January 2015
Tom Brennan Memorial 5km at Lucan
1st John Travers (14.43)
Dublin Masters Cross Country Championships
2nd Anne Curley; 3rd Kim Hickey
1st W75 Ann Woodlock
1st Women’s Team <A Curley, Hickey, Mahony & Murray>
1st John Dunne
1st M40 Niall Lynch
1st Men’s Team <Dunne, Lynch, McCarthy & Whitty>
New Balance Invitational Mile at the Armoury Centre, New York:
1st John Travers 3.59.62
National Indoor Junior & under 23s Championships
1st u/20s 200m Sean Lawlor (21.88)
2nd u/23 1500m Daragh Fitzgibbon (4.04.22)
February 2015
Athletics Ireland Indoor Games 2015
2nd 200m Final Sean Lawlor JNR (22.40)
1st 3000m Final John Travers (8.19.30)
Dungarvan 10 Mile
3rd W40 Anne Curley
1st M70 Jim McNamara
Trim 10 Mile
2nd M40 Garvan Smith
3rd Team <Smith, Fox, Morris, O’Reilly>
National Masters Cross Country championships
1st M35 John Dunne
1st Men’s Team <Dunne, McCarthy, Lynch Muldoon>
3rd Women’s Team <Hickey, Curley, Morrissey, Campion>.
2nd M70 Terry Mee
1st M75 Jim McNamara; 3rd M75 Joseph Maguine
1st M50 Team <Mee, McNamara & Maguire>
Dublin Indoor Juvenile Track & Field Championships
44 medals won by Donore athletes including 17 gold, 13 silver and 14 bronze
Gold – u/14s Girls Shot Putt – Ashling Read: u/16s Girls 200m – Aoife Lynch: u/16s Girls – High Jump – Lara O’Byrne: u/16s Girls Shot Putt – Lara O’Byrne: u/16s Girls Pole Vault – Lara O’Byrne: u/17s Girls Shot Putt – Lauren O’Keeffe: u/18s Girls Triple Jump – Karen Hughes: u/18s Girls Pole Vault – Albhe Healy: u/16s Boys 200m – Kolade Abiodun; u/17s Boys High Jump – Gabhan O’Tighearnaigh; u/18s Boys Shot Putt – Oran O’Brien: u/19s Boys 200m – Sean Lawlor;u/16s Girls 60mH – Lara O’Byrne: u/17s Girls 60m – Aoife Lynch: u/16s Boys 60m – Kolade Abiodun: u/16s Boys 60mH – Kolade Abiodun: u/17s Boys 60mH – Jack Rudden-Kelly
National Senior Indoor Track & Field Championships
1st 1500m John Travers (3.49.93)
March 2015
National Senior Cross Country Championships
8th Mark Dooley (38.59); 13th Eric Keogh (39.31); 16th Michael McMahon (39.47); 17th .John Dunne (39.50); 52nd Caoimhin Kelly (43.40T
3rd team <Dooley, Keogh, McMahon & Dunne>
IAAF Permit Antrim International Cross Country race
29th Mark Dooley (first Irish singlet)
National Masters Indoor Track & Field Championships
1st W50 3km Walk Anne Gormley
2nd W50 Shot Putt Anne Gormley
1st M70 800m Terry Mee (2.52.25) & 2nd M70 3000m Terry Mee
30th edition of the Marathon Des Sables in Morocco.
5th Claire Morrissey
European Indoor Track & Field Championships at Prague
7th Final 500m John Travers (3.41.50): 3rd in Heat 1 in (3.41.37 – PB)
National Juvenile Indoors Championships
1st u/19s 200m Sean Lawlor
2nd u/17s 60mH Jack Rudden-Kelly
2nd u/16s 60mH Kolade Abiodun
3rd u/16s 60m Kolade Abiodun
Leinster Indoor Track & Field Championships
1stBoys u/19s 200m Sean Lawlor (22.02) & 1st u/19s 60m Sean Lawlor (7.00s)
1st u/17 Boys 60mH Jack Rudden-Kelly
2nd Girls u/17s 200m Aoife Lynch (26.63)
3rd Girls u/19s 60m Alise Keating (8.54)
April 2015
National Road Relays
1st Senior Men <Van Haeften, Fitzgibbon, Travers, Keogh>
Club Team of the Year: Winners of the 43rd edition of the National Road Relays back in April. Donore Harriers had won the title 7 times previously, but the previous success was back in 1992. Lee Van Haeften (9.34) ran the opening 2-mile leg and handed over 2nd of 26 teams. Daragh Fitzgibbon (4.31), a late replacement for the ill Mark Dooley, put in a brilliant shift and finished his stage with a 3 seconds lead. John Travers (14.07) ran the fasted 3 mile stage and widened the gap to 37 seconds. The final 2 mile leg saw Eric Keogh (9.40) raise the famous Donore by cruising to victory in 37.52 – well ahead of Ennis Track (38.41) and Raheny Shamrocks (39.05). Donore’s time was the second fastest ever!
3rd Masters Women: 1M Kim Hickey (6.04); 2M Rhona Duane (11.54); 1M Breda Mahony (5.58) = total time of 23.54>
Irish Universities Track & Field Championships
1st 1500m John Travers
1st Javelin Jaco Oosthuysen
Great Ireland Run
1st W40 Florence Curley
European Indoor Masters Track & Field Championships
1st in both W75 1500m and W75 3000m Ann Woodlock
National Juvenile Indoors Championships
1st u/19s 200m Sean Lawlor
2nd u/17s 60mH Jack Rudden-Kelly
2nd u/16s 60mH Kolade Abiodun
3rd u/16s 60m Kolade Abiodun
Schools International Cross Country championships
10th Junior Boys Fathi Aden (3rd scorer on Irish team that won team silver medals)
London Marathon
12th W40 Anne Curley (2.58.59) 11th consecutive sub 3 hours marathon
Dublin 10,000m Track Championship
1st Michael McMahon
May 2015
All Ireland Schools Track & Field Championships
1stSenior Boys 200m Sean Lawlor (21.54 PB):
2nd Girls Hammer Lauren O’Keeffe (52.08m): Minor Boys 800m Louis O’Loughlin (2.06.56): Senior Boys 100m Sean Lawlor (10.69 PB):
3rd Inter Boys 100m Hurdles – Alex Clarkin (13.85)
Leinster Masters Track & Field Championships
8 Gold medals won by Ann Gormley, Terry Mee x 2, Niall Allen x 3 & Tony Jenkins: plus 4 silver and one bronze
Leinster Schools Track & Field Championships
9 Gold medals won by Louis O’Loughlin x 2 (800m & 1100m), Sean Lawlor x 2 (100m, 200m), Jack Rudden Kelly (110H), Louis McDonagh (Jav), Lauren O’Keeffe (Hammer – with championship record), Eoin Molloy (Hammer) & Lucy Hurley (HJ): plus 3 silver and 3 bronze
Dublin Novice 5km championship inc. Tallaght 5km
1st W40 Florence Curley
3rd Women’s Novice Team <Childs, Curley, Swaine, Graham>
June 2015
European Team Athletics Championships at Heraklion in Crete
3rd in 3,000m John Travers (IRL) 8.12.76
Dublin Juvenile Track & Field Championships
58 medals won by Donore Harriers = 20 gold, 24 silver and 14 bronze
Gold won by Louis O’Loughlin in 800m & 1500m; Peace Onakoya, Beth Kirwan, Eleanor Ronan, Adam Maher, Lauren O’Keeffe, Clodagh Read & Kerri Noonan in Hammer; Rian Carey, Ciara Simm & Oran O’Brien in Shot Putt; Kolade Abiodun in 100mH; Rebecca Power in Javelin; Aoife Lynch in 200m; Suzanne Masterson in 2k Steeplechase; Leanne Brosnan & David Keenan in Long Jump; Conor Fox in 100m.
La Cheile International / IMC Meet
2nd 1500m ‘John Travers 3.41.43
July 2015
World University Games at Gwangju, South Korea
8th in Men’s 1,500m Final John Travers (IRL) 3.42.63, 2nd in heat (3.44.48)
National Juvenile Track & Field Championships
1st u/15 Boys 1500m Louis O’Loughlin (4.17.95 PB)
1st u/15 Boys 800m Louis O’Loughlin (2.04.92 PB)
2nd u/17 Boys 100mH Jack Rudden-Kelly (15.34)
3rd u/15 Boys 1500m Fathi Aden (4.20.44 PB)
3rd u/15 Boys 800m Fathi Aden (2.09.90 PB)
3rd u/18 Girls Pole Vault Ailbhe Healy (2.75m PB)
3rd u/14 Girls Hammer Keri Noonan (29.10m)
European Youth Olympics at Tbilisi, Rep. of Georgia
7th Girls Hammer Final – Lauren O’Keeffe (57.35m PB)
Irish Mountain Running Association Leinster League
2nd overall Niall Lynch
August 2015
National Half Marathon inc. Rock & Roll HM
2nd M45 Phil Hennessy
1st M65 Barry Potts
3rd Men’s Team <Smith, Hennessy, Fox>
2nd Women’s Team <Hanevy, Mahony, Verdon>
World Masters Athletics Championships at Lyon France
2nd M35 XC John Dunne
National Track & Field Championships
3rd Javelin Jaco Oosthuysen
3rd 110 Hurdles Simon Taggart
3 members contested 1,500m final = John Travers, Eric Keogh & Daragh Fitzgibbon
Women’s National Track & Field Final
8th team Donore Harriers (first time women’s team qualified for final)
Sunrise to Sunset Marathon at Hovsgol, Mongolia
3rd Des Tremble
Isle Of Man Half Marathon
1st Mark Dooley
Dublin 10 Mile Championships inc. Frank Duffy 10
1st M40 Fergal Whitty
3rd M40 Niall Lynch
3rd M45 Phil Hennessy
1st Junior Michael Gibbs
1st M65 Barry Potts
1st M70 Terry Mee
3rd Senior Women Grace Kennedy
September 2015
Rathfarnham 5km
1st John Travers
1st Men’s Team <Travers, Keogh, Dunne>
2nd Women’s Team <MacDhomhnaill, Doran, Murray>
Dublin Half-Marathon
3rd Ken Nugent
1st M35 Andy Kinane
1st Junior Michael Gibbs
1st M70 Terry Mee
October 2015
Leinster Masters XC
2nd Niall Lynch
Dublin Novice XC
3rd Men’s Team <McCarthy, O’Briain, Boland, Bynre>
3rd women Karla Doran
3rd Women’s Team <Doran, Swaine, Rattigan, Elliott>
Leinster Novice XC
3rd Karla Doran
2nd Women’s Team <Doran, Hickey, Swaine, Elliott>
Dublin/National Marathon Championships
1st Women’s Team <Moriarty, Mahony, Graham>
2nd Men’s Masters Team <Whitty, Kinane, Moriarty>
November 2015
Dublin Senior XC
2nd Women’s Team <MacDhomhnaill, Curley, MacDhomhnaill, Curley>
2nd Men’s Team <Dooley, Keogh, Hynes, McMahon, Dunne, MacDomhnaill>
Dublin Juvenile XC Championships
3 gold = u/15 Boys Louis O’Loughlin, u/16 Boys Louis O’Loughlin, u/16 Boys team
3 silver = u/15 Boys Fathi Aden, u/16 Boys Fathi Aden, u/17 Girls team
3 bronze = u/16 Boys Sekeriye Ahmed, u/18 Girls Lucy McCann, u/17 Boys team
British & Irish Masters XC
7 members represented Ireland
W70 Ann Woodlock (silver)
M65 Barry Potts (gold)
M70 Terry Mee
M75 Jim McNamara (bronze)
M40 Niall Lynch (gold)
M35 Michael McMahon & John Dunne (gold)
National Inter-Clubs Championships
5th team <Travers, Keogh, Dooley, Hynes>
National Juvenile u/16 Championships
3rd Louis O’Loughlin (step-up)
Dublin Juvenile XC League
1st Fathi Aden u/15 Boys
1st Sekeriye Ahmed u/16 Boys
1st Eliza NiThighearnaigh u/17 Girls
2nd Suzanne Masterson u/17 Girls
Dublin Intermediate XC Championships
1st Karla Doran
3rd Kim Hickey
1st team <Doran, Hickey, Swaine, Rattigan>
Men’s Team 4th
December 2015
Ist Jingle Bells- John Travers 14. 44
National Uneven Age C. C. juvenile Championships –Dungarvan
U15 Boys Ist LouisO’Loughlin
2nd Faithi Aden
Louis and Faithi lead Dublin team to ist place in inter county competition.
U17 girls County gold medals for winning Dublin team members Lucy Mc Cann and Suzanne Masterson.
12 Echo newspaper Awards
Club of the year –Donore Harriers
Monthly awards to John Travers, Ladies Masters, Men’s Masters, Men’s National Road Relay team, World Masters cc team lead by John Dunne to bronze position.
Results compiled by Gerry Naughton