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Events Week Ending Sunday December 25th 2022

Cork Athletics Event Listing - Week Ending Sunday December 25th 2022

Week 52 2022

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This Week's Events - Week Ending Monday December 25th 2022

 

Next Week's Events - Week Ending Sunday January 1st 2023

 

This Month's Events - December 2022

Next Month's Events - January 2023


Road: Only the GOAL Miles, in at least 3 locations, and Parkruns this week - The regular 10 locations on Christmas Eve, and Glen River, Ballincollig and Clonakilty on Christmas Day

Wednesday Dec 21st, 18:45 - Forde's Daybreak League - Week 6 (Waterford Race)

Dungarvan, Co. Waterford

 

Saturday December 24th, 9:30am - Parkrun - 10 Various Locations

Bere Island, Glengarriff, Castlehaven, Clonakilty, Macroom, Ballincollig, Tramore Valley Park, Glen River, Mallow Castle, Youghal

Sunday December 25th, 9:30am - Parkrun - Glen River and Ballincollig

Glen River and Ballincollig

Sunday December 25th, 10am - 12 Noon - GOAL Mile - Doneraile Park
Doneraile Park

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 Sunday December 25th, 10:30am - 12 Noon - GOAL Mile - MTU Track
MTU (CIT) Track

Sunday December 25th, 10:30 - 12:00  - Goal Mile - St Catherine's GAA Grounds

Ballynoe

Events Week Ending Sunday December 18th 2022

Cork Athletics Event Listing - Week Ending Sunday December 18th 2022

Week 51 2022

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This Week's Events - Week Ending Monday December 18th 2022

 

Next Week's Events - Week Ending Sunday December 25th 2022

 

This Month's Events - December 2022

Next Month's Events - January 2023


Road: The Rescheduled - Cloyne Commons 4k Road Race Series - Race 2 is on Sunday, while there are the usual 10 Parkruns around Co. Cork, on Saturday, while Cork BHAA's 5k in aid of Cork Simon Community takes place on Sunday
 

Wednesday Dec 14th, 18:45 - Forde's Daybreak League - Week 5 (Waterford Race)

Dungarvan, Co. Waterford

 

Saturday December 17th, 9:30am - Parkrun - 10 Various Locations

Bere Island, Glengarriff, Castlehaven, Clonakilty, Macroom, Ballincollig, Tramore Valley Park, Glen River, Mallow Castle, Youghal

Sunday December 18th, 9:30am - Rescheduled - Cloyne Commons 4k Road Race Series - Race 2 2022/23

Cloyne

Enter on the Day

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Sunday December 18th, 11am - Cork Simon 5km Christmas Run (BHAA)

Blackrock

Cloyne Commons 4k Postponed until Sunday 18th Due to Icy Conditions

Cloyne Commons 4k Postponed Until Sunday 18th December

 

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Rescheduled Cloyne Commons Race 2 2022


Due to Icy Conditions on the Route, and as the organisers also wish to ensure that participants don't need to travel in icy conditions, tomorrow's Race Two in the Cloyne Commons 4k Series has been postponed for one week, until Sunday December 18th


Notice from Cloyne Community Council

"Cloyne Commons Challenge 4K due to take place tomorrow at 9.30am has been postponed.
This is due to severe weather conditions.
The date for rescheduled race is Sunday December 18th at 9.30am"

Events Week Ending Sunday December 11th 2022

Cork Athletics Event Listing - Week Ending Sunday December 11th 2022

Week 50 2022

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This Week's Events - Week Ending Monday December 11th 2022

 

Next Week's Events - Week Ending Sunday December 18th 2022

 

This Month's Events - December 2022

Next Month's Events - January 2023


Road: Two races othis weekend, both on Sunday, starting with Race 2 of Cloyne Commons 4k Road Race Series (Enter on Day) and the Newmarket Christmas Classic 5k

Cross-Country: The big Cross-Country event of the weekend is the SPAR European XC Championships, in Turin, Italy, on Sunday, while Ennis, Co. Clare is the venue for the rescheduled Munster Juvenile "B" & Intermediate Cross Country Championships and the Munster Masters & Juvenile Inter-Club Cross Country Championships
 

Wednesday Dec 7th, 18:45 - - Forde's Daybreak League - Week 4 (Waterford Race)

Dungarvan, Co. Waterford

 
Saturday December 10th,08:30  - Glenageety Marathon, Half-Marathon & Glenageety Trail (IMRA - Kerry)

Glenageety, Kerry

 

Saturday December 3rd, 9:30am - Parkrun - 10 Various Locations

Bere Island, Glengarriff, Castlehaven, Clonakilty, Macroom, Ballincollig, Tramore Valley Park, Glen River, Mallow Castle, Youghal

Sunday December 11th, 08:15am - SPAR European XC Championships

Turin, Italy

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Sunday December 11th, 09:30  - Athletics Ireland National Senior 30k and Masters 10k Walk Championships

 

Sunday December 11th, 09:30  - Cloyne Commons 4k Road Race Series - Race 2 2022/23

Enter on the Day

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Sunday December 11th, 11:00  - RESCHEDULED - Munster Juvenile "B" & Intermediate Cross Country Championships

Clarecastle, Co. Clare

 

Sunday December 11th, 11:30  - Munster Masters & Juvenile Inter-Club Cross Country Championships

Clarecastle, Co. Clare

 

Sunday December 11th, 13:00  - Newmarket Christmas Classic 5k

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Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month of October 2022 - Michael Harty

Michael Harty is Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month for October 2022

River Lee Hotel

Wednesday November 30th 2022

 

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Michael Harty, East Cork AC, is Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month for October 2022

 

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Michael Harty and family


The award was presented to Michael at a function at the River Lee
hotel, on Wednesday October 30th 2022

 

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Michael Harty with Cork City Sports representatives and sponsors

 

 

The Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month Award is sponsored by 96FM/C103FM, The Echo, The River Lee, Cork Crystal and Leisureworld

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The Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month for October 2022 is Michael Harty, East Cork AC

 

Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month - October 2022 - Award Citation

Michael Harty, East Cork AC, is the October recipient of the Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month

On the first Sunday of the Month, Michael produced a comprehensive performance, to claim his first Cork County Senior Cross-Country title, in Carrigadrohid. Michael also led his East Cork AC team to victory in the inter-club Championship

Later that month, he travelled to a high class 10km road race in Leeds, and clocked a new irish Over 40 record of 29min and 42sec

This is Michael's second Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month award, having previously received it in November 2015

Tony O'Connell, Cork City Sports, reads Award Citation for Michael Harty


Michael Harty interviewed by Trevor Welch, 96FM 

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Michael Harty, East Cork AC is the October recipient of the Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month award


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Cork Athletics Juvenile Even-Age and Senior Cross-Country Championship Results October 2022

 

Michael Harty Sets Irish M40 10k Road Record - 29-42

 

Michael Harty Breaks Irish M40 5k Road Record - Again!

 

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POSTPONED - Munster Juvenile B and Intermediate Cross-Country

POSTPONED - Munster Juvenile B and Intermediate Cross-Country Championships

 POSTPONED

The Thurles venue has been found to be unsuitable for the event, for a number of reasons:


1. It would not be possible to get a 1000m course in the venue


2. Munster are unable to source Portable Toilets 


3. The Munster Club Football Final being played in Semple Stadium right next door to the venue, which would create a problem with parking and access


With no other venues available at such notice It has been decided to Cancel Sundays Cross Country and reschedule to a suitable date in December

 

Munster Athletics apologises to all athletes, parents, coaches clubs and county team managers

It would be appreciated if this infomation was passed on to everyone intending to travel on Sunday

Information in relation to entries please   Direct your Enquiries to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

For information related to the rescheduled fixture please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 
These Championships will now take place alongside the Munster Masters & Juvenile Inter-Club Relay Cross Country Championships, at Lees Road, Ennis, Co. Clare on Sunday December 11th 2022

Online entry for the Intermediate and Juvenile B (Competition #646) will be re-open shortly and will close at 6pm on December 2nd

Regulations for Rescheduled Munster Athletics Cross-Country Championships


Venue: Clarecastle GAA Grounds, Clarecastle, Co. Clare

Sunday December 11th 2022

Start Time of First Event 11:00am


Online entry for the Intermediate and Juvenile B (Competition #646) will be re-open shortly, and will close at 6pm on December 2nd


Athletes may run both the Cross-Country Relays and the Uneven Age B Cross-Country, at the
discretion of each club


The Intermediate Men’s distance be reduced to 7000m, same as master’s, and both will run in one race, and athletes will score in both categories, as Individuals and Teams, if entered in both

The Intermediate Women’s distance be reduced to 4000m same as master’s, and both will run in one race, and athletes will score in both categories, as Individuals and Teams, if entered in both

Start Times

The first event will be the Cross Country Relays starting at 11am, followed by the Juvenile B Cross-Country Championships


Adult Events will NOT START BEFORE 1:30PM

 Intermediate and Master’s Women Championship will be followed by the Intermediate and Master’s Men Championships

The Runners Diary Cork Podcast Launches Website

The Runners Diary Cork Launches Website


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The Runners Diary Website

A relatively new and welcome addition to the Cork Athletics scene has been The Runners Diary Podcast, brought to you by Brian Ahern & Damian Kenneally.  Originally set up by Bweeng Trailblazers' Brian Ahern, in September 2021, then joined by Damian Kenneally, Eagle AC, the weekly podcast, is now on it's 24th episode. Each of the weekly podcasts lasts up to an hour - But you can break that down into 'bite sized' sessions if it suits you, as you commute, for example

The weekly episodes are attracting 500 to 700 listeners, growing each week, with some episodes exceeding 1500 listeners. Huge traffic volumes have also been visiting the associated Runners Diary Cork Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Strava pages, where information from the Podcast is shared

Brian and Damian are providing this service free of charge; "We want to help clubs and be positive in every way".

 

New Runners Diary Website

Brian and Damian say that "This will be another platform to push all things running related forward. You can check out the page to get the latest Podcast and latest news"

"We also have a section for Results, and a Fixtures Calendar, and we are hoping that clubs and groups organizing races and events will send us in details so we can publish your race free of charge"  Their email address is This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

"There are many more features to come also with the website and some very exciting news too on a major event that The Runners Diary Cork will soon be part of. Watch this space!!!

 "We are runners ourselves and also have been involved in the organization of several races. We know the challenges and costs and in particular since Covid how harder it has become to attract the numbers we previously all attracted. This is why we are providing this service and providing it free of charge. We want to help clubs and be positive in every way."

"We started off with a weekly Podcast working through results and fixtures, latest news and interviews with local people of interest in the running community. The podcast has gone from strength to strength and the feedback from the running public has been incredible. We have tried to use this platform to promote all things running in a positive light"

Podcast Episode 24: Results, Fixtures and Big Interview with Nollaig O'Neill

 

LIVESTREAM European Cross-Country Championships 2022

European Cross Country Championships - Livestream & Information

La Mandria Park, Turin, Italy

Sunday December 11th 2022

 

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Watch the European Cross-Country Championships

The Championships will be streamed live on the European Athletics All Athletics TV Channel

The Championships will also be broadcast live on RTE2 (Senior Races), and on the RTE Player

 
Final Entry Listing

Timetable

8:35  - U20 Men Final

9:03  - U20 Women Final

9:30  - Mixed Relay Final

10:30  - U23 Men Final

11:03  - U23 Women Final

 

 Course Map

 

Three Cork Women Running

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Anika Thompson, Leevale AC
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Michelle Finn, Leevale AC
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Jane Buckley, Leevale AC
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Three Cork athletes have been selected on the Irish teams at next month's European Cross-Country Championships; Michelle Finn, Leevale AC has been named on the Senior Women's Team, while Jane Buckley, Leevale AC and clubmate Anika Thompson are on the Under 20 Women's Team

There is further Cork interest, with Glengarriff native and former Bantry AC man, Darragh McElhinney, who has transferred his county allegiance to Dublin, and now running with UCD AC, who heads the Under 23 Mens Team

 

Irish Teams

Event Name Club Coach
Senior Men Hiko Tonosa Haso Dundrum South Dublin Feidhlim Kelly
Senior Men Peter Lynch Kilkenny City Harriers Taylor Gulley
Senior Men Pierre Murchan Dublin City Harriers Mary McKenna
Senior Men Brian Fay Raheny Shamrocks Andy Powell
Senior Men Cormac Dalton Mullingar Harriers Taylor Gulley
Senior Men Barry Keane Waterford AC Matt Roe
Senior Women Eilish Flanagan Finn Valley AC Damon Martin
Senior Women Michelle Finn Leevale AC  Feidhlim Kelly
Senior Women Ann Marie McGlynn Letterkenny AC Emmett Dunleavy
Senior Women Mary Mulhare Portlaoise AC Michael Mulhare
Senior Women Aoibhe Richardson Kilkenny City Harriers Julia Lucas
Senior Women Roisin Flanagan Finn Valley AC Damon Martin
U23 Men Darragh McElhinney UCD AC Emmett Dunleavy
U23 Men Efrem Gidey Clonliffe Harriers Peter McDermott
U23 Men Keelan Kilrehill Moy Valley AC Emmett Dunleavy
U23 Men Jamie Battle Mullingar Harriers Joe Ryan
U23 Men Thomas McStay Galway City Harriers Matt Lockett
U23 Men Shay McEvoy Kilkenny City Harriers Taylor Gulley
U23 Women Sarah Healy UCD AC Eoghan Marnell
U23 Women Danielle Donegan UCD AC Emmett Dunleavy
U23 Women Laura  Mooney Tullamore Harriers Ray Treacy
U23 Women Aoife Ó'Cuill St Coca’s AC Joe Ryan
U23 Women Jodie McCann Dublin City Harriers Clark McCann
U23 Women Niamh O'Mahoney An Ríocht AC Ray Treacy
U20 Men Nicholas Griggs Mid Ulster AC Mark Kirk
U20 Men Dean Casey Ennis Track AC Pat Hogan
U20 Men Jonas Stafford Ashford AC Feidhlim Kelly
U20 Men Mark Hanrahan Ennis Track AC Pat Hogan
U20 Men Callum Morgan St. Malachy's AC Mark Kirk
U20 Men Sean McGinley Finn Valley AC John Rogan
U20 Women Anika Thompson Leevale AC Ken Nason & Shalane Flanagan
U20 Women Anna Gardiner East Down AC Peter Morgan
U20 Women Róise Roberts North Belfast Harriers Jim McGuinness & Joe Ryan
U20 Women Hannah Kehoe Kilkenny City Harriers Niamh Richardson
U20 Women Jane Buckley Leevale AC  Ray Treacy
U20 Women Fiona Hawkins Dublin City Harriers Damon Martin
Mixed Relay Andrew Coscoran Star of the Sea AC Feidhlim Kelly
Mixed Relay Luke McCann UCD AC Thomas Dreißigacker & Clark McCann
Mixed Relay Georgie Hartigan Dundrum South Dublin Bev Hartigan
Mixed Relay Nadia Power Dublin City Harriers Matt Yates

 

SPAR European Cross Country Championships Official Website and Programme

Stephanie Cotter wins NCAA Div II Cross-Country Championship - December 2022

Stephanie Cotter is NCAA Div II Cross-Country Champion 2022

Seattle, Washington, USA

Friday December 2nd 2022

 

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 Stephanie Cotter romps to victory!

 Stephanie Cotter, Adams State University and West Muskerry AC became only the ninth woman in NCAA Div II history to win two National Cross-Country Titles, when winning last Friday's Championship by the biggest winning margin in the history of the Championship

 

Full Women's Race

 

Adams State University Report

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SEATTLE, Wash.— For the 20th time in Adams State University's NCAA Division II Era (1992-Present) the women's cross country team was able to raise the championship trophy on Friday afternoon at Chambers Creek Regional Park. The Grizzlies won by 51 points as they defeated Grand Valley State. The Grizzlies scored 75 points with two runners in the top four. The top five Grizzlies all finished in the top 40 and earned All-American honors for their performances

Adams State junior Stephanie Cotter became the ninth winner and first since Kendra Foley of Grand Valley State to win two individual crowns as she won Friday's title in 19:45.2. She also won the individual title in 2019 in Sacramento. The win for Cotter is the largest margin of victory in meet history with a gap of 42.5 seconds over second place finisher Lindsay Cunningham of Winona State


The team was also historic for the Grizzlies as they became the first team to win three straight national titles on four occasions. In addition, Coach Damon Martin joined an elite group as he became just the third coach in NCAA history, regardless of division too win 20 or more titles in a single sport

The meet, hosted by Seattle Pacific University, was also a part of the NCAA Division II Fall Sports Festival that sees champions in volleyball and men's and women's soccer being crowned in the Seattle area

The race saw Cotter push the pace and take off while she and Brianna Robles were in the top four, individually, after the first mile. The Grizzlies were able to gain an 18-point lead over Grand Valley State at that moment

At the 2,400-meter mark, the lead in the team race shrunk to 11 points but Cotter continued her blistering pace in an attempt to pull away. At the two-mile mark the lead continued to grow as Cotter jumped to a six-second lead while the team lead grew to 33 points

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As the race finished Cotter saw her teammate Brianna Robles finish a minute shy of her in fourth place with a time of 20:44.9

Precious Robinson finished in 15 th place individually as she crossed the line in 21:00.2 and earned 14 team points

Sophomore Emily Schoellkopf finished in 25th place with a time of 21:10.1 while Morgan Hykes rounded out the scorers in 38th place and earned All-American honors. She finished in 21:20.3


Nicole Lawrence finished in 65th place, with a time of 21:41.5, and Maggie McCleskey rounded out the Grizzlies, as she finished in 118th place, with a time of 22:12.9

The win by the Grizzlies proved that the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) was the top conference in Division II as the Colorado School of Mines Orediggers won the men's title with 43 points, 133 points more than Wingate in second place. It was the first title for the Orediggers since 2019

NCAA Report

Stephanie Cotter and Adams State are a perfect match

All Cotter and the top-ranked Grizzlies know to do is to win — and win big

Cotter romped to her second career individual title at the NCAA DII Cross Country Championships, as she traversed the 6k course at Chambers Bay Regional Park in 19:45.2. The Adams State star, who also took top individual honors back in 2019, won by 42 seconds over Lindsay Cunningham of Winona State

With Cotter well-ahead, the rest of Adams State’s runners settled into place. The Grizzlies put three in the scored top-15 – two in the top-5 thanks to Brianna Robles in fourth place at 20:44.9 – and two more in the scored top-25 for a total score of 75 points. That was more than enough to outdistance runner-up and second-ranked Grand Valley State, which amassed 126 points

This is Adams State’s third consecutive national title and gave head coach Damon Martin his 35th overall and 20th in women’s cross country. Martin is the third to win 20 or more national titles in a single sport in NCAA history, joining Kenyon women’s swimming coach Jim Steen and North Carolina women’s soccer coach Anson Dorrance. To add to that, Martin is now one title away from tying current Texas A&M coach Pat Henry for the fourth-most combined national titles in NCAA history (36)

The rest of the top-5 followed the same order in which the teams entered the NCAA Championships: No. 3 Colorado School of Mines finished third with 164 points, followed by No. 4 UC-Colorado Springs with 184 points and No. 5 Augustana (S.D.) with 218 points

 NCAA Div 2 National Athlete of the Year 2022

 
Following her win, by the biggest margin in the history of the Championship, Stephanie was honoured with the NCAA Division II Athlete of the Year Accolade

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Stephanie Cotter Wins NCAA Div II Outdoor 1500m Title 2019

 

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A Brilliant Performance Sees East Cork AC Take National Silver - Report by John Walshe

A Brilliant Performance Sees East Cork AC Take National Silver

This article by John Walshe, appeared in the Midleton & Dist News on Thursday 01/12/2022

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Since the formation of the Irish athletics governing body BLE (now Athletics Ireland) in 1967, no Cork club has won the national senior men’s cross-country title. Leevale, with its many stars over the years, finished runners-up on several occasions but never gained that coveted first spot

On Sunday week last, at the picturesque surrounds of Sheephaven Bay on the Rosguill Peninsula in far-away Donegal, a small contingent of athletes from the opposite part of the country caused one of the major upsets of the year. There, the maroon vests of East Cork AC were to the fore from the start of the 10km race and when the points were tallied up, the ‘Men from the East’ were awarded the silver medals with a total of 89 points, just three behind the famous Clonliffe Harriers outfit from Dublin

In a 1,800 word article on the club’s website by Peter McDermott in the lead-up to the championships, Clonliffe’s glory days were recalled including the club’s 25 titles at this level between 1976 and 2019. Yet, they had to wait for their fourth scorer Sergui Ciobanu’s 43rd placing to secure the win with East Cork’s four having already crossed the finishing line at that stage

First home was Tim O’Donoghue in a brilliant 11th position, followed by Paul Hartnett (19th), Michael Harty (21st) and Frank O’Brien (38th). Providing the necessary back-up were Kevin O’Brien (75th) and Nicky O’Donoghue (121st). And to add to the celebrations, just before the men’s race, Nick’s wife, Fiona Santry, maintained her marvellous winter form when finishing 22nd and also gaining a silver medal as the third scorer on the Cork team

The only other occasion in which the East Cork men had made the top three at this level was back in 1989 at Killenaule in Tipperary. There, Liam O’Brien, Bryan Meade, Donnacha O’Mahony and Tom Owens combined to win the bronze medals

Although he would be the last to admit it, last Sunday week’s achievement must have brought an immense sense of pride to the former Midleton CBS teacher who has given so much to the club since its inception in 1985. And, for good measure, Liam also had the satisfaction of seeing his son Frank and nephew Kevin played such a vital part in the triumph

This was alluded to by Tim O’Donoghue in an excellent and informative interview with John Cashman on 103FM Cork’s Sports Sunday, as he gave his thoughts on the day in Donegal: “I suppose going up there we thought we might have an outside chance of third so to come second was absolutely excellent. With four to score you need to have everyone perform and that’s something we’ve experienced since we were under Liam at the CBS. It’s quite difficult to get everyone healthy to the start line and then to get a performance out of everyone which luckily enough we did on the day

“The course itself was part of a golf course so underfoot conditions were excellent. For about the first 200 metres you had around 160 athletes all congregating into a tight left-hand turn and then the course itself was quite tight as well. Paul is just out of junior so to come in the top 20 was incredible. Michael, again, to finish just behind Paul was excellent and Frank, who is mainly a 800 metre specialist now, for him to rock up over 10km cross-country at national level and to be in the top 40 is great running and then Kevin and Nicky also had good performances.”

There was an extra bonus for the East Cork lads as they, along with Clonliffe, will now represent Ireland at the European Clubs Cross-Country which takes place at Oropesa del Mar near Valencia in Spain on February 5th. But before that, Tim will have the opportunity of competing in the Spanish sunshine as next Sunday he toes the line in that city’s famous marathon with high expectations of a fast time

After winning the Cork Marathon last June in a personal best of 2:18:37 – the fastest by a Cork athlete for 19 years - hopes were high for Dublin a month ago. But injury ruled him out, which was maybe a blessing in disguise given his cross-county performance. “The original plan was to run Dublin but that didn’t work out due to a hamstring injury, so I took a look at Valencia. The course is dead flat and looking at the results from previous years you could have 50 people under 2:20. So the plan is to get into a bunch and sit in there, after Cork I’d be hoping for a time around the 2:16 mark, all going well.”

After winning the Cork County senior back in October, coming second in the Munsters with what was their ‘B’ team and then taking the unexpected silver medals in Donegal and now the bonus of a trip to the European Clubs, these are indeed exciting times for East Cork Athletic Club. “However, we’re really only piggy-backing off of the work and consistency of the likes of James McCarthy and Sean McGrath and multiple other athletes from the club over the years,” admits Tim

“It really comes down to a lot of luck and maybe after all these years of trying we’ve finally managed to break into the top three, but that is down to the tradition and consistent showing-up of all the athletes down through the years, back as far as Liam O’Brien’s time. So it’s a culmination of work and effort within the club and that has definitely to be recognised, it’s not just the team that travelled to Donegal on Sunday week.”

 

 

Other Articles by John Walshe

 

BANDON CONNECTION TO WORLD CHAMPION

A GLIMPSE AT A SIXTIES SPORTS

 

CORK CITY SPORTS – A BRIEF HISTORY

 

Mary Sweeney – Youghal's First Lady of Running - Report by John Walshe

Stephen Hennessy – A Youghal Sporting Legend

 

1972 Fermoy Cross-Country Championship Recalled

 

Midleton AC County Novice Cross-Country Team 1971

 

Donie Walsh - 1971 European Championships 10,000m Recalled

 

Willie O'Mahony has clocked the miles building East Cork Athletics

 

Memorable Youghal Road Race Took Place at Midnight on New Year's Eve

 

Midleton AC Virtual Club Challenge

 

Cork Cross-Country of 1980

 

Cork Marathon Magic in 1986 as Marion Lyons Wins


The 1985 Cork 800 Marathon


Tullamore Man Won First Cork Marathon


Pioneering Women of Cross-Country

 

Grange International Cross-Country of 1980 Recalled 40 Years On

 

Youghal AC's London Emer Casey 10k Exploits

 

30 Years Ago - Liam O'Brien Wins Cork County Senior Cross-Country Championship

 

50 Years Ago - When John Buckley Beat The Olympic Champion

 

40 Years Ago - Jerry Murphy Wins Munster Marathon Championship

 

Aoife Cooke Runs 55:17 in Mallow 10 2019

 

Munster Cross-Country of 1989

 

Steeplechase Legends Meet at Antrim International

 

Aidan Hogan - Ultra-Athlete

 

RUNNING FOR BETTER

 

Cork to Cobh 40 Years Ago

 

Unique National Double for McGraths

Events Week Ending Sunday December 4th 2022

Cork Athletics Event Listing - Week Ending Sunday December 4th 2022

Week 49 2022

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This Week's Events - Week Ending Monday December 4th 2022

 

Next Week's Events - Week Ending Sunday December 11th 2022

 

This Month's Events - December 2022

Next Month's Events - January 2023




Cross-Country: Cross-Country is back in Cork, in a big way, this weekend, with the Cork Schools Cross-Country Championships, in Riverstick, on Friday, and the Athletics Ireland National Novice and Juvenile Uneven Age Cross-Country Championships, in Conna, on Sunday
 

Wednesday Nov 30th, 18:45 - Forde's Daybreak League - Week 3 (Waterford Race)

Dungarvan, Co. Waterford

 
Friday December 2nd, 1pm - Cork Schools Cross-Country Championship

Cork Athletics Grounds, Riverstick

 

Saturday December 3rd, 9:30am - Parkrun - 10 Various Locations

Bere Island, Glengarriff, Castlehaven, Clonakilty, Macroom, Ballincollig, Tramore Valley Park, Glen River, Mallow Castle, Youghal

Saturday December 3rd, 9:30am - Waterford Half-Marathon (Waterford Race)

Waterford

 

Sunday December 4th, 11:30am  - Athletics Ireland National Novice and Juvenile Uneven Age Cross-Country Championships

Garryanne, Aghern, Conna

 meet program national novice xc chp 2022

 

Spectator Tickets

LIVESTREAM

 

Munster Juvenile B and Intermediate Cross-Country Venue Changed to Thurles

Venue Change for Munster Juvenile B and Intermediate Cross-Country Championships

 Thurles Crokes Athletic Club, Racecourse Rd., Thurles, Co. Tipperary

Eircode: E41 F1W2

11am Sunday November 27th

Next Sunday's Munster Juvenile B and Intermediate Cross-Country Championships has been moved to Thurles Crokes AC, Tipperary, due to flooding at the original Killarney venue

Venue: Thurles Crokes Athletic Club, Racecourse Road, Thurles, Co. Tipperary
Eircode: E41 F1W2

Please pass on the change

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Cork Athletics County Board is a constituent member of Athletics Ireland. Cork Athletics is the governing body, administering athletics, track and field (T&F), cross-country (XC) and running in county Cork. The Board comprises elected representatives of constituent athletic clubs and running clubs. Cork County Board AAI organises Championship races and competition, including road, track & field (T&F) and Cross-country (XC), at junior, juvenile, senior and masters levels, and selects representation for the county. In addition, training and education is provided for coaches and officials. The Board also regulates the Athletics Ireland race/event permit (licence) process for county Cork.
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