18th May 2008 - Results and Fixtures

GOOD START TO NATIONAL TRACK AND FIELD LEAGUE
The first round of the National Track & Field League took place last Sunday in Tullamore and Antrim. Both the Ladies and Men’s teams were competing on home ground with the Ladies in Division 1 drawn against St Abbans, West Waterford, Crusaders, Meath, Galway and Kildare. While the Men in the Premier Division were drawn against Crusaders, Leevale, Menapians, West Waterford, Dundrum South Dublin, and Meath. The ladies put in a very impressive performance with Ann Marie McGlynn winning the 400 and 800, Pauline Curley winning the 3000, Pauline Lambe winning the 1500 and Georgina Tuohy winning the walk. A number of second and third places from Aine Brennan, Niamh Mullen, Lisa Dolan, Lorna Mangan and Claire Collins contributed to a fine score of 107 points on the day and puts them in a strong position for the second round. The men faced tough competition in the Premier Division but battled for points in every event. Our only event winner was Gordon Kennedy in the 400, while the highlight of the day was Darragh Hanlon taking second place in the Pole Vault. The Pole Vault was an event we have been unable to fill in this competition for many years so it was great to score points this year. Catch Grennan ran an impressive 2.04 in the 800 while Tom Raftery was third in both Discus and Javelin. Well done to all the lads and hopefully we can make up the points in the next round to qualify for the final.

The overall point’s position after round 1 has the Tullamore Ladies in third place on 107 points behind joint leaders North Down and Meath on 109 points. While the men are in tenth place on 83.5 points with North Down leading on 117 points from Clonliffe Harriers on 114 points and Leevale on 112 points. With the top eight teams to qualify for the final the men have ten point gap to make up in round 2 to overtake West Waterford on 93.5 points. The next round of the league is on the 15th June in either Santry or Cork.

Results : Women
100m Hurdles 2 Aine Brennan 14.1, 100m 4 Niamh Mullen 13.0, 200m 4 Niamh Mullen 27.6, 1500m Walk 1 Georgina Tuohy 6.57.0, 400m 1 Ann Marie McGlynn 60.7, 800m 1 Ann Marie McGlynn 2.19.2, 1500m 1 Pauline Lambe 4.53.9, 3000m 1 Pauline Curley 10.03.9, Hammer 2 Lisa Dolan 31.72, Long Jump 3 Niamh Mullen 4.59, Discus 3 Lisa Dolan 21.20, High Jump 3 Aine Brennan 1.30, Shot Putt 3 Lorna Mangan 6.43, Javelin 2 Claire Collins 26.02, Triple Jump 2 Aine Brennan 10.24, 4x100 4 (Alison Quinn, Aine Brennan, Georgina Tuohy, Niamh Mullen), 4x400 4 (Pauline Lambe, Pauline Curley, Liz Cuskelly, Ann Marie McGlynn) 4.25.8.

Results : Men
3000m Walk 3 Larry Rigney 19.48.8, 100m 5 Eoin Hannon 11.3, 200m 4 Fearghus Hannon 23.3, 400m Hurdles 6 Damien Lawlor 72.1, 400m 1 Gordon Kennedy 48.1, 800m 5 Catch Grennan 2.04.1, 1500m 6 John Donegan 4.34.3, 3000m Steeplechase 4 Mick Murphy 11.02.0, 5000m 5 Catch Grennan 18.08.7, Hammer 5 Jim Dolan 20.28, Pole Vault 2 Darragh Hanlon 2.80, Long Jump 3 Eoin Hannon 6.54, Discus 3 Tom Raftery 34.11, High Jump 3 Eoin Hannon 1.70, Shot Putt 6 Ray Delaney 8.62, Javelin 3 Tom Raftery 44.27, Triple Jump 6 Thomas Rickard 10.89, 56lb Distance 5 Ken Woods 3.55, 4x100 3 (Eoin Hannon, Feargus Hannon, Paddy O’Flaherty, Gordon Kennedy) 44.1, 4x400 3 (Paddy O’Flaherty, Ray Delaney, Sean Sweeney, Gordon Kennedy) 3.35.8.


RACE ROUND UP
The Mullingar 5k Road League continued in Belvedere last Wednesday with another large turnout, Declan Fahey was the impressive winner and Pauline Curley was the ladies winner. Results from Round 1 are Declan Fahey 2nd 16.06, Pauline Curley 10th 17.23, John Donegan 20th 18.27, Kieran McGovern 64th 21.21, Brendan Kennedy 77th 21.56 and Paddy Dolan 89th 22.24. Larry Rigney took part in his 61st Marathon in Belfast on the Bank Holiday Monday and finished in 489th place in 3.53.50. On a hot day Larry was very pleased with time and well satisfied with breaking 4 hours in a race that had 1547 finishers. The Joey Hannon Triathlon was held in Limerick on the 4th May over the Olympic distance. Mary Daly finished in 40th place overall in a time of 2.27.47, was winner of her category and 5th lady overall. Mary’s times were swim 27.13, cycle 1.11.58 and 45.43 for the run. Brendan Kennedy was 148th overall, swim 47.02, cycle 1.26.58 and run 50.37 for a total time of 3.09.00.

Fixtures :
Tuesday 20th May, Club Track & Field Championships Round 2.
Sunday 25th May, Boston Scientific Road Race, Tullamore.
Friday 30th May, Jack Cox 5k Kilcormac, incorporating Offaly Road Championships.
Sunday 8th June, Leinster Senior/Masters Track & Field Championships, Tullamore.
Sunday 15th June, National League Round 2.

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

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

Check out the new club website tullamoreharriers.com

The club wishes to extend condolences to Mick Gillespie on the death of his aunt Nellie McGurrin.