In the CLANE 10KM ROAD RACE on Saturday (09.11.2019) Treasa Boylan placed 163^rd of 335 finishers in 53.52.

PARKRUN SERIES (09.11.2019): Eoin Durkan (17.07) and Sinead O’Reilly (20.56) were first finishers along the 5km trail path route at the Royal Canal in Kilcock. Senior athlete Paul Cummins (18.49) was 2^nd home at Brickfields Park, whilst juveniles Dylan McKenna (21.42) and Aidan Kelly (20.07) came 2^nd and 3^rd respectively at Waterstown and Corkagh.

DUBLIN MARATHON MEDAL PRESENTATION: Club athletes who won Dublin and Leinster championship medals at the recent Dublin Marathon were presented their awards at the clubhouse on Saturday morning. The presentation was made by Club President Charlie O’Neill and Club Secretary Peter Nugent.

The medal winners were: –

Aisling Nic Dhomhnaill (2.48.37) – Dublin Senior Gold, Dublin Team Senior Gold, Leinster Senior Silver, Leinster Senior Team Gold

Ariana Ball (3.20.06) – Dublin W35 Silver

Grace Kennedy-Clarke (3.05.12) – Dublin Senior Team Gold, Leinster Senior Team Gold

Anne Curley (3.10.42) – Dublin W45 Silver, Dublin Senior Team Gold, Leinster Team Senior Gold

Fergal Whitty (2.29.11) – Dublin M40 Gold, Dublin M35 Team Silver, Leinster M40 Gold, Leinster M35 Team Silver

Peter Gaffney (2.45.09) – Dublin M50 Gold, Dublin M35 Team Silver, Leinster M50 Silver, Leinster M35 Team Silver

Ray Hynes (2.25.34) – Dublin M35 Team Silver, Leinster M35 Team Silver

Barry Potts (3.46.45) – Dublin M70 Gold, Leinster M70 Gold

<photos of the incredible Barry Potts, who claimed the National, Provincial and Dublin M70 marathon titles in the recent Dublin Marathon>

RESULTS IN BRIEF:

CLANE 10KM ROAD RACE (09.11.2019)

163^rd & 43^rd woman Treasa Boylan (53.52)

335 finishers

PARKRUNS (09.11.2019)

Brickfields: 2^nd Paul Cummins (18.49), 19^th Daniel Nemeth M35 (24.06), 49^th Ray Holmes M60 (30.20)

Bushy: 120^th Tommy Halton M60 (28.49)

Castletown: 50^th Hugh David Kelly U11 (26.14), 51^st Ruby Kelly U17 (26.15), 75^th Joan McTernan W60 (27.56), 93^rd David Hudson M60 (28.46)

Corkagh: 3^rd Aidan Kelly U19 (20.07), 119^th Sinead McKiernan W60 (32.31)

Poppintree: 135^th Eilish Joyce W35 (36.25)

Royal Canal, Kilcock: 1^st Eoin Durkan M35 (17.07), 7^th & 1^st woman Sinead O’Reilly (20.56)

Tolka Valley: 4^th Owen Robinson M35 (20.40)

St. Anne’s: 151^st Frank McNally M55 (22.39)

Waterstown: 2^nd Dylan McKenna U14 (21.42)

On Saturday November 9^th, Donore Harriers Club President Charlie O’Neill presented medals to the winners in the Dublin and Leinster Marathon Championships. Charlie congratulated all who ran and finished the marathon on their achievement and thanked the coaches for getting all the runners to the starting line in such good condition. Medal winners are listed below. Medals for the National Championships will be posted later.

LADIES

Aislinn Nic Dhomhnaill 2.48.37

Dublin Senior Gold
Dublin Senior Team Gold
Leinster Senior Silver
Leinster Senior Team Gold

Ariana Ball 3.20.06

Dublin O35 Silver

Grace Kennedy Clarke 3.05.12

Dublin Senior Team Gold
Leinster Senior Team Gold

Anne Curley 3.10.42

Dublin O45 Silver
Dublin Senior Team Gold
Leinster Senior Team Gold

MEN

Fergal Whitty 2.29.11

Dublin O40 Gold
Dublin O35 Team Silver
Leinster O40 Gold
Leinster O35 Team Silver

Peter Gaffney 2.45.09

Dublin O50 Gold
Dublin O35 Team Silver
Leinster O50 Silver
Leinster O35 Team Silver

Ray Hynes 2.25.34

Dublin O35 Team Silver
Leinster O35 Team Silver

Barry Potts 3.46.45

Dublin O70 Gold
Leinster O70 Gold

HIGHLIGHTS: Women’s team bag bronze in the Dublin Senior cross-country championships. Barbara Cleary 4^th individual. Men’s team 5^th. Under 13 girls win team gold in the Dublin Juvenile Uneven Ages championships. Team bronze for Under 11 and Under 19 Boys’ teams. Individual gold for Matei Ursachi (U13 Boys) and Annabella Omozee (U9 Girls), with silver to Abdel Laadjel (U17 Boys), Emily Bolton (U13 Girls) and Olyver Whelan (U9 Boys) and bronze to Thomas Bolton (U15 Boys) and Eva Crowe (U13 Girls).

REPORT: 46 years-old Barbara Cleary put in another teak-tough performance to finish a fine 4^th in the DUBLIN SENIOR CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS on Sunday (03.11.2019) – and in the process she spearheaded the Donore Harriers women’s team to take the bronze medal position. The undulating Santry Demesne course and heavy rainfall on the previous day ensured that the races were a proper cross-country test. Cleary (23.47) settled quickly into 4^th position but she became isolated and was unable to bridge the gap to the top three. The race held over 4 by 1.5km laps, was son by Catherina Mullen of Metro St. Bridget AC in 23.01. Middle-distance specialist Maura Kearns (24.42) was next team member home in 11^th spot. The team was completed by Grace Kennedy-Clarke (26.47) and Niamh O’Neill (26.52) who placed 25^th and 27^th respectively. This was a particularly fine effort from Kennedy-Clarke, coming just one-week after completing the Dublin Marathon in a 3 hours and 5 minutes. Crusaders AC (41) won the team event, with Donore Harriers (67) in bronze position – 9 points clear of 4^th placed Dublin City Harriers.

The Donore Harriers men’s team (122) finished well outside the medals in 5^th. First team member home after 10 kilometres was Matthieu Proffitt (37.09) in 23^rd position. Niall Lynch (37.40) rallied well in the latter half of the race and gained to 27^th spot, with Luke Boland (37.40) just one place behind. The team was closed by Gavin Keogh (39.11) in 44^th place. With 4 athletes in the top 6, including winner Efrem Gidey (32.28), Clonliffe Harriers convincingly won the team gold.

In the preceding DUBLIN JUVENILE UNEVEN AGES CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, the Donore Harriers Under 13 Girls team easily won the team event after 2.5km. Indeed, it proved to be a ‘tour de force’ with the scoring 4 in the top 7. Emily Bolton, who won the Under 12 race two weeks previous, came 2^nd behind Saoirse Fitzgerald of Lucan Harriers. A strong finish saw Eva Crowe gain to the bronze position. Less than 10 metres back was Julie Cleary in 5^th place. This was Cleary’s debut race for the club and there can be little doubt about her future potential. The team gold was secured by Lorraine O’Connor, who overcame a stomach bug, to place 7^th. The non-scoring team member was Eleanor Hopkins in 28^th spot.

In the first race of the day Annabella Omozee won the Under 9 Girls race over 800 metres with a gutsy gun to tape run. In the same race Siun Costello placed 38^th.

Olyver Whelan had to settle for silver as a number of athletes contested at the front of the Under 9 Boys 800m race. Mark Nunan came 39^th.

The Under 11 Girls race over 1,500 metres had 5 Donore athletes competing. First home was Amber Lynch, who was edged out of two positions in a sprint finish and placed 6^th. Ruby Blake came 48^th, Emily Farrell (stepping-up) 56^th, Melody Omozee 63^rd and Petra Cunningham (stepping-up) 72^nd.

Good team packing in the Under 11 Boys race (1,500m) saw the Donore Harriers team take the bronze team medals. Cillian McCooey (8^th), Jamie Kavanagh (15^th), Sebastian Ursachi (16^th) and Danny Colgan (21^st) were the scoring 4. Daniel Browne (41^st) and Caolan Costello (66^th) were the non-scoring team members. The team might well have got better coloured medals, had not talented athlete Luuk Jackson retired from the race due to illness.

Matei Ursachi proved strongest in a competitive Under 13 Boys race to secure individual gold after 2.5 kilometres. James Dunne and Mario Omozee (step-up) came 40^th and 79^th behind Ursachi.

Honor Lynch and Laura Nunan put in battling performances to finish 11^th and 15^th respectively in the Under 15 Girls race over 3.5km. In the Under 15 Boys race over the same distance Thomas Bolton (stepping up) and Oliver Hopkins were in a breakaway group of 5 athletes at the fore of the race. The big moves were made in the final kilometre with the Donore Harriers duo unable to stay with the lead pace. It still proved a very fine effort as Bolton finished in bronze medal position with Hopkins in 4^th.

Abdel Laadjel took up the lead in the early stages of the Under 17 Boys 5km race but was eventually overtaken by Scott Fagan of Metro St. Bridget AC, and finished an isolated 2^nd. Behind him James Bolton, also stepping up an age group, had an eventful race. Bolton gained to 9^th place in mid-race but suffered from a stitch and fell back to 14^th position. However, a late rally saw him gain to 12^th by the finish line.

There were 4 Donore Harriers athletes in the combined Under 19 Boys and Junior category race held over 6 kilometres. The team was led home by Gavin Curtin (21.26) who placed 6^th in a very competitive U19 contest and 8^th in the Junior category. Fathi Aden (21.41), making a welcome return to competition, came 7^th (U19) and 10^th (Jnr). The team was completed by Aidan Kelly (25.09) in 19^th/25^th and Keenan McDonnell (26.25) in 21^st/27^th. In the Under 19 team championship the Donore Harriers quartet came 3^rd, whilst in the Junior contest they placed 4^th – just 3 points behind 3^rd placed Raheny Shamrocks.

In the NEW YORK CITY MARATHON (03.11.2019) Ian Martin (2.51.31) placed 733^rd of more than 50,000 starters. He passed the half-way mark in 1.23.36. M45 athlete Ian Redican completed the 26.2miles in 4.33.02.

The NATIONAL, DUBLIN and LEINSTER MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPS results incorporated into last week’s DUBLIN MARATHON (27.10.2019) saw plenty of medals coming the way of Donore Harriers athletes. Barry Potts made it a clean sweep winning the National, Dublin and Leinster gold in the M70 age category. Aislinn Nic Dhomhnaill took national silver in the Women’s over 40 age-group and claimed gold and silver medals in the Dublin & Leinster senior women’s championships respectively. Nic Dhomhnaill, together with Grace Kennedy-Clarke and Anne Curley, led the women’s team to gold medals when winning both the county and provincial titles, but the team narrowly missed out in the national championship – placing 4^th.

Ray Hynes, who came 5^th in the national M35 category, led the Donore Harriers M35 team to team victory in the Dublin championships. The team, completed by Fergal Whitty and Peter Gaffney, also won silver medals in the Leinster competition. Whitty won the M40 individual gold in both Dublin and Leinster, whilst Gaffney claimed gold and silver in the county and provincial M50 class.

Individual medals were also won by Anne Curley, silver in the W45, and Ariana Ball, bronze in the W35, in the Dublin marathon championships.

PARKRUN SERIES (02.11.2019): In the Parkrun series (02.11.2019) juvenile athlete Katie Delaney (23.53) was first woman home at Waterstown.

RESULTS IN BRIEF:

DUBLIN SENIOR, JUNIOR & JUVENILE UNEVEN-AGES CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS at SANTRY DEMESNE (03.11.2019)

SENIOR WOMEN 6km

4^th Barbara Cleary (23.47)

11^th Maura Kearns (24.42)

25^th Grace Kennedy-Clarke (26.47)

27^th Niamh O’Neill (26.52)

TEAM: 1^st Crusaders AC (41), 2^nd Raheny Shamrocks AC (45), 3^rd Donore Harriers <Cleary, Kearns, Kennedy-Clarke, O’Neill> (67)

SENIOR MEN 10km

23^rd Matthew Proffitt (37.09)

27^th Niall Lynch (37.40)

28^th Luke Boland (37.45)

44^th Gavin Keogh (39.11)

TEAM: 1^st Clonliffe Harriers (13), 2^nd DSD AC (31), 3^rd Rathfarnham AC (44), 5^th Donore Harriers <Proffitt, Lynch, Boland, G. Keogh> (122)

JUVENILE UNEVEN AGES

U9 Girls 800m: 1^st Annabella Omozee, 38^th Siun Costello

U9 Boys 800m: 2^nd Olyver Whelan, 39^th Mark Nunan

U11 Girls 1.5km: 6^th Amber Lynch, 48^th Ruby Blake, 56^th Emily Farrell (step-up), 63^rd Melody Omozee, 72^nd Petra Cunningham (step-up)

TEAM: not in first 3

U11 Boys 1.5km: 8^th Cillian McCooey, 15^th Jamie Kavanagh, 16^th Sebastian Ursachi, 21^st Danny Colgan, 41^st Daniel Browne, 66^th Caolan Costello

TEAM: 3^rd Donore Harriers (60)

U13 Girls 2.5km: 2^nd Emily Bolton (step-up), 3^rd Eva Crowe, 5^th Julie Cleary, 8^th Lorraine O’Connor, 28^th Eleanor Hopkins

TEAM: 1^st Donore Harriers (18)

U13 Boys 2.5km: 1^st Matei Ursachi, 40^th James Dunne, 79^th Mario Omozee (step-up)

U15 Girls 3.5km: 11^th Honor Lynch, 15^th Laura Nunan

U15 Boys 3.5km: 3^rd Thomas Bolton (step-up), 4^th Oliver Hopkins

U17 Girls 4km: No entry

U17 Boys 5km: 2^nd Abdel Laadjel, 12^th James Bolton (step-up)

U19 & Junior Girls 4km: No entry

U19 & Junior Boys 6km: 6^th / 8^th Gavin Curtin (21.26), 7^th / 10^th Fathi Aden (21.41), 19^th / 25^th Aidan Kelly (25.09), 21^st / 27^th Keenan McDonnell (26.25)

TEAM U19 Grade: 1^st Clonliffe Harriers (30), 2^nd DSD AC (42), 3^rd Donore Harriers (53)

TEAM Junior Grade: DSD AC (22), 2^nd Clonliffe Harriers (32), 3^rd Raheny Shamrocks AC (67), 4^th Donore Harriers (70)

NEW YORK MARATHON (03.11.2019)

733^rd Ian Martin (2.51.31)

24, 254^th Ian Redican M45 (4.33.02)

53,508 finishers.

DUBLIN MARATHON CHAMPIOHSHIPS (27.09.2019) incorporated championships results

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS leading individual results & medal winners

WS: 12^th Grace Kennedy-Clarke

W35: 17^th Ariana Ball

W40: 2^nd Aislinn Nic Dhomhnaill

W45: 9^th Anne Curley

M35: 5^th Ray Hynes

M40: 4^th Fergal Whitty

M50: 4^th Peter Gaffney

M70: 1^st Barry Potts

TEAMs:

SW: 4^th Donore Harriers <Nic Dhomhnaill, Kennedy-Clarke & Curley 9.04.31> 71 teams

MS: 9^th Donore Harriers <Hynes, Whitty, Andy Kinane 7.43.37> 112 teams

M35: 17^th Donore Harriers <Chris Muldoon, Ken Nugent, Sean Fox 8.32.05> 165 teams

M50: 23^rd Donore Harriers <Gaffney, Potts, Arthur Connick 10.59.31> 59 teams

DUBLIN CHAMPIONSHIPS medal winners

SW: 1^st Aislinn Nic Dhomhnaill

W35: 3^rd Ariana Ball

W45: 2^nd Anne Curley

M40: 1^st Fergal Whitty

M50: 1^st Peter Gaffney

M70: 1^st Barry Potts

TEAMs:

SW: 1^st Donore Harriers <Nic Dhomhnaill, Kennedy-Clarke, Curley 9.04.31>

M35: 1^st Donore Harriers <Hynes, Whitty, Gaffney 7.50.03>

LEINSTER CHAMPIONSHIPS medal winners

SW: 2^nd Aislinn Nic Dhomhnaill

M40: 1^st Fergal Whitty

M50: 2^nd Peter Gaffney

M70: 1^st Barry Potts

TEAMs:

SW: 1^st Donore Harriers <Nic Dhomhnaill, Kennedy-Clarke, Curley 9.04.31>

M35: 2^nd Donore Harriers <Hynes, Whitty, Gaffney 7.39.53>

PARKRUNS (02.11.2019)

Bushy: 98^th Tommy Halton M60 (27.58)

Corkagh: 34^th Nicola Dowdall W45 (24.14)

Griffeen: 74^th Terry Mee M75 (27.59)

Naas: 32^nd Mary McDermott W50 (24.35)

Poppintree: 9^th & 2^nd woman Kate Cleary W45 (21.57)

Porterstown (26.10.2019): 5^th & 2^nd woman Caroline McCarthy (20.53)

Waterstown: 4^th Dylan McKenna U14 (21.50),10^th & 1st woman: Katie Delaney U14 (23.53); 25^th Michael Barry M35 (27.58)

Dear Members,

The entry process to the 2020 Dublin Marathon has changed. Please note below criteria from Athletics Ireland regarding entry to the 2020 National Marathon Championship.

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HIGHLIGHTS: Eric Keogh records a time of 2.18.24 on his marathon debut in Frankfurt. Sub 2.30 runs by Ray Hynes and Fergal Whitty in Dublin and Lee Van Haeften in Frankfurt. In the 40^th Dublin marathon Aislinn Nic Dhomhnaill 2.48.31 claims 3^rd spot in W40 category, with Barry Potts 3.46.18 securing M70 silver. Juvenile athletes Gavin Curtin, Honor Lynch, Katie Delaney and Matei Ursachi are all first home at various parkruns.

REPORT: After months of hard miles and tough sessions a total of 50 Donore Harriers athletes faced their marathon challenge on Sunday (27.10.2019) at home in Dublin and away in Frankfurt.

Eric Keogh (2.18.24) arrived on the top stage of Irish marathon running with his debut effort in the FRANKFURT MARATHON. Running even splits of 1.09.18 and 1.09.06 Keogh averaged 3.17 per kilometre to finish in 28^th place – and was the 12^th European in what is one of the most competitive big-city marathons.   Lee Van Haeften, also running his debut marathon, placed 81^st of more than 8,000 male runners. Van Haeften was hoping to beat 2.25 and his half-way time of 1.12.47 had him ‘on target’. However, he struggled in the final kilometres and a second-half timing of 1.15.37 resulted in a time of 2.28.23 and 81^st place. A truly very fine effort! Shane Ryan (2.55.01) finally broke the 3-hours mark and placed 618^th overall.

A crisp, cold morning turned into warm sunshine as the 40^th edition of the KBC DUBLIN MARATHON hit the streets. There was plenty of interest for the Chapelizod based club with 47 runners on the starting waves. First home was Ray Hynes (2.25.33) who placed 23^rd overall and an excellent 5^th in the M35 age category. Hynes recorded a personal best time, after holding good form in the latter stages having passed the hallway point in 1.12.20.

Next Donore man was Fergal Whitty (2.29.09), repeating his sub-2.30 run of last year, to finish 39^th overall and 6^th in the M40 class. The teak-tough Whitty passed the halfway mark in 1.14.35 and is a master of consistency. Peter Gaffney (2.45.01) came 164^th overall and a brilliant 4^th in the M50 age-group. He was followed home by Aislinn Nic Dhomhnaill (2.48.31) in 210^th position. Nic Dhomhnaill, a mother of 3 young children and competing in her first marathon in 10 years, was the 7^th Irish woman to finish and came an impressive 3^rd in the W40 age category.

Regular Dublin marathon runner Andy Kinane recorded a time of 2.48.49 to place 217^th and 57^th in the M35 class. Popular club coach and endurance athlete Niall Lynch (2.48.59) was 222^nd and 25^th M45. Chris Muldoon (2.49.09) hit ‘the wall’ just before 20 miles but recovered to place 226^th and 53^rd M40.

UK based Ken Nugent (2.51.00) came 264^th and 72^nd M35. Sean Fox (2.51.44) 287^th and 69^th M40 and Alan Farrell (2.54.15) 347^th were next, placing 69^th M40 and 39^th M45 respectively.

There were personal bests for Danny O’Sullivan (2.54.15) 370^th and 104^th M35 and Alan Keogh (2.55.04) 380^th and 98^th M40.

Tony Barry (2.55.49) came 419^th and 118^th M35. Behind him Eoghan Doolan was having a fine run, knocking 6 minutes of his PB to set a new time of 2.58.54 to place 649^th and 143^rd senior male.

Shane McAuley (3.04.16) came 827^th and 114^th M45, whilst Grace Kennedy-Clarke (3.05.00) running her 4^th marathon of 2019 finished 858^th overall and 28^th senior woman. Craig Scott (3.08.33) placed 1,054^th and 289^th M40.

Anne Curley (3.09.20), who like the aforementioned Fox and McAuley had competed in the Berlin Marathon last month, put in a courageous run to place 1,113^th and 11^th woman in the over-45s category.

Stephen Dawson M35 ran 3.09.55 as Oliver O’Hara knocked 14 minutes of his previous best marathon time to get home in 3.14.24 for 1,428^th place and 388^th M40.

Ariana Ball (3.19.35) came 1,875^th and 38^th W35, ahead of Colm O’Connell (3.21.40) 2,017^th and 433^rd M35 and Guillaume Nolain (3.22.54) 2,127^th and 342^nd senior man.

Next for Donore Harriers were Brian Gaffney (3.26.00) in 2,396^th and 619^th M40, Breda Mahony 2,281^st and 85^th W40 and Patrick Farrell (3.29.02) 2,828^th and 585^th M35. Farrell knocked more than 20 minutes of his previous best marathon time.

The remainder of Donore Harriers’ finishers are listed in the results section below. Special mention to the remarkable Barry Potts (3.46.18), running in his first marathon in 16 years. Potts placed 4,872^nd overall from 17,680 finishers and came 2^nd in the M70 age group.

Not far behind the Donore Harriers veteran, Pamela White (3.50.18) showed true grit and determination in the final few kilometres to finish 5,578^th and 182^nd senior woman. White was struggling at the 20 miles point but put in a huge effort to get home in a respectable time.

Another returning the marathon after a break Charlie O’Neill. O’Neill, who is beginning his 2^nd term as Club President, recorded a time of 4.28.37 to place 11,408^th and 38^th in the M65 category. It was O’Neill’s first marathon in 5 years.

Laura Rice (4.41.11) had to overcome stomach problems but reached the finish line in 4.41.11 to finish in 12,847^th place. There was a super effort also from Helaine Kelly (4.38.31), a mother of 5 children who all represent the club’s juvenile teams.

PARKRUN SERIES (26.10.2019): In the Parkrun series (26.10.2019) juvenile athletes Gavin Curtin (18.31 at Corkagh), Matei Ursachi (19.07 at Father Collins), Honor Lynch (20.18 at St. Anne’s) and Katie Delaney (24.33 at Waterstown) were all first place finishers.

RESULTS IN BRIEF:

Mainova FRANKFURT MARATHON (27.10.2019)

28^th & 14^th MS Eric Keogh (2.18.24 debut)

81^st & 37^th MS Lee Van Haeften (2.28.23 debut)

618^th & 143^rd MS Ciaran Ryan (2.55.01 PB)

8,190 male finishers

DUBLIN MARATHON (27.09.2019)

23^rd & 5^th M35 Ray Hynes (2.25.33 PB)

39^th & 6^th M40 Fergal Whitty (2.29.09)

164^th & 4^th M50 Peter Gaffney (2.45.01)

210^th & 3^rd W40 Aislinn Nic Dhomhnaill (2.48.31)

217^th & 57^th M35 Andy Kinane (2.48.49)

222^nd & 25^th M45 Niall Lynch (2.48.59)

226^th & 53^rd M40 Chris Muldoon (2.49.09)

264^th & 72^nd M35 Kenneth Nugent (2.51.00)

287^th & 69^th M40 Sean Fox (2.51.44)

347^th & 39^th M45 Alan Farrell (2.54.15)

370^th & 104^th M35 Danny O’Sullivan (2.54.48 PB)

380^th & 98^th M40 Alan Keogh (2.55.04 PB)

396^th & 109^th M35 Declan Lynch (2.55.19)

419^th & 118^th M35 Tony Barry (2.55.49)

649^th & 143^rd MS Eoghan Doolan (2.58.54 PB)

827^th & 114^th M45 Shane McAuley (3.04.16)

858^th & 28^th WS Grace Kennedy-Clarke (3.05.00)

1,054^th & 289^th M40 Craig Scott (3.08.33)

1,113^th & 11^th W45 Anne Curley (3.09.20)

No placing available – Stephen Dawson M35 (3.09.55)

1,428^th & 388^th M40 Oliver O’Hara (3.14.24 PB)

1,875^th & 38^th W35 Ariana Ball (3.19.35)

2,017^th & 433^rd M35 Colm O’Connell (3.21.40)

2,127^th & 342^nd MS Guillaume Nolain (3.22.54)

2,396^th & 619^th M40 Brian Gaffney (3.26.00)

2,781^st & 85^th W40 Breda Mahony (3.28.43)

2,828^th & 585^th M35 Patrick Farrell (3.29.02 PB)

3,292^nd & 89^th M55 Paul Graham (3.33.17)

3,447^th & 91^st WS Claire Devaney (3.34.50)

3,478^th & 32^nd M60 Tony Griffin (3.35.04)

4,483^rd & 646^th MS David McGrath (3.43.29)

4,872^nd & 2^nd M70 Barry Potts (3.46.18)

5,578^th & 182^nd WS Pamela White (3.50.18)

6,207^th & 349^th W40 Elaine Verdon (3.54.17)

6,209^th & 1,356^th M40 Neil Lanigan (3.54.17)

7,770^th & 343^rd W45 Jo Hughes (4.02.23)

10,971^st & 565^th W45 Michelle Dawson (4.25.37)

11,146^th & 573^rd W35 Ann Maria Nolan (4.26.44)

11,154^th & 351^st M55 Arthur Connick (4.26.49)

11,408^th & 38^th M65 Charlie O’Neill (4.28.37)

12,524^th & 849^th W45 Helaine Kelly (4.38.31)

12,789^th & 695^th W35 Fran Brennan (4.40.34)

12,847^th & 634^th WS Laura Rice (4.41.11)

13,017^th & 907^th W45 Ann Ryan (4.42.49)

14,407^th & 1,359^th W40 Deirdre Brennan (4.57.01)

16,035^th & 972^nd W35 Anna McMahon (5.27.10)

17,336^th & 1,745^th W40 Tracey Clarke (6.30.22)

17,680 finishers. 1,809 MS runners, 2,082 M35, 2,689 M40, 2,195 M45, 1,307 M50, 567 M55, 248 M60, 96 M65 & 56 M70 – and 976 WS, 1,075 W35, 1,788 W40, & 1,478 W45

PARKRUNS (26.10.2019)

Brickfields: 11^th Daniel Nemeth M35 (24.11)

Bushy: 63^rd Tommy Halton M60 (27.08

Castletown, Celbridge: 24^th Tom Fagan M50 (23.16)

Corkagh: 1^st Gavin Curtin U18 (18.31). 4^th Aidan Kelly U19 (20.01), 29^th & 3^rd woman: Nicola Dowdall W45 (24.04)

Father Collins: 1^st Matei Ursachi U13 (19.07), 12^th Sebastian Ursachi U10 (23.07)

Naas: 26^th & 6^th woman: Mary McDermott W50 (24.21)

Poppintree: 3^rd Jonathan Daly M35 (18.22). 8^th Fred Kiernan M45 (19.10), 15^th & 2^nd woman Kate Cleary W45 (21.57). 24^th & 3^rd woman Cristina Gonzalez (23.52)

St. Annes: 21^st & 1^st woman Honor Lynch U14 (20.18), 23^rd Niall Lynch M45 (20.29)

Waterstown: 3^rd Dylan McKenna U14 (21.31), 9^th & 1st woman: Katie Delaney U14 (24.33)

HIGHLIGHTS: Rossa Hurley 3^rd in M35 class in the Autumn Open Cross gaining automatic selection for the Ireland ‘B&I Masters’ championship team. Emily, Thomas and James Bolton and Abdel Laadjel win individual medals in the Dublin Juvenile Even Ages championships – as Donore Harriers teams win gold (U14 Girls), silver (U14 Boys) and bronze (U16 Boys). Amy Moriarty runs 3.24 in Amsterdam.

At the SPAR AUTUMN OPEN CROSS event at Abbotstown on Sunday (20.10.2019) Rossa Hurley withheld the late challenge of Thomas Lupton of Portlaoise AC to take the 3^rd place step on the podium. In the process he also secured his selection to the Irish M35 team to compete in the British & Irish Cross-Country championships to be held at Aintree Racecourse on the 16^th of November. The selection policy gives automatic selection to the first 4 finishers in the trial races, with the remaining 2 places at the discretion of the Irish Masters Athletics Association.

Both Hurley and Lupton had made conservative starts and gained places in the middle part of the race, with Hurley holding a 4-seconds advantage as they entered the last of five 1,500-metre laps. The Donore Harriers star dug deep to get M35 category bronze with a time of 24.49, with Lupton just one-second behind. The master’s race and M35 category was won by Colm Rooney (23.31) of Clonliffe Harriers, who was awarded the Jim McNamara golden shoe, in honour of the late and great Donore Harriers athlete and coach. In the same race Gavin Keogh (27.39) came 42^nd and 15^th in the M35 age category, with Des Tremble placing 50^th and 14^th in the M45 class.

In the Women’s master race over 6km, the Jim McNamara ‘golden shoe’ trophy was won by Teresa Doherty (21.48) of Finn Valley AC. The Golden Shoes were presented to the winners by Jim’s son Shane McNamara, who was accompanied by his 3 children (Jim’s grandchildren). This was the 4^th year of the awards in memory of the former Olympic Games marathon runner. Donore’s Maura Kearns (23.53) came 15^th overall and a fine 7^th in the W35 age group – and Audrey Gahan (25.57) came 36^th and 15^th in the W40 age group. Sorcha Nic Dhomhnaill (22.08) came 11^th in the senior women’s race, also over 6km.

In the SPAR cross-country xperience race over 4km Sarah Ni Ruairc (21.42) came 37^th overall and was the 10^th woman home.

Earlier in the day the Abbotstown venue hosted the DUBLIN JUVENILE EVEN AGES CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS. Top of the bill for the Donore Harriers team was Emily Bolton, who romped to victory in the Under 12 Girls race over 2km. In the same race Abigail Tolan came 25^th, with Ava Hoare 58^th, Tara Hoare 62^nd and Melody Omozee, stepping-up an age-group, in 70^th. The unfortunate Amber Lynch, who was also stepping-up, fell heavily on the 2^nd lap and retired from the race.

16 years-old Abdel Laadjel, stepped-up to compete in the Under 18 Boys race over 6km. Laadjel contested for the lead in first of 4 laps over an undulating 1.5km route, before race-favourite John Fanning of Skerries AC made his big move on Lap 2. Despite a big effort on the last lap Laadjel was unable to rein in Eanna Moynihan-O’Braidaigh of Templeogue AC and had to settle for a highly creditable 3^rd place. Not far behind Laadjel an ever-improving Gavin Curtin was putting in a gutsy performance to finish an impressive 6^th.

James Bolton, wearing the black and white of Donore Harriers for the first time, finished an excellent 2^nd place in the Under 16 Boys race over 4km. The talented Oliver Hopkins, stepping-up an age, came a fine 10^th, with the team completed by Sean Kinsella in 34^th and Alan Farrell in 45^th place. The team came 3^rd on 91 points, just 5 ahead of Cabinteely AC (96). DSD AC came 1^st on 37 with Clonliffe Harriers 2^nd on 59.

James’s younger brother Thomas (Bolton) also won individual silver in the 3 kilometres Under 14 Boys race. Thomas was one of 5 athletes who ran in close order in the first half of the race, before eventually settling for the runner-up spot as the race became stretched. Matei Ursachi, another athlete running in an older category, gave chase to the leading five and his gutsy performance saw him secure 6^th place. Newcomer Dylan McKenna, showing good potential, came 17^th. The team was closed out by James Dunne and Joe Kinsella, who placed 33^rd and 36^th respectively. The Donore Harriers team scored 58 points to place 2^nd behind winners Clonliffe Harriers (33) and well ahead of bronze team Crusaders AC (80).

The best team performance came in the Under 14 Girls race (3km). Two step-up athletes made it to the top 10 as Lorraine O’Connor gained to 5^th and Eva Crowe was in a close-range 8^th. A determined Laura Nunan, overcoming a recent back injury, made up several places in the final kilometre to finish 16^th. Honor Lynch closed the scoring 4 in 21^st spot. Katie Delaney came 48^th and Sarah Tolan 51^st. In the team competition Donore Harriers came first on 50 points, 10 points clear of Lucan Harriers (60) with Rathfarnham AC (63) in 3^rd.

Annabella Omozee fell back several places in the closing stages of the Under 10 Girls 1km race crossing the line in 16^th place. Emily Farrell came 20^th, with Ruby Blair 25^th and Beth O’Connor in 27^th.

In the Under 10 Boys race over 1km Sebastian Ursachi (22^nd) was very disappointed after a fall put paid to his chances of a top 6 finish. Mark Nunan (step-up) came 37^th and Phillipe Gaudin 59^th.

Liam Blair (28^th), Mario Omozee (57^th) and newcomer Ross Cassidy (62^nd) were the Donore Harriers trio in the Under 12 Boys 2km race.

Two Donore Harriers athletes were among more than 13,000 runners in the AMSTERDAM MARATHON on Sunday (20.10.2019). Amy Moriarty (3.24.07) ran a consistent race to finish 2,367^th overall and 86^th in the senior women’s category. Eddie Bolton (4.30.37) suffered from cramp in the final stages of the race but dug-deep to make it to the finish line.

PARKRUN SERIES (19.10.2019): In the Parkrun series (19.10.2019) Niall Lynch was first home at St. Anne’s Park in a brisk 16.47, whilst Sinead O’Reilly was the first woman home at Royal Canal Kilcock in 20.39. Nicola Dowdall (24.00) was the 2^nd female finisher in Corkagh Park, with Mary McDermott (25.04) 3^rd female at Naas. At Waterstown Park two juvenile athletes had fine runs. Dylan McKenna (21.46) came 4^th overall with Katie Delaney (23.49) placing 14^th and 3^rd female finisher.

RESULTS IN BRIEF:

AUTUMN OPEN-CROSS at ABBOTSTOWN (20.09.2019)

Senior Women 6km: 11^th Sorcha Nic Dhomhnaill (22.08). 35 finishers

Master Women 6km: 15^th & 7^th W35 Maura Kearns (23.53), 36^th & 15^th W40Audrey Gahan (25.57). 54 finishers

Master Men 7.5km: 4^th & 3^rd M35 Rossa Hurley (24.49), 42^nd & 15^th M35 Gavin Keogh (27.39), 50^th & 14^th M45 Des Tremble (28.08). 96 finishers.

Spar XC Xperience 4km: 37^th & 10^th woman Sarah Ni Ruairc (21.42)

DUBLIN JUVENILE EVEN-AGES CHAMPIONSHIPS at ABBOTSTOWN (20.09.2019)

U10 Girls 1km: 16^th Annabella Omozee (step-up), 20^th Emily Farrell, 25^th Ruby Blake, 27^th Beth O’Connor

U10 Boys 1km: 22^nd Sebastian Ursachi, 37^th Mark Nunan (step-up), 59^th Philippe Gaudin

U12 Girls 2km: 1^st Emily Bolton, 25^th Abigail Tolan, 58^th Ava Hoare, 62^nd Tara Hoare, 70^th Melody Omozee (step-up), DNF Amber Lynch (fell)

U12 Boys 2km: 28^th Liam Blair, 57^th Mario Omozee, 62^nd Ross Cassidy

U14 Girls 3km: 5^th Lorraine O’Connor (step-up), 8^th Eva Crowe (step-up), 16^th Laura Nunan, 21^st Honor Lynch, 48^th Katie Delaney, 51^st Sarah Tolan

TEAM: 1^st Donore Harriers (50), 2^nd Lucan Harriers (60), 3^rd Rathfarnham AC (63)

U14 Boys 3km: 2^nd Thomas Bolton, 6^th Matei Ursachi (step-up), 17^th Dylan McKenna, 33^rd James Dunne, 36^th Joe Kinsella

TEAM: 1^st Clonliffe Harriers (33), 2^nd Donore Harriers (58), 3^rd Crusaders AC (80)

U16 Girls 4km: no entry

U16 Boys 4km: 2^nd James Bolton, 10^th Oliver Hopkins (step-up), 34^th Sean Kinsella, 45^th Alan Farrell

TEAM: 1^st DSD AC (37), 2^nd Clonliffe Harriers (59), 3^rd Donore Harriers (91)

U18 Girls 4km: no entry

U18 Boys 6km: 3^rd Abdel Laadjel (step-up), 6^th Gavin Curtin

AMSTERDAM MARATHON (20.10.2019)

2,367^th & 154^th woman Amy Moriarty (3.24.07) 1.42.23 at half-way

9,731^st & 7,908^th male Eddie Bolton (4.30.37) 1.49.04 at half-way

13,475 finishers

PARKRUNS (19.10.2019)

Bushy: 87^th Tommy Halton M60 (27.04)

Corkagh: 23^rd & 2^nd woman: Nicola Dowdall W50 (24.00)

Naas: 25^th & 3^rd woman: Mary McDermott W50 (25.04)

Porterstown: 13^th Tom Fagan M50 (21.02)

Royal Canal Kilcock: 4^th and 1^st woman: Sinead O’Reilly W35 (20.39)

St. Annes: 1^st Niall Lynch M45 (16.47)

Waterstown: 4^th Dylan McKenna U.14 (21.46), 14^th & 3^rd woman: Katie Delaney U.14 (23.49); 19^th Michael Barry M35 (24.40)

HIGHLIGHTS: Josh O’Sullivan 3^rd in the Armed Forces 10km, then made it 50 out of 50 in the Parkrun series. Oliver Hopkins won the junior category in the ‘Brothers’ schools XC event. Chris Muldoon 3^rd in the Rosemount Half-Marathon. Des Gill runs 3.48 in the Melbourne Marathon.

The 40^th version of the ARMED FORCES AN COSANTOIR 10km race at the Phoenix Park on Wednesday (09.10.2019) saw Josh O’Sullivan-Hourihan (31.47) finish in 3^rd place behind winner Kenneth Rodgers (31.17).

On the same day at the BROTHERS BY YOUR SIDE SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY RACES at Santry Demesne Oliver Hopkins, representing St. Declan’s School, convincingly won the Junior Boys category. Honor Lynch and Eleanor Hopkins came 8^th and 19^th respectively in the Minor Girls race.

Chris Muldoon continued his busy racing schedule with 3^rd place in the 2^nd annual ROSEMOUNT HALF-MARATHON in Co. Meath on Saturday (12.10.2019). Muldoon completed the picturesque rural course in 1.19.45. The race was won by Donal Mulligan (1.13.27) of Longford AC.

Des Gill competed in the MELBOURNE MARATHON on Sunday (13.10.2019). Here is his account of the race as posted on Facebook : What a fantastic experience. Perfect running conditions, 14-18 degrees and the odd gentle Zephyr to keep us cool. Starting a few rows from the front at 7:00am by the Rod Laver Arena. We ran at an easy pace towards the skyscrapers. In perfect running conditions the Km’s peeled off and I found myself comfortably running with the 3:20 pacer though the city suburbs for the first 12 k to the coast road at St Kilda. What a long road! Passed through the half marathon marker at 1:39 and all was good. Loving my first Marathon . At 28k still on the St Kilda coast road it was like someone flicked a switch and my legs suddenly ceased to function. It was kinda like seeing someone leaving a late-night bar back in the day after a few too many beers meandering from left to right with a pair of rubber legs. I decided the best thing to do was to walk for a while and true enough after a Km I managed to slowly pick up the pace. It was now a question of just getting to the finish line. And what a challenge the following 14 k were. Full on . Great lift when I saw my daughter Rebecca cheering me on at 35 and 40k. About 39 k a voice running beside me exclaimed “Come on Donore” he introduced himself as Nigel Travers a past member who used to throw discus for the club. Great boost. The finish into the stadium with a lap to the line is something I’ll never forget. I crossed it in 3:48.35. A first Marathon experience indelibly imprinted forever in my mind and whatever is left of my legs.  Loved every moment of it.

PARKRUN SERIES (12.10.2019): Josh O’Sullivan-Hourihan (16.35) chalked up his 50^th parkrun with his 50^th first place finish at Waterstown last Saturday. His 16.04 best parkrun time set in June 2019 puts him 2^nd overall on time for the Waterstown venue. Dylan McKenna U.14 (21.15) set a personal best time when placing 5^th at the same venue, whilst Katie Delaney U.14 (24.27) was 11^th overall and 1^st woman. Paul Cummins (20.02) was 3^rd finisher at the Brickfields parkun.

RESULTS IN BRIEF:

40^th ARMED FORCES AN COSANTOIR 10KM at PHOENIX PARK (09.10.2019)

3^rd Josh O’Sullivan-Hourihan (31.47)

340 finishers

BROTHERS BY YOUR SIDE SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY at SANTRY DEMESNE (09.10.2019)

Minor Girls: 8^th Honor Lynch; 19^th Eleanor Hopkins

Junior Boys: 1^st Oliver Hopkins

ROSEMOUNT HALF-MARATHON at CO. WESTMEATH (12.10.2019)

3^rd & 2^nd M40: Chris Muldoon (1.19.45)

212 entries

MELBOURNE MARATHON (13.10.2019)

2219^th & 164^th M50: Desmond Gill (3.48.35)

7011 finishers / 459 M50 finishers

PARKRUNS (12.10.2019)

Brickfields: 3^rd Paul Cummins (20.02)

Bushy: 107^th Tommy Halton M60 (28.51)

Castletown: 77^th & 17^th woman: Joan McTernan W60 (27.45)

Griffeen: 92^nd Terry Mee M75 (28.24)

Porterstown: 3^rd Shane McAuley M45 (18.17)

Waterstown: 1^st Josh O’Sullivan-Hourihan (16.35), 5^th Dylan McKenna U.14 (21.15), 11^th & 1^st woman: Katie Delaney U.14 (24.27)

HIGHLIGHTS: Donore Harriers men’s team 2^nd in Dublin Novice cross-country, with Mathieu Proffitt the 3^rd individual. Women’s team are 4^th. Eric Keogh 3^rd home in the Irish Three-Quarter marathon. Emily Bolton is the star athlete in the 2^nd Dublin Juvenile XC League.

3^rd place finisher Mathieu Proffitt (20.16) led the Donore Harriers team to 2^nd place in the DUBLIN NOVICE CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (hosted by Donore Harriers) at the Phoenix Park on Sunday (06.10.2019). The scoring team was completed by Luke Boland (21.01) in 10^th, Ian Martin (21.03) in 11^th and Emmet O’Briain (21.59) in 29^th. The team score of 53 was ten points short of winners Raheny Shamrocks, with Clonliffe Harriers in 3^rd on 66 points. The other host club athletes were –   Paul Cummins (22.30) in 43^rd, Phil Hennessy (23.00) 59^th, Aidan O’Rourke (24.12) 76^th and Daniel English (24.27) 80^th. There were 112 finishers.

The Donore women’s (71) team came 4^th, just 6 points behind 3^rd placed Crusaders AC as Dublin City Harriers (31) comfortably won the championship. Niamh O’Neill (15.49) on her comeback race after injury placed a creditable 12^th, with Aoife Ni Thuthail (16.09) and Audrey Gahan (16.10) in 16^th and 17^th. Claire Mulligan (16.30) closed out the scoring team in 26^th place. The other Donore athletes among the 71 finishers were – Louise Murray (16.45) in 32^nd, Caroline McCarthy (17.01) 38^th, Aisling Kirby (17.13) 41^st and Roise McSorley (18.03) 57^th.

The 2^nd round of the DUBLIN JUVENILE CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE that preceded the Novice Championships saw some great performances from the younger Donore athletes. The most outstanding performance of the morning came from Emily Bolton, who won the Under 12 Girls race over 1.200m by 23 seconds. The host club’s other winner was Matei Ursachi in the Under 13 Boys 1,300m race.

The surprise performance came from the talented Lorraine O’Connor, who came 2^nd in the Under 13 Girls race over 1,300m, with teammate Eva Crowe in 3^rd. Oliver Hopkins challenged for the lead in the Boys Under 15 race over 2,000m, but eventually had to settle for 3^rd place. In the Under 17 Girls 2,500m race Chloe Andrews came an excellent 3^rd, whilst Luuk Jackson and Cillian McCooey finished 3^rd and 4^th respectively in the Under 11 Boys race over 900m.

The other club results were: – Annabella Omozee 4^th and Siun Costello 52^nd in the Under 9 Girls race (500m); Mark Nunan 24^th in the Under 9 Boys (500m); Ruby Blake 15^th, Beth O’Connor 40^th and Lauren Tolan 50^th in the Under 10 Girls (700m); Conor Garvey 20^th, Dylan O’Connor 32^nd, Tom Nolan 37^th and Harry McGilloway 59^th in the Under 10 Boys (700m); Amber Lynch 8^th and Melody Omozee 48^th in the Under 11 Girls (900m); Eoin Mooney 33^rd in the Under 11 Boys (900m); Abigail Tolan 19^th and Leah Nunan 40^th in the Under 12 Girls (1200m); Liam Blair 21^st, Mario Omozee 31^st, Liam O’Donoghue 36^th and Rory Gaudin 47^th in the Under 12 Boys (1200m); Eleanor Hopkins 23^rd in the Under 13 Girls (1,300m); James Dunne 24^th, Quinn Leigh-O’Keeffe 26^th, Alex Leonard 36^th and Louis Wright 41^st in the Under 13 Boys (1,300m); Honor Lynch 11^th, Katie Delaney 17^th and Sarah Tolan 21^st in the Under 14 Girls (1,500m); Dylan McKenna 17^th and Romeo Omozee 19^th in the Under 14 Boys (1,500m); Sky Synnott 22^nd and Rebecca Horan 23^rd in the Under 15 Girls (2000m); Ruairi Kirby 19^th in the Under 15 Boys (2,000m) and Alan Farrell 18^th in the Under 16 Boys (2,500m).

In the IRISH THREE-QUARTER MARATHON at Longwood, Co. Meath on Sunday (06.10.2019) Eric Keogh (1.43.24) finished in 3^rd place behind winner Mark Kenneally (1.42.32) of Clonliffe Harriers. Lee Van Haeften (1.49.03) was the 6^th athlete home. The other Donore athletes to complete the 31.6km race, that followed a rural Co. Meath route crossing the Boyne and Blackwater Rivers and the Royal Canal, were Chris Muldoon M40 (2.07.41) in 22^nd place, Brian Gaffney (2.27.20) 124^th, Arianna Ball (2.31.09) 156^th and 12^th woman, Patrick Farrell (2.33.23) 176^th, Oliver O’Hara M40 (2.41.05) 249^th, Tony Griffin M60 (2.41.17) 253^rd,  Ann Ryan W40 (3.20.01) 985^th and Ray Holmes M60 (3.44.43) 1,268^th.

PARKRUN SERIES (05.10.2019):  Josh O’Sullivan-Hourihan (16.29) was first finisher at Waterstown, with Dylan McKenna U.14 (22.09 3^rd home and Katie Delaney U.14 (23.26) 12^th and 2^nd woman. Nicola Dowdall W45 (23.36) was 23^rd and 2^nd woman home at Corkagh Park.

RESULTS IN BRIEF:

DUBLIN NOVICE CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS at PHOENIX PARK (06.10.2019)

Women’s 3km: 12^th Niamh O’Neill (15.49), 16^th Aoife Ni Thuathail (16.09), 17^th Audrey Gahan (16.10), 26^th Claire Mulligan (16.30), 32^nd Louise Murray (16.45), 38^th Caroline McCarthy (17.01), 41^st Aisling Kirby (17.13), 57^th Roise McSorley (18.03). 71 finishers

TEAM: 1^st Dublin City Harriers (31); 2^nd Raheny Shamrocks AC (56); 3^rd Crusaders AC (65); 4^th Donore Harriers (65). 9 teams

Men’s 6km: 3^rd Mathieu Proffitt; 10^th Luke Boland (21.01), 11^th Ian Martin (21.03), 29^th Emmet O’Briain (21.59), 43^rd Paul Cummins (22.30), 59^th Phil Hennessy (23.00), 76^th Aidan O’Rourke (24.12), 80^th Daniel English (24.27). 112 finishers

TEAM: 1^st Raheny Shamrocks (43): 2^nd Donore Harriers (53): 3^rd Clonliffe Harriers (66). 12 teams.

DUBLIN JUVENILE CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE NO. 2 at PHOENIX PARK (06.10.2019)

U.9 Girls 500m: 4^th Annabella Omozee; 52^nd Siun Costello

U.9 Boys 500m: 24^th Mark Nunan

U.10 Girls 700m: 15^th Ruby Blake; 40^th Beth O’Connor; 50^th Lauren Tolan

U.10 Boys 700m: 3^rd Sebastian Ursachi; 20^th Conor Garvey; 32^nd Dylan O’Connor; 37^th Tom Nolan; 59^th Harry McGilloway

U.11 Girls 900m: 8^th Amber Lynch; 48^th Melody Omozee

U.11 Boys 900m: 3^rd Luuk Jackson; 4^th Cillian McCooey; 33^rd Eoin Mooney

U.12 Girls 1200m: 1^st Emily Bolton; 19^th Abigail Tolan; 40^th Leah Nunan

U.12 Boys 1200m: 21^st Liam Blair; 31^st Mario Omozee; 36^th Liam O’Donoghue; 47^th Rory Gaudin

U.13 Girls 1300m: 2^nd Lorraine O’Connor; 3^rd Eva Crowe; 23^rd Eleanor Hopkins

U.13 Boys 1300m: 1^st Matei Ursachi; 24^th James Dunne; 26^th Quinn Leigh-O’Keeffe; 36^th Alex Leonard; 41^st Louis Wright

U.14 Girls 1500m: 11^th Honor Lynch; 17^th Katie Delaney; 21^st Sarah Tolan

U.14 Boys 1500m: 2^nd Thomas Bolton; 17^th Dylan McKenna; 19^th Romeo Omozee

U.15 Girls 2000m: 22^nd Sky Synnott; 23^rd Rebecca Horan

U.15 Boys 2000m: 3^rd Oliver Hopkins; 19^th Ruairi Kirby

U.16 Boys 2500m: 18^th Alan Farrell

U.17 Girls 2500m: 3^rd Chloe Andrews

IRISH THREE-QUARTER MARATHON (31.6km) at LONGWOOD, CO. MEATH (06.10.2019)

3^rd Eric Keogh (1.43.24)

6^th Lee Van Haeften (1.49.03)

22^nd Chris Muldoon M40 (2.07.41)

124^th Brian Gaffney (2.27.20)

156^th & 12^th woman Arianna Ball (2.31.09)

176^th Patrick Farrell (2.33.23)

249^th Oliver O’Hara M40 (2.41.05)

253^rd Tony Griffin M60 (2.41.17)

985^th Ann Ryan W40 (3.20.01)

1268^th Ray Holmes M60 (3.44.43)

1424 finishers

PARKRUNS (28.09.2019)

Bushy: 97^th Tommy Halton M60 (27.49)

Corkagh: 23^rd & 2^nd woman Nicola Dowdall W45 (23.36)

Griffeen: 88^th Terry Mee M75 (28.40), 99^th Maureen O’Flaherty W50 (29.59)

Hartstown: 8^th Tony Kynes M60 (20.10)

Waterstown: 1^st Josh O’Sullivan-Hourihan (16.29), 3^rd Dylan McKenna U.14 (22.09), 12^th & 2^nd woman: Katie Delaney U.14 (23.26)

On Sunday 22 September, a group of 19 young athletes from the Donore Harriers Juvenile Distance Running Squad braved the elements and ran up and over two of the highest peaks in the Dublin Mountains – Tibradden and Two Rock.  Despite dire weather warnings, the rain mostly held off as the group set off from Tibradden Wood to begin the climb.  An hour and a half later, they were back where they had started, lungs and legs burning, having spent a fantastic morning in the mists above Dublin while the city below was still waking up.  The morning finished up with a fantastic visit to Zip it where the more adventurous members of the group shimmied up trees and zip lined from great heights.  Thanks are due to the parents who accompanied us on this trip and in particular to our ever reliable sponsors 123.ie who’s ongoing support of the juvenile section of the club makes events such as this possible.

HIGHLIGHTS: Anne Curley completes her 22^nd marathon at Berlin, Grace Kennedy-Clarke first woman home in the Fastlane Half-Marathon, Barbara Murray 2^nd placed woman in the Balbriggan 4 mile, Tony Kynes 3^rd M60 at Rathfarnman 5km, and Katie Delaney achieves the 50 Parkrun milestone.

Anne Curley described her excellent 3.09.40 run at the BERLIN MARATHON (29.09.2019) as a “sweet victory” after a recurring foot injury hampered her preparation. Curley afterwards paid tribute to her coach Willie Smith, whose training sessions allowed her to “get very fit in a short time”. The Donore athlete, who passed the halfway mark in 1 hour and 36 minutes, was the 271^st woman athlete to compete the 26.2-mile course, placing 34^th in the W45 age category. Sean Fox (2.44.44) was the 727^th male finisher and placed 118^th in the M40 grade and Shane McAuley (2.57.27) was 1839^th and 252^nd in the M45 category. There were over 40k finishers.

In the RATHFARNHAM 5km ROAD RACE on Sunday morning (29.09.2019) a contingent of 10 Donore Harriers athletes were led home by Luke Boland (16.19), who placed 39^th of more than 800 athletes and was the 26^th senior man. Next Donore athlete was Gavin Keogh (16.44) in 52^nd and 34^th senior. Donal Iremonger (17.38) came 97^th position and 8^th in the M45 age group, with Patrick Byrne (54^th senior) was just 2 seconds and 2 places further back. Aoife Ni Thuathail (19.51), showed good form ahead of next weekend’s Dublin Novice cross-country championship, when placing 192^nd overall and 23^rd senior woman. The remaining club athletes were – Tony Kynes (19.56) in 196^th place and 3^rd M60, Sinead Graham (20.06) 207^th and 28^th senior woman, Paul Cummins (21.40) 207^th and 116^th senior man, Tommy Halton (26.17) 403^rd and 17^th M60, and Ann Woodlock (31.21) 708^th and 10^th W60. The latter having recently won gold and silver medals in the W80 category at the European Masters track & field championships in Italy.

Grace Kennedy-Clarke (1.27 17) was the outright winner of the women’s category in the FASTLANE HALF-MARATHON at Clondalkin (29.09.2019) on Sunday. The Donore athlete placed 16^th overall out of 338 finishers. The inaugural race was held over a narrow course that included canal towpaths, country roads and cycle lanes in the Clondalkin and City West area. Elsewhere,

Barbara Murray (26.27) came 8^th overall and 2^nd woman at the BALBRIGGAN & DISTRICT AC 4 MILE ROAD RACE (29.09.2019).

Jack Raftery ran the medley relay 4^th leg in the colours of SPN Vernon Athletisme in the qualifying round of the COUPE DE FRANCE at Vernon on Saturday (28.09.2019). With the first 3 athletes building a lead over the 100m, 200m and 300m legs Raftery ran a “comfortable” 400m leg in 51 seconds to secure the win.

PARKRUN SERIES (28.09.2019) Thirteen years-old Katie Delaney (23.38) chalked-up her 50^th parkrun at Waterstown Park in Palmerstown on Saturday morning. Katie was 7^th home and 1^st woman finisher. The young Donore athlete did her first Parkrun in August 2016 when she was well outside the 40 minutes mark. She’s been a regular park-runner since January 2018 and has improved her time to 22.51. Other Juvenile athletes included – Dylan McKenna (22.17) in 4^th place, Oliver Hopkins (23.39) in 8^th and Eleanor Hopkins (24.53) in 13^th and 2^nd woman.

Senior club member Josh O’Sullivan-Hourihan was first finisher in 16.34. Faith Hopkins W45 (34.31) was 39^th overall. There were 80 finishers.

Nicola Dowdall (23.52) was first woman finisher at Corkagh Park when placing 8^th overall. Mary Murphy (27.23) came 47^th overall at the same venue. M75 athlete Terry Mee (28.53) came 76^th at Griffeen Park, whilst Tommy Halton M60, a day before competing in the Rathfarnham 5km road race, came 51^st at Bushy Park in 27.38.

RESULTS IN BRIEF:

BERLIN MARATHON (29.09.2019)

271^st woman & 34^th W45: Ann Curley (3.09.40)

727^th & 118^th M40: Sean Fox (2.44.44)

1839^th & 252^nd M45: Shane McAuley (2.57.27)

30755 M finishers, 13290 W finishers

RATHFARNHAM 5KM ROAD RACE (29.09.2019)

39^th & 26^th MS: Luke Boland (16.19)

52^nd & 34^th MS: Gavin Keogh (16.44)

97^th & 8^th M45: Donal Iremonger (17.38)

99^th & 54^th MS: Patrick Byrne (17.40)

192^nd & 23^rd WS: Aoife Ni Thuathail (19.51)

196^th & 3^rd M60: Tony Kynes (19.56)

207^th & 28^th WS: Sinead Graham (20.06)

277^th & 116^th MS: Paul Cummins (21.40)

403^rd & 17^th M60: Tommy Halton (26.17)

708^th & 10^th W60: Ann Woodlock (31.21)

837 finishers

FASTLANE HALF-MARATHON at CLONDALKIN (29.09.2019)

16^th & 1^st woman: Grace Kennedy-Clarke (1.27.17)

338 finishers

BALBRIGGAN & DISTRICT AC 4 MILE ROAD RACE (29.09.2019)

8^th & 2^nd woman: Barbara Murray (26.27)

88 finishers

COULE DE FRANCE QUALIFYING ROUND at VERNON in Normandy (28.09.2019)

Men’s Medley Relay 100m, 200m, 300, 400m: 1^st SPN Vernon Athletisme (Jack Raftery ran 400m leg in 51.00)

ECOTRAIL WICKLOW (28.09.2019)

=99^th Medbh Peavoy – Little Sugarloaf (1.12.48), Great Sugarloaf (1.05.47), incomplete

115 competitors

PARKRUNS (28.09.2019)

Bushy: 51^st Tommy Halton M60 (27.38)

Corkagh: 19^th & 1^st woman Nicola Dowdall W45 (23.52); 47^th & 8^th woman Mary Murphy W45 (27.23)

Griffeen: 76^th Terry Mee M75 (28.53)

Waterstown: 1^st Josh O’Sullivan-Hourihan (16.34), 4^th Dylan McKenna U.14 (22.17), 7^th & 1^st woman: Katie Delaney U.14 (23.38)), 8^th Oliver Hopkins U.15 <pacer> (23.39), 13^th & 2^nd woman Eleanor Hopkins U.13 (24.53), 39^th & 14^th woman Faith Hopkins (34.31)