2nd November 2008 - Results and Fixtures

Curley and Fahey win Offaly Senior Titles.
The Offaly senior crosscountry championships took place in Charleville Estate in Tullamore last Sunday. It was a dry cool morning and the course was in perfect condition for running.

The womens race was run over a distance of 5000 metres and consisted of four laps. Pauline Curley went to the front from the start and was never troubled to come home a clear winner in a good time of 18.10. Behind Pauline there was a great battle for second place between Liz cuskelly and Maire Triona Keane with Ann Carroll and Rose Marie Masterson close behind. Going onto the last lap Pauline Curley had a big lead while Liz Cuskelly and Maire Triona Keane were still running together. Pauline increased her lead all the way to the finish with Liz holding off a fast finishing Maire Triona to take second. Maire Triona Keane took the bronze medal with Ann Carroll running a great last lap to pull away from Rose Marie Masterson who finished fifth.

The mens race was eight laps over 10,000 metres and here Declan Fahey took an early lead with John Donegan, Adrian Curley and Catch Grennan in a group close behind. Going onto the fourth lap Fahey had built up a commanding lead with Donegan breaking away from Curley who in turn had a small gap back to catch Grennan. This is the way it stayed to the finish with Declan Fahey coming home a clear winner to claim his first Offaly crosscountry title by a margin of 33 seconds with John Donegan second, and Adrian Curley a further 9 seconds back in third. Catch Grennan took fourth place Ahead of a fast finishing Martin Carroll.

Fiona Purcell was the winner of the Junior Ladies title in a time of 25.00
Results. Womens 5000 metres. 1 Pauline Curley 18.10, 2 Liz Cuskelly 19.26, 3 Maire Triona Keane 19.26, 4 Ann Carroll 20.28, 5 Rose Marie Masterson 20.54, 6 Sharon Leonard 22.14, 7 Mary Daly 23.25, Martina Conlon 23.55. Team. 1 Tullamore Harriers A 1,2,3,4. – 10 points, 2 Tullamore Harriers B 5,6,7,8.- 26 points.

Junior Women 5000 metres. 1 Fiona Purcell 25.00
Mens 10,000 metres. 1 Declan Fahey 35.38, 2 John Donegan 36.05, 3 Adrian Curley 36.14, 4 Catch Grennan 36.32, 5 Martin Carroll 36.41, 6 John Harkin 37.34, 7 Johnny Feery 38.14, 8 Jody O Reilly 38.24, 9 John O Connell 38.49, 10 Liam Dunne 40.10, 11 Ronan Duffy 40.37, 12 Joe Wrafter 40.52, 13 Pat Conlon 41.06, 14 Darren Butler 44.38, 15 Fran Mollen 45.17, 16 Brendan Kennedy 50.46. Team. Tullamore Harriers A 2,4,7,8 – 21 points, 2 Tullamore Harriers B 1,3,10,12 -26 points, 3 Tullamore harriers C 5,6,11,13 – 35 points.

Dublin City Marathon
Well done to Adrian Martin who ran his fastest marathon to date when he clocked 3.19.27 in the recent Dublin City Marathon. Congragulations also to Larry Rigney who finished in a time of 4.08.43.Other Tullamore athletes who ran the marathon were George Webb – 3.02.51, Ray Flanagan – 4.34.44 and Dave Murray – 3.59.13. Well done to all.

Fixtures.
9th November: Intermediate Cross Country Championships, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois.
23rd November: National Intercounties Crosscountry, Tramore, Co Waterford
27th November; Winter league- first leg at 7pm.
30th November: Winter League-second leg at 10am in Charleville Estate
7th December; National novice Crosscountry championships; Cavan.

Training: Tuesday and Thursday at 6.30pm, Sunday morning at 8.30am (except on a Race day). New members always welcome. With the advent of the dark evenings it is important that all members wear reflective clothing when running on the roads.

Sympathy
Tullamore Harriers wish to extend sympathy to Adrian Brennan on the death of his sister Josephine RIP.