19th April 2010- Results and Fixtures

Harriers out in force in Great Ireland Run

A big group of twenty six club members joined 11,000 others in the Phoenix for the Spar Great Ireland Run which also incorporated the National 10K Championships of Ireland. On what was an ideal day for running Pauline Curley was our best placed finisher coming home in 10th place in the women’s race in a time of 36.51. Hot on Pauline’s heels and having a great run was Pauline Lambe in 11th place in 37.09. Liz Cuskelly who was in the leading group early on dug deep in the latter stages of the race which included a lot of uphill stretches to come home in 14th place in 37.48.

In the men’s race Declan Fahey put in a great performance to finish 41st in a time of 33.46 and was closely followed by Catch Grennan in 47th place in 34.13. There were a lot of other good runs from our athletes on what was a great days racing. There are no team results available yet but hopes are high that the club will be in the shake up in a few categories.

Results : Men 10K.
41 Declan Fahey 33.46 ; 47 Catch Grennan 34.13 ; 63 Mick Murphy 34.45 ; 67 John Donegan 34.49 ;75 Johnny Feery 35.17 ; 89 Eddie Garry 35.44 ; 110 Martin Carroll 36.17 ; 198 Colm Colohan 38.29 ; 204 John Todd (3rd O 55 ) 38.36 ; 214 Pat Conlon 38.43 ; 243 Vinny Conlon 39.11 ; 267 David Gorry 39.32 ; 312 Joe Wrafter 40.07 ; 313 Darren Butler 40.10 ; 444 Fra Mollen 41.47 ; 601 Maurice Fitzgerald 43.22 ; 775 Tony McCormack 44.45 ; 1435 Darren O’Connor 48.16 ; Jim Langan 61.00.

Women 10K. Pauline Curley ( 2nd O 40 ) 36.51 ; Pauline Lambe 37.09 ; Liz Cuskelly (1st O 35 ) 37.48 ; Maire Troina O’Connor 39.32 ; Mary Daly ( 2nd O 45 ) 43.50 ; Martina Conlon 46.54 ; Lisa Larkin 57.30.

Catch Grennan Wins Spring League
The third and final leg of the Spring League took place on Tuesday of last week and was run on the tartan track over the classic mile distance. With victories in the first two legs Catch Grennan was expected to be the man to beat. Grennan had won the first two races in the league and over the mile which is his forte he raced to an almost effortless victory in a time of 4.51.Behind Grennan there was a great scrap for the minor placings with newcomer Richie Galvin showing a great turn of pace to overtake John Donegan and claim second place in 4.57 with Donegan a close third in 4.59.

With a strike rate of three wins out of three Catch Grennan was a clear overall winner of the league with the consistent Donegan second and Jody O’Reilly taking third place.

In the team competition Pat Conlon’s team had a big lead going into the final race and despite a big effort from the Maurice Fitzgerald led team they held on for the win with a total of 591 points to 547 for Fitzgerald’s team. Tony McCormack’s team were third with 447 points.

Results :
1 Catch Grennan 4.51 ; 2 Richie Galvin 4.57 ; 3 John Donegan 4.59 ; 4 Darren Butler 5.00 ; 5 Jody O’Reilly 5.03 ; 6 Johnny Feery 5.07 ; 7 Pauline Curley 5.13 ; 8 Liam Byrne 5.24 ; 9 Tony McCormack 5.25 ; 10 Joe Wrafter 5.27 ; 11 Maurice Fitzgerald 5.32 ; 12 Neville Coughlan 5.36 ; 13 Pat Conlon 5.37 ; 14 Seamus O’Chongaile 5.37 ; 15 Liam Dunne 5.38 ; 16 James Mahon 5.40 ; 17 Adrian Martin 5.41 ; 18 Fra Mollen 5.45 ; 19 Glen Finlay 5.47 ; 20 John O’Connell 5.48 ; 21 Archie McCormack 5.56 ; 22 Darren O’Connor 6.06 ; 23 Mary Daly 6.08 ; 24 Evelyn Herlihy 6.12 ; 25 Deirdre Feery 6.13 ; 26 Declan Lambe 6.19 ; 27 Brendan Kennedy 6.22 ; 28 Ivan Cuddihy 6.32 ; 29 Martina Conlon 6.43 ; 30 Michael Carroll 6.46 ; 31 Larry Rigney 6.58 ; 32 Nita McLoughlin 7.12 ; 33 Jim Dolan 7.17 ; 34 Jim Langan 7.28 ; 35 John Cronin 9.06

On the track Ger Hensey competed in the Leevale AC. Sports in Cork where he finished in fourth place in his 100 metre heat in a time of 11.71

Fixtures.
May 2nd : Boston Scientific 4 mile road race
May 3rd : Leinster Novice and Masters Road Race, Gowran, Kilkenny.
May 8th Croghan Hill 10K.
May 28th: Jack Cox road race, Kilcormac at 8pm.

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.