6th July 2008 - Results and Fixtures

OLYMPIC DREAM STILL ON FOR KENNEDY
Gordon Kennedy and the Irish 4x400 relay squad suffered a cruel blow when the relay events due to be held at the Salamanca GP in Spain last Wednesday were cancelled. Still needing a time of 3.04.33 to qualify for the Beijing Olympics the team are hoping to have one more shot at qualifying, at the time of writing they hope to run in Lucerne Switzerland on the 16th and make the top 16 qualifying list. Gordon was in Switzerland last Friday for the 400 metres at the Lugano GP, running 46.91 to take fourth place behind South African winner Mogawane Ofentse 45.89. Next Tuesday Gordon travels to Sweden to compete over 400 at the Sollentuna GP.

NEWS ROUND UP
At the Dunshaughlin 10k on Saturday 28th June Liz Cuskelly was 2nd Lady in 37.14 with Declan Fahey 12th overall in 32.54. The annual Rathowen 5k attracted a large turnout on a dry sunny evening last Wednesday with Declan Fahey, Johnny Feery and Liz Cuskelly among the prizewinners. Places and Time were 5 Declan Fahey 16.17 (4th Senior), 11 Jody O’Reilly 17.15, 12 Mick Murphy 17.19, 16 Johnny Feery 17.23 (2nd over 50), 19 Adrian Curley 17.52, 24 Liz Cuskelly 18.39 (1st Lady), 34 Andy O’Grady 20.15, 46 Brendan Kennedy 21.21, 73 Ursula O’Reilly 25.00. Last Friday evening Pauline Curley took part in the Ards Half Marathon which had 561 finishers. Over a very tough hilly course Pauline was 9th overall and 2nd Lady in 1.19.55 with the Kenyan Caroline Kilpl 1st Lady in 1.16.38. The 5th annual Marian Geraghty 10k was held in Mount Bolus last Sunday and despite the very heavy showers conditions were good for running. Paul Buckley of Ferbane AC was the clear winner in a course record time of 32.50 with Declan Fahey, John Donegan, Pauline Curley, Liz Cuskelly and Deirdre Lambe among the prizewinners. Places and Times were 2 Declan Fahey 34.00, 4 John Donegan 35.11 (1st over 40), 7 Michael Murphy 36.45, 9 Johnny Feery 37.03, 10 Pauline Curley 37.17 (1st Lady), 13 Elizabeth Cuskelly 39.06 (2nd Lady), 16 John O’Connell 40.11, 18 Deirdre Lambe 42.16 (3rd Lady), 19 Andy O’Grady 43.09, 23 Larry Rigney 44.28, 24 Pat Conlon 44.38, 25 Mary Daly 44.57, 26 Stephen Malone 45.14, 27 Una Mullen 46.03, 31 Paul Marsden 49.00. The “Hell of the West” triathlon held in Kilkee on Saturday 28th June lived up to its name, with difficult swimming conditions, strong winds on the return leg of the bike and at the start of the run to make it one of the toughest races in recent years. Despite the conditions 531 made it across the finish line and first club member to finish was Mary Daly taking 1st place in her age category. Results were 91 Mary Daly 2.42.35(31.52/1.21.41/47.21), 110 Barry Lambe 2.44.23 (31.37/1.26.52/43.24), 130 Ray Campbell 2.46.45 (27.47/1.29.22/47.30), 462 Brendan Kennedy 3.09.51 (37.51/1.39.05/49.52) Maire-Triona Keane 34.51 swim only.

Marian Geraghty 10k Declan Fahey

Rathowen 5K Declan Fahey

Marian Geraghty 10k Deirdre Lambe

Marian Geraghty 10k Liz Cuskelly

Marian Geraghty 10k Pauline Curley

Rathowen 5K Liz Cuskelly

Marian Geraghty 10k John Donegan

Fixtures :
Thursday 10th July, Offaly Senior/Master/Junior T&F Championships.
Saturday 19th / Sunday 20th July, AAI Senior T&F Championships Santry.
Sunday 27th July, National League Final, Tullamore.
Friday 1st August, Daingean 5k

Training : Tuesday and Thursday at 6.30pm, Sunday morning at 8.30am (except on a race day) all are welcome.

See the club website tullamoreharriers.com

Circuit training led by Adrian Brennan every Wednesday at 7pm.