and HSE 4 Mile Road Race – Cork Cross Country Championships
– County Cross Country Championships
– HSE 4 Mile Road Race Cork Cross Country Championships
Alan O’Shea, winner of the Cork City Marathon on the June bank holiday weekend, claimed his first Cork senior cross country title today at Carraig na bhFear. O’Shea, second to Brian McMahon last year, was in no mood for hanging around when the gun went, and built up a commanding lead by the end of the first of five laps that stretched well over 100m.
Behind him last season’s AAI intermediate champion James McCarthy was leading the chase together with Leevale’s Cathal Lombard. A lap later Lombard was on his own in second as he set about breaking down O’Shea’s lead.
Going out the last lap Lombard cut O’Shea’s lead to four seconds and a thrilling finish looked in store. However, O’Shea got down to work again and stretched away to win by sixteen seconds to join an elite group of athletes to win Cork senior titles.
This was Lombard’s first Cork cross country outing in over three years that included a ban for a positive EPO test, and, it has to be said, he was warmly welcomed back by the Cork athletic community.
Carmel Crowley from Bandon took off from the start of the women’s race like a ’scalded cat’ and never looked in danger of being caught, with Carmel Parnell from Leevale running on strongly for second ahead of clubmate Claire McCarthy.
Numbers taking part in the junior races were most disappointing with Michelle Finn from Duhallow and Shane Coffey easily winning their respective titles.
Details:
Senior Men 10km:
1 A O’Shea (Bantry) 31:39; C Lombard (Leevale) 31:55; 3 J McCarthy (East Cork) 33:18; 4 K Ryan (Togher) 33:31; 5 E O’Sullivan (Togher) 33:43; 6 R Fahy (East Cork) 33:47; 7 D O’Mahony (East Cork) 34:08; 8 T Woods (St Finbarrs) 34:16; 9 J Shine (Leevale) 34:18; 10 C O’Connell (St Finbarr) 34:29; 11 S McGrath (East Cork) 34:37; 12 T Maunsell (Leevale) 34:51.
Team: 1 East Cork 27; 2 Levale 45; 3 Togher 47; 4 St Finbarrs 59. ‘B’ team: 1 Grange-Fermoy 104.
Senior Women 6km:
1 C Crowley (Bandon) 22:13; 2 C Parnell (Leevale) 22:57; 3 C McCarthy (Leevale) 23:13; 4 C O’Riordan (West Muskerry) 23:17; 5 A Donnelly (St Finbarrs) 23:46; 6 AM Healy (Eagle) 24:10; 7 M Sweeney (St Finbarrs) 24:39; 8 M Dinan (St Finbarrs) 24:48; 9 S McGarry (St Finbarrs) 25:42; 10 M Heffernan (Liscarrol) 25:56.
Team: 1 St Finbarrs 29.
Junior Men 6km:
1 S Coffey (Togher) 21:44; 2 R Quirke (Togher) 22:20; 3 C Harrington (Togher) 23:09; 4 J Fennell (Togher) 23:21; 5 D Metcalfe (Leevale) 23:34; 6 K Hassett (Togher) 23:51.
Team: 1 Togher 10.
Junior Women 4km:
1 M Finn (Duhallow) 15:35; 2 C Finn (Duhallow) 16:57; 3 M Twohig (Duhallow) 17:36; 4 G Finn (Duhallow) 18:04; 5 E O’Neill (Glenbower) 19:05; 6 U Twohig (Duhallow) 21:31.
Team: 1 Duhallow 10
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County Cross Country Championships
Donegal, Limerick, Dublin Results
Donegal Athletic Board
Senior Women Cross Country 2007
Venue:Finn Valley Centre
Pos. No. First Name Surname Club Time
1 978 Teresa Mc Gloin Finn Valley A.C. 17.37
2 982 Breda Mc Ginty Finn Valley A.C. 18.04
3 981 Shauna Guthrie Finn Valley A.C. 18.31
4 972 Marie Rooney Tír Chonaill A.C. 18.52
5 973 Philomena Gallagher Tír Chonaill A.C. 19.02
6 971 Shelley Roper Tír Chonaill A.C. 20.01
7 986 Maeve Culhane Finn Valley A.C. 21.03
8 976 Jackie Harvey Tír Chonaill A.C. 21.24
9 983 Finnuala Bruton Finn Valley A.C. 23.45
Women -Team Result
Position Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
1 Finn Valley A.C. 1 2 3 7 13
2 Tír Chonaill A.C. 4 5 6 8 23
Senior Men Cross Country 2007
Pos. No. First Name Surname Club Time
1 902 Pauric Mc Kinney Letterkenny A.C. 29.27
2 901 Gary Crossan Letterkenny A.C. 30.16
3 903 Ciaran Doherty Letterkenny A.C. 30.19
4 913 Kieran Carlin Finn Valley A.C. 30.45
5 914 Patrick Hegarty Finn Valley A.C. 31.13
6 915 Dominic Bonner Finn Valley A.C. 31.30
7 927 Daire Brennan Tír Chonaill A.C. 31.42
8 910 Ivan Toner Letterkenny A.C. 32.00
9 904 Sean Mc Fadden Letterkenny A.C. 32.18
10 906 Michael Black Letterkenny A.C. 32.31
11 934 Gavin Crawford Letterkenny A.C. 32.55
12 919 Tommy Farrell Finn Valley A.C. 33.05
13 905 Martin Gormley Letterkenny A.C. 33.44
14 907 Eddie Sweeney Letterkenny A.C. 34.02
15 935 P.J. Boyce Cranford A.C. 34.06
16 928 John Cannon Tír Chonaill A.C. 34.49
17 921 Michael Penrose Finn Valley A.C. 34.58
18 929 Richard Mc Carthy Tír Chonaill A.C. 35.43
19 922 Drew Doherty Finn Valley A.C. 35.59
20 931 Vincent Duffy Tír Chonaill A.C. 37.15
21 932 Richard Raymond Letterkenny A.C. 38.32
22 930 John Sneddon Tír Chonaill A.C. 39.57
23 933 Tony Cummins Tír Chonaill A.C. 41.13
Men – Team Result
Position Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Total
1 Letterkenny A.C. 1 2 3 8 9 10 33
2 Finn Valley A.C. 4 5 6 12 17 19 63
3 Tír Chonaill A.C. 7 16 18 20 22 23 106
Limerick Cross Counrty Championships
Liam Reale – Limerick AC had a good win in Limerick Senior Cross Country
Championships at Newcastle West today . Colm Turner – Limerick AC ran a great race to finish runner up . A titanic battle for 3rd . ensued between Pat McCartan – West Limerick & Tom Carey – Limerick AC – The West Limerick Athlete just shading in the end. Limerick AC duly won the Team Competition and retained their County Title.
In the Womens Race Rosemary Ryan – Bilboa just back after her exertions in Berlin Marathon won from Dooneens Tracey Roche . Bilboa won Team Competition.
The Junior Races were won by Michael Carmody – Emerald & Becky Hand – Dooneen.
Dublin Cross Country Championships
Junior Men C/C Championships
1 19.53 Brendan O’Neill DSD
2 20.22 John Coghlan MBS
3 20.28 Dave Rooney Raheny Shamrock Ac
4 20.56 Simon Ryan Raheny Shamrock Ac
5 21.08 Robert Corbally DSD U/19
6 21.26 David Flynn Clonliffe Harriers Ac U/19
7 21.33 Daragh Flynn Raheny Shamrock Ac U/19
8 21.42 Mark Dodey Donore Harriers AC
9 21.49 David Fitzmaurice Clonliffe Harriers Ac
10 21.58 Richard Lombard Celtic DCH U/19
11 22.09 Carl O’Sullivan Raheny Shamrock Ac U/19
12 22.12 Adrian Gilbane DSD
13 22.14 Cathal Jenkinson DSD
14 22.20 Anthony Lieghio Tallaght Ac U/19
15 22.22 Eoin Pearce Clonliffe Harriers Ac U/19
16 22.39 David Keogh Lucan Harriers U/19
17 22.43 Mark Mc Donald Clonliffe Harriers Ac
18 22.46 Lee Van Donore Harriers AC U/19
19 22.50 Peter Fitzsimons Tallaght Ac U/19
20 22.54 Michael Cassells DSD U/19
21 23.18 Eoin Carroll Donore Harriers AC U/19
22 23.27 Simon Doyle Lucan Harriers U/19
23 23.29 Kian Jennings DSD U/19
24 23.33 Brian Gallagher Clonliffe Harriers Ac U/19
25 23.49 Luke Coleman Tallaght Ac U/19
26 24.10 Owen Khan Clonliffe Harriers Ac U/19
27 24.33 Shane Cowzer DSD U/19
28 25.34 Tadgh Prenderville Donore Harriers AC U/19
Teams Junior Points
1 Raheny Shamrock 3,4,7,11, 25
2 DSD 1,5,12,13, 31
3 Clonliffe Harriers 6,9,15,17 47
4 Donore Harriers 8,18,21,28, 75
Senior Men C/C Championships
346 1 32.03 Joe Sweeney DSD
347 2 32.07 Alan Mc Cormack DSD
384 3 32.09 Mick Clohisey Raheny Shamrock AC
354 4 32.20 Danny Darcy Liffey Valley AC
396 5 32.31 Gary O’Hanlon Clonliffe Harriers AC
385 6 32.39 Vinny Mulvey Raheny Shamrock AC
382 7 33.02 Cillian O’Leary Raheny Shamrock AC
393 8 33.07 Colm Rooney Clonliffe Harriers AC
394 9 33.10 James Nolan Clonliffe Harriers AC
418 10 33.12 Sean Connolly Tallaght Ac
395 11 33.13 Sergia Turea Clonliffe Harriers AC
348 12 33.30 John Eves DSD
397 13 33.59 Brian Mc Mahon Clonliffe Harriers AC
335 14 34.08 Paul Fleming Rathfarnham WSAF A
332 15 34.11 Sean O’Heigerataigh Rathfarnham WSAF A
337 16 34.18 Eoin Flynn Rathfarnham WSAF A
343 17 34.21 Mark Ryan Rathfarnham WSAF A
375 18 34.22 John Downes Donore Harriers AC
403 19 34.25 Eanna Cunnane Sportsworld AC
398 20 34.27 Aidan Baily Clonliffe Harriers AC
333 21 34.39 Sean Hehir Rathfarnham WSAF A
338 22 34.49 Gearoid O’Connor Rathfarnham WSAF A
390 23 34.52 Bernard Roe Raheny Shamrock AC
380 24 34.56 Kevin Moriarty Raheny Shamrock AC
405 25 35.01 Philip Kilgannon Sportsworld AC
417 26 35.07 Davy Byrne Tallaght Ac
411 27 35.12 Niall Sherlock MSB
331 28 35.14 Barry Minnock Rathfarnham WSAF A
416 29 35.17 Thomas Fitzpatrick Tallaght Ac
357 30 35.30 Lea Fulcher Liffey Valley AC
391 31 35.36 Ryan Montgomery Raheny Shamrock AC
351 32 35.39 Neil Cowzer DSD
381 33 35.41 Gavin O’Sullvan Raheny Shamrock AC
355 34 35.45 Tom O’Connor Liffey Valley AC
336 35 35.46 Ronan Kearns Rathfarnham WSAF A
369 36 36.00 Paul Cowhie Civil Service AC
372 37 36.03 Kevin Daly Donore Harriers AC
352 38 36.13 Evan Scully DSD
339 39 36.25 Ray Savage Rathfarnham WSAF A
383 40 36.26 Brian Leahy Raheny Shamrock AC
368 41 36.31 Pierce Geoghegan Liffey Valley AC
341 42 36.34 Edwin Keville Rathfarnham WSAF A
356 43 36.47 Paul Balfe Liffey Valley AC
361 44 36.53 Gerry Daly Liffey Valley AC
359 45 37.07 Sean Dowling Liffey Valley AC
419 46 37.11 Keith Sherlock Tallaght Ac
358 47 37.16 Ciaran Reilly Liffey Valley AC
400 48 37.22 David Brennan Clonliffe Harriers AC
410 49 37.25 Paul O’Connell Sportsworld AC
387 50 37.26 Bernard Lynch Raheny Shamrock AC
409 51 37.40 Patrick Enright Sportsworld AC
389 52 37.42 Simon Reade Raheny Shamrock AC
342 53 37.44 John Farrelly Rathfarnham WSAF B
364 54 37.45 Victor Vasse Liffey Valley AC
366 55 37.45 Javier Suilvan Liffey Valley AC
378 56 37.54 Aidan Mc Grath Donore Harriers AC
363 57 37.57 Andy Nason Liffey Valley AC
412 58 38.01 Kieran Gallagher MSB
370 59 38.03 Gavin Keogh Donore Harriers AC
401 60 38.16 Brett Paine Clonliffe Harriers AC
350 61 38.21 Robert Teevan DSD
340 62 38.41 Owen Mc Loughlin Rathfarnham WSAF A
404 63 38.49 Ronan Merrick Sportsworld AC
373 64 39.48 Padraig Mc Greal Donore Harriers AC
392 65 39.53 Mick Gygax Raheny Shamrock AC
415 66 41.17 Mel Hilliard MSB
413 67 42.18 Dave Carroll MSB
414 68 43.21 Paddy Parrot MSB
Teams Points
1 Clonliffe Harriers 5,8,9,11,13,20 66
2 Raheny Shamrock 3,6,7,23,24,31 94
3 Rathfarnham WSAF 14,15,16,17,21,22 105
4 DSD 1,2,12,32,38,61 146
5 Liffey Valley 4,30,34,41,43,44 196
Senior Ladies C/C Championships
298 1 16.27 Charlotte Ffrench O’Carroll DSD
294 2 16.28 Linda Byrne DSD
297 3 16.41 Rebecca Ffrench O’Carroll DSD
166 4 16.48 Ciara Durkan Skerries C
281 5 16.58 Frances Nic Reamoinn Clonliffe Harriers AC
269 6 17.16 Adrienne Jordan Donore Harriers AC
313 7 17.26 Annette Kealy Raheny Shamrock
315 8 17.34 Susan Byrne Raheny Shamrock
296 9 17.38 Niamh Devlin DSD
311 10 17.44 Azmera Gebrezgi Celtic DCH
307 11 17.50 Helen Leonard Rathfarnham WSAF
271 12 17.55 Fiona Mahon Donore Harriers AC
305 13 18.04 Catriona Jennings Rathfarnham WSAF
261 14 18.10 Lucy Darcy Sportsworld AC
287 15 18.17 Elaine Caul Civil Service AC
322 16 18.32 Donna Mahon Rathfarnham WSAF
318 17 18.38 Barbara Sanchez Raheny Shamrock
289 18 18.41 Lorraine Manning Civil Service AC
317 19 18.44 Niamh Kissane Raheny Shamrock
319 20 18.46 Catriona Hooper Raheny Shamrock
265 21 19.11 Helen White Sportsworld AC
288 22 19.13 Rachel Beck Civil Service AC
286 23 19.17 Aishling Coppinger Clonliffe Harriers AC
262 24 19.18 Sandra Armstrong Sportsworld AC
263 25 19.19 Kathleen O’Callaghan Sportsworld AC
29 26 19.21 Emma Cooper Clonliffe Harriers AC
308 27 19.39 Vanessa Saldier Rathfarnham WSAF
274 28 19.47 Florence Curley Donore Harriers AC
309 29 19.56 Zoe Melling Rathfarnham WSAF
284 30 20.08 Ailish Mc Dermott Clonliffe Harriers AC
282 31 20.14 Tara Whyte Clonliffe Harriers AC
285 32 20.28 Karen Duggan Clonliffe Harriers AC
276 33 20.31 Niamh Murphy Donore Harriers AC
310 34 20.39 Ciara Hassett Rathfarnham WSAF
290 35 20.42 Margaret Mc Creery Civil Service AC
279 36 21.01 Bronagh Ni Bhriain Clonliffe Harriers AC
283 37 21.20 Rachel Mc Bride Clonliffe Harriers AC
TEAMS Points
1 DSD 1,2,3,9 15
2 Raheny Shamrock 7,8,17,19 51
3 Rathfarnham WSAF 11,13,16,27 67
4 Donore Harriers 6,12,28,33 79
5 Clonliffe Harriers 5,23,26,30 84
6 Sportsworld AC 14,21,24,25 84
7 Civil Service 15,18,22,35, 90
Junior Ladies CC Champs 4th Nov 2007
1 Suzanne Huet DSD U/19 12.17
2 Becky Woods Clonliffe Harriers AC 12.31
3 Tevea Gebrezga Celtic Ac U/19 12.45
4 Grace Sweeney DSD U/19 13.01
5 Bryony Treston DSD 13.05
6 Jenny O’Sullivan Raheny Shamrock AC U/19 13.28
7 Maria Walsh Blackrock AC U/19 13.31
8 Susan Mc Manus Celtic Ac U/19 13.34
9 Maire Ni Amhlaoigh DSD 13.43
10 Sarah Woods Clonliffe Harriers AC 13.47
11 Laura Connick Celtic Ac 13.56
12 Kate Purcell Clonliffe Harriers AC U/19 14.26
13 Caroline Scott Celtic Ac U/19 14.34
14 Niamh Donnelly Celtic Ac U/19 14.50
15 Ciara O’Regan Raheny Shamrock AC U/19 15.01
16 Anne Foran Celtic Ac U/19 15.36
17 Aine Crimin Raheny Shamrock AC U/19 15.55
18 Ciara Baker DSD U/19 16.24
19 Molly Rickard Raheny Shamrock AC U/19 16.31
20 Sorcha Higgins Clonliffe Harriers AC U/19 17.12
Teams
Junior Points
1 DSD 1,4,5,9, 19
2 Celtic 3,8,11,13 35
3 Clonliffe Harriers 2,10,12,20 44
4 Raheny Shamrock 6,15,17,19 57
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Health Service Executive 4 Mile Road Race – November 4th 2007
“On behalf of the H. S. E. Athletic Club, I wish to thank all those who contributed to making our annual Road Race such an outstanding success.
We had over 270 runners take to the road, which is a record for this event.
Our thanks go to the Lee Rowing Club for the use of their facilities, the Gardai, Ambulance crew and all the stewards who assisted in any way.
I wish to acknowledge the support of the hard working Cork B.H.A.A. committee, without whom it would not be possible to stage such an event.
I also wish to say a special word of thanks to the Health Promotion Department of the Health Service Executive for sponsoring the event.
Thanks also to Unilever Ireland Ltd. and McCarthys Sportsworld (Glanmire) for their generous support.
Finally, I wish to thank all the athletes who participated, in what was a very successful event, on a pleasant Sunday morning.
This year’s event marked our Twenty Fifth Anniversary and we were very pleased to see a number of those who participated in the first event, staged on the Lee Road in 1982, still taking part.
We look forward to your continued support.”
Michael Murphy (Secretary)
