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Dublin Novice kicks off cross country season

Club News, Results

Donore are always the traditional hosts of the opening race in the cross country championship season and the tradition is also for sunny weather on this day – this year was no different. It was poignant though that the race did not have the late Jim McNamara on the sidelines – who as Dublin Board chairman Pat Hooper remarked at the presentation afterwards – was never known to miss this race.

There was a mix of new and experienced runners in the ladies 4k novice race which consisted of one small lap and 2 x1.5k longer laps. Marathon runner Alma Hanevy used her endurance to work her way through the 74-strong field really well and finished in 6th. The youngest member of the team 19 year old Niamh O’Neill made her adult cross country debut here and ran a great race, starting off hard but maintaining the pace very well to finish in 11th place. Another two cross country debutantes were Sinead Finn finishing in 21st and Amy Dodd in a close 33rd to the line with two other runners. Jona Kalemi was next in 62nd and will build on this in future races as will Marianne Dunlevy who finished in 64th. The team were at first listed as 5th out of the 9 teams but a mistake was rectified and the team were in fact 4th – just 3 points off the bronze medal.

For the men, the disappointment of narrowly missing out on a team medal (Donore 4th – 58 & Crusaders 3rd – 51) was offset by Rossa Hurley’s tremendous run to secure an individual bronze (20.29), behind Robert Murphy of Rathfarnham AC in second (20.14) and the winner, the classy Cathal Doyle (20.09) of Clonliffe Harriers, a junior international who competed for Ireland at last year’s European Cross Country Championships.

Rossa came through over the first two laps to join the leading group of four athletes, taking the race lead at the midway point before Murphy and Doyle prevailed over the final 2k. The other team scorers Luke Boland in 14th (21.11), Phil Hennessy in 19th (21.27) who paced his race to perfection moving throughout the field over the course of the race and fourth scorer Patrick Byrne in 22nd (21.33). Next in was Ken Norgrove (25th, 21.39), Fergal Roche (34th, 21.56), Des Tremble (39th, 22.08), Kevin Nolan (42nd, 22.21), Alan Farrell (44th, 22.28), Graham Hopkins (60th, 23.05) and Des Gill (91st, 27.00).

Overall, this was a very encouraging opening race that shows Donore have squads capable of competing for Championships medals throughout the cross-country season.

One down, just the Leinster Novice, Dublin Senior, Leinster Senior, National Inter-Clubs, Dublin Intermediate, National Novice, Dublin Masters, Leinster Intermediate, Leinster Masters, National Intermediate, and National Masters left to go!

Donore Opening Run & Race Round-Up

Club News, Results

October 1st at Donore Harriers was the traditional annual opening run and group photo. A little later on and with a great turnout, Donore Harriers celebrated the achievements of its runners 40 years ago in 1976 and 50 years ago in 1966. Club President Iain Morrison introduced and there was a minute’s silence for the Donore members who passed during the year and who had family members present.

A keen custodian of Donore’s rich past, Willie Smith spoke about the 1966 European championships and the Montreal Olympics 1976. He also made a presentation to the family of high jumper Dick Raftery who were present.

Dr Cyril White who joined the club in 1944, has been President of the club and a former coach and is also well know as a race starter . He spoke and paid tribute to the volunteers that have made the club a great one. He also found out this year that he is longest serving starter in athletics in Europe, playing this role for 62 years, congratulations Cyril!

Michael Gygax was there to talk about his excellent new book on Irish Masters Athletics and brought copies of it for sale. It features a number of Donore athletes some of who were present, Willie Dunne, Ann Woodlock and Tony Murphy. There were many extended family members of the late Jim McNamara present, also family of the late Maurice Mullins. Michael read extracts from the book and Jim McNamara’s older brother Maurice paid a a moving tribute to Jim.

Thanks all who attended and helped out, especially the family members of the deceased – great to see faces old and new.

Midweek & Weekend round-up

There were no less than 3 night-time races during the week which featured runners from Donore Harriers. In Sligo was the Ballymote Firefly 5k challenge organised by Corran AC and Dermot McDermott. John Travers won the road mile event in 4.01 seeing off Alberto Sanchez in 4.02. The 5k featured young Sam Allen and he was an excellent 4th in 15.56. Earlier in the week, the Twilight Team Challenge took place around Sandyford Business Park. The winner in 17.21 was back from injury Ian O’Leary; 3rd overall and 1st woman was Ide Nic Dhomhnaill fresh from a great Rathfarnham 5K days before. Karla Doran was 3rd lady in 18.55 and great to Aislinn NiDhomhnaill back in action where she ran 19.20.
The ParkWest 10k and 5K nighttime races took place in the Clondalkin area and the indefatigable George Brady was 3rd in the 10k in 36.30. Luke Boland came 2nd in the 5k race in 17.04 with Peter Nugent running 20.09 There were only two Donore athletes in the Dublin Simon Fun Run, held over 5 miles in the Phoenix Park last Saturday. Anthony Flannery came in 4th in 27:16, while Tony Barry dipped under the 30-minute barrier finishing in 15th place in 29:42.

In Galway, Mark Dooley showed excellent form ahead of the cross-country season with a clear win in the half marathon. His time of 71 minutes is particularly impressive considering his victory was a solo run, with 2nd and 3rd place 7 and 8 minutes behind and bodes well for the important races coming up over the next few months.

Roads round up, top placings in Kildare, Kilkenny and Wicklow

Club News
Donore runners have been achieving top placings on the road in the past few weeks from 5k up to marathon distance.  At the inaugural medieval marathon in Kilkenny, George Brady who has ran over 100 marathons had one of his best ones by finishing 2nd here in 2.50.32 one of his fastest times over this distance.
Rossa Hurley was an emphatic winner of Clonliffe Harriers’ 10,000m Grand Prix race, finishing in 33.36, over half a minute ahead of 2nd place. Terry Mee (M70) ran an impressive 47.25 in the same race.
Earlier in the week a big contingent contested the Grant Thornton 5k corporate challenge around the Dublin Docklands competing for their workplaces.  First home there was Graham Hopkins who has not raced much of late so it was great to see him back in action where he got 16.31 here with new member Fergal Roche in 16.42.  Sinead Graham finished in 19.25 a new PB.
The week before, John Travers came 2nd in the Fionnuala McCormack kilomarathon (26k) in 95.17.  The same day, Mark Dooley was 2nd 31.59 and Lee Van Haeften 3rd 32.34 in the Tony Donoghue 10k in Moone Kildare.
Sam Allen won the BHAA Pfizer 5k in Celbridge in 16.30.
In Charleville Cork, Blessington, Athlone, Longford and Tullamore over the past few weeks Donore runners have been competing – with top 3 positions for Barbara Murray, Rory O’Connor, Ashling Swaine.  Full results below
 
Charleville half marathon
Anthony Flannery 74.45 21st
Niall O’Reilly 84.24
Sinead Graham 94.26
 
Liz McDonnell cc run 5k
Bob Blake 6th 18.53.29
 
Grant Thornton 5k
Graham Hopkins 16.31
Fergal Roche 16.42
Kevin Nolan 16.43
Michael Rickard 16.50
Will Morris 16.57
Shane McAuley 17.13
Donal Iremonger 17.47
Niall O’Reilly 17.56
Ray Hynes 18.01
Tom Fagan 18.33
Karla Doran 18.36 4th
Noel Conway 18.42
Joe Murphy 18.55
Stephen Dawson 19.09
Sinead Graham 19,25
Angela Eustace 20.22
 
Tony O’Donoghue 10k Moone
Mark Dooley 2nd 31.59
Lee Van Haeften 32.34 3rd
 
Fionnuala McCormack kilomarathon
John Travers 95.17 2nd
 
The Lakes 10k Blessington
Rory O’Connor 33.14
Anthony Flannery 6th 34.15
Shane McAuley 36,53
Andrew Wilson 37.11
Barbara Murray 2nd 41.23
Karen Behan 43.30
Eilish Joyce 52.34
 
Longford Marathon
Ken McKeown 3.43.22
half marathon Laura Murray 2.02
 
Pfizer 5k BHAA Celbridge
Sam Allen 16.30 1st
Colin Moore 22.15
Terry Mee 23.24 1st M70
 
Athlone flatline half marathon
Des Tremble 9th 77.50
Chris Muldoon 79.21
Ian Redican 2.13.59
 
Tullamore half marathon
Chris Muldoon 78.24
Noel Davis 1.43.45
 
Great Pink run 10k
Ashling Swaine 40.47
Nicola Dowdall 48

Masters National Track and Field and Frank Duffy 10 Mile

Club News, Results

The track and field season drew to a close with a number of impressive performances in many age groups at the National Track and Field Masters championships in Tullamore. A number of competitors won multiple medals in both track and field events notably Niall Allen’s gold in the WFD and silver in the discus. Karla Doran had a treble and won W35 400m gold, 800m silver and 1500m bronze. Donal Iremonger was an impressive double silver winner for M45 400m and 800m. Michael McMahon won silver in a very competitive 5000M. Orlaith Read was leading the W45 up til the last round and she won silver. Tony Jenkins won bronze in the M70 shot and Alex Kelly won discus bronze too.
A great end to the season – well done all.

Full results

3k Walk Anne Gormley W50 Gold 20.13.07
5000m Michael McMahon M35 Silver 15.22.50
5000m Ian O’Leary M45 8th 17.40.08
1500m Karla Doran W35 Bronze 5.04.84
800m Donal Iremonger M45 Silver 2.09.68
800m Karla Doran W35 Silver 2.22.54
400m Karla Doran W35 Gold 1.03.37
400m Donal Iremonger M45 Silver 0.57.38

 

Hammer Orlaith Reid W45 Silver 33
WFD Niall Allen M40 Silver 6.68
Discus Niall Allen M40 Silver 30.66
Shot put Niall Allen M40 4th 10.45
Shot put Tony Jenkins M70 Bronze 8.27
Javelin Tony Jenkins M70 Bronze 20.32
Discus Tony Jenkins M70 5h –
Discus Alan Kelly – Bronze –
Shot put Anne Gormley W50 5th 6.16

The day before in the Phoenix Park, over 40 Donore runners took part in the Frank Duffy 10 mile road race which also doubles as the Dublin 10 mile road championship (results of that awaited). Before the race even started, participants got soaked and the benefits of a slightly easier course than last year were cancelled out by the rain and wind that runners had to contend with in the race. Despite that, there were many good runs on the day. First home for the club was Anthony Flannery followed by Phil Hennessy Fergal Whitty. Grace Kennedy finished first of the ladies and was 17th woman overall with Amy Moriarty in 20th position and she got a PB. Well done to Barry Potts who won the M65 agegroup. It was good to see some new members in the singlet for the first time (Audrey Gahan) and a group of the Fit4Life runners. Many are using this as a good buildup to Autumn marathons – well done all, full results below.

Anthony Flannery 57.46 MS
Philip Hennessy 59.06 M45
Fergal Whitty 59.37 M40
Sean Fox 58.44 M40
Des Tremble 59.49 M45
Chris Muldoon 60.14 M40
Shane Russell 62.23 MS
Alan Farrell 62.44 M40
Patrick Byrne 63.24 M35
Neil Hand 64.32 MS
Marc Gibbs 66.36 MS
Grace Kennedy 67.25 FS
Amy Moriarty 67.52 FS
Kevin Odgers 68.58 M40
Giovanni Borza 69.33 MS
Stephen Dawson 70.01 MS
Barry Potts 71.05 M65
Neil Maddox 71.12 MS
Tony Griffin 72.41 M55
Sinead Graham 71.33 F35
Alma Hanevy 74.19 F35
Audrey Grahan 75.18 F35
Ken Cronin 75.11 M55
Grainne Nolan 75.22 F35
Gerard Morris 75.4 MS
Julia Hackett 75.51 F45
Nicola Dowdall 77.25 F40
Elaine Verdon 77.44 F40
Peter Bonnar 81.54 M45
Ariana Ball 82.14 FS
Lee Chambers 83.3 FS
Meadbh Campbell 83.5 FS
Arthur Connick 84.13 M50
Catherine McKeown 86.29 F35
Michelle Dawson 86.55 FS
Dana Mackey 89.51 F45
Deirdre Healy 89.53 F40
Jo Hughes 1.41.24 FS
Anna McMahon 1.43.20 FS

Sinead Jennings returned to Ireland after her Olympic rowing adventure and one of the first things she did was run a half marathon in her native Donegal, she was the first woman by some distance in a time of 83 minutes – inspiring stuff!
Over in the west Aine Mahony was the 2nd woman home in the Gaelforce West event, which is a combination of cycling, kayaking and road and trail running, sister Breda Mahony performed well too.
Well done all!

Cellbridge and Castlepollard 5k – Leinster Squad Announcement

Club News
Donore Harriers runners are continuing to make their presence felt on the road race circuit around Leinster with some impressive performances in the last week.  Chief of these was a Donore 1-2-3 by the men’s team in the Celbridge 5k.  Mark Dooley, now back living in Ireland was the decisive winner in 15.29.  In second place was men’s captain John Dunne in 15.50 and the ever improving Sam Allen in 15.54 to take 3rd.  Ciaran McCarthy finished in 16.33.  The men’s team were the clear winners.  Karen Behan was one of the 2 Donore ladies competing and ran 20.43 knocking 10 seconds off her 5k time in Athboy a week before and well done to
Michael Gibbs 17.33
Colin Moore 21.29
Dave Hudson 24.28
Laura Murray 26,00
Midweek it was the turn of the ladies to have a team win in the Castlepollard 5k in Westmeath.  Sorcha Nic Dhomhnaill was 2nd lady in 18.01 and Ashling Swaine 4th in 18.21.  New member Amy Dodd got another 5k PB in 20.33 and this secured a team win for the ladies.  First man home was Feargal Swaine in 17.05 and well done Henry English 19.21.
At the Duleek 10k in Meath, Shane McAuley secured a PB in 36.43 and 15th place.  Grainne Nolan finished in 43.55, Sinead Finn 45.25, Eilish Joyce 52.57 and Siobhra McCarthy 59.16.
On the track, the last meeting of the Drogheda and District AC graded series took place in Lourdes Stadium and some Donore runners made the journey for the Wednesday night event which saw mixed male and female races for each distance.  Mark Dooley won the 3000m in 9.05.68, Kevin Nolan 9.59.75.  Ide Nic Dhomhnaill was the 2nd female finisher in that race in 10.40.83 and new to the track Colm Mullen ran 5.13.10 to come 8th in the 1500m race 3.
There was more good news for some of our young endurance runners when Athletics Ireland announced its provincial junior endurance squads and making the cut for the Leinster squad are Louis O’Loughlin, Fathi Aden and Sekeyere Ahmed who have had numerous successes over the past year and in Louis’ case have already represented Ireland a few times already.  Well done to all.

National half marathon and roads roundup

Club News

The National half marathon is incorporated into the annual Rocknroll half marathon, a tough course which starts on Dublin’s North Wall, goes out to Kilmainham, Chapelizod and then an extended loop in the Phoenix Park. This year runners also had to contend with strong winds on the course.

The Donore contingent this year was not as big as some previous years but 10th man home in 74.04 was Michael McMahon.  Barry Potts won the M65 age group in 95.38Grace Kennedy made a late decision to compete so was not on the AAI list but was first home in 90.54  Sinead Graham was delighted with her 96. 40 PB, Alma Hanevy had a tough day so not as far up as she would have wished in 98.32 but her run and Angela Eustace’s excellent 1.40 meant that the ladies masters team won silver and Angela was just outside the W45 medals to be 4th in her age group.
And well done 
Alan Farrell 85.10
Ken Mckeown 94.56
Ken Cronin 1.45.25
Michelle Dawson 1.58.02
Kim Strickland 2.02.38
Laura Murray 2.03
Arthur Connick 2.03.09
This year the Rocknroll event also had a 5k and 10k race.  Luke Boland ran 16.56 in the 5k and Laura Murray warmed up for the half marathon the day after in 34 minutes.
Back from injury Barbara Murray had an impressive run in the 10k where she was 2nd woman in 41.04.

Other Highlights of the past few weeks included the Fingal 10k, kinnegad 5k, Docklands 5k and BHAA road races

There were some very fast times at the Fingal 10k in Swords on 24 July which has become one of the most popular 10ks in the country in recent years.
John Dunne came 10th in a super 32.49 with Rossa Hurley in 33.47.  First of the ladies was Grace Kennedy in 40.19 with the ever improving Amy Moriarty not far behind in 40.23 and Alma Hanevy 40.48.  well done to
Chris Muldoon 34.52
Alasdair Brown 36.44
Declan Lynch 37.59
Niall O’Reilly 39.02
Kevin Odgers 40.50
Stephen Dawson 41.35
Giovanni Borza 42.47
Terry mee 1st M70 45.57
Caren Crowley 45.59
Leonie Barry 46.51
Ariana ball 47.26
Peter Bonnar 47.58
Daryl Clement 48.08
Lee chambers 49.02
Michelle Dawson 50.27

There was a big Donore turnout at the Coralstown Kinnegad 5k,, another fast course where the Donore men finished as first team.  Fergal Whitty came 5th in 16.34, Fergal swaine 8th in 16.45, des tremble 8th in 16.47.  Alan Farrell finished in 17.29 and Tom Fagan in 18.43.  Aisling Swaine was 5th lady in 18.37 in another impressive 5k for her to add to her recent successes and new member Amy Dodd ran 21.54.

Lee Van Haeften had a fine win at the BHAA 5k road race in Irishtown where he finished in 15.45.  Full results
Eoin Durkan 4th 16.16
Anthony Flannery 7th 17.01
Alasdair Brown 19.01
Ian redican 20.03
Alma Hanevy 20.09
Karen behan 21.18
Julia Hackett 21.23

At the Docklands 5k, Anthony Flannery had another good 5k finishing in 16.22 and Sorcha Nic Dhomhnaill smashed her PB to finish in 17.39.  Well done alasdair brown 17.16, Shane McAuley 17.26, Angela Eustace 20.59 and Colin Moore 22.05 

Other results

Streets of Galway 8k
Sam Allen 11th 27.19

Streets of Athboy 5k
Michael Gibbs 13th 17.47
Karen behan 20.58 10th and 2nd W35
Ann Woodlock 28.09

Carton 6k trail race
Eoin Durkan 20.18 6th

DLR Bay 10k
Anthony Flannery 6th 35.05

Roscommon 10 mile
Kim Hickey 5th woman 65.49

BHAA Fire brigade 5k

Ian Redican 20.17
Terry Mee 22.43

Clontarf Half marathon 
George Brady 5th 81.58
Declan Lynch 87.51
Des Gill 1.41.45

Clontarf 5 miles
Amy Moriarty 33.07 3rd
Giovanni Borza 35.04

National League Final and Celtic Games

Club News
Our ladies senior track and field team made club history on Sunday when the won bronze in the National club track and Field League Division i championships. They are the first ladies senior team to medal in these national club championships. Well done ladies.
Our men competed in the Premier division of the Men’s National track and Field league championship at the same venue. Despite many late injuries and sickness they also performed brilliantly finishing 4th , just 3 points behind third placed Galway A.c A great performance from a very young team. Now they are competing with the big boys and “no fear”.
The club’s track and field performances this summer have been brilliant, so,  much thanks and congratulations to our coaches and back up teams.
In the Celtic Games in Swansea on Saturday Louis O’ Loughlin won the u.16 1500m  in a pb. against teams from England, Scotland and Wales. What an end of season triumph for an athlete who has won 10 straight  All-Ireland championships over cross-country and track in the last year. Congratulations Louis. Also congratulations to Aoife Lynch also competing for Ireland at the Celtic Games who finished second in her 200m race at u18 .
What great young athletes the club is blessed with, not forgetting their coaches.
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Historic occasion as Donore men and women reach National league final

Club News

Ahead of the final tomorrow. Here is a long delayed report on the 2nd round of the national league and some of the other track fixtures in the past weeks!
I’ll do the road separately.

On August 7th for the first time in the club’s history, the men’s and women’s teams have reached the national track and field league final in Tullamore.
The teams secured their passage to the final in the second round of the league on a glorious day on the Mary Peters Track in Belfast on July 17th.
The ladies team had their best ever performance in the history of this event topping the pool in Belfast which has never happened. This was made possible by a super collective effort and high points in a number of events with only one event not covered. Lara O’Byrne won the 100mH and the pole Vault. Maximum points were also achieved by Lynda Tcheudji in the triple jump and the 4x100m team (Lynda, Andie Maguire, Robyn Okeeffe, Suzi) won their event with ease. There were impressive 2nd place finishes by Lynda again in the 100m, Caoimhe Mackey in the 400mH and Anne Gormley in the 1500k walk. In the throws and jumps we were strong throughout with the versatile Lara 3rd in the high jump, Clodagh Read was 2nd in the discus and 3rd in the hammer. Lauren O’keeffe was 4th in the shot and 6th in javelin. Andie Maguire was a late callup for the long jump and did really well to come 4th. Sinead Lambe had a great race in the 800m finishing 2nd and Karla Doran came 3rd in a competitive 1500m. With Suzi OFarrell 5th in the 200m and Maura Kearns 6th in the 400m, the last track event was the 4x400m and this was the true marker of how far this team has come. Traditionally this was an event in which we often finished a distant last but this time our team (Caoimhe, Clodagh Martin, Maura, Sinead) were a brilliant 2nd.
112 points was the total, and combined with the first round points was more than enough to reach the division 1 final.

The men’s team were missing many key people on the day but thankfully the team did enough to qualify for the Final. One of the key partipants was multieventer Rolus Olusa who was 2nd in the 110mH, 4th in the 400mH and 4th in the triple jump. Eamonn Fahey too gained valuable points with his 3rd in the 200m and 2nd in the 100m. There was an excellent 2nd place in the 4x100m relay and 3rd in the 4x400m. After some fouls, Kolade Abidoun had a super final jump of 6.05 to get 3rd in that event. Jako Oosthuizen gained valuable points by winning the 56lb weight event and coming 3rd in the javelin. Alex Kelly was 4th in the discus and 5th in the hammer and also bravely filled in for the 1500m when we were missing out runner on the day. Sam Allen came 5th in the 5000m and master runner Donal Iremonger was 7th in a tough 800m and David Campbell 7th in the 400m. Max Carey did very well for 5th place in the pole vault, not his usual event. There was an anxious wait over the next 24 hours as the points were totted up from both pools, thankfully the 92 points added to the first round total got the men through.
Thanks to Leonie Newman for all the coordination of the team, David Campbell too, all the coaches and Iain Morrison also for the informal awards handed out on the journey home!

Elsewhere on the track, the Morton Games, IMC and 3 graded meets saw the track season reaching its final stages.
John Travers finished 5th in the Albie Thomas 3000m at the Morton Games in 8.02.25. Eric Keogh had an excellent run in the 1500m IMC v BMC Race at the games where he finished 2nd in 3.47.08. A week earlier he ran 3.48.65 at the BMC meet in Watford. Eamonn Fahey reached the 100m final and got a time of 10.98.

Other notable performances on the track over the past few weeks were in the Dublin graded 6 meet where 8 Donore men competed in the 5000m events. First home was a back on form Mark Dooley in 15.20.67. Lauren Okeeffe topped the hammer event in the graded 7 meet and in the 8th and final graded meet, Ide Nic Dhomhnaill won the ladies 3000m in 10.40.58

Full results of IMC And graded meets as follows

Graded 6
800mA Darragh Fitzgibbon 2.00.93 5th
800mC Kevin nolan 2.11.94 2nd
800mD Michael Rickard 2.12.53 4th
5000m C Joe Murphy 19.24.9-
Terry mee 22.36.28
5000m A Mark Dooley 15.20.67
Michael McMahon 15.23.63
John Dunne 15.37.51
Rossa Hurley 16.16.06
Eoin Hannon 16.40.80
Sean fox 16.51.12

Graded 7
200mC Sean OBroinn 26.27 5th
800mA Sinead Lambe 2.25.01 7th
800mB Karla doran 2.27.41 1st
1 mile Luke Boland 4.48.76
Hammer women
Lauren Okeeffe 58.26 1st
Clodagh read 41.36
Orlaith read 32.5
Men
Ian Darroch 43.25

Graded 8
100m Suzi OFarrell 1st 13.8
Robyn Okeeffe 2nd 14.18
400mC Donal Iremonger 59.27 3rd
3000m Ide nicdhomhnaill 10.40.58 winner
3000m men Sam Allen 8th 9.21.92
Luke Boland 9.41.21 12th
George Brady 9.54.58 17th
3000mC Kevin Nolan 2nd 10.10.86
Discus Oran obrien 29.33 2nd
Shot put 9.91
Womens shot Faith Hopkins 6.28

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Long jump Rolus Olusa 6.71 2nd
200mC Adam Halpin 23.89
David Campbell 24.33
3000m Mark Dooley 8.54.25 9th
Luke Boland 9.25.88

Great performances on the first day of the European Youth Championships by Donore athletes

Club News

Fantastic news from Tbilisi as Alex Clarkin has qualified for the final of the 110m hurdles tomorrow at 3.05pm. In doing so he broke the Irish National youth record twice in his two runs. First running 14:09 to place third in his heat and following up with a sub 14 second 4th place in his semi final to qualify for the final in 13:97.

Aoife lynch has also qualified for the semi finals in the 200m finishing just outside her pb in 25:00. Aoife finished 4th in heat 4. Her semi is at 1.45pm tomorrow.

It’s a terrific achievement for both athletes, their coaches John and Paul and the Club. We wish them the very best in their races tomorrow.

Alex and Aoife to represent Ireland in Tbilisi this weekend

Club News

After all the action last weekend in Amsterdam at the European Track and Field Championships the next four days sees the holding of the 1st ever European Athletics Youth Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia from 14-17 July.  We are delighted to have two athletes taking park in the Championships and we wish them both very well.  Alex Clarkin will be taking part in the Boys 110m hurdles.  Alex is first on the track on Friday 15th in Heat 3 of Round 1 which starts at 12pm local time.  Aoife Lynch will take to the track in Heat 4 of the Girls 200m Round 1 which will start at 17.55, also on Friday 15th.  The very best of luck to you both.  While on the subject of the Euros, a massive congratulations to Ciara Mageean on her terrific run in the European 1,500m final to clinch the bronze medal last Sunday.  A report of last weekends success at Tullamore also will follow soon along with a round up of results.