The club’s juvenile athletes did us proud again at the second weekend of the National championships in Tullamore. Our U14 4×100 boys team of Kolade Abidoun, Max Carey, James & Louise McDonagh and Jack Raftery won silver. Our U14 4×100 girls ran great and just missed out on a medal to finish 4th but Suzi O’Farrell won a bronze on the Dublin county U15 4X100 team. Kolade, Jack Rudden Kelly and Max Carey then went on win bronze on the Dublin U15 4×100 team. Our U15 boys also made it to the 4×100 final. Congrats to all.

In the individual events well done to
Suzi O’Farrell U14 200M 28.03
Sam Allen 9th U19 1500 4.27.45
Kolade Abidoun 7th U14 200m 26.92
Stephen Gavin 17th U17 1500M 4.23.64
Adam Halpin U18 200M 25.87

Back on the roads, The Dublin race series Fingal 10k which started and finished in Swords Village had a big Donore contingent taking part. The predicted high temperatures didn’t materialise which made running conditions more bearable for the near 2500 runners. First home for the club was the on form John Dunne in 33.52 and not far behind was Niall Lynch 34.07 and Ken Norgrove 34.08 – all three made the top 30 and Sean Fox ran 35.21. Florence Curley was the first Donore lady home in 14th and 1st W35 in 39.44. Then we had Gerard Morris 41.03, Terry Mee 44.33 (1st M65) Aine Grogan 45.08, Nicola Dowdall 45.56, Gary Newsome 48.24, Peter Daly 47.58, Lee Chambers 49.35, Eimear Kearney 51.51, Hilary O’Connor 54.16, Sheila Casey 55.14