26th July 2010- Results and Fixtures

Offaly Track and Field Championships.
The County Track and Field Championships were held in Tullamore Harriers stadium last Friday night. The 3000 metres attracted the biggest field of the night and was won by John Donegan in a time of 9.45.9. Cormac Troy won the 1500 metres in 4.23 while Mary Walsh and Ray Delaney completed sprint trebles.

Full Results

Senior Women
400m 1 Nita McLoughlin 81.7 ; 2 Susan Cleary 84.0 3 Angela Martin 107.6.
1500m 1 Michelle Mullaney 6.38. 3000m Michelle Mullaney 12.39.7 ; 2 Nita McLoughlin 13.16.3 ; 3 Susan Cleary 13.43.5 4 Angela Martin 16.50.9.

Master Women : 100m 1 Mary Walsh 17.6. 200m 1 Mary Walsh 36.7. 400m Mary Walsh 86.1. : 1500m ; 1 Liz Cuskelly 5.11.9 ; 2 Mary Daly 5.44.2 ; 3 Rita Daly 6.37.6. : 3000m 1 Liz Cuskelly 10.36.3 ; 2 Mary Daly 11.44.7 ; 3 Martina Conlon 13.02.7 ; 4 Rita Daly 13.34.3.

Junior ladies : Discus. 1 Kelly Cunningham 27.25 ; 2 Lisa Dolan 21.53.
Shot Putt. 1 Kelly Cunningham 7.99 ; 2 Lisa Dolan 7.31.

Senior Men : 100m 1 Ray Delaney 11.8 ; 2 Maurice Fitzgerald 13.2 ; 3 Ger Lynam 14.7. : 200m 1 Ray Delaney 25.0 ; 400m 1 Ray Delaney 60.0 : 2 Richie Galvin 63.5 : 3 Noel Conway ( Guest ) 69.9 ; 1500m 1 Cormac Troy 4.23 ; 2 Cormac Fitzpatrick ( Guest ) 4.25.5 ; 3 Richie Galvin 4.34.9 ; 4 Ciaran Kennan ( Guest ) 4.46.2 ; 5 Maurice Fitzgerald 5.05.3. ; 6 Ray Martin 5.21 ; 7 Ger Lynam 5.32.6. : 3000m 1 Ger Lynam 10.47 : 2 Ray Martin 11.03 ; 3 James Mahon 11.33.2.

Master Men : 100m 1 David Gorry 13.4 ; 2 Tom Rafferty 14.0 ; 3 Paddy Dolan 14.7. : 200m 1 Tom Rafferty 30.8 ; 2 Paddy Dolan 31.3. 400m 1 Joe Wrafter 68.3 ; 2 Pat Conlon 72.4 ; 3 Paddy Dolan 73.0 ; 4 Pat Kennedy 78.2.

1500m 1 John Donegan 5.02.8 ; 2 Pat Conlon 5.10.7 ; 3 Liam Byrne 5.30.6 4 Joe Wrafter 5.45.2 ; 5 Fra Mollen 5.45.9 ; 6 Brendan Kennedy 6.20.9 ; 7 Pat Kennedy 7.03.7. : 3000m 1 John Donegan 9.45.9 ; 2 David Gorry 10.28.2 ; 3 Brendan Abbot 10.28.8 ; 4 Fra Mollen 10.51.1 ; 5 Pat Conlon 10.53.4 ; 6 Liam Byrne 11.01.0 ; 7 Christy Donegan 11.41.1 ; 8 Joe Wrafter 11.45.6 ; 9 Brendan Kennedy 12.11.5 ; 10 Pat Kennedy 13.47.9.

Javelin 1 Tom Rafferty 41.54 ; 2 Jim Dolan 18.63. : Shot Putt 1 Tom Rafferty 10.01 ; 2 Jim Dolan 7.73. : Discus 1 Tom Rafferty 31.85 ; 2 Jim Dolan 20.21.

European Masters
Ger Hensey competed in the European masters track and field championships in Hungary last week. Ger has been troubled by injury recently and was apprehensive as he lined up for the 100 metre heats. Ger finished in third place in his heat in 11.82 to qualify for the semi finals. In the semis Ger finished in fourth place in 11.79 and just missed out on a place in the final by 0.05 of a second.

On Wedensday Ger finished in third place in his heat of the 200 metres in a time of 24.47. In the semi finals Ger was placed eight in 24.49 but failed to make it through to the final.

Catch Grennan was due to run in the heats of the 800 metres but these were cancelled and so he lined up on Thursday last for the final. After a slow first lap of 63 seconds the pace exploded and Catch ran well to finish in a great sixth place in a time of 2.01.7, just two seconds off the bronze medal.

International Snowdon Mountain race.
John Harkin travelled to Wales to take part in the 35th Snowdon Mountain race. This famous race attracted a field of six hundred athletes of various nationalities and took them to a height of over 3500 feet. The athletes were greeted with mist and light rain as they took to the start line at 2pm, however these conditions were nothing compared to what awaited them on the upper slopes of Snowdon, with strong winds and driving rain awaiting them at the summit, some 5 miles away and at an elevation of over 3500 feet. John ran a very strong race to finish in 27th place and was the second Irishman home in a time of 1.19.26.

Fixtures.
July 30th : Daingean 5k Road Race at 8.00 pm.
July 31st : National combined events championships, Tullamore.
August 14th : National League Final, Tullamore..
August 15th : National Masters Track and Field, Tullamore.
September 5th : Gowran 8 at 10.00 am.
September 19th : Neville 10 at 10.00 am.
September 26: Portarlington 10k road race.

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

New members always welcome.