It was another highly successful weekend for Donore Harriers! With team victories in both the Galway Bay 10km and Half-Marathon races on Saturday there were bronze medals for both the women’s and men’s team at the Dublin Novice cross-country championships hosted by the club in the Phoenix Park on Sunday. To cap a great week-end for the club there were repeated victories for Fathi Aden, Sekeriye Ahmed and Eliza Ni Thighearnaigh in the second fixture of the Dublin Juvenile cross-country league.

In the Galway Bay 10km road race (3/10/15) there were 4 Donore athletes in the top 8 finishers. Ray Hynes (32.10) led the tour-de-force in 3^rd place. Just one place behind was Michael McMahon in a new personal best time of 32.15. Eric Keogh (32.31) struggled in the later stages of the race after an ambitious start before crossing the line in 7^th place. Aogan MacDomhnaill (32.51) showed a fine return to form when placing 8^th. The race was won by Irish international David McCarthy (31.15) of West Waterford AC.

John Travers led a strong Donore Harriers team home in the Galway Bay Half-Marathon (3/10/15). Travers (1.06.31) placed 2^nd in a new personal best time behind winner Roman Prodius (1.06.04) of Clonliffe Harriers. The Donore team was completed by Mark Dooley who placed 4^th in a new personal best time of 1.09.05 and masters athletes John Dunne (1.13.35) in 5^th and Dave Heffernan (1.14.55) in 7^th.

Donore Harriers won both the 10km and half-marathon team prizes with scores of 14 and 11 respectively.

In the Dublin Novice cross-country championships Karla Doran ran a superb race to place 3^rd in the women’s race held over 4 kilometres. The second-season club athlete was always in the mix as she contested for the lead until the closing stages. Thus, over the final kilometre Gemma Reddin (15.19) of Crusaders AC opened up a lead ahead of Orla Bollard (15.25) of Skerries, whilst Doran (15.30) consolidated 3^rd position with gutsy determination to hold off the challenge of Helen Brouder (15.33) of Sportsworld AC.  

Aisling Swaine (16.08) in 10^th, Emer Rattigan (16.27) in 15^th and Bronagh Elliott (17.02) in 30^th joined Doran on the team scoring sheet as Donore Harriers came 3^rdteam on 59 points behind Crusaders AC (42) and Rathfarnham AC (43).

The non-scoring athletes were Janette Strickland (18.05) in 55^th and Angela Eustace (18.10) in 58^th place.

The men’s team also took 3^rd team following a review of the results. The team was led home by Ciaran McCarthy (19.33) in 7^th place. The other team scorers after the 6km race were – Emmet O’Briain (20.05) in 16^th, Luke Boland (20.13) in 19^th and Patrick Byrne (20.29) in 28^th. The team prize went to DSD on 35 points ahead of Crusasers AC (37) and Donore Harriers (70).    

The non-scoring members of the Donore team were – 29^th Rossa Hurley (20.30), 39^th Paul Cummins (20.50), 49^th Des Tremble (21.06), 50^th Andrew Wilson debut (21.15), 57^th Alan Farrell (21.42), 64^th Shane Russell (21.58), 69^th Noel Conway (22.14), 86^th Gerard McDonald (23.20) and 91^st Des Gill (23.54).

In the 2^nd fixture of the Dublin Juvenile League also held in the Phoenix Park on Sunday there were repeated wins for Fathi Aden in the under 15 Boys, Sekeriye Ahmed in the under 16 Boys and Eliza Ni Thighearnaigh in the under 17 Girls.

The club’s main interest was in the Boys under 15 race held over 2,000 metres. Fathi Aden build a lead of 30 metres over his team-mate Louis O’Loughlin. However a late rally by the fast finishing O’Loughlin proved in vain as Aden held on to win by about 5 metres. Jack Raftery placed 5^th in the same race having contested 3^rd position early on, whilst Jack Connolly continues to improve and recorded his best result to date in 13^th spot.

Sekeriye Ahmed was the convincing winner of the Boys under 16s race held over 2,500m having held off the early challenge of Mark O’Connor of MSB.

Eliza Ni Thighearnaigh won the Girls under 17s race, also held over 2,500m, with her club colleague Suzanne Masterson and Ciara Murphy placing 2^nd and 4^th.

Michael Gibbs and debutant Ibrahim Mohammed placed 3^rd respectively in the Boys under 18s and Boys under 17s races over 4km.

There were top ten finishes for the following: – Brooke Fagan 10^th in the Girls under 11s; Michael Barry 10^th in the Boys under 12s; Noah Synnott 10^th in the Boys under 13s; Roisin Brady 8^th in the Girls under 15s; Robynn Strickland 9^th in the Girls under 16s and Daniel Brady 5^th in the Boys under 17s.

Special mention also to debutants Sofia Moorhouse (38^th in u/9s), Roma Moorhouse (36^th in u/10s) and Max Hendrickson (44^th in u/11s).        

 

Results in brief  

Galway Bay 10km road race (3/10/15): 3^rd Ray Hynes (32.10); 4^th Michael McMahon (32.15); 7^th Eric Keogh (32.31); 8^th Aogan MacDomhnaill (32.51)

TEAM: 1^st Donore Harriers 14

Galway Bay Half Marathon (3/10/15): 2^nd John Travers (1.06.31); 4^th Mark Dooley (1.09.05); 5^th John Dunne M35 (1.13.35); 7^th Dave Heffernan M35 (1.14.55)

TEAM: 1^st Donore Harriers 11

Waterstown 5km Parkrun (3/10/15): 2^nd Ian Redican M10 (19.49)

Simon Community 5 mile road race at Phoenix Park (3/10/15): 10^th Alasdair Brown (29.58 PB); 168^th Dana Mackey (42.03); 198^th Laoise Toland (49.58)

Dublin Novice XC Championships at Phoenix Park (4/10/15): WOMEN 4km: 3^rd Karla Doran (15.30), 10^th Aisling Swaine (16.06), 16^th Emer Rattigan (16.27), 30^th Bronagh Elliott (17.02), 55^th Janette Strickland (18.05), 58^th Angela Eustace (18.10),

TEAM: 1^st Crusaders AC 42, 2^nd Rathfarnham AC 43, 3^rd Donore Harriers <Doran, Swaine, Rattigan, Elliott> 59 – there were 10 closing teams

MEN 6km: 7^th Ciaran McCarthy (19.33), 16^th Emmet O’Briain (20.05), 19^th Luke Boland (20.13), 28^th Patrick Byrne (20.29), 29^th Rossa Hurley (20.30), 39^th Paul Cummins (20.50), 49^th Des Tremble (21.06), 50^th Andrew Wilson debut (21.15), 57^th Alan Farrell (21.42), 64^th Shane Russell (21.58), 69^th Noel Conway (22.14), 86^th Gerard McDonald (23.20), 91^st Des Gill (23.54)

TEAM: 1^st DSD 35, 2^nd Crusaders AC 37, 3^rd Donore Harriers <McCarthy, O’Briain, Boland, Byrne> 70 – there were 12 closing teams

Athlone Three-Quarter Marathon (31.65km/19.66M) (4/10/15): 139^th Marianne Dunlevy (2.30.40 / 1.41.12 @ HM); 189^th Sinead Graham (2.41.39 / 1.47.30 @ HM); 615^th Laura Murray (3.19.03 / 2.12.11 @ HM)

Parkwest 10km Night Run (29/9/15): 5^th woman Elaine Verdon (45.48), 6^thwoman Karen Behan (46.28)

Juvenile Results

Three Counties (Kildare, Carlow & Laois) Schools XC 29/9/15): Senior Boys 3km – 9^th Michael Gibbs; Intermediate Girls 0.9km – 7^th Ciara Murphy; Junior Girls 1.8km – 3^rd Lucy McCann

Dublin Juvenile XC League Fixture 2 at Phoenix Park (4/10/15): u/9 Girls 500m – 38^th Sofia Moorhouse (debut), 46^th Eleanor Hopkins; u/10 Girls 700m – 36^th Roma Moorhouse (debut); u/10 Boys 700m – 17^th Joe Kinsella, 29^th Conor Mulcahy, u/11 Girls 900m – 10^th Brooke Fagan, 14^th Grace Raftery, 17^th Sky-Dixie Synnott; u/11 Boys 900m – 20^th Oliver Hopkins, 44^th Max Hendrickson (debut); u/12 Boys 1,200m – 10^th Michael Barry; u/13 Boys 1,200m – 10^th Noah Synnott; u/15 Girls 2,000m – 8^th Roisin Brady; u/15 Boys 2,000m – 1^st Fathi Aden, 2^nd Louis O’Loughlin, 5^th Jack Raftery, 13^th Jack Connolly; u/16 Girls 2,500m – 9^th Robynn Strickland (debut); u/16 Boys 2,500m – 1^st Sekeriye Ahmed; u/17 Girls 2,500m – 1^st Eliza Ni Thighearnaigh, 2^nd Suzanne Masterson, 4^th Ciara Murphy; u/17 Boys 4,000m – 3^rd Ibrahim Mohammed (debut), 5^th Daniel Brady; u/18 Boys 4,000m – 3^rd Michael Gibbs