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2005 News

 

December 23 –County Teams for Munster Senior and Junior Cross Country Championships

The Cork teams for the upcoming Munster Senior & Junior Cross Country Championships in Beaufort, Co. Kerry have been named.  Leading the men’s team will be Jamie McCarthy of Riverstick Kinsale who led the county team to silver at the Athletics Ireland Inter-County Cross Country championships in Sligo last November.  Also on the team is the Cork county and Munster Under 23 Champion Mark Hanrahan of Leevale. 

Louise Cavanagh of UCC who had an impressive victory at the county senior cross country championships leads the senior women’s team which also has included world master 10,000m champion Carmel Parnell of Leevale and Ballycotton 10 winner Claire Gibbons of Leevale.  

The county junior, national under 18 cross country champion and European Youth Olympics medallist Ciaran O’Lionaird of Leevale leads the county junior team while the County Junior Champion Lorna Comyn of Belgooly leads the junior women’s team.

Also on in conjunction with the Munster senior and junior cross country championships will be the Munster juvenile cross country relays which start at 12.00pm on January 15th.

Anybody named who is unable to travel is asked to contact County Team Manager Joe O’Flynn on 087 6483532.

County Teams for Munster Championships, January 15th, Beaufort, Co. Kerry:

Senior Women: Louise Cavanagh, Zara Murphy (UCC), Carmel Parnell, Jennifer Goggin, Claire Gibbons, Angela Shine (Leevale), Ann Donnelly, Catherine O’Rourke, Margo Dinan, Mary Sweeney, Joan Hough (St Finbarrs), Anne Marie Healy (Eagle).

Senior Men: Mark Hanrahan, Thomas Maunsell, Ian O’Donovan (Leevale), Sean McGrath, Eric Meade, Frank Hayes (East Cork), Michael Herlihy (North Cork), David Doherty, Kieran Hurley (Togher), Brian McMahon (Carraig na bhFear), Alan O’Shea (Bantry, Trevor Woods (St Finbarrs), Wieslaw Sosonowski (Eagle).

Junior Women: Joyce Curtin, Eadaoin )’Neill (Glenbower), Lorna Comyn (Belgooly), Michelle Finn, Michelle Twohig, Carol Finn, Miriam Cashman (Duhallow), Triona O’Neill (Ballincollig), Sally McCarthy (Grange Fermoy), Mary O’Brien (Youghal), Frances O’Shea (North Cork), Lynda O’Donovan (Bandon).

Junior Men: Ciaran O’Lionaird, John Collins, Ross Kelly, Chris Horgan (Leevale), Kevin O’Brien, Joe Fitzgerald, Nicky O’Donoghue, Mark Fitzgerald, Eanna Cantwell (Glenbower), Joe Warne (Dohenys), Shane Coffey, Peter Fennell, K. Hassett, Craig Murphy, Eric Murphy (Togher).

 

December 18 – Christmas Events

This weekend might have been a quiet one for athletics but there will be plenty of action over the Christmas period.  The annual Goal Mile in the CIT Track will take place in the CIT Track in Bishopstown, Cork on Christmas morning.  On St Stephen’s day the Belgooly Dick Copithorne Memorial 4 mile road race will take place starting at 12noon in Belgooly.  On December 31st Cork athletes will be travelling to Nenagh, Co. Tipperary for the Munster Masters Indoor championships and Juvenile Combined Events.  On New Years Day the Bandon Donough Coughlan Memorial 5 mile road race will take place, further details are available on www.bandonathleticclub.com.  Also on New Years day will be a junior cross country competition in Midleton CBS grounds starting at 1.30pm.  Competing at this event will be athletes on a visit from high schools from the U.S. State of Washington.  There will be individual and team prizes at the event.  On the following Sunday (January 8th) the Mallow 10 mile Road Race incorporating the County 10 mile championships will be held.  The East Cork Cross Country Championships will be on January 8th as well with trials for county juvenile cross country relays taking place afterwards at 12.00pm in Carrignavar.  The Munster Senior & Junior indoor championships are also on this Sunday starting at 11.00am in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary.  Further details are available on www.corkathletics.org.  

 

December 13 – Forum on Athletics in Cork

A forum on athletics in Cork will be held on Saturday December 17th from 10.30-12.30 in the SMA Hall in Wilton.  The forum is open to anybody interested in athletics – coaches, athletes, parents.  The aim of the forum will be to improve athletics in Cork.  Any motions or nominations for the County, Munster or National AGMs arising from this meeting must be with the County board (corkathletics@eircom.net) by December 31st.

 

December 13 – Athletics Ireland Novice Cross Country Championships

The Athletics Ireland novice Cross Country championships were held on Sunday in Athlone IT.  There were good performances by many Cork athletes there.  Sean McGrath of East Cork had a good run finishing 7th leading the county team to bronze.  Also running well in this race was John Shine of Leevale who finished an impressive 21st.  (other scorers for the Cork team – James McCarthy East Cork 25th, Ian O’Leary St Finbarrs 33rd, Frank Hayes East Cork 56th, East Cork 7th Club).  Maire Heffernan of Liscarroll fared well in the womens race finishing 17th.  (Martina Carver Eagle 39th)

Well done to Aoife Cooke of Youghal A.C. who finished 61st at the European Junior Cross Country Championships in Tilburg in the Netherlands.  Her good performance helped the Irish junior team finish secure a very impressive 4th position.  Well done to all the Irish competitors at the event.

Ciaran O’Lionaird of Leevale was a very comfortable winner of the under 18 boys race in the juvenile even age cross country, a n injection of pace in the second lap saw him open a gap on the others in the race and this gap simply grew as the race went on.  Lorna Comyn of Belgooly was 4th in the under 18 girls race with the County taking silver.  Full results see www.athleticsireland.ie.  Well done to the Cork under 12 girls who took gold with Riverstick Kinsale taking bronze in the club competition.  Cork took silver in the under 14 girls race with Riverstick Kinsale claiming another club bronze.  Both the Cork Under 12 and Under 14 boys teams won bronze in their races

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The next cross country  event will be the Munster Senior & Junior Cross Country in Beauford, Co. Kerry in January.

 

December 10 – Athletics Ireland Novice Cross Country Championships

The athletics Ireland novice Cross Country championships take place this Sunday in Athlone Institute of Technology.  Strong county teams have been named and after the recent success of County teams at the Munster and Inter County Cross Country Championships it is hoped that the county will do well again.  Anybody named who is unable to travel is asked to contact County Team Manager Joe O’Flynn on 087 6483532.

Men – Tony Kelleher (Eagle), Thomas Maunsell, John Shine, Ian Donovan, Mark Hanrahan (Leevale), James McCarthy, Frank Hayes, Sean McGrath, Fergus Meade (East Cork), Jamie McCarthy (Riverstick Kinsale), Michael Herlihy (North Cork). Ian O’Leary (St Finbarrs) Subs: Tony O’Mahony (East Cork), Arijav Cragia, Simon Doherty (Togher)

Women – Maire Heffernan (Liscarroll), Sharon McGarry, Catherine O’Rourke, Ann Donnelly (St Finbarrs), Jennifer Goggin (Leevale), A Cashman, Emma Legrand, Martina Carver (Eagle).  Subs: Elaine Keaty (St Finbarrs), Angie Amoeba, P. O’Brien (St Finbarrs).

 

Best of Luck to Aoife Cooke of Youghal AC who competes with the Irish junior womens Team at the European Junior Cross Country Championships in Tilburg in Holland on Sunday.

 

December 10 – County Board AGM

The County AGM will be held in Blarney on Saturday January 21st.  Motions and Nominations must be sent in by December 31st to corkathletics@eircom.net or by post to Padraig Kelly, Crioch, Ballyburdenmore, Ballincollig, Co. Cork.  Motions and Nominations will not be accepted over the phone!  Clubs are asked to give careful consideration to motions they are submitting. Clubs are requested to notify individuals they are nominating for the various positions.  Nominations are invited for the following positions: Chairman, Vice Chairman, Treasurer, Secretary, PRO, Competition Secretary, Registrar, Team Manager, Recorder, Starters, Delegates to Munster Council, Representative on Munster Masters Committee, Representative on Munster Juvenile Committee, Juvenile Committee – Chairman, Vice Chairman, Treasurer, Secretary, Competition Secretary, PRO.  Notice of the AGM will be sent out to clubs along with venue details in early January.

 

December 10 – International Awards Night

The County International Awards Night will take place on Friday January 27th.  Venue to be announced. The names of athletes for the international awards night should be forwarded to corkathletics@eircom.net .  It would be appreciated if a digital photograph and a list of achievements could be forwarded along with the athletes name.

 

 

December 4 – Munster Juvenile B & Masters Cross Country Championships

The Munster masters Cross Country championships were held in Mungret College in Limerick today.  The course and weather were fine but unfortunately heavy ran during the last few days resulted in very poor underfoot conditions.  Donnacha O’Mahoney of East Cork had a very easy win in the masters race finishing well ahead of second placed athlete Cathal O’Connell of St Finbarrs.  There were also impressive performances by other athletes with Eamonn McEvoy of he Barrs winning the over 50 race, Willie Neenan of Millstreet took gold in the over 70 category. 

Carmel Parnell of Leevale had a very impressive run to finish second overall winning the over 50 category.  Margo Dinan of St Finbarrs won the over 35 category ahead of Carmel Crowley of Bandon.  The over 45 category was won by Anne Donnelly of the Barrs with her team-mate Joan Hough second.  Kathleen O’Brien of East Cork won the over 60 category.  Cork won the over 50 Category.

Well done to St Finbarrs who medalled in both the men’s ane women’s competitions. 

Results,

 

December 3 – AAI EGM

The AAI held an EGM today in the Heritage Hotel in Portlaoise.  The EGM had been called to change the AAI constitution.  Cork had 24 delegates at the egm, the biggest delegation of any county.  A number of amendments to the constitution were passed.  The Egm went well, most of the proposals by Cork were accepted while a few were not accepted.  While a lot of work was done getting the organisation to this stage, it is in a sense the easy part.  Over the next few months ambitious plans relating to membership, coaching etc. will be unveiled.  The implementation of these plans will require a huge amount of effort.  With fewer volunteers prepared to step forward to take officer positions at either county, provincial or national level; most positions are being filled uncontested or are not being filled.  For these plans of the association to be realised the next generation of officers will have to start appearing.  Anybody who wishes to take up a position at either county, provincial or national level should inform their club and county board as soon as possible as AGMS will be taking place in the next few months.  

 

December 2 – Pictures From County Senior X-Country.

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November 30 – Successful Athletics Seminar held in the Blarney Park Hotel.

A well attended athletics seminar was held this evening in the Blarney Park Hotel.  Speaking at the seminar were Brother John Dooley and Dr John O’Riordan.  Brother Dooley gave a very simple and well received talk on middle distance running.  Dr John O’Riordan spoke about sports medicine and generated a lot of interest taking questions from the audience for over half an hour.  It is hoped to organise another seminar on nutrition in the new year.  Feed back on this seminar to corkathletics@eircom.net would be appreciated.  Funds raised by the mini marathon were used to cover the cost of the seminar.

 

November 28 – Cooke on Irish Junior Cross Country Team.

Aoife Cooke of Youghal athletic club who is having a fantastic season in the states (see below) and recently took bronze in the Junior Inter Counties Cross Country in Sligo has been named on the Irish junior team for the European Cross Country Championships in Tillbourg in the Netherlands on December 11th.  This is a fantastic achievement for Aoife and everybody in Cork wishes her and the Irish teams the best of luck in the Netherlands!

 

November 27 – Silver for County Teams at All Ireland Inter Counties

The All Ireland Inter County Cross Country Championships were held in in Sligo Race Course today.  A very tough course certainly put it up to athletes.  There was good news for Cork athletes with Aoife Cooke of Youghal finishing a brilliant third leading the County Junior Women to silver.  Ciaran O’Lionaird finished 7th in the junior mens race leading the county team to silver here.  The senior men were led home by Jamie McCarthy in 13th to silver.  The senior womens were unlucky finishing 4th.  Well done to all who took part.

 

November 27 – AAI EGM

The AAI will hold an EGM on Saturday next in the Heritage Hotel in Portlaoise.  The EGM has been called to change the AAI constitution.  A copy of the proposed changes was sent to clubs in October and in response to this the county board made a number of submissions which are available at the following link - Submissions by Cork County re: Proposed Amendments to AAI constitution. The proposed changes and the county board submissions should be read in consultation with the AAI constitution.  Careful consideration must be given to the proposals.  A bus carrying the county board delegates will be departing Patrick’s Quay in Cork City @ 7am on Saturday stopping in Mitchelstown @ 7.45am.   

 

November 27 – Athletics Seminar

An athletics seminar will take place on Wednesday in the Blarney Park hotel on Wednesday at 7.30pm in the Ingle Nook behind the Hotel.  Speaking at this seminar will be Dr John O’Riordan, a specialist in athletics injuries and Br. John Dooley, one of the top middle distance coaches in the country. Admission is Free and funds raised by the mini-marathon are covering the costs.  The seminar is aimed at senior and junior athletes, coaches and parents.   

 

November 27 – County Teams for Munster Masters Cross Country Championships

The Munster Masters and Juvenile B Cross Country Championships will take place on Sunday in Mungret College, Limerick.  Strong Over 40 men’s and over 45 women’s team have been named.  Best of Luck to all competing.

County Teams for Munster Masters X-Country, December 4th, Limerick.

Men over 40 – Donnacha O’Mahony, Denis McCarthy (East Cork), Cathal O’Connell, Eamonn Carroll, Christy Walsh, Michael Murphy, Paul Dinan (St Finbarrs), Noel Curtin (Youghal), John Hallahan (Leevale), John Roche, Pat Murphy, Tony Smyth (Eagle), Joe O’Sullivan (Bandon), Declan Coakley, Patrick O’Brien (Skibbereen).

Men over 50 – Eamonn McEvoy, Michael Dunne, Dan Kennedy (St Finbarrs), Tommy Murphy (Skibbereen), Frank Cashman (East Cork), Joe Murphy, John Quigley (Eagle), John O’Riordan, Jimmy Murray (Rising Sun).

Women over 35 – Margo Dinan, Angela McEvoy, Angie Amoeba, Elaine Keaty, Catherine O’Rourke, Mary Murphy (St Finbarrs), Maria Hurley (Bantry), Emma Legrand, Mary Cotter (Eagle), Grainne Caulfield, Carmel Crowley (Bandon), Benedicte Coleman (Beara).

Women over 45 – Mary Sweeney, Joan Hough, Marioan Lyons, Ann Donnelly, B Gallagher (St Finbarrs), Maura McCarthy (Bantry), Carmel Parnell (Leevale).

Anybody unable to take part is asked to notify the County Team Manager – Joe O’Flynn on 087 6483532.

 

November 20 – County Teams for All Ireland Inter Counties

The County teams for the All Ireland Inter County Cross Country Championships in Sligo Race Course on Sunday next.  Mark Hanrahan of Leevale leads the mens team and could be in with a shout of making the Irish senior men’s team for the European cross country championships in December.  Also on the team is Muntser intermediate Cross Country Champion Jamie McCarthy of Riverstick Kinsale and Munster indoor 3000m champion Sean McGrath of East Cork.  The womens team is led by county champion Louise Cavanagh of UCC.  Also on the team is Ballycotton 10 winner Claire Gibbons of Leevale and World Masters 10000m champion Carmel Parnell of Leevale.  Ciaran O’Lionaird of Leevale who has been in scintillating form this season leads the men’s team.  County champion Lorna Comyn of Belgooly leads the women’s team.  She will be joined by Aoife Cooke of Youghal who is having a fantastic season in the states. Senior Men: Mark Hanrahan, Ian O’Donovan (Leevale), Jamie McCarthy (Riverstick Kinsale), Sean McGrath, Eric Meade (East Cork), Michael Herlihy (North Cork), David Doherty, Kieran Hurley (Togher), Brian McMahon (Carraig na bhFear), Trevor Woods (St Finbarrs), Desmond Casey (Millstreet). Subs: Thomas Maunsell (Leevale), Ian O’Leary (S Finbarrs).

Senior Women: Louise Cavanagh (UCC), Claire Gibbons, Carmel Parnell, Jennifer Goggin, Angela Shine (Leevale), Ann Donnelly, Catherine O’Rourke (St Finbarrs), Ann-Marie Healy (Eagle).  Subs: Ailbhe Creedon (Leevale), Angie Amoeba (St Finbarrs)

Junior Men: Ciaran O’Lioaird, JohnShine, Chris Horgan (Leevale), Kevin O’Brien, Joe Fitzgerald, Nicky O’Donoghue (Glenbower), Joe Warne (Dohenys), Shane Coffey, Peter Fennell, Stephen Lynch, Mark Dineen, Kevin Hassett (Togher). Subs: Kieran McCarthy (Togher), Ross Kelly (Leevale).

Junior Women: Lorna Comyn, Christina Broderick, Louise Finn, Sarah Gayer (Belgooly), Joyce Curtin (Glenbower), Sally McCarthy (Grange Fermoy), Margaret McCarthy (Blarney Inniscarra), Aoife Cooke (Youghal).  Subs: Eadaoin O’Neill (Glenbower), Triona O’Neill (Ballincollig).

A bus is traveling up on Saturday with accommodation organised also.  Anybody interested in traveling on the bus should contact Noreen Murphy on 021 4884495 quickly!

As always anybody unable to take part is asked to notify the County Team Manager – Joe O’Flynn on 087 6483532.

 

November 20 – County Teams for Munster Masters & National Novice Cross Country Championships

County Teams for Munster Masters X-Country, December 4th, Limerick.

Men over 40 – Donnacha O’Mahony, Denis McCarthy (East Cork), Cathal O’Connell, Eamonn Carroll, Christy Walsh, Michael Murphy, Paul Dinan (St Finbarrs), Noel Curtin (Youghal), John Hallahan (Leevale), John Roche, Pat Murphy, Tony Smyth (Eagle), Joe O’Sullivan (Bandon), Declan Coakley, Patrick O’Brien (Skibbereen).

Men over 50 – Eamonn McEvoy, Michael Dunne, Dan Kennedy (St Finbarrs), Tommy Murphy (Skibbereen), Frank Cashman (East Cork), Joe Murphy, John Quigley (Eagle), John O’Riordan, Jimmy Murray (Rising Sun).

Women over 35 – Margo Dinan, Angela McEvoy, Angie Amoeba, Elaine Keaty, Catherine O’Rourke, Mary Murphy (St Finbarrs), Maria Hurley (Bantry), Emma Legrand, Mary Cotter (Eagle), Grainne Caulfield, Carmel Crowley (Bandon), Benedicte Coleman (Beara).

Women over 45 – Mary Sweeney, Joan Hough, Marioan Lyons, Ann Donnelly, B Gallagher (St Finbarrs), Maura McCarthy (Bantry), Carmel Parnell (Leevale).

 

County Teams for National Novice Cross Country, December 11th, Athlone IT.

Men – Tony Kelleher (Eagle), Thomas Maunsell, John Shine, Ian Donovan, Mark Hanrahan (Leevale), James McCarthy, Frank Hayes, Sean McGrath, Fergus Meade (East Cork), Jamie McCarthy (Riverstick Kinsale), Michael Herlihy (North Cork). Ian O’Leary (St Finbarrs) Subs: Tony O’Mahony (East Cork), Arijav Cragia, Simon Doherty (Togher)

Women – Maire Heffernan (Liscarroll), Sharon McGarry, Catherine O’Rourke, Ann Donnelly (St Finbarrs), Jennifer Goggin (Leevale), A Cashman, Emma Legrand, Martina Carver (Eagle).  Subs: Elaine Keaty (St Finbarrs), Angie Amoeba, P. O’Brien (St Finbarrs).

 

November 20 – Cooke’s Good Form continues in the US

CHINO, California - Arkansas Tech Golden Suns sophomore cross country runner Aoife Cooke (Youghal Athletic Club) made history here once again Saturday at the 2005 NCAA Division II National Championship Meet held at Prado Park and hosted by Cal Poly Pomona.  Cooke, who was Tech's first-ever NCAA regional champion in cross country, became the school's first-ever All-American in cross country as she finished ninth at Saturday's national championship meet. Cooke ran a time of 21: 35 over the 6,000­meter course.

The 21: 35 time was Cooke's second fastest 6K time on the season as she ran a season-best 21: 21 at the NCAA South Regional meet two weeks ago.  "I am very proud of Aoife and all she accomplished for only being a sophomore," Tech Head Cross Country Coach Tom Aspel said. "It was a strong field of runners and she was right there throughout most of the race with the top finishers, but faded down the stretch."

Aspel said the course conditions were tough for Saturday's race.  "The course was tight as the competitors were bunched together, plus, it was sunny and warm afternoon with temperatures in the low 80’s," Aspel added.  Grand Valley State's Mandi Zemba won the NCAA women's individual title as she ran the 6,000-meter course in 21:01.7, while Western State's Esther Komen ran a 21: 12.9 to finish in second place.

In addition to earning All-American honors this season and winning the South Regional Meet and being named the South Regional Female Athlete of the Year, Cooke also became Tech's first-ever Gulf South Conference individual cross country champion, as she won the GSC Championship Meet in a school-record 5K time of 17 minutes and 10 seconds.   .

On the season, Cooke won five of the seven meets she competed in, including bettering the school-best mark five times. The only races she did not win was the Chile Pepper X-C Festival in Fayetteville and the NCAA D-II Championships.  Aoife Cooke will compete with her Club, Youghal AC in next weekend’s National Inter-County Championships in Sligo (Ger Flanagan Youghal AC)

 

November 20 – County Novice B Cross Country Championships

The County Novice B cross country championships were held today in Gour near Castletownbere. This was the first time a county championship event was held on the Beara peninsula since 1969 when the BLE County Ladies Cross Country Championships were held.  A special thanks to Beara athletic club for organising the event and the O’Neill family for allowing their lands be used.  The course was flat and overall underfoot conditions were not bad.  The weather was ideal with athletes and spectators able to enjoy both the competition and wonderful scenery around the course.

Back in 1969 Beara won the BLE Ladies Cross Country Championships and today the Beara Ladies won another county title winning the Ladies Novice B team competition with a clean sweep of the individual medals.  First home for Beara was Annette Dreher followed by Benedicte Coleman in second and Sorcha Coleman third.

The mens race was a close affair with Tom Laffan of Bandon and Denis Coughlan of St Finbarrs battling it out for the title.  At the half way mark Laffan overtook the lead from Coughlan.  Laffan however was never able to open up the gap between himself and Coughlan and coming down the home straight Laffan was overtaken by Coughlan.  Despite a brave effort by Laffan to retake the lead Coughlan held out to win his first county title.  Laffan took silver with his club mate Joe O’Sullivan finishing third.  Bandon won the team competition. 

There was some impressive performances in the juvenile B races.  Youghal athletes made the long journey from East Cork down and were rewarded with a number of individual and team medals.  It was encouraging to see the host club and Dohenys of Dunmanway winning a number of team medals. Well done to all who took part and best of Luck to the athletes who will go on to compete in the Munster B’s in Limerick in December.  Results

 

November 13 – County Senior Cross Country Championships

The County Junior and Senior Cross Country Championships were held today near Riverstick.  Host Club Rising Sun, hosting their first county cross country championships, did an excellent job organising the event. Many thanks to Ruth and Jimmy Murray for allowing their lands be used for the event.  The weather was ideal with almost uninterrupted sunshine for the competition.  Underfoot conditions were good for the most part but parts of the course were pretty mucky after the recent heavy.  A stiff climb in the course also put it up to the athletes.

First Race of the day was the junior womens race. Last year this race was dominated by Duhallow athletes with Michelle Finn taking gold.  This year Belgooly athlete Lorna Comyn dominated.  Lorna Comyn of Belgooly who has only recently taken up the sport went into the lead early on and was never challenged.  She took gold leading Belgooly to their first county junior womens tile.  Lst year’s winner MichelleFinn of Duhallow took silver helping her club finish 2nd. Joyce Curtin of Glenbower was third while Ballincollig took bronze in the team competition.

The junior mens race was controlled throughout by defending champion Ciaran O’Lionaird of Leevale.  The European youth olympics medallist came under some pressure from his club mate John Shine early on but held out to take gold.  John Shine was second ahead of Kevin O’Brien of Glenbower.  Glenbower retained the team title while Togher were second with Leevale third. 

Louise Cavanagh of UCC was a very impressive winner of the senior womens race.  She took the lead from the whistle and was never seriously challenged, comfortably retaining her title.  The silver medal went to the Ballycotton 10 winner Claire Gibbons of Leevale.  Third place went to the experienced Carmel Parnell of Leevale.  The world masters 10000m champion ran a very good tactical race gradually moving up through the field to take third.  Leevale won the senior womens team competition with St Finbarrs second.

The final event of the day was the Senior mens race.  A big field took part, which is very encouraging for athletics within the county.

European junior cross country medallist Mark Hanrahan of Leevale took an early lead in the race.  After the first lap defending champion Brian McMahon of Carraig na bhFear mounted a serious challenge on Hanrahan moving up on his shoulder.  An injection of pace by Hanrahan saw him pull clear of McMahon whose challenge faded.  During the third lap fellow European Junior Cross Country Medallist Jamie McCarthy of Riverstick Kinsale moved onto Hanrahan’s shoulder.  Hanrahan responded with an injection of pace opening a gap on McCarthy which was never closed.  Hanrahan took gold ahead of Munster Intermediate Champion Jamie McCarthy of Riverstick Kinsale with Sean McGrath of East Cork taking bronze.  McGrath and a good run by 2003 champion Donnacha O’Mahoney helped East Cork successfully retain their title for the third year running.  Togher were second, led home by David Doherty in 5th.  Leevale were third.  St Finbarrs won the B section ahead of Carraig na bhFear, competing for the first time, while Eagle took bronze.  Well done to Denis McCarthy of East Cork who was competing in his 25th consecutive County Senior Cross Country Championships today. 

Many athletes who finished in the top ten in their races today will be named in the County teams for the national inter county cross country championships in Sligo on Sunday, November 27th.  Anybody unavailable is asked to contact the county team manager, Joe O’Flynn on 087 6483532.

A special thanks to John Walshe of Ballycotton Running Promotions for helping compile the results.  Individual medal winners received a voucher this year while winning teams received long sleeved t-shirts, this was organised by County Chairperson Noreen Murphy.

Results

 Senior Men:

1.     Mark Hanrahan (Leevale), 2. Jamie McCarthy (Riverstick Kinsale), Sean McGrath (East Cork).  Team: 1. East Cork, 2. Togher, 3. Leevale.  Full Results

Senior Women:

1.     Louise Cavanagh (UCC), 2. Claire Gibbons (Leevale), 3. Carmel Parnell (Leevale). Team: 1.Leevale, 2 St Finbarrs. Full Results

Junior Men:

1.     Ciaran O’Lionaird (Leevale), 2. John Shine (Leevale), 3. Kevin O’Brien (Glenbower). Team: 1. Glenbower, 2. Togher, 3. Leevale. Full Results

Junior Women:

Lorna Comyn (Belgooly), 2. Michelle Finn (Duhallow), 3. Joyce Curtin (Glenbower). Team: 1. Belgooly, 2. Duhallow, 3. Ballincollig. Full Results

 

Next Sunday the County Novice B and juvenile B cross country championships will be held in near Casletownbere.  The Novice B race will take place at 12pm followed by the juvenile races.  Entries to Noreen Murphy.  The course is located on the main road about 2 miles beyond the town itself.

 

November 7 – County Senior Cross Country Championships

Highlight of the County Cross Country season, the County Junior and Senior Cross country Championships will take place on Sunday near Riverstick.  The event is being hosted by Rising Sun AC and starts at 1pm with the junior womens race.   Last year the Championships were held in Duhallow and spectators were treated to an exciting days competition.  This year promises to be no different and with a dry weekend forecasted all athletic supporters in the county should make an effort to support the event which will start at 1pm and be over by ~3pm. 

To get to the race take the road from Five-Mile Bridge to Riverstick.  Take the third turn on the right about 2 miles from Five-Mile Bridge. There is a mechanics garage just on the turn off. About a half mile up this road on the right is where the race will be run.  (Entrys to Noreen Murphy)

Entry Forms

 

November 7 – AAI EGM

Clubs should receive in the next few days documents relating top the AAI EGM on Saturday, December 3rd in Portlaoise.  Any club that wants an electronic copy of the documents can email corkathletics@eircom.net. The Egm will be discussed at the county board meeting on Wednesdday November 16th.

 

November 7 – Cooke on Form in the US

DADE CITY, Florida - Arkansas Tech Golden Suns sophomore cross country runner Aoife Cooke of Youghal Athletic Club continued to set records and make history here Saturday at the NCAA South Regional Meet at the Little Everglades Ranch hosted by Florida Southern College and Saint Leo University.

Cooke made history as she became Tech's first-ever regional champion in cross country as she won the women's meet in a school-record time of 21 minutes and 21 seconds. She broke her own record of 21:41.4 which was set earlier this season at the Chile Pepper Festival in Fayetteville. Tampa's Allison Macsas was right behind Cooke, as she finished second after running a time of 21: 28.  With her win on Saturday, Cooke becomes Tech's first-ever runner to qualify for the NCAA Championship Meet in school history. This year's championship meet is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 19 at Pomona, Calif.

"I am very proud of Aoife and all of her accomplishments this season," Tech Head Cross Country Coach Tom Aspel said. "It was a tough race for her today and she really was pushed, especially near the end, but she had enough to hold on."

Prior to Cooke's first-place finish Saturday's, the best previous finish by a Tech runner at NCAA Regionals was a 10th place finish by former Tech runner Siobhan Lenihan at the 2000 NCAA South Regional at Jacksonville, Fla.  It was the fifth time this season that Cooke had broken a school-best mark as she broke the school's 5K mark three times and the school's 6K mark twice.  At the meet, the top four teams and top four individuals not from among the top four teams automatically qualify for the NCAA Championship Meet.

 

November 6 – PB for Fahy

Roy Fahy of East Cork and Ireland was 44th in todays New York Marathon in a time of 2.33.

 

November 6 – Munster Intermediate Cross Country Championships

The Munster Intermediate cross country championships in Piltown, Co. Kilkenny today.  The course seemed to have either held up remarkably well or missed the recent torrential rain that has fallen in Cork.  The underfoot conditions were ideal and the sun was shining for most of the competition. 

The men’s intermediate race was first off.  Jamie McCarthy of Riverstick Kinsale and Sean McGrath of East Cork were among the leaders during the first lap.  As the race progressed McGrath and McCarthy emerged from the leading group to battle it out for first place.  With two laps to go McCarthy started to move away from McGrath and held on to win gold.  This is his second Munster medal this season having won silver at the Munster Under 23 cross country championships two weeks ago.  McGrath took silver leading East Cork to gold in the inter club competition.  The County team won gold.

The women’s race was dominated by the winner Orla Power of Carrick on Suir.  Dawn Kelly of Belgooly went into a early lead in the race but was overtaken after the first lap.  County Intermediate Champion Anne Kelleher of St Finbarrs had a very good run keeping up the pressure on Power throughout never letting her get comfortably in front.  Kelleher finished second leading her club and county to gold.

So far it has been almost a clean sweep for the county at the Munster cross country championships only missing out on gold in the Womens under 23 championships where no county fielded a team.  Well done and thanks to all who have lined out for the county to date.  The next Munster Fixture is the Masters Cross Country which will take place in Limerick in December.

Results

At the Juvenile race there once again many impressive performances by Cork athletes.  Lorna Comyn of Belgooly, who only recently took up the sport was a very comfortable winner of the under 18 girls race leading the county to silver.  Duhallow took silver in the inter-club competition.  European Youth Olympics medallist Ciaran O’Lionaird of Leevale continued his good season winning the under 18 boys race.  The county team took bronze here with Glenbower taking bronze in the team competition.  Results

October 31 – Munster Intermediate Cross Country Championships

The Cork teams for the upcoming Munster Intermediate cross country championships in Piltown, Co. Kilkenny on Sunday November 6th have been named.  The teams will be led by County Champions Ann Donnelly of St Finbarrs and Eoin O’Sullivan of Donoughmore.

Men: Eamonn Carroll (St Finbarrs), Eoin O’Sullivan (Donoughmore), Tony Kelleher, Sean Whelan, Ger Dunlea (Eagle), Thomas Maunsell (Leevale), Arijav Cragia, Simon Doherty, Stephen Macklin (Togher), James McCarthy, Frank Hayes, Sean McGrath, Tim O’Mahoney (East Cork), Tommy Murphy (Skibbereen), Donal Vaughan (Rising Sun).

Women: Maire Heffernan (Liscarroll), Dawn Kelly (Belgooly), Maria Hurley (Bantry), Angela McEvoy, Angie Amoeba, Ann Donnelly, Sharon McGarry (St Finbarrs), Ann Cashman, Martina Carver, Emma Legrand, Mary Cotter (Eagle), Jennifer Goggin (Leevale).

As always anybody unable to take part is asked to notify the County Team Manager – Joe O’Flynn on 087 6483532.

 

Also on this day will be the Munster Even Age Cross Country championships, which will start at 12pm.  Best of Luck to all the Cork athletes in Action.

 

October 24 – Training Run

There will be a training run on Saturday next (October 29) at 2pm in Ballincollig Regional Park meeting in the car park. The run is targeted at Junior Girls and is hoped to give an opportunity to these girls to train with others their own age.  The Park is located on the western end of the town on the Banks of the Lee. 

Approaching from Cork Side – Drive straight through the town to the second roundabout (West End Roundabout, near Super Valu & Maxol Petrol Station), take the Inniscarra exit (the park is also signposted). The Park located on the right before crossing bridge.

Approaching from Macroom Side – Take first exit for Ballincollig. Drive to roundabout (West End Roundabout) near the Maxol Petrol Station, take the Inniscarra exit (the park is also signposted). The Park located on the right before crossing bridge.

 

October 24 – Munster Novice & Under 23 Cross Country Championships

The first round of the Munster Cross Country Championships took place in Ennis today. The course located in St Josephs Hurling Club was for the most part flat but incorporated a testing hill.  Thankfully they seemed to have got off very lightly compared to Cork as regards the rain that fell last week and underfoot conditions were very good.  The weather yesterday was good with the heavy rain only starting to fall during the last race of the day.

The Novice and Under 23 races proved to be very successful for Cork athletes.  Mark Hanrahan of Leevale was an impressive winner of the under 23 race.  He took the lead early on with Jamie McCarthy of Riverstick Kinsale following.  McCarthy drifted back from Hanrahan as the race progressed and Hanrahan enjoyed a comfortable victory with McCarthy taking silver and Thomas Maunsell of Leevale taking bronze.  The county team won gold.  In the novice men’s race Sean McGrath of East Cork finished third helping his club team to win silver and leading the county team to gold.  In the womens races Orla Drumm of UCC took silver in the under 23 race with Maire Heffernan of Liscarroll taking bronze.  In the Novice race the first athlete home for the County was county intermediate Champion Ann Kelleher of St Finbarrs in second leading the County to gold in this event. Results

In the juvenile races there were impressive individual performances by Lorna Comyn of Belgooly and Ciaran O’Lionaird who both comfortably won their under 19 races.  A number of Cork teams were among the medals.  Well done to all who took part.  Results

 

October 24 – Success for Cooke in US

Aoife Cooke of Youghal athletic club and Arkansas Tech University ran a new College record of 17.09 winning the Gulf South Championship 5K in Memphis recently. She ran 17.43 on the same course three weeks ago. She finished 6 seconds ahead of the second placed athlete. She finished in 18th place in a time of 19.50 last year in this Championship. She competes in two weeks time in the South Regional 6K in Dade City, Florida.

 

October 20 – Munster Cross Country Season Starts

The first round of the Munster Cross Country Championships takes place in Ennis this Sunday. First off will be the Juvenile Uneven age races followed by the Novice & under 23 Cross Country championships.  Strong Cork Teams have been named, see below.  Best of Luck to all taking part.  The first race is @ 12pm.  The course is on the Quin Road near St Josephs GAA in Ennis.

 

October 18 – Special County Board Meeting

A special county board meeting will be held on Wednesday evening at 8pm in the SMA Hall in Wilton.  The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the proposed AAI constitutional changes.  To see the proposed changes click on the following link.  Proposed AAI constitution Changes The changes should be read in consultation with the current constitution. The county board must forward any changes it wants made at the end of this week, so the meeting must be held this week.

 

October 18 – New CEO appointed

It has been announced that Brendan Hackett is to be the new AAI CEO.  Brendan has been involved in the Irish Milers Club and has also coached Irish International athlete James Nolan.

 

October 15 – Training Run

A training run targeted at Junior Girls was held today in Ballincollig. Those who attended enjoyed themselves and there will be a run again on Saturday October 29th. 

 

October 14 – Bandon Launch Book

Bandon Athletic club launched a book tonight in the Munster Arms Hotel.  A big crowd was in attendance with many past and current members of the club coming to the launch.  The book titled ‘A photographic jog through the past, 1964-2004’ is available from club committee members, further details are available on www.bandonathleticclub.com.

 

October 14 – County Teams for Novice & Under 23 Cross Country

The Cork teams for the upcoming Munster Novice and under 23 cross country championships in Ennis, Co. Clare on Sunday October 23rd have been named.  The teams will be led by County Novice and Under 23 Champions Kieran Ryan of St Finbarrs and Maire Heffernan of Liscarroll.

Under 23:

Men: Thomas Maunsell, Mark Hanrahan (Leevale), Kieran Ryan (St Finbarrs), James McCarthy, Fergus Meade (East Cork).

Women: Maire Heffernan (Liscarroll), Dawn Kelly (Belgooly), Nicole O’Regan (Togher), Vicki Hennessy (Bandon).

Novice:

Men: Kieran Ryan, Denis Coughlan (St Finbarrs), Eoin O’Sullivan (Donoughmore), Tony Kelleher, Donal Keohane, Padraig McDonnell (Eagle), Thomas Maunsell, John Shine (Leevale), Arijav Cragia, Simon Doherty, Pat Brown (Togher), James McCarthy, Frank Hayes, Sean McGrath, Tim O’Mahoney (East Cork).

Women: Maire Heffernan (Liscarroll), Dawn Kelly (Belgooly), Nicole O’Regan (Togher), Vicki Hennessy (Bandon), Maria Hurley, Fiona Begley, Maura McCarthy (Bantry), Elaine Keaty, Sharon McGarry, Catherine O’Rourke (St Finbarrs), Gail Mullaney (Eagle), Benedicte Coleman (Beara).

 

As always anybody unable to take part is asked to notify the County Team Manager – Joe O’Flynn on 087 6483532.

 

October 11 – Training Run

There will be a training run on Saturday next (October 15) at 2pm in Ballincollig Regional Park meeting in the car park. The run is targeted at Junior Girls and is hoped to give an opportunity to these girls to train with others their own age.  The Park is located on the western end of the town on the Banks of the Lee. 

Approaching from Cork Side – Drive straight through the town to the second roundabout (West End Roundabout, near Super Valu & Maxol Petrol Station), take the Inniscarra exit (the park is also signposted). The Park located on the right before crossing bridge.

Approaching from Macroom Side – Take first exit for Ballincollig. Drive to roundabout (West End Roundabout) near the Maxol Petrol Station, take the Inniscarra exit (the park is also signposted). The Park located on the right before crossing bridge.

 

October 11 – Academy Meeting on Sunday October 16th.

The athletics association of Ireland academy is holding a meeting on Sunday in Dublin.  The County Board has organised a bus to transport up Cork athletes.  The Bus will be leaving Bandon at 6.00am, stopping on St Patricks Quay behind the Metropole at 6.45am and the Square in Mitchelstown at 7.30am.  Athletes who want to travel on the bus should contact Noreen Murphy on 021 4884495.  If the bus is not supported, there will be no more buses.

 

October 11 – Proposed AAI Constitution Changes

See Link - Proposed AAI constitution Changes

 

October 9 – Avondhu Cross Country Championships.

Great Day in Millstreet see Results from this Competition held on Sept 25th. Results

 

October 10 – Press Release from Bothar about Mini Marathon.

Presentation to Cork County Board AAI

Evening Echo Cork City Women’s Mini Marathon marked by Bóthar.

 

The Cork County Chairman of the Athletics Association of Ireland (AAI), Mrs Noreen Murphy, was the recipient of a presentation from Bóthar, the Irish Development Aid organisation at a function in Cork last week.  Speaking at an evening for all their participants in the recent Cork City Mini Marathon, Jeremy Meehan, Bóthar’s Director of Education, paid tribute to the work of the AAI and its volunteers on the Cork County Board.  “But for the enormous amount of voluntary effort put in by committee members and others throughout the year, and especially in the weeks preceding the event, the Marathon simply could not happen,” he said.  “When you consider that this year over 8,500 participants entered, virtually all supporting some worthy cause or charity, it gives some idea of the scale of the undertaking and the benefits that accrue to so many people thanks to the work of the AAI.  This was Bóthar’s first year to organise a team, and we wish to acknowledge the great support and guidance shown to us along the way, both by the AAI and the Evening Echo.  Over 220 runners participated and the feedback has been very positive.”  Mrs Noreen Murphy said that she was delighted to accept the presentation on behalf of all of her colleagues and stressed that it was very much a team effort.  “This was the 24th event and the biggest yet.  Hopefully next year will be bigger again.  I would also urge all parents to consider the value of athletics to young people today.  It is a great way of keeping fit and being involved in your community, but also a great way to meet other people of a similar age in a positive environment.  We are also delighted that this particular event is of assistance to many charities and caring groups.”

Further information:  Jeremy Meehan, Director of Education, Bóthar, jmeehan@indigo.ie      

 

October 9 – County Intermediate and Masters Cross Country Championships

The second round of the County Cross Country Championships was held today near Macroom on the lands of Cillian & Margaret Lynch.  West Muskerry athletic club did a fantastic job hosting the event.  The course was testing but fair and there was a strong wind blowing but thankfully there was no rain.  A number of very exciting races took place.  First Race of the day was the womens intermediate and masters race.  Ann Kelleher of St Finbarrs won the intermediate race.  Anne Cashman & Emma Legrand of Eagle were in second and third in the intermediate race leading their club team to gold ahead of St Finbarrs.  Mary Sweeney of St Finbarrs went into the lead at the start and held on comfortably throughout to win the masters race.  St Finbarrs athletes won all the masters categories - Margo Dinan won the O35, Angela McEvoy the O40, Mary Sweeney the O45 and Marion Lyons the O50.  St Finbarrs won the team competition. Full Results

The men’s intermediate race was a very exciting affair with Eoin O’Sullivan of Donoughmore, Frank Hayes of East Cork and Stephen Macklin battling it out for first place.  By the last lap O’Sullivan looked to be safe in the lead with Macklin well back in second and Hayes in third.  Over this last lap thought, the gap between first and second closed with Macklin of Togher on O’Sullivans shoulder with a hundred metres to go.  O’Sullivan dug deep to draw away from Macklin to hold out and take gold winning Donoughmore’s first individual senior title.  Togher won the team competition ahead of Eagle A.C. and Rising sun.  Donnacha O’Mahony of East Cork was an impressive winner of the Masters race.  This was his first county masters cross country championships and he looked very impressive, perhaps a man to watch in the upcoming Munster and All Ireland Masters Cross Country Championships.  Michael Murphy and Eamonn McEvoy of St Finbarrs won the O45 and O50 categories. Frank Hayes of East Cork won the O55 category, while George Webb of Rising Sun and Willie Neenan of Rising Sun won the O60 and O70 categories.  The team competition was won by St Finbarrs with Rising Sun second.  Full Results

Craig Murphy of Togher won the U18 boys race today coming under a lot of pressure from Mark Fitzgerald of Glenbower in the closing stages of the race. Glenbower won the team competition here.  Michelle Twohig of Duhallow won the U18 girls race coming late to pass Sally McCarthy of Grange Fermoy who finished second.

Results

The next county cross country event will be the county senior and junior cross country championships which will take place on Sunday November 13 near Riverstick.  The event is being hosted by Rising Sun athletic club with the first race starting at 1pm.

 

October 2 – County Cross Country Championships Season Begins

The first round of the County Cross Country Championships was held today in Carrignavar on the lands of Teddy O’Sullivan.  Carraig na bhFear athletic club who have a long history of holding cross country events once again did a fantastic job.  There were some great races today. This year was the first time that the under 23 County Cross Country Championships were held and the winner of the men’s race was Kieran Ryan of St Finbarrs while the women’s race was won by Maire Heffernan of Liscarroll.  

The juvenile championships saw a number of athletes impress see  Results

 

September 27 – Cross Country

The first leg of the County Cross Country Championships will take place this Sunday in Carrignavar where the County Novice A and County Juvenile Uneven Age cross country championships will take place.  Last year the county novice A race was won by Thomas Maunsell of Leevale with Orla Touhy of Grange Fermoy winning the womens title.  The Novice race on Sunday will be held at 12pm with the women on first.  The juveniles will be on after the men’s race.

 

September 18 – Mini Marathon

The 2005 Evening Echo Cork Womens Mini Marathon was held today in Cork City. A record entry of well over 8000 took part in this years race making it the biggest yet.  Winner of the race was international athlete Rosemary Ryan of Limerick who only last week won the St Finbarrs Blarney half marathon.  Second was local athlete Claire Gibbons of Leevale who won the Ballycotton 10 earlier on this year.  In third place was Cork Born athlete Niamh O’Sullivan who runs for Riocht.  In 4th place was Carmel Parnell of Leevale, who just over a month ago won gold in the 10,000m at the world masters T&F championships. Well done to all who registered and took part.  Unfortunately a lot of unregistered athletes took part again, this continuing abuse of the race by these people will ultimately result in the race being cancelled. This year it is estimated that over €3 million was raised by charities.  A special thanks to all the volunteers who helped on the day, there were people still busy at 9pm this evening tidying up after the race. Without the selfless efforts of these people there would be no marathon.

Results

 

 

September 16 – Mini Marathon Update

The number of entries for the 2005 marathon stood at 7986 last evening after a special opening in Roches Stores.

This means this years race will be the biggest yet so it is very important that we have plenty of help on Sunday. 

 

Help will be needed at the Start, meeting on Copley Street at 11.00am

Stewards are asked to assemble on Copley street at 12.45pm.

Helpers at the finish need to be in place by 2pm.

 

Approximately 100 people are needed to organise the race on the day.  It is essential that every club does it’s bit to ensure the race is a success.  The weather looks fine so once we have enough help everything should go alright.

 

Anybody without a number is asked to call the College of Commerce well before the Race on Sunday.  Runners are to go up the front of the race and the race will start at 2pm.  Wheelcahirs will start at 1.55pm. 

 

September 14 – Cross Country Update

The County Cross Country Season will get underway in October.  On Sunday, October 2nd Carraig na bhFear Athletic Club will host the County Novice A and County Juvenile Uneven Age Cross Country Championships starting at 12pm.  On Sunday, October 9th, West Muskerry will host the County Intermediate & Masters as well as the County Juvenile Even Age Cross Country Championships starting at 12pm.  The County Junior and Senior Cross Country Championships will be held on Sunday November 13th.  Last year the County had a very successful cross country season with big numbers taking part in the county competitions and many Cork athletes and clubs going forward to do well at both Munster and National Competitions.  On Sunday September 25th, the divisional cross country championships are taking place with the Avondhu, East Cork and West Cork boards all holding their cross country championships. 

County Novice & U23, Intermediate & Masters Entry Forms

 

September 14 – T&F Coaching Days

Munster Juvenile Coaching Programme

            Introduction to Athletics

Events: Hurdles, High Jump, Long Jump, Shot

             Saturday October 8th 2005, Cork I.T., 11am to 1.15pm

Registration Fee: €2 per athlete. Recommended ages 10-14 yrs.

 

This is an introduction session aimed at introducing young athletes to a number of athletics events. All athletes will get the opportunity to try out the four events. There will be a half hour introductory coaching session at each event. Participants will be shown the basics of the event in a fun session, and will be encouraged to try all four events.

This is an ideal opportunity for clubs to introduce some of the technical events to their young athletes.

Top athletic coaches will present the events.

Further information: Brid Golden  087 6889330

 

There will be a Level One Coaching Course in the next few months, interested coaches and clubs are asked to contact County Coaching Coordinator Finbarr McCarthy (086 0712403)

 

September 12 – All go in Avondhu Athletics (by Seamus Fox)

The Avondhu Track and Field club league competition held over the Summer months in Mourneabbey, Fermoy and Banteer was hailed as an inaugural success.        

1st                   Grange Fermoy 444 points                                             

2nd                  Liscarroll 400 points

3rd                 Fanahan McSweeney 380 points              

4th                 Abbey Striders 172 points                              

5th                 Millstreet 134 points           

6th                 Donoughmore 98 points           

7th                 Duhallow 22 points                                         

The Jim Barry Shield, Fanahan McSweeney Cup and Jerry Healy Cup to be presented to the first 3 clubs.                   

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Avondhu Cross Country Championships is set for Millstreet Town Park on Sunday Sept 25th at 11 am.

Programme

Under 9 Born 97  400 metres 

Under 11 Born 95  800 metres 

Under 13 Born 93  1000 m (girls), 1200m ( boys)  

Under 15 Born 91  1500 m (girls), 2000m ( boys)  

Under 17 Born 89  2000 m (girls), 4000m ( boys)  

Junior : Under 19 Born 87  3000 m (ladies), 5000m ( men)  

Senior : Over 19 3000 m (ladies), 5000m ( men) .

The event offers club athletes an excellent programme in preparation for the county juvenile championships on October 2nd and 9 th .

Avondhu Meeting   on Friday September 30th in the Hibernian Hotel, Mallow at 7 pm .

 

September 12 – Mini Marathon Update

Over 7000 entries have been received for the Mini Marathon, which takes place next Sunday starting at 2pm on the Grand Parade.  Such has been the demand for entries that the mini marathon office will open again on Thursday from 5.30-8pm in Roches Stores! 

Anybody available to help on the day is asked to contact county Chairperson Noreen Murphy on 021 4884495.  Stewards are to reports to Copley street at 12.30pm.  Help will also be needed from 11.00am to set up the start and finish!

 

September 12 – Gold for Sosonowski of Eagle

The Blarney Half Marathon promoted by St Finbarrs AC took place yesterday.  This popular race, which attracts big numbers and now incorporates both the Munster and County Half Marathon Championships once again was a success.  Victory in the mens race went to the 2004 County Road Champion Wieslaw Sosnowski of Eagle who also took the county and Munster titles.  Sosnowski’s victory helped Eagble take silver in the team competition with St Finbarrs taking 3rd.  Rosemary Ryan of Bilboa who has entered next weeks mini marathon won the womens race leading her team to gold.  St Finbarrs took silver here with last years winner Mary Sweeney leading the team home in 6th place.  Mary was the first Cork athlete over the line and reclaimed her County title. 

Results, also see www.stfinbarrsac.com.

 

September 12 – Gold for Cooke in the States

County 3000m champion Aoife Cooke of Youghal won her first race of the season on Saturday Night in Memphis under the lights. Competing for Arkansas Tech University in the BROOKS Memphis Twilight XC Classic  Women 3 Mile Run CC COLLEGIATE, she took gold in a time of 16:55.32. 

 

September 4 – Busy Weekend Ahead

The Cross Country season continues this Sunday also with Riverstick Kinsale holding their annual Open Cross Country.  The venue is opposite Kinsale Rugby grounds on the main Cork Kinsale Road.  The first race is on at 1pm and there will be a team competition.  The event will be over in time for the big Match in Croke Park.

The St Finbarrs half marathon also takes place this Sunday (September 11th) in Blarney.  This event has established itself as one of the most popular road races in the county with many participants using the race as preparation for the Dublin City Marathon.  The race now also incorporates the Cork County and Munster Half Marathon Championships. Last year the race was won by Roy Fahy of East Cork with Mary Sweeney of St Finbarrs winning the womens race.  Entries will be taken up to 10.30am and the race will start at 11.00am.  Race headquarters is at Blarney GAA. Further details are available on www.stfinbarrsac.com.

 

September 4 – County Board Meeting Wednesday 7.30pm

There will be a county board meeting on Wednesday night in the SMA Hall in Wilton.  This will be an important meeting.  Transfers, cross country dates and venues as well as preparations for the upcoming mini marathon will be dealt with at this meeting which starts at 7.30pm.

 

September 4 – Midleton Open Cross Country

The Cross Country season got underway last Sunday in Midleton with the local club hosting it’s annual Open Cross Country.  It has been a busy month for Midleton A.C. who only three weeks ago held their very successful open sports.  This popular cross country event once again attracted athletes from all over the county and beyond. There was a fine course but unfortunately the weather was not great.  Luckily the weather was not too bad for the early races, which were for younger athletes.  The were big numbers taking part here with many athletes running in their first cross country race.  Host club Midleton fared well her with many of their athletes finished in medal positions.  The weather took a turn for the worse during the under 15 girls race when heavy rain started falling making conditions difficult for athletes.  Orla Finn of Riverstick Kinsale came through strongly in this race to take gold.  Eric Curran of Leevale who had a very successful track season won the under 15 boys race very impressively.  His club mate John Collins won the under 17 race.  The junior womens race was won by Lorna Cowen who took the lead early in her race.  Collette O’Riordan of West Muskerry won the senior womens race.  Bantry athlete Maura McCarthy won the masters womens race.  The reigning County intermediate champion Sean McGrath of East Cork had a comfortable victory in the senior mens race.

The Cross Country season continues this Sunday also with Riverstick Kinsale holding their annual Open Cross Country.  The venue is opposite Kinsale Rugby grounds on the main Cork Kinsale Road.  The first race is on at 1pm and there will be a team competition.  The event will be over in time for the big Match in Croke Park.

 

August 31 – Midleton Open Cross Country

The Cross Country season gets underway in the next while (September 4th) when Midleton athletics club hold their annual open cross country.  The events will be held in the same venue as last year on the Midleton Fermoy Road adjacent to East Cork Oil.  There is an impressive programme of races with races for juveniles, juniors, seniors and masters.  There are prizes for the first 10 in the juvenile races.  Competition gets underway at 2pm. 

August 31 – Top Coach heads for Ireland

One of the world’s top hurdles coaches, Loren Seagrave, is coming to Ireland to hold a seminar on Saturday September 24th 10am - 7pm.  Anybody interested in going is asked to contact the county board on this email address – corkathletics@eircom.net

 

August 31 – Gold for Parnell at World Masters

One of the great stalwarts of Womens Athletics in Cork, Carmel Parnell of Leevale, had a very impressive performances at the world masters Track and Field Championships in Spain taking gold in the O50 10,000m and silver in the O50 5000m in a time of 18.09.  Carmel is a great club and county athlete and has won medals with numerous county teams.

 

August 24 – Mini Marathon

Thanks to all who helped pack the goody bags on Monday and Tuesday for the Womens Mini Marathon.  There was a big effort on Tuesday to pack the bags and between 7 and 9pm over 3000 bags were packed (25 bags a minute). The mini marathon office opens next Monday from 10-4pm in Roches Stores Patrick Street!

 

August 21 – National League T&F League Final

Congratulations to the Bandon who topped division 1.  This is a great achievement for the clubs involved taking part for the first time this year in this competition.

 

August 21 – Great Performances in Turkey

There were some exceptional performances by Cork athletes at the World University Games in Turkey.  Ailis McSweeney who may have been disappointed by her performance in the 100m final at the national senior T&F championships had an exceptional run in the 100m final taking silver.  Derval O’Rourke also did well taking silver in the 100m hurdles.  Both athletes ran for the Irish team in the 4x100m relay in which Ireland took silver.  A number of other Irish athletes won medals so well done to all on the Irish team.  See www.leevale.org for more on Derval and Ailish.

 

August 13 – Triangular Match

For the last few years a Munster team has been travelling to Wales to take part in an athletics match against West Wales.   This year for the first time West Wales travelled to Ireland to take on Munster.  The match took place in Kilkenny and for the first time Leinster also took part.  West Wales established an early lead doing well in the sprints, this lead was never seriously challenged and Wales had a comfortable victory.  Munster had a narrow lead over leinster for most of the match with the Munster picking up a number of valuable points in the middle distance races.  Leinster victories I n the relays meant there was an anxious wait for the final results but Munster held out to finish second overall.  A number of cork athletes were on the Munster team and all acquitted themselves quite well.  This match was for athletes who had not yet competed internationally so this strong performance by Munster was encouraging.

International in Kilkenny Results

 

August 13 – Mini Marathon Bag Packing

Goody bags for the mini marathon will be packed on Tuesday August 23 near Carrigtwohill.  10,000 bags need to be filled so lots of help is needed.  Anybody available to help is asked to contact Padraig Kelly on 086 8689599.  Even helping for just an hour will be appreciated. 

 

August 12 – World T&F Championships

Well done to Derval O’Rouke of Leevale who performed well in the World T&F championships in Helsinki.  She qualified from her heat impressively on a wet Tuesday in Helsinki.  On Wednesday she performed well to finish a respectable 7th in the semi final.  She is off now to the World Student games in Turkey where conditions should be a bit drier and more suitable for hurdling.  Best of Luck also to Ailis McSweeney of Leevale who is a member of the Irish Relay team there.

 

August 9 – Midleton Open Sports

Midleton athletic club hold their open sports this Sunday in Midleton CBS grounds starting at 2pm.  The sports which is one of the last of the year boasts an excellent programme with events for all.  On Saturday there is an international competition taking place in Kilkenny where a Munster team will be in action, competitions starts at 12.00pm.

 

August 8 – Meeting in Silver Springs

There was a meeting tonight in the Silver Springs.  At the meeting current AAI CEO Gary Owens gave an outline of the proposed changes to the AAI and plans to develop athletics in the future. 

 

 

August 8 – 2005 MINI MARATHON

The Cork Women’s Mini Marathon will take place on Sunday September 18th.  The mini marathon is a very important fundraiser for athletic in Cork.  Money raised by last years mini marathon has been used to fund coaching and clubs will be written to in the near future about equipment grants. 

There is a considerable amount of work involved in preparing for the mini marathon and each club is asked to play its part in helping prepare for the race.  

 

Filling Goody Bags:

10,000 Goody bags need to be filled.  Goody Bags will be filled on Tuesday and Wednesday (August 23 & 24) in Carrigtwohill.  Anybody who can help even if only for an hour is asked to contact - Pádraig Kelly on 086 8689599.

 

Mini Marathon Office:

The mini marathon office will be open in Roches Stores, Merchants Quay.  Help is needed at the following times:

Monday – Saturday:           10am to 4pm (August 29th – September 3rd)

Monday – Wednesday:        10am to 4pm (September 5th – September 7th)

Thursday & Friday:            10am – 9pm   (September 8th & 9th)

Saturday:                         10am-4pm     (September 10th)

Sunday:                          2pm-6pm      (September 11th)

 

Any help during the above hours would be greatly appreciated.  Anybody who can help is asked to contact Ina Killeen on 021 4342193.

 

Race Day:

Approximately 150 people are needed on race day.  Each club is asked to provide at least 3 volunteers to help on the day.  Anybody available to help is asked to contact Noreen Murphy on 021 4884495.  Further details will be available at the next county board meeting on September 7th.

 

 

Regards

Padraig Kelly

Mini Marathon Committee

minimarathon@eircom.net

 

August 8 – Busy Weekend

The weekend just passed was a very busy weekend for athletics.  On Saturday there were some excellent performances by Cork athletes at the national masters T&F championships in Tullamore. A number of athletes impressed winning a number of gold medals.  Rising Sun ac was the best overall Cork club with athletes Brendan Dennehy, Conn Donovan and Sean O’Sullivan won a number of medals both on the track and in the jumping events.  Mary Sweeney of St Finbarrs recorded an impressive middle distance treble winning the 800m, 1500m and 3000m.  Kath O’Brien of East Cork took gold in her category in the 1500m and 3000m.  Liz Coomey of Bandon took gold in the high jump and hammer.  Maggie Dunne and Mary Barry of Grange Fermoy did well on the track winning medals in the sprint events.  C. Coughlan of Skibbereen had a sprint double winning the 100m and 200m.  Len Braham was very impressive in the throwing events winning the weight for distance, shot and discus.

Results

Well done to all the Cork athletes who were in action at the Celtic Games in Wales also on Saturday. 

At the national league in Tullamore Leevale won their pool in the women’s premier while Belgooly were second here.  The Leevale men’s team found the going tough finishing last in their pool in the premier men.  There was a big crowd at Liscarroll open sports with all having a good day.  At the World T&F Championships in Helsinki there was disappointment for Irish walkers Robert Heffernan of Togher and Cork based Olive Loughnane both of who were disqualified in their events.

 

August 4 – Liscarroll Open Sports

Liscarroll athletic club hold their annual open sports this Sunday in Liscarroll GAA starting at 1pm.  The sports which is one of the most popular in the county boasts an excellent programme and with events for all ages it will be a sports well worth attending.

 

August 4 – Action Packed Weekend

Best of Luck to the Cork athletes on the Irish team who will be competing in Wales on Saturday in the Celtic Games.  Also best of luck to the county masters athletes who will be in action at the athletics Ireland masters track and field championships in Tullamore.  On Sunday the second round of the Mazda League takes place.  Cork teams Leevale and Belgooly go in the premier womens, Leevale in the premier mens, Togher, Imokilly & Avondhu in the division 1 men while Bandon go in division 1 women.  Best of Luck to all who are in action. 

Also watch out for the World track and field championships, which take place in Helsinki – best of luck to Cork athletes Robert Heffernan and Derval O’Rourke who are on the Irish team.

 

August 4 – Code of Ethics

The AAI is committed to Child protection.  The below link is to a template document which will help clubs draft their Code of Ethics Document. Code of Ethics Template.  Clubs can modify the document so it suits them.  This document was carefully drafted so there should only be minor modifications necessary (ie insertion of clubs name).

 

August 4 – Avondhu T&F League

The league was completed recently, results and report form Seamus Fox

 

July 29 – Development Plan Presentation

The athletics Ireland CEO Gary Owens will give a presentation on the proposed strategic development plan for athletics on Monday August 8th at 6.45pm in the Silver Springs Hotel in Cork.  Apologies for the timing but this is to facilitate Gary who wishes to travel home on the Monday evening. 

The AAI have advertised the positions of CEO and financial accountant, details are on the AAI website www.athleticsireland.ie.

 

July 26 – Rising Sun Open Sports

Rising Sun athletic club hold their annual open sports on Bank Holiday Monday starting at 1.30pm in the CIT Track in Bishopstown.  This very popular sports once again has an excellent programme which is available online for viewing at www.risingsunac.com. 

 

July 26 – Woodies National Senior T&F Championships

The national senior track and field championships were held last weekend.  A number of Cork athletes were in action.  In the senior womens long jump Donna Hosford of Leevale took gold.  This was an unexpected resulted but a top quality jump of 5.63m by Hosford in the last round secured gold.  On the track her club mate Derval O’Rourke took gold in the hurdles and came very close to taking gold in the 100m also.  Ailis McSweeney of Leevale was third in the 200m and 4th in the 100m.  Jer O’Donoghue of Leevale was second in the men’s 100m behind the experienced Gary Ryan of Nenagh.  Ciaran O’Lionaird of Leevale recently returned from the World Youths Championships on Morocco won the junior 3000m in 8.42.  Robert Heffernan of Togher won the mens 10K walk. Dawn Kelly of Belgooly was 3rd in the senior 400m hurdles.  Her club mates Christopher Crowley and Christina Broderick both took bronze in the high and triple jump competitions.  Full results are available on www.athleticsireland.ie.

Congratulations to Derval O’Rourke of Leevale and Robert Heffernan of Togher both of who were named on the Irish team for the World T&F Championships in Helsinki in August. O’Rourke had her season upset by illness last year is in good form will be hoping to do well in the sprint hurdles.  Robert Heffernan goes in the Walk and is probably one of Ireland best hopes of a medal.  Best of Luck to both athletes.

 

July 20 – Open Sports

A number of open sports will take place over the next few weeks. After an exciting month of championship athletics that has brought Cork athletes all over the country, August will see local athletics action resume with a number of clubs holding Open Sports over the next few weeks.  On the August Bank Holiday Rising Sun hold their annual opens sports in the CIT Track in Bishopstown, Cork.  There is an impressive programme of events with competition starting at 1.30pm.  The programme is available on the Rinsing Sun AC website www.risingsunac.com.  On Sunday August 7th one of the County’s biggest open sports, Liscarroll Open Sports will take place in Liscarroll GAA starting at 1pm.  This popular sports will attract athletes from all over Munster and will be a sports well worth attending. 

On Sunday August 15th East Cork Club Midleton will hold their Open Sports in the Midleton CBS grounds starting at 2pm.  The club are having a very good season this year with a number of their athletes impressing at the recent All Ireland Juvenile Championships.  Further details about these sports are available on www.corkathletics.org. 

 

Best of Luck to all the athletes in action at the National senior Track and Field Championships this Weekend.

 

July 17 – Results

AAI National League, CIT Track Cork. See Results

 

July 15 – Araglin Sports

See programme – a great evening in prospect. 

 

July 15 – Long Journey for Cork Athletes

The second leg of the national juvenile T&F Championships take place this weekend in the new Track in Sligo.  A big number of Cork athletes are making the journey up and we wish them the very best of luck. Best of Luck also to the Cork teams in the national track and field league which takes place in the CIT Track on Sunday starting at 11.30am.

 

July 15 – Athletics Ireland EGM

The EGM of the Athletics Association of Ireland was held on Wednesday in Portlaoise.  Despite the awkward time Cork was well represented at the EGM  having one of the biggest contingents on the night.  The EGM was called to discuss the strategic development was up for discussion.  A summary of what happened at the meeting can be found in todays Irish Independent. The AAI interim CEO Gary Owens gave a presentation on the proposed development plan.  It is hoped that Gary will come to Cork in August and give this presentation again.

 

July 12 – Relay Trials

Trials for the County Relay teams for the All Ireland Inter County Relays will take place in the CIT Track on Tuesday July 19th at 7.30pm.  Only athletes available to compete on Sunday July 31st in Tullamore should take part!  There will be trials for U9,11, 13, 15, 17, 19 athletes.  Thanks to Leevale, Belgooly and Eagle for facilitating these trials.

 

July 12 – Bronze for Ciaran

Congratulations to Ciaran O Lionaird of Leevale who won bronze at the European Youth Olympics in the 1500m.  This is a great achievement for Ciaran who is one of Cork’s brightest middle distance prospects.  He was welcomed in Cork airport by Friends, Family, coaches and club mates on Saturday.  We would like to wish Ciaran the best of luck in the future. See www.leevale.org

 

July 12 – All Ireland Juvenile T&F Championships

There were some fantastic performances by Cork’s young athletes at the All Ireland Juvenile Track and Field championship sponsored by Lucozade. Gold medals were won by Joan Healy, Sarah Bradfield (Bandon), Philip Burns, Christina Broderick, Tom Cross and Harriet Cross (Belgooly), Derek Duff, Maura Fitzgerald (Leevale), Timmy Harrington (Courcies) and Linda & Anne Marie Cronin (Old Abbey).  Full results will be available on www.athleticsireland.ie. 

 

July 4th – Throws Coaching

There will be coaching (discus and hammer only) for any Cork athletes who have qualified for the National juvenile track and field championships on Wednesday evening in the CIT Track between 8 and 9pm.  The session is being organised by County Coaching Coordinator Finbarr McCarthy.

 

July 4th – National Junior and Under 23 Track and Field Championships

The national junior and under 23 track and field championships were held in the CIT Track yesterday in the CIT Track in Cork.   There was plenty of help and the fixture went off very well.  A special thanks to all the Cork people who helped out in the run up and on the day.  Unfortunately the weather was not ideal with a swirling wind meaning some athletes missed out on setting legal times.

A number of Cork athletes impressed on the track.  Ailis McSweeney of Leevale won the under 23 100m.  Dawn Kelly of Belgooly won both the under 23 400m hurdles and 400m flat.  Orla Drumm of UCC took silver in the under 23 800m while Niamh Cremin of Leevale took bronze in the sprint hurdles.  Also taking bronze in the sprint hurdles was Mera O’Connor of Leevale who was 3rd in the junior sprint hurdles.  Christina Broderick took silver in the junior sprint hurdles while Aoife Cooke of Youghal was 2nd in the junior 5000m.  Harriet Cross of Belgooly took bronze in the 200m.  Derek Duff of Leevale took gold in the junior 200m and bronze in the 100m.  Liam O’Brien of Togher was 3rd in the junior 400m. Ronan Foolkes took bronze in the under 23 400m hurdles. 

Christopher Crowley was the most impressive Cork athletes in the jumps competitions winning both the junior long and high jump competitions.  Stephen Noonan of Carraig na bhFear won silver in the junior pole vault.  Conor Sheehy of Togher won silver in the junior triple jump while Thomas McKenna of Ballincollig won silver in the under 23 long jump.  Imelda Morrison of Youghal was 2nd in the junior long jump with Donna Hosford of Youghal taking bronze.  Christina Broderick of Belgooly won the junior triple jump.  In the throwing events Sarah Bradfield of Bandon won the junior discus competition.  Anne Marie Cronin of old Abbey was second in the junior hammer while Maura Fitzgerald of Leevale was third in the junior shot.  Thomas McKenna of Ballincollig took gold in the under 23 javelin. 

Cork Results: National Junior and U23 track and field championships, CIT Track, Bishopstown, Cork
U23 Men 400m Hurdles: 3 R. Foolkes (Togher) 57.84. Long Jump: 2 T. McKenna (Ballincollig) 4.37. Javelin: 1 T. McKenna (Ballincollig) 32.92.
Junior Men 100m: 3 D. Duff (Leevale) 10.87.  200m: 1 D. Duff (Leevale) 21.79; 400m: 3 L. O’Brien (Togher AC) 50.42. High Jump: 1 C. Crowley (Belgooly)1.90; Long Jump: 1 C. Crowley (Belgooly) 6.72; Triple Jump: 2. C Sheehy (Togher). Pole Vault: 2 S. Noonan (Carrig Na bhFearr) 3.60;
U23 Women 100m: 1 A. McSweeney (Leevale) 11.64; 200m: 2 A. McSweeney (Leevale) 23.92; 400m: 1 D. Kelly (Belgooly) 57.75; 800m: 2 O. Drumm (UCC) 2:14.98; 100m Hurdles: 2 N. Cremin (Leevale) 15.51;

Junior Women 200m: 3 H. Cross (Belgooly) 25.16. 5,000m: 2 A. Cooke (Youghal AC) 17:24.2; 100m Hurdles: 3 M. O’Connor (Leevale) 16.54. 400m Hurdles: 2. C Broderick (Belgooly). Long Jump: 2 I. Morrison (Youghal) 5.38; 3 D. Hosford (Leevale) 5.15. Triple Jump: 1 C. Broderick (Belgooly) 10.78; Shot Putt: 3 M. Fitzgerald (Leevale) 10.58. Discus: 1 S. Bradfield (Bandon) 32.62; Hammer: 2 A. M. Cronin (Old Abbey) 47.24.

Full Results see www.athleticsireland.ie.

 

July 3rd – Training Session with Sonia O’Sullivan

Earlier this year Sonia O’Sullivan made an offer to help with coaching young Irish athletes.  This morning in the the Mardyke track a number of Cork’s junior athletes were put through their paces by Sonia O’Sullivan who did a light training session with athletes and gave them some advice and encouragement.  A special thanks to Sonia O’Sullivan for taking time out of her schedule to help out and also to the County Chairman Noreen Murphy who did a lot of work to make sure Sonia’s offer of help was taken up.  Hopefully Corks junior athletes will get a chance to train with Sonia again in the future.

 

June 20th – Getting Ready for the Junior and Under 23 T&F Championships!

Cork’s young athletes will be in action at the Munster U14-U19 T&F championships in the Riocht Track in Kerry next weekend.  Many will be hoping to take part in the National Junior and Under 23 Track and Field Championships which take place in the CIT Track on Sunday July 3rd.  This is the first national championships event to be staged in the CIT since the track was redeveloped.  It is hoped there will be a big local entry and that clubs and athletes will make a special effort to support the event.  Entry forms are available on www.athleticsireland.ie. A reminder that the Cork City Sports will take place on Saturday July 2nd in the Mardyke track in Corkstarting at 2pm and not 4pm as is on their posters.  The change of time is to facilitate live TV coverage on RTE between 4 and 5 pm.  See www.corksitysports.ie.

 

June 19th – International News!

A number of Cork athletes were in action at the Europa Cup over the weekend.  Ailis McSweeney was a member of the 4x100m relay team that set a new national record.   Derval O’Rourke was 2nd in the 100m hurdles in a time of 13.12.  Conor Sheey of Togher was involved in the triple jump while Jer O’Donoghue was on the men’s 4x100m relay team. Report see www.athleticsireland.ie.  Well done to Ciaran O’Lionaird of Leevale who ran a new personal best in the 1500m in a junior international in Germany.  He ran a time of 3.50.41.

 

June 19th - Munster Senior T&F Results

The Munster senior Track and Field Championships were held today in the CIT Track.  The weather was fantastic with athletes and spectators enjoying uninterrupted sunshine for the day.  There were some very close finishes in the races on the track.  County 1500m champions Brian McMahon of Carraig na bhFear and Catherine Keohane of Leevale both won their Munster 1500m races.  In the 5000m  American based athletes Michelle Scott of Carraig na bhFear and Aoife Cooke of Youghal took gold and silver.  County 5000m champion Sean McGrath of East Cork finished in second his race with Alan O’Shea of Bantry taking bronze. East Cork took gold in the 5000m team competition.  Dave Doherty of Togher took silver in the 800m as did Aisling Maunsell of Leevale in the womens 800m.  Dawn Kelly of Belgooly won the 400m hurdles in a personal best time of just over 62 second.  She also took gold in the 200m.  Paddy O’Gorman of Leevale won the men’s 400m.  His club mate Derek Duff had a double winning the 100m and 200m.  Stephen Lynch of Togher won the steeplechase race.

In the field events Cork athletes picked up a number of medals.  The Cronin sisters, Anne Marie and Linda from Old Abbey AC took silver and bronze in the hammer.  Christopher Crowley of Belgooly won the high jump with a clearance of 1.90 metres. Pat Moore of Leevale won the javelin while Andrea Lazzlo of Old Abbey won the 56lb over the bar.  Imelda Morrison of Youghal won the womens long jump. 

Munster Senior T&F Results

 

June 17th – County Junior & Masters T&F!

The last County T&F Championships event of the year was held this evening in the CIT Track.  Conditions on the evening were good and there were healthy numbers in many of the events. 

Brendan Dennehy of Rising Sun took gold in the over 55 200m and high jump.  Garrett Barry took gold in the over 40 3000m and was 3rd in the senior open mile.  Denis Howard of Rising Sun and Len Braham did well in the throwing events.  In the junior events Emer O’Connell of Blarney Inniscarra took gold in a competitive 800m while Stephen Lynch of Togher won the junior mens 800m.  Andrew Kenneally of Old Abbey took gold in the hammer and 35lb for distance event.   

County Juniors & Masters T&F Results Day 2

 

June 13th – Packed weekend ahead!

There will be plenty of Athletics action this coming weekend.  On Friday the second leg of the County Junior and Masters Track and Field Championships takes place in the CIT Track at 7pm.  On Saturday the Cork Community Games Athletics Finals take place.  On Sunday the Munster Senior Track and Field Championships take place in the CIT Track while over in the Mardyke Track the Munster Special Olympics will be taking place.

 

June 13th – Special Olympics This Weekend!

Cork Companies join forces with Special Olympics Munster to host Mardyke Athletics Event

HUNDREDS of top athletes and their coaches from across the country are limbering up to host the Munster Athletics Finals in Cork this month.  And almost 100 volunteers from Janssen Pharmaceutical Ltd, at Little

Island, and Depuy Ireland Ltd, in Ringaskiddy, together with their families and friends, have teamed up with Special Olympics Munster, to host these finals at the Mardyke Arena next Saturday and Sunday (June 18

and 19).

More than 300 athletes as well as their coaches from 22 teams from all of the Munster counties will be taking part in track and field events over the two days. This competition is especially important for the athletes as it is

the first step in the qualification process for the Irish team for the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games in China.

The Mardyke event is organised by the Special Achievers Club -- a volunteer initiative by staff from the Johnson & Johnson family of companies in support of Special Olympics Munster. The J&J Special Achievers Club features volunteers from Alza Ireland Ltd (Cashel, Tipperary); DePuy Ireland Ltd (Ringaskiddy, Cork); Janssen

Pharmaceutical Ireland Ltd (Little Island, Cork); and Vistakon Ireland Ltd (Limerick) who have also enlisted their families and friends in this initiative.

A club spokesman said: "The Club was formed in Janssen after the World games in 2003 to ensure that the spirit of the Special Olympics continues to grow and develop in the Munster region."

Everything from the opening and closing ceremonies, to the presentation of prizes and awards, as well as accommodation, transport, entertainment, signs, decorations, catering, security and the event budgets, will be covered by the volunteers from the J&J family of companies

 

June 13th – Cork City Sports

The Bupa Cork City Sports was launched recently.  The sports this year will attract a host of top international athletes with Sonia O’Sullivan and double Olympic gold medallist Kelly Holmes already confirmed for the sports.  The sports will enjoy live TV coverage this year between 4 and 5pm.  To facilitate this the sports will start at 2pm and not 4pm as had been advertised.   Officials must be in place by 12.30pm.  Further details see the Evening Echo and www.corkcitysports.ie. 

 

June 13th – Munster Juvenile T&F

The first round of the Munster Juvenile Track and field Championships were held over the weekend in the CIT Track in Bishopstown.  Athletes from all over Munster came to take part in these championships hoping to qualify for the All Ireland Juvenile Track and Field Championships, which will take place in July in Sligo.

Glorious weather brought out the best in athletes and there were some very impressive performances by athletes at this competition.

In the under 9 competitions Eirne Ni Dheasmhunaigh of Leevale had a good day winning the long jump competition and taking silver in the sprint.   A number of Leevale athletes impressed at this competition with Rebecca Corbett winning a thrilling under 13 60 metre sprint.  Her club mate Jennifer Murphy took gold in the under 13 high jump with a jump of 1.44 metres.  Leevale’s Denis O’Sullivan won three medals in the under 12 boys competitions winning silver in the under 12 sprint and bronze in the long jump and six hundred metre race.

Another Cork club to impress was Riverstick Kinsale athletic club.  Their athletes benefited from their recent club sports.  Ciara Fenton won the under 12 long jump competition and finished third in the under 12 high jump competition.  Her training  partner at the Riverstick club Jessica Sheehan also impressed taking silver in the under 12 long jump.  Orla Nash of Riverstick Kinsale won silver in the under 13 long jump.   Bandon athletic club who are having a very good track and field season continued their good season with a number of athletes winning medals in their events.  Great Okafor won the under 12 sprint and finished second in the long jump.  Lynn Bradfield won the under 12 shot competition while Claire Sexton of Bandon took silver in the under 10 girls sprint. 

East Cork athletes won a number of medals with Michael McSweeney of Midleton winning the under 13 shot and Ball Throw.  Robyn Jenkinson Butler of Carrigtohill won the under 10 girls long jump.  Shane Howard of Grange Fermoy won the under 12 boys sprint and took silver in the long jump.  Youghal’s Shauna Launders was 3rd in the under 12 ball throw.  John Kennedy of Sonia O’Sullivan’s club Ballymore Cobh took bronze in the under 10 long jump. 

Anthony O’Neill of Liscarroll won the under 11 600 metres with his club mate Andrew Farrell taking bronze in the 60 metres. David Cussen of Old Abbey athletic club took silver in the under 10 long jump and bronze in the sprint. 

All these athletes will be in action again at the All Irelands in Sligo in July.  The runners up in these competitions will now be training for the Munster Juvenile B Track and Field Championships which take place in July.

Results

 

June 4th – Munster Juvenile T&F

The first leg of the Munster Juvenile Track and Field Championships will take place this weekend in the CIT Track in Cork.  After a busy June bank holiday weekend of open sports many young Cork athletes will be looking forward to these championships.  Events start at 11.00am on both Saturday and Sunday. 

 

June 4th – EGM

An EGM to discuss the strategic development plan for athletics will take place on Wednesday July 13th at 5pm in Portlaoise.  Any registered member of a club (over 18) who wishes to travel to this meeting as a county board delegate is asked to contact the county board (corkathletics@eircom.net).

 

May 29th – Munster Masters T&F

The Munster Masters T&F Championships were held today in Castleisland Co. Kerry.  Despite a worrying forecast the day stayed dry.  Cork athletes again impressed with many winning their events.  The next outing for the Cork masters athletes will be the second leg of the county masters track and field championships on Friday June 17th.  Skibbereen athletes Declan Coakley, Patrick O’Brien,

Results

 

May 27th - County Junior T&F

The first leg of the County Junior Track and Field Championships was held this evening in the CIT Track.  Weatherwise it was a disappointing evening with drizzle making life uncomfortable for all at the Track.  The evening began with a special presentation to Paddy Olden of the CIT who will be retiring shortly.  Paddy has taken great care of the track during his time at the CIT and will be missed when he retires.

The weather took it’s toll on the numbers competing with small numbers in many races.  One of the best supported events of the evening was the junior womens 1500m which was one by Aoife Cooke of Youghal in a time of 4.54.  Last Sunday Aoife won the senior 3000m.  Craig Murphy of Togher won the junior men’s 1500m.  Ciaran McCarthy of Togher won the steeplechase ahead of Ronan Duggan of Bandon.   In the sprints there was a Leevale double with Thomas O’Sullivan winning the men’s race and Katie Fitzgerald winning the women’s race.  Katey Byrd of Leevale won the 100m hurdles.  Andrea Bickerdyke of Blarney Inniscarra won the wom’s 400m while John Shine of Leevale won the men’s race.  Blarney Inniscarra dominated the men’s throwing events while Rachel Roche of Bandon had a double winning the discus and shot competitions. In the jumps Stephen Noonan of Carraig na bhFear won the Pole Vault while David Quilligan of Leevale won the long jump.

The second leg of the junior T&F Championships will be held on Friday June 17th in the CIT Track.

Results

 

May 26th – Tracton Open Sports

Tracton Athletic Club will hold their annual open sports on Sunday June 5th.  There is an exciting programme of events for all ages so this will be a sports well worth attending. Programme.

 

May 24th – Busy Weekend Ahead

This weekend will be a busy weekend for athletics in Cork.  On Friday night the first leg of the County Junior Track and Field Championships takes place in the CIT Track in Cork starting at 7pm.  Programme  On Sunday the Munster Masters Track and Field Champions and the Munster Juvenile Combined Events will take place in the Riocht Track, Castleisland, Co. Kerry starting at 11.00am.  Courceys Annual Open sports will also take place on Sunday starting at 1pm in Ballinspittle GAA.

 

May 22nd – County Senior Track and Field Championships

The premier track and field event of the County athletics calendar was held today in the CIT Track.  Numbers were down on last year on the track but there was an increase in the numbers taking part in the throwing events.  Ian Tivy of Togher won a very close 800 metres, his club mate Kevin Walsh broke the 50 second barrier to claim gold in the 400 metres.  The womens 800m was won by Aisling Maunsell of Leevale.  Margaret McCarthy of Blarney Inniscarra won the womens 400m while Claire McSweeney of Leevale took gold in the 200m.  Cit Sports Bursary recipient Carl McNamara of Leevale won the 200m.   Sean McGrath of East Cork took gold in the 5000 metres while Aoife Cooke of Youghal Athletic Club won the 3000m in a personal best time of 10minutes 10 seconds.  In the field events Brendan Dennehy of Rising Sun took gold in the high and long jump competitions.  Joe Nagle of Leevale won the men’s shot while Stephen Noonan of Carraig na bhFear won the Pole Vault.  Sarah Bradfield of Bandon Athletic Club had a double winning the shot and discus while the Cronin sisters of Old Abbey had a 1, 2 in the hammer competition.  A special thanks to all the guests who took part and all who participated and helped in the championships, County Senior T&F Pictures, Results

 

May 22nd - AVONDHU LEAGUE OFF WITH A BANG

See results

 

May 18th – County Senior Track and Field Championships

The Cork County Senior Track and Field Championships will take place in the CIT Track in Cork on Sunday May 22nd.  This event last year witnessed some very impressive performances last year with Jer O’Donoghue of Leevale running 10.53 in the 100m and many more athletes making the Irish ranking lists with their performances at these meet.  Full Electronic timing will again will be used and guest competitors are welcome to take part.  This will be a great opportunity for athletes to compete on the CIT Track which will be the venue for the AAI Junior and Under 23 Track and Field Championships in July.  Programme for County Senior T&F

 

May 15th

County Juvenile T&F Results Day 2

 

May 13th – County Masters T&F

The first leg of the county masters T&F championships were held this evening in the CIT Track.  A strong wind made it a cold evening.  The numbers taking part were encouraging.  The masters 1500m race was an exciting affair with Michael Murphy of the Barrs battling it out with Denis McCarthy of East Cork to be first over the line.  There was an equally thrilling women’s race with Margo Dinan of the Barrs finishing just ahead of Claire O’Brien of East Cork again.  Frank Stam of Leevale impressed winning the discus with a throw of over 30 metres.  Liz Coomey dominated the O35 events winning the shot 100m, discus and long jump.

Results 

 

May 11th – Avondhu T&F League

Day 1- Wednesday May 11 @ Mourneabbey GAA grounds at 6.30 pm.

U 8 80 m ; U 9 Relay mixed; U 10 80 m , 300 m , Ball Throw; U 11 Relay mixed; U 12 100 m, 300 m, High Jump; U 13 Relay mixed; U 14 100 m , 600 m , Shot Putt; U 15 Relay mixed; U 16 100 m, 600 m High Jump. 

IT IS PROPOSED TO HAVE DAY 2 ON WEDNESDAY JUNE 22 AT COLAISTE CRAOIMHIN FERMOY @ 6.30 pm AND DAY 3 ON WEDNESDAY JULY 13 at BANTEER GAA PITCH @ 6.30 pm. SPECIAL MEDALS PRESENTED TO COMPETITORS WHO ATTEND all 3 days. A special guest will be present at the AWARD CEREMONY. Competing clubs are Abbey Striders , Donoughmore, Fanahan McSweeney , Grange Fermoy, Liscarroll, Duhallow , Mallow, Millstreet and North Cork.

 

May 9th – County Masters T&F

The County Masters T &F season gets underway on Friday next in the CIT Track.  There is an exciting programme of events for masters and there are also a number of open senior events. Programme Entries for the masters events must be with the County competition secretary by tomorrow while entry for the open senior events is on the night.

Next Saturday the second round of the Evening South Munster Schools T&F Championships takes place in the CIT Track while on Sunday the second leg of the County juvenile T&F takes place.

 

May 8th - County Juvenile T&F Results

The Cork County juvenile Track and Field Championships were held today in the CIT Track in Cork.  There were big numbers in a lot of the races so the programme took a bit longer to run than expected.  Thankfully the weather was very good with plenty of sunshine.  A special thanks to everybody who helped on the day and well done to all the athletes who took part.  The second leg of these championships will take place on Sunday next.

County Juvenile T&F Results

 

May 2nd – Busy Week & Weekend Ahead

The next week will be very busy. On Wednesday night there is a road race in Midleton.  There is also a coaching day on from 4-6pm and there will be a County Board meeting at 7.30pm in the SMA Hall in Wilton starting at 7.30pm.  On Thursday Night there will be a straight mile near Ballinhassig organised by Rising Sun Athletic Club.  This race will be in aids of the Lavanagh Centre.  The race starts at 8pm,  Entry (Donantion) minimum €5.  On Saturday the Evening Echo South Munster Schools T&F takes place in the CIT starting at 1pm while on Sunday the first round of the County Juvenile T&F championships take place in the CIT Track with the first event off at 10.30am sharp.

 

May 1st – Riverstick Kinsale Open Sports Cancelled

Riverstick Kinsale Open sports which were due to be hled tomorrow have been called off due to a waterlogged pitch.  It is hoped to reschedule the sports.

 

May 1st – Munster Junior & Under 23 Track and Field

The Munster Junior and Under 23 T&F Championships were held today in the CIT Track.  Blustery winds frustrated many athletes in their attempts to get good legal times but there were some thrilling races.  The junior mens 100m was a very close affair with Greg O’Leary of Leevale edging out his club mate Derek Duff only by a thin whisker.  The places were reversed in the 200m.  Kieran Weir of Togher won the 400m.  In the field events Chris Crowley of Belgooly had a double winning the long and high jump.  His club mate Tom Cross took gold in the junior javelin.  The junior girls events were equally exciting with Christina Broderick winning both the 400m hurdles and triple jump.  Claire McSweeney of Leevale won the 400m flat while Rachel Roche of Bandon won the javelin.  The Cronin sisters of Old Abbey had a 1, 2 in the hammer with Anne Marie taking gold and Lind Silver.  Ronan Foolkes of Togher won a very close under 23 400m hurdles while his club mate Kevin Walsh won the 400m flat.  Thomas Maunsell had a good win the in the under 23 1500m and took silver in the 800m.  John Dilworth of Blarney Inniscarra won the under 23 hammer while Batt McHugh of East Cork won the 35lb for distance. Orla Drumm of UCC recorded an impressive middle distance double winning the under 23 800m and 1500m.  Dawn Kelly of Belgooly successfully retained her 400m hurdles title and also won the 200m.  The Munster Council tahnks all who helped out on the day.

Munster Junior & Under 23 T&F Results

Cork Results

 

April 28th – Athletics Academy

The first meeting of the 2005 athletics academy was held recently in Dublin.  The Cork athletes travelled up in a bus paid for by Fleming Construction who are sponsoring the Cork athletes in the Academy.  Athletes who attended the academy were very happy.  They were addressed by Former World 5000m champion Eamon Coughlan and reigning European Indoor 400m champion David Gillick.  The next meeting will be in the Autumn. 

Christopher Crowley of Belgooly flew from the academy meeting in Dublin to Knock to receive an award as the best Cork juvenile athlete in 2004.  Cork also received awards for being the best county in Track and Field and Cross Country.

 

April 24th – Busy weekend ahead!

The big athletics event this May Bank Holiday weekend will be the Munster Junior and under 23 Track and Field Championships which take place in the CIT Track in Bishopstown, Cork on Sunday.  There were some very encouraging performances by Cork athletes at the recent Leevale Open Sports and spectators can be confident of seeing some thrilling competitions at this event.  Competitions get underway at 12.30pm.

On the May Bank Holiday Monday Riverstick Kinsale Open Sports takes place in Riverstick GAA starting at 1pm and with the County championships only a week away this will be an event well worth attending.  Also on Monday the Mallow 10 KM Road Race takes place starting in Mallow at 11.00am.  On Wednesday  (May 4th) the Midleton 5 mile road race takes place starting at 7.30pm while on Thursday (May 5th) the Rising Sun straight mile takes place near Ballinhassig.  Further details are available on www.corkathletics.org. 

 

April 24th – County Junior and Masters T&F Championships

The dates for the first legs of the County Junior and Masters Track and Field Championships have been set.  Due to a very busy calendar for junior athletes it is no longer possible to hold the junior and Masters together.  As a result of this the County Masters will now be held with on Friday May 13th at 7pm in the CIT Track.  The County Junior T&F will be held on Sunday May 27th.  Programmes for both nights are available:  County Masters T&F Friday May 13th, CIT Programme.

County Junior T&F Friday May 27th, Programme.

There are a number of open senior events are being held with these championships.  Any reasonable request for any extra senior events these will be considered.  Email corkathletics@eircom.net.

 

April 24th – Avondhu T&F Championships

Results

 

April 19th – County Board Meeting

A county board meeting was held tonight to discuss the Strategic Development plan for the AAI in the SMA Hall in Wilton.  The meeting was one of the best attended meetings for a long time indicating the importance which the athletics community in Cork are attaching to this development plan.  The overall feeling of the meeting was that the amount of information coming from headquarters about this plan was not adequate.  In response to this the county board was mandated to pursue a course of action will hopefully lead to more information about the plan being made available.

 

April 17th – County Board Meeting

There will be a county board meeting on Tuesday to discuss the Strategic Development plan for the AAI, it will start at 8pm in the SMA Hall in Wilton.

 

April 17th – Leevale Sports

Leevale sports were held today.  Anybody who thought the sports were going to be cancelled given the appalling weather early Sunday morning could be forgiven and this did have an effect on the crowd which was smaller than expected.  The weather may not great but the competition on the track more than made up for this.  The junior and senior events were particularly exciting.  The host club had a double in the senior 100m with Darren O’Donovan and Ailis McSweeney taking gold.  The junior 800m was won by Margaret McCarthy of Blarney Inniscarra while the junior men’s 1500m was won by Ciaran O’Lionaird.  The junior and under 23 1500m was run together and it was a thrilling race dominated by Cork athletes.  Jamie McCarthy of Riverstick Kinsale held onto a narrow lead for most of the race but with just over 200m to go Mark Hanrahan of Leevale took the lead and the European Junior Cross Country Medallist held on to take gold with McCarthy second.  Hanrahan’s good run earned him the Kevin Barry perpetual trophy for the best overall performance at the sports.  The senior 3000m was dominated by visiting Raheny Shamrocks athletes with Mark Kirwan winning the race.  Best Corkman in the race was Sean McGrath of East cork in 5th place.  Laura Crowe of Riocht athletic club won the senior 400m with Fiona O’Riordan of Blarney Inniscarra second.  Greg O’Leary of the host club won the senior men’s 400m.

 

The next open sports in Cork will be Riverstick Kinsale Open Sports on Monday May 2nd at 1pm in Riverstick GAA.  Ferrbank athletic club are holding an open sports in the clover centre nect Sunday in Waterford.   Next Sunday the divisional board are holding their track and field championships.  The West Cork championships are on in the CIT Track, the East Cork championships are on in Midleton while the Avondhu championships are on in Liscarroll GAA at 1pm.  Best of Luck to all the Cork athletes competing in the Irish Universities Track and Field Championships next weekend.

 

April 17th – Avondhu T&F Championships

The Avondhu Track & Field Championships go on at  Liscarroll GAA pitch on Sunday April 24 th 

at 1 pm. The Avondhu Clubs are Abbey Striders, Duhallow, Fanahan McSweeney, Grange Fermoy, Liscarroll, Mallow, Millstreet, North Cork

The programme for Gals and Guys:

U 6 :   50 m                              

U 8 :   80 m   Relay 

U   9:   80 m  300 m                                                             

U 10:   80 m  300 m Ball Throw  Relay          

U 11:   80 m  300 m Long Jump                       

U 12: 100 m  600 m High Jump  Relay       

U 13: 100 m 600 m Shot Putt                          

U 14: 100 m 900 m Long Jump Relay         

U 15: 100 m 900 m High Jump                     

U 16: 100 m 900 m Shot Putt  Relay                         

Senior:  100 m 1500m High Jump Long Jump, Mixed Relay

 

April 10th – Exciting Weekend of Athletics Ahead

The coming weekend will be a busy and exciting weekend for athletics in Cork.  On Saturday there is a coaching day in the CIT Track organised by the Munster Schools Athletics Association, these coaching days have proved very useful and beneficial to young athletes in the run up to the Track and Field Season so it is an event well worth attending.  Also on Saturday there is a coaching conference in the Great Southern Hotel near the Airport.  The conference is being organised by the County Cork local sports partnership and starts at 9am.  It will cover a range of topics from sports psychology to sports nutrition.  Registration is €75 and this includes lunch and refreshments.  Further details email info@cclsp.com.  In Dublin on Saturday the first meeting of the 2005 Athletics Academy will take place while the Athletics Ireland Water Crystal Awards will take place in Knock, Co. Mayo on Saturday night.

On Sunday Leevale Athletic Club hold their annual open sports.  This is the third year of their sports, which have become one of the biggest sports in Munster.  There is a comprehensive programme of events starting at 11.30am.  With the County Juvenile and Senior Track and Field Championships taking place in May this will be an important opportunity for athletes to prepare for the championships.  Full details are available on www.leevale.org.

 

April 10th – County Junior & Masters Tack and Field

The County Junior and masters Track and Field Championships which were scheduled for the Friday (April 15th) have had to be postponed due to the unavailability of the CIT Track.  It is proposed to now have the first leg of the County Masters Track and Field Championships on Friday May 13th and the Juniors and Friday May 27th.  Clubs will be notified when these dates are confirmed.

 

April 10th – County Road Championships

The County Novice and Masters Road Championships were held today in Banteer.  Host club Duhallow did a great job in organising the event.  Despite some showers early in the day, it stayed dry for the races.  The men’s race was very close after the first lap.  Kieran Hurley of Togher in a narrow lead with Donal Mannix of the Host Club Duhallow on his shoulder.  Hurley established a solid lead in the second lap with Niall Collins of North Cork and Denis McCarthy of East Cork behind him in second and third.  The places stayed the same during the last lap with Hurley taking gold, Collins silver and McCarthy bronze.  Best Novice Club was Eagle with Duhallow taking silver.  Best Masters Club was Eagle.

Margo Dina of St Finbarrs came to the fore early in the women’s race and held on to take gold in the novice race and the over 40 category.  In second place in the novice race was Martina Carver of Eagle with Margaret McCarthy of Blarney Inniscarra third.  Best Club were Blarney Inniscarra with Millstreet second.  Results, Full Results.

 

April 7th – Athletics Academy

At a county board meeting last night it was proposed to send a bus to the next athletics academy meeting on Saturday April 16th.  The bus would be leaving St Patrick's Quay at 6am on the Saturday.  Stops at Fermoy & Mitchelstown to pick up athletes would be possible.

If clubs are interested in travelling on the bus could they please inform Noreen Murphy on 021 4884495 before Sunday.

 

April 4th – All Ireland Road Relay Championships

Congratulations to St Finbarrs athletic club who had a very successful day at the All Ireland Road Relay Championships in Dublin today.  Their Masters Men team took silver while their masters women’s teams took gold and bronze in their race. Details will be available on the St finbarrs Website in the next while www.stfinbarrsac.com.

 

April 4th – All Ireland Juvenile Indoor Championships

Results

 

April 1st – County Road Championships

The County Road championships will take place on Sunday April 10th in Banteer starting at 1pm.  Entries are to be with Pat Buckley (5A Ashgrove Park, Bishopstown, Cork) by Wednesday April 6th. 

 

April 1st – County Junior & Masters Track & Field Championships

The County Junior & Masters Track & Field Championships will take place on Friday April 15th and Friday June 17th. The Programme for the First Day is available - Day 1.  Entries for the first day of these championships must be with Pat Buckley (5A Ashgrove Park, Bishopstown, Cork) by Tuesday April 12th.

 

April 1st – Coaching Conference

The Cork County Local Sports Partnership have organised a conference for Saturday April 16th.  The conference is on in the Great Southern Hotel starting at 9am and finishing at 4pm.  Areas to be covered include psychology, nutrition and fitness planning.  The registration is €75 and this fee includes a meal and some light refreshments.  Further Details are available on www.cclsp.com or info@cclsp.com.

 

March 31st – Coaching Day

A development day was held yesterday in the CIT Track almost 140 athletes took part.  Further coaching Days are planned see Coaching.

 

March 27th – Coaching Day Wednesday see Coaching

 

March 27th – Munster Novice & Senior Road Championships

The Munster Novice and Senior Road Championships were held today in Castlelisland, Co. Kerry.  A tough course put it up to competitors but it stayed dry throughout despite there being some rain near the county bounds.  Race Headquarters was the new Riocht Club House which is very impressive.

First race of the day was the men’s race.  After the first half mile Cork athletes Brian McMahon of Carraig na bhFear, Cathal O’Connell of St Finbarrs, Wieslaw Sosnowski of Eagle and Roy Fahy of East Cork were all in the leading bunch.  Brian McMahon stayed in touch with the leaders through the race and crossed the line to take bronze in the senior race with Roy Fahy of East Cork finishing in 4th.  Cathal O’Connell finished 7th in the senior race.  Wieslaw Sosnowski of Eagle took silver in the novice race leading the Cork novice mens team to gold.  The other scoring members of the team were Denis & James McCarthy of East Cork, Tom Maunsell of Leevale, Philip Withers of Duhallow and Michael Kilmeade of St Finbarrs. 

Collette O’Riordan of West Muskerry took silver in the senior womens race leading the County team to silver, only missing out on first place by a single point.  Jennifer Goggin of Leevale finished 4th with Catherine O’Rourke and Sharon McGarry of the Barrs finishing 9th and 17th were the other scorers for the senior team.  St Finbarrs (Angela McEvoy, Catherine O’Rourke, Jennifer De Colle & Sharon McGarry) took silver in the senior competition.  In the novice race Angela McEvoy of the Barrs finished in third place leading the County team to silver and her club to gold.  The County team was made up of athletes all hailing from St Finbarrs – Angel McEvoy 3rd, Catherine O’Rourke 5th, Jennifer De Colle 10th and Sharon McGarry 13th. The St Finbarrs Novice ladies team was Angel McEvoy, Catherine O’Rourke, Denise Twohig, Jennifer De Colle, Blaithin Hannon and Sharon McGarry.

Well done to County Team manager Joe O’Flynn who has worked very hard during the recent Cross Country and Road Championship Season bringing home a lot of County team prizes to Cork.

 

March 21st – Munster Novice & Senior Road Championships

The Munster Novice and Senior Road Championships take place in Castleisland, Co. Kerry this Easter Sunday at 1pm.  Race Headquarters are in the Riocht Club house.  As always anybody named unable to compete is asked to contact the county team manager Joe O’Flynn on 087 6483532 or email corkathletics@eircom.net.  Joe will have numbers and jerseys for those named on the day of the competition.

 

Cork Teams for Munster Novice & Senior Road Championships, Castleisland Track, Co. Kerry, Sunday March 27th (Easter Sunday):

Novice Men: Wieslaw Sosnowski, Ger Dunlea, Tony Kelleher, P McDonnell (Eagle), Philip Withers (Duhallow), James McCarthy, Sean McGrath, Fergus Meade, Denis McCarthy (East Cork), Billy O’Brien, Damien Twohig (Skibbereen), Pat Brown, Timmy Murphy, Kieran Hurley (Togher), Thomas Maunsell (Leevale).

Senior Men: Brian McMahon (Carraig na bhFear), Cillian Ó Tuama, Thomas Maunsell (Leevale), Stephen Macklin, Josh Palmer (Togher), James McCarthy, , Fergus Meade, Eric Meade (East Cork).

Novice Women: Angela McEvoy, Angie Amoeba, Elaine Keaty (St Finbarrs), M. Brickley (Donoughmore), Frances O’Regan (Skibbereen), Dawn Kelly (Belgooly), Maire Heffernan (Liscarroll), Liz Henderson, Niamh Rowe (Eagle), Barbara Harte (Bandon).

Senior Women: Anne Marie Healy, Martina Carver (Eagle), Joan Hough (St Finbarrs), Orla Touhy (Grange Fermoy), Claire Gibbons, Jennifer Goggin, Catherine Keohane (Leevale), Maria Hurley (Bantry).

 

March 20th – European Masters Indoor & Cross Country Championships

The European Masters Indoor Championships and Masters Cross Country Championships in Sweden near Stockholm.  Conditions for the cross country championships were very testing.  A tough course, snow along with sub zero temperatures put it up to the competitors.  Tommy Murphy of Skibbereen was the only Cork man in this race.  An experienced and accomplished international athlete, he has had a very good cross country season finishing second at the All Ireland masters cross country championships in February helping the county team win bronze.   His good season continued in this race as he finished in third place.  He then moved indoors taking part in the masters 3000m where he finished in fourth place.  Back in Ireland now he recently finished second in the Munster Masters Road Championships in Waterford.  Also taking part in the European Masters Indoor Championships was Frank Stam of Leevale who finished 11th in the pentathlon. 

 

March 20th – Athletics Ireland Academy

The first meeting of the 2005 athletics Ireland academy will take place on Saturday April 16th.  Clubs will be notified shortly about this meeting. 

 

March 20th – Athletics Ireland Academy

The provisional dates for the County Junior, Masters and Senior championships have been set for April 15th, May 22nd and June 17th.  The County Junior and Masters Track and Field Championships will take place on Friday April 15th and June 17th. starting at 7pm in the CIT Track.  The County Senior T&F Championships will take place on Sunday May 22 nd.  Electronic timing will once again be used.  The provisional programmes for these championships are available County Jnr & Masters Day 1, County Senior, County Jnr & Masters Day 2 – These will be approved at the next county board meeting so any changes requested should be forwarded to corkathletics@eircom.net.  

 

March 20th – Munster Masters Road Championships

The Munster Masters Road Championships were held in Waterford yesterday.  There were some good performance by Cork athletes.  Eamonn McEvoy of St Finbarrs won the over 50 category with Tommy Murphy of Skibbereen taking silver.  John O’Leary of Leevale won the over 65 race.  Denis McCarthy of East Cork took silver in the over 40 category.  The County over 50 team took gold while the St Finbarrs took silver in the over 50 inter club competition. 

Mary Sweeney of St Finbarrs won the over 40 race with her club mate Mary Murphy taking bronze here.  Carmel Parnell of Leevale won the over 45 category ahead of Joan Hough of the Barrs.  Marion Lyons of St Finbarrs took bronze in the over 50 competition.  The County teams took gold in both the over 35 and over 45 competition.  Bantry won silver in the over 35 interclub while the St Finbarrs won the over 45 club competition.  Well done to all concerned. 

Results

(there are gaps in the men’s results - over 55 & over 60,  please email corkathletics@eircom.net if you know any of the missing Cork results)

 

March 21st – Juvenile Indoor Championships

The first round of the national juvenile Indoor Championships was held in Nenagh over the weekend.  The weather on Saturday was very good making the day more suitable for T&F than indoor athletics.  Hopefully this good weather will be around in May & June for the T&F. 

There were a number of medals won by Cork athletes in the sprints.  Derek Duff of Leevale won the under 19 60m.  Timmy Hattington of Courceys, Ger Minehane of Skibbereen, Great Okafor of Bandon, Rebecca Corbett & Aoife Joyce of Leevale all did well in the sprints.  Stacey O’Sullivan of Bantry took bronze in the high jump while Tom Cross of Belgooly won bronze in the long jump.  Ray Flanagan of Youghal won the under 17 high jump with a personal best jump of 1.81m while Daniel O’Callaghan of Abbey Striders won the under 13 high jump.  Elaine O’Leary of Ballincollig took silver in the under 18 hurdles.  Leevale athletic club had a good weekend with a large number of medals being won by their athletes – see www.leevale.org.  Bandon athletes impressed Girls U12 Shot 1st Lynn Bradfield, Girls U13 Shot 1st Tracy Bradfield, Boys U13 Shot 1st Mark Sugrue, Girls U18 Shot 2nd Rachel Roche. The organisation on Saturday was very disappointing.  The sprints took an exceptionally long time to run off resulting in the programme falling three hours behind.  This should not be happening at national championships and clubs and athletes should write to Athletics Ireland (11 Prospect Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9) to complain about this.   

As is traditional no results appeared on the Examiner on Monday or as of yet on the athletics Ireland website.  Please forward any Cork results to corkathletics@eircom.net.

 

March 17th – Paddy Desmond 5km Memorial Road Race

The first running of the Paddy Desmond memorial road race took place today near Ballinhassig.  The event organized by Rising Sun athletic Club attracting almost 80 participants.  Ciaran O’Lionaird of Leevale was an impressive winner of the race in a time of 15.50. His training partner and club mate John Shine was 2nd in a time of 16.08 while Con Marshall of the Barrs was third.  Best men’s club was Eagle.  Margo Dinan of the Barrs won the women’s race with Collette O’Riordan of West Muskerry in second and Jennifer De Col of St Finbarrs third.  Best club was Midleton.  Full results are available on www.risingsunac.com.

 

March 17th – Market Tavern 60m Dash

The annual St Patrick’s Day 60m Dash was held today in Cork.  The event sponsored by the Market Tavern saw the county’s top sprinters in action.  Darren O’Donovan of Leevale was the surprise winner of the men’s race beating the defending champion Jer O’Donoghue who finished second.  Jessika Zebo of Leevale was an impressive winner of the Ladies womens dash.

 

March 13th – Paddy Desmond Memorial Road Race

The first running of the Paddy Desmond Memorial 5Km Road Race will take place on St Patrick’s Day.  The event is being organised by Rising Sun Athletic Club.  The course is situated on the back of the Cork-Kinsale Road near Bawnleigh House and the Rising Sun Bar which is near Ballinhassig.  Entry Fee is €6 and the race will start at 11.30am.  Further details are available from Jimmy Murray on 021 4771723.

Also on St Patricks Day is the St Patrick’s Day 60m dash sponsored by the Market Tavern.  The race will take place on Patrick Street starting at 12.00noon.

 

March 13th – Hectic Weekend ahead

The coming weekend will be an exciting one for many of Cork’s juvenile athletes who are taking part in the All Ireland Juvenile Indoor Championships in Nenagh. Events get underway at 10.00am both days.  Best of Luck to all the athletes taking part.

The County Teams have been named for the Munster Masters Road Championships on Sunday.  As always anybody named unable to compete is asked to contact the county team manager Joe O’Flynn on 087 6483532 or email corkathletics@eircom.net.  Joe will have numbers and jerseys for those named on the day of the competition.

Cork Teams for Munster Masters Road Championships, Waterford RSC, Sunday March 20th:

Men Over 40: Michael Murphy, Willie Hayes, Cathal O’Connell, Eamonn Carroll. Paul Dinan, T. O’Flynn (St Finbarrs), Denis McCarthy, D O’Sullivan (East Cork), Noel Curtin (Youghal), Joe Sullivan (Bandon), Pat Murphy, Joe Murphy (Eagle), Patrick O’Brien (Skibbereen), T Smyth (Eagle).

Men Over 50: Eamonn McEvoy, Liam O’Leary, Michael Dunne (St Finbarrs), Tommy Murphy (Skibbereen), Maurice Tobin (Grange Fermoy), Finbarr Long (West Muskerry), Frank Cashman, John Walshe (East Cork), John Quigley (Eagle), John O’Leary (Leevale).

Women Over 35: Mary Sweeney, Margo Dinan, Catherine O’Rourke, Angela McEvoy, Eileen Buckley, Angie Amoeba (St Finbarrs), Carmel Crowley, Grainne Caulfield (Bandon), Fiona Begley, Maria Hurley (Bantry), Frances O’Regan (Skibbereen).

Women Over 45: Joan Hough, Marion Lyons (St Finbarrs), Maura McCarthy (Bantry), Geraldine Curtin (Youghal), Carmel Parnell (Leevale), Maggie Dunne (Grange Fermoy), Kathleen O’Brien (East Cork).

 

March 13th – National Junior Indoor Championships & Indoor Relays

The national indoor championships were held yesterday in Nenagh.  A number of Cork athletes were in action and there were a number of very impressive performances.  Derek Duff of Leevale was an impressive winner of the junior 60m sprint in a time of 7.16.  His club mate Greg O’Leary finished second in the 200m in a time of 23.23 seconds.  Liam O’Brien of Togher finished in the bronze position in the 400m clocking a final time of just over 53 seconds. Conor Sheehy of Togher jumped 13.87m to win gold in the triple jump.   Joyce Curtin of Glenbower finished second in the 3000m in a time of 11.15 while Margaret McCarthy of Blarney Inniscarra was 4th in this event.  Christina Broderick of Belgooly was 3rd in the 200m running a time of 26.16.  Full results will be available on www.athleticsireland.ie. 

Today the national indoor relays were held in Nenagh.  A number of Cork clubs fielded teams in this competition.  The Belgooly pair of Marianne Krabbe  and Christina Broderick took gold in the triple jump and bronze in the long jump and high jump.  The Youghal pair of Deirdre Cronin and Caitriona de Paor finished 3rd in the triple jump and 5th in the long jump.  Tom Cross and Christopher Crowley of Belgooly combined to take bronze in both the long jump and triple jump.  On the track the Ballincollig 800m team of Edel Murphy, Triona O’Neill and Katie Fitzgerald won silver in an exciting 800m relay. 

 

March 12th – Another Successful Coaching Day

The second county coaching day was held today in the CIT Track.  Once again the weather was very good and over 50 athletes enjoyed attention from Cork’s top athletics coaches.  Feedback from athletes who took part would be appreciated - comments can be emailed to corkathletics@eircom.net. 

There will be a development day on Wednesday March 30th in the CIT Track for athletes under 12 or older starting at 11.00am and finishing at 1pm.  There will be a €2 registration fee.  The events to be covered will be sprints, sprint hurdles, long jump, high jump, shot and middle distance. 

 

March 11th – St Patrick’s Day 60m Dash

The St Patrick’s Day 60m Dash was launched tonight in the Market Tavern.  This event now in its 36th year attracts some of the county and country’s top sprinters.  Last year Ailis McSweeney and Jer O’Donoghue of Leevale were the fastest woman and man in Cork at this event.  Since last year both athletes have been in fantastic form both setting new indoor 60m records this season and competing in the European Indoor Championships in Madrid recently and both will be defending their titles on St Patricks Day.

Present at the launch were members of the Cork City Sports committee, members of the County Board, representatives of the Cork Junior Chamber and media representatives.  Lord Mayor Sean Martin launching the event lauded the effort in organising both the sprint and Bupa Cork City Sports.  He also stated that more investment in sports grassroots would pay huge dividends. 

The event this year is once again been sponsored by the Market Tavern.  This is their eleventh year sponsoring this event.   Their generous sponsorship means that there will be cash prizes for the sprinters in the final.  Any sprinters interested in taking part are asked to contact John Sheehan IMMEDIATELY: 086 8548428 or 021 4500530. 

The sprint will take place on Patrick Street starting at 12.00noon on St Patricks Day.    

 

March 9th – Cork Teams for Munster Road Championships

The County Teams have been named for the upcoming Munster Road Championships.  As always anybody named unable to compete is asked to contact the county team manager Joe O’Flynn on 087 6483532 or email corkathletics@eircom.net.  Joe will have numbers and jerseys for those named on the day of the competition.

 

Cork Teams for Munster Masters Road Championships, Waterford RSC, Sunday March 20th:

Men Over 40: Michael Murphy, Willie Hayes, Cathal O’Connell, Eamonn Carroll. Paul Dinan, T. O’Flynn (St Finbarrs), Denis McCarthy, D O’Sullivan (East Cork), Noel Curtin (Youghal), Joe Sullivan (Bandon), Pat Murphy, Joe Murphy (Eagle), Patrick O’Brien (Skibbereen), T Smyth (Eagle).

Men Over 50: Eamonn McEvoy, Liam O’Leary, Michael Dunne (St Finbarrs), Tommy Murphy (Skibbereen), Maurice Tobin (Grange Fermoy), Finbarr Long (West Muskerry), Frank Cashman, John Walshe (East Cork), John Quigley (Eagle), John O’Leary (Leevale).

Women Over 35: Mary Sweeney, Margo Dinan, Catherine O’Rourke, Angela McEvoy, Eileen Buckley, Angie Amoeba (St Finbarrs), Carmel Crowley, Grainne Caulfield (Bandon), Fiona Begley, Maria Hurley (Bantry), Frances O’Regan (Skibbereen).

Women Over 45: Joan Hough, Marion Lyons (St Finbarrs), Maura McCarthy (Bantry), Geraldine Curtin (Youghal), Carmel Parnell (Leevale), Maggie Dunne (Grange Fermoy).

 

Cork Teams for Munster Novice & Senior Road Championships, Castleisland Track, Co. Kerry, Sunday March 27th (Easter Sunday):

Novice Men: Wieslaw Sosnowski, Ger Dunl;ea, Tony Kelleher, P McDonnell (Eagle), Philip Withers (Duhallow), James McCarthy, Sean McGrath, Fergus Meade, Denis McCarthy (East Cork), Billy O’Brien, Damien Twohig (Skibbereen), Pat Brown, Timmy Murphy, Kieran Hurley (Togher), Thomas Maunsell (Leevale).

Senior Men: Brian McMahon (Carraig na bhFear), Cillian Ó Tuama (Leevale), Stephen Macklin, Josh Palmer (Togher), Eric Meade (East Cork).

Novice Women: Angela McEvoy, Angie Amoeba, Elaine Keaty (St Finbarrs), M. Brickley (Donoughmore), Frances O’Regan (Skibbereen), Dawn Kelly (Belgooly), Maire Heffernan (Liscarroll), Liz Henderson, Niamh Rowe (Eagle), Barbara Harte (Bandon).

Senior Women: Anne Marie Healy, Martina Carver (Eagle), Joan Hough (St Finbarrs), Orla Touhy (Grange Fermoy), Claire Gibbons, Jennifer Goggin, Catherine Keohane (Leevale), Maria Hurley (Bantry).

 

March 6th – Coaching Day

A coaching day will take place on Saturday March 12th see Coaching.

Best of Luck to Cork athletes competing in the All Ireland Indoor Junior Championships and AAI Games this weekend.

(The date coaching day was set in January before the date for the juniors was set, hence the unfortunate clash)

 

March 6th – Great European Indoor Championships for Ireland

Well done to all the Irish athletes who took part in the European Indoor Championships.  It was a great weekend for Irish athletics with David Gillick and Alistair Cragg winning gold medals in the 400m and 3000m.  Derval O’Rourke of Leevale set a new national record in the 60m hurdles.  Mark Carroll was 9th in the 3000m final.  Derval O’Rourke set a new national record in the 60m hurdles and was unlucky not to qualify for the final.   Ciara Sheehy and Paul Hession were very impressive in the 200m.  Jer O’Donoghue and Ailis McSweeny of Leevale competed in their first major world championships and will no doubt benefit from the experience.  It was disappointing that our mens 4x400m team was not there considering the great Irish talent in the 400m at present, something even the BBC commentators mentioned before the 4x400m final unfortunately only the top five teams in Europe were selected along with Spain so Ireland missed out. 

With the track & field season beginning in April clubs should start recruiting on the back of these successful championships so we will have big fields at our sports.  If any club requires assistance doing this they should contact the county board – corkathletics@eircom.net.

It would also be no harm for the fact to be highlighted that these successes came about despite there being only one dedicated indoor track in the island.   Sean Naughton and Nenagh Olympic AC deserve a lot of credit for the recent Irish indoor successes particularly in the sprints.  These successes may not have happened but for the track in Nenagh.  There is little doubt that if the existing facility in Nenagh was developed along with at least one more indoor track that Ireland could enjoy a lot more success internationally.  Perhaps clubs and individuals should remind the Minister of Sport with a letter about the lack of indoor athletic facilities in the country and ask what happened the proposed Indoor Stadium for Santry.

 

March 6th – Ballycotton 10

The Ballycotton 10 was held today.  The race had a record entry of over 2800 and just over 2000 athletes from all over took part in the race.  The weather was ideal. 

The race started at 1.30pm sharp.  Seamus Power took an early lead after the first mile, which was run in 4.13.  By the second mile Power had a narrow lead over last years winner Charles Kiplagat of Kenya and his compatriot Jackson Kip.  Dave Mitchinson of Newham & Essex Beagles AC joined the leading group at mile 4.  For the next three miles the lead constantly changed.  On more than one occasion Power dropped back from the leading group and looked like his challenge was finished but on ech occasion he responded putting himself back in contention.  The pace was upped with 3 miles to go and the defending champion Kiplagat drifted away from the leaders.  A great battle ensued over the last two miles and viewers were treated to a sprint finish through Ballycotton village.  Mitchinson held out to take first in a time of 48.26, Kipnetuny was second in 48.30 and Power was third in 48.36.  Last years winner Charles Kiplagat was 4th in 49.32.  First Cork man home was County Senior Cross Country Silver medallist Tim Hartley of North Cork in seventh.  County Half Marathon Champion Roy Fahy of East Cork was 10th while Wieslaw Sosnowski of Eagle was14th.  Claire Gibbons of Leevale who won the Carrigaline 5 last Sunday won her first Ballycotton 10 in a time of 57.52.  Gladys Daniels of DSD was second woman home.  Previous winner Valarie Vaughan of Blarney Inniscarra was fourth.  Results

Well done to everyone who took part and all who helped in the organisation of the event, which once again was a fantastic success.

For the latest news about the Ballycotton 10 and the Ballycotton 5 mile road races see Ballycotton Running Promotions

 

March 5th – Kit Kat All Ireland Schools Cross Country

The Kit Kat All Ireland Schools Cross Country Championships were held today in Dungarvan. Conditions despite a strong enough breeze were very good.  Underfoot conditions were ideal with a good running surface for the entire course.  The day was also blessed with almost uninterrupted sunshine.  The event as usual was well organised and went off on time and to plan. 

Cork had a number of school teams and individuals in action.  The best Cork performance was that of John Shine of Colaiste an Spiorad Naoimh in Bishopstown who finished third in the senior boys race.  Sean Smith of the North Mon was 4th while Timmy O’Donoghue of Midleton CBS was 5th.  Midleton CBS had reason to celebrate in this race as they successfully retained their team title in this race.  They finished on equal points with a Dublin School but won on count back illustrating how important it is for each member of a cross country team to finish as high up in the race as they can.  Great credit must go the Midleton CBS and their Coach Liam O’Brien for this fantastic feat.  Well done to all the Cork athletes who took part.  Results will be available on www.isaa.ie.

 

March 5th – Gold for Gillick and Cragg

Today was a great day for Irish athletics.

Derval O’Rourke of Leevale got the evening off to a good start finishing second in her 60m hurdles in a time of 8.02.  This is a new national record but more significantly she finished ahead of the current British number one and the current European number one who were third and fourth in this heat.  Best of Luck to Derval tomorrow in her semi final and hopefully we will see her in the final tomorrow evening. (coverage on RTE 2 from 8.35pm tomorrow)

Things only got better as the evening went on.  David Gillick had a tough run in the 400m.  He was third after the athletes cut in but was in second place by the time they were starting the second lap.  Over the last 50m the leader, David Canal of Spain started to fade and Gillick, still only 21, ran past him to take gold in a time of 46.30.  This is the first time for many in living memory that an Irish athlete has won gold in a sprint event at a major world championships. 

To top the evening off there was a terrific performance by Alistair Cragg in the 3000m.  Corkman Mark Carroll of Leevale shared the lead with Cragg for the first 1000m but Carroll drifted back after this.  Cragg then took the lead and set a modest pace for a few laps.  He then injected the pace leaving the home favourite Reyes behind.  For the last 1000 metres Cragg ran about 50 metres ahead of the field and was so comfortable he could indulge in a bit of a well earned celebration during the last lap.   Mark Carroll finished in 9th place.

Well done to both David and Alistair who have given us a great night to remember.

 

March 4th – Carroll through to 3000m Final

Mark Carroll of Leevale qualified comfortably for the European Indoor Championships 3000m final earlier today.  The experienced Carroll finished 4th in his heat in a time of 7.55.18.  He will be joined in the final by another Irish man the impressive Alistair Cragg who will be the favourite to take the title.  Best of Luck to both athletes.  The final will be televised live on RTE 2 at 7.15pm tomorrow (coverage starts at 6.15pm).  It will be good to see some live athletics on RTE.

Also running today were Ailis McSweeney and Jer O’Donoghue of Leevale in the 60m sprint.  Both failed to qualify from their heats.  Their times were slightly slower than the personal bests they have set this season.  This is the first time these two athletes have competed at a major world championships, they are both still young and very talented and will no doubt benefit from their experience in Madrid.

Derval O’Rourke competes in the sprint hurdles tomorrow.  We wish her the best of luck.  Also best of Luck to David Gillick in the 400m tomorrow.  He ran a personal best of 46.17 in the 400m this evening.

TV Coverage: RTE 2 from 6.15pm (also Eurosport and BBC)

Useful Websites: www.european-athletics.org, www.madrid2005.org, www.eurosport.com and www.athleticsireland.ie.  

 

March 2nd – St Patrick’s Day 60m Dash

A 60m dash will be held on St Patrick’s Day before the Parade in Cork City.  The sprint will take place in front of Brown Thomas.  There will be cash prizes, which are being kindly sponsored by the Market Tavern.  Anbody interested in entering this senior competition is asked to contact John Sheehan of Leevale IMMEDIATELY: 086 8548428 or 021 4500530.  Heats will be held if necessary.  A launch will be held in the next week.

 

March 2nd – County Board Meeting

A county board meeting was held tonight in the SMA Hall in Wilton.  A number of fixtures were approved at the meeting see fixtures.  A number of transfers were also approved.  Any athlete who wishes to transfer clubs must ensure that their transfer form is lodged with the County Registrar before the end of the month (John Copithorne, Belgooly, Co. Cork).  Esther Fitzpatrick thanked all those who helped at the recent Munster Indoor championships, Chair Noreen Murphy also thanked Esther for her hard work during the recent indoors.  The Munster Road Championships will be held on March 20th (Masters- Waterford) and March 27th (Novice & Senior- Castleisland), any club who is entering athletes is asked to contact County Team Manager Joe O’Flynn, 087 6483532, so that county teams can be picked.  The County Novice and Masters Road Championships have been set for April 3rd in Banteer starting at 1pm.  Entries to Pat Buckley, 5A Ashgrove Park, Bishopstown, Cork by Wednesday March 30th.  The finance committee set up at the February meeting will meet on Tuesday March 15th at 8pm.

A 60m dash will be held on St Patrick’s Day before the Parade in Cork City.  The sprint will take place in front of Brown Thomas.  There will be cash prizes, which are being sponsored by the Market Tavern.  Further Details to follow.

Concern was expressed at the meeting about the selection criteria for the Irish Womens team for the upcoming World Cross Country Championships.  The fact that the team for the short course was selected before the National short Course Cross Country championships was questioned.  It was also pointed out at the meeting that contrary to media reports, Breeda Dennehy Willis of Bandon Athletic Club was available for selection for the World Cross Country Championships.  Disappointment was also expressed at the meeting that Breeda is still owed expenses by Athletics Ireland.  These expenses have been owed for over two years.  The county secretary was requested to write to Athletics Ireland about these matters.  There was also a suggestion that the junior womens distance be shortened at the national inter club championships to encourage participation.  Duhallow athletic club was congratulated on finishing 4th at the recent National Junior Women’s inter club championships. 

The county board extends it’s best wishes to Ailis McSweeney, Jer O’Donoghue, Derval O’Rourke and Mark Carroll of Leevale who will compete in the European Indoor championships at the weekend.  Best wishes also to Cork born Niamh O’Sullivan of Riocht who competes in the World Cross Country Championships.

The next County Board meeting will take place on Wednesday April 6th.  There will be a juvenile meeting first so the meeting will start at 7.30pm.

 

February 28th – Very Busy Weekend Ahead

Next weekend will be a very busy weekend for athletics.  Locally the big event will be the Ballycotton 10 mile Road Race which this year has an entry of nearly 2800.  The race will be held on Sunday starting at 1.30pm.  There will be a great atmosphere in Ballycotton on Sunday so it will be well worth a visit.  Entries closed before Christmas and since then the local committee has been working very hard to get everything ready.  Assistance is needed to form a human chain near the end of the race finish.  The job entails reporting for duty at the marquee (school yard) just after the start of the race (1:45pm). You are then required to take up position just after the leaders have passed into the finish i.e. 2:30pm. and remain there until 3:30pm approx.  Niall O’Keeffe from the organising committee is coordinating this area of the race organisation. Anyone intending to help out should let Niall know of your availability as soon as possible.  He can be contacted as follows: Mobile: 087-9909758.  Email: okeeffe@iol.ie.  Best of Luck to all taking part.

The European Indoor Championships also take place next weekend in Madrid starting on Friday.  Cork has four athletes in action.  Leevale’s Jer O’Donoghue and Ailis McSweeney go in the 60m sprints while Ailis McSweeney takes part in the 60m hurdles.  Mark Carroll of Leevale is one of the best hopes of a medal based on recent form.  He goes in the 3000m.  A full programme is available on www.madrid2005.org and it will be televised on BBC and Eurosport.  Highlights will also be shown on RTE.  Further details are also available on www.athleticsireland.ie.  Best of Luck to all the Cork and Irish athletes competing in Madrid.

The Kit Kat All Ireland Schools Cross Country Championships take place on Saturday in Dungarvan.  A number of Cork athletes will be in action.  In the senior boys race watch out for John Shine of Colaiste an Spioraid Naoimh and Timmy O’Donoghue of Midleton CBS who were 2nd and 3rd at the Munster Schools Cross Country.  Joyce Curtin of Colaiste Eoin in Youghal after finishing second in the Munster Schools will be hoping to do well in the Senior Girls race.  Best of Luck to all the Cork athletes taking part.  Also on Saturday there is a schools regional squad coaching day in the CIT starting at 11.00am.

There is a County Board meeting on Wednesday at 8pm in the SMA Hall in Wilton.

 

February 28th – Corks Young Athletes impress at the Munster Indoors

The Munster U11 –U14 indoor championships were held over the weekend in Nenagh.  Once again Cork athletes impressed.  The Midleton U11 Girls won the 2x300m competition.  Lynn Bradfield of Bandon won the under 12 shot competition.  Rebecca Corbett of Leevale won the under 13 60 meters while Orla Nash of Riverstick Kinsale won the under 13 long jump.  Other Cork girls to impress were Jennifer Mullins of Bantry and the Grange Fermoy under 11 girls relay team.

Liscarroll won the under 11 boys 2x300m competition while Belgooly won the under 11 2xLong Jump competition.  Great Okafor won the under 12 sprint while Daniel O’Callaghan of Abbey Striders won the under 12 high jump.  Daire Walsh of Leevale won the under 12 shot, a competition in which Leevale had a clean sweep winning all three medals.  The Leevale under 12 boys won their 4x100m relay.  Denis Killeen of Leevale won the under 14 60 meter sprint.  Other Cork athletes to impress were Gearoid Finn of Riverstick Kinsale, Gary Minihane of Courceys, Michael Sweeney of Carraig na bhFear, Patrick Maher of Liscarroll and Daniel Colbert of Midleton.

Cork Results

Full Results

 

February 28th – Teams for World Cross Country Championships

Athletics Ireland recently announced the Irish teams for the World Cross Country Championships, which take place in France on March 19/20.  Sadly no athletes registered with a Cork club have been named.  Cork born Niamh O’Sullivan of Riocht is named on the Senior Women’s long Course team.  Mary Margaret Meade of North Belfast is also named on the team, she competed with UCC in the recent past.  Hopefully Cork will be better represented on Irish Cross Country teams in the future, coaching days to help ensure this long term have been organised see Coaching.

February 28th – Eagle ‘Carrigaline 5’

The Carrigaline 5 was held yesterday.  There were 173 competitors.  The race had a very close finish with Josh Palmer of Togher fnishing only four seconds ahead of the Wieslaw Sosnowski of the host Club.  Cathal O’Connell of St Finbarrs was third.  Claire Gibbons of Leevale won the ladies race in a course record. Her club mate Carmel Parnell second and Mary Sweeney of St Finbarrs third. The race raised €400 for Carrigaline Meals on Wheels. Results  (For full and detailed results see www.eagleac.net)

 

February 26th – Ballycotton 10 – Appeal for Assistance!

The Ballycotton 10 takes place this year on Sunday March 6th  (1:30pm start). In spite of the early entry cut off date of mid December another record number of finishers (2000 approx) is expected. As in former years the small local organising committee have pre-race preparations well in hand.  On race day many extra helpers are required to deal with all the chores that go with organising a race of this magnitude. The response from the local community (and the many regular outside helpers) as always is tremendous. But with such a small population to from which to draw help there is always a shortfall in volunteers.

This year (like last year) it is proposed to form a human chain from the finish to the changing area, a distance of 1 kilometre. The purpose is to ensure that the earlier finishers stay to the left hand side of the road as they return to the school. This will give the later finishers a clear run to the finish line.

 

The organising committee are appealing for assistance from athletic clubs and organisations in this regard. If there are any willing helpers free on the day it would be very much appreciated if they could please make themselves available.

The job entails reporting for duty at the marquee (school yard) just after the start of the race (1:45pm). You are then required to take up position just after the leaders have passed into the finish i.e. 2:30pm. and remain there until 3:30pm approx.

Niall O’Keeffe from the organising committee is coordinating this area of the race organisation. Anyone intending to help out should let Niall know of your availability as soon as possible.  He can be contacted as follows:

Mobile:   087-9909758

Email:     okeeffe@iol.ie

Regards,

Ballycotton Running Promotions

 

February 21st – Four Cork athletes on Irish Team for European Indoors in Madrid

The Athletics Association of Ireland announced it’s team for the European indoor Championships which will take place in Madrid in March in just over a week.  There are four Cork athletes on the team.  Ailis McSweeney and Derval O’Rourke of Leevale who recently set new Irish records in the 60m and sprint hurdles have been selected.  Another Leevale sprinter on the way to Madrid is Jer O’Donoghue who set a new stadium record in the 60m in Nenagh earlier this month.  The experienced Mark Carroll of Leevale competes in the 3000m at the European Indoors.  He has won the 3000m at these championships before and has been in good form at recent indoor meetings in the states.  Well Done and Best of Luck to all the Cork athletes traveling to Madrid.  The European indoor championships will be held on March 4-6th. (for further details see www.athleticsireland.ie and www.madrid2005.org).

 

February 20th – Busy Weekend Ahead

There is more indoor action this weekend with the second round of the Munster Juvenile Indoor Championships taking place in the Nenagh indoor arena.  It will be the under 11 to under 14 athletes who will be in action at these championships which start at 11.00am on both days.

Eagle Athletic Club host the Carrigaline 5 mile Road Race on Sunday (Feb 27).  The race which will start at 11.00am is one of the most popular road races in the county with many using the race as preparation for the Ballycotton 10.  Race headquarters are in Carrigaline community centre.  Entry fee is €8 with €2 of event entry going to Carrigaline Meals on Wheels.  The race is being sponsored by Carrigaline Physiotherapy and Sports injury clinic.  Results will be available by 12.30pm after the race. For further details see the Eagle AC Website.

 

February 20th - Munster U15-U19 Indoor Championships

The Munster Indoor Championships were held this weekend in Nenagh Indoor Arena in Co. Tipperary.  These Championships proved to be very successful from a Cork point of view with a large number of medals being won by Cork athletes.

Christina Broderick of Belgooly won four gold medals in the under 19 competitions winning the sprints, triple jump and high jump.  Triona O’Neill of Ballincollig took gold in the under 19 400m and 800m.  Eleanor O’Gorman of Fanahan McSweeney won the under 19 long jump.  Leevale’s Kathleen Fitzgerald and Mera O’Connor won the under 19 shot and hurdles.  Rachel Roche of Bandon won the under 18 shot while Maura Fitzgerald won the under 17 shot.  Francis O’Shea of North Cork had a very impressive middle distance double winning the under 16 800m and 1500m.  Stacey O’Sullivan of Bantry won the under 15 high jump while Leevale’s Aoife Joyce won the under 15 long jump.

Christopher Crowley of Belgooly had a very good day taking gold in the under 19 sprint hurdles, high, long and triple jump competitions.  Derek Duff of Leevale taking gold in the 60 meters finished ahead of his club mate Carl McNamara in the under 19 event, the places were reversed for the 200m race.  Joe Warne of Dohenys took silver in both the under 19 800m and 1500m.   Sean Crowley of Belgooly won the under 18 high jump.  His club mate Tom Cross won the under 18 triple jump while Brian McGowan of Skibbereen won the long jump.  Gerard O’Connell of Liscarroll successfully retained his under 18 sprint hurdles title.  Brendan O’Connor of Beara won the under 17 sprint, shot, 200 metres and long jump competitions.  Daniel McAulliffe of the Blarney Inniscarra won the sprint hurdles and helped his relay team win gold in a thrilling race.  William Heffernan of Liscarroll and David Quilligan of Leevale won the under 16 high and long jump competitions.  Timmy Harrrington of Courcies won the under 15 long jump.  Gerard Minihane won the under 15 sprint.   Leevale took gold in a very exciting under 15 relay race. 

Other athletes to impress were Jonathon Murphy of Carraig na bhFear, Ray Flanagan of Youghal, Adrian Stanley of Riverstick Kinsale, the Carrigtohill under 15 girls relay team, Niall Griffin of Glenbower. 

There is more indoor action next weekend with the second round of the Munster Juvenile Indoor Championships taking place.

Cork Results

Full Results: Boys Girls

 

February 20th – National Interclub Cross Country Championships

The national interclub cross country championships were held yesterday in Santry, Co. Dublin.  A number of Cork athletes were in action at the event.  In the senior men’s race first Cork athletes home was Brian McMahon of Carraig na bhFear in 22 nd position.  Fergus Meade of East Cork was 27th and was first home for the East Cork team (Donnacha O’Mahony 41st, Roy Fahy 42nd, Eric Meade 62nd, Denis McCarthy 68th) which finished 7th overall. 

Breeda Dennehy Willis of Bandon was 6th in the senior womens race with Munster Senior Cross Country champion Louise Cavanagh of UCC in 10th.

Timmy O’Donoghue of Glenbower finished in 9th in the junior men’s race.  His clubmates Kevin O’Brien (34th), Ronan McCarthy (45th) and Eanna Cantwell (47th) ran well to help the club finish 7th overall.  Munster Junior womens club champions Duhallow continue to improve finishing 4th in their race.  The scorers for the Duhallow team were County Junior Cross Country Champion Michelle Finn (15th), Michelle Twohig (18th), Carol Finn (29th) and Rose Twohig (26th).  Joyce Curtin of Glenbower was 21st in this race.

Full Results see www.athleticsireland.ie. 

 

February 17th – Coaching Day a Great Success

The Coaching Day held on Tuesday last was a great success.  The weather could not have been any better with brilliant sunshine throughout, hopefully we will enjoy similar weather in May.  Over 60 athletes attended the coaching day with athletes benefiting from coaching in the jumps, hurdles, middle distance, sprints and hurdles. 

Athletes who were part of the middle distance group received coaching advice from former international athlete Liam O’Brien, Bother Dooley who has coached many of the country’s top middle distance runners and Stephen Macklin who has played a big role in the recent successes of Douglas Community School and Togher athletic club.  They were assisted by Jamie McCarthy of Riverstick Kinsale who recently won a European Junior Cross Country medal with the Irish team.   The middle distance athletes were divided into two groups: 800m & 1500m and 3000m & Cross Country athletes.  Both groups did a training session.  It is hoped that the advice received, the training done and meeting with other middle distance athletes outside of competition will help middle distance running in Cork.

In general athletes who took part in the event were very happy with the day.  Feedback from athletes about the event is important and comments good or bad can be emailed to corkathletics@eircom.net. 

Another coaching day will take place again on Saturday March 12th in the CIT Track.  Athletes who have attained the following standards in their events are welcome to attend - High jump: athletes who have cleared 1.20m or higher.  Long jump: athletes who have jumped at least 3.50m (girls), 4m (boys).  Shot: athletes who competed in shot at last years County Championships.  Hurdles: (Long and sprint), athletes who competed in County Championships last year.  Sprints: athletes who finished in top 5 in sprints at county championships last year.  Middle Distance: athletes who won individual medals in either T&F or Cross Country.  Registration will be from 10.30-10.45am, coaching sessions will run from 11.00am –3pm with a break from 1.00-1.30pm.  Registration fee €5.  This initiative is being subsidised by the County Board using funds raised by the Womens Mini Marathon. 

 

February 14th – Forthcoming Events

There will be a coaching day tomorrow in the CIT Track see Coaching for more details.  This event is being subsidised by Funds raised by the Cork Ladies Mini Marathon.

On Saturday the National Inter Club Cross Country Championships take place in Santry see www.athleticsireland.ie for more details. 

The first round of the Munster Juvenile Indoor Championships take place in Nenagh this weekend.  Events begin at 11.00am both days.

 

February 14th – New National Records for Ailis McSweeney & Derval O’Rourke

There was a sensational performance by Ailis McSweeney of Leevale on Sunday at the Norwich Union European Trials & AAA Championships in Sheffield in the UK.   Ailis recently qualified for the European Indoor Championships running a time of 7.39 in a meeting in Budapest in Hungary just over a week ago.  Ailis running in the 60m sprint final in Sheffield finished third in a time of 7.37 which is a new national record (old record 7.38).  Derval O’Rourke finished third in the sprint hurdles in a time of 8.06 which eclipsed the old Irish Record. This is a fantastic achievement for Ailis, Derval and their club Leevale, and we wish them all the best in their preparations for the European Indoors which are in Madrid on March 4-6th.

Brian Murphy of UCC ran a personal best in the 400m (47.83) at the AAA Championships reaching the semi-finals of the 400m.  His training partner Paddy O’Gorman of Leevale ran a time of 49.46 in the first round of the 400m.

 

February 12th – Kit Kat Munster Schools Cross Country Championships

The Kit Kat Munster Schools Cross Country championships were held today in Dungarvan.  Underfoot conditions were good but a strong gale certainly tested the athletes taking part.  Thankfully though I stayed dry during the races.

In the minor girls race, Emma O’Neill of Mount Mercy was 5th while Christ the King finished 3rd in the team competition.  B Corbell of Youghal CBS won the minor boys race while Youghal CBS finished 2nd.  T Dineen of De La Salle in Macroom was 4th in this race.  In the junior girls race Frances O’Shea of St Marys in Charleville was 5th.  Michael O’Sullivan of McEgan College Macroom was 4th in the boys race with Douglas Community School finishing 3 rd in the team competition.  In the intermediate girls race Colaiste Treasa athletes Michelle Finn and Michelle Twohig were 3rd and 4th with Sinead Power of Youghal 5th.  Colaiste Treasa (Kanturk) was 3rd in team competition.  Craig Murphy of Douglas CS was 6th in the intermediate boys race with his schools finishing 2nd in the team competition.  Joyce Curtin of Colaiste Eoin in Youghal was 2nd in the Senior girls race with Louise Finn of Ballincollig Community school claiming 6th place.  In the senior boys race John Shine of Colaiste an Spioraid Naomh was 2nd with Timmy O’Donoghue of Midleton CBS finishing 3rd ahead of Sean Smyth of the North Mon in 4th and William Hughes of the North Mon in 6th.  Midleton CBS won the team title with Douglas CS taking bronze.  Cork Results

Douglas Community School was the best overall boys school.  Great credit here must go to Stephen Macklin of Togher who has played a big role in the success that has been enjoyed by both Togher and Douglas Community School in the last few year.

 

February 6th - Munster Schools Cross Country

The Munster Schools Cross Country Championships take place on Saturday in Dungarvan.  There were some exciting races at last weekend's South Munster Schools Cross Country Championships in Carrignavar see Results. Best of Luck to all the Cork athletes taking part.

Also on next weekend is the Munster AAI Council AGM, which takes place in the Riocht club house in Castleisland on Sunday starting at 2pm. 

 

February 6th - National Indoor Championships

The national senior indoor championships were held in Nenagh this weekend.  Jer O'Donoughue of Leevale clocked a very impressive personal best of 6.76 to win the 60m agonisingly close to the qualifying time of 6.75 for the European Indoors.  Ailis McSweeney completed a Leevale double in the sprint taking gold in the women's 60m.  Derval O'Rourke of Leevale successfully retained her hurdles title.  Jer, Ailis and Derval all set new stadium records with their performances.  Derek Duiff of Leevale took silver in the 200m B final.  Mark Hanrahan of Leevale won the senior 3000m in a time of 8.40.  His club mate Ciaran O'Lionaird who recently qualified for the European youth olympics took silver in the 1500m.  Orla Drumm of UCC finished second in the 1500m in a time of 4.54.09.  Olympian Robert Heffernan won the mens 5K walk title in a time under 20 minutes.  In the 400m Brian Murphy of UCC won silver with Kevin Walsh of Togher taking bronze while Dawn Kelly of Belgooly also won bronze in the women's 400m.  Deirdre Murphy of Leevale who won a Munster award recently took bronze in the shot while Deirdre Cronin of Youghal took bronze in the long jump.  Ray Flanagan of Youghal won silver in the junior pole vault.  Cork based Shane Cullinane of Nenagh Olympic and Denis Finnegan of Spa Muckross won silver in the long jump and triple jump competitions.   Well done also to Fiona O’Riordan of Blarney Inniscarra and Conor Sheehy of Togher who finished fourth in the 800m and triple jump competitions. 

Cork Results

 

February 2nd - County Board Meeting

There was a county board meeting recently in the SMA Hall in Wilton.  A number of items were discussed.  A request to support coaching days in February and March was made, the board agreed to support this initiative with funds raised by the mini marathon see coaching page for details.  Clubs are being notified about these coaching days. 

The board heard at the meeting that the proposed development of a stand at the CIT Track seems to have fallen through.  This is a big disappointment for athletics in Cork as the CIT Track is the best track in the country.  In order to make this the premier athletics facility in the country it does need some shelter for athletes and spectators as well as some extra accommodation for officials. 

The following dates have been set for the County Championships – May 8 & 15th for the County Juvenile T&F championships, May 22nd for the County Senior Track and Field Championships.  Suggestions to corkathletics@eircom.net for suitable dates for the County masters and junior T&F championships would be welcome.  A number of fixtures were also approved, see fixtures.  No date has been set for the County Road championships, clubs interested in hosting this event should notify the board (corkathletics@eircom.net)

County Team Manager Joe O’Flynn gave a detailed report of the success enjoyed by county teams in cross country since November.  The county manager was complimented on the hard work he has put in over the last few months. 

The motions for the upcoming Munster AGM were discussed.  Delegates for this AGM were nominated.  A finance committee was also created at this meeting.  The committee (Pat Walsh, Noreen Murphy, John Hayes, Mary Murphy, Padraig Kelly, Pat Buckley, Mary Meagher, Ina Killeen) will meet on Wednesday February 23rd at 8pm in the SMA Hall in Wilton.

The next County Board meeting will be held on Wednesday March 2nd at 8pm in the SMA Hall in Wilton.

 

January 31st – County Board Meeting

There will be a County Board meeting on Wednesday at 8pm in the SMA Hall in Wilton.

There is a funding seminar in Coláiste Choilm, Ballincollig on Wednesday February 9th from 7-9pm.  This will be of interest to any clubs who are considering seeking funding or are in the process of applying for funding.

 

January 31st – National Indoor Championships

The national indoor championships will be held this weekend in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary.   Leevale’s Ailis McSweeney, Derval O’Rourke and Jer O’Donoghue will be medal favourites in the sprint events.  Deirdre Murphy of Leevale will be one of the strong contenders for medals in the shot.  Other athletes to watch out for include Munster 400m champion Dawn Kelly of Belgooly, her club mate Christina Broderick in the jumps, Munster 1500m Champion Orla Drumm of UCC and Cork based athletes Shane Cullinane of Nenagh Olympic and Denis Finnegan of Spa Muckross.  Best of Luck to all the Cork athletes taking part.  

 

January 31st – International News

A number of Cork athletes impressed in indoor competitions around the world last weekend.  Mark Carroll of Leevale ran 7.46.60 to win a 3000m Race in Boston.  In Bratislava, Slovakia Ailis McSweeney of Leevale got her qualifying time for the European Indoors in the 60m running a time of 7.39 (national record 7.38).  Derval O’Rourke won the sprint hurdles in Budapest last Friday in a time of 8.12 but had to settle for silver in Batislava in another race on Sunday.  More international news is available on the athletics Ireland website – www.athleticsireland.ie.

 

January 31st – National intermediate and Masters Cross Country Championships

The national intermediate and masters cross country championships were held in Tinryland, Co Carlow yesterday.  This event traditionally a good event for the county once again proved to be good.  The County won silver in the intermediate men’s.  First home for the county was Sean McGrath of Midleton.  Also scoring for the team were Tim Murphy & Kieran Hurley (Togher), Thomas Maunsell & Cillian Ó Tuama (Leevale) and James McCarthy (East Cork).  Maire Heffernan of Liscarroll was only Cork runner in the intermediate women’s race and finished a creditable 33rd.

Cathal O’Connell of St Finbarrs in 5th led the County Masters Team to bronze.  The other scoring members of the team were Denis McCarthy of East Cork, Tommy Murphy of Skibbereen, Michael Murphy & Eamonn McEvoy of St Finbarrs and Joe O’Sullivan of West Cork.  Carmel Parnell of Leevale in 6th place led the County Masters women to silver.   The scorers for the team were Carmel Parnell of Leevale, Joan Hough, Mary Sweeney (St Finbarrs) and Carmel Crowley of West Cork and Bandon.  Mary Sweeney in 10 th led St Finbarrs to gold in this race, the other scorers for the club were Joan Hough, Margo Dinan and Angela McEvoy.  Cork Results

 

January 31st – Munster Athletics Star Awards

The Munster Athletics Star Awards were held on Saturday night in the Cahir House Hotel, Cahir, Co. Tipperary.  Tipperary County Board who were hosting the event did a splendid job organising everything.  A number of Cork athletes received awards on the night.

Two Cork athletes received the international awards with Olympic Walker Robert Heffernan of Togher and Olympic Hurdler Derval O'Rourke of Leevale receiving theses awards.  Special Merit Awards were given to 400m runners Marian Andrews of Togher and Paddy O’Gorman of Leevale.  Both of these athletes had championship best performances in the 400m at the Munster senior T&F championships last year.  Deridre Murphy of Leevale received the under 23 award, Deirdre set a new personal best and Munster championships best in the Discus at the Munster U23 T&F championships last year in Castleisland, Co. Kerry.  Daniel McAuliffe of Blarney Inniscarra received the juvenile special merit award, Danny won gold in the high jump in the indoors last year and won four gold medals at last year’s Munster Track and Field Championships.  Christina Broderick of Belgooly received the Jay Thor Trophy for the triple jump.  Christina is the current Munster and national triple jump champion.  Ciaran O’Lionaird of Leevale won the Cross Country award.  Ciaran is one of the country’s rising middle distance stars and won the Munster under 17 and under 18 cross country last year.  Harriet Cross of Belgooly and Brendan O’Connor of Beara received the Cork Juvenile awards.  Harriet won gold medals in the sprint, long hurdles and long jump at last years Munster Championships.  Brendan won 5 gold medals at the Munster Indoor championships last year.  Well done to all the Cork recipients of Munster awards.

A number of clubs also received presentations – East Cork: Munster Senior Mens Cross Country Champions, Men 45-50 Road Championship. Glenbower: Munster Junior Women’s Cross Country.  Champions.  UCC: Munster Senior Womens Cross Country Champions.  St Finbarrs: Womens Senior 7 Masters Half Marathon Champions, Women’s 35-40 Cross Country, Men’s 45-50 Cross Country.  Leevale: Best Club Senior Track and Field.  Ballincollig: Best Club Under 23 Track and Field. 

Pictures

 

January 26th – Ciarán set for European Youth Olympics

Ciaran O’Lionaird of Leevale had a very impressive run in Cardiff Indoor junior 1500m.  He ran a new personal best time of 3.50 which is inside the qualifying time for the European Youth Olympics and faster than he has ever ran outdoors in this event. 

Also performing well at this event was Leevale’s Ailis McSweeney who ran 7.50 to finish second in the 60m.  Derval O’Rourke of Leevale won the sprint hurdles in 8.24.  Jer O’Donoghue of Leevale was 3rd in the senior 60m in a time of 8.24.   Derek Duff of Leevale won bronze in the junior 60m, his time 7.2, his club mate and CIT sports bursary recipient Carl McNamara took bronze in the 200m in a time of 23. 17.

 

January 26th – All Ireland B Cross Country

The All Ireland B Cross Country championships were held in Athlone Institute of Technology last Sunday.  Conditions for running were ideal with the sun clearing away the overnight frost.  The course itself despite being on the Institiute Campus was a fine course with a hill, woodland and a decent flat stretch. 

County teams fared well with the County winning gold in the under 15 boys, under 11 boys and under 13 girls competitions, silver in the under 13 and under 17 boys competitions and bronze in the under 17 girls competition.  Midleton, Duhallow, West Muskerry and Glenbower athletic clubs won medals in the club competition. 

In the intercounty cross country relays the Cork under 12 boys and under 12 and 14 girls teams all ran well but finished outside the medals.  The under 14 boys team did the county proud winning silver in their race.  Patrick Maher of Liscarroll ran the first leg of the relay getting the county into a good position. Taking the baton from Patrick was Michael O’Sullivan of West Muskerry who ran a fantastic consolidating the hard work done by Patrick.  Carraig na bhFear athletes Colin O’Sullivan and Thomas Allen ran the last two legs of the relay both doing their best for the County Team. Thomas running the last leg for the County team crossed the line in the silver position.

Pictures from Juvenile Cross Country Relays

 

January 24th – All Ireland Intermediate and Masters Cross Country Championships

The National Intermediate and Masters Cross Country championships take place on Sunday January 30th in Tinryland, Co. Carlow.  Cork athletes fared well at this event last year when it was held in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.  Orla Drumm of UCC was 2nd in the women's intermediate race.  The County team won bronze in this race. Alan O'Shea of Bantry finished 3rd in the men's intermediate race leading the County won to gold here.  In the masters races Cathal O'Connell of St Finbarrs and Carmel Parnell of Leevale led their County teams to silver.

This years county teams include many of the County top athletes.  Sean McGrath who won the Munster Indoor 3000m recently leads the men's team while County & Munster Intermediate Cross Country Champion Orla Touhy of Grange Fermoy leads the women's team.  A bus has been hired to transport athletes to the event.  The bus will leave St Patrick’s Quay, Cork City Centre at 8am on the day.  Any athlete named who is unable to travel is asked to contact County Team Manager Joe O’Flynn on 087 6483532. 

 

Intermediate Men:  Sean McGrath (Midleton), Frank Hayes (East Cork), Tim Murphy, Stephen Macklin, Pat Browne, Kieran Hurley (Togher), Tony Kelleher, Sean Whelan, Ger Dunlea (Eagle), Thomas Maunsell (Leevale), Kieran Ryan (St Finbarrs), Billy Flaherty (Skibbereen).  Subs: Billy O’Brien, Damien Twohig (Skibbereen), Derek O’Leary (St Finbarrs).

Intermediate Women: Orla Touhy (Grange Fermoy), Jennifer Goggin (UCC), Liz Henderson, Martina Carver, Niamh Rowe (Eagle), Maire Heffernan (Liscarroll), Angie Amoeda, Denise Twohig (St Finbarrs).  Subs: Marjorie Lynch (Togher), Mary Cotter (Eagle), Elaine Keaty (St Finbarrs).

Masters Men: Michael Murphy, Willie Hayes, Cathal O’Connell, Eamonn Carroll, Paul Dinan, Eamonn McEvoy (St Finbarrs), Tommy Murphy (Skibbereen), Denis McCarthy (East Cork), Joe O’Sullivan (Bandon), Noel Curtin (Youghal), Pat Murphy, Joe Murphy (Eagle).  Subs: Patrick O’Brien (Skibbereen), Liam O’Leary (St Finbarrs), John O’Riordan (Rising Sun).

Masters Women: Mary Sweeney, Joan Hough, Margo Dinan, Catherine O’Rourke, Angela McEvoy, Mary Murphy (St Finbarrs), Carmel Crowley (Bandon), Carmel Parnell (Leevale). Subs: Maria Hurley, Maura McCarthy, Fiona Begley (Bantry).

 

January 21st – Exciting Weekend ahead.

This weekend will be an exciting weekend for athletics in Cork.  The All Ireland Juvenile B Cross Country Championships and All Ireland Juvenile Cross country Relays take place on Sunday in the Institiute of Technology in Athlone, Co. Westmeath.  Last year a number of County teams won medals at this competition.  Best of Luck to the Cork athletes in action on Sunday. 

There are a number of Cork athletes in action in International Competitions in Cardiff on Sunday.  The Celtic Cross Country International will see two Cork athletes running with Fiachra Lombard of Leevale named on the Senior mens team and Frances O’Shea of North Cork neamed on the under 17 team.  At the Cardiff Indoor International a number of Cork athletes will be hoping to do well.  Ailis McSweeney of Leevale will be hoping to get her qualification time for the European Indoors, which she was unlucky to miss recently in Nenagh.  Olympian Derval O’Rourke will be hoping to get the qualification time in the sprint hurdles.  Jer O’Donoghue is another Leevale athlete who could post a European Indoor qualification time at this meet.  In the junior men’s team Derek Duff and Carl McNamara of Leevale will take part in the sprints while Munster Junior 1500m champion Ciaran O’Lionaird of Leevale goes in the 1500m.  Hopefully there will be a few Cork Athletes heading to Madrid in March for the European Indoors after this weekend.

 

January 19th – Run for Asia

Cork’s Run for Asia was held last night in the City Centre.  The event saw many of Corks top sports stars in action with international athletes from athletics and Rugby taking part as well as Cork’s GAA, Soccer and Basketball stars.  The race was started by Lord Mayor Sean Martin with the assistance of Bishop Buckley.  First over the line was James McCarthy of East Cork Athletic Club followed closely by John Shine and Ciaran O’Lionaird of Leevale.  Olga Cronin of East Cork was the first woman over the line with Orla Drumm and Jennifer Goggin of UCC Athletic Club finishing second and third. 

The organising committee were delighted with the event in which close on one thousand took part.  Already over €10,000 has been raised by the event with more money still coming in.  The organising committee extend their sincere thanks to all who made the event possible and 96 &103fm, Redfm and the Echo for the publicity they gave the event.  Participants in last night’s event can download participation certificates from www.runforasia.com.  Redfm had a reporter at the event so listen out for interviews tomorrow. 

The moneys raised by the event will be shared between the following charities Concern, Goal, Hope Foundation, Oxfam, Red Cross and Trocaire.

 

Thanks to the City Council, the Gardaí Síochána, Civil Defence, Red Cross Ambulances and the Imperial Hotel who made the event possible on the night.  A special thanks to all the volunteers who helped.  In the run up to the event it was a huge relief from an organising point of view to be confident that there would be plenty of good help available on the night.  People took time off work to help at the office during the afternoon and early evening, people travelled from all over the county to take part and to help out with the stewarding and no doubt many dinners were eaten late last night or were done without.   

 

January 16th – Run for Asia

Cork’s Run for Asia takes place on Wednesday evening starting at 7.30pm on the South Mall.  Race stewards are asked to meet in front of the Imperial Hotel at 6.45pm and if possible to supply their own luminous bibs.  Participants taking part in the run which is 3 kilometres long are asked to be lined up by 7.15pm.  Numbers are available for €10 from 12pm today in the Imperial Hotel on the South Mall.  Numbers should be collected before 7pm. 

 

January 16th – Good News from Clare

There was good news from Clare today where the Munster Senior and Junior Cross Country Championships were held.  A challenging course put it up to athletes but Cork teams fared well with County teams winning gold in a number of Events.

Donnacha O’Mahony of East Cork had to settle for 2nd in the senior men’s race relinquishing his title but this nevertheless impressive performance helping the County Team and East Cork Athletic Club retain their respective titles.  Des Casey of Millstreet had a very impressive run in this race finishing third overall. 

Louise Cavanagh of UCC finished 2nd in the senior ladies race leading her club UCC and County to Gold in this event.  The County Junior mens team missed out on the medals with Glenbower winning bronze in the inter club competition.  The County Junior women had a good day.  County Junior Cross Country Champion Michelle Finn finished in the silver position in her race with her club mate Michelle Twohig winning bronze.  These performance helped the County win gold and Duhallow win their first Munster Junior Womens Club title.  Results

 

At the AAI Indoor Games  in Nenagh there some good performance by Cork athletes.  Jer O’Donoghue of Leevale continued his good form in the 60m winning the A final in a time of 6.83.  Darren O’Donovan of Leevale won the 60m C Final.  Carl McNamara of Leevale won the 200m C Final, Derek Duff of the same club also impressed here winning silver in the A final.  Ronan Foolkes of Togher won the 400m B final while his Club mate and 2004 Olympian Robert Heffernan won the 3000m Walk.

Ailis McSweeney of Leevale won the 60m beating Ciara Sheehy of DCH into 2nd.  The places were reversed in the 200m held later in the day.  Christina Broderick of Belgooly won the 200m C final.  Dawn Kelly and Louise Finn of Belgooly won medals in the 400m races.  Kathleen Fitzgerald of Leevale won bronze in the Shot.

Danny McAuliffe of Blarney Inniscarra won the under 17 high jump with Ray Flanagan of Youghal taking silver.  Tom Cross of Belgooly took bronze in the long jump.  Timmy Harrington won silver in the under 15 60m while Christopher Murnan of Leevale won the under 15 200m.  Harriet Cross of Belgooly won the under 15 200m with Caitriona O’Callagahan of Grange Fermoy winning bronze in this event.  Cross won the 200m while O’Callagahan took silver in this race. Cork Results,  Full Results see www.athleticsireland.ie.

 

January 16th – National Intermediate and Masters Cross Country Championships, Co. Carlow

The County teams for these upcoming championships have been named.  Any athletes named who is unable to travel is asked to contact County Team Manager Joe O’Flynn on 087 6483532.  A bus has been hired to transport athletes to the event.  Th ebus will leave St Patrick’s Quay at 8am on the day.

Intermediate Men:  Sean McGrath (Midleton), Frank Hayes (East Cork), Tim Murphy, Stephen Macklin, Pat Browne, Kieran Hurley (Togher), Tony Kelleher, Sean Whelan, Ger Dunlea (Eagle), Thomas Maunsell (Leevale), Kieran Ryan (St Finbarrs), Billy Flaherty (Skibbereen).  Subs: Billy O’Brien, Damien Twohig (Skibbereen), Derek O’Leary (St Finbarrs).

Intermediate Women: Orla Touhy (Grange Fermoy), Jennifer Goggin (UCC), Liz Henderson, Martina Carver, Niamh Rowe (Eagle), Maire Heffernan (Liscarroll), Angie Amoeda, Denise Twohig (St Finbarrs).  Subs: Marjorie Lynch (Togher), Mary Cotter (Eagle), Elaine Keaty (St Finbarrs).

Masters Men: Michael Murphy, Willie Hayes, Cathal O’Connell, Eamonn Carroll, Paul Dinan, Eamonn McEvoy (St Finbarrs), Tommy Murphy (Skibbereen), Denis McCarthy (East Cork), Joe O’Sullivan (Bandon), Noel Curtin (Youghal), Pat Murphy, Joe Murphy (Eagle).  Subs: Patrick O’Brien (Skibbereen), Liam O’Leary (St Finbarrs), John O’Riordan (Rising Sun).

Masters Women: Mary Sweeney, Joan Hough, Margo Dinan, Catherine O’Rourke, Angela McEvoy, Mary Murphy (St Finbarrs), Carmel Crowley (Bandon), Carmel Parnell (Leevale). Subs: Maria Hurley, Maura McCarthy, Fiona Begley (Bantry).

 

January 15th – County AGM

The Cork County Athletics Association of Ireland AGM was held today in Bishopstown GAA.  A special thanks to host club Leevale, in particular Ina Killeen for organising the venue and refreshments.   The meeting began with a minute silence for the late Robert Holohan of Midleton, the victims in South East Asia and friends who are no longer with us.

Noreen Murphy in the Chairman’s address mentioned a number of successes in the county during the year – the county senior T&F championships, the coaching day in the CIT, the mini marathon and Fleming Construction sponsoring the Cork athletes in the Irish Athletics Academy.  She thanked all her officers and in particular the Buckleys, the Walshes and Mary Meagher who make the mini marathon possible.  The chairman expressed concern that development at CIT Track seems to have stalled over the last year.  She also said that the offer of Sonia O’Sullivan to help athletics in Ireland should be taken up directly by Cork County Board.  The treasurer Pat Walsh reported a healthy balance entirely due to the funds raised by the Mini Marathon.    County Registrar John Copithorne reported that nearly 2600 athletes registered and 36 clubs registered in 2004. 

All of last years officers were re-elected.  Tributes were paid to outgoing Chair of the Juvenile Committee Tim Fitzpatrick.  Tom Houlihan of Midleton was elected new chairman of the Juvenile Committee with Ina Killeen of Leevale being nominated new vice chairman and PRO of the committee.

A number of motions and recommendations were passed at the AGM and some of these will be discussed at the next County Board meeting on Wednesday February 2nd at 8pm in the SMA Hall in Wilton. 

Officers Cork County Board 2005: Chair: Noreen Murphy (Carraig na bhFear), Vice Chair: Dan McCarthy (East Cork) & Tim Aherne (Blarney Inniscarra), Secretary: Maura McCarthy (Bantry), Treasurer: Pat Walsh (Skibbereen), Registrar: John Copithorne (Belgooly), Recorder: Ted Murray (Togher), PRO: Padraig Kelly (Ballincollig). Juvenile Committee – Chair: Tom Houlihan (Midleton), Secretary: Mary Meagher (Blarney Inniscarra), PRO: Ina Killeen (Leevale).

 

January 15th – Fleming Construction Sponsorship of Cork Academy Athletes

Fleming Construction are sponsoring the Cork athletes who are members of the Irish athletics academy.  This sponsorship will be used to pay for travelling expenses incurred by athletes attending the Academy.  Any athlete who is a member of the academy and has attended the Academy days is asked to contact the county board so that any moneys due can be passed on.  Further details email corkathletics@eircom.net.

 

January 14th – Busy Weekend Ahead

Tomorrow the Cork AAI AGM takes place in Bishopstown GAA starting at 2pm.  On Sunday the Munster Senior and Junior Cross Country championships take place in Sixmile Bridge Co. Clare starting at 1pm.  2004 Munster Senior Cross Country Champions Donnacha O’Mahony of East Cork and Louise Cavanagh of UCC will lead the County senior teams.  Best of luck to all competing.  Also on Sunday the AAI indoor games take place.  There will be a lot of interest in Jer O’Donoghue of Leevale in the 60 metres after his great performance last weekend at the Munster Championships. 

Numbers for Cork’s Run for Asia on Wednesday January 19th will be available at the following venues this weekend – Wilton Shopping Centre, Douglas Court, Merchants Quay, Blackpool Shopping Centre and the Imperial Hotel.  The race offices will be open on Saturday from 12pm-6pm and Sunday from 2pm-6pm. (further details www.runforasia.com).  The course for the race has been finalized – 30 stewards are needed for the course while more will be needed to steward the start/finish area.  Stewards are asked to be assembled outside the Imperial Hotel by 6.45pm on Wednesday night. 

 

January 12th – Run for Asia

Numbers for Cork’s Run for Asia on Wednesday January 19th will be available at the following venues this weekend – Wilton Shopping Centre, Douglas Court, Merchants Quay, Blackpool Shopping Centre and the Imperial Hotel.  The race offices will be open on Saturday from 12pm-6pm and Sunday from 2pm-6pm. (further details www.runforasia.com)

Anybody who is available to help at these offices should contact Padraig Kelly on 086 8689599, even an hour would be a big help.

 

January 10th – Munster Indoor Championships Results

The Munster Senior and Indoor Championships were held yesterday in Nenagh.  Performance of the day was that off Jer O’Donoghue of Leevale who set a new stadium record in the 60m sprint, his winning time was 6.79.  More can be read about Jer’s performance in the Examiner Sports Section today, www.examiner.ie.   County Intermediate Cross Country Champion Sean McGrath of Midleton won his first Munster title winning the 3000m.  Olympian Robert Heffernan of Togher won the 5000m Walk.  Kevin Walsh of Togher won the 400m and helped the Togher senior men take gold in the 4x200m relay.  Ailis McSweeney of Leevale had a comfortable sprint double winning the 60m and 200m.  Dawn Kelly of Belgooly won the senior 400m.  Orla Drumm of UCC had a middle distance double winning the senior 800m and 1500m.

In the junior events Cork athletes impressed with training partners Ciaran O’Lionaird and John Shine of Leevale winning gold in the middle distance events.  Shine won the 800m while O’Lionaird won an exciting 1500m.  The narrow track made victory for Liam O’Brien of Togher difficult in the junior 400m with him only being able to pass Michael Dillon of Lios Tuathail over the last few metres.  His clubmate Conor Sheehy of Togher won the junior triple Jump.Greg O’Leary of Leevale and his club mate dominated the junior sprints both winning gold medlas, see www.leevale.org.

Munster Jnr & Snr Indoor Results – Men, Women.

 

January 10th – Code of Ethics Training Course

There will be a Code of Ethics training course in the Ballincollig GAA meeting rooms on Wednesday January 19th at 6pm.  This course will be of particular interest to sports clubs who work with children as the course is targeted at coaches of children and juvenile officers.  The workshop is being organized by the Mid Cork County Local Sports Partnership. There will be a funding seminar on Wednesday February 9th in Colaiste Choilm from 7-9pm.  Further details are available from the sports partnership which can be contacted on Tel : (021) 4800960, Fax : (021) 4800950, Web : www.cclsp.com, eMail : info@cclsp.com. 

 

January 10th – Mallow 10 Mile RR

The Mallow 10 mile road race was held yesterday.  The Irish Sugar sponsored event was a big success with over 300 participants taking part despite the very challenging conditions.  The winner of the race Gerry Ryan of GCH won the race running an impressive sub 50 minute time, Munster Intermediate Cross Country Champion Sandis Bralitis of Ballynonty was 2nd while Cathal O’Connell of St Finbarrs was third and regains the County title he narrowly missed out on last year.  Orla Touhy of Grange Fermoy successfully defended her County title coming first in a time of just under 63 minutes.  Mary Sweeney of St Finbarrs was 2nd while Teresa Touhy of Bilboa was 3rd.

Mallow 10 Results

 

January 10th- County AGM

The Cork County AAI AGM will take place on Saturday January 15th starting at 2pm in Bishopstown GAA (Map).  The meeting will begin with the various officers giving their reports, this will be followed by the election of officers and discussion of motions put forward by clubs.  Clubs are entitled to have 4 delegates at the meeting.  Clubs have been sent notice of the AGM.

 

January 6th: Run For Asia

Anybody who has watched, seen or read the news over the last week will be aware of the disaster in South East Asia which has killed so many and so many more in great need.  In response to this a committee has been set up to organise a run which will raise fund to be distributed equally among Concern, Goal, Hope, Oxfam, Red Cross and Trocaire.  The run/walk will take place on Wednesday January 19th 7.30pm staring on the South Mall in Cork City Centre.  The course will be around the city centre and will be approximately 3 Km long.  Race entry cost €10, more can be donated if desired.  People can enter the race this weekend.  The race office will be open from 12pm – 8pm on Saturday and 2pm-6pm on Sunday and is located in the Imperial Hotel South Mall, Cork City.  Sponsorship cards are available from Concern, Goal, Hope, Oxfam, Red Cross and Trocaire. 

 

Cork County Athletics Association of Ireland is supporting this event, which was launched by the Lord Mayor Sean Martin in City Hall this Evening.  In attendance were some of Cork great sporting stars from Rugby, GAA, Basketball and athletics.   Clubs can help this event by assisting with the distribution numbers and providing volunteers to man the office and steward the run on the night.  Anybody who can help is asked to contact Pádraig Kelly on 086 8689599 or email corkathletics@eircom.net.  The slogan for the race is ‘Be the difference that makes the Difference’.  If the clubs of Cork make an effort to support this event it will be a success.

 

January 2nd:  Busy Weekend Ahead

Sunday January 9th will be an exceptionally busy day for athletics in Cork.  Mallow athletic club holds its annual 10 mile road race which is sponsored by Irish Sugar.  Race headquarters are in the Mallow Youth Centre and the race starts at 12.30pm.  This race will also incorporate the Cork 10 mile road championships, which were won last year by Orla Touhy of Grange Fermoy and George Murray of North Cork. This fast course attracts a big crowd with many using the race as preparation for the Ballycotton 10 in March.  There is also a non competitive walk taking place which starts at 12.00noon. 

The Munster Junior and Senior Indoor Championships take place in Nenagh on Sunday as well.  This event promises to be very exciting with a number of athletes hoping to make the qualifying standards for the upcoming European Indoor Championships in March.  Competition gets underway at 11.00am.  Programme for Munster Senior & Junior Indoor Championships

Also on Sunday are the East Cork Cross Country Championships, which are taking place in Carrignavar.  Afterwards there will be trials for the All Ireland Juvenile Cross Country Relays, which will take place in Athlone, Co. Westmeath on Sunday January 23rd.  First five in each trial will make up the team.  There will be trials for Boys and Girls born in 1991/1992 and 1993/1994.  

 

January 2nd: Cork Teams for Munster Senior & Junior Cross Country

The Munster Senior and Junior Cross Country Championships will take place on Sunday January 16th in Sixmile Bridge, Co. Clare. The following have been named on the County Teams for the Event.  Anybody named who is not able to take part should contact  county team manager on 087 6483532 or email corkathletics@eircom.net. 

Senior Men: Brian McMahon (Carraig na bhFear), Donnacha O’Mahoney, Fergus Meade, Eric Meade, Roy Fahy (East Cork), Cathal O’Connell, Trevor Woods, Derek O’Leary (St Finbarrs), Des Casey (Millstreet), Cillian O Tuama, Thomas Maunsell (Leevale), Alan O’Shea (Bantry), Gavin Sweeney, (Togher), Eddie Coughlan (Clonliffe Harriers).

Junior Men: Alex Daunt (Leevale), Timmy O’Donoghue, C Murphy, Mark Fitzgerald, Joe Fitzgerald (Glenbower), Michael Minehane, Martin Hickey (Carraig na bhFear).

Senior Women: Louise Cavanagh, Rhona Lynch Murphy (UCC), Carmel Parnell (Leevale), Orla Touhy (Grange Fermoy), Collette O’Riordan (West Muskerry), Anne Marie Healy, Martina Carver (Eagle), Joan Hough, Margaret Dinan, Sharon McGarry, Blaithin Hannon (St Finbarrs), Claire O’Brien (East Cork).

Junior Women: Michelle Finn, Michelle Twohig, Rose Twohig, Carol Finn (Duhallow), Joyce Curtin, Eileen Cleary, Michelle Aherne, Aoife McCarthy (North Cork), Margaret McCarthy (Blarney Inniscarra), Sinead O’Brien, Maire O’Brien (Skibbereen). 

 

January 2nd: Athletics Action from Yesterday.

New Years Day was a busy day for athletes.  The Munster Masters Indoor championships were held yesterday in Nenagh.  A number of Cork athletes collected a number of gold medals.  Tommy Murphy of Skibbereen had a middle distance double winning the over 50 800m and 1500m.  Seamus Fox of Fanahan McSweeney did the jumps double winning the over 50 high and long jump competitions.  Brendan Dennehy of Rising Sun impressed in the over 55 category retaining his 60m, 200m, long jump and high jump titles.  His club mate Con O’ Donovan had a gold double winning the over 60 sprint and long jump. 

The Cork ladies were equally impressive with Liz Coomey winning the over 35 60m, 200m, long jump and high jump.  Anne Hurley of Grange Fermoy won the over 40 60m and long jump.  Rising Sun Athletic Club won all the over 45 competition with Ebhana Finnegan taking gold in the 60m, 200m, 800m, long jump and high jump.  Ruth Murray won the over 45 shot. 

Munster Masters Indoor Championships Results

Also held in conjunction with this competition were the Munster Juvenile Combined Events.  Bantry athletes Myra O’Sullivan (Under 15), Ricky Peters (Under 15) and Paula McCarthy (Under 18) won their competitions.  Belgooly athletes Harriet Cross(Under 16), Christina Broderick (Under 19) and Tom Cross (Under 18) won their competitions.  Daniel McAuliffe of Blarney Inniscarra won the under 17 competition while Ross Kelly of Leevale won the under 19 competition. 

The Bandon 5 mile Road Race sponsored by Bandon Tyre Centre was held yesterday.  119 took part in the race.  The race was won by Mark Hanrahan of Leevale in a time of 25.37 while first lady home was Mary Sweeney of St Finbarrs who was just back from injury in a time of 30.15.  further details see www.bandonathleticclub.com.  Results

 

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