NEWSLETTER

Hi All,


Plenty of club members are preparing for the 1st of the 10 mile race series which begins in Dungarvan next Sunday if you were lucky enough to get in, as this is becoming one of the to do races on the calendar. I’d like to wish the best of luck to everyone running.

Race Competition

We are looking for people to vote for our race in the running blog competition for the best 5 mile race 2012. You can vote on the side of the www.corkrunningblogspot.com and support our great race.

Membership

Club membership is up for renewal again, Danny will be collecting the €35 fee at training. Let’s all try to register early as it would be great if we can have this wrapped up fairly quickly.We need it renewd before the end of Jan.



Cork BHAA 5K Cross Country in Beamount

John Hennessy was our 1st man home in a 19:25 to finish 11th overall and win 1st O/40. Denis Kelleher was next home in 20:56 to win the 1st 0/45.

Michelle Kenny was the first lady home to come 2nd overall to start the New Year from where she left off last season.

Kieran Mulcahy, Matt Chojan, Vincent O Neil, John O Halloran and Danny McCarthy were our other men runners.

Maggie Chojan and Olive Hallanan also had god runs. Mary Toher won the 1st O/55 and was part of Dept of Education team which finished second with Michelle Kenny.



Little island 4 Mile

I might have missed a few in this report as it is very hard to see all the Midleton AC members as most are attached to teams they work with. If people could let me know what teams they are on that would be great.



We had a very large crowd from the club at this race with many getting great PBs which looks good so early in the season and most people having very good runs. Again we were well up amongst the prize winners.

Darragh Canavan was our first man home in 22:45 followed very closely by John Hennessy. Adam Duchuicz, Kieran Mulchay, Emmett Ronin and Stanislaw Byczek made up the bulk of our leading men in this race. Others who ran were Shane Gannon and John O Halloran 2nd O/60 Danny McCarthy.

The women were led home by Michelle Kenny who ran a fantastic 25:17 to be in the mix with the top ladies. Our ladies captain Sally Drennan was next in for 1st O/45 winner, followed closely by Helen Gilroy who came home in a new Pb to start her new year off well and receive 3rd O/45. Sheila Buckley was next home followed by Aoife Fouhy who is going well since the marathon last October. Michelle Buckley who unfortunately had to pull out at 3miles over an injury picked as a result of a pothole. Others who ran were Joan McCarthy 2nd O/55 and Kathleen O Connell 3rd O/55.

There were lots of our runners in this race including a few members from our Development group who have competed in quite a few races since they started in late September.



Prize winners

LADIES

Sally Drennan 1st O/45

Helen Gilroy 3rd O/45

Joan McCarthy 2nd O/55

Kathleen O'Connell 3rd O/55



Men

Stanislaw Byczek 1st O/50John O'Halloran 2nd O/60



MD Insulation ( Sean McGrath, Darragh Canavan, Adam Duchzicz ) 3rd Team Grade A.



Fixtures:

Sun 27th (1pm)...John Treacy Dungarvan 10 mile road race Entry closed

Thurs 7th (6:30pm)...CIT X-Country 4k/7k

Sun 10th (11am)...Cork BHAA Janssen 4 mile road race...€5/€8

Sun 10th (11am)...Mealagh Valley 10 mile...€15/€20

Sat 16th/Sun 17th (9am)...Clonakilty Back2Back Marathons...Closed ( Margaret Jones running this)

Sun 17th (11am)...Carrigaline 5 mile

Sun 24th (11am)...Inniscara 4 mile...€10