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Wednesday January 17th, 18:45 - Forde's Daybreak League - Week 9 (Waterford Race)

Dungarvan, Co. Waterford

Saturday January 20th, 9:30am - Parkrun - 10 Locations

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

Saturday January 20th - Athletics Ireland National Junior & U23 Indoor T&F Championships

TUI, Athlone

Sunday January 21st, 10am - Dupont - IFF 5k (BHAA)

Little Island

Sunday January 21st, 11am - Cork Athletics AGM

Kingsley Hotel, Carrigrohane Road, Cork

Sunday January 21st, 11am - Glengarra Woods (IMRA - Tipperary)

Glengarra Woods Tipperary

Great Performaces by Irish at Celtic International Cross-Country - Jan 2024

Lawton and Millerick to the Fore in Scotland

King George V Playing Fields, Renfrew, Scotland

Saturday January 13th 2024

Sean Lawton, Durrus AC, on left, with Irish teammates, Harry Colbert, David Williams and Cian Hodgins

 
Results

Irish team performance of the day came from the Mens Under-20 team, comprising Sean Lawton, Durrus AC, along with Irish Harry Colbert, David Williams and Cian Hodgins, who secured individual and team Gold, with Colbert winning overall, in 18:09, and Lawton bring home Bronze (18:12) - there was just 3 secs separating the first three home, with Williams (18:29), in fourth position, completing the scoring three for Ireland

Mens Team Results

Under 20 Men - First 15

Avril Millerick, Youghal AC

Avril Millerick, Youghal AC, was the other representative on the Irish Team, and, in 8th place (21:56), was second Irish finisher on the Bronze Medal team, with Kirsty Maher (4th - 20:58) and Maebh Eakin, (10th), completing the Irish scorers

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Under 20 & Under 17 Womens Results - First 15

Irish Teams

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Tuesday January 9th, 7pm  - Fethard 3k Winter Series (Tipperary Race)

Fethard, Co. Tipperary

Wednesday January 10th - Track and Field Live League T&F - Meet 3 2024

National Indoor Arena, Abbotstown, Dublin

Wednesday January 10th, 18:45 - Forde's Daybreak League - Week 8 (Waterford Race)

Dungarvan, Co. Waterford

Saturday January 13th, 9:30am - Parkrun - 10 Locations

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

Saturday January 13th - National Masters Indoor T&F Championships

TUI, Athlone

Saturday January 13th - Celtic International Cross-Country 2024

King George V Playing Fields, Renfrew, Scotland

Sunday January 14th - National Indoor T&F League - Round 2

TUI, Athlone

Sunday January 14th, 09:30 - Tom Kelly Memorial 8k - Ardfert (Kerry Race)

Ardfert, Co. Kerry

Sunday January 14th, 11:00 - 35th Annual Colligan Cup (Waterford Race)

Colligan Woods, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford

Sunday January 14th, 11:00  - Corrin Hill (IMRA - Cork)

Fermoy, Co. Cork

12th Ballycotton 10 Race Report - Cork Examiner - March 1989

Brendan Mooney's Report on 12th Ballycotton 10

March 1989

Sweet Victory for O’Brien

This report, by Brendan Mooney, appeared in the Cork Examiner on Monday March 13th 1989

Liam O'Brien has now won the Nike Ballycotton 10 road race four times but yesterday’s victory in gale force winds must rank as his best performance

He had nine seconds to spare over course record holder, Jerry Kiernan, when he crossed the line in 49:49 but the manner in which he fashioned the victory was more significant as he left the two other members of the breakaway group of three just over half a mile from the finish and powered his way to his fourth win in the event.

“It was my kind of race. Nobody was going to tear away. The conditions were against that kind of thing,” he explained.

"Pace too slow"
“The pace was too slow early on. It was just a jog and we were literally falling over each other,” Kiernan explained. “I have been plagued by two injuries over the past 15 months and today when one went the other came but they were not too bad. I can’t see myself running any more 46 min. 10 milers -1 think my marathon running has put paid to that - but I would see myself running a 2:12 or 2:13 marathon

“With the wind behind us we could only run the last four miles in 19:29. If I was fully fit I would run it in 18 minutes. Pm happy enough but I will need to run better in the half marathon in Rome next weekend.”

Rickie Burke (St. Finbarr’s) led through the second mile in 9:57, but the pace dropped again as he drifted, and Eamon Tierney (Clonliffe) led the third in 5:12, with John Lenihan, John Fitzgerald (Clonliffe), John Scanlon (West Limerick) and Tony O Halloran (DCH), a Corkman based in Dublin, moving to the front

The Leaders approaching the 9 Mile Mark

At the finish, John Scanlon hung on to third place ahead of John Lenihan with Tony Ryan overtaking Leonard O’Regan for fifth place

Tony O’Halloran, after a superb run, was seventh, ahead of John Fitzgerald, Eamonn Tierney and Mike McDonnell (West Limerick) and Rickie Burke overtook five runners in the last mile to finish 11th
West Limerick took the team title at the expense of East Cork and St. Finbarr’s

O'Driscoll takes over-50s title

Derry O’Driscoll (St. Finbarr’s) whose superb 2:29 marathon in Dublin last year was one of the success stories of Irish athletics, wrote another chapter yesterday when he wrested the Over-50’s title from George Blackburn (Westbury Harriers) in an enthralling contest. Overall O’Driscoll finished 52nd in 55:37 with Blackburn 54th in 55:47

Michael Roche (Dungarvan) won the over-40 section from John Buck- ley (St. Finbarr’s) who was just ahead of the Dublin-based Corkman, Denis Noonan, while Freddie Walsh (East Cork) was first in the over-45 section

Olive Bollard (Raheny Shamrocks) beat the reigning champion, Ursula Noctor (DCH) for the women’s title with Karen O’Doherty (Limerick) third, ahead of Veronica Colleran (shannon AC), Mary B Ryan (Waterford). First women over 35 was Rosaleen Hayden (Raheny) with Mary Marley (St. Finbarr’s) first over 40

The race regarded as the best of its kind in those islands and the fact that 900 athletes went to the line yesterday - many of them from abroad - is indicative of its popularity

Details:
Nike Ballycotton 10: 1, L. O’Brien (East Cork) 49:49; 2, J. Kiernan (Clonliffe Harriers) 49:58; 3, J. Scanlon (West Limerick) 50:09; 4, J. Lenihan (Riocht) 50:24; 5, T. Ryan (Dungarvan AC) 50:32; 6, L. O’Regan (Leevale) 50:40; 7, T. O’Halloran (DCH) 50:48; 8, J. Fitzgerald (Clonmel) 50:59; 9, E. Tierney (Clonliffe Harriers) 51:13; 10 M. McDonnell (West Limerick) 51:33; 11, R. Burke (St. Finbarr’s) 51:36; 12, T. Brouder (West Limerick) 51:39; 13, C. O’Connor (Bandon AC), 51:40; 14, S. Harte (St. Finbarr’s) 51:53; 15, J. Wallace (East Cork) 51:55

Teams: 1, West Limerick (3, 10, 12) 25 pts; 2. East Cork (1, 15, D. O’Mahony 18) 34 pts; 3, St. Finbarr’s ( 11, 14, E. McEvoy 30) 55 pts

Over 40: 1, M. Roche (Dungarvan) 54:16; 2, J. Buckley (St. Finbarr’s) 54:45

Over 45: 1, F. Walsh (East Cork) 56:02; 2, P. O'Reilly (Donore Harriers) 56:17

Over 50: 1, D. O’Driscoll (St. Finbarr’s) 55:37; 2, G. Blackburn (Westbury Harriers) 55:47

Women: 1, O. Bollard (Raheny Shamrocks) 58:37; 2, U. Noctor (DCH) 58:57; 3, K. O’Doherty (Limerick) 59:45; 4, V. Colleran (Shannon) 61:33; 5, M. B. Ryan (Waterford) 62:25 6, R. Hayden (Raheny)  62:27, 7, E. Bullen (Waterford) 62:59; 8, E. Prunty (East Cork) 63:38; 9, F. Murphy (DCH) 64:21; 10, J. Hough (St. Finbarr’s) 64:28; 11, Marian Lyons (St. Finbarr’s) 64:30; 12, J. Mitchell (Bray Runners) 64:38

Over 35: R. Hayden;

Over 40: M. Marley (St.Finbarrs) 67:14

Full Results of 12th Ballycotton 10 - March 10th 1989

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Monday January 1st, 9:30am - Parkrun - 3 Locations

Bere Island, Clonakilty & Glen River

Monday January 1st, 11am - Clonakilty New Year's Day 5k Fun Run

Clonakilty Technology Park

Monday January 1st, 11am - Star of the Laune Charles O'Shea Memorial Cup

Beaufork, Co. Kerry

Monday January 1st, 12 Noon - Bweeng (IMRA - Cork)

 Bweeng, Co. Cork

Wednesday January 3rd, 18:45  - Forde's Daybreak League - Week 7 (Waterford Race)

Dungarvan, Co. Waterford

Saturday January 6th, 9:30am - Parkrun - 10 Locations

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

Sunday January 7th, 10am - ESB Cross-Country Challenge (BHAA)

Beaumont, Cork

GOAL Mile MTU Track 2023

Photos from Cork's 39th Annual Goal Mile

MTU Track

Christmas Day, Monday December 25th 2023

Start of 3rd GOAL Mile 2023

Start of 3rd GOAL Mile 2023

The ongoing closure of MTU Track, for resurfacing, meant that this year's annual Christmas Day GOAL Mile charity run took place around the MTU car park.  It had previously been run around the car park, several years ago, when a severe frost/ice meant that the track was 'unrunnable'

The 'Rock Up & Run' nature of this annual run, in combination with the tiered car park, led to several races going the wrong way, with one race going short, missing the lower tier altogether, while another when the wrong way, meeting up with runners (who had gone on the correct route) coming against them

Nevertheless, it looked like nobody was particularly bothered - it's never a serious run...except for the a dedicated few

.... and is a family/run outing for GOAL, and a great Christmas Dinner appetiser

The second GOAL Mile of the Day was won by Aoife Quigley, Crusaders AC (Dublin) in a 'warm up' time of 5:56

Aoife Quigley, Crusaders AC, coming in to win the 3rd GOAL Mile of 2023

Cork Athletics Facebook Album - Third GOAL Mile 2023

Missed Today's GOAL Mile? You still can do one in 2023

If you missed any of today's GOAL Miles, you can still do your 2023 GOAL Mile tomorrow, St. Stephen's Day (Glountaune), Wednesday 27th (Glanmire), Thursday 28th (Cloyne) or Saturday 30th, in Canovee/Carrigadrohid

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61-45 and 10th place for Fearghal Curtin in Houston Half-Marathon Texas

Fabulous 61:45 for Fearghal Curtin Heuston Half-Marathon

Aramco Houston Half Marathon

Heuston, Texas, USA

Sunday January 14th 2024

Start of Heuston Half-Marathon 2024

Fearghal Curtin - Photo: Giancarlo Colombo/Sportsfile

Results

Aramco Houston Half Marathon Results

Top 12 Finishers

Fearghal Curtin, Youghal AC, finished in 10th place, in 61:45, in today's Aramco Heuston Half-Marathon, in Texas, USA, improving on his debut Half-Marathon time of 62:34, set at last August's Antrim Coast Half-Marathon

The race was won by Ethiopian Jamal Yimer in 60:42



Fearghal's pace splits were impressive, resulting in an average pace of 4:43 per mile, or just under 2:56 per kilometer

Fearghal's time in 'just' 48 secs outside Martin Fagan's 15 year old Irish Record of 60:57, set in The Hague, The Netherlands, on March 14th 2009

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Millerick and Lawton Run in Celtic International Cross-Country - Jan 2024

Avril Millerick & Sean Lawton Represent Ireland at Celtic International Cross-Country

King George V Playing Fields, Renfrew, Scotland

Saturday January 13th 2024

Avril Millerick - Youghal AC	Sean Lawton - Durrus AC

 
Entry Listing & Live Results

Two Cork Athletes, Avril Millerick, Youghal AC, and Sean Lawton, Durrus AC, represent Ireland, on the respective Irish Women's and Men's Under-20 Teams, at tomorrow's Celtic Cross-country International, which will be held in King George V Playing Fields, Renfrew, Scotland

Athletics Ireland Release - January 9th

Athletics Ireland select squad for Celtic Cross Country

Athletics Ireland have selected a strong squad to represent Ireland in the revived Celtic Cross Country Championships in Renfrew, Glasgow, Scotland this weekend. The group travel to Scotland on Friday and compete on Saturday

Included are four U17 teams - two male and two female. The teams have been selected from the National U16 Championships in Gowran, Co. Kilkenny and are made up of eight girls and eight boys. The first four in the National Championships form the Celtic team and the next four the development team

These young athletes will gain excellent experience as they start out on their journey to be the next group of successful Irish athletes in Cross Country running and build on the great success over recent years at European level

Both National Novice Cross Country Championships make the U23 teams, as Lucy Holmes and Michael Murphy look to have strong performances

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Blarney Girls Blazing a Trail - Evening Echo - July 1988

Blarney Girls Blazing a Trail

By Brendan Mooney

Evening Echo, Tuesday July 26th 1988, Page 14

When top Blarney athletes Mairead Looney and Valerie Vaughan won scholarships to Arizona and Western Kentucky it appeared as if a lifelong friendship would be at least suspended as they went their separate ways

Mairead’s family had decided to move to California where her father, Jerry, had got a new job while Valerie, a graduate from UCC would study for her master’s degree at Kentucky

Things went wrong at Arizona where they decided to drop the women’s track team as part of cutback measures. But Mairead telephoned the coach at Kentucky, where a third Cork girl, Breda Dennehy from Bandon, had also secured a scholarship

The coach there was already aware of her achievements and immediately took her on board. It was a pleasant surprise for both Mairead and Valerie who had been training together with the Blarney/Inniscara club under their coach, John O’Riordan for almost five years

They both distinguished themselves at all levels in athletics. Valerie won the National BLOE under 17 title and followed this up by winning the national junior 1,500m title

After that she concentrated on her studies at UCC but maintained her interest in athletics in a manner that saw her ready to rejoin her friends at the highest level once the examinations were over

She returned last year to figure on the Cork team that won the national senior intercounties cross-country title on the disqualification of Dublin. She won the county novice title, the county intermediate title and was runner-up to Niamh O’Sullivan (Leevale) in the county senior championships

She was runner-up to Grainne Quinn (Waterford) in the Southern Region Intermediate Championships. Grainne is sister of Brendan Quinn who is chasing an Olympic qualifying standard in the steeplechase at the moment

Highlight of her career to date was when she returned to Waterford to win the national intermediate cross-country championship. This was an achievement not just for Valerie but for her coach, John O’Riordan, who had her in peak condition on the day.

Last year she won the Irish Universities 3,000m title and she won the 800 metres title this season
Leevale athlete Bernard O’Sullivan, who represented Ireland over 800m at the European junior championships, has been on scholarship in Kentucky for some time now

Mairead Looney did not enter athletics until she was 14 but, under John O’Riordan, success was instant. This year she made history when she won the Irish schools senior 1,500m title for the third successive year. She was a schools international twice and won the 1,500m at the FISEC games in France in 1986

The 1,500m has been her prime event to date and she has a personal best time of 4:32 for the distance. She has also won national titles at other age groups and was runner-up in the Irish schools senior cross-country championship twice

She has emerged from what will be remembered in future years as a golden era for women’s athletics in Cork. Out of this has emerged girls like Sonia O’Sullivan (Ballymore/Cobh) who competes in the world junior championships in Canada this week and Anita Philpott (North Cork) who would also have been there but for injury problems earlier in the season

Mairead’s family were all deeply involved in athletics. Her father, Jerry, was a driving force behind the Blarney/Inniscarra club, brother, Denis, is also a promising athlete as is Ide but Fiona, who has already won some novice titles, is an outstanding basketball player and could turn to that sport now that they have moved to California

However, their mother, Kathleen, is one of the great success stories of Irish athletics. She followed the remainder of the family into athletics a few years ago, soon found herself up amongst the top runners in the country and underscored this by winning the National Marathon Championship title two years ago

Their many friends throughout the country and throughout Cork, in particular, will join in wishing them all well

Cork Win 1924 National Senior Cross Country Championship

1924 National Senior Cross Country Champions - Cork

Phoenix Park Racecourse, Dublin

Saturday March 7th 1924

Victorious Cork Team

Irish Times Report - Monday March 9th 1924, P9

Report - Irish Times, Monday March 11th 1924, Page 9

SENIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

The first Senior Cross-Country Championship organised by the National Athletic and Cycling Association was held on Saturday, over the Phoenix Park Course, which the proprietors kindly placed at the disposal of the Association for the event. The distance to be covered by the runners was nine miles, made up by nearly seven and a half laps of the course.

JJ Ryan, Kilfeacle AC, Tipperary - Irish Senior Cross-Country Champion 1924

Ryan ran out an easy winner in the excellent time of 53 mins. and 42 secs., Cork supplying the second man in D. Healy, 1 min. 12 secs behind, followed by G. Magan, nearly a minute later.

As was generally expected, the Cork A.C. furnished the winning team, but few would have credited them before the race with being able to produce such a convincing victory, it was anticipated also that the two Northern clubs would be the most dangerous rivals to the Southern team, and this, likewise, proved to be the case, the Ulsterville team being second and the North Belfast Harriers third.

It was a magnificent race from start to finish, though the issue, both for the first man home and for the winning team, was never in doubt after the first circuit of the course. J. J. Ryan. indeed, proved himself to be in a class of his own, and increased his lead steadily every lap, without apparently at any time extending himself. As far as the team results went, it looked right up to the commencement of the last lap that the Cork team would have an even more overwhelming advantage than finally proved to be the case. Actually, their scoring team of six finished in 2nd, 6th, 7th. 13th, 15th and 18th places, though, owing to the fact that two individual entries. G. Magan and W. McFerran, finished m third and fourth places, and were eliminated as far as team results were concerned, their total score was 60. Apart from the fine display of Cork, the Free State runners did not distinguish themselves in comparison with the Northern runners. Nine teams in all took part, and, with seven individual entries, the total number of starters was 93.  The times and placing of the first ten were as under —

1, J. J. Ryan (Tipperrary Harriers A.C.). 52 mins 42 secs.; 2, D. Healy, (Cork A.C. Harriers). 53 mins and 54 secs.; 3, G. Magan (individual) 54 mins. 50 secs.; 4. W. McFerran (individual), 55 mins. 3 secs.; 5. J. M. Martin (Ulsterville Harriers) 55 min. 6 secs.; 6, J. Corcoran (Cork AC.). 55 mins. 13 secs.; 7. J. Manning (Cork A.C.). 55 mins. 14 secs.; 8. A. Gilmore (Ulsterville Harriers) 55 mins. 22 secs.; 9, H.T. Russell (Ulsterville Harriers). 55 mins. 26 secs.; 10. S. Ferris (Ulsterville Harriers). 55 mins. 30 secs

The following were the team results: 1, Cork A.C. Harriers 30 ; 2. Ulsterville Harriers and A.C., 92; 3. North Belfast Harriers. 117; 4 Tipperary A.C. Harriers 124 3. Roscommon A.C Harriers, 134; 6, Clonliffc Harriers. 220; 7. Donore Harriers. 329.
Individual entries were not counted in calculating the position of the finishing teams.

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Cork Athletics Year-End Registration Figures - November 2023

Cork Athletics Registration Figures for Year 2023

Cork Athletics Registrations 2013 - 2023

The year-end registrations for Cork Athletics saw a new record of 8,692, up from the previous, 2022, record of 8,521

  It should be noted that 2023 registrations closed, as scheduled, on November 14th, compared to November 22nd in 2022

Note: The top image is from Athletics Ireland's Registration page, and shows 73 less registrations than are in the actual Cork registration data... 8619 Vs 8692....????]

Age Categories Explained

Juvenile: Those born in 2008, or since then

Youth: Those born in 2006 or 2007

Junior: Those born in 2004 or 2005

Senior: For Registration purposes (only), a Senior is someone aged 18, or more, and also aged Under 35. Consequently, in these statistics, there is some overlap between Junior & Senior

Master: Those aged 35 or Older. A person becomes a Master on their 35th birthday

Overall Registrations as at November 14th 2023

Bandon AC and Leevale AC head the table, with 605 and 591 members respectively. Togher AC jump to third place, on 417, with North Cork AC dropping to fourth, on 412. Nine clubs exceed 300 members, while Fourteen clubs exceed 200 members. A further 18 clubs have 100 or more registered members

28 Largest Clubs 2023

Next 28 Largest Clubs 2023

Juvenile/Youth/Junior Registrations as at November 14th 2023

Bandon AC head the table, with 520 Juvenile registrations, followed by Leevale AC on 411, with North Cork AC on 370. Nineteen clubs have over 100 juvenile members

Adult (Senior/Masters) Registrations as at November 14th 2023

Largest Adult Clubs

St Finbarr's AC is the largest adult club, with 241 registrations, followed by Leevale AC on 231. Grange Fermoy AC are next, on 184, with Mallow AC, on 181. Fifteen clubs top the 100 mark

 Next Largest Adult Clubs

Senior Registrations as at November 14th 2023

Senior registrations rose to 670, 535 in 2022 and 471 in 2021. Our Provincial and National Champions and contenders, along with International representatives are more than likely to come from these ranks. The numbers active in this range have increased, but are are still disappointingly small, pointing to a significant problem in attracting and retaining athletes, both male and female, in the age range 18 to 34

 While the overall numbers in this category are disappointingly small, Leevale AC outpunch the rest, by a significant margin, with 111 Senior members. Carraig na bhFear AC rise to 55,followed by St Finbarrs AC, 46, and Togher AC on 45, with six further clubs with 20 or more Senior Members

Masters Registrations as at November 14th 2023

St Finbarrs AC has the largest Masters membership with 195 masters, followed by Mallow AC (172) and Grange-Fermoy AC third on 161

Senior & Masters Age Categories

Age Distribution Data

Overall Age Distribution

As per the last few years, the overall age distribution throws up some interesting observations:
There are two distinct distributions, based around Young Juveniles and Masters Athletes, with older Juveniles and Seniors literally nowhere to be seen

Juvenile Age Distribution

 Overall, Girls outnumber boys by 101 registrations (190 in 2022) - 2,472 to 2,371 (2,440 to 2,250 in 2022) and comprise 51.04% of all Juvenile Registrations. Some notable features of the stats is that, up to age 10 (age 9 in 2022), the boys are in the majority. However, from age 10 through to 19, girls outnumber boys

A worrying feature is that, as was the case in 2022, in spite of increasing registrations, the "Cliff" - the age at which registrations start to drop off - continues to drop.  Numbers now fall off from age 9

The drop off of Juveniles has been noted across many sports in Ireland, and is worrying from a number of perspectives, not just athletics membership. In particular the non-participation of juveniles, along with the related and alarming growth in obesity, among juveniles and younger adults, is almost certainly going to lead to a significant rise in general population health issues in the coming years

Senior Age Distribution

 The total number of Senior registrations remains alarmingly low, with just 665 registrations; 323 men and 342 women between 18 and 34.  The women's figure is somewhat skewed, as, between 29 and 34, there are significantly more women than men; 169 to 104

From an athletics perspective, the low numbers between 18 and 34 is of particular concern, as this is the group from which our Championship, International and Olympic hopes will emerge.  Historically, Cork has 'punched above its weight' in producing European, World and Olympic Champions and medalists, along with many, many International athletes.  To continue this proud and valued heritage, we really need to be attracting, and retaining, more people in this age range

Masters Age Distribution

In recent years there has been a huge, and welcome, growth in women's registrations, with women of all ages taking up the sport. The stats illustrate this vividly; women outnumber men at every age, with one or two exceptions, from 35 through to 56, and, overall, comprise marginally over 50% of the total (50.23%)

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Death of Donal Webb - NACAI and Rising Sun AC

Donal (Donie) Webb R.I.P. - Condolences

It was with great regret and sadness that we learnt of the death, on Thursday December 21st 2023, of our esteemed colleague, National Past-President NACAI and late of Rising Sun AC, Donal (Donie) Webb

The Officers, Officials and members of Cork Athletics County Board extend their condolences and deepest sympathies to the Webb family; Donal's wife Kathleen, children Linda and Daniel, and their extended families

May he Rest In Peace

Notice on RIP.ie

The death has occurred of Donal (Donie) Webb

Glanmire, Cork

WEBB (Glanmire, Co Cork):On December 21, 2023, peacefully, at home, in Glanmire Village, DONAL (DONIE), late gravedigger and Past President of N.A.C.A.I. and Rising SunA.C., dearly loved husband of Kathleen (nee Healy) and much loved father of Linda and Daniel and loving brother of Liam, Ann, Kathleen, George, John, Jimmy, Peggy, Maura, Oliver, Michael and the late Joe

Sadly missed by his loving wife and family, brothers, sisters, daughter-in-law Tracy, Linda’s partner Brian, grandchildren Kayla, Lochlann and Brendan, brothers-inlaw, sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, relatives, neighbours and friends

Reposing at Barry Bros. Funeral Home, Hazelwood Glanmire on Tuesday (St Stephen’s Day) from 3.00pm to 4.00pm. Requiem Mass on Wednesday, December 27 at 11.00am in St Joseph’s Church, Springhill

Funeral afterwards to St Joseph’s Cemetery, Little Island

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"May he rest in peace"

Donal Webb, Past President of NACAI

Tribute by Jim Murray, Rising Sun AC

The late Donie Webb RIP, had a lifelong involvement in the competitive and administrative side of athletics.
Coming from a family who were deeply immersed in sport, brothers George, Liam and Joe, having a long association with GAA and Cycling in the Carrigdhoun region of Cork while first cousins Willie and George Webb were leading athletes with Rising Sun AC for many years

His association with sport started at an early age, competing as a cyclist with Riverstick Cycling club, and playing hurling with Ballymartle GAA club

However it was his involvement in the sport of athletics that his excellence came to the fore, firstly as an athlete, and in later years as an administrator

His commitment to Rising Sun Athletics club was total in that he was ever willing to toe the start line, be it a 4 x 100m, interclub or intercounty relay, cross-country or road race

When his career as an athlete ended, he gave his time to administration, firstly as Chairperson of Cork County Board of NACAI, before becoming National Vice-President, then, finally, the accolade of his career,NACAI when assuming the position of National President of NACAI, in 1995

Rest easy now dear friend

Ni bheidh a leitheid ann aris

Ar Dheis Dé go raibh a Anam Dílis