East Cork Road Championships 2014 - Report by John Walshe

East Cork Road Championships 2014 - McCarthy and Grant take honours

This article by John Walshe appeared in the County Supplement of the Irish Examiner on Tuesday May 6th 2014

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What must be one of the oldest championships of its kind in the country, the East Cork road race event for men and women took place for the 35th time in the village of Ballynoe

It started off here back in 1980 when Castlemartyr man Pat Whyte of Midleton AC was the winner of the five miles in 25:18, still the fastest time for the tough four-lap course around the village

James McCarthy and Karen Grant continued their current good form when taking the individual titles.
McCarthy, winner at Ballintotis and Kiskeam in the previous eight days, led an East Cork clean sweep as he broke away from clubmates Sean McGrath and Kevin O’Brien to win in a time of 26:45. Former winner McGrath, in his first road race in a while, recorded 27:22 with O’Brien finishing in 28:10

With the first three not scoring in the team race, there was an exciting battle for club honours with Youghal winning for the first time in seven years. The seasiders just edged out East Cork on the countback rule as both clubs finished on 42 points

Midleton athlete Grant was first across the line in the women’s race over 2000m. Her time of 7:34 gave her four seconds to spare over her teammate Anna Doris with Fiona Santry (East Cork) taking the bronze in 7:47

irish examiner county supplement tues may 6 2014a The winning Midleton team of Lorna Santry, Sally Drennan and Claire Fitzgerald with Martin Drake, Chairman of the East Cork Board, with the late Dan McCarthy, in the background, on left Photo: John Walshe

With three scoring on the team, Midleton had an easy victory on a total of 22 points which was 14 ahead of Youghal

Mens 5-Mile

1 J McCarthy (East Cork) 26:45

2 S McGrath (East Cork) 27:22

3 K O'Brien (East Cork) 28:10

4 J Hennessy (East Cork) 29:46

5 J Malone (Youghal) 30:06

6 T Mahony (East Cork) 30:08

Teams:

1 Youghal (5, 9, 13, 15) 42

2 East Cork (4, 6, 12, 20) 42

3 Midleton (10, 11, 14, 16) 51

Women 2000m

1 K Grant (Midleton) 7:34

2 A Doris (Midleton) 7:38

3 F Santry (East Cork) 7:47

4 S Drennan (Midleton) 8:12

5 C Santry (unatt) 8:14

6 H Noonan (Grange-Fermoy) 8:20

Womens Teams

1 Midleton (4, 7, 11) 22

2 Youghal (9, 13, 14) 36

3 St Catherines (15, 16, 17) 48

Results of East Cork Road Championships 2014

Ballynoe

Thursday April 24th 2014

Women's 2k

Pos	Forename	Surname	Cat	Club	Time
1	Karen	GRANT	F	Midleton AC	0:07:34
2	Anna	DORIS	F40	Midleton AC	0:07:38
3	Fiona	SANTRY	F	East Cork AC	0:07:47
4	Sally	DRENNAN	F45	Midleton AC	0:08:12
5	Ciara	SANTRY	F	Carrigtwohill	0:08:14
6	Helena	NOONAN	F	Grange-Fermoy AC	0:08:20
7	Claire	FITZGERALD	F40	Midleton AC	0:08:25
8	Eibhlin	CLEARY	F	East Cork AC	0:08:27
9	Louise	PHELAN	F40	Youghal AC	0:08:29
10	Michelle	WHOOLEY	F40	Carraig na bhFear AC	0:08:33
11	Lorna	SANTRY	F	Midleton AC	0:08:36
12	Linda	MURPHY	F35	Grange-Fermoy AC	0:08:43
13	Emer	HANNIGAN	F	Youghal AC	0:08:44
14	Martina	LANDERS	F40	Youghal AC	0:08:46
15	Annette	FITZGERALD	F	St. Catherines AC	0:08:47
16	Caoimhe	HAYE	FJ	St. Catherines AC	0:08:49
17	Catherine	CLANCY	F45	St. Catherines AC	0:08:52
18	Fiona	KELLEHER	F	Carraig na bhFear AC	0:08:59
19	Georgina	CUNNINGHAM	F35	St. Catherines AC	0:09:08
20	Emilija	DORGAN	F35	Grange-Fermoy AC	0:09:13
21	Ricky	DEVEREAUX	F40	Youghal AC	0:09:25
22	Bernie	TWOMEY	F40	Midleton AC	0:09:26
23	Claire	MURRAY	F35	Carraig na bhFear AC	0:09:28
24	Margaret	TWOHIG	F45	Midleton AC	0:09:33
25	Betty	WALSH	F35	St. Catherines AC	0:09:50
26	Mary	FEENEY	F	St. Catherines AC	0:10:02
27	Lilly	NUGENT	F	Carraig na bhFear AC	0:10:08
28	Eileen	MURPHY	F50	Carraig na bhFear AC	0:10:18
29	Siobhan	MURPHY	F	Midleton	0:11:07
30	Joan	MCCARTHY	F55	Midleton AC	0:11:39
31	Anne	LANE	F60	St. Catherines AC	0:14:26

Men's 5 Miles

Pos	Forename	Surname	Cat	Club	Time
1	James	MCCARTHY	M	East Cork AC	0:26:45
2	Sean	MCGRATH	M	East Cork AC	0:27:22
3	Kevin	O'BRIEN	M	East Cork AC	0:28:10
4	John	HENNESSY	M40	East Cork AC	0:29:46
5	John	MALONE	M40	Youghal AC	0:30:06
6	Tim	MAHONY	M	East Cork AC	0:30:08
7	John	BEECHER	M	St. Catherines AC	0:30:15
8	Jamie	BUCKLEY	MJ	Carraig na bhFear AC	0:30:45
9	Maurice	CAHILL	M	Youghal AC	0:31:17
10	John	DUNPHY	M45	Midleton AC	0:31:20
11	Paul	SPITERI	M	Midleton AC	0:31:21
12	David	O'DWYER	M40	East Cork AC	0:31:24
13	Brian	LANDERS	M40	Youghal AC	0:31:36
14	Andre	BRODKORB	M40	Midleton AC	0:32:04
15	Paul	CURLEY	M45	Youghal AC	0:32:11
16	John	CASHMAN	M45	Midleton AC	0:32:13
17	Sean	O'SULLIVAN	MJ	Carraig na bhFear AC	0:32:29
18	Kevin	HAYES	M40	St. Catherines AC	0:32:33
19	Declan	DORGAN	M	Midleton AC	0:32:52
20	Denis	MCCARTHY	M50	East Cork AC	0:33:13
21	Brian	LINEHAN	M	St. Nicholas AC	0:33:42
22	Ruairi	MYERS	MJ	Carraig na bhFear AC	0:33:43
23	Neilus	AHERNE	M55	Midleton AC	0:33:48
24	Patrick	HESSION	M40	Carraig na bhFear AC	0:34:18
25	Michael	DALY	M40	Carraig na bhFear AC	0:34:57
26	Gerry	MOORE	M40	Grange-Fermoy AC	0:35:00
27	David	O'RIORDAN	M45	Carraig na bhFear AC	0:35:18
28	Dermot	LEDINGHAM	M50	Youghal AC	0:35:26
29	Eddie	O'REGAN	M55	Youghal AC	0:35:30
30	Maurice	TOBIN	M60	Grange-Fermoy AC	0:35:53
31	James	ROCHE	M	St. Catherines AC	0:36:28
32	Donal	O'DONOGHUE	M45	Little Island	0:36:36
33	Barry	WILLIAMS	M45	Midleton AC	0:36:36
34	Bernard	CORRIGAN	M40	St. Nicholas AC	0:37:07
35	Sylvie	O'MAHONY	M55	Youghal AC	0:37:14
36	Phil	MCGRATH	M60	East Cork AC	0:37:23
37	Ciaran	COLEMAN	M40	Youghal AC	0:37:24
38	George	BULMAN	M55	Youghal AC	0:37:30
39	Michael	WALSH	M40	St. Catherines AC	0:38:39
40	Pat	BRANSFIELD	M50	St. Nicholas AC	0:38:52
41	Fionan	O'HAODAIN	M40	Midleton AC	0:39:28
42	John	WALSHE	M60	East Cork AC	0:40:24
43	Mark	O'REILLY	M	Midleton AC	0:40:25
44	Bartholomew	KEARNEY	M55	Leevale AC	0:41:58