County Track & Field / Slaney Olympic Summer League / Leo Carty 6k
Mr Oil County Track & Field
Last week on Wednesday evening saw the final events of the County Track & Field take place at Enniscorthy Sports Hub. Another successful evenings competition for the clubs track athletes as they performed brilliantly.
Fiachra Mehigan was first in action as he took the U16 3000m title setting himself a new PB in the process of 10 min 23 sec for a gold medal.
Ilze Bedrite: 1st O35 in 100m, 2nd O35 1500m.
Siobhan Doyle: 1st in O50 100m.
Sharron Dier: 3rd O50 100m.
John Dier: 4th O35 100m, 2nd O50 javelin.
Lucas Page Redmond: 2nd 100m, 1st U19 triple jump.
Elijah Page Redmond: 5th in 100m, 1st javelin junior, 1st Senior javelin (throwing heavier javelin)
Paul Donovan: 4th O35 400m.
Tony Harpur : 3rd O35 400m, 4th in 100m, also ran 1500m.
Alex Lonergan: 2nd Triple Jump.
Josh Nolan : 2nd javelin junior , 3rd senior javelin (throwing heavier javelin)
Relays:
Senior men 4x100m 2nd place,
Tony Harpur, Elijah Page Redmond, Josh Nolan & Lucas Page Redmond.
Mixed Relay 4x100m 4th place,
Ilze Bedrite, John Dier, Siobhan Doyle & Paul Donovan.
Good to see the club relay teams performing well.
Big congratulations to all who challenged themselves on the track and were brave enough to put themselves out there to wear our club colours.
Slaney Olympic Summer League
Shout out to our four gents who recently got their passports stamped as they ventured outside the town to Ardcavan to run the Slaney Olympic Summer League 5k .
Very, very warm evening but most enjoyable. Well done to Brian Smyth , Dermot Foley, John Hyland & Darren O'Grady
Great hosting by Slaney.
Leo Carty 6k
A group of club members took a spin to Our Lady's Island on Sunday to run the 6k as part of the Leo Carty Festival. A well organised route of 3k that runners had to complete twice. Well done to the organisers and the refreshments afterwards were well received.
Sharron ran 1 lap
Anthony Dowd 22:50
Ryan Midwinter 24:36
Dave Midwinter 26:29
John Dier 30:18
Helen Burrell 39:06
National Outdoor Masters 2025 / Pink Rock 10k / parkrun
National Outdoor Masters 2025.
In Tullamore today Siobhan Doyle and Martin Kelly were competing at the National Masters Track & Field.
Siobhan doubled up in the 100m and 200m W60 events. A time of 35.90 in the 200m finishing 6th and and brilliant 4th place in the 100m in 17.05
Martin ran in M70 800m and battled hard including having to kick on twice in the last 200m but finished strong to win Gold in 2:56.99
In the 400m he ran a super race holding off the chasing runners finishing in 1:18.78 to take a 2nd Gold medal right on the line.
Finally in 1500m he ran 5:54.92 to take another Gold, 3 in total.
A huge well done to both athletes.
Pink Rock 10k
A very scenic and kind route for a 10k hosted at Pink Rock by St Joseph's AC on Sunday morning. 3 club members travelled to the West of the County to take part.
Helen Burrell, Bridie McGuire & Gareth Lloyd all ran well on the course.
Well done to all 3 of you.
parkrun
A fantastic occasion in Wexford as everyone got to witness the course record being broken. Poetry in motion watching him speed his way around the 3 loops in a time of 14 min 52 seconds. He had a knock on effect as Ryan hit a new PB time running after him.
Watching the record breaker while running the Wexford Racecourse Park run were Ryan Midwinter, Brian Smyth, Dave Midwinter, John Hyland, Fiachra Mehigan, Alex Parris, Rob Casey, Ollie Stack, Mary Cronin, Janette Mulvany, Michael Murphy, Sharron Dier, Gráinne Hayes, Peter Mulvany & Bridie Mcguire
Tadhg Henderson and Louide Henderson completed the Shanganagh parkrun.
Conor MacAogain completed the Sligo Parkrun.
Eamonn Foley completed the Castlehaven parkrun.
Well done everyone.
County Intermediate Road Race / SIAB Games / Biofreeze 10 mile / National U16 Combined Events / parkrun
Co. Intermediate Road Race
Eleven members took the trip to the North of the county as Croghan AC were the hosts of this year's Intermediate RR in Inch.
A warm evening as as athletes from the county's clubs warmed up ahead of their races, 1 lap for ladies and 2 laps for men.
Ladies were first to the start line and some brilliant runs by Ilze, Jen, Catherine & Louise were rewarded with County Silver Team medals. A fantastic achievement congratulations ladies.
After the completion of the ladies race the men lined up and Anthony, Tony, Donal, Dermot, Conor, Tadgh & John ran superbly on the night.
A proud night for Menapians AC.
𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬
4th – Ilze Bedrite (Menapians) – 19:31
8th – Jen Kehoe (Menapians) – 20:42
9th – Catherine O’Connor (Menapians) – 21:12
11th – Louise Henderson (Menapians) – 22:37
𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬
2nd – Menapians: Ilze Bedrite (4th), Jen Kehoe (8th), Catherine O’Connor (9th), Louise Henderson (11th) = 32 points
𝐌𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬
15th – Anthony Dowd (Menapians) – 31:12
16th – Tony Harpur (Menapians) – 31:28
25th – Donal Grant (Menapians) – 34:09
28th – Dermot Foley (Menapians) – 35:18
31st – Conor McAogain (Menapians) – 40:05
32nd – Tadgh Henderson (Menapians) – 41:10
33rd – John Dier (Menapians) – 41:25
Thanks Sharron Dier & Sportsphoto Ireland for photos
SIAB Games.
It's not often you get to represent your school, club, County, province and country all at the same time but that he did.
Elijah Page Redmond had the honour of wearing the green of Ireland at the SIAB Games in Derby.
He had qualified to throw javelin and with a best of 39.47m finished in 8th in a high class field.
The entire club is proud of your fantastic achievements, congratulations Elijah.
Biofreeze 10 mile
Rain, Phoenix Park, father & son, 10 miles, both hit P.B. times
Well done to Dave & Ryan Midwinter who ran the Biofreeze 10 mile this morning.
Lots of rain before, during and after but smiles all round from these 2.
Ryan 1:17:03
Dave 1:19:10
National U16 Combined Events.
Fiachra Mehigan was our representative at the National Combined on Saturday in Carlow.
A busy day of multi events for this dedicated young man as he ran, jumped and threw his heart out.
His best moment of the day was the 800m where he positioned himself well and paced the distance perfectly and was rewarded with a 2nd place finish.
Results
100mH 21.84
Long jump 4.05m
Shot put 5.86m
High Jump 1.35m
800m 2:20.88
Congratulations Fiachra.
parkrun
A nice enough start to Saturday as parkrunners finished their run just before the showers hit town.
'Early bird catches the worm'
Brian Smyth was in the UK and ran the Edgbaston Resovoir when he was there.
Enda O'Sullivan geared up for the All Ireland hurling final by running the Knockancree Cloughjordan parkrun.
At Wexford Racecourse Anthony Dowd, Dermot Foley, Eamonn Foley,
Dave Midwinter, Ryan Midwinter, Helen Wallace, Gareth Lloyd, Fran Power, Martin Kelly, Rob Casey, John Dier, Sarah Bermingham , Helen Burrell, Mary Cronin, Dave Clancy, Sharron Dier & Bridie McGuire all completed their 5k runs.
Well done everyone.
Race 2 Glory Adventure Race / National Juvenile Championships / Glenbeigh-Glencar 5K & Hardman Half Triathlon Waterville / IMRA Kilbrannish / parkrun
Race 2 Glory Adventure Race
Fran Rea & Sharon Martin were up in Kiltimagh today in glorious sunshine completing another Adventure Race.
Tough conditions to Race in when most headed for the beach but excellent races from both and a determined finish saw Sharon win a Bronze medal.
Congratulations
National Juvenile Championships
Tullamore was basked in glorious as the shaded spots were coveted among spectators. The top athletes from around the country assembled proudly wearing their club colours. Hats, suncream and cool drinks were the order of the day as athletes tried to keep cool in between events.
It was a fantastic day for our club as we had three athletes who qualified to compete: Josh Nolan, Elijah Page Redmond and Lucas Page Redmond.
Elijah was competing in javelin and threw a very impressive 44.10 metres which was enough to secure a National Bronze medal. He then finished 3rd in his 200m heat.
Josh Nolan was also competing in javelin and he threw a new PB for himself of 43.56 metres which was enough to secure 5th place.
Lucas finished 4th in his long jump competition with a might 6.03 metre jump.
Fantastic results from these 3 fine ambassadors of Menapians AC.
Glenbeigh-Glencar 5K & Hardman Half Triathlon Waterville
Siobhan Doyle & Tadhg Henderson were busy while in the Kingdom, County Kerry.
Tadhg was taking part in the Hardman Half Ironman and he confirmed in his own words that it was hard finishing in 8hrs 6 mins.
Siobhan ran the Glenbeigh/Glencar 5k in 34:39
Considering the conditions both were very happy to cross the finish line
IMRA Kilbrannish
Sharon Martin was still feeling fresh after her exploits in Kiltimagh so she found herself at John's Hill Kilbrannish.
Another determined run from Sharon showing true grit completing the race.
Great weekend of racing from Sharon, who has earned a well deserved rest this evening.
parkrun
As the country basked in a heatwave a number of our members were out attending parkrun early on Saturday morning. A nice stat from Wexford Racecourse was a 1 and 2 of finishers.
Fiachra Mehigan, Anthony Dowd, Ryan Midwinter, Brian Smyth, Dave Midwinter, Dermot Foley, Martin Kelly, Fran Power, Rob Casey, Micheál Kinsella, Rob Mehigan, Helen Burrell, Michael Murphy & Bridie McGuire all completed the Wexford Racecourse Parkrun.
Enda O'Sullivan was another Knockancree Cloughjordan parkrun.
Kilcock 5 / County T&F Update / Mick Murphy 5k
Kilcock 5
Last Friday evening Martin Kelly was up at the Kilcock for their 5k run. Martin clocked an impressive 22:02 on a route which is known for its fast times.
County Track & Field update
More super news from Wednesday evening last. Conor Casey won Bronze in the O/35 shot putt. Congratulations Conor.
Mick Murphy 5k, Ferns
Hosted by SBR the annual 5k around the village of Ferns took place on Friday evening. The historic castle overlooking the start line and also providing a target as athletes aporoached the village towards the finish line. A very warm evening that finished for some in the rain. Over 200 people started the race which was celebrating its 20th year, a fantastic achievement by all involved at SBR, well done everyone.
Congratulations to our two age category winners on the night, Catherine first lady O60 & Martin first man O70 showing the way for our younger members.
Results:
Tony Harpur 19:09
Martin Kelly 21:48
Eamonn Foley 22:18
Paul Harpur 22:39
Tadhg Henderson 23:19
Gareth Lloyd 23:55
John Dier 24:44
Catherine O'Connor 25:00
Paula Gondard 26:43
Sharron Dier 28:32
Thanks to Sportsphoto Ireland & Pop Up Races for photos
Co. Novice Road Race / Kilkenny Triathlon / parkrun / County Track & Field Championships Day 1
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.
County Road Relays / Tailteann Games / Wexford Community Games / Viking Half Marathon & 10k/ Piercestown 5k
𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐌𝐫 𝐎𝐢𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐱𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬
A fantastic evening of road relays took place on Friday evening at Wexford Racecourse. A perfect venue as approx 80% of the course can be seen from the changeover area meaning everyone can see the races develope. It was a wonderful sight to see the response from the clubs of the county as everyone proudly ran their hearts out for their club. The loop was 1.5k with a nice 'gentle' climb to test the legs. Unfortunately no medals this year for Menapians AC but the effort from every single athlete was inspiring to watch so well done to all who pulled on our vest and ran.
Thanks to Wexford Racecourse for allowing us use their venue, to Wexford County Board for organising the madness and to our club members who made the event happen organising refreshments and cleaning up afterwards. A special mention must go to our club Captain who somehow managed to get 12 teams to the start line and even managed to run himself so well done John Dier .
𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬
*5th – Menapians A: Sharon Martin, Ilze Bedrite, Catherine O’Connor – 19:31
*6th – Menapians B: Sarah Bermingham, Jennifer Kehoe, Helen Wallace – 21:04
𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐧
*5th – Menapians A: Anthony Dowd, Martin Kelly, Brian Smith, Dermot Foley – 22:21
*7th – Menapians B: Eamonn Foley, Paul Donovan, Tadgh Henderson, Conor McAoghin – 24:54
𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬
*4th – Menapians B: Niamh O’Brien, Nora Boggan, Catherine O’Connor – 21:42
*5th – Menapians A: Siobhan Doyle, Bridie McGuire, Louise Henderson – 27:53
𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐧
*4th – Menapians B: Paul Donovan, John Dier, Ger Mulhall – 20:00
*5th – Menapians A: Conor McAoghin, Tadgh Henderson, Darren O’Grady – 20:40
𝐌𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬
*4th – Menapians A: Sharon Martin, Ilze Bedrite, Anthony Dowd, Brian Smith – 23:32
*8th – Menapians B: Helen Wallace, Sarah Bermingham, Tadgh Henderson, Dermot Foley – 27:12
*10th – Menapians D: Nora Boggan, Louise Henderson, Darren O’Grady, Martin Kelly – 29:52
*11th – Menapians C: Sharon Dier, Bridie McGuire, Conor McAoghin, John Dier – 35:24
Tailteann Games
The games took place in SETU Carlow in glorious weather. Our member Elijah Page Redmond was competing for St Peters College but also representing his club/county wearing the Leinster vest.
This alone is a fantastic achievement and then Elijah threw his javelin further than he ever threw before reaching 45.46m setting a new PB.
A Silver medal was his reward and was enough to earn him a spot at the upcoming SIAB Games in Derby, England. The top 2 in each event in the country qualify to travel and represent Ireland so this is a fantastic achievement for Elijah.
Well done and thanks to his coaches for their work and time to coach him.
A massive congratulations Elijah from everyone at the club.
Wexford Community Games
Congratulations to Fiachra Mehigan who won Gold in the Wexford Community Games on Saturday in the 1500m.
Fiachra now goes on to compete in the National Community Games finals.
Best of luck Fiachra.
Viking Marathon/Half Marathon/10k
Another event , another group of Menapians in action.
This time in Waterford as a group of members took part in the Half & 10k Marathon events.
A wonderful day although possibly a touch warm but each put in excellent performances, hard to single out 1 but special mention to John who achieved his goal of setting a new PB, congratulations.
A big well done to all who ran
10k
Eamonn Foley 48:27
Linda Leacy 1:05:32
Sinead Ryan 1:13:45
Half Marathon
Anthony Dowd 1:28:24
Brian Smyth 1:35:09
Dermot Foley 1:38:39
John Hyland PB 1:39:45
Ryan Ellard 1:45:07
Piercestown 5k
The inaugural 5k run in aid of Piercestown National School took place this morning with a huge entry of 400 runners and walkers. Starting and finishing at the school everyone followed an out and back route to Rathaspeck Golf Club.
Among them and spread right through the field were 13 club members supporting a great cause.
Well down to all of you, another 5k completed.
Micheál Kinsella 23:18
Gareth Lloyd 23:45
John Dier 24:06
Helen Wallace 25:02
Sarah Bermingham 27:10
Helen Burrell 30:42
Siobhan Doyle 31:09
Michael Murphy 34:10
Sharron Dier 37:24
Bridie McGuire 37:35
Helen Sinnott 45:20
Eve Marcus 1:02:37
Emmet Marcus 1:02:37
County B Championships / IMRA Blackstairs / U12-U19 Juvenile Leinster Track & Field / Friends Fatima 5k /parkrun
Mr Oil County B Championships
The Sports Hub in Enniscorthy was again full of the counties young athletes proudly wearing club colours competing across sprints, long jump , turbo javelin, longer distance and finishing with the fun of relay races.
*Piper Farrell was competing in U10 securing Silver in the 500m while also competing in turbo javelin and 60m sprints.
*Saoirse Cleary was also competing U10 as she took on long jump, turbo javelin and 60m sprints
*Chloe Carroll was competing U12 taking Gold in shot putt and also taking on 60m sprints.
*Fionn Murphy was competing at U13 and he made the 80m final, ran the 600m and also took on long jump claimg Bronze and turbo javelin.
Congratulations to all 4 on showing great commitment and determination on the night and this the last competition for these young athletes as they now head in to Summer break.
Thanks to our coach on the night Liam Carroll and our official Siobhan Doyle.
IMRA Blackstairs Mountains
Our 2 tough athletes Sharon Martin and Jen Kehoe were at it again in the IMRA series as they tackled the 7 km route over tough terrain. This time it was in the Blackstairs Mountains.Well done ladies.
U12-U19 Juvenile Leinster Track & Field Championships
Tullamore County Offaly was filled with the Provinces athletes as they all chased medals, glory, personal bests and qualification to the Nationals.
Representing the club proudly were Lucas Page Redmond, Elijah Page Redmond, Josh Nolan, Fiachra Mehigan and Alex Lonergan. Over 2 days of action these 5 athletes gave it everything they had with fantastic results making everyone in the club proud of their achievements.
Lucas (U19) won Silver in 100m. In long jump he won Gold. He qualified for the Nationals in 100m and long jump.
Elijah (U17) ran 100m finishing 3rd in his heat. He won Gold in Javelin and also ran in the 200m heats. He qualified for Nationals in javelin and 200m.
Josh (U17) won Silver in javelin and qualified for Nationals.
Alex (U17) won Gold in the hammer throw and qualified for Nationals
Fiachra (U16) was in action over 3000m for the first time and posted a super time of 10:26.51 for 5th place. Lots more to come from this young man.
We had Lucas, Josh and Elijah running on County relay teams with Josh and Elijah helping the U17 team to Bronze and Lucas helping the U19 team to Gold.
Congratulations to all five and a big thanks to Catherine, Tracey and Padraig
Friends of Fatima 5k
Our adult members were up at Wexford Racecourse supporting the Lady of Fatima School fundraising 5k run on Saturday.
Brian had a super run finishing in 4th place. Well done folks, good to support local fundraisers
Brian Smyth 20:29
John Hyland 21:40
John Dier 24:55
Gareth Lloyd 30:13
Samantha Donegan 32:38
Tony Harpur 33:57
Bridie McGuire 38:47
Sharron Dier 40:06
Paul Harpur 50:05
parkrun
The threat of rain did not materialise until after the run was complete luckily for thise in attendance A very warm morning as runners got the best of the days weather before the unsettled weather turned up later in the day.
Enda O'Sullivan ran the Knockancree Cloughjordan parkrun.
Ryan Ellard ran in the Gorey parkrun.
Dermot Foley, Dave Midwinter, Brian Smyth, John Hyland, Martin Kelly, John Dier, Geoff Hoffheinz, Hazel Doyle, Rob Mehigan, Ollie Stack, Sarah Bermingham, Anne Thomas, Helen Burrell, Rob Casey, Darren O'Grady, Helen Wallace, Michael Murphy, Sinead Ryan, Bridie McGuire, Sharron Dier & Gareth Lloyd all ran the Wexford Racecourse parkrun.
Co. Senior Road Race / Leinsters U20, Senior & Masters Track and Field
Mr Oil County Senior Road Race
The historic castle in Ferns Village overlooked the counties finest athletes as they went through their warm up routines. Ahead of them lay a challenge : 5k for ladies &10k for men.
As is customary ladies were first as they raced over 1 loop of the well known roads of Ferns returning to the village on the main road from Enniscorthy. The final slope up into the village a real test on tired legs.
In Menapians vests were Ilze Bedrite (25:55) and Jennifer Kehoe (25:46) who pushed on with grit and determination to the finish line.
When the ladies race was complete a huge group of men gathered to wait the starters gun and the race took off with incredible speed. The mens race was 2 loops of the route and our 3 showed tremendous character. Tony Harpur (40:30) , Paul Harpur (47:02) & Conor MacAogain (49:40) gave it everything as they completed the race.
Congratulations to our 5 athletes who each gave it everything.
Leinster U20, Senior & Masters Track & Field
Carlow was the destination for some club athletes as they headed to compete in Leinster Competition in the SETU Campus.
There was a Silver for Elijah Page Redmond in the U20 javelin. It was his first competition at junior level throwing the 800g javelin 36.77m
A 4th place for Lucas Page Redmond after some excellent jumps in U20 long jump. 5.73m was his best of the day.
Strong running from Siobhan Doyle in W60 100m with a 16.82 finish for 5th place.
There was Gold over 3000m in W60 in a time of 14:36.78and a 2nd place and Silver in the W60 1500m for Catherine O'Connor with a time of 6:54.10, impressive running as always.
Many thanks to Padraig Kelly who was our official at the event.
Tri Athy / Cork City Marathon / VHI Women's Mini Marathon / parkrun
Tri Athy
John Dier took on a different challenge earlier today, he completed the Tri Athy event in perfect conditions.
Congratulations John, keep up the good work
Cork City Marathon
A huge run from our newest member Dave Midwinter today as he took on his first marathon. A warm day and an early start saw him push himself to a super 4hr 34 min time
Congratulations Dave,enjoy the recovery time
VHI Women’s Mini Marathon
One of the largest female sporting event that happens on our island and possibly the world took place in Dublin today. A by now well known 10k route around the streets of the capital saw approx 28,000 ladies take part.
Well done to our club members Helen Burrell (1:05:11), Sharron Dier (1:19:50) & Janette Mulvany (1:26:44).
parkrun
Another week and more milestones hit, this week it was Sinead's turn as she clocked up her 100th Parkrun in New Ross and Ryan who clocked up his 50th in Wexford. Congratulations to you both.
Enda O'Sullivan joined Sinead Ryan in JFK Park for the New Ross Parkrun.
At Wexford Racecourse Parkrun Anthony Dowd, John Hyland, Eamonn Foley, Ryan Ellard, Martin Kelly, Brian Smyth, Fiachra Mehigan, Rob Mehigan, Darren O'Grady, Bridie McGuire and Gráinne Hayes all had the wind in their face running uphill as they completed their 5k.