13th December 2009 - Results and Fixtures

Catch Grennan Wins Winter League

A big field of thirty five runners lined up for the third and final leg of the Winter League last Thursday night which was run over a distance of 3,000 metres and consisted of almost five laps of the tarmac circuit. With one win each from the first two races it looked like a straight battle between Catch Grennan and John Harkin for overall honours. And so it proved, with Harkin moving into the lead from the start and been closely pursued by Grennan. Soon after Grennan went into the lead and pulled away steadily to come home an easy winner in 9.24 with John Harkin over one hundred metres behind in second place. Declan Fahey showed he is getting back to form, finishing in third place with Johnny Feery having a great run to take fourth place in a time of 10.00.
The overall winner of the Winter League, with two victories and a second place was Catch Grennan. Second place went to John Harkin and Declan Fahey took third place. Team C captained by Darren Butler were the team winners followed by Martina Conlon’s team with Richie Faulkner’s finishing third.

Results :
1 Catch Grennan 9.24 ; 2 John Harkin 9.46 ; 3 Declan Fahey 9.51 ; 4 Johnny Feery 10.00 ; 5 Darren Butler 10.05 ; 6 Mark Servis 10.09 ; 7 Seamus O Chonghaile 10.41 ; 8 Pat Conlon 10.47 ; 9 Liz Cuskelly 10.52 ; 10 Maurice Fitzgerald 10.56 ; 11 John O’Connell 10.58 ; 12 Richie Faulkner 11.01 ; 13 Nick Devery 11.02 ; 14 Joe Wrafter 11.03 ; 15 Liam Byrne 11.27 ; 16 Ray Condron 11.33 ; 17 Fra Mollen 11.35 ; 18 James Mahon 11.41 ; 19 Mary Daly 11.47 ; 20 Tony McCormack 12.01 ; 21 Brendan Kennedy 12.14 ; 22 Ann Carroll 12.21 ; 23 Evelyn Herlihy 12.24 ; 24 Una Mullen 12.28 ; 25 Ursula O’Reilly 12.36 ; 26 Declan Lambe 12.47 ; 27 Martina Conlon 13.10 ; 28 Michael Carroll 13.31 ; 29 Jim Langan 13.43 ; 30 Jim Dolan 14.51 ; 31 Martin Cooney 15.06 ; 32 Bernie McCardle 15.17 ; 33 Cathriona Cullen 17.06 ; 34 Marie Philbin 19.12 ; 35 Aine O’Grady 19.13.

Waterford Half Marathon.
The Waterford half marathon was held last Sunday with the Harriers well represented among the big field of almost 1,000 runners. Pauline Curley was an easy winner of the women’s race in a good time of 78.24. Declan Madden was rewarded for the big mileage he is putting in by finishing in 21st place overall and third over 40 in a great time of 77.57. Barry Lambe finished 59th in 85.48 while Rosemarie Masterson was very happy with her run to finish in 72nd overall in a fine time of 86.48.

Also down south, Jim Langan won the over 65 section of the Killarney 5K road series.

Goal Mile.
The Goal Mile will take place on Christmas day between 10 and 12 noon on the Tullamore Harriers tartan track. It is a great place to meet people and also work up an appetite for the Christmas dinner. All you have to do is turn up, run or walk a mile and make a donation to Goal. For anyone feeling particularly energetic there will be a competitive mile at 11am. Also this year at 11.15 there will be a mile race involving some well known personalities from the Tullamore area and this should be very enjoyable, particularly for those watching. More details on this next week.

Fixtures
December 25th : Goal Mile.
December 31st at 12 mid day. Round the Houses Road Race.
January 10th : Leinster Senior Cross Country, Kilmacow, Co.Kilkenny.
January 17th : AAI Games in Nenagh.
January 24th : Indoor Games, Nenagh.
January 31st : Leinster Senior and Masters Indoors, Nenagh.

Training: Tuesday and Thursday at 6.30pm, Sunday morning at 8.30am Except on a race day. New members always welcome.

With the dark evenings now here it is important to be seen on the roads so reflective gear must be worn while training on the roads

Membership is now due. Forms available in clubhouse.