July 26th, 2010 admin
Tullamore was the venue last weekend for the last days of the All Ireland Juvenile Athletic championships. Clonmel had no fewer than nine athletes in competition an achievement in itself.
On Saturday the track competition started with the 1500 meter races which saw some sterling performances by our middle distance runners. Orlaith Moynihan was first up in the girls under 15, 1500 meters. Orlaith started out conservatively making her move towards the end of the race picking off runners at her ease. Orlaith finished in fifth place in personal best of 5 mins 3 secs.
Sean Tobin was next on the Track in the boys under 17 1500 meter and was eager to follow up his 3000m Irish title with a good performance. Sean was positioned perfectly for the first lap and took up the running stretching the field with a blistering pace that nobody could match. The victory was never in doubt as Sean stretched his lead finishing in 4 mins 7 secs and earning him yet another National championship Gold.
Cliona Doyle was next and performed well in the girls under 18, 1500. Cliona ran mid field throughout and finished strongly in a very competitive race.
After the 1500 meter races it was the turn of the race walkers on the track. Anthony Tobin participated in the boys under 14, 2000 meter walk and had the race of his life. Anthony took up the walking from the gun and had some stiff competition in a very tough field. Anthony and Dylon Mimna from Ballinamore exchanged the lead continuously throughout the race and were locked together at the end. Anthony finished strongly but had to be content with the silver on this day. Anthony walked a personal best time of 10 mins 28 secs.
Evan Lynch was next on the track in the boys under 16, 3000 meter walk and was full of expectations fresh from his Schools International victory the weekend before. Evan led the race from start to finish smashing the existing Irish record of 14 mins 16 secs by a massive 20 seconds when finishing in 13 mins 56 secs. Evan was almost a minute clear at the line of the second place finisher in this perfectly executed race. A feature of these Championships was the tremendous support these athletes got from their fellow Club athletes; indeed it was a full team effort by the athletes, the coaches and the supporters.
On Sunday last the final day of the All Irelands took place at Tullamore. Clonmel had three athletes in competition in the Inter County Relays. In the girls under 13 Relay Phoebe Murphy assisted the Tipperary team to victory and earned herself another national gold medal in what is a year to remember for this fine athlete having won her first national sprint championships just a few weekends back.
Jaco Oosthuysen was also in action. Jaco more noted for his Javelin perfection showed that he is a man of many talents as he participated in the boys under 19 Relay competition for Tipperary. This quartet gave a demonstration of running to win the gold and earn Jaco his second Irish Gold medal in this season.
In the Under 17 Boys Relay Ben Browne ran on the Tipperary Relay team who were just piped into fourth place narrowly missing out in the bronze.
This bring to a conclusion the National championships however both Sean Tobin and Jaco Oosthuysen as a result of their fantastic displays have been selected to represent Ireland in the Celtic games to be held in Athlone on the 7th of August. Just reward for two fantastic athletes.
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July 26th, 2010 admin
This event took place last Sunday in good conditions. Valerh Thzcoin ran well when finishing 8th in 59 mins 4 secs, improving on last year’s performance by 3 mins 54 secs, to win the 0/40 award with his training partner Vasiliy Neumerzhitskily finishing 2nd 0/40 when 15th in 62 mins 17 secs, great performances. Then we had Larry Martin running a blinder when finishing 16th in 63 mins 39 secs, improving on last year’s performances by 76 seconds. We had more good performances from Dick O Gorman 19th in 65 mins 1 sec, Peter Furlong 20th in 65 mins 27 secs and Gary Grant who was 23rd in 65 mins 54 secs. Aine Roche also ran the proverbial blinder when setting a PB for the distance on her way to record an impressive victory in 67 mins 15 secs when finishing 26th, great running when one considers that she ran 3 mins 32 secs faster than last year’s performance. Then we had Niall O Ceallaigh finishing 27th in 67 mins 16 secs. Kealey Tideswell also showed that she is running well when finishing 2nd Senior lady in 68 mins 8 secs when 29th overall. To finish off a great day for our Ladies we had Mary Molloy running well when finishing 3rd Senior lady in 69 mins 34 secs when 42nd and Nicola Maunsell was an impressive winner of the 0/35 award when finishing 64th in 80 mins 3 secs.
Other good performances came from James O Brien 32nd in 68 mins 35 secs who was 5 mins 8 secs faster than last year’s performance, Liam Casey 38th in 68 mins 55 secs,
Conor Morkan 43rd in 70 mins 39 secs,
Ned O Brien who was 2nd 0/55 when 46th in 71 mins 33 secs,
Maurice Boland who was 49th in 72 mins 34 secs,
Charles Kelliher 50th in 73 mins 9 secs,
Nigel O Flaherty 55th in 74 mins 17 secs,
Brendan Coffey 64th in 83 mins 56 secs,
Noel Higgins 72nd in 87 mins 4 secs and
Belinda St John who is running well and should be pleased with her performance last Sunday when finishing 79th in 96 mins 50 secs.
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July 26th, 2010 admin
This race took place in demanding conditions and it was great to see Club members participate as Club member Martin Drake was the organiser of this Charity event. There were good performances from Larry Martin 24th in 25 mins 9 secs, Pat Coffey 45th in 26 mins 50 secs, Tommy Cahill 46th in 26 mins 59 secs, Maurice Boland 58th in 28 mins 25 secs, Joe Grinsell 92nd in 31 mins 32 secs and Eileen Hynes 103rd in 32 mins 31 secs.
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July 26th, 2010 admin
This event took place last Saturday and Vasiliy Neumerzhitskily ran very well despite going off course midway through the race to comeback well over the final four miles to finish 2nd in 3 hours 7 mins 52 secs with Sergei Ciobanu winning the race in 3 hours 4 mins 21 secs.
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July 26th, 2010 admin
This fundraising event took place in Kilkenny recently and we had three athletes competing. Angela McCann underlined her recent good form when winning the Ladies race with Mary Molloy another athlete that has been running well of late finishing 2nd Senior Lady. Then we had Donna Nagle also running well and showing a marked improvement on her recent performances.
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July 26th, 2010 admin
The Morris Oil10k took place in Piltown last Friday night. It was great to see the Club well represented. Angela McCann ran a great race, going off at a steady pace she watched every move as the race progressed. Then when she decided to go for it she put in a great surge, maintaining it despite a late challenge, to win a great race in 37 mins 41 secs. This was a great performance by Angela who has been running well of late. Then we had Mary Molloy, another athlete back competing well again also producing a brilliant performance when finishing 3rd Senior lady in 41 mins 21 secs. This race also saw Valerh Thzcoin also running very well to win the 0/40 award in 35 mins 11 secs when finishing 8th overall. We had Niall O Ceallaigh also running well when finishing 20th in 37 mins 21 secs. Then we had Dick O Gorman winning his first 0/45 award when running a very good race when finishing 24th in 37 mins 36 secs. Conor Fleming showed a return to form when finishing 27th in 37 mins 39 secs. Other athletes that impressed were
Larry Martin 35th – 38 mins 56 secs,
Liam Casey 46th – 40 mins 37 secs,
Mary Molloy ran well when finishing 3rd Senior in 41 mins 21 secs,
Gary Grant 55th – 41 mins 39 secs,
Nigel O Flaherty 57th – 42 mins 1 sec,
James O Brien 59th – 42 mins 6 secs,
Conor Morkan 67th – 42 mins 41 secs,
Maurice Boland 68th – 42 mins 42 secs,
Niall McCarthy 92nd – 45 mins 7 secs,
David Hogan 94th – 45 mins 14 secs,
Emma Ferris 101st – 45 mins 58 secs,
John Laste another great run on his comeback when 111st – 47 mins 24 secs,
Brendan Coffey 112th – 47 mins 27 secs, Tom Halley 115th 47 mins 52 secs,
Nicola Maunsell back from her altitude training won the Ladies 0/35 award when finishing 116th in 47 mins 56 secs,
Tom Quinn 127th – 48 mins 47 secs,
Joe Grinsell won the 0/60 award when finishing 128th in 49 mins 13 secs,
Cyril Fogarty 131st – 49 mins 20 secs,
T J O Loughlin 139th – 50 mins 37 secs, Rosie Casey 147th – 51 mins 21 secs,
Eamon Crowley 148th – 51 mins 22 secs,
Hazel Galloway ran very well when winning the 0/50 award when finishing 152nd in 52 mins 41 secs.
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July 26th, 2010 admin
The SmithklineGlaxo 5 Mile Road Race took place recently in Dungarvan in ideal conditions. Dick O Gorman ran well when finishing 23rd in 29 mins 37 secs, Brian Long was 31st in 26 mins 59 secs, Angela McCann was 32nd in 30 mins 4 secs, Maurice Boland was 87th in 34 mins 21 secs and Niall McCarthy was 122nd in 35 mins 54 secs.
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July 26th, 2010 admin
This popular race took place recently in ideal conditions with a record entry on the 25th running of this event great credit must go to the organising committee for such a promotion. It was great to see the Club so well represented as Dundrum Athletic Club are great supporters of our events. Also the Coillte 10K is an ideal race where athletes can achieve PB over this Classic distance. Stephen Hunter showed that his training is going well at present when finishing 18th in 35 mins 45 secs. Then we had Eoin McGrath 25th in 36 mins 46 secs, Niall O Ceallaigh who was 3rd 0/40 in 37 mins 5 secs when 28th overall, Brian Long 31st in 37 mins 14 secs with Angela McCann running another great race when finishing 2nd Senior Lady in 37 mins 17 secs when 32nd overall. Then we had the two 0/45 athletes running very well with John Walsh getting the better of Dick O Gorman when finishing 33rd (37 mins 25 secs) and 33th (37 mins 30 secs) respectively. We also had some other very good performances like Larry Martin 40th 39 mins 27 secs, Gary Grant 42nd 39 mins 28 secs, Pat Coffey 61st 41 mins 36 secs, Ned O Brien 64th 41 mins 47 secs, Maurice Boland 65th 41 mins 51 secs, James O Brien 66th 41 mins 54 secs, Conor Morkan 68th 42 mins 5 secs, Philip Landers 82nd 43 mins 15 secs, Pamela Lynch 91st 43 mins 52 secs, Robbie Condon 92nd 43 mins 53 secs, Frank Lynch 104th 45 mins 9 secs improving on last’s year run by 57 seconds, Martin Walsh 105th 45 mins 12 secs, Tom Halley 114th 45 mins 54 secs, Nicola Maunsell 120th 46 mins 30 secs improving very well on last year’s run by 4 mins 31 secs, brilliant running, Gints Plaudis 121st 46 mins 48 secs, Brendan Coffey 122nd 46 mins 49 secs, Joe Grinsell who won the 0/60 award when finishing 126th in 47 mins 22 secs, Miriam O Gorman 129th 47 mins 48 secs, Noel Higgins 147th 49 mins 56 secs, Niall McCarthy 152nd 50 mins 18 secs, Eamon English 153rd 50 mins 21 secs, Eoin O Brien 155th 50 mins 53 secs, Johnny Casey 158th 51 mins 40 secs, Hazel Galloway 163rd 52 mins 41 secs improving on last year’s run by 54 seconds, Belinda St John 177th 54 mins 17 secs, Cyril Darmody 193rd 57 mins 55 secs and Pierce Purcell 204th 64 mins 12 secs.
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July 21st, 2010 admin
Last Saturday Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow was the venue for the Schools International annual event. In this competition athletic teams are picked from Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England in every Track and Field Event at Intermediate age category. The athletes represent their respective schools and countries each trying to covet the overall team prize. Evan Lynch was picked to represent Gaelcholaiste Cheitinn which he attends in Clonmel. Evan is Schools and Tailteann games Race Walking champion and was picked to represent Ireland for his exploits in both. Evan went to the championships with great expectations and he didn’t disappoint. Evan participating in the 3KM walk led the race from start to finish in very blustery conditions. The blustery conditions were not going to dampen Evan’s enthusiasm as he walked to victory in a personal best time of 13 mins 27 secs. Evan was pursued all the way by Nathan Douglas from England who finished in second place and Patrick Bell for Ireland who finished in third place.
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July 21st, 2010 admin
The County Senior Track and Field Championships took place in ideal conditions on Tuesday 29th June in Templemore. Hazel Galloway had a great Championship. She started off winning the Ladies 0/50 100m and she followed this up with victory in the 800m in 3 mins 13 secs followed by winning the Shot Putt with a throw on 6.67m. her best performance was no doubt in the Javelin where she was the outright Champion with a throw of 15.68m. Angela McCann ran in the Senior Ladies 1500m where she won the Bronze medal in 5 mins 15 secs and she went on to win the Gold medal in the Senior Ladies 3000m in 10 mins 51 secs. We were also well represented in the Men’s competition. Here Michael Butler started the night with a Silver medal in the 400m in 57.38 secs and he followed that up with a 2 mins 29 secs run in the 800m which saw him win another Silver medal. Niall O Ceallaigh competing in the 0/40 category won the 100m, he was also the 1st Novice in the 5000m in 17 mins 58 secs as well as been 1st 0/40. Joe Whelan competing in the 0/45 category was 3rd in the 100m, was 4th in the Senior 400m in 60.31 secs, Joe won the 800m in 2 mins 30 secs with Pat Coffey 2nd in 2 mins 31 secs. Joe Grinsell competing in the 0/60 category won the 800m in 2 mins 56 secs. T J O Loughlin competing in the 0/65 category won the 800m in 3 mins 18 secs, 1st in the 5000m in 23 mins 37secs. Our medley relay team of Niall O Ceallaigh, Michael Butler, Joe Grinsell and Pat Coffey were 3rd. We would like to wish Joe Whelan a speedy recovery from an injury he picked while competing in the Long Jump.
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