Jim Dingwall's 1985 Ballycotton 10 Win Recalled

Looking Back - Jim Dingwall Wins Ballycotton 10 1985

Ballycotton, Co. Cork

Sunday March 10th 1985

ballycotton 10 1985 first 8 men

Top eight finishers from the Ballycotton ‘10’ of 1985 - Photo courtesy of Pat Moore, formerly of Nike, by Fr Liam Kelleher

L to R: Jim Dingwall, City of Hull AC; Dick Hooper, Raheny Shamrock AC; Robert Costelloe, Burgerland Limerick AC; John Lenihan, An Riocht AC; Liam O’Brien, Midleton AC; Noel Harvey, Clonliffe Harriers AC; Peter Maher, North Cork AC; Tony Ryan

John Walshe, one of the key people behind the Ballycotton organisation recalls Jim Dingwall's win in the 1985 race, the eight edition of the race. Sadly, the 2017 edition, the 40th running, was the final Ballycotton 10.

BLAST FROM THE PAST – BALLYCOTTON ‘10’ 1985

Based on a Guest Article by John Walshe

The photo above - courtesy of Pat Moore, formerly of Nike – was taken by Fr Liam Kelleher, and shows the top eight finishers from the Ballycotton ‘10’ of 1985.

The winner was Jim Dingwall, City of Hull AC, in a time of 48:05. Tragically, 20 years after his victory, the Scottish international, who had a Marathon best of 2:11:44, died at age 56, after a long battle with cancer.

All of the first eight finishers were inside 50 minutes, and finished in the same order as in the photo (left to right): Jim Dingwall, City of Hull AC, 1st, 48:05; Dick Hooper, Raheny Shamrock AC, 2nd, 48:16; Robert Costelloe, Burgerland Limerick AC, 3rd, 48:36; John Lenihan, An Riocht AC, 4th, 49:07; Liam O’Brien, Midleton AC, 5th, 49:23; Noel Harvey, Clonliffe Harriers AC, 6th, 49:56; Peter Maher, North Cork AC, 7th, 49:57; Tony Ryan, Dungarvan AC, 8th, 49:58.

Full results of Ballycotton 10 1985

Ballycotton 10 Roll of Honour