Mr Oil County Novice Road Race
United Striders were the kind hosts of last nights Novice Road Race. It was held on a nice warm evening but the rain arrived halfway through the mens race in Rathgarogue. The race loop was 2.8k and a testing run for everyone with just enough uphill to challenge the legs.
The ladies 4k Race was first to start and they had 1 & 1/3 laps of the loop to complete. Our ladies all ran fantastic and claimed the County Novice Bronze Team medal , a fabulous result. Huge congratulations ladies.
Next up the mens race and the pace was hot right from the start. Our 7 ran there hearts out as they completed the 2 and a bit loops finishing in the rain to cool everyone down. Well done men.
Well done to both the County Board & United Striders on holding a successful County Race. Thanks to Helen Sinnott who was our official on the night and to our supporters who travelled.
Results:
Ladies
Team Bronze
11th Ilze Bedrite 19:55
12th Paula Gondard 20:39
16th Ann Thomas 21:56
18th Louise Henderson 23:26
Men
27th Ryan Ellard 24:22
29th Donal Grant 24:30
38th Micheál Kinsella 29:05
40th Tadhg Henderson 29:57
41st John Dier 30:42
43rd Darren O'Grady 32:26
44th Ger Mulhall 35:22
Kilkenny Triathlon
Well done to Club Captain John Dier who competed in the Kilkenny Triathlon this morning. 1h27m was his overall time.
Another one ticked off his list.
parkrun
Damp morning but luckily the weather improved as the run began. A few new PB times were achieved, well done Ryan M and Darragh and one member ran pushing a pram for extra stamina training.
Anthony Dowd was at the Bushy Park parkrun, the home of parkrun.
Gráinne Hayes ran the Naas Parkrun in Co. Kildare.
Micheál Kinsella ran the New Ross Parkrun in JFK Park.
Ryan Ellard, Brian Smyth, Ryan Midwinter, Dermot Foley, Dave Midwinter, John Hyland, Rob Casey, Fiachra Mehigan, Darragh Mehigan, David Clancy Darren O'Grady, Rob Mehigan, Ollie Stack, Mary Cronin, Michael Murphy, Sharron Dier & Bridie McGuire all completed the Wexford Racecourse Parkrun.
Mr Oil County Track & Field Championships
What an evening for athletics as the sun shone down on Enniscorthy Sports Hub. A wonderful sight to see all the club colours as athletes warmed up in preparation of doing battle for the right to be crowned County Champion.
Helen turned up to retain her Steeplechase title and claimed her 3rd County title in a row. The two Ryan's had no idea what to expect and gave it everything. Fantastic to see everyone go out of their comfort zone and get stuck in with some availing of the opportunity to try out a new event.
Lots of medals were won on the night and the highlight was seeing both our ladies and men's teams competing in 4x400m relays. The ladies dug deep and were rewarded with Bronze and the Men had a fantastic run to win Gold.
Congratulations to all of our athletes and already looking forward to the final day in three weeks time.
Thanks to Tadhg for volunteering on the night.
Results:
*Sharron Dier :
Gold in masters 2k walk
*John Dier :
Gold in masters O/50 2k walk
Bronze masters O/50 800m
*Ilze Bedrite :
Bronze O/35 800m
Silver in O/35 200m
*Nora Boggan :
Bronze O/50 200m
*Siobhan Doyle :
Silver O/50 200m
*Martin Kelly :
Gold O/50 3000m
*Catherine O Connor :
Silver O/50 800m
Silver O/50 3000m
*Ryan Ellard :
Gold Senior walk 2k
*Helen Wallace :
Gold Senior steeplechase
*Paul Donovan :
Silver O/35 200m
4x400m
Gold mens team.
John Dier, Ryan Midwinter, Ryan Ellard & Paul Donovan
Bronze ladies team.
Catherine O'Connor, Ilze Bedrite, Ann Thomas & Nora Boggan.
