17th May 2010- Results and Fixtures

Tullamore Harriers win Double Gold in National Relays.
Tullamore Harriers scored a notable double at the National Senior Relay championships held in Castleisland at the weekend when they won both the 4 x 100m and 4 x 400m relays.  The Harriers team of Alan Whelan, Gordon Kennedy, Fearghus Hannon and Eoin Hannon had a great run in the 4 x 100m where they had to fight all the way to the finish to overcome the determined challenge of Leevale to win gold in a time of 42.35 which is a new club record.

In the 4 x 400m relay Gordon Kennedy ran a strong first leg and Tullamore Harriers had established a commanding lead at the first change over. Fearghus, Eoin and Alan consolidated the lead for Tullamore to win by a convincing margin in a time of 3.22.71.  This win confirms Tullamore Harriers as both indoor and outdoor 4 x 400m national champions for 2010. 

AAI Games
The AAI games were held in Castle Island at the weekend in conjunction with the National Relays.  A strong group of sprinters from Tullamore Harriers made the long trip worthwhile with excellent results.  Gordon Kennedy had a great run in the 200m to win in an excellent time of 21.72, an improvement of .25 over his run in Irishtown the previous week.  He was closely followed home by Eoin Hannon who ran a brilliant 21.95 in his first run over 200m.

Fearghus Hannon won the second 200m in a time of 22.02, almost 0.5 second inside his previous best for the distance. Alan Whelan ran 22.74, Ray Lennon 23.45, and Ray Delaney 24.61 for the 200, all personal bests for the distance. Ger Hensey clocked 23.40 which is a personal best for him as a master athlete.  Unfortunately the wind readings were outside the permitted 2m/sec so they do not stand as PB’s, but never the less great running.  Larry O Reilly was the exception, running an excellent new PB in the 200m of 23.06 with a wind reading of 1.1m/sec.

There were equally great runs by all in the 100m, but again the wind readings were outside the permitted 2m/sec. Gordon Kennedy and Eoin Hannon were both inside the 11sec mark for the second time in a week clocking 10.90 and 10.99 respectively.  Fearghus Hannon ran 11.06, Alan Whelan ran 11.28, Larry O’Reilly 11.43, Ger Hensey 11.61, Ray Lennon 11.76 and Ray Delaney 12.25. Well done to all on a great weekend’s results for the Harriers. 

Mullingar Road League.
The second leg of the Mullingar road league took place in Belvedere last Wednesday with another large turnout. In a very competitive race over three miles consisting of grass, road and wooded trails, Declan Fahey was our first finisher in 5th place in a time of 16.31. Other Tullamore places and times were, 13th John Donegan 16.55 ; 16th Jody O’Reilly 17.08 ; 18th Richie Galvin 17.16 ; 38th Pat Conlon 18.40 ; 63rd Fra Mollen 19.32 ; 70th Joe Wrafter 19.44 ; 109th James Mahon 21.15.

Fixtures.
May 25th : Na Fianna AC. 5k road race in Enfield , Co Meath at 8pm.
May 26th :th leg, Mullingar Road League at 8.00pm.
May 28th: Jack Cox road race, Kilcormac at 8pm.
June 6th : Leinster Senior and Masters Track and Field Championships, Tullamore

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

Membership is now overdue. Forms available in clubhouse.