Oct 25 Dublin Marathon
Some 23 Harriers braved the stormy weather to take on and finish today’s Dublin/National Marathon. Fifteen of them scored PB.s.- Perhaps running on home soil rather than flying elsewhere may be a contributing factor. Irrespective – well done. Former KCH Breda McDonald also had a PB 3.06.02. The PBs – Aoibhe Richardson (13th) 2.44.01, Aoife Nolan 3.15.27, Darragh Stone 3.10.28, Emma Ayres 3.13.03, Derek Aylward 3.12.48, Padraig Hyland 3.17.50, Aidan Clancy 3.1834, Mags clancy 3.44.51, Cormac Goulding 3.49.05, Claire Dowling 3.53.02, James Murphy 3.54.06, Rosie Alcorn 3.56.11, Neil Goulding 3.59.39, Gary Donohoe, 4.00.32, Nichols Dunphy 4.19.12. Non PBs – Trevor Spillane 3.12.00, Leanne Butler 3.18.43, Gerald Fogarty 3.20.53, Kate Sugrue 3.35.03, Gary O’Dwyer 3.49.12, Rhoda Griffith 4.01.54, Irene Henebry 4.08.46, Jackie Varley 4.50.22.
Oct 24 Leinster CC in Gowran
The Leinster Even age and Novice cross country races were held in Gowran today. Some described the weather as cross country weather. A better description would be – Awful weather with heavy winds and unceasing rain. Well done to all who did their best representing themselves, club and county. Top marks to Sinead Cormack who won U18 and U20 individual gold. Kyrell Mtinsi secured Silver at U18 and Bronze at U20. Daniel Greene qualified for Leinster in 4th place. The under 14 girls put in a great run to take 4th and also qualify for the nationals. After that there were very good results for the Novice Ladies (3rd Club & 2nd county) and Novice Men (2nd club and 2nd county). Cara Burke (U12) and Amelia O’Brien (U16) along with Sinead Cormack and Kyrell Mtinsi all qualify for their respective Leinster teams in the national final.
RESULTS- U12 girls 7 Cara Burke, 33 Ava Ledingham, 61 Winter Rose Molloy, 68 Sophia Kair Chahal, 69 Isabelle Hoyne, 78 Emily O’Keeffe (7th club & first four scored on 7th placed county team). U12 Boys – 25 Alex O’Donovan, 59 Daire O’Shea, 79 Ethan Maher, 86 Patrick Collins (Club were 10th and Alex scored on 4th placed county team). U14 Girls – 22 Orla O’Keeffe, 23 Kate Kelly, 27 Maeve O’ Shea (These three girls scored on 2nd placed county team – 60 Lucy O’Connell, 61 Casey Cleere, 91 Grsce O’Shea). U14 Boys – 18 Eoghan Buckley, 32 Daniel McIntyre, 60 Cillian Maher, 77 Robbie Chandley (Club team 7th and Eoghan, Daniel and Cillian scored on 8th placed county team). U16 Girls – 9 Amelia O’Brien, 16 Katie Byrne, 44 Emily O’Keeffe, 61 Heidi Ryan (Club team 5th and all four scored on the county team which placed 6th). U16 Boys – 4 Daniel Greene. U18 – 1 Sinead Cormack, 28 Ellen Cormack – 3 Kyrell Mrinsi. At U20 Kyrell and Tom Murphy 24th both scored on the 4th placed county team. U20 Ladies – The club team was 4th – (1 Sinead, 28 Ellen, 36 Hazel Coogan, 45 Eimear Cormack, 55 Aine Foley) – The County team was 6th.
Novice – We had great results here. The ladies were led in by Hazel Coogan in 8th place. Tara Brett 17th, Caoilfhionn Ni Argain 18th, Katie Matthews 21st, Gillian Kavanagh 32nd. The club team was third and Hazel got silver with the 2nd placed county team. The men took the silver team medals and the first three club members also won silver with the county team – 10 John Behan, 14 Eamon O’Connor, 20 Dean Rowe, 40 PadrRuane and 41 Frederick Gouronc.
Oct 18 Amsterdam Marathon
Some 28 Harriers took part in todays Amsterdam marathon. Eleven had PBs and four finished under the three hours. The PBs – Colm Smyth 2.41.24, Clare Dermody 3.00.56, Fergus Horan 3.17.15, Michael Walsh 3. 15.27, Orla McPhillips 3.18. 04, Ciaran Hughes 3.21.31, Kate Sugrue 3.19.36, Graine Behan 3.26.28, Nuala Murphy 3.26.42, and Aoife Jarzabek3.55.01. The under 3 hours were Colm Smyth, Andrew Smyth 2.53.04, Michael Murphy 2.56.10 and Shea Roddy 2.57.41. Others completing the race were – Jacinta Mulroe 3.02.40, LisaCollins 3.10.48, Roseanna Knpx 3.12.49, Mike O’Shaughnessy, Anita Byrne 3.24.11, Jane Campbell 3.25.01,Andy Hanrahan 3.27.47, Tony Lauhoff 3.32.26, Lorcan O’Toole 3.38.46, Pierce Cooney 3.42.07, Laura Andrews 3.48.21, Annemarie Shortall 3.55.19, oonagh Guilfoyle 4.00.41 and Paula Hynes 4.07.14.
Oct 18 The Open CC
There were big numbers competing in today’s Open International cross country in Abbotstown. KCH had athletes competing in various sections of same, and competing with considerable degrees of success. In the senior ace Cathal O’Reilly had a great run to finish 3rd in a huge field. Jamie Gahan placed 2nd in Masters O/45. Our mixed relay and under 13 boys 4×500 relay both placed 4th. Our junior ladies were also very much in evidence.
RESULTS: U12 Mixed relay 19th – Cara Burke, Alex O’Donovan, Efie Kemple, Ethan Maher.
U13 4x500m 4th – Daniel Quinn, Aaron Tyrell, Dylan Guilfoyle, Daniel McIntyre. 15th – Molly Jane Clarke, Nancy Lyons Teehan, Lucy O’Connell.
U14 Mixed relay – 4th – Kate Kelly, Orla O’Keeffe, Eoin Hoyne, Eoghan Buckley.
Junior Ladies – 8 Shannon Doheny, 13 Sinead Cormack, 16 Eleanor Doheny, 24 Clodagh O’Callaghan.
Senior – 3 Cathal O’Reilly, 10 Callum Barron.
Masters O/45 – 2 Jamie Gahan.
Oct 13 Primary Schools Cross Country
The annual Primary Schools cross country took place in The Castle Park today. Originally scheduled for Tuesday 6th Oct but fell foul to the weather. Today was dry right through thereby allowing for a most enjoyable occasion. With more than a dozen schools taking part the competition was exciting. In total eight races were run – boys and girls – 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th classes. The spoils were well spread with team medals been won by teams from eight different schools and individual medals went to pupils from twelve of the participating schools. Special thanks to KCH’s Organiser, Conor MacGabhann, his assistant, May Hutt and their team of volunteer officials.
Team Medals – Boys: 3rd class – 1 St Brendan.s Muckalee, 2 Gaelscoil Osrai, 3 St Aidan’s; 4th class – 1 Gaelscoil Osrai, 2 St Patrick’s, 3 St Canice’s; 5th class- 1 Gaelscoil Osrai, 2 St Canice’s, 3 St Patrick’s; 6th class – 1 Canice’s, 2 St Canice’s, 3 St Patrick’s. Girls: 3rd class – 1 St Aidan’s, 2 Churchill, 3 St Brendan’s Muckalee; 4th class: – 1 St Coleman’s Clara, 2 Gaelscoil Osrai, 3 St John of God; 5th class – 1 Gaelscoil Osrai, 2 St Canice’s, 3 St Aidan’s/ St Canice’s (Joint); 6th class – 1 St Canice’s, 2 Churchill, 3 Gaelscoil Osrai.
Individual Medals
Girls – 3rd Class: 1 Alanna Dalton, St Canice’s, 2 Sadie Ledingham, St Brendan’s, 3 Emma Malone, St Brendan’s; 4th Class: 1 Tamsin Clarke, St Aidan’s, 2 Melissa O’Reilly, St John of God, 3 Molly Cassidy, St John of God; 5th class: 1 Pippa Manogue, Gaelscoil Osrai,2 Edie Kemple, St Canice’s, 3 Cara De Burca, Gaelscoil Osrai; 6th class: 1 Kate Murphy, St Canice’s, 2 Freye Okonkwl, St Canice’s, 3 Kate Malone, St Brendan’s. Boys – 3rd class:1 James McArdle, Freshford, 2 Ciaran Brennan, St Brendan’s, 3 Ross Burns, St Aidan’s; 4th class: 1DiarmuidMaher, St Brendan’s, 2 Iarla McCabe, Gaelscoil Osrai, 3 Justin Bolger, Gaelscoil Osrai; 5th class: 1 Luke Hanlon, Kilkenny School Project, 2 Alex O’Donovan, St Patrick’s, 3 Jack MacMathuna, Gaelscoil Osrai; 6th class:1 Daniel McIntyre, Model School, 2 Aaron Tyrell, CBS, 3 Will Dalton, St Canice’s.
Oct 11 Bishop’s Shield for KCH
Following the second round of the county juvenile cross-country championships, hosted by Castlecomer A.C., The Bishop’s Shield is retained by KCH. Following an excellent first round KCH came to Castlecomer with a good lead and with three more teams claiming gold the shield was secured. Winning teams this week were Girls U11, Boys and Girls U13. On the day there were eight individual winners. It was welcome to see the large number of the younger athletes taking part – 22 under 9, 25 under 11 – augers well for the future.
Results
U7 – 1 Ryan Quirke
U9 – Girls: 1 Betty Carroll, 10 Molly Robinson, 11 Ruby Foster, 12 Mia Hoyne, 13 Brooke Cleere, 21 Ella Burke, 24 Eve Langton, 28 Aine FitzPatrick, 32 Anna Hayes, 33 Autumn Grace Molloy, 38 Rose Harding Wright. Boys: 5 Robbie MacNamara, 6 Fionn Quinn, 9 Matthew Healy, 10 Ronan Cahill, 11 Luke Walsh, 12 Jack Kehoe, 14 Dara Behan, 16 Sean Slane, 20 Seamus Costello, 25 Padraic O’Shea, 29 Dillon Weadick.
U11 – Girls: 1 Ava Ledingham, 3 Tamson Clarke, 6 Sadie Ledingham, 7 Elsie Clarke, 11 Isabelle Langton, 14 Grace Cuddihy, 23 Lauren Millea, 24 Clodagh O’Connor, 26 Maise Victor, 27 Amelia McGovern, 30 Olivia Foster, 32 Haley Weadick, 33 Ada Andrewa, 37 Sadhbh Cantwell, 40 Ada FitzPatrick, 45 Summer Rose Molloy, 48 Grace Quinn, 54 Carys Kennedy. Boys: 13 Conor MacNamara, 16 Cathal Moloney, 19 Jonah Cleere, 22 Con Bergin, 23 Seamus Crowley, 24 Conor Fagan, 25 Cillian Horan.
U13 – Girls: 2 Cara Burke, 3 Molly Clarke, 7 Eva Hoyne, 13 Winter Rose Molloy. Boys: 1 Daniel McIntyre, 6 Dylan Guilfoyle, 7 Daniel Quinn, 10 Cillian Maher, 11 Dara O’Shea, 15 Con Sheehan.
U15 – Girls: 2 Orla O’Keeffe, 5 Maeve O’Shea, 6 Casey Cleere. Boys: 1 Daniel Greene, 2 Sam Woodcock.
U17 – Girls: 1 Emily O’Keeffe, 2 Sophie Callery, 3 Heidi Ryan.
U19 – Boys: 1 Kyrell Mtinsi.