Eileen Leahy Selected For Cork Senior Team
Twenty Six Cork Athletes Selected Munster Senior Cross-Country Championships 2015
Beaufort, Killarney, Sunday November 8th 2015
Twelve women and fourteen men, from eight clubs have been selected to represent Cork at the Munster Senior Cross-Country Championships, in Beaufort, Killarney, on Sunday November 8th.Congratulations to club member Eileen Leahy on being selected for the Cork Senior team .Eileen who runs u23 is one of the youngest athletes to be selected.
HSE 4Mile Marina
We had some great results from the HSE 4Mile in the Marina on Sunday morning with a fine run by John Dunphy taking 1st O/45 in a time of 24.00 and Donie O'Connell taking 2nd O/65.
Our ladies were really outstanding with Louise Barry taking 3rd place overall and Bernie Twomey taking 2nd O/40 .The two ladies Louise and Bernie also took 1st place with Midleton Town Council in the team prizes. Joan McCarthy also had a fine run narrowly missing out on a prize. Its great to see Camilla O'Connor back in action and running so well. Chris McCarthy did an excellent 26.25 which is a fine time so soon after a marathon.Well done all.
Cross Country Masters in Conna
Great Results for the Club
A Conna Cross Country Morning
Gillian Bransfield wearing her Silver Team medal she won in Macroom and presented in Conna today. Don't worry Aoife, Anne Marie and Margaret we have your medals for you too.
Neilus going for the GOLD which he won.
Some really fine running from our crew at the Cork County Masters in Conna on Sunday afternoon saw our ladies take Gold in the O/50 with Joan Hough, Marie Gillman and Sally Drennan making up the team. Gillian Bransfield had a very fine and tactical run but unfortunately did not have a team.
Our men also had some great runs. Neilus Aherne had a powerful run especially as can be seen from his finishing photo (above)where he was competing hard for a medal he was followed and helped all the way by Gerard McLean who runs in a different category but also had a powerful run and finish. Edmond O'Sullivan has taken to cross country like a duck to water and gets stronger and stronger as the race progresses. Newcomer to the event Ger O'Regan gets better with every race as does Barry Williams and Paul Kearns.
In the final results just in.
Neilus Aherne 1st O/55
Midleton AC O/50 Team 3rd
Marie Gillman 1st O/50
Sally Drennan 2nd O/50
Joan Hough 1st O/55
Midleton AC 1ST O/50 Team
Ghostbusters 5KM Eileen Leahy Wins
In the Ghostbusters 5Km on Saturday morning Eileen Leahy had a fantastic win in 20.41 whilst her Midleton AC clubmate Mike Cremin also had a great run finishing in 7th position in a time of 18.57. Well done to both athletes.
TRAINING
For the present we intend to continue with our Monday evening sessions in the Cricket Field under lights and under Donie's guidance.
Post Marathon Recap.
The club will be meeting up in the Maple at 9pm Friday evening for a post marathon session. See previous post.All members welcome.
HSE Nov 1
This is a 4 mile road race which takes place around Monahan Rd and Centre Park Road with the start on the Marina near Pairc Ui Chaoimh and the finish line near Shandon Boat Club.
CROSS COUNTRY CONNA on Sunday Next
The County masters cross country championships take place this Sunday at 12.00 pm in Conna. The directions on the Cork county athletics website are as follows, although I think from Midleton it makes more sense to go straight to Conna via Dungourney.
From Cork: Take the M8 motorway, come off at exit 17, Watergrasshill, and continue, on the R639, towards Rathcormac. You can also go through the toll and take Exit 16 Rathcormac, joining the R639, as above.
Either way, continue on R639 until you come to the crossroads at Bridgeland East, approx. half mile on the Cork side of Rathcormac. The route is likely to be signposted from here. Turn right here, onto the R626. Shortly after turning right, take the first left, onto the R628, continue several miles. Continue straight through Conna village, and on for approx. 1.5 miles.
The adult races will be first, starting with the women's race. Please, as always, allow enough time to get your number, warm up etc. Don't forget to wear your club singlet and it's a good idea to bring pins for the number.
Good luck to all those running - Joan Hough, Emer Hayes, Marie Gillman, Gilllian Bransfield, Sally Drennan, Neilus Aherne, Barry Williams, Paul Kierans, Ger O'Regan and Edmond O'Sullivan ++++
BALLYCOTTON 10
One of the many advantages of being a registered AAI club member is you have plenty of time and ways of entering. This extended time limited does not apply to just any group calling itself a club they must be AAI affiliated as is Midleton AC.
Entry Procedure for the 2016 Ballycotton 10 Mile Road Race
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ENTRY PROCEDURE FOR BALLYCOTTON ‘10’ ROAD RACE 2016
The following is the entry procedure for next year’s Ballycotton ’10’ which will take place on Sunday March 6th. Once again, numbers are limited and there will be a combination of online and postal entries, as follows:
1) Online entries will open on Tuesday December 8th at 2pm, when the first 1,000 will be accepted. At 8pm the same evening a further 1,000 will be accepted, making an initial online total of 2,000.
2) For Athletics Ireland and Athletics Northern Ireland affiliated members plus those who ran the four races in the Ballycotton Summer Series 2015, along with those living overseas, an additional online facility will open onWednesday December 9th at 10am until midnight on Friday December 11th.
3) Postal entries: A PDF copy of the entry form will be published on the Ballycotton website on the evening ofFriday December 11th, and will also be available in the usual local outlets.
All club and Summer Series entrants (see above) and overseas will be accepted by post up to and includingThursday December 17th.The first 200 non-club entries to arrive by post will be also be added to the above.
4) As usual, a limited number of elite entries will be available nearer the date.
Entry fee for the 2016 race is again €15 (plus booking fee of €1.05, if entering online).
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So what does that all mean? If you are interested then pay attention to the dates! The online entries will probably fill up in a day.
If you are not a member of an athletics club, did not do the four Ballycotton Summer Series races and are not overseas then you need to make sure you enter online on Tuesday 8th December. Based on previous years then you should get in ok but you need to be online and be prepared to wait so that you can enter your details.
