Three athletes were on the road in Kerrry tis weekend. Leanne Butler and Jackie Varley ran the Dingle Half Marathon. Their respective times were 1.27.35 and 2.10.04. Stephen Bourke did the full marathon in 5.16.27.
This was another busy weekend on the road. The medieval Marathon with 10K, half marathon, 30K and full marathon provided plenty of choice irrespective of where runners are at in their prep for the National marathon. Results: 10K - Dave Devine 43.11, Katie Matthews 46.33, Casey Lalor 47.24, Jill Kavanagh 48.41,James O'Gorman 52.30, Emma Kennedy 57.34, Rita McGarvey 1.00.09, Caoimhe Foley 1.08.28. Half - 2 Leanne Butler 1.29.28, Rhoda Griffith 1.45.05, Aisling O'Gorman 1.56.08, Aoife McGowan 2.10.56, Paul Broderick 2.12 .17. 30K- 4 Trevor Spillane. 9 Andy Smyth, Ger Fogarty 2.13.52, Lisa Collins2.15.38, Adam Clancy 2.20.51, Mags Clancy 2.45.09, James [...]
Gowran A.C. hosted this year's County 4 mile which was held in conjunction with the Gowran 4 mile. After the busy half marathon last weekend there wasn't massive appetite for another big turnout. However KCH did well - particularly the ladies team of Rhonda Griffith, Agnes Delahunty and Mary Ryan which won the gold medals and Rhonda was third individual. Martin Grace, Trevor Charters, Billy Culleton and Ian Comerford landed the bronze medals. In the open race Mossie Roantree was third. Other KCH finishers were Andrew O'Carroll, Andrew Smyth, Angela Carroll, Martina McGrath and Bernard Gannon. Well done all. [...]
There was a feast of half marathons this weekend with KCH members actively involved. Some twenty headed to the national half marathon in Tullamore. The ladies had particular success with Aoife Nolan 1.27.56, Emma Ayres 1.29.14 and Claire Dermody 1.29.38 scoring first Leinster club. Then with Tara Ronan 1.35.38 they were part of the county team - also first in Leinster. Aoife, Emma and Tara all had PBs. Other PBs were had by Derek Aylward 1.26.12, Tomasz Jarzabek 1.26.55, Padraig Hyland 1.29.20, David Bird 1.35.26, Stephen McNamee 1.50.34. Other finishers included David FitzGerald 1.25.11, Andrew Smyth 1.26.44, Trevor Spillane 1.30.36, [...]
Out in Ballyhale we had the South Kilkenny Run - with some doing 10K and others running the 5K. David Devine placed 7th in the 10 in 42.12 while Declan Bryan finished in 1.08.43. In the 5K Eoin Molloy was 5th in 21.09. Andrew O'Carroll 27.1, Andrew Smith 31.10 and Statia O'Carroll 35.15. Gary O'Dwyer was up north doing the Antrim Coast half marathon in 1.40.01. The Boston Scientific half marathon was in Clonmel where Ger Forde had individual 3rd in 1.06.22. Cormac Goulding finished in 1.46.05 while Jan Hazenberg clocked 2.00.58. Across in the North West Thomas Meehan completed [...]
The inaugural Abbott Festival of Running supporting Cois Nore and KCH took place on Saturday with many club members running and officiating in various capacities. In the 5K event Eoin Everard took the winning spot in 15.34. Juveniles Dylan Guilfoyle and Eric Murphy were 3rd and 4th respectively in 19.30 and 19.32. Other finishers were Wm Cuddihy, Andrew O'Carroll, Conor MacGabhann, Emer O'Shaughnessy and Statia O'Carroll. There were many prize winners in the 10K - 1st William Fox (33.25), 2nd Brian Maher (33.26). 1st O/40 -Oonagh Guilfoyle; 1st O/55 Sean Delaney and Geraldine Grogan; 1st O/60 Mike O'Shaughnessy; 2nd O/40 [...]
Irish athletes had an outstanding championships at this years event in Bermingham - Apart from medal winners (Mark English, Kate O'Connor, Rashidat Adaleke, Andrew Coscoran) there were many top quality achievements. To name a few - Jack O'Leary, Sarah Healy, Sofie O'Sullivan and what about both 4x100 relay teams reaching the finals. Our own Cliodhna Manning ran in the 4x400 helping the team put in a good performance. Well done to all - athletes, coaches, managers and the huge supporting army.
Just three of our members took on this year's National Masters which were held in the Morton Stadium. Graham Bourne turned in his now regular golden performance winning the O/50 100m hurdles, triple jump and 3000m steeplechase (11.49.40). Ashling Burns took the bronze in the O/40 javelin with a PB of 24.72. It was gold for James Ledingham in the 800m O/40 (2.03.79).
South East Greenway A KCH team pulled off a worthy achievement n this year's South East Greenway 5K. Team Members were Eoin Everard (14.31), who held off strong competition in a sprint finish, Eamon O'Connor (15.26), Padraig Ruane and Emma Ayres (18.04). Others who had PBs for the distance were Trevor Spillane(18.25), Ian Hayes (18.43),David Bird 19.01), Jacinta Mulroe (19.10) and Neil Gunning 21.37). Knocknarea 8mile in Sligo- David FitzGerald 51.55 Athy half - Emma Ayres 1.31.48, Kate Sugrue 1.33.00. Youghal half - Andy Hanrahan 1.36.37.
Congratulations to our three athletes who qualified for this year's world junior championships which were held in Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon, USA. Pia Langton qualified for the 800m and 1500m but competed in the 800m. There she placed 4th in heatno 4 in 2.07.06 to qualify for the semis. She finished 7th in the semi in 2.07.41 which was insufficient to proceed to the final. Kate Maher and Molly Daly were both selected for the 4x400m relay panel. Unfortunately Molly had to withdraw because of injury and Kate travelled as a sub on the team which exited the competition in [...]