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U23 Championships and Womens Mini Marathon

Club News, Results, Senior

On the June bank holiday in the blazing sunshine,  40,000 women took to the streets of Dublin for the Flora Women’s Mini Marathon with a number of Donore runners in action including some of our new members. Storming home in 16th place with a superb new PB of 39.13 was Sinead Lambe who is improving by the week.  Breda Mahony ran 43.26, Sinead Graham 44.33 PB, despite suffering a cold Rhona Duane did 45.18, Grainne Nolan 45.28, Karen Behan 46.00, Joan McTernan 46.47, Angela Eustace in a new PB of 47.21, Lorraine O’Shea 56.30 and Laura Murray 58.28.

As they came through the finish line, an army of Donore volunteers were hard at work directing finishers and handing out medals.  Then there was the customary celebration in Sinnotts afterwards. Well done  to all!

At the Leinster U23 Championships, Lynda Ngankam won both the Triple Jump and 100m where she notched up a new pb of 12.77, David Campbell won the 400m, Jona Kalemi won silver in the U23 800m and 1500m and Anne Gormley won gold in the Masters walk.

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Graded Meets and Midweek Roundup

Club News, Results, Senior

It’s been a busy week for Donore athletes with the BHAA Dunboyne 5 Mile and Graded Meets in Tallaght.

In Dunboyne on Tuesday evening, congratulations to Darren Hand and Fergal Whitty who ran big PB’s of 26:30 and 26:37, also in Dunboyne we had Fergal Swaine 27:32,  Ian Redican 32:19, Frank McNally 34:10, Terry Mee 36:05 and Tom Halton 40:46

At the IMRA 10k race at Carrick Mountain in Glenealy with a very steep climb, Sarah Ni Ruairc ran 66.06

At the Graded League in Tallaght on Wednesday, 16 year old Adam Halpin made his 400m debut running a fantastic 56.21 finishing third in grade. Stephen Gaving ran a PB of 4.53.87 in the mile. In the 3K Eric Keogh finished second in 8.44.07 taking some good scalps along the way while Lee van Haeften returned to the track for 9.05.27, a PB for Oisin Fitzgibbon over the same distance with 9.34.95, finally, Des Gill took 12 seconds off his PB with 11.27.95.

In the womens race Sinead Lambe ran a PB of 10.53.37 taking a fantastic 25 second of her previous best. Conditions were very blustery on the night so it looks like there will be even more improvements to come. Well done to all.

At the weekend, well done also to Ciara Grange in the high jump, Emily Geoghegan 100m hurdles and the 200m, Linda Ngamkam  competed will in the triple jump and Grace Sheridan in the discus and javelin.

Best of luck to all who are competing over the long weekend.

Picutre: Peter Mooney

Members Notice: Security Barrier

Club News

As you are aware the security barrier has now been fully installed inside the club gates and swipes have been on sale in the club on training nights this week. Unfortunately, the uptake for swipes has been poor thus far, this has now caused a delay with the implementation of the barrier.

From next Thursday, June 6th, the barrier WILL be in operation. Swipes will be on sale in the club again next Tuesday, June 4th. This will be your final opportunity to buy a swipe without prior arrangement. After this, no swipe, no entry, no exceptions. If you wish to continue using the car park you MUST purchase a swipe, without a security card you will not be permitted to enter the car park under any circumstances.

If you have not got your security card before June 6th, please do not attempt to enter the car park as this will cause delays on the main road and for other members.

If you have any queries about this please contact a member of the committee.

National Track and Field League Round 1 and Results Roundup

Club News, Meet & Train, Results, Senior

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.

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Dublin Graded Meeting and Weekend Roundup

Club News, Juvenile, Results, Senior

At the Dublin Graded Meeting 2 Santry:  200m Great performances from David Campbell, Sean Lawlor, Stephen Hand, Conor O’Ceallaigh, Adam Halpin, Sean O’Broin and Aidan Doherty, in the 1500m great runs from Eric Keogh and Daragh Fitzgibbon, Stephen Gavin, Ryan Kiernan and Jona Kalemi, in the Hammer Throw well done to Eoin Molloy.

There was more success for our juvenile athletes at the Leinster Schools T & F, well done to Jack Rudden triple gold, Sean Lawlor gold, Rolus Olusa silver, Rebecca Power double gold, Alex Clarkin bronze and Aoife Lynch bronze, well done to all our other juveniles who competed.

In the Terenure 5 Mile on Sunday 19th we had a good field turning out for the club and some great times posted with Ken Nugent leading the charge.

Ken Nugent – 28:15
Des Trimble – 29:37
Stephen Dawson – 31:12
Samantha Conroy – 32:17
Gerard Morris – 34:02
Frank McNally – 34:57
Tony Dunne – 37:07
Colm Nugent – 37:59
Stephanie Murphy – 46:12

In the Bob Heffernen 5k on Tuesday night we had a great turn out from the Donore faithful and the excellent times speak for themselves below.

David Heffernan – 15:48
Darren Hand – 15:53
Fergal Whitty – 16:04
John Downes – 16:07
Gavin Keogh – 16:17
Sean Fox – 17:03
Fred Kiernan – 17:04
Tony Barry – 18:05
Stephen Dawson –  18:30
Joe Murphy – 18:39
Desmond Gill – 19:03
Breda Mahon – 19:45
Michelle O Hagan – 20:44

Finally, Joan McTernan and Lavinia Kirwan ran very well in the Maynooth 10k and well done to Barbara Murray who was 6th woman in the Blackwater 10k.

High Jump Coaching Session with Deirdre Ryan

Club News, Events, Juvenile

Deirdre Ryan, National, International and Irish High jump representative at London Olympics 2012, will do a high jump coaching session with our athletes on Tuesday 4th of June down at our track starting at 6.30 pm. All are welcome.

A question and answer session will be held in the lounge after the session. All our members young and old are invited to attend.

This is a great opportunity to get top class coaching and advice from an Olympian and thanks to Jim Fanning for facilitating this.

Jim McNamara Tribute Night

Club News, Events

Saturday May 18th saw a collection of current and past Donore and Irish athletes join together with the McNamara family to celebrate the life and achievements of current Senior Ladies coach and long serving Donore Harriers member Jim McNamara.

The night saw touching dedications and tributes from those who have been lucky enough to train, compete against or be coached by McNamara. It was clear to see how Jim’s affection and enthusiasm has rubbed off on the lives he has touched during his long athletic career.

McNamara who was recently presented with an AAI award for his contribution to athletics, was presented with gifts from the club on the night as a small token of the appreciation the club would like to show for what he has contributed to Donore Harriers since he joined the club over 50 years ago.

Donore Athlete, Frank McNally has written an article for The Irish Times which was published today. The article is available online here

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If anybody has more photos from the event, please send on to Conor.