WEEKENDRUNAROUND

East Cork Athletics Division 

ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP 2026

at Ballynoe - Thursday, April 9th 2026

Ladies Race Starts at 7.15pm followed immediately after by Men's Race

Race Distances: Ladies: 3 Km; Men: 5 Miles

MEDALS: 1st, 2nd, 3rd Individual

Team Event: Men: 1st, 2nd, 3rd Teams (4 to score) outside top 3

Ladies: 1st, 2nd, 3rd Teams (3 to score) outside top 3

Entry Fee. €5.00 pay on the night.

Entries are confined to athletes that are members of clubs affiliated to the East

We are urging as many as possible to do this race as it is an important part of our athletic calendar and needs your support to survive. Its 5 miles for men and only 3km for ladies and remember ladies the course is a triangle with two downhills and only one uphill. Women In Sport please heed the call. Also its the only road race in East Cork that is women only.

Hellavation Backyard Ultra

Our member Ailin kennedy took part in this amazing event this weekend.

This is Munster’s Backyard Ultra, part of the All Ireland Backyard Championship Series 2026. Held in Grange, Tipperary, it is a form of ultramarathon race where competitors must consecutively run the distance of 4.167 miles in less than one hour. When each lap is completed, the remaining time within the hour is typically used to recover for the next hours race. The runners keep going until they can no more. Race is won by the last man/woman standing. The FUN part is, back yard type races are usually ran on a flat course to help runners run more laps... not here! With 173m of elevation in each 6.7km it is a HELLavation!

NEWSFLASH NEWSFLASH

He Did It Again and Again

Wonderful news just in the mighty Neilus Aherne took Bronze Individual O/70 in the European Masters Cross Country  in Torun Poland this morning and not only that he led the Irish Team home to take the Bronze Team medals as well.

What a week for Neilus and our club FOUR BRONZE medals in total. Congrats Neilus you LEGEND. 

European Masters in Torun Poland

Monday morning at 8.40 saw Ron Scanlan take to the track for the heats of the M40 800m heats. Rod reports

Finished 15th in Europe in the M40 800m, knocking half a second off my PB with a 2:13.42. Just 6 places shy of qualifying for tomorrow’s European final. Plenty to build on heading toward the European Championships in two years. The first 400m was super quick, I ran it in 57secs and the lactic was off the charts from 500m onwards. I had to go fast to be in with a chance of an automatic qualification finishing in top 2 or 3 fastest losers.

Well done Rod you did us proud.

WEEKEND RUNAROUND

 European Indoor Championships and More

European BRONZE x 2 for Neilus Aherne

Results just in and confirmed the Midleton ACs Neilus Aherne has taken individual  M70 Bronze and also Bronze with the Irish Team which he led home.

Torun Poland is the venue and we wish our two athletes the very best.

Neilus Aherne goes in an outdoor 5km Sunday morning

Rod Scanlan on 30th March @8.47 in the M40 800m (3 heats)

Wed 1st April  @ 8am Neilus in M70 XC 6Km

All streamed live.

I am awaiting confirmation but currently Neilus has individual Bronze and Bronze with the Irish O/70 Team so fingers crossed.

Garretstown 5 Mile

Margaret Twohig Anglin 46.50 (46.27) and Mark Fuller 49.21(48.50) on a very wild and windy Garretstown.

Littleton Labyrinth 10 Mile

We had three runners here today Mark Cronin, Louise Barry and Amanda Cooney. Louise reports

"A lovely route. Strong wind and rain made the exposed 3-mile stretch on gravel path along Littleton Bog challenging but we were all very happy with our runs. Would definitely recommend this race to anyone looking for a nice Spring 10 mile."

Maurice Mullins Ultra 50Km

Huge congratulations to Killian O'Brien who completed the Maurice Mullins Ultra in Wicklow at the weekend

BUDAPEST CALLING

Claire Fitzgerald Reports

 Few words about our Budapest run. 

 Andre, Claire, friends and a few Sportsworld AC in Terenure friends did the 10km, half marathon and relay marathon in Budapest at the weekend.  Andre finished 5th in his category with Geraldine finishing 2nd in hers. Claire & Gerry had a fine run on a fairly flat and fast course which was a hot day!

Great course down the Danube with 30,000 running over all races. Superbly organized and started by Liverpool FC Dominck Szoboszlai. Thermal baths in the city  were a great recovery for the tired legs. 

 WEEKEND RUNAROUND

MALLOW 10 Mile

A great morning for the Mallow 10 Mile which took place on Sunday morning where Conor Cronin had a really great run knocking three minutes off his PB and finishing in 68.35 (68.26) showing his training is going great. The ever consistent Amanda Cooney was there also finishing with  1.52.48 (1.50.13) 

Well done all

Big thank you to Dee Duran for the photos

Coming soon and also don't forget Ballynoe 3 Km (Ladies) and 5 Mile (Men) are on the 9th April.

This is the only all women championship race in the county (the Mini Marathon includes men) so we are hoping that Women In Sport groups will make a special effort to run it in their inaugural year.

WEEKEND RUNAROUND

All Ireland Silver For Sinead Falvey

It might be Mothers Day but Sinead Falvey got in her car and travelled all the way to Athlone for the Nation Indoor Championships and she made the journey well worthwhile when coming away with a National SILVER  Medal and a PB by nearly 8 seconds finishing in a time of 2.22.69 for 800m

Congratulations Sinead once again you have done our club proud

Club AGM Next Thursday 18th March at 8pm in MyPlace

All are requested to attend please. This is the meeting for the whole club Senior and Juvenile and we need as many as possible to attend for a quorum etc. You will not get a job but we want your presence please.

Cloyne 4Km

The final race in the Cloyne 4Km series took place on Sunday morning and we had a great crowd there. Our first man home was Mark Cronin follow by his Sadhbh FJ and our first lady was Eileen Leahy. 

In the overall results we had Katie Hennessy FJ 2nd and Sadhbh Cronin 3rd

Ballintotis 4 Mile and County Road Racing Championships Launched

 A wonderful launch of the Ballintotis 4 Mile Road Race and the County Road Racing Championships which are incorporated again this year was held on Thursday evening in Ballintotis. It was attended by most of the clubs from the area and Cork Athletics County Board Vice Chairperson Enda Kiernan also in attendance.