For the first time in several years years the club was represented by both the men and ladies teams. What a tremendous day it turned out to be with the ladies 3rd in their group with some brilliant performances and a total of 88 points. Our men showed their determination to win Division I this summer and gain promotion to the Premier Division. At the end of the day, they were in first position with an impressive total of 123 points with Sligo County on 113 points and Co Wexford 102 points.
Wins for Darragh Fitzgibbon 800m, Rolus Osala 400h and triple jump, Simon Taggart in 110h and high jump, Jaco Oosthuysen javelin, Jim Mc Namara in the walk and David Campbell in 400m were so influential. While 2nd placed Lee Van Haeften 1500m, Eric Keogh 5,000m, Eamon Fahey in the long jump and 100m, Kevin English steeplechase, Eric Brady 56 Lb and both relay teams, Simon in Discus and Sean Lawler 3rd place in the 200m all contributed to a very impressive total to proceed into the 2nd leg in July.
For the ladies, Anne Gormley did the 1500m walk and the hammer, Sinead McCauley, making her track debut, competed in the 400m in 68 secs while Sorcha NicDhomhnaill won her 800m race in 2:28. Sinead Mc Cauley also ran the 1500m and finished in a very impressive 3rd place and Jona Kalemi ran as a guest in the same race. Florrie ran the 3000m, running well to finish 7th. In the 4x400m Jona, Florrie, Sinead and Sorcha all performed brilliantly and picked up valuable points for the team and our female sprinters Jenny, Megan, Emily and Linda had a superb race to win the 4 x 100m and Linda also won her individual 100m race.
Overall a brilliant day for the club with fantastic commitment shown by all our athletes and wonderful team spirit and support. Well done to all our athletes, team managers and coaches and club officials who acted as officials for specific events and to all those members who came out to support the teams. It was a memorable day.
The Meet and Train Summer League came to a conclusion last Wednesday with the 4 mile race hosted by Donore in the Phoenix Park. We had a very strong showing from once again with an impressive 31 ladies turning out in the white and black on the night.
Bernadette Kiernan Of Clonliffe was the overall winner of the Meet and Train Road League 2013, while Donore’s Rhona Duane and Karen Behan were 2nd and 3rd respectively. Congratulations to all the girls who competed in the league, the strong numbers that turned out for these races saw all four Donore teams place well. Donore A (Rhona, Cliodhna, Karen, Sharon, Alma and Janette) won the gold category. Donore B (Joan, Lee, Christina, Aisling, Sinead and Rachel) were second in the silver section. Donore C (Lorraine, Suzanne, Emer, Jennifer, Orla and Caren) won the bronze category and Donore D (Laura, Sue, Ann, Eilish, Angela and Michelle) finished 4th in the bronze category. A big thanks to everyone who contributed to making this a great race.
Well done also to Tony Dunne who ran 1:53 in the Strawberry half marathon at the weekend.
