5th October 2009 - Results and Fixtures

Grennan Wins Discover Tullamore 5k

Tullamore Harriers were very happy to be involved in the Discover Tullamore day last Sunday by organizing a 5k run. There was a festival atmosphere as Councillor Declan Harvey got the run underway from outside the Tullamore Dew Heritage Centre. Catch Grennan and John Harkin went into the lead from the start as they headed out the Clara road. Grennan kept pushing the pace and soon dropped Harkin. Coming in the Rahan road Grennan had a big lead and he maintained it to come home a clear winner by one hundred and fifty meters from Peter Mooney in a time of 16.29.

John Harkin was third, just three seconds behind Mooney while John Donegan had a great battle with Johnny Feery before claiming fourth place. Liz Cuskelly in eight place was the first woman to finish in a time of 18.18.
The Harriers would like to thank all the people who helped out with the stewarding on the day and made this run possible.

Results
1 Catch Grennan 16.29 ; 2 Peter Mooney 16.56 ; 3 John Harkin 16.59 ; 4 John Donegan 17.08 ; 5 Johnny Feery 17.10 ; 6 Declan Madden 17.15 ; 7 Darren Butler 18.12; 8 Liz Cuskelly 18.18 ; 9 Tony McCormack 18.22 ; 10 Jody O’Reilly 18.53 ; 11 Maire Triona O’Connor 18.54 ; 12 Joe Wrafter 19.13 ; 13 Rosemarie Masterson 19.14 ; 14 Fra Mollen 19.16 ; 15 John O’Connell 19.17 ; 16 Vinny Conlon 19.28 ; 17 Maurice Fitzgearld 19.32 ; 18 Ursula O’Reilly 20.56 ; 19 Pauline Curley 20.56 ; 20 Noel Cronin 21.22 ; 21 Brendan Kennedy 21.27 ; 22 Paul Marsden 21.34 ; 23 Jim Langan 21.40 ; 24 Tony McCormack 22.09 ; 25 Sinead Rigney 22.26 ; 26 Tony Keegan 22.27 ; 27 Sean Rigney 22.29 ; 28 Larry Rigney 22.41 ; 29 Martina Conlon 22.59 ; 30 James Gorman 23.16 ; 31 Evelyn Herlihy 23.43 ; 32 Mary Hussey 26.00 ; 33 John Raleigh 26.09 ; 34 Michelle Whelehan 26.42 ; 35 Deirdre Raleigh 26.43 ; 36 Conor Brereton 26.52 ; 37 Frances Neville 27.51 ; 38 Eoin Conlon 30.48 ; 39 Bernie McArdle 39.32 ; 40 Marie Philbin 39.32.

Rathfarnham 5k
Noel Kelly finished in 11th place in a high class field in the Rathfarnham 5k road race last Sunday in a time of 15.17. Eddie Garry was placed 61st in a good time of 17.33.

Congratulations
Congratulations to Sharon Leonard and Ray on the birth of their baby boy Luke.

Sympathy
Tulamore Harriers extend there deepest sympathies to Kevin Breen and family on the death of Kevin’s mother Kathleen (Kit) Breen, Birr.

Fixtures
October 11th : Offaly Novice and Masters Cross Country Championships in Charleville Estate, Tullamore at 10am.
October 13th : Paddy Larkin Memorial 3k in Tullamore Harriers at 7pm.
October 18th : Gerry Farnan cross country and Masters trials in Phoenix Park, Dublin at 1pm.

Training: Tuesday and Thursday at 6.30pm, Sunday morning at 8.30am Except on a race day. Runners also meet for a run on Mondays and Wednesdays from 5pm on. New members always welcome.