Road Race

A huge congratulations to everyone that took part in the 2012 Dublin Marathon. Strong performances all-round with the stand out being Paul Duffy’s gutsy effort of 2:29, setting a new club record. Full results below….. PAUL DUFFY > 2:29 ( New Club Record ) GAVIN FINLAY > 2:44 ED McENTEE > 2:45 KIERAN FOLEY > 2:53 JAMES BRADY > 2:54 JOE BYRNE > 2:58 JOHN LINNANE > 3:00 SHONA KEANE > 3:05 LUCY DARCY > 3:06 SHANE TOMAN > 3:08 ORLA JORDAN > 3:16 SHANE REYNOLDS > 3:25 PARDRIC MORAN > 3:29 RONAN MURRY > 3:30 DEREK CARR > 3:32 PAUL CASSIDY > 3:34 NUALA O’CONNOR > 3:42* SIBEAL WALDRON > 3:42* DAVE TRIMBLE > 3:43 KILLIAN McMURROW > 3:46 VAL LACY > 3:52 DAVID GRIMES > 3:53 KAREN O’CONNOR > 4:11 AILEEN MELODY > 4:13 Sinead Mc Entee > 4:13 GRAINNE EDWARDS > 4:49  

These are the Sportsworld’s results from the 5 mile race in Phoenix Park on Saturday. Well done to all and a special mention should go to Ruth Kelly coming 3rd in her category (F35) and Caroline Lynch who came in 4th in the F60 category. Also congratulations to Brendan Moylan who broke the 30 minute barrier for the first time and came home first for Sportswords with a PB time of 29:14. Not a very easy 5 mile course to be doing PB’s so well done! Overall Place Name Club Cat Place in Cat Chip time finishe time 43 Brendan Moylan Sportsworld M35 12 0:29:14 0:29:17 86 Kieran Foley Sportsworld Ac M40 11 0:30:42 0:30:44 124 Noel Tobin Sportsworld Ac M45 9 0:31:41 0:31:46 202 Ruth Kelly Sports World F35 3 0:33:06 0:33:13 204 Stephanie Bergin Sportsworls FS 10 0:33:07 0:33:14 219 Maura Ginty Sportsworld FS 12 0:33:11 0:33:26 332 Paul Brady Sportsworld Terenure MS 121 0:34:41 0:34:51 400 Mark Mc Daid Sportsworld A/c MS 145 0:35:25 0:35:34 406 Enda Mc Morrow Sportsworld Ac M55 8 0:35:23 0:35:39 493 Orla O’ Flynn Sportsworld Ac F40 10 0:36:04 0:36:27 503 Stephen Willoughby Sportsworld Ac M45 35 0:36:17 0:36:32 589 Muriel Pate Sportsworld F35 16 n/a 0:37:16 651 Ken White Sportsworld M40 81 0:37:11 0:37:53 748 Sheena Mc Donnell Sportsworld Ac FS 65 0:38:09 0:38:55 750 Niamh Flaherty Sportsworld MS 272 0:38:09 0:38:56 772 Katie Holly Sportsworld Terenure FS 68 0:38:35 0:39:09 847 Mary Durcan Sportsworld Ac FS 78 0:39:11 0:39:45 851 Lynne Merriman Sportsworld FS 79 0:39:12 0:39:47 876 Claire Rowley Sportsworld Ac F35 41 0:39:29 0:40:02 890 Caroline Lynch Sportsworld Running Club F60 4 0:39:30 0:40:10 894 Claire Harrington Sportsworld F50 8 0:39:29 0:40:11 954 Catherine Gilmore Sportsworld F45 18 0:40:11 [...]

2520 runners completed this very popular race on a warm night around the streets of Dublin 1 on either side of the majestic River Liffey. There was a festival atmosphere as the runners gathered at Grand Canal Dock for the start of this race now in its 13th year.  The heat took its toll on those who went out too fast and it was a case of trying to hang on for the finish line and not give away too many places and the course was 100 metres long in order to avoid starting outside the U2 recording studios.   Paul O’Connell was a convincing winner in a time of 26.34 and well ahead of the second place finisher Brian Favey in 27.04. Congratulation to everyone from the club who ran this race; see results below: Ed McEntee was 7th place in a time of 28.15, first in 40-44 category Nigel Burke finished 24th  place in 30.13 and  was first in  the 45-49 category Stephen Casey placed 28th in 30:25 James Brady was 103th in 33.23 Gerry Haughton  finished 169th in 34:35 Claire Rowley was 783th  in 41:02 Bronwyn Murphy White finished in 928 place with a time of 42.13 Cliona O’Riordan ran a time of 42.32 and finished in 953th place.

Well done to everyone who took part in the Dunsaughlin 10K last Saturday. One of the best races of the year as reflected by the number of club members taking  part.   Place # Name Club/City/Country Class Result 75 506 Nigel Burke Sportsworld 10km 38:17 19 96 Michael Cunningham Sportsworld 10km 34:28 94 669 Lucy Darcy Sportsworld 10km 39:06 376 105 Alan Dignam Sportsworld Terenure 10km 49:40 183 106 Orna Dilworth Sportsworld B 10km 42:30 271 127 Peter Duggan Sportsworld 10km 45:54 20 527 Gavin Finlay Sportsworld 10km 34:28 205 191 Gerry Haughton Sportsworld 10km 43:26 244 209 Ann Higgins Sportsworld R.C. 10km 44:55 28 236 Damian Kelly Sportsworld Terenure 10km 35:12 41 235 Larry Kelly Sportsworld 10km 36:13 6 245 Phil Kilgannon Sportsworld 10km 32:45 52 252 Mary Laverty Sportsworld B 10km 37:29 296 253 Orlagh Lavery Sportsworld 10km 46:43 184 273 Stephen Mc Crossan Sportsworld 10km 42:31 274 Mark Mc Daid Sportsworld A.C. 10km 190 321 Brian Murphy Sportsworld 10km 42:48 14 322 Gareth Murran Sportsworld 10km 33:35 258 348 Kevin O’Connell Sportsworld 10km 45:21 7 349 Paul O’Connell Sportsworld 10km 33:10 213 636 AODH OCONNOR Sportsworld 10km 43:43 216 579 EAMON O’FLOINN Sportsworld 10km 43:49 423 377 Sheila Quinn Sportsworld B 10km 51:18 243 378 Tara Quirke Sportsworld Running Club 10km 44:48 211 408 Natalia Sokolowska Sportsworld 10km 43:40 159 409 Jakub Splawski Sportsworld 10km 41:44 361 564 Anne Sweeney Sportsworld 10km 49:12 98 534 Helen White Sportsworld 10km 39:16 436 Stephen Willoughby Sportsworld 10km 55 437 Jean Wilson Sportsworld 10km 37:32

Raheny Mid-Summer 5k (incorporating the Dublin Novice Road Championships), Sunday 17 June. A record field of 300 runners took to the paths and trails of Dublin’s second largest park, St. Annes, Raheny, last Sunday for…short in-take of breath…the Raheny Mid-Summer 5k (incorporating the Dublin Novice Road Championships). Pre-race favourite, John Eves (DSD), lead the field home in 16:14, seconds ahead of unattached Colm O’Connell and Davy Byrne (Tallaght AC). Sportsworld’s Gavin Finlay came 6th overall in 16:40; Damian Kelly placed 14th in 17:00, Kevin Curran 26th in 18:12, Nigel Burke 33rd in a masterful 18:34 and newcomer Alan Dignam finished a respectable 55th in 19:23. In typical mid-summer style, flooding in the park required a slight alteration to the already circuitous 5k route, causing no doubt a few disgruntled Garmins and non-existent PBs! After initial concern that we would be unable to field a team, in the end Sportsworld (Nigel, Damian, Kevin, Gavin) won silver in the Dublin Novice team event, behind a strong Tallaght AC team. In the Dublin Novice individual, Gavin won the men’s title, beating the Tallaght duo of David Fitzpatrick and Niall Coppinger into silver and bronze. Íde Nic Dhomhnaill (Donore Harriers) won the women’s title with her twin sister Sorcha second and Sharon Tighe (Tallaght AC) third. Unfortunately no Sportsworld ladies were represented in the women’s field which saw Maria Dolan (RWSAF) take first place just ahead of Fionnuala Doherty (Clonliffe Harriers).