday Sunday morning as part of the weekend festival in Our Lady's Island.
Tony Harpur put in a super run battling for most of the race with another athlete before eventually taking 4th place. Also having very good runs were Ryan Ellard, John Dier & Sharron Dier.
A well organised event over 2 laps of the course and tea/coffee afterwards, what's not to like ?
Kilkee Half Marathon / National Juvenile Track & Field / parkrun
Run Kilkee Half Marathon
A half marathon on a Saturday, a road trip to the West and a nice morning for a run combined for Oliver Stack & Enda O'Sullivan as they lined up in the scenic Kilkee Co Clare overlooking the sea.
A very scenic route but not without its challenges they both embraced the event with both men grateful to the groupie cheering them on at the bottom of the hill as they neared the finish line.
Another box ticked, enjoy the celebrations tonight.
Well done to both Oliver and Enda.
Oliver 2:03:55
Enda 2:05:09
National Juvenile Track & Field Day 3
A great achievement making the Natio Championships and this weekend it was Josh Nolan U16 Javelin, Elijah Page Redmond U16 Javelin & Lucas Page Redmond U18 200m.
Rain was a factor for athletes, not what you would expect in July but not a thing you can do about that.
Elijah threw a best of 41.37m which saw him finish just outside the medals I fourth place.
Josh threw 36.32m which saw him finish a very creditable 9th place.
Lucas ran well in a tough lane in 24.08 for his 200m heats.
A proud day for the three competing at this level and valuable experience gained.
Well done gentlemen and thanks to Padraig and Tracey for travelling as official/coaches.
parkrun
Shout out to the weekends parkrunners.
Good man Peter who had his quickest 5k of the year, must be the benefit of signing up as a member recently !
John and Sharron Dier were at Westport Parkrun, the scene of their first ever parkrun before setting up the Wexford Parkrun.
Ann Thomas ran the New Ross Parkrun in JFK Park.
In Wexford Racecourse Parkrun Ryan Ellard, Fiachra Mehigan, Geoff Hoffheinz, Fran Power, Gareth Lloyd, John Hyland, Brian Smyth, Rob Mehigan, Helen Burrell, Mary Cronin, Martin Kelly, Peter Mulvany & Michael Murphy all completed their 5k.
Club Summer League
The club league continues to grow in popularity with a number of members enjoying the handicap format in the warm weather. The coffee afterwards was the reward to ensure everyone completed the fast 4km two lap course on Forth Mountain.
National Juvenile Track & Field / Irish Runner 10 mile / King of Greystones / parkrun
National Juvenile Track & Field Championships
Alex Lonergan travelled to Tullamore on Sunday where he had good weather as he competed at U16 hammer finishing 7th place overall in his first Nationals finals.
Fiachra Mehigan travelled up on Saturday for the National B Championships with his eyes focused on 2 events. On a wet day he performed well in the long jump pit for a 6th place finish then moved onto the track to compete in a very competitive 800m race finishing a very creditable 7th place.
Well done to both athletes.
Biofreeze Irish Runner 10 mile
Sunday morning in Phoenix Park was the destination for Ali & Ryan for the Irish Runner 10 mile. The event was run around the roads of the Phoenix park and it was Ali's first 10 mile race. Good to see Ali back after a few weeks break.
It was by no means an easy run but both men stuck to their training plans and finished well.
Congratulations gents.
Ryan Ellard 1:13:11
Ali Ashgar Khoyee 1:20:57
King of Greystones
Congratulations to John Dier & Sharron Dier who both completed the Gavin Glynn King of Greystones Triathlon last weekend.
parkrun
Shout out to the weekends parkrunners.
Another weekend with a few parkruns spread far and wide. Nice to see John dipping under 21 mins for the first time.
Brendan Broderick ran the Listowel Parkrun.
Tadhg Henderson ran the Osterly Park Parkrun in London.
Brian Smyth, John Hyland, Dermot Foley, Paul Harpur, Paul O'Meara, Mary Cronin, Martin Kelly, Helen Burrell Bridie McGuure Sharron Dier all ran the Wexford Racecourse Parkrun.
Senior & Masters Track & Field Day 2 / Never Give Up 5k & 10k / Noel Walsh memorial 5k / Menapians Summer League / parkrun
Senior & Masters Track & Field Day 2
Again Enniscorthy Sports Hub was the venue on Wednesday evening as the clubs of County Wexford gathered to compete St a variety of events in Track & Field . They were rewarded with one of the more pleasant evenings this Summer has offered. A very enjoyable event as athletes got to sample different events that they normally wouldn't even think of and hopefully has grabbed their attention for the future.
We had a number of podium places, with Helen in 1500m & Javelin, Ilze in the O35 100m, 1500m, 400m & Javelin, Nora in the O50 100m, 1500m, 400m & Javelin, Siobhan in O50 100m, Catherine in O50 1500m, 400m & Javelin and John in O35 Javelin.
Well done to our other competing athletes Ryan, Sharron and Sarah putting in good performances and enjoying every minute.
Thanks to Sharron Dier & Wexford Athletics for photos and also thanks to Louise, Senan , Paula, Helen & Siobhan for volunteering
Club results :
Senior Women 100m
5 Helen Wallace 16.32
6 Sarah Bermingham 20.47
O35 Women 100m
3 Ilze Bedrite 17.34
O50 Women 100m
2 Nora Boggan 17.97
3 Siobhan Doyle 18.43
5 Sharron Dier 25.46
O50 Men 100m
7 John Dier 17.36
Senior Women 1500m
3 Helen Wallace 5.45.40
4 Sarah Bermingham 7.30.86
O35 Women 1500m
1 Ilze Bedrite 6.58.55
O50 Women 1500m
2 Catherine O'Connor 7.03.28
3 Nora Boggan 7.45.17
Senior Men 1500m
4 Ryan Ellard 5.13.66
Senior Women 400m
7 Helen Wallace. 1.18.21
8 Sarah Bermingham 1.45.15
O35 Women 400m 7
2 Ilze Bedrite 1.25.62
O50 Women 400m
1 Catherine O'Connor 1.25.83
2 Nora Boggan 1.30.76
Senior Men 400m
5 Ryan Ellard 1.09.81
O50 Men 400m
5 John Dier 1.22.49
Women 4x100 Relay
4 Menapians A.C. 1.11.92
Senor Women Javelin
7 Helen Wallace 7.16
O35 Women Javelin
2 Ilze Bedrite 14.96m
O50 Women Javelin
2 Nora Boggan 12.97m
3 Catherine O'Connor 11.05m
4 Sharron Dier 5.62m
O35 Men Javelin
3 John Dier 15.81m
Never Give Up 5k/10k
In North County Wexford we had 3 members running in the #nevergiveup event. Perfect running conditions in Inch today
Ger Mulhall ran the 5k in 27:08, Eamonn Foley ran the 10k in 48:05 & Marion Galvin ran the 10k in 1:02:47
Well done to all three of you.
Noel Walsh memorial 5k
John & Sharron took a spin over to Terrarath on Sunday morning for the local 5k run in aid of New Ross Special Olympics and Terrarath Community Centre.
Well done guys.
Menapians Summer League
Event 2 of our inaugural club members’ summer league took place in the Raven forest Curracloe on Sunday morning. With 10 members in total in attendance the league is building momentum and all are enjoying the different format - this is a “handicap” league where all runners start at different times according to their predicted finish time. The theory is that everyone should finish around the same time and can battle it out on an even keel for position, times not recorded. It will be interesting to see how this develops over the course of the summer.
parkrun
With a horse race meeting taking place at Wexford Racecourse members had to put in an earlier start and hit the roads if they wanted their 5k fix on Saturday.
At New Ross Parkrun Dermot Foley, Fran Power, Paul Harpur, Helen Burrell & Martin Kelly ran their 5k.
At Shangannagh Parkrun Louise & Tadhg Henderson both ran their 5k.
At Tymon Park Parkrun Enda O'Sullivan ran his 5k.
At Gorey Parkrun Sharron & John Dier ran their 5k.
An unusual spread of venues visited on Saturday.
Mick Murphy 5K / Clontarf Half Marathon / National Juveniles Day 1 / parkrun
Mick Murphy Ferns 5k
Friday evening races, some hate them but it appears 173 people love them as they lined up in Ferns Square under the historic castle awaiting the starters gun. The expected rain showers held off just long enough thankfully. A superb atmosphere as many club colours were on display warming up in anticipation of what was a very competitive race as 13 athletes went under 17 minutes and 57 athletes dipped under 20 mins.
Our crew of 9 ran excellent with Samantha Donegan has a brilliant run breaking her PB time for 5k.
A big Happy 60th Birthday to Catherine O'connor who celebrated her birthday by running the race.
Well done to SBR AC on a well organised event and thanks to Sportsphoto Ireland for the photos.
Results,
Dermot Foley 19:30
Brian Smyth 19:59
Paula Gondard 23:55
Gareth Lloyd 24:12
Micheál Kinsella 24:23
Catherine O’Connor 24:40
John Dier 25:24
Samantha Donegan 29:24
Darren O'Grady 29:25
Clontarf Half Marathon
Ryan Ellard is a recent addition to our membership who joined up after befriending some of our members at parkrun. Today he took on his 2nd Half Marathon which took part in Clontarf, part of the Bear Races Trilogy which includes Wexford & Wicklow Half Marathons.
The Half has become a popular race distance among many and Ryan is certainly one of those.
Today he ran a great time of 1 hour 39 minuted which sets a new PB for himself. Fantastic stuff from a young man who only took up running 14 months ago.
Congratulations to you Ryan, enjoy the recovery.
123.ie National Juvenile Chammpionships Day 1
A fantastic achievement just to qualify to compete at the National Championships which took place in Tullamore today.
Two of our athletes were competing after qualifying from the Leinster Championships a few weeks ago.
Lucas Page Redmond had a tough day in the U18 long jump pit with a best jump of 5.37m which saw him finish in 12th place.
Elijah Page Redmond was on the throwing cage for U16 discus with a best of 31.85m which saw him finish in 9th place.
A special thank you to the boys grandmother who stepped in to drive the boys to Tullamore today.
Thanks to Catherine O'Connor for traveling as our club coach on the day.
parkrun
After the buzz of Friday evenings event in Ferns a big gang were up early on Saturday for their Parkrun fix.
At Wexford Racecourse Parkrun John Hyland, Brian Smyth, Fiachra Mehigan, Eamonn Foley Dermot Foley, Geoff Hoffheinz, Sarah Bermingham, Rob Mehigan, David Clancy, Mary Cronin, Linda Leacey, Helen Burrell, Martin Kelly, Michael Murphy, Sharron Dier, Bridie McGuire & Gareth Lloyd all completed their 5k runs.
Enda O'Sullivan ran his 5k up in Knockancree Cloughjordan Parkrun.
Slaney Olympic Summer League/ Pink Rock 10K / parkrun
Slaney Olympic Summer League
Congratulations to Tony Harpur and Paul Harpur who had great runs on Friday at the Slaney Olympic Athletic Club Summer League.
An impressive run by Tony saw him finish in 2nd place overall.
Pink Rock 10k
Not too far to travel on a Sunday morning this week as 6 of our gang headed to New Ross for the Pink Rock 10k.
A well organised race on a quiet course which runners of all abilities seem to enjoy. Well done to St Joseph's County Kilkenny on hosting their race which doubles as the County Race for Kilkenny.
Gareth Lloyd 50:48
John Dier 52:55
Helen Burrell 1:04:07
Sharron Dier 1:22:12
Bridie McGuire 1:24:57
Niall Tyrell 1:25:34
parkrun
Shout out to the weekends parkrunners.
Special mention to Ryan & Ali who both picked up PB runs on Saturday.
Enda O'Sullivan completed the Knockancree Cloughjordan Parkrun
Dermot Foley, Ryan Ellard, Ali Ahsgar Khoyee, Brian Smyth, John Hyland, Rob Casey, Alex Parris, Geoff Hoffheinz, Fran Power, Marion Galvin, Michael Murphy, Sharron Dier & Gareth Lloyd all completed their 5k at Wexford Racecourse Parkrun.
County Track & Field / Community Games / County B Championships / Viking Half and Quarter Marathon / parkrun
Mr Oil County Track & Field Championships
The highlight of many athletes season is the chance to become County Champion in their chosen event while for others its a chance to try an event or simply watch the counties finest athletes show off their talent.
All club athletes proudly wearing their clubs colours while chasing the elusive medals and the glory it brings.
A wonderful evening of bright skies and reacquainting with old adversaries awaited our clubs athletes as they arrived into Enniscorthy and heading to the Sports Hub.
A big well done to everyone who competed and congratulations to our medal winners
Senior Women 2000m Steeplechase Helen Wallace Gold
Club results:
2000m Walk Sharron Dier 6th
2000m Walk Senior Men John Dier Silver
800m Women O35 Ilze Bedrite Gold
800m Women O50 Catherine O’Connor Gold, Nora Boggan Silver
200m Senior Women Helen Wallace 5th in heat
200m Women O35 Ilze Bedrite Gold
200m Women O50 Nora Boggan Silver
200m Men O50 John Dier 5th
4x400m relay Women 4th
3000m Senior Women Helen Wallace Bronze
3000m Women O35 Ilze Bedrite Silver
3000m Women O50 Catherine O’Connor Gold, Nora Boggan Bronze
3000m U16 Boys Alex Lonergan Gold
5000m Men O35 Rob Casey 4th
Shot Putt Women O50 Samantha Donegan Silver
Shot Putt Men O50 John Dier 5th
Weight for Distance women O50 Samantha Donegan Bronze
Community Games
Brilliant result for Fiachra Mehigan today as he competed for Ballymitty in the Community Games Long Jump.
He broke his PB, secured silver and qualified for the Nationals of the Community Games.
Good man Fiachra
Mr Oil County B Championships
These Championships are aimed at athletes who did not win medals at the County Championships giving a second chance. It also puts a huge emphasis on inclusion making sure the young athletes enjoy the competition. The weather wasn't what we would hope for on Summer Solstice Day but that didn't deter the athletes.
Chloe Carroll, Kayla Lyons, Clodagh Long, Benny lonergan & Este Lonergan all put in great effort across the events really enjoying the Track & Field experience.
Leon spudic was 2nd in his shot putt.
Emmet Marcus was 1st in long jump, 2nd in his 80m sprint.
Sonny Lowney was1st in 300m & 1st in shot putt.
Fionn murphy was 3rd in his turbo javelin.
Pádraig, Catherine and Siobhan were officiating and Liam was our club coach on the night.
Alex Lonergan had his first experience of officiating and loved every minute well done Alex.
This completes the season for these young athletes, enjoy the Summer and we go again in September.
Viking Half and Quarter Marathon
An early drive to Waterford and a warm morning for the road runners earlier today as they headed to tackle the Viking runs. Some tackling a half for the first time and comfortably completed it with a smile and a smirk. Others more used to the distance ticked off another one on the list. For some it was their first time competing as a Menapian while others have countless events under their belt and one returning after a few years. The Quarter Marathon is a unique race distance which does not appear too often on the race calender. The Half Marathon is a distance that is becoming more popular amongst runners hence the interest in this one not far from home. We had 8 in the Half and 3 in the Quarter Marathon.
A very warm day added an extra challenge to the event but thankfully everyone came through OK . Training plans paid off as everyone reported being happy with their finish time. Also nice to see one of our old training buddies Caimin still running as he met up with Enda.
Quarter Marathon :
Rob Casey 57:44
Ger Mulhall 58:41
Linda Leacy 1:06:57
Half Marathon :
Brian Smyth 1:33:08
Ryan Ellard 1:40:16 (P.B.)
John Hyland 1:46:01 (1stHalf)
Jesse Kielthy 2:02:21
Ollie Stack 2:06:00 (P.B.)
Enda O'Sullivan 2:13:23
Grainne Hayes 2:28:30 (1st Half)
Jamie Jordan 2:33:58
parkrun
A warm morning so why not get an early run complete, well despite the Viking run taking place on Sunday there was still a good crew out on Saturday morning.
Paul Harpur took a spin down to JFK Park for the New Ross Parkrun.
Paula Gondard, Gareth Lloyd, Alex Parris, Geoff Hoffheinz, Brian Smyth, Rob Mehigan, Mary Cronin, Michael Murphy, Martin Kelly, Sharron Dier, Bridie McGuire & John Hyland all completed the Wexford Racecourse Parkrun.
Dermot Foley had the most unusual run of the weekend getting his Saturday morning 5k complete in Lanzarote.
Leinster Championships / parkrun
Leinster Championships 12-19 years.
A wonderful weekend for our members who competed at the Leinster Championships competition spread over 2 days in Tullamore. Blessed with nice weather its always more enjoyable especially for the supporters, coaches and parents who give their free time.
On Saturday Elijah Page Redmond was in U16 javelin and he threw a PB of 39.94m which was enough for Silver Medal. He now qualifies for National Championships.
Josh Nolan also competed in U16 javelin throwing 600g for first time grabbing a PB of 37.80m finishing 4th and he also now qualifies for National Championships.
Fiachra Mehigan competed in the U15 1500m race, a tough challenge which he embraced battling off the 6th place athlete to claim a very creditable 5th in Leinster in his first attempt. He then competed in Long Jump where he jumped a PB of 4.05m for 7th place
Lucas Page Redmond was competing in U18 100m and ran superbly to qualify for the final where he ran 11.94 seconds for a 6th place finish.
Onto day 2 of competition and cars were on the road early again to Tullamore some for the second day in a row. A lot of dedication from parents and coaches alike.
In U16 discus Elijah Page Redmond threw 30.47m for a Bronze medal qualifying for Nationals. He made the 200m final finishing 5th in 24.71 seconds.
Josh Nolan threw discus 24.93m for a 7th place finish.
Lucas Page Redmond was in action in the Long Jump with a best Jump of 5.71m which earned him a Bronze medal qualifying for Nationals. He also made for 200m final but did not run.
Fiachra Mehigan took on High Jump with a best Jump of 1.30m which placed him in 6th.
Alex Lonergan threw a PB in U16 hammer of 22.59m securing a Silver medal second place finish qualifying for Nationals. He jumped 8.41m for 7th place in triple Jump.
Thanks to our coach present in Tullamore Tracey, Padraig our official and the parents getting our athletes to Tullamore.
Best of luck in the Nationals to Alex, Josh, Lucas & Elijah
parkrun
Lots of members hitting parkrun last Saturday morning.
Enda O'Sullivan ran his 5k in Knockancree Cloughjordan Co Tipperrary.
In Wexford Racecourse Parkrun Brian Smyth, Dermot Foley, John Hyland, Paul Harper, John Dier, Fran Power, Gareth Lloyd, Micheál Kinsella, Rob Casey, Geoff Hoffheinz, Sarah Bermingham, Gráinne Hayes, Ollie Stack, Mary Cronin, Linda Leacey, Michael Murphy, Martin Kelly Sharron Dier, Bridie McGuire & Helen Burrell all completed their 5k runs.