Jim McNamara won a prestigious AAI award on Saturday for his contribution to athletics, he was presented with his medal in City West on Saturday. Well done Jim and well deserved! More on this later and keep the 18th May free in your diaries for his upcoming tribute night at 7.30pm in the Spa Hotel, Lucan….
Meanwhile we had another packed week of racing, the most recent race was the Samsung Nightime 10k Run and a good contingent of Donore runners including a large group of Barry’s fit for life group turned out on a cool and wet windy night. Jono Daly is coming back to great form after his recent marathon and stormed home in an excellent 34.25, he was followed by John Dunne who got a nasty fall not far from the finish but still got under the clock in 34.38, next in was Rene Kilrane in 38.15 followed by Dave Wogan who ran an excellent 38.51. Our other finishers were Anna Dunne 45.52, Arthur Connick 46.51, Cristina Gonzalez 47.18, Tommy Dunne 48.09, Tony Dunne 48.51, Elaine Verdon 51.25, Anne Rush 51.39, Barry Jennings 52.17, Emily Malcolm 52.58, Eimear Kearney 53.33, Josephine Hughes 56.10, John Powell 56.20, Dearbhla Walsh 57.03, Adrienne Seery 58.28, Amandine Devine 58.29, Aine Grogan 1.01.38, Sinead Dunne 1.03.39, Annette Greally 1.03.45, Cariosa Walsh 1.05.29 and John Giles 1.05.53. Well done to all and a big thanks to everyone who helped with stewarding on the course.
BHAA RTE 5 miles: Well done to Ian Redican 31.58 ,Terry Mee (1st M65)36.09 and Ann Woodlock (1st O70) 42.45.
IMRA Bray Head Hill Run: Well done to stalwart hill runner Sarah Ni Ruairc on a good run in this very tough race.
West Leinsters and North Leinsters Juvenile Track and Field Games: A great turn out from our young members saw some great performances and plenty of top three placings, hopefully we have a record of everybody here, any omissions accidental!
North Leinster
Rebecca Power 1st junior discus and 1st junior javelin, Clodagh Read 1st inter discus 2nd inter hammer, Iain Darroch 1st inter discus and Karen Hughes 2nd inter 100 m
West Leinster Minor boys
Kalade Abiodum 2nd 80m, Jack Rudden Kelly 1st high jump and 1st hurdles and also on relay team 1st, James McDonagh 4th 500m and Alex Clarkin 1st long jump and 1st javelin
West Leinster Minor girls
Katie Coombes 5th 1100, Eve Reilly 1st hurdles and 4th 80 m, Suzi O Farrell 2nd 80 m and Relay team 2nd, Robyn O’ Keeffe 3rd 80m and 3rd long jump and Relay team 2nd
Emily Barry 6th 80m
West Leinster Junior girls
Aoife Lynch 1st 100 m and 2nd 200m and Claire O’ Connor 2nd 800m
West Leinster Inter boys
Stephen Galvin 3rd 3000 and Sean Lawlor 2nd 100 and 1st 200m , James Cramp 5th 800m, Rolusa Olusa Triple jump 1st and 400 hurdles 1st
Senior boys
Sam Allen 1500m 3rd , 5000m 3rd and Oisin Fitzgibbon 2nd in the Mile
Belated News:
Spar Great Ireland Run: The official AAI championships results are up and our senior women won a brilliant silver medal (Sinead Jennings, Sinead Lambe and Florence Curley), our master women won bronze (Samantha Conroy, Sharon Moore and Michelle Rowley), individual medal winners were Sinead Jennings 1st W35, Fergal Whitty ? 1st M35, John Dunne 2nd M35, Terry Mee 2nd M65.
BHAA K Club: Well done to Fergal Whitty 6th 33.10 (pb?) Ken Norgrove 9th 33.57, Dave Heffernan 34.56, Fergal Swaine 35.48, Ian Redican 41.20, Rhona Duane 43.49, Nicola Dowdall 44.34, Terry Mee (2nd M65) 45.35, Ann Woodlock (1st W70) 58.12